Publications by authors named "Tufan Agah Kartum"

Background: The use of the maxillary artery (MA) as a donor has increasingly become an alternative method for cerebral revascularization. Localization difficulties emerge due to rich infratemporal anatomical variations and the complicated relationships of the MA with neuromuscular structures. We propose an alternative localization method via the interforaminal route along the middle fossa floor.

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Background: The treatment of persistent syringomyelia associated with Chiari malformation type 1 (CM1) is unclear. This study aims to evaluate the clinical and radiologic outcomes of syringo-subarachnoid shunt (SSS) as a treatment for persistent syringomyelia following posterior fossa decompression (PFD) for CM1.

Methods: Forty-nine cases treated for CM1 associated syringomyelia at a single center were analyzed, 17 of them undergoing reoperation due to persistent syrinx formation.

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Background And Objective: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a syndrome characterized with increased intracranial pressure and normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) composition. Treatment is mainly conservative, whereas CSF diversion surgery is the most frequently used surgical intervention. Endoscopic endonasal optic nerve decompression (EOND) is a newer surgical treatment of this patient group.

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Aim: To evaluate the preoperative, operative, and postoperative outcomes of young and adult patients who underwent surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy related to hippocampal sclerosis (TLE-HS).

Material And Methods: This retrospective study assessed prospectively registered data collected from 2010 to 2020. Clinical, electrophysiological, pathological, and postoperative outcomes were evaluated and compared.

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Background: To assess the efficacy of postoperative antibiotics on postoperative infection in clean supratentorial craniotomies.

Methods: This study is a prospective, randomized, single-blind, and placebo-controlled clinical trial that included consecutive patients who underwent clean supratentorial craniotomy between November 2017 and September 2020 and evaluated the effectiveness of postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis on postoperative infection.

Results: A total of 80 patients were included and the whole group was divided into two groups.

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Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is one of the most common forms of focal epilepsy. Anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) leading to high rate of seizure freedom is a safe and well-established procedure in TLEs. Cranial nerve deficits, especially for oculomotor, trochlear and facial nerve were reported as a complication after ATL.

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