E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 21, Issue 2 (2011)
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Original Investigation
Pages: 119-126
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3212-10.2
AIM: The value of neuronavigation in cranioorbital neurosurgery is controversial and relatively unstudied. The aim of this study was to evaluate
the application, the usefulness and the reliability of neuronavigation in the neurosurgical treatment of orbital tumours.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A framele...
Pages: 127-134
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3813-10.1
AIM: To investigate the feasibility of noncontrast computed tomography (NcCT) and perfusion CT (PCT) in the assessment of head deceleration
injury (HDI).
MATERIAL and METHODS: A small animal HDI device was developed. A total of 20 healthy adult rabbits with frontal impacts resulting from a
3.5 m ...
Pages: 135-139
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3385-10.1
AIM: Low back pain (LBP) is a common symptom that causes enormous social, psychological, and economical problems. We studied LBP
occurrence in a group of young adults referred to an army hospital for a planned health check and evaluated possible causative factors by
prospective questionnaires.
MA...
Pages: 140-146
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3956-10.0
AIM: To describe effectiveness of deep brain stimulation of subthalamic nucleus (DBS STN) on physical, emotional, cognitive functions and
daily activities in Parkinson's patients.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Ten patients (51.20 ±10.20 yr.) were assessed three times. The Time Up and Go Test, 12 m Walking...
Pages: 147-151
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4003-10.0
AIM: Although surgery is the most effective means of eliminating or reducing seizures in cases of medically refractory epilepsy, the expected
or unexpected surgical complications must also be kept in mind in order not to decrease patients' quality of life. The aim of this present study
was to asse...
Pages: 152-159
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3401-10.0
AIM: The correlation between hematoma volume and outcome in ruptured arteriovenous malformations (AVM) with accompanying posterior
fossa hematoma was retrospectively evaluated.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Microsurgery operations were performed on 127 patients with intracranial AVM between January 1998 a...
Pages: 160-166
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3815-10.1
AIM: Many direct and indirect surgical intervention methods have been defined for the treatment of moyamoya disease. Indirect surgical
procedures have been increasingly used. In this study, indirect surgical intervention methods especially used in combination with pial
synangiosis were assessed to...
Pages: 167-171
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.1687-08.1
The purpose of the present study was to describe a new minimally invasive surgical technique for decompression of the ulnar nerve at the
elbow for treatment of cubital tunnel syndrome. Four patients underwent surgical treatment for cubital tunnel syndrome. Preoperative clinical
states were classif...
Pages: 172-176
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3869-10.0
AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of surgery for lumbar disc herniation in patients aged 80 or older.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Operative time (OT), intraoperative estimated blood loss (EBL), length of hospital stay (LOS), and complication rate
(CR) were used to assess safety of surgery. The Vi...
Pages: 177-180
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3246-10.2
AIM: Releasing the carpal tunnel for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is the most common surgical procedure in neurosurgical practice. In this
study, we aimed to analyze the outcome of patients operated on for carpal tunnel syndrome using a limited uni skin incision.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Between June...
Pages: 181-190
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3838-10.1
AIM: The foramen magnum (FM) is a unique and complex anatomical region. The occipital condyle (OC) and jugular tubercle (JT) are the main
bony structures which obscure the anterolaterally situated lesions of the FM.The aim of this study was to revisit the anatomy of the FM region
and assess variat...
Pages: 191-196
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3933-10.2
AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of impulse noise on the epithelial cells of the choroid plexus.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Forty Sprague Dawley rats were used and divided into the 2 groups as control and study groups. In the control
group, the rats did not suffer noise injury....
Pages: 197-202
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3523-10.2
AIM: Aim of this study is to assess effects of parenteral nutritional support with fish-oil emulsion on spinal cord recovery in rats with traumatic
spinal cord injury.
MATERIAL and METHODS: For 5 days after SCI rats were received saline in group C and Omegaven in group O. Locomotor strengths (BBB
...
Pages: 203-209
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3646-10.1
AIM: In this study, we aimed to show the neuroprotective effects of AT III and Enoxaparin after severe traumatic brain injury.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The animals were divided into four groups as Group 1; control group, Group 2; trauma group, Group 3; AT III
group and Group 4; Enoxaparin group. Seve...
