Evaluating the impact of a hand-crafted 3D-Printed head Model and virtual reality in skull base surgery training.

Introduction: While cadaveric dissections remain the cornerstone of education in skull base surgery, they are associated with high costs, difficulty acquiring specimens, and a lack of pathology in anatomical samples. This study evaluated the impact of a hand-crafted three-dimensional (3D)-printed head model and virtual reality (VR) in enhancing skull base surgery training.

Research Question: How effective are 3D-printed models and VR in enhancing training in skull base surgery?

Materials And Methods: A two-day skull base training course was conducted with 12 neurosurgical trainees and 11 faculty members.

Sudden Loss of Motor-Evoked Potentials (MEPs) During the Resection of A Nondominant Insular Glioma: Case Report and Management Review.

A 43-year-old man was admitted into the emergency room at our hospital after presenting with a tonic-clonic seizure. MRI showed a right-side operculo-insular tumor. This was treated by performing a craniotomy under general anesthesia with intraoperative monitoring.

The Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries' Perspective on Global Neurosurgery Collaborations.

Background And Objectives: Access to neurosurgical care is limited in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and in marginalized communities in high-income countries (HICs). International partnerships represent one possible means of addressing this issue. Insights from surgeons in HICs have been explored, but data from LMICs' counterparts are scarce.

Endoscopic approaches to the posterior wall of the third ventricle: An anatomical comparison.

Introduction: Surgery of lesions in the posterior wall of the third ventricle requires great expertise due to its deep location and important surrounding structures. This region has been traditionally reached through a supracerebellar infratentorial approach, but new options have emerged, especially with the development of neuroendoscopy.

Methods: One formalin-fixed cadaver human head was dissected.

The lucidity in dementia experience: perspectives from family and professional caregivers.

Background: Family and professional caregivers of individuals with dementia often witness care-receiver's lucidity events.

Objective: A qualitative data analysis was performed of documented family and professional caregivers' experiences and their respective appraisals of lucidity events.

Research Design And Methods: Using a reduction method of selection, data from 10 in-home family caregivers and 20 professional caregivers to long-term care residents was content-coded and analysed.