Two different approaches regarding hydrocephalus treatment in the Islamic World during the Middle Ages.

Aim: This study aimed to present the sections allocated to hydrocephalus in the works of Ibn Hubal al-Baghdādī and Ibn al-Quff, to include them and determine their position in the history of medicine by discussing relevant literature.

Material And Methods: A printed copy and a manuscript in İstanbul Süleymaniye Manuscript Library, Fatih Collection, nr. 3632 of Ibn Hubal's Kitāb al-Mukhtārāt fī al-Ṭibb, and a facsimile of a printed copy and a manuscript in Istanbul University Rare Works Library, Arabic Manuscripts, A 4749 of Ibn al-Quff's Kitāb al-'Umda fī Ṣinā'a al-Jirāḥa, were used.

Posterior Endoscope-Assisted Diskectomy Is an Effective Technique for Cervical Soft Disk Herniation.

Objective:  To evaluate the clinicoradiologic conditions of patients with a herniated cervical disk who were treated with percutaneous endoscope-assisted cervical diskectomy.

Materials And Methods:  The medical data of 27 patients (16 men and 11 women; mean age: 40.9 years) who were operated on with the posterior endoscope-assisted cervical diskectomy method were reviewed retrospectively.

An Early Description of Using Oral Route for the Management of Cervical Vertebra Fracture by Ibn al-Quff in the Thirteenth Century.

Objective: This study presents information regarding the treatment of fractures and dislocations of the vertebrae, including the use of the oral route for upper cervical fractures, presented in certain chapters of the book titled Kitāb al-'Umda fī Ṣinā'a al-Jirāḥa (Ibn al-Quff, thirteenth century ad).

Methods: A printed copy of the second volume of the book was studied. Chapters 22 ("On treatment of vertebral fractures") and 33 ("On treatment of vertebral dislocation") of the seventeenth treatise of this book were translated from Arabic into English.

Electrocardiographic changes and conduction disturbances after transfemoral aortic valve implantation with Edwards Sapien 3 prosthesis.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to describe electrocardiographic changes and conduction abnormalities in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

Methods: 76 patients who underwent TAVI using Edwards Sapien 3 prosthesis were included, comparing electrocardiographic registries at admission, post-procedure and before discharge.

Results: Patients after TAVI presented a longer PR interval, a wider QRS, and a longer corrected QT, with a left deviation of QRS axis and T waves; reversible changes that tended to correct in the following days after TAVI.

One of the Earliest Accounts of Head Wounds in Firdaws al-Ḥikma by al-Ṭabarī from the 9th Century.

Objective: To present the first Arabic text on suturing scalp wounds.

Methods: A related section entitled "On the wounds in the head" from the book Firdaws al-Ḥikma (Paradise of the Wisdom) written by al-Ṭabarī in the 9th century was identified and analyzed. This work was one of the earliest medical compendiums in the Islamic world during the medieval period.

How Cranial Shapes Led to Contemporary Ethnic Classification: A Historical View.

In the medical literature, various ethnic terms such as Caucasian or Mongolian,are sporadically cited to indicate the relationship between certain disorders and the geographical origin of individuals. Few scientists recognize that those definitions stem from a medical thesis written by the German physician Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in 1775. Through considering cranial shapes, Blumenbach proposed five race varieties including the Caucasian, the Mongolian, the Malayan, the Ethiopian, and the American.

Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds in Interventional Neuroradiology.

Purpose: Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) have changed practice patterns in cardiology. These resorbable stents have not yet been utilized in the cerebrovascular circulation. We report the initial experiences with these devices in interventional neuroradiology.

Tapered Flow Diverters in the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms.

Aim: To report the initial experience of cerebral aneurysm treatment with Tapered flow diverters (TFDs).

Material And Methods: Thirty patients with 34 aneurysms underwent cerebral aneurysm treatment with TFD (Silk, Balt, Montmorency, France) between March 2011 and March 2016. Procedural findings, complications, clinical and imaging follow-up were assessed retrospectively.

Initial Discectomy Associated with Aging Leading to Adjacent Disc Disease and Recurrence.

Aim: Failure of surgery for lumbar disc herniation (LDH) can be commonly caused by recurrence. There are many debates regarding the risk factors of recurrent LDH (rLDH) and it is very difficult to define them because many clinical and complicated biomechanical parameters are involved. The purpose of study was to evaluate the long term result of re-discectomy for LDH at the same level and adjacent segments.

Silk Device for the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms, Part 2: Factors Related to Clinical and Angiographic Outcome.