Pages: 210-215
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3574-10.1
AIM: In traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients, it is desired to monitor the intracranial pressure (ICP) to assess the cerebral haemodynamics and
guide the therapy. The study was designed to see if the pulsatility index (PI) measured by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) predicts
informatio...
Case Report
Pages: 216-221
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2487-09.1
The primary brain tumors associated with cerebral aneurysms are rare in neurosurgical practice. The present article constitutes an evaluation
of the management of coexistent primary brain tumor and cerebral aneurysm. A retrospective study of three cases of primary brain tumor
with cerebral aneurys...
Pages: 222-225
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2638-09.1
Pilomyxoid astrocytoma (PMA) is a recently described neoplasm. PMA shares few features with pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), the most common
central nervous system (CNS) tumor in the pediatric population, yet displays histological differences. Previous studies have shown that PMAs
have more aggressive ...
Pages: 226-229
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2582-09.1
Compression at the craniovertebral junction because of tumors is not a very common entity. The commonest tumors present here are
neurofibroma and meningioma. Any vertebral tumour can be present at this location. Benign bony tumors are very uncommon at this
location and amongst these enchondromas a...
Pages: 230-234
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2716-09.1
Apoplexy in sellar metastasis is very rare with only a few case reports in literature. A case of apoplexy in sellar metastasis from follicular
thyroid carcinoma is reported and the literature is briefly reviewed. The patient presented with sudden onset headache and bi-lateral loss
of vision follow...
Pages: 235-238
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2848-09.0
Perivascular spaces surround the small arteries and veins as they enter into the brain parenchyma from the subarachnoid spaces. Also called as
Virchow-Robin spaces, these are prominent in the basal ganglia and high convexity white matter of the elderly. Occasionally VR spaces may get
massively enl...
Pages: 239-241
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2758-09.0
We present a case that had two separate facet joints on the same side causing an intervertebral instability. The embryological pathogenesis
of the congenital existence of two separate facet joints on the same side of the vertebra is not conclusively known. A 68-year-old woman
presented with lower ...
Pages: 242-245
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2766-09.1
A 43-year-old male presented with 3-month history of low-grade fever and headache. Radiological investigations revealed unilateral
hydrocephalus. Unilateral obstruction of the foramen of Monro due to chronic tubercular ependymal inflammation was suspected and
endoscopic septostomy was planned. Tho...
Pages: 246-248
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2750-09.2
The authors report the case of an adult female patient who developed a thoracic paraspinous desmoid tumor (aggressive fibromatosis) located
just cranially to the incision scar of the previous surgery for resection of a spinal schwannoma. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is
the first rep...
Pages: 249-253
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2869-09.0
Primary fourth ventricle meningiomas are extremely rare, and they are defined as meningiomas arising from the choroid plexus and lying
strictly within the fourth ventricle. In this report we present a 61-year-old man with progressive worsening vertigo and gait disturbance, and
new onset of diplopi...
Pages: 254-258
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2660-09.1
Peroneal nerve entrapment is most commonly seen in the popliteal fossa. It is rarely caused by a ganglion. Intraneural ganglia, although
uncommon and seldom cause serious complications, are well recognized and most commonly affect the common peroneal (lateral popliteal)
nerve. Ganglionic cysts dev...
Pages: 259-263
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2914-10.0
The anterior tarsal tunnel syndrome (ATTS) has first been described by Kopell and Thompson in 1963. The anterior tarsal tunnel is formed
by the fascia lining the inferior extensor retinaculum and talus as well as the navicular bone. Many ATTS cases with various etiologies have
been reported since ...
Pages: 264-268
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2705-09.1
Recently, Iskandar et al described “Chiari Zero malformation” to characterize some kind of syringomyelia that exhibits classic Chiari-type
symptoms with little to no herniation, but there is some dilemma about whether it is actually present. We presented a 38-year-old-man with
a diagno...
Pages: 269-270
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.3764-10.1
The cubital tunnel syndrome is widely considered as the second most frequent compression neuropathy in the upper extremities although
the existence of a compressive cause has not been determined conclusively. As far as we know, operational photography of compression of
the ulnar nerve at the elbow...