Clinical Results and Quality of Life After Transcortical Versus Transcallosal Resection of Adult Lateral and Third Ventricle Lesions: Long-Term Outcome.

Background: Resection of intraventricular tumors can be achieved using 2 main operative approaches: transcallosal or transcortical. This study aims to describe preoperative and postoperative factors as well as quality of life (QoL) based on long-term results in these patients.

Methods: Patients underwent surgery of primary intraventricular lesions between 2007 and 2020 via a transcortical (group A) or transcallosal (group B) route.

Long-term Outcome and Adverse Events of Intrathecal Opioid Therapy for Nonmalignant Pain Syndrome.

Objective: Intrathecal (IT) opioid pumps are one therapeutic cornerstone of refractory nonmalignant pain syndromes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of and surgical and pharmacological complications of IT pumps beyond a time span of 10 years.

Methods: In this retrospective single-center cohort study, 27 patients (14 female, 13 male, age 64.