Describing an old trick in posterior thoracal and lumbar ımplant removal surgery: follow-up results for at least 10 years.

Study Design: Retrospective case series.

Objectives: We aimed to describe with a novel surgical approach for the removal of posterior thoracolumbar implant in patients with symptomatic failure of the implant and present our preliminary results with this method.

Methods: This retrospective, single-center study was performed in the neurosurgery department of a university hospital.

A novel surgical technique for treatment of symptomatic Tarlov cysts.

Background: The aim of this retrospective study was to describe a novel, simple surgical technique for the treatment of symptomatic Tarlov cysts.

Methods: A total of 40 patients with symptomatic Tarlov cysts, admitted to our tertiary center between 1998 and 2019 constituted the study group. All patients underwent microsurgical puckering of the cyst, the technique we described to prevent a recurrence.

An Overview of Spinal Injuries due to Dive or Fall into Shallow Water: Our Long-Term, Double-Center Experience from the Aegean Coast.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the demographic and clinical features of patients with cervical spinal injuries secondary to shallow-water diving and share our therapeutic outcomes.

Methods: A retrospective study was carried out using data extracted from the medical files of 39 patients (3 females and 36 males) who were treated surgically ( = 29) or conservatively ( = 10). Demographics, clinical features, operative data, American Spine Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scales, and Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) results were noted.