Publications by authors named "Sungdae Lim"

Objective: Tracheostomy is a necessary procedure for patients admitted to the neurosurgery intensive care unit (ICU) with severe brain injury, because mechanical ventilation must be maintained for a long time following neurologic failure. The purpose of this study was to compare conventional surgical tracheostomy (CST) and percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) performed at the bedside in critically ill neurosurgery patients requiring tracheostomy to determine which procedure has comparative advantages.

Methods: This retprospective study was conducted between January 2019 and December 2020.

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We report our experience in treating a ruptured dissecting posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) aneurysm. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of overlapping stenting without coils for a ruptured dissecting aneurysm of the proximal PICA. A 66-year-old male patient presented with sudden altered mental state and a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).

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