Assessment of Increased T2 Signal Activity in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Undergoing Posterior Cervical Fusion.

Aim: To compare the preoperative and postoperative increased signal intensity (ISI) outcomes of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) patients who underwent posterior decompression and fusion, and to assess the correlation between ISI changes and postsurgical clinical prognosis.

Material And Methods: The results from 123 patients were evaluated. In addition to demographic data, such as age and gender, factors, including body mass index (BMI); smoking history; duration of symptoms; follow-up periods; levels of decompression and fusion; comorbidities, such as diabetes, coronary artery disease, and hypertension; ISI grading; cervical sagittal vertical axis; C2-7 cervical lordosis parameters; and Modified Japanese Orthopedic Association (mJOA) scores, were statistically analyzed preoperatively and postoperatively.

Surgery of Cranial Deformity Following Ventricular Shunting: A Multicenter Study.

Aim: To review the cases of craniosynostosis secondary to ventricular shunting procedure.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the medical records of all pediatric patients with hydrocephalus who were treated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt procedure between the years 2017 and 2021 at the Selcuk University, Ankara University, and Bursa Uludag University.

Results: Twenty-one patients were included in the study.

Radiation-induced Desmoid Tumor Development in the Radiotherapy Field in a Child With Pineoblastoma: A Case Report.

Although treatment-related secondary malignancies are rare, they are important problems after the treatment of childhood malignant diseases. Irradiation-induced sarcomas are the development of sarcoma different from the primary tumor after a latent period of ≥3 years or more in the radiotherapy field. Desmoid tumor is extremely rare as irradiation-induced tumor.

Effectiveness of multiple endoscopic fenestrations for the treatment of Sylvian fissure arachnoid cysts: a multicenter study.

Purpose: Arachnoid cysts are usually asymptomatic lesions. However, they can sometimes cause intracranial hypertension, headache, seizures, focal neurological deficits, and bleeding. The most commonly used surgical techniques are microsurgical cyst fenestration/excision/drainage, cyst shunting, and endoscopic procedures.

A different perspective on the dilemma of durotomy or duraplasty in Chiari type 1 malformation surgery.

Purpose: Symptomatic Chiari type 1 malformation (CIM) patients may elect to be treated; however, choosing the optimum surgical method remains problematic: posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty (PFDD) or without duraplasty (PFD). Many studies have compared these surgical methods from several perspectives. We looked at soft tissue density (STD) at the foramen magnum to add another perspective to the comparison of PFD with PFDD.

Can Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast Perfusion Imaging be Utilized to Detect Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Gene Mutation in Gliomas?

Aim: To explore the ability of dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion imaging (DSC-PI) to detect isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) gene mutation in gliomas.

Material And Methods: Preoperative DSC-PI data on histopathologically proven gliomas obtained between January 2015 and December 2019 were reviewed retrospectively. All magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations were performed using a 1.

Statistical shape analyses of corpus callosum changes at preoperative and postoperative scaphocephaly patients.

Purpose: Scaphocephaly is the premature closure of the sagittal suture. The treatment strategies mainly focus on correcting the shape of the head, but there are very limited studies examining changes in brain structure. This study aimed to investigate shape differences in the shape of corpus callosum regarding the pre-treatment and post-treatment term at scaphocephaly patients.

Acute epiglottitis is a rare clinical presentation of coronavirus disease 2019: a case report.

Background: In humans, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a variable presentation ranging from mild self-limiting respiratory tract infections to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Methods: We present the case of a patient who developed acute epiglottitis after surgery for an intracranial tumour and was subsequently diagnosed with COVID-19.

Results: A 58-year-old female patient developed acute-onset respiratory distress on day 6 after intracranial surgery.

Clinical Features, Treatment and Outcome of Childhood Glial Tumors.

Aim: To evaluate the clinical features, treatment approaches, and outcomes of glial tumors in children.

Material And Methods: Files (2006 to 2020) of children diagnosed with glial tumors and followed-up were reviewed retrospectively. Information regarding demographic and clinical characteristics, treatment approaches, and outcomes were retrieved from the patients? files.

Myelomeningocele and Kyphosis: Natural History of the Disease and the First Results of a New Surgical Technique.

Aim: To define the natural course of kyphosis, and to evaluate the efficiency of a new technique in surgical correction of kyphosis seen in myelomeningocele(MM) patients.

Material And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed our patients with MM. The rate of kyphosis, mean angle of progression and mean angle of surgical correction were evaluated.

Pediatric Calvarial Tumors: 10 Years of Clinical Experience and Differences From the Literature.

Very few studies have focused exclusively on pediatric calvarial tumors. These studies have primarily addressed the similarities of the cases with those reported in the literature, as opposed to their distinctive features. In contrast, the present study is the most detailed study conducted in the last 10 years that includes only pediatric calvarial tumors and highlights their differences according to the literature.

Precise discrimination between meningiomas and schwannomas using time-to-signal intensity curves and percentage signal recoveries obtained from dynamic susceptibility perfusion imaging.

