Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Everyday Neurosurgical Practice in Alsace, France: Lessons Learned, Current Perspectives, and Future Challenges-Preliminary Results of a Longitudinal Multicentric Study Registry.

: The global outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic disrupted healthcare worldwide, impacting the organization of intensive care units and surgical care units. This study aimed to document the daily neurosurgical activity in Alsace, France, one of the European epicenters of the pandemic, and provide evidence of the adaptive strategies deployed during such a critical time for healthcare services. : The multicentric longitudinal study was based on a prospective cohort of patients requiring neurosurgical care in the Neurosurgical Departments of Alsace, France, between March 2020 and March 2022.

Clinical anatomy of the spina musculi recti lateralis: A frequently overlooked variation of the greater wing of the sphenoid.

Background: The spina musculi recti lateralis (SMRL) is often visible along the lateral rim of the superior orbital fissure (SOF). Aim of this study is to characterize SMRL morphology and topography relative to known bony landmarks.

Methods: Orbits from 291 adult dry skulls and from 60 CT scans were analyzed to measure the distance between the SMRL and the SOF or the inferior orbital fissures (IOF) as well as its height, width and orientation.

Radiographic and functional outcome of complex acetabular fractures: implications of open reduction in spinopelvic balance, gait and quality of life.

Aim To investigate the effects of surgical reduction of complex acetabular fractures on spine balance, postural stability and quality of life. Methods Twenty-six patients with acetabular fractures surgically treated by open reduction and internal fixation were divided into two groups according to the amount of reduction. Group A consisted of 18 patients with satisfactory reduction (≤2 mm), and group B of eight patients with incomplete reduction (>2 mm).

Do patients with chronic low-back pain experience a loss of health-related quality of life? A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: Health-related quality of life in chronic low back pain (LBP) is an important issue since various individual factors such as perceived loss of autonomy, inability to continue daily life and anxiety can contribute to maintenance or deterioration of this condition. Health-related quality of life is also important because it can predict the probability of recovery or recrudescence over time. In the literature, there is no systematic review on this topic.

Quality of life and objective functional impairment in lumbar spinal stenosis: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of moderators.

Background: Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common degenerative spine disease associated with a strong impairment in various quality of life areas, particularly the ability to perform work-related activity. Depression is a condition frequently associated. There is no comprehensive review on quality of life and objective functional impairment in LSS.

Non-granulomatous cerebellar infection by Acanthamoeba spp. in an immunocompetent host.

Acanthamoeba spp. is a free-living amoeba, frequently involved in keratitis by contact lens in immunocompetent hosts. Anecdotal reports associate Acanthamoeba spp.

A rare association of ganglioglioma and cavernous malformation: Report of two cases and literature review.

Background: Some glial tumors have been observed in association with different types of vascular malformations of the brain (angiogliomas). However, the association of ganglioglioma with other vascular malformations is extremely rare, with only few cases reported in the literature, one of which is referred to as "angioganglioglioma."

Case Description: Two patients presented with acute onset of neurological symptoms, with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) finding of cavernoma of the left middle cerebellar penduncle, and small mass of the chiasmatic region, respectively.

Dynamic corset versus three-point brace in the treatment of osteoporotic compression fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine: a prospective, comparative study.

Background: The three-point orthosis is the most commonly used brace in the conservative treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures. The Spinomed dynamic orthosis represents an alternative.

Aims: We compared efficacy and safety of these two types of brace in treating osteoporotic vertebral fractures.

Favourable long-term clinical outcome after anterior cervical discectomy. A study on a series of 125 patients undergoing surgery a mean of 11 years earlier.

Objective: This retrospective study assessed long-term clinical outcome in a series of patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy (ACD) for treatment of myeloradiculopathy secondary to one- to two-level cervical discoarthrosis. To verify concerns about long-term adverse clinical effects following ACD, a review of literature on the topic was also made.

Methods: The clinical course and long-term outcome of 125 consecutive patients with cervical myeloradiculopathy operated on by ACD 5 to 19 years ago (mean, 11.

Complete loop of the posterior cerebral artery with ruptured aneurysm at the origin of the medial posterior choroidal artery. A case report.

Background: Anatomical anomalies of the PCA are unusual and their association with an aneurysm is exceptional. A unique case of a complete loop of the posterior cerebral artery associated with a ruptured aneurysm is presented.

Case Description: A 69-year-old woman with a subarachnoid hemