E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 10, Issue 3 (2000)
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Original Investigation
Pages: 090-102
In fetal neural tissue transplantation, lack of oxygen supply to the graft in the acute stage is an important problem. This study evaluated the effects of hyperbaric oxygen treatment on fetal spinal cord grafts. Spinal cord tissues obtained from 16-day fetal rats were transplanted to the spinal cord...
Pages: 112-117
The far-lateral transcondylar approach is the method of choice for accessing lesions of the lower clivus, anterior foramen magnum, upper cervical spine and ventrolateral brainstem. This approach requires rapid identification and mobilization of the vertebral artery. in this article, we describe our ...
The ventriculoperitoneal shunt is accepted as the simplest and most effective treatment for hydrocephalus. The major problem with these devices is obstruction of the proximal end of the tubing. In this study, we examined deposıts in the proximal ends of Codman shunts from 20 of our patients whose ca...
This study investigated a possible connection between the facial nerve and/or its chorda tympani branch, and the tympanic plexus with the aim of defining some of the innervation of the middle ear mucosa. The study involved 20 locally bred male and female Wistar albino rats that were 2.5 to 3-months ...
Pages: 118-120
A major retrospective study of head injury was done on patients admitted over a 13-year period whose clinical records were complete. A total of 583 computerized tomography seans were evaluated, and these indicated that 9 patients had asymmetric skull conformation. Six of these nine were cases of sur...
Pages: 121-125
Fourteen pediatric patients with spinal dysraphism and associated mild spinal deformities underwent multilevel laminotomy in the years 1993 through 1998. At the time of surgery, the 8 male and 6 female patients ranged from 0 to 2 years of age, and their mean age was 5.3 months. All were evaluated us...
It is generally believed that the rate of pseudoarthrosis rises as the number of operative levels of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion increases. This retrospective study evaluated bone union status in 13 patients who underwent three-Ievel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with the Clowa...
Tarsal tunnel syndrome involves compression of the posterior tibial nerve due to trauma, repetitive microtrauma, ankle fracture, tumors of the tuımel contents, and systemic diseases including ankylosing spondylitis, uremia, and rheumatoid arthritis. The symptoms are focal pain, and paresthesia over ...
Case Report
Pages: 135-141
Radiological examinations of a 21-year-old man with headache and gait abnormality revealed hemangioblastomas in both cerebellar hemispheres and in the cervical spinal cord. There were also other findings consistent with the diagnosis of von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHLS), but no retinal hemangioblast...
One to two of all Echinococcus granulosus infections involve the brain, and the finding of a hydatid cyst in the aqueduct of Sylvius is extremely rare. We describe the case of a 10-year-old girl with a symptomatic hydatid cyst in the aqueduct of Sylvius. The patient exhibited signs of elevated intra...