Adaptation of virtual surgical planning to midface reconstruction with intraoperative navigation: "navigation mediated midface reconstruction".

Objective: The production of 3-dimensional models and materials according to preoperative virtual surgical planning is a time-consuming process and causes high costs. We aimed to demonstrate the navigation mediated reconstruction of the patients who underwent the removal of a tumoral mass in midfacial region according to their preoperatively prepared surgical plannings.

Study Design: Patients who underwent the removal of tumoral mass and reconstruction in their midfacial region were included in the study.

Virtual anatomical atlas of the deep brain nuclei.

This study aims to improve understanding of the anatomy of the deep brain nuclei relevant to deep brain stimulation as well as stereotactic lesioning procedures, including radio frequency, high-focused ultrasound, and radiosurgery. We created interactive, three-dimensional virtual models from cadaveric dissections and radiological segmentation. We used five brain specimens (ten hemispheres) obtained from routine autopsies, prepared according to Klingler's method.

Arterial Supply of the Basal Ganglia: A Fiber Dissection Study.

Background: The basal ganglia, a group of subcortical nuclei located deep in the insular cortex, are responsible for many functions such as motor learning, emotion, and behavior control. Nowadays, because it has been shown that deep brain stimulation and insular tumor surgery can be performed by endovascular treatment, the importance of the vascular anatomy of the basal ganglia is being increasingly recognized.

Objective: To explain the arterial blood supply of the basal ganglia using white matter dissection.

Extreme Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery with a Robot-Assisted System in a Swine Model.

Aim: To evaluate the technical aspects of the Da Vinci Xi Surgical System in minimally invasive extreme lateral lumbar interbody fusion (XLIF) surgery in a swine model.

Material And Methods: Endoscopic discectomy and XLIF cage insertion were performed using a robot-assisted system. The time taken and the pros and cons of each steps were recorded.

Could gas-filled pseudocyst mimick extruded disc herniation?

There are case reports and small case series in the literature reporting gas-filled pseudocysts (GFP). However, a systematic review presenting overall view of the disease and its management is still lacking. In the present study, we aimed to make a systematic review of GFP cases, and present an exemplary case of ours.

Robotic Surgical Approach to the Mesial Temporal Region: A Preliminary Three-Dimensional Cadaveric Study of Technical Feasibility.

Objective: Robotic surgical systems are used worldwide in various fields. In this study, we present the advantages and disadvantages of the most common robotic surgical system, the da Vinci Xi system, in the supracerebellar transtentorial approach to the mesial temporal region and discuss options for its integration into neurosurgery.

Methods: Our study was conducted at the Advanced Simulation and Applied Endoscopic Surgery Training and Research Center and Anatomy Laboratory.

Reciprocal relationship between multifidus and psoas at L4-L5 level in women with low back pain.

Low back pain (LBP) may originate from different sources such as intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD), end-plate and paraspinal muscle changes. Our aim is to explore the relevance of paraspinal muscles' fat-infiltration in women with LBP and its association with IVDD and Modic changes. Consecutive female patients presenting with chronic LBP to the outpatient clinics were included.

Stronger Together in Lab: Multi-Center and Laboratory Spine Studies Are Closer to Publication than Single-Center and Clinical Spine Studies: Snapshot of Annual Meetings of the Spine Society of Europe.

Study Design: This is a cross-sectional study of literature databases.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the predictive factors for the publication rates of spine studies.

Overview Of Literature: Spine research has garnered worldwide interest due to the increased number of spinal disorders in aging population.

Elderly Patients with Intracranial Meningioma: Surgical Considerations in 228 Patients with a Comprehensive Analysis of the Literature.

Background: Improved life expectancy and advanced diagnostic tools including computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging have increased the awareness and diagnosis of intracranial meningiomas in the elderly population. The risk/benefit ratio of surgery in elderly patients with intracranial meningioma has not been clearly defined because of the lack of objective measurement tools. We aimed to understand the risk factors associated with postsurgical outcomes and how these risk factors affected postsurgical outcomes in elderly patients with intracranial meningioma.

Neural tube defect family with recessive trait linked to chromosome 9q21.12-21.31.

Purpose: Meningomyelocele is one of the most common and socioeconomically, psychologically, and physically debilitating neurodevelopmental diseases. A few chromosomal locus and genes have been identified as responsible for the disease; however, clear evidence still needs to be produced. This study aimed to show evidence of a strong genetic linkage in a novel chromosomal locus in a family with this neural tube defect.