Aim: To report patient and procedure-related factors affecting the angiographic and clinical outcome in patients treated with the Silk device.

Material And Methods: All patients with intracranial aneurysms in whom treatment was attempted with the Silk flow diverter by our neurovascular team between October 2010 and November 2013 were included consecutively. The data was analyzed by an independent stroke neurologist not involved in the treatment of the patients.

Silk Device for the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms. Part 1: Peri-Procedural Results, Technical Aspects and Learning Curve.

Aim: We evaluated the procedural outcomes of intracranial aneurysm treatment with the Silk device and its relation with operator experience. We also detailed some technical points we learned throughout our experience.

Material And Methods: One hundred and six consecutive patients with intracranial aneurysms treated using Silk (BaltExtrusion, Montmorency, France) stent between October 2010 and November 2013 were included.

Neuroprotective effects of adalimumab on rats with experimental peripheral nerve injury: An electron microscopic and biochemical study.

Background: Adalimumab, a new-generation anti-inflammatory agent, exerts its effect through tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), secreted from immune response cells such as macrophages and lymphocytes. TNF-α has been shown to play an important role in the processes of apoptosis and demyelination, and blockage of its activity may improve neural healing. Investigated in the present study is the probable neuroprotective influence of adalimumab in rats using a peripheral nerve injury model with biochemical and electron microscopic methods.

Metamizole Sodium Induces Neural Tube Defects in a Chick Embryo Model.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of metamizole sodium on neural tube development in the early stage chick embryo model that complies with the first month of embryonic development in mammals.

Material And Methods: A total of 40 fertilized chicken eggs were divided into 4 equal groups. The eggs were incubated in the incubator at a temperature of 37.

Experimental Endoscopic Cordotomy in the Sheep Model.

Aim: Interventional pain therapies are usually based on destruction of the related pain-conducting pathways. Current procedures targeting pain have replaced conventional pain treatment modalities while being less invasive. In this study, we investigated the feasibility of the endoscopic percutaneous cordotomy process on the sheep cervical spinal cord.

Flow Diversion in Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: Is It Really an All-Purpose Treatment?

Background And Objective: The outcome of flow diversion for middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysms, one of the most common sites for intracranial aneurysms, has not been defined thoroughly. We assessed our outcomes in MCA aneurysms (MCAAs) treated by flow diversion, i.e.

Multilevel Noncontiguous Spinal Fractures: Surgical Approach towards Clinical Characteristics.

Study Design: The study retrospectively investigated 15 cases with multilevel noncontiguous spinal fractures (MNSF).

Purpose: To clarify the evaluation of true diagnosis and to plane the surgical treatment.

Overview Of Literature: MNSF are defined as fractures of the vertebral column at more than one level.

Insights in Public Health: For the Love of Data! The Hawai'i Health Data Warehouse.

Data form the framework around which important public health decisions are made. Public health data are essential for surveillance and evaluating change. In Hawai'i, public health data come from a multitude of sources and agencies.

Biomechanical comparison of unilateral semi-rigid and dynamic stabilization on ovine vertebrae.

Using the unilateral pedicle screw fixation was thought to decrease the stiffness of the fixed segments. Various prospective, randomized studies were performed to determine whether unilateral pedicle screw fixation provides the necessities of bilateral fixation in one- or two-segment lumbar spinal fusion. In this study, four different unilateral pedicle screw fixation systems were evaluated to determine which one best approximated an intact spine with respect to biomechanics and kinematics.

An uncommon intramedullary tumor: primary spinal cord melanoma.

A 47-year-old woman was admitted with complaints of progressive weakness in the lower extremities and pain in the back and left leg. Thoracic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a spinal intramedullary tumor between the T9 and L1 levels, which were iso- to hypointense on T2 and slightly hyperintense on T1-weighted images. The tumor was resected as total, and the diagnosis was malignant melanoma confirmed with histopathology.

Preliminary experience with squid: a new liquid embolizing agent for AVM, AV fistulas and tumors.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to analyze our experience with a new liquid embolic agent, Squid, for the treatment of cerebral vascular lesions.

Material And Methods: We present 28 patients who were treated with two formulations of Squid (Squid 18 and Squid 12). The lesions included 16 arteriovenous malformation (AVM)s (Spetzler-Martin grade 2 in 8, 3 in 6 and 4 in 2), 9 arteriovenous (AV) fistulas, 2 tumors (glomus tumor and angiofibroma) and 1 AICA aneurysm.