Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Features of Intracranial Fibrosarcoma.

Background: Intracranial fibrosarcoma is an extremely rare neoplasm in the central nervous system. Insofar there were only sporadic case reports describing its features. The purpose of this study is to review the clinical and surgical features of cases who were treated in our department.

Prognostic implications of resection extent for patients with glioblastoma multiforme: a meta-analysis.

Introduction: Surgery is the primary treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), and a greater extent of resection (EOR) has been shown to be associated with improved survival. Our objective was to perform a meta-analysis comparing the 1-year overall survival (OS) and 1-year progression-free survival (PFS) of GBM patients who receive total resection, incomplete resection, or biopsy only.

Evidence Acquisition: PubMed and the Cochrane databases were searched until May 19th, 2015 using the terms "glioblastoma/glioblastoma multiforme," "extent of resection," "surgery prognosis/prognostic," "survival rate.

Polymorphisms of VEGFA gene and susceptibility to hemorrhage risk of brain arteriovenous malformations in a Chinese population.

Aim: To evaluate the influence of the vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) polymorphisms on risk of presentation with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).

Methods: Nine selected VEGFA single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped in 311 patients with brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVM) in a Chinese population. Associations between individual SNPs/haplotypes and the hemorrhage risk of BAVMs were evaluated using logistic regression analysis.

Surgical strategies for petroclival meningioma in 57 patients.

Background: Resection of petroclival meningioma (PCM) is difficult for neurosurgeons and usually brings poor performance status. In this study, we evaluated the possible risk factors for unfavorable clinical outcomes of surgical treatment of PCM, and tried to explore the optimal surgical strategies for better postoperative quality of life.

Methods: We recruited 57 patients (14 male, 43 female, mean age, 50.

Construction of dataset for Virtual Chinese Male No.1.

Objective: To establish digitized Virtual Chinese Human Male No.1 (VCH-M1) image dataset with a 0.2-mm equal interval.

[Research report of experimental database establishment of digitized virtual Chinese No.1 female].

Objective: To establish digitized virtual Chinese No.1 female (VCH-F1) image database.

Methods: A 19 years old female cadaver was scanned by CT, MRI, and perfused with red filling material through formal artery before freezing and em- bedding.