Publications by authors named "Mohamed Ashraf Mahmoud"
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- Epidermoid cysts are uncommon spinal tumors resulting from ectodermal tissue inclusion during early fetal development, with infected cases being particularly rare and challenging to treat.
- A retrospective study of six children with infected epidermoid cysts showed significant neurological symptoms, with some having prior surgeries, yet all patients experienced improvement after microsurgery and physiotherapy.
- Successful microsurgical excision aims to eliminate the cyst while minimizing neurological risks, and none of the patients demonstrated recurrence after a minimum 24-month follow-up.
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- This study looked at how a treatment called vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) helps kids with hard-to-treat epilepsy and if it can make their thinking skills better.
- It involved kids aged 4 to 18, who were split into two groups: one got VNS and the other got the best medical treatment available.
- After a year, the kids who got VNS had more improvements in their thinking skills and fewer seizures compared to those on just medication, especially the kids with cerebral palsy.
Pygopagus twin is a rare congenital malformation with a worldwide incidence of 1in 200,000. Few literature reports are published regarding the matter. In some cases, neuromonitoring is essential for safe surgical separation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSevere traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health problem usually resulting in mortality or severe disabling morbidities of the victims. Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is recently recognized as an imperative modality in the management of severe TBI, whereas growing evidence, based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs), suggests that ICP monitoring does not affect the outcome when compared with clinical and radiological data-based management. Also, ICP monitoring carries a considerable risk of intracranial infection that cannot be overlooked.
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