Publications by authors named "R H G J van Lanen"
Introduction: Headholders or skull clamps serve as indispensable tools in neurosurgery, facilitating the precise positioning and stabilization of the head for surgery. The realm of neurosurgical training in cadaver labs presents a clear challenge due to the lack of suitable non-clinical headholders.
Research Question: We describe a 3D printed stainless-steel headholder for use in neurosurgical cadaver lab training.
Background And Purpose: Higher magnetic field strength introduces stronger magnetic field inhomogeneities in the brain, especially within temporal lobes, leading to image artifacts. Particularly, T2-weighted fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) images can be affected by these artifacts. Here, we aimed to improve the FLAIR image quality in temporal lobe regions through image processing of multiple contrast images via machine learning using a neural network.
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- Severe drug-resistant unilateral hemispheric epilepsy presents surgical challenges, leading to a shift from anatomical hemispherectomy to functional hemispherotomy, which has lower complications and improved outcomes.
- A consensus statement was created by European epilepsy surgeons to outline history, indications, surgical techniques, and complications for hemispheric disconnection procedures.
- This paper represents the first European consensus on the topic, providing an overview of current practices and emphasizing the need for further long-term outcome data, especially regarding minimal invasive techniques.
Introduction: Intracranial multiple myeloma (MM) is a rare manifestation of MM, a malignant plasma cell disorder that primarily affects bone marrow. Dural involvement in MM is even rarer and can manifest as a dural mass. We present a case of MM presenting as an intracranial dural tumor with primary hemi-dural involvement.
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