Intraventricular Bone Dust Migration after Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy: Illustrative Report of 2 Cases.

Introduction: Autologous bone dust replacement is a commonly used technique to seal a defect created from a burr hole. However, postoperative migration of these bone fragments may occur as an uncommon complication of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV).

Case Presentation: We report 2 cases of intraventricular bone dust migration resulting in acute hydrocephalus from physical obstruction of the stoma and infection.

Severe and persistent coronavirus disease 2019 cough resulting in bone flap displacement and pseudomeningocele.

Background: Cough is one of the most common symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. This relatively benign symptom may lead to serious sequelae, especially in postoperative neurosurgical patients.

Case Description: Here, we report a case of bone flap displacement, pseudomeningocele formation, and consequent cerebrospinal fluid leak in a patient with COVID-19 infection who recently underwent craniotomy for excision of cerebral metastasis.

Cost of hospitalization for stroke in a low-middle-income country: Findings from a public tertiary hospital in the Philippines.

Background: Determining the cost of hospitalization for acute stroke is important in the appropriate allocation of resources for public health facilities and in the cost effectiveness analysis of interventions. Despite being the second leading cause of mortality in the Philippines, there are no published data on the cost of stroke in the country.

Aim: The study aims to determine the in-hospitalization cost for stroke (IHCS) in a tertiary public hospital in the Philippines and identify the factors influencing IHCS.

Traumatic neuroma in continuity injury model in rodents.

Traumatic neuroma in continuity (NIC) results in profound neurological deficits, and its management poses the most challenging problem to peripheral nerve surgeons today. The absence of a clinically relevant experimental model continues to handicap our ability to investigate ways of better diagnosis and treatment for these disabling injuries. Various injury techniques were tested on Lewis rat sciatic nerves.