E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 19, Issue 3 (2009)
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Original Investigation
Pages: 211-215
AIM: Head trauma is associated with an acute phase response which is
characterized by leucocytosis due to increased levels of catecholamine and
cortisol. Early edema formation following severe head injury may also be
associated with microglia activation. Therefore, increased white blood cell
(WB...
Pages: 216-223
AIM: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a gunshot wound is a complex injury with a
broad spectrum of symptoms and high rates of mortality and morbidity. This study
presents an evaluation of TBI caused by gunshot wounds presenting at a single institution
and discusses possible predictive facto...
AIM: Nicotine is a well-known agent among 4000 chemicals in cigarettes. About 70
to 80% of nicotine is converted to cotinine, a major metabolite. The aim of the present
study is to investigate the effect of cotinine on neural tube development in a chick
embryo model.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Sixty ...
Pages: 230-236
AIM: Recent experimental and clinical studies on Parkinson's disease point out
the pivotal role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration and
the possible positive effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapies.
Our aim in this study was to investigate the preventive effe...
Pages: 237-244
AIM: To recognize the endoscopic anatomy of the surgical corridor along the nasal cavity,
sphenoidal sinus and the sellar area to delineate the pure endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal
approach (EETSA) to the region of the pituitary gland.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The endoscopic anatomy of the nasa...
Pages: 245-248
AIM: To investigate the feasibility of placing a screw in the C2 lamina and
evaluate the reliability of the surface of the dorsal arch of C2 as a landmark for
determining the optimal site of screw entry.
MATERIAL and METHODS: 88 adult human C2 spines were used. Seven
measurements were determined...
Pages: 249-255
OBJECTIVE: Our aim in this study was to identify the endoscopic anatomy of the anterior
cranio-vertebral junction to be able to perform minimal invasive endoscopic surgical
procedures to this region (such as dens resection) safely with better postoperative
performance of the patients.
MATERIAL a...
Case Report
Pages: 256-259
The incidence of protozoal and helminthic infestations of the central nervous
system (CNS) is less than 1%, but these infestations tend to follow a fatal course.
They are more common among children, the elderly and immunocompromised
individuals. CNS infections due to Entamoeba histolytica have be...
Glioblastoma multiforme (GB) is the most aggressive, and the most frequent
primary tumor of the brain in adults. Presence of less-differentiated areas which
exhibit a small cell morphology and neural immunophenotype is quite
uncommon in GBs. Tumor tissue which had been determined in the frontotem...
Pages: 265-268
Chordoma is known to be the most common primary tumor of the sacrum. Its
surgery is challenging from many aspects. A large amount of bleeding is one of
the biggest issues. A 52-year-old woman was admitted to our clinic with a huge
mass at sacrum. The mass was diagnosed as chordoma after a needle ...
It is generally accepted that hemifacial spasm (HFS) is caused by vascular
compression at the root exit zone (REZ) of the facial nerve. We saw an HFS
patient caused by vascular compression of the distal portion of the facial nerve
associated with configuration variation of the facial-vestibulococ...
Pages: 276-280
BACKGROUND: Although pneumocephalus and pneumoventricle are well known
entities in neurosurgery practice, delayed intraventricular tension pneumocephalus
following shunt surgery is extremely rare.
CASE DESCRIPTION: A 60-year-old man presented with vomiting, drowsiness,
walking difficulty, urinar...
Pages: 281-284
Choroid plexus papilloma (CPP) is a rare, benign epithelial brain tumor of the
nervous system seen particularly in infants. Familial cases are extremely
uncommon. Some other form of malignant tumors was noted in the relatives of
patients with CPPs, and some genetic defects regarding this coincide...
We report the case of a 39-year-old woman with unilateral intracranial chronic
subdural haematoma that occurred after epidural anesthesia for excision of a
skin scar, complicated by postdural puncture headache. The patient had no
history of trauma, headache, coagulation abnormalities, or neurolog...
Pages: 288-292
Osteoid osteoma is a benign skeletal neoplasm composed of osteoid and woven
bone. The majority of the lesions arise in the cortex of long bones. Osteoid
osteoma of the spine is a rare primary spine tumor and those located at the
thoracal spine are even rarer. The usual treatment involves complete...
Ecchordosis physaliphora is a rare congenital, benign, hamartomatous,
retroclival mass derived from notochordal tissue that is typically located
intradurally in the prepontine cistern. Ecchordosis physaliphora is usually
asymptomatic. In rare cases, ecchordosis physaliphora can be symptomatic due...
Meningiomas are the most common benign intracranial neoplasms. Nearly 20%
of all primary intracranial tumors are meningiomas. Primary intraosseous
meningiomas are a subtype of the meningiomas that represents the most
uncommon manifestation of meningiomas. Although rare, these tumors can be
found...
Pages: 302-305
Spinal intradural extramedullary schwannomas commonly occur posterolateral
or anterolateral to the spinal cord. A case of a pure midline ventrally situated
cervicodorsal extramedullary schwannoma in a 33-year-old female patient with
subacute cord compression and sphincteric involvement is present...
Review
Pages: 306-307
Different portions of the SMA appear to be engaged by different types of
neurological functions. It is important to identify the functional activation of
SMA in terms of planning the surgical strategy. Our unpublished data from
M.D. Anderson suggest that resection of the site of SMA activation ba...
Pages: 308-314
The modern age of psychosurgery can be said to have started with Moniz and
Lima. Freeman and Watts subsequently revised and popularised the lobotomy
procedure. Moniz shared the 1949 Nobel Prize for medicine or physiology for
his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses...
The Executive Committee of the Neurosurgical Society that functioned during
1988-1990 period under the leadership of Dr's Tunçalp Özgen and Yücel
Kanpolat realized many major accomplishments. Each of these senior
neurosurgeons served as presidents of the Society for one year. Dr. Nur Altınörs
wa...