Retrospective Evaluation of Neurosurgery Outpatient Services in 3 Different Tertiary Care Hospitals in Turkey.

Background: Cascading of referrals to health institutions aims to increase the balanced distribution and quality of health services provided. Although health institutions in Turkey are divided into steps in terms of scope, there is no mandatory referral system for patient application.

Methods: Patients admitted to the neurosurgery outpatient clinic of 3 different hospitals in the first week of September 2023 were analyzed.

Water-Filled Vesicles of Choroid Plexus Tumors.

Objective: Choroid plexus cysts are the most common neuro-epithelial cysts.

Methods: The authors describe 2 cases. The first case is a 1-year-old child presenting with hydrocephalus and cyst of the choroid plexus.

Spinal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Induced Intractable Miotic Pupil. A Reminder of Ciliospinal Sympathetic Center Ischemia Based Miosis: An Experimental Study.

Aim: To examine ischemic neurodegeneration of the ciliospinal center on permanent miosis following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).

Material And Methods: Nineteen rabbits were examined in this study. The animals were divided into three groups, as control (GI, n=5), sham (GII, n=5) and study group (GIII, n=9).

Postoperative Analgesic Efficacy of the Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spinal Decompression Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Study.

Background: Spinal surgery is a procedure that causes intense and severe pain in the postoperative period. Erector spinae plane (ESP) block can target the dorsal-ventral rami of thoracolumbar nerves, but its effect on lumbar surgery is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the ESP block on postoperative opioid consumption and pain scores in patients undergoing spinal surgery.

A New Technique in Surgical Management of the Giant Cerebral Hydatid Cysts.

Objectives: In hydatid disease, the central nervous system is affected approximately in 2% to 3% of patients. Surgical management in these patients is important. To develop a surgical technique to avoid the formation of great volume of cavity after hydatid cyst removal and prevent complications associated with brain collapse and cortical convolution.