Massive Brain Swelling and Death After Cranioplasty: A Systematic Review.

Background: Although cranioplasty is a common procedure, it may cause a variety of complications. Massive brain swelling after cranioplasty (MBSC) is an unusual complication that has been reported more frequently in recent years. Most of the existing information about this condition is speculative and the cause remains unclear.

Atlanto-Occipital Rotatory Dislocation: A Case Report and Systematic Review.

Background: Atlanto-occipital rotatory dislocation (AORD) has rarely been reported in the literature; for this reason, the clinicoradiologic characteristics of this injury are not well described.

Methods: We describe the case of a 67-year-old man who sustained a cervical spine trauma. He reported only neck pain and was neurologically intact.

Gamma knife surgery for hypothalamic hamartomas accompanied by medically intractable epilepsy and precocious puberty: experience in Mexico.

Object: Hypothalamic hamartoma is a nonneoplastic malformative mass of neurons and glia in the region of the hypothalamus. Because of its location, open surgery is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Gamma knife surgery (GKS) may be an efficient and safe treatment approach, which produces little morbidity.

Multimodal management of craniopharyngiomas: neuroendoscopy, microsurgery, and radiosurgery.

Object: The goal of this study was to examine the role of gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS) and adjuvant neuroendoscopic procedures by assessing the outcome in 10 patients with craniopharyngiomas who were treated between 1998 and 2001.

Methods: In 10 consecutive patients (six males and four females, mean age 12 years [range 7-32 years]), there were nine mixed and one solid craniopharyngioma. In the last three cases, neuroendoscopic procedures were conducted.