Introduction And Objectives: Pial arteriovenous fistulas are infrequent vascular malformations. They are generally congenital and their natural history is ominous. The objective of this work is to describe our experience in their endovascular management and to review the existing literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Controversies regarding the surgical management of chronic subdural hematoma still remain. The objective of the present study was to describe our experience with twist-drill craniostomy.
Patients And Methods: Two hundred and thirteen patients were treated at the "Teodoro Maldonado Carbo" and "Alcívar" facilities between January 1992- February 2005.
Neurocirugia (Astur)
February 2007
We present the case of a female patient who developed chiasmatic apoplexy and menstrual alterations. CT scanning showed a suprasellar hemorrhage. She underwent surgery with the presumptive diagnosis of pituitary tumor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Cerebral angiography (CA) is considered as the gold standard in diagnosis of intracranial aneurysms; nevertheless, the magnetic resonance angiography (MR-angiography) is wide spread used in detection of unruptured aneurysm. For this reason, several authors had proposed that MR-angiography could replace CA in the diagnosis of ruptured aneurysms.
Aims: To asses the efficacy of MR-angiography in diagnosis of ruptured intracranial aneurysms, and in addition to determine the safeness of its surgical management with MR-angiography alone.