E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 20, Issue 2 (2010)
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Review
Pages: 103-110
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2999-10.1
The use of stem cells in the treatment of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) in
recent years has provided promising results. Different sources of cells for
transplantation have been used, including neural progenitor cells (NPCs), neural
stem cells (NSCs) or embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Experiment...
Original Investigation
Pages: 111-116
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2659-09
AIM: The aim of this study is to demonstrate the effect of meloxicam in early
stage chick embryos on neural tube development.
MATERIAL and METHODS: One hundred specific pathogen-free (SPF) chicken
eggs were used to investigate the neurulation. SPF eggs were invastigated in four
groups (n:25). Al...
Pages: 117-125
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2461-09.4
AIM: Glioblastoma is the most common and highest-grade infiltrative astrocytoma.
It is usually associated with a bad prognosis. Histological grading is highly
predictive of an aggressive behavior, with a mean survival rate of 1 year.
Nonetheless, individual patient survival can vary substantially...
Pages: 126-135
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2790-09
AIM: Management of Vertebral Artery (VA) dissections remains controversial.
The clinical and angiographic variables of VA dissections were evaluated to
demonstrate the safety and efficacy of endovascular intervention in treatment of
VA dissecting aneurysms.
MATERIAL and METHODS: 25 patients with...
Pages: 136-141
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2982-10
AIM: To reevaluate the Concorde position with different surgical interventions
to the posterior fossa and cervical pathology and to improve patient comfort in
the Concorde position through obtuse angle placement of the three-pin holder
while the patient is in the supine position.
MATERIAL and ME...
Pages: 142-150
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2368-09.2
AIM: The brachial plexus (BP) has a complex structure and risky relations with
its neighborhoods. This study was designed to investigate and overcome the
morphometric features of the BP and the difficulties regarding surgery of BP
lesions.
MATERIAL and METHOD: Twelve BP of six adult cadavers wer...
Pages: 151-158
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2732-09.0
AIM: To explore a method to obtain sub-millimeter data of the thin transverse
section of the pterygopalatine fossa (PPF), and to study the thin transverse
sectional anatomy of the adult pterygopalatine fossa and its communicating
structure for providing anatomic gist for the imaging diagnosis and...
Pages: 159-166
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2714-09.0
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a devastating neurological
disease that has a mortality rate as high as 67% in some series. Traditional
research and treatment has focused on addressing the delayed events of cerebral
vasospasm following SAH. However, the physiological and cellular even...
Pages: 167-172
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2620-09.2
AIM: Lateral orbitotomy is a well-known approach for lesions of the lateral
orbital cone. It is still appropriate for laterally situated tumors although
contemporary cranial base approaches were defined and developed within the
last decades.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Here we report 10 orbital lesion...
Pages: 173-179
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2462-09.1
AIM: Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is routinely treated with standardized methyl
prednisolone sodium succinate (MPSS) dose, so it is reassuring to find its effects
on liver. We also evaluated the effects of albumin and immunoglobulin G (Ig G)
therapies on liver if they are used in case of experimental...
Pages: 180-185
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2616-09.1
AIM: To investigate the relationship between health locus of control and quality
of life in patients with chronic low back pain.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Pain intensity by visual analog scale, quality of life
related to health by the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)
assessment and...
Pages: 186-204
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2343-09.1
AIM: The aim of this article is to describe the microsurgical anatomy of the
cavernous sinus, the triangles, and the osseous relationships in the region with
special attention to the relationships important in surgical approaches on the
intracavernous structures.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Fifty cave...
Pages: 205-215
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2358-09.2
Fusion surgeries are still the gold standard in the treatment of the degenerative
spine. Spinal fusion has some problems, however. Adjacent segment disease,
donor place ailment, and the morbidity of the surgery has emerged as important
problems over the years. As a consequence of such complicatio...
Pages: 216-222
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2091-09.1
AIM: Intracranial hypodense lesions include a wide group of pathologies with
different structures and characters. Although the radiological imaging properties
of these neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions are similar, treatment modalities
for each lesion differs due to histopathological structur...
Pages: 223-230
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2538-09.1
AIM: This study presents a Turkish academic database application platform
which is specialized for spinal surgery clinics. The application provides a userfriendly
interface and easy access to the patients' data due to a hierarchical
structure. Patient diagnosis, treatment and follow-up process da...
Pages: 231-240
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2510-09.3
AIM: Surgical approach to the upper thoracic spine diseases is challenging since
anterior interventions to this region are quite complicated with the presence of
major vascular elements or important visceral and soft-tissue structures.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Operative technique was performed initi...
Technical Report
Pages: 241-246
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.1681-09.3
AIM: The main purpose of this report is to demonstrate the effects of fractionated
radiosurgery regimens in the management of optic gliomas
MATERIALS and METHODS: Two patients suffering from progressive loss of
vision due to optic nerve gliomas were treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery
in three...
Case Report
Pages: 247-250
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.1736-09.1
In this report, the authors present a 14-year-old male patient admitted with
progressive paraparesis and urinary incontinence that developed in a 3-month
period. Thoracolumbar MRI revealed an intramedullary lesion starting from the
level of the T10 vertebra and extending to fill the sacral spinal...
Pages: 251-256
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.1590-08.3
Pigmented villonodular synovitis is a benign proliferative disease of the synovial
structures. This disease is most commonly seen in the extremities, and spinal
involvement is extremely rare. In the relevant literature, 53 cases have been
reported. We present a 66-year-old female patient with a l...
Pages: 257-260
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.1991-09.3
Traumatic cervical spondyloptosis has almost always been associated with
disabling neurological deficit and we could only find one case without a
neurological deficit reported in the literature. A 42 year old man suffering from
severe neck pain following a high speed motor vehicle accident was ad...
Pages: 261-264
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.1761-09.1
The neurological complications of bee venom poisoning vary from optic neuritis
to pontine hematoma. However, to our best knowledge, trigeminal neuropathic
pain secondary to bee sting has not been reported previously in the literature. We
report the case of a 52-year-old male patient with right-si...
Pages: 265-268
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2327-09.0
Cemento-ossifying fibromas are benign lesions of the jaw, which arise from the
periodontal membrane. Histopathologically these are composed of fibrous
tissues with calcified structures resembling bone and cementum. Surgical
resection is the treatment of choice. They have rarely been reported in t...
History
Pages: 269-273
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2923-10.2
Microsurgical techniques have played a crucial role in the development of
neurosurgery and microsurgical education has an involuting role to gain surgical
competence in neurosurgery. Microsurgery laboratory at Gulhane Military
Medical Academy (GMMA) was established in 1985 by Prof. Erdener
Timur...
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