Publications by authors named "Sama Albairmani"
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- * Researchers conducted a systematic review of 27 studies involving 545 patients, identifying five main combined approaches: Anterior petrosal, Supra-tentorial, Infratemporal fossa, Retrosigmoid, and Far-lateral suboccipital.
- * The study found that these approaches, especially the Anterior petrosal, are effective in treating conditions like meningiomas while showing strong surgical outcomes and low complication rates.
Objective: The "presigmoid corridor" covers a spectrum of approaches using the petrous temporal bone either as a target in treating intracanalicular lesions or as a route to access the internal auditory canal (IAC), jugular foramen, or brainstem. Complex presigmoid approaches have been continuously developed and refined over the years, leading to great heterogeneity in their definitions and descriptions. Owing to the common use of the presigmoid corridor in lateral skull base surgery, a simple anatomy-based and self-explanatory classification is needed to delineate the operative perspective of the different variants of the presigmoid route.
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- - The article discusses the importance of outcome measures in neurosurgery, which have evolved from the Glasgow Coma Scale to various disease-specific and general measures used across three main subspecialties: vascular, traumatic, and oncologic neurosurgery.
- - A literature review highlighted three prominent outcome measures: the Modified Rankin Scale (mRS), the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS), and the Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS), suggesting that KPS could serve as a basis for creating a unified global measure.
- - Despite the potential benefits of standardized outcome measures for better patient evaluations in neurosurgery, the initial goals of establishing a common language and accurate categorization have been compromised, presenting both opportunities and limitations in their application.*
Background: Mortality due to head trauma is common in developed countries in all age groups. Nonmissile penetrating skull base injuries (PSBIs) due to foreign bodies are quite rare, accounting for about 0.4%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Nonmissile penetrating spine injury (NMPSI) represents a small percent of spinal cord injuries (SCIs), estimated at 0.8% in Western countries. Regarding the causes, an NMPSI injury caused by a screwdriver is rare.
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