Comparison of microscopic and endoscopic resection of third-ventricular colloid cysts: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Aim: Colloid cysts are uncommon benign lesions. There is a lack of consensus regarding the preferred surgical strategy for colloid cyst resection; the technique with the optimal rates of remission, recurrence, mortality, and complications is debatable.

Materials And Methods: To determine surgical outcomes, we performed a systematic review of the published literature on Colloid cysts.

Surgical management of the fourth ventricular tumors using telovelar approach and the role of neuroendoscopy: Post-operative outcome and long-term results in a series of 52 cases.

Objectives: The telovelar approach is a surgical method performed through natural corridors of the brain to access the fourth ventricle. The aim of this study is to assess the results of this approach as well as the role of neuroendoscopy in surgical management of fourth ventricle tumors.

Material And Methods: A retrospective study was designed, and a series of 52 consecutive patients (32 male, 20 female) with fourth ventricle tumor undergoing telovelar approach was undertaken.

Pineal region tumors: Long-term results of endoscopic third ventriculostomy and concurrent tumor biopsy with a single entry approach in a series of 64 cases.

Objectives: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy and concurrent biopsy is increasingly used in management of the pineal region tumors. Our objective was to assess the results of single entry approach to surgically manage the tumors of the pineal region.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study was designed, and a series of 64 consecutive patients (31 male, 33 female) with pineal region tumor undergoing endoscopic third ventriculostomy and concurrent biopsy of the tumor was undertaken.

Health-related quality of life after epilepsy surgery: A prospective, controlled follow-up on the Iranian population.

Quality of life is affected by factors such as regional differences in access to treatment choices, and rehabilitation. This study aims to assess the result of epilepsy surgery and its impact on QoL in Iran. The data for 60 patients who underwent epilepsy surgery in Loghman-Hakim hospital between 2003 to 2017 were analyzed prospectively through clinical observation.

Endoscopic Strategy in Surgical Treatment of Adult Idiopathic Bilateral Occlusion of the Foramen of Monro and Review of the Literature.

Background: Endoscopic approach has been used increasingly for the surgical treatment of adult idiopathic bilateral occlusion of the foramen of Monro (AIOFM). The aim of this study is to assess and compare the results of this strategy with other surgical methods of treating AIOFM.

Methods: A retrospective study was performed to identify patients with AIOFM treated in our department from 2012 to 2017.

Prepontine arachnoid cyst presenting with headache and diplopia: A case report study.

Background: Arachnoid cysts are found everywhere in cerebrospinal axis, most often in the middle cranial fossa. They are very rare in prepontine location.

Case Description: In this study, we report a 26-year-old female presenting with a 3-month history of headache and diplopia.

Colloid Cyst of the Third Ventricle: Long-Term Results of Endoscopic Management in a Series of 112 Cases.

Objectives: The endoscopic approach increasingly is used to treat third ventricular colloid cysts. Our objective was to assess the results of endoscopic resection of colloid cysts of the third ventricle.

Methods: A retrospective study was designed, and a series of 112 consecutive patients (76 male, 36 female) with third ventricular colloid cyst treated by endoscopic surgery was undertaken.