[Surgical treatment of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas: Management and long-term results in a series of patients operated in an Argentinian Center].

Introduction: Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (SDAVF) is a rare vascular disease, of unknown etiology, frequently underdiagnosed. Treatment can be microsurgical or endovascular.

Methods: Retrospective and monocentric analysis of 12 SDAVF patients treated by microsurgery between 2010 and 2021.

Surgical treatment of cerebellar hemangioblastomas.

Background: Hemangioblastomas (HBL) are uncommon tumors of the central nervous system (CNS), corresponding to 1-2.5% of all intracranial tumors. They can present sporadically or in patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease and are most often located in the cerebellum, brainstem, and spinal cord.

[Supratentorial cavernous malformations in an Argentinian institution: experience with surgical treatment].

Introduction: Cavernous malformations are vascular malformations of the central nervous system formed by a group of capillaries not covered by pia mater and communicated to the vascular system at very low pressure with very slow flow. Surgery or radiosurgery are the treatment modalities.

Aims: To analyze our results after surgical treatment of supratentorial cavernous malformations, reviewing clinical presentation, surgical indications and postoperative complications.

[Cervical aspergillosis with dissemination to the central nervous system: Case reports and review of the literature].

Background: Invasive aspergillosis (IA) of the central nervous system (CNS) is an uncommon condition that usually occurs in immunocompromised patients. This illness can manifest as meningitis, or as a micotic aneurism, stroke or abscess. The infection affects the CNS either primarily or, more often, secondarily via blood dissemination from a distant focus, and has a poor prognosis.

Development of a geriatric vulnerability score in elderly patients with advanced ovarian cancer treated with first-line carboplatin: a GINECO prospective trial.

Background: Two previous GINECO elderly specific studies in advanced ovarian cancer (AOC) patients highlighted the prognostic value of geriatric covariates for overall survival (OS).

Patients And Methods: This open-label prospective trial was designed to identify the impact of geriatric covariates on OS in AOC patients ≥70 years treated with first-line carboplatin.

Results: Geriatric covariates of the 111 patients included median age 79 years (≥80 years: 41%); performance status (PS) ≥2: 47%; ≥3 major comorbidities: 24%; ≥4 comedications: 68%; activities of daily living (ADL) score <6: 55%; instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) score <25: 69%; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) >14: 37%.