Utility of systemic immune-inflammation index, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio as a predictive biomarker in pediatric traumatic brain injury.

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains the predominant cause of mortality and disability among the pediatric population. At present, there are no radiation-free, simple, and cost-effective tools available to assess the severity and prognosis of pediatric TBI. The systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), neutrophilto-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) serve as inflammatory biomarkers that may assist in predicting the outcome of pediatric TBI.

Amniotic band syndrome with CNS involvement: a pediatric neurosurgeon's dilemma-a case series and literature review.

Background: Amniotic band syndrome (ABS) is a rare congenital disease characterized by a broad spectrum of congenital anomalies resulting from the strangulated developing organ(s) by the detached fibrous amniotic band. The prevalence of CNS involvement in ABS is rare, but the mortality rate in these cases is high, while morbidity among the surviving patients is inevitable.

Case Report: Three-month-old male, 9-month-old female, and newborn female babies were presented with head lump(s), severe facial cleft, syndactyly, and finger amputation.

Tuberculoma mimicking postoperative VP shunt seeding of craniopharyngioma: A rare case report.

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is still a big problem in developing and TB endemic countries such as Indonesia. The most common manifestations of TB in the central nervous system are tuberculous meningitis and tuberculoma. In developing and TB endemic countries, tuberculomas account for 33% of intracranial space-occupying lesions.

Algorithm of Traumatic Brain Injury in Pregnancy (Perspective on Neurosurgery).

Background: The maternal deaths due to obstetrical cases declined, but the maternal deaths that caused by nonobstetrical cases still increase. The study reported that traumatic cases in pregnancy are the highest causes of mortality in pregnancy (nonobstetrical cases) in the United States. Another study reported that 1 in 12 pregnant women that experienced traumatic accident and as many as 9.