Factors Affecting Resorption Following Cranioplasty with an Autologous Bone Graft.

Aim: To evaluate the relationship between the surgical techniques, the waiting time for surgery, postoperative distance between the graft-bone margin and the percentage of bone resorption, we analyzed patients who underwent cranioplasty. Cranioplasty is a necessary surgery to preserve brain tissue and provide an appropriate microenvironment.

Material And Methods: In this study, patients who underwent autologous bone grafting after decompressive craniectomy by the Neurosurgery Clinic of University of Health Sciences Ankara Training and Research Hospital between 2018 and 2021 were examined.

The Evaluation of Dermatological Disease Profiles of Neurosurgery Inpatients: A Tertiary Clinic Experience.

Background: Both the skin and neuronal systems originate from the ectoderm. In patients hospitalized for neurosurgery, their skin may be affected by genetic and environmental factors.

Objective: This study researched disease relationships by evaluating the profile of hospitalized neurosurgery patients who consulted with dermatology in a tertiary clinic (Neurosurgery Clinic, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara).

Retrospective Evaluation of Patients with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hematomas.

Aim: To investigate the relationship among the modified Rankin scores of patients who had intracerebral hematomas at discharge, demographic characteristics of the patients, and the characteristics of the hematoma.

Material And Methods: In this study, patients diagnosed with intracerebral hematoma and treated at the Ministry of Health Ankara Training and Research Hospital Neurosurgery Clinic between January 2010 and December 2020 were examined retrospectively. The age, gender, comorbidity, anticoagulant?antiaggregant use, and Glasgow Coma Scale score of the patients were obtained from hospital records.

The Comparison of Autologous Bone, Methyl-Methacrylate, Porous Polyethylene, and Titanium Mesh in Cranioplasty.

Aim: To discuss four different materials that are frequently used in cranioplasty, and to reveal their advantages and disadvantages.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 85 of our cranioplasty surgeries between 2016 and 2019. Reconstruction surgeries were excluded from our study due to craniofacial trauma.

Effect of Propolis on Neurological Recovery After Experimental Spinal Cord Injury.

Aim: To examine the effect of propolis on the healing process in terms of both electrophysiological and ultrastructural parameters in a rat model of experimental spinal cord injury.

Material And Methods: Thirty rats were divided into control, spinal cord trauma, and treated trauma groups with 10 rats per group. The rats were sacrificed after 10 days.

The Effect of Alpha Lipoic Acid on Cerebrospinal Fluid Biochemistry and Brain Edema After Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury.

Aim: To investigate the effect of alpha lipoic acid on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) osmolarity and brain tissue water ratio in a rabbit model of traumatic brain injury.

Material And Methods: Using a previously established model of traumatic brain injury using liquid nitrogen, 36 New Zealand rabbits were randomized into six groups (three treatment groups, a no trauma/no treatment group, a trauma/no treatment group, and a no trauma/treatment group). The treatment groups were administered intravenous alpha lipoic acid at different times of the experiment.

Bilateral Cerebellopontine Angle Osteomas: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Osteomas and exostoses of cerebellopontine angle (CPA) are very rare, benign, and usually slow-growing lesions; few case reports have been published about these lesions in literature. The most common localizations of these temporal bone lesions are the mastoid cortex and the external acoustic canal. To our knowledge, only two cases of bilateral osteoma arising from both internal acoustic canals (IACs) have been reported.

: A Rare Infectious Agent Found in Cerebrospinal Fluid.

() is a gram negative bacillus. It has existed in soil, drinking water and plants. It has been isolated from distilled water tanks, respirators, and hemodialysis devices at the hospital setting.

Efficacy of Lumboperitoneal Shunting in Patients with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus.

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of lumboperitoneal (LP) shunt procedures in the treatment of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH).

Material And Methods: A medical record review was conducted to obtain demographic, clinical, laboratory data, as well as pre-, intra, -postoperative details of 65 patients who underwent LP shunt surgery for NPH between January 1, 2001 and January 1, 2014 in the Neurosurgery Clinics of Ankara Training and Research Hospital and Ankara Numune Hospital.

Results: At the 3rd month after LP shunt surgery, headache was resolved in almost all patients.

Pericallosal Lipomas: A Series of 10 Cases with Clinical and Radiological Features.

Aim: A pericallosal lipoma is a fat-containing lesion occurring in the interhemispheric fissure closely related to the corpus callosum, which is often abnormal. This is the most common location for an intracranial lipoma. In this study, we aim to report on the clinical and radiographic aspects of ten patients diagnosed with pericallosal lipomas.

Vertebrojugular arteriovenous fistula and pseudoaneurysm formation due to penetrating vertebral artery injury: case report and review of the literature.

Vertebral artery injury including thrombosis, arteriovenous fistula (AVF), pseudo-aneurysm and hemorrhage may be iatrogenic or due to penetrating or blunt trauma. Although mostly asymptomatic, vertebral artery injury may also present with vertebrobasilar insufficiency findings, cephalgia, radicular pain or myelopathy due to blockade of arterial flow, arterial steal phenomenon and venous hypertension. The gold standard for diagnosis is digital subtraction angiography (DSA).

Antiedema effects of proanthocyanidin on experimental traumatic brain edema.

