E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 10, Issue 1 (2000)
Full Metin PDF
Original Investigation
During the last decade it has been repeatedly demonstrated that mild to moderate hypothermia (30-34 º C) reduces neurological injury in animal models of focal or global ischemia, and of traumatic injury. This has led to renewed interest in the application of hypothermia for managing head injury, str...
This report describes our experience using a combined transpetrosal-transtentorial approach to address petroclival lesions. This surgical technique provides good exposure to the cerebellopontine angle, the petroclival region, the posterior aspect of the cavernous sinus, and the upper and mid-clivus....
Pages: 021-027
The neurosurgical operations used to treat various intracranial pathologies may affect the immune system in different ways. The main goal of this study was to determine whether the surgeries for intracranial aneurysm, meningioma and glial tumor cause immunodepression. In each of these three surgical...
Pages: 028-035
Multilevel cervical laminectomy may cause cervical kyphosis in adults afflicted with preoperative instability or deformity in this part of the spine. The laminectomy procedure may also lead to cervical kyphosis in children who have no preoperative instability or deformity. This paper describes four ...
Extended short forms again here - same in the key words so please modify according to your journal's style the aim of this study was to determine whether or not assessing cell kinetics by argyrophilic nucleolar organizer region counting, and using immunohistochemistry to detect proliferative cell nu...
Detailed knowledge of the microneuroanatomy of the skull base enables the neurosurgeon to make more aggressive surgical approaches. The most important goal in skull base surgery is minimizing retraction of the brain tissue, since excessive retraction may lead to cerebral contusion, intracerebral hem...
The surgical management of patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis in combination with one or more incidental intracranial aneurysms is problematic. We discuss this issue with reference to two cases, and in light of the relevant literature. Our conclusion is that the best management plan is aneur...
Case Report
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma rarely affects the cranium. This report describes a case of primary osseous malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the temporal bone in a 58-year-old male patient. The tumor was thought to have originated in the inner table of the bone of the skull, with subsequent intracra...
A subdural-peritoneal shunt was placed in a geriatric patient who had a chronk subdural hematoma (CSH). After the procedure, a second CSH developed on the contralateral side, and this hematoma resorbed spontaneously without further intervention. This patient's treatment is discussed relative to the ...
Pages: 061-064
A 14-year-old male patient presented with the chief complaint of tremors in his left arm and leg, and a history of seizures since age 3. The patient had been diagnosed with partial epilepsy, and had been taking anticonvulsant medication for 6 years. He had been having four to five seizures a day in ...
We report a rare case of pituitary tuberculoma. Surgery was performed via the pterional approach, and the lesion was totally excised. Based on the histopathological diagnosis, the patient underwent 9 months of triple-drug antituberculosis treatment with isoniazid, ethambutol and rifampin.