The clinical, radiological and surgical characteristics of supratentorial penetrating craniocerebral injuries: a retrospective clinical study.

Penetrating craniocerebral injuries (PCIs) are the most fatal injuries of the head that usually have a poor outcome. From the parenchymal destructions to ventricular lacerations, a wide variety of damages occurs during the injury. Surgical treatment is still the mainstay of the management in these patients.

Resolution of cerebral vasospasm with trapidil; an animal model.

Cerebral vasospasm and rebleeding are important clinical phenomena associated with a high mortality rate. Therefore, any promising finding in the laboratory deserves assessment in clinical practice. The present study was designed to examine the possible effects of trapidil on the basilar artery of the rabbit through a cerebral vasospasm model.

Grisel's syndrome.

Summary Atlantoaxial subluxation is a rare complication of the upper neck inflammatory processes of head and neck region. Grisel's syndrome is a non-traumatic subluxation of the atlanto axial joint. It is not associated with trauma or bone disease.