Factors Affecting the Outcome of Spine Metastases: A Single-Center Evaluation in Surgically Treated Patients.

Background: The estimation of survival is extremely important for metastatic disease in the spine. The aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting the outcome of patients with spinal metastasis, primarily the character of neurologic deficit and the histopathology of the tumor.

Method: A retrospective examination was made of 158 patients with spinal metastasis who were followed up in our clinic between 2010 and 2020 and underwent surgical intervention.

Osteoplastic Pterional Craniotomy: Success Rate of Surgery in Patient Aspect.

Aim: To evaluate the effect of osteoplastic pterional craniotomy on temporal hollowing and its sequelae.

Material And Methods: A total of 97 patients who underwent pterional craniotomy for an aneurysm were analyzed retrospectively. Of these 97 patients, 63 underwent surgery via the conventional pterional approach and 34 underwent surgery via the osteoplastic pterional approach.

Surgical Management Thoracolumbar Fractures in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: Technical Note with Case Series.

Objective: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease. Complications such as traumatic spinal fractures are mostly caused by hyperextension and are unstable. We report the cases of 5 patients with AS surgically treated for thoracolumbar fractures.

Spinal Schwannomas: A Proposal for a New Classification to Aid Surgical Planning.

Background The treatment of spinal schwannomas, which is the most common nerve sheath tumor, is total microsurgical resection. The localization, size and relationship with the surrounding structures of these tumors are crucial in terms of preoperative planning. A new classification method is presented in this study for the surgical planning of spinal schwannoma.

Peritumoural Oedema as a Predictor of Overall Survival for Patients with Posterior Fossa Metastases.

Objective: To analyse the relationship between peritumoural oedema volume and tumour volume in relation to the impact of metastatic posterior fossa tumour survival rates.

Study Design: An observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey, from 2011-2021.

Short-Term Results of Simpson Grade 2 Resection in Spinal Meningiomas.

Background: Spinal meningiomas are benign and slow-growing intradural tumors. Surgery is the choice of treatment. In this retrospective study, results of minimally invasive Simpson grade 2 resection and its impact on recurrence in 44 spinal meningiomas are reviewed.

Comparison of clinical and radiological results of dynamic and rigid instrumentation in degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis.

Objective: Lumbar spinal stenosis is defined as a clinical syndrome characterized by neurogenic claudication or radicular pain due to the narrowing of the spinal canal or neural foramen and the compression of its neural elements. Surgical treatment is applied to decompress the neural structures. In some cases, transpedicular instrumentation and fusion may also be applied.

Surgical Treatment of Spinal Arachnoid Cysts: Cyst Excision or Fenestration?

Aim: Arachnoid cysts in the spinal canal account for 1%-3% of all spinal canal lesions. There is no consensus on surgical treatment yet. Dural defect repair is crucial in surgical treatment patients with an extradural component.

Results of percutaneous cervical vertebroplasty using an anterolateral approach for cervical spine tumors.

Objective: The aim of this study was to report the results of percutaneous vertebroplasty in managing symptomatic osteolytic cervical spine tumors.

Methods: This study comprised a retrospective examination of patients who received percutaneous vertebroplasty between 2008 and 2020 for the treatment of tumor-induced symptomatic cervical vertebra involvement. The study summarized the demographics, vertebral levels, pain control rates, clinical results, and complications of percutaneous vertebroplasty using an anterolateral approach.

Factors Associated with Nontraumatic Spontaneous Subdural Hematomas in Pediatric Patients.

Objective: In our study, we aimed to summarize the etiology of subdural hematoma that was not traumatic and required operation in pediatric patients. The subdural hematoma characteristics, possible etiologies, and treatment, as well as the patient outcomes, were analyzed.

Methods: A retrospective examination was made of pediatric patients with subdural hematoma who were operated on at Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital.

Management of Spinal Lymphomas: Spinal Instability Assessment Using the Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score and a Proposed Treatment Algorithm.

Aim: To propose a treatment algorithm, and to assess spinal instability in patients diagnosed with spinal lymphoma.

Material And Methods: Demographics, symptoms, tumor level and location, and presence of spinal instability were reviewed in 22 patients with spinal lymphomas. Each patient's neurological state was reviewed using the American Spinal Injury Association and modified McCormick scale scores, and spinal instability was assessed using the Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS).

Can Posterior Midline Approach Provide Adequate Exposure for All Craniovertebral Junction Tumors?

Introduction: The surgical treatment of craniovertebral junction (CVJ) lesions remains a difficult process requiring advanced experience. The aim of this study was to present our experience and the clinical results of a posterior and posterolateral approach used for CVJ lesions in our clinic, and to discuss these in light of current literature.

Methods: Clinical, radiologic, and surgical aspects of 30 patients with CVJ tumors were retrospectively evaluated.

Role of Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score in Management of Spinal Plasmacytoma.

Objective: The decision to perform surgery in cases of spinal plasmacytoma (SP) is controversial. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of the Spinal Instability Neoplastic Score (SINS) in evaluation of spinal instability in patients with SP.

Methods: Clinical and radiological characteristics of 10 patients with SP were retrospectively evaluated.

Posterior Transpedicular Screw Fixation of Subaxial Vertebrae: Accuracy Rates and Safety of Mini-laminotomy Technique.

Background And Aim: Posterior cervical transpedicular screw fixation has the strongest resistance to pullout forces compared with other posterior fixation systems. Here, we present a case on the use of this technique combined with a mini-laminotomy technique, which serves as a guide for accurate insertion of posterior cervical transpedicular screws.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from 40 patients who underwent this procedure in our clinic between January 2014 and March 2017.

Central liponeurocytoma as a clinical entity.

Introduction: Liponeurocytomas are mostly localized in cerebellar hemispheres and the second most common location is the vermis. It is rarely observed within the intracranial ventricles. Here, we present a case of liponeurocytoma located in the right lateral ventricle and the systematic review of the literature.

Is there a relationship between blood lipids and lumbar disc herniation in young Turkish adults?

Introduction: Atherosclerosis might diminish the nutrient supply to intervertebral discs (IVD), leading to disc herniation. Therefore, there is interest in determining the possible association between the blood lipid profile and lumbar disc herniation (LDH). We aimed to evaluate the association between blood lipids and LDH in a homogeneous group of patients, controlling for age- and sex-specific effects.

Effect of bone mineral density on lumbar discs in young adults: A case-control study.

Bone mineral density (BMD) might be a risk factor for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) in young adults, but there is not enough data concerning this effect. Several studies have been performed on elderly and osteoporotic patients. Thus, we aimed to investigate the effect of BMD on the etiopathogenesis of LDH in young adults.

Tension pneumocephalus causing brain herniation after endoscopic sinus surgery.

Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) may rarely be complicated by intracranial complications; the most common of them is a cerebrospinal fluid fistula. Pneumocephalus as a complication of ESS is quite rare. Here, we presented a unique case of tension pneumocephalus causing brain herniation as a complication of ESS, to whom emergent craniotomy was performed.