Aim: Brain edema developing due to central nervous system trauma is still a significant reason of mortality and morbidity. There is still no definite approach for the medical treatment of brain edema despite many clinical and laboratory studies in recent years. We therefore investigated the effect of proanthocyanidin, an antioxidant agent, on brain edema in this study.

Lipoma of the quadrigeminal cistern: report of 12 cases with clinical and radiological features.

Aim: To present the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics and clinical features of 12 patients with quadrigeminal cistern lipoma.

Material And Methods: A series of 12 patients with quadrigeminal cistern lipoma were followed up between 2010 and 2013 at the Kayseri Training and Research Hospital's Department of Neurosurgery. MRI characteristics and clinical features of the 12 patients were evaluated.

The therapeutic value of proanthocyanidin in experimental cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Aim: We aimed to examine the basilar artery in an experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) model both from the ultrastructural and radiological aspects and tried to evaluate the benefit of proanthocyanidin (PC), an antioxidant matter, in reducing vasospasm.

Material And Methods: A total of 21 male New Zealand rabbits were divided into three groups after performing angiography. Group I: Control group, Group II: Subarachnoid hemorrhage group, Group III: Subarachnoid hemorrhage and Proanthocyanidin group (100 mg/kg/ day).

Epidural hematoma after minor trauma on patient with biparietal osteodystrophy.

Thinning of parietal bone bilaterally is extremely rare but well known phenomenon. Approximate prevalence is 0.4-0.

The effect of Nitrogen Mustard on the enzymatic antioxidant defense of rat brain tissue and the therapeutic value of proanthocyanidin.

Aim: Nitrogen Mustard (NM) is an alkylating agent that damages cellular nuclear DNA after penetrating tissue. This results in cytostatic, mutagenic and cytotoxic effects. We used biochemical analyses to investigate the effect of NM gas administered through the dermal and respiratory routes, on the brain cortex of rats and also tried to show whether the antioxidant Proanthocyanidin (PC) could decrease this effect.

Three-dimensional volume rendering digital subtraction angiography in comparison with two-dimensional digital subtraction angiography and rotational angiography for detecting aneurysms and their morphological properties in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Objective: Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), which can cause mortality and severe morbidity, is a serious condition whose underlying cause must be determined. We aimed to compare 2D digital subtraction angiography (2DDSA), rotational angiography (RA) and 3D volume rendering digital subtraction angiography (3DVRDSA) for detecting aneurysms and their morphological properties in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Materials And Methods: After an initial diagnosis of SAH with computed tomography, 122 patients (52 males and 70 females with a mean age of 47.

Spontaneus resolution of a traumatic vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm.

Injuries of the vertebral artery are rare and are usually seen after penetrating or blunt cervical trauma. Vertebral artery injuries (VAI) have been reported in 0.5% of blunt trauma cases.

Giant cell reparative granuloma of the axis.

Giant cell reparative granuloma (GCRG) is a rare, benign fibroosseous lesion. It typically arises in the mandible and maxilla, and less frequently in the skull bones. We report a case of GCRG of the axis, which is the first to be reported in the literature.

The effect of nitrogen mustard on the rat brain and the therapeutic value of proanthocyanidin.

Aim: Nitrogen Mustard (NM) is an alkylating agent that damages cellular nuclear DNA after penetrating tissue. This results in cytostatic, mutagenic and cytotoxic effects. We used the electron microscope to investigate the effect of NM gas administered through the dermal and respiratory routes to rats on the brain cortex and also tried to show whether the antioxidant Proanthocyanidin (PC) could decrease this effect.

Intramedullary spinal epidermoid associated with an intramedullary lipoma.

True intramedullary epidermoids and true intramedullary lipomas of the spinal cord are very rare lesions. To our knowledge, there has been no reported case associated with an intramedullary spinal lipoma. This is the first reported case with the association of these two lesions.

Spinal epidural abscess caused by brucellosis. Two case reports.

Brucellosis is still an important public health problem in the Mediterranean countries, including Turkey, and is most probably underdiagnosed or underreported. Two rare cases of extradural brucellar granuloma causing spinal cord compression in the thoracic and cervical regions were identified by magnetic resonance imaging. The abscesses were totally excised surgically.

Effect of combined treatment with melatonin and methylprednisolone on neurological recovery after experimental spinal cord injury.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in the loss of function below the lesion. Secondary injury following the primary impact includes a number of biochemical and cellular alterations leading to tissue necrosis and cell death. Methylprednisolone (MP), by reducing edema and protecting the cell membrane against peroxidation, is the only pharmacological agent with a proven clinically beneficial effect on SCI.

Intraorbital encephalocele: an important complication of orbital roof fractures in pediatric patients.

Orbital roof fractures are uncommon, and traumatic intraorbital encephalocele formation is a very rare complication of this type of injury. We treated 43 pediatric patients with orbital roof fractures at our center over a 4-year period. The aim of this study was to retrospectively investigate conditions that may lead to intraorbital encephalocele formation in children with orbital roof fractures.

Cervical hematomyelia: a rare entity in a neonate with cesarean section and surgical recovery.

Spinal cord injury with or without trauma has been reported in the perinatal period. The prognosis depends primarily on diagnosis of the level, extent and nature of the lesion, established by correlations between clinical, imaging and electrophysiological data. A 25-day-old boy with normal birth weight delivered at term by cesarean section was transferred to Inönü University Turgut Ozal Medical Center because of respiratory distress and brachial diplegia.