Endoport-Assisted Endoscopic Technique for Evacuating Severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage with Cast Third Ventricle Hematoma in an Underwater Field: A Technical Note.

Objective: We describe a 2-stage strategy utilizing the endoport-assisted endoscopic technique for the evacuation of severe intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) with a cast third ventricle, and discuss potential pitfalls in the implementation of this method in clinical practice.

Methods: Patients with severe IVH (Graeb score >6) and a cast third ventricle who presented to our center from 2021 to 2023 were treated with a 2-stage surgical strategy utilizing the endoport-assisted endoscopic technique.

Results: A total of 9 patients with mean age of 55 years were included in the study.

Preoperative evaluation of neurovascular relationships for microvascular decompression: Visualization using Brainvis in patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia.

Objective: A precise and accurate evaluation of neurovascular relationships in patients with idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (ITN) scheduled for microvascular decompression is necessary. Thus, we constructed and evaluated a fusion imaging technique combining multi-source heterogeneous imaging data from three-dimensional magnetic resonance (MR) and computerized tomography venoangiography (CTV), which enabled use of virtual reality to preoperatively assess the neurovascular relationships, in patients with ITN scheduled for microvascular decompression.

Methods: A single-center observational study.

Homozygous deletion, c. 1114-1116del, in exon 8 of the gene causes congenital muscular dystrophy in Chinese family: A case report.

Background: Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of inherited muscle disorders. Mutations in the gene (encoding CDPLribitol pyrophosphorylase A) are recognized as causative factors of dystroglycanopathies, a subtype of CMD with defects in glycosylation.

Case Summary: The present study examined a Chinese family, whose proband presented mainly with muscle weakness in both lower limbs but without brain and eye symptoms.

Cranioplasty Using Polymethylmethacrylate Cement Following Retrosigmoid Craniectomy Decreases the Rate of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak and Pseudomeningocele.

Objective: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak frequently occurs after retrosigmoid craniectomy. The present study investigated the effects of cranioplasty using polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement to reduce the incidence of CSF leak following retrosigmoid craniectomy as compared with the autologous bone flap combined with titanium plates.

Methods: Two hundred forty-three patients underwent surgeries via retrosigmoid approach for microvascular decompression or tumor resection.

A rare case of angiosarcoma with skull masses and erythropenia and thrombocytopenia: A case report and review of literature.

Rationale: Primary splenic angiosarcoma (PSA) is a rare, fatal neoplasm originating from sinusoidal vascular endothelial cells, and usually metastasizes and almost always has a poor prognosis. Surgical excision is the main treatment of this highly malignant disease.

Patient Concerns: We reported a special case of a 68-year-old female who had a 6-month history of scalp masses.

Gastrocnemius-derived BDNF promotes motor function recovery in spinal cord transected rats.

This study evaluated the role of gastrocnemius-derived brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and possible mechanism in motor improvement in T10 spinal cord transection (SCT) rats. There was complete paralysis in hindlimbs immediately after SCT, followed by partial functional restoration with time going. The level of BDNF but not its mRNA gradually increased in caudal stump after SCT, whereas a significant increase in both BDNF and its mRNA was simultaneously seen in gastrocnemius.