Surgical treatment of spinal arachnoid web: Report of two cases and literature review.

Background: Arachnoid webs (AWs) can cause cord compression and syringomyelia in the thoracic spine. Here, we describe two patients who underwent operative treatment for AW and reviewed the literature.

Case Description: Two patients underwent surgical treatment for thoracic AW.

Intramedullary spinal schistosomiasis in a child with acute myelopathy: A case report.

Background: Neuroschistosomiasis is defined as an infection of the nervous system caused by . Neuroschistosomiasis is an important differential diagnostic consideration in pediatric patients presenting with myelopathy. Surgical excision combined with antiparasitic drugs typically provides a satisfactory outcome and often results in neurological recovery.

Analysis of survival in patients with brain metastases treated surgically: Impact of age, gender, oncologic status, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, number and localization of lesions, and primary cancer site.

Objective: To evaluate the survival of patients with brain metastases treated surgically according to the potentially involved factors.

Methods: 71 patients treated surgically were analyzed with the diagnosis of brain metastases during the period from January 2011 to November 2014, totaling 47 months of follow-up. The Kaplan-Meier curve method was used for survival analysis.

Bilateral assymetric epidural hematoma.

Background: Acute bilateral extradural hematoma is a rare presentation of head trauma injury. In sporadic cases, they represent 0.5-10% of all extradural hematomas.