E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 17, Issue 2 (2007)
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Original Investigation
OBJECTIVE: We designed this experimental study to examine the potential
positive influences of the acetylated derivative of acetyl-L-carnithine, an
endogenous substance present in the nervous system, on chronic compression
neuropathy. This is the first study ever published on the medical treatmen...
OBJECTIVES: Recent studies have revealed that nitric oxide (NO) in concert
with lipid peroxidation (LP) may play an important role in pathophysiological
mechanism(s) of cerebral ischemia. In addition, hyperglycemia exaggerates the
pathological changes during cerebral ischemia. The purpose of this...
Pages: 083-090
OBJECTIVE: The purpose is to evaluate the functional recoveries obtained
through the pysiotherapy program started in the early postoperative period
with the patients with SAH, and then advanced after being discharged.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Home Exercise (HE) (n=54) was Group I, and
the Regular S...
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to compare neuropsychological
outcome at 1-year follow-up in patients with medically refractory unilateral
mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) due to hippocampal sclerosis (HS)
treated by a cortico-amygdalohippocampectomy (CAH) or a selective-amygdalohippoca...
Pages: 100-108
OBJECTIVE: We have conducted a prospective study to evaluate the results and
effectiveness of bilateral decompression via a unilateral laminectomy in 50
patients with 98 levels of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis without instability.
METHODS: Clinical outcomes were assessed using the Visual An...
Pages: 112-115
OBJECTIVE: We developed an instrument (a dissector tool with micro-
vibrating system) to make make brain tissue dissection easy and safe.
METHOD: We used this instrument and conventional technique to dissect 18 fresh
cadaver sheep brains (9 of them were dissected by the vibrating-dissection
tech...
Case Report
Intraoperative monitoring is considered as a useful tool to prevent neurological
damage during different neurosurgical procedures. Somatosensory evoked
potentials (SEP) allow simultaneous assessment of several cortical and sub
cortical centers. In this case presentation, we report intraoperative ...
Infection is the major and important complication of spinal instrumentation
generally requiring removal of the implant. Although findings of infection
usually appear within a few months after operation, they may appear even after
few years in some cases. A case with delayed postoperative infectio...
Intracranial foreign bodies due to nonmissile intracranial penetrations occur
rarely. Most of these penetrating injuries result from industrial accidents or
criminal assaults. The complications which cause mortality in early stage are
intracerebral hemorrhage, contusion, major vascular injury and...
Pages: 125-128
We report a C2 tear-drop fracture of a 69–year-old patient which occurred after
a fall. Although tear drop fractures of the subaxial cervical spine mostly develop
due to a flexion type injury, the mechanism is often compressive hyperextension
injury at the C2 vertebra. Rigid external stabil...
Pages: 129-133
BACKGROUND: Here we describe a case of PCNSL which was located
peripherally as a single lesion and showed no evidence of pathological findings
of lymphoma at the first biopsy.
CASE DESCRIPTION: A 56-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with a
talking disorder and attention deficit. The neur...
Intradural disc herniation is a serious and rare complication of intervertebral disc rupture. The preoperative diagnosis of intradural disc herniation is still d i fficult despite new neuroradiologic investigation possibilities including computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging and it ...
OBJECTIVE: Biochemical and radiological properties of sellar and parasellar
lesions are quite similar in some instances. This leads to a difficulty in
preoperative diagnosis. Here, a pituitary adenoma and a suprasellar arachnoid
cyst in the same patient is presented, and possible etiopathogenetic...
Segmental artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare complication of spinal trauma. We present an unusual case of thoracic 11-12 segmental artery pseudoaneurysm caused by thoracal spine fracture. A 72-year-old man was admitted to our emergency department because of a car accident. Neurological examination reve...
Pages: 147-151
Symptomatic interhemispheric arachnoid cysts (ACs) are extremely rare lesions seen more frequently in the elderly. Only 13 cases of symptomatic interhemispheric ACs in the elderly have previously been reported. Herein, we describe a 70-year-old female with symptoms of vertigo, memory and behavior di...
Pages: 152-154
The cervical spine is injured in approximately 3% of major trauma patients and 10% of patients with serious head injury. We present a patient in whom an unstable cervical spine, without neurological deficit, resulting from a traffic accident was misdiagnosed as normal in the emergency room. Although...
OBJECTIVE: To present a case of a fracture of the unilateral pars interarticularis
of the C2.
METHODS: There is confusion in the use of anatomic terminology of the pars
interarticularis and pedicle of the C2 in literature. A fracture of the unilateral
pars interarticularis of the C2 was diagnose...
Pages: 158-162
Migration of peritoneal catheter into the abdominal cavity is rare. We have
discussed and presented the treatment options in two cases with accompanying
literature. Abdominal migration of peritoneal catheter appears as a result of
shunt fracture and disconnection. The complaints on presentation i...
Because of anatomical configuration of the orbit, the brain can be damaged by
penetrating transorbital injuries. At first sight, this type of trauma can be
thought of as a solitary eye trauma. In this paper, we report a case who suffered
from brain injury by a metallic foreign body which passed i...