Decompressive Hemicraniectomy for Malignant Middle Cerebral Artery Infarct.

Aim: Decompressive hemicraniectomy for a malignant middle cerebral artery infarct can be a life-saving surgical treatment. We aimed to investigate the surgical treatment results in cases that underwent decompressive hemicraniectomy for a malignant middle cerebral artery infarct in this study.

Material And Methods: The clinical condition, radiological findings and surgical treatment results of 42 cases that underwent decompressive hemicraniectomy for a malignant middle cerebral artery infarct were retrospectively evaluated in this study.

Calcified intracranial hydatid cyst: case report.

We present a 26-year-old patient who did farming related work had an asymptomatic intracranial hydatid cyst. A calcified intracranial cystic mass was found on radiological investigations and the patient underwent surgery. The mass was totally excised.

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.

A new approach to the treatment of cerebral vasospasm: the angiographic effects of tadalafil on experimental vasospasm.

Background: The pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm is likely to be multifactorial. Strong evidence has indicated that decreasing levels of NO after SAH seem to be important. A PDE-V inhibitor, tadalafil, theoretically increases NO levels.