True 3D reconstruction for planning of surgery on malformed skulls.

Objectives: Since the difficulty associated with surgical planning of craniosynostosis is mostly due to the inadequate possibilities for simulation of surgery, a new technique for constructing a precise reproduction of a patient's malformed skull has been developed.

Materials And Methods: CT scans of ten malformed skulls on a scale of 1:1 and with 1-mm slices have been used to reconstruct the skulls in a special resin using a special lathe used in the automobile construction industry for formula one engines. This lathe works in the opposite way to other lathes: by apposition of material instead of subtraction.

The use of indomethacin to treat acute rises of intracranial pressure and improve global cerebral perfusion in a child with head trauma.

Background: The use of vasoconstrictors (e.g. dihydroergotamine, indomethacin) for the treatment of increased intracranial pressure (ICP) secondary to brain trauma is controversial.

[Neuroradiology of infective diseases in the immunocompromised host].

Just like the lung, the brain and the spinal cord are target organs for opportunistic infections and tumors in immunocompromised patients. HIV infections and AIDS-related conditions represent the most common cause of immunodeficiency: other causes are hemoproliferative disorders and organ transplantation, but especially long-term drug and radiation therapies. Neurologic (focal, diffuse, meningeal or spinal) signs are the results of CNS infections and/or tumors or of treatment complications.

[Shoulder instability and pain. Computerized arthro-tomography assessment].

The growing interest in shoulder joint imaging comes from the ever-increasing demand for such an examination in orthopedics. Since more complete and detailed imaging of bone, capsuloligamentous and musculotendinous compartments is always needed, CT arthrography has necessarily become a widely used method. In this study, 282 patients were investigated with CT arthrography.