Background And Purpose: Meningiomas and schwannomas are common extra-axial brain tumors. Discrimination is challenging in some locations when characteristic imaging features are absent. This study investigated the accuracy of percentage signal recoveries obtained from dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion imaging (DSC-PI) in discriminating meningiomas and schwannomas.

Histopathological and Clinical Features as Prognostic Factors of Atypical Meningiomas.

Aim: To analyze the correlation of clinicopathologic prognostic parameters with atypical meningiomas (AMs) and recurrence development as well as progression-free survival (PFS).

Material And Methods: The neuropathology archive and hospital records of 75 patients with AM who underwent surgery in our institution between 2010 and 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. The pathological revision was performed according to the 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) criteria.

Corpus Callosum Lipomas in Children.

Aim: To determine the clinical and radiographical aspects of six patients diagnosed with pericallosal lipomas (PCL).

Material And Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients who presented to the neurosurgery outpatient clinics of Selcuk Faculty of Medicine between 2009 and 2019, revealed that six patients were diagnosed with PCL. The clinical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data were obtained by reviewing patients? records.

Comparison of Immunogenetic Properties of Glial Tumors with Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings.

Aim: To investigate the immunogenetic properties of glial tumors according to the World Health Organization 2016 glial tumor classification and develop an accurate diagnosis and treatment strategy by comparing preoperative advanced magnetic resonance (aMRI) technique findings of these results.

Material And Methods: This study was conducted at the Department of Neurosurgery at the Medical Faculty Hospital of Selcuk University between January 1, 2010 and January 4, 2017 and included 50 patients. MR spectroscopy (MRS), MR perfusion (PWI), and MR diffusion (DWI) were performed in 50 patients preoperatively.

Intraventricular microcystic meningioma in a child: a case report.

Background: Microcystic meningiomas are extra axial masses that are extremely rare in the pediatric population. Intraventricular meningiomas are also rarely seen. CASE PRESENTATION: This case reports an 18-year-old boy who had an intraventricular mass on magnetic resonance imaging at the age of 12 years and had shown growth at a 6-year follow-up after subtotal resection.

Iliac Artery Injury During Lumbar Disc Hernia Surgery.

Background: Vascular injury complications during lumbar discectomy are rare but potentially life-threatening. Therefore, an early diagnosis and effective treatment management is required for these complications.

Case Description: A 50-year-old female patient was admitted to our outpatient clinic with severe back and right leg pain.

The Relationship Between Vasoactive-Inotropic Score and Mortality in Adult Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury.

Aim: To assess the feasibility of the vasoactive-inotropic score (VIS) in determining the amount of vasoactive support and its relationship with the mortality rate and characteristics of the patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Material And Methods: This study was conducted with a retrospective design involving the years 2013-2018 in a university hospital which provides tertiary intensive care service. A total of 102 patients who were admitted in the ICU with the diagnosis of severe TBI, and also were followed by neurosurgery service and who received vasoactive and inotropic support were analyzed concerning VIS value.

Comparison of Glasgow Coma Scale and Full Outline of Unresponsiveness (Four) Score: A Prospective Study.

Aim: To assess reliability by comparing the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness (FOUR) scores and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) values assigned by specialists from two different fields to patients in the Anesthesiology and Reanimation and Neurosurgery intensive care units.

Material And Methods: This study was conducted between March 2017 and June 2017 at Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Anesthesiology and Reanimation and Neurosurgery. Seventy-nine patients aged 18-65 years who were treated for at least 24 hours in the intensive care unit were independently assessed by two raters, an anesthesiologist and a neurosurgeon,using FOUR and GCS.

B cell aplasia and hypogammaglobulinemia associated with levetiracetam.

Unlabelled: Levetiracetam (LEV) is a second-generation antiepileptic drug approved for the treatment of several types of epilepsy. We report a 45-year-old female who developed hypogammaglobulinemia and B cell aplasia during LEV treatment. The Naranjo probability score for an adverse drug reaction was 6.

Can Hypo/Hypernatremic Conditions be a Factor for Na Ion Channel Kinetics: Model Study.

Aim: Dysnatremic cases are frequently faced in clinical practice. Its macroscopic effects and consequences are well known, but microscopic effects are not well defined. The aim of this study was to reveal the effects of dysnatremia at the cellular level.

An aggressive parameningeal rhabdomyosarcoma with multiple spinal cord metastases: a case report and review of the literature.

Purpose: Spinal cord metastasis from rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is extremely rare, with three cases reported to date. Herein, we report an aggressive case of RMS of the infratemporal fossa who which developed spinal cord metastases during treatment.

Case Presentation: A 6-year-old girl presented with an enlarging painless mass around her right ear for 3 months.

Third Ventricle Floor Variations and Abnormalities in Myelomeningocele-Associated Hydrocephalus: Our Experience with 455 Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Procedures.

Aim: To evaluate the incidence of anatomical variations and abnormalities of the third ventricle floor encountered during the endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) procedure in myelomeningocele-associated hydrocephalus (MAH) cases.

Material And Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 455 pediatric MAH cases that had been treated with ETV. This case series consisted of the patients who were initially treated with ETV and also those who were treated with ETV for the management of cerebrospinal fluid shunt dysfunction.