Parasagittal Meningiomas: The Impact of Sinus Opening and Grade of Resection on Clinical Outcome and Recurrence in a Consecutive Series of Patients.

Background: Surgical management of parasagittal meningiomas (PMs) remains controversial in the literature. The need to pursue a resection as radical as possible and the high risk of venous injuries contribute to making the sinus opening a widely argued choice. This study aimed to analyze factors affecting the risk of recurrence and to assess clinical outcomes of patients who underwent surgical resection of PMs with conservative or aggressive management of the intrasinusal portion.

The impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination on inflammatory arthritis: a cohort study.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection, as well as short- (within 48 hours) and long-term (within 30 days) adverse events (AEs) of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, including arthritis flares in a large cohort of patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA).

Methods: A retrospective cohort study comprising 362 patients: 94 (26%) rheumatoid arthritis, 158 (43.6%) psoriatic arthritis and 110 (30.

Structural Brain Network Reorganization Following Anterior Callosotomy for Colloid Cysts: Connectometry and Graph Analysis Results.

Introduction: The plasticity of the neural circuits after injuries has been extensively investigated over the last decades. Transcallosal microsurgery for lesions affecting the third ventricle offers an interesting opportunity to investigate the whole-brain white matter reorganization occurring after a selective resection of the genu of the corpus callosum (CC).

Method: Diffusion MRI (dMRI) data and neuropsychological testing were collected pre- and postoperatively in six patients with colloid cysts, surgically treated with a transcallosal-transgenual approach.

Hidden intra-meatal CSF fistula related to VP shunt as a cause for fatal tension pneumocephalus after vestibular schwannoma resection.

Background: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak through petrosal air cells is a known complication after drilling the posterior wall of the internal acoustic canal (IAC) for resection of vestibular schwannoma (VS). Whereas mild pneumocephalus is common after retrosigmoid craniotomy, tension pneumocephalus has been rarely documented.

Objective: To testify a case of fatal tension pneumocephalus after VS resection in a patient with ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) shunt and to propose possible recommendations to limit the risk of this dramatic complication.

Multilevel Postoperative Cervical Epidural Hematoma: Complete Removal Through Catheter Drainage of the Unexposed Blood Collection.

Background: Postoperative spinal epidural hematoma is a rare complication of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. This condition may rapidly produce severe neurologic deficits, often requiring a prompt surgical decompression. A multilevel extension of the epidural bleeding has been rarely described after anterior cervical procedures.