E-ISSN: 1019-5157
ISSN: 2651-5024
Vol. 25, Issue 6 (2015)
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Original Investigation
Pages: 837-843
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.12122-14.2
AIM: The connections of posterior commissure are defined. Its fibers mediate the consensual light reflex by interconnecting the pretectal
nuclei. The fiber connections from the thalamic, pretectal, superior colliculus and the habenular nuclei are known, but they have not been
shown anatomically. T...
Pages: 844-849
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11850-14.1
AIM: The knowledge of the vasculature around the paracondylar region is important in neurosurgical procedures such as the paracondylar and
lateral supracondylar approaches. The objectives of the present study were to determine the prevalence of paracondylar emissary foramina in
the adult skull bas...
Pages: 850-857
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.9701-13.1
AIM: The role of statins for treating aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) remains uncertain. In this study, the relevance of different
end points was evaluated in order to clarify the action and efficacy of statins.
MATERIAL and METHODS: A systematic literature retrieval was carried out to o...
Pages: 858-85
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.12966-14.2
AIM: The study deals with intraoperative rupture of intracranial aneurysms (IOR) during microsurgery, analyzing factors that may be connected
with IOR.
MATERIAL and METHODS: During the three-year period (2006-2008), 934 patients were operated for aneurysms at the Institute of
Neurosurgery, CCS, B...
Pages: 866-872
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.7491-12.2
AIM: To analyse the relationship between the Volume Embolization Ratio (VER), aneurysmal morphological characteristics, and intracranial
aneurysm embolization results.
MATERIAL and METHODS: Using the clinical and radiological data of 57 cerebral aneurysms treated with detachable coils, VERs were
...
Pages: 873-876
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.9503-13.1
AIM: To explore the effect of early enteral (EN) and parenteral nutritional (PN) support on head-injured patients after craniocerebral surgery.
MATERIAL and METHODS: We randomly divided 120 head trauma patients into two groups: those receiving EN and those receiving PN
support (60 patients each). ...
Pages: 877-882
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.9181-13.0
AIM: To examine the use of prognostic factors such as age, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, pupil reactivity and computerized tomography
(CT) findings for predicting the prognosis of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients in Turkey.
MATERIAL and METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated TBI patie...
Pages: 883-887
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.10495-14.2
AIM: Surgical approaches to the pituitary have undergone numerous refinements over the last 100 years. The fully endoscopic transsphenoidal
approach has gained widespread use all around the world. We report the results of a consecutive series of patients who underwent pituitary
surgery using a pur...
Pages: 888-894
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11773-14.0
AIM: The scalp and forehead are the anatomical regions where non-melanoma malignant skin tumors are commonly seen due to direct sun
exposure. After surgery for non-melanoma malignant skin tumors located in the scalp and forehead, many complex defects can develop,
ranging from sole skin defects to ...
Pages: 895-899
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11920-14.1
AIM: Sulfadiazine (SD) is a classic antibiotic for intracranial infection. Due to the medical market policy, SD has not been chosen as an essential
drug in all the hospitals in China. However, its therapeutic effect is definite and cannot be substituted. The aim of this study was to evaluate the
t...
Pages: 900-904
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11342-14.1
AIM: Surgery for epilepsy is a significant treatment alternative with favorable outcomes in the pediatric age group. In this study we present the
surgical outcomes of pediatric population referred to our center.
MATERIAL and METHODS: The clinical data of 126 patients (≤18 years) with lesiona...
Pages: 905-913
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.12093-14.0
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-negative epilepsy may be successfully solved with a multidisciplinary approach using invasive recordings,
image and signal analysis. The whole methodology used by the epilepsy surgery team is systematically described based on an resistant
epilepsy case with all ste...
Pages: 914-921
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11473-14.1
AIM: The choroid plexus (CP) is a specific anatomical structure producing cerebrospinal fluid into the ventricular space. The three-dimensional
anatomical structure of the choroid plexus located within the lateral ventricle may be evaluated by using the three dimensional volume
rendering technique...
Pages: 922-929
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11700-14.1
AIM: The aim of this study was to describe the results of surgery performed in a group of adult patients with tethered cord syndrome with
their outcomes.
MATERIAL and METHODS: This retrospective study included 56 patients. There were 38 females and 18 males. All patients were older than
18 years....
Pages: 930-935
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11749-14.1
AIM: Previous studies have shown that carvedilol has a neuroprotective effect in animal models of brain ischemia and brain oxidative damage
in vitro. This study was perfomed to investigate the effect of carvedilol on the secondary damage in experimental spinal cord injury (SCI).
MATERIAL and METHO...
Case Report
Pages: 936-939
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.7737-12.2
Metastatic adenocarcinoma in bilateral cerebellopontine angles (CPA) is rare. We report a case and review the current literature in order to
enhance recognition of metastatic adenocarcinoma in the cerebellopontine angle. A 44-year-old man was referred to the hospital with rightsided
diminished hea...
Pages: 940-942
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11079-14.1
Intradural cement leakage after percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) is a rare clinical picture. We report a 64-year-old woman with osteoporotic
compression fracture of the L2 vertebral body developing monoparesis and monoparesthesia after PV. The diagnosis of intradural cement
collection with spinal ...
Pages: 943-947
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.12025-14.2
Ewing’s Sarcoma (ES) is a rare malignant tumor that commonly arises from skeletal bone but rarely has an extraskeletal origin. Intradural ES
is rare in childhood and adulthood. Intradural metastasis is very rarely encountered in clinical observations. There are only two reports of
intradural...
Pages: 948-953
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11567-14.0
Macrocerebellum is a rare entity characterized by an enlarged cerebellum. We describe a case of a 48-month-old child with macrocerebellum.
We performed serial volumetric analysis [total brain volume (TBV) and cerebellar volume] over a period of 4 years. We analyzed the white
matter microstructure ...
Pages: 954-958
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11612-14.1
Tophaceous gout has classically been described as an affliction of the extremities. It has however been reported as early as 1947 to involve the
spinal column. We report a 63-year-old male, previously scheduled for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion to correct an existing cervical
myelopathy ...
Pages: 959-962
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11692-14.3
Parent artery occlusion is an effective treatment for giant intracranial aneurysms that cannot be clipped directly by surgery in patients who
tolerate balloon test occlusion. However, concern remains that impaired hemodynamics after parent artery occlusion may cause delayed
ischemic events in the ...
Pages: 963-966
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11711-14.1
The use of an extracranial-intracranial (EC-IC) bypass has been a choice to improve the safety of parent vessel occlusion during the management
of aneurysm. However, the prognosis and subsequent patency of bypass graft are variable and have seldom been managed by endovascular
treatment. A 38-year-...
Pages: 967-970
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.12046-14.1
A 28-year-old woman presented with complaints of severe buttock pain exacerbating for 2 weeks. Physical examination found numerous
café-au-lait macules and axillary freckles. Neurological examination revealed sensory loss at the S3-S5 dermatome and significant vesicorectal
dysfunction. Magnetic re...
Pages: 971-975
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11860-14.3
The treatment of dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) at the foramen magnum remains controversial by reason that DAVFs appearing from the
foramen magnum represent only a minority of spinal DAVFs. We present our treatment for an asymptomatic patient suffering from a foramen
magnum DAVF. A 53-year-o...
Pages: 976-979
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11847-14.1
The authors report on a 55-year-old man with complaints of intermittent pulsatile headache for 6 months, vision loss of the right eye and
diplopia for 2 months. A magnetic resonance image (MRI) showed a large heterogeneously enhanced intrasellar mass lesion, occupying the
entire hypophyseal fossa ...
Pages: 980-983
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11355-14.1
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis with internal jugular vein thrombosis is not reported as a complication in nephrotic syndrome. We report
a 40-year-old male with nephrotic syndrome, who had headache during his hospitalization. Conventional diagnostic tests showed extensive
thrombosis at the proxim...
Pages: 984-987
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11183-14.1
Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare, benign, spindle cell tumor that is most commonly found in the visceral pleura. The orbit is one of the
most common extrapleural sites of occurrence. Though they can be seen in any age, they typically present in adults with proptosis as the
prominent symptom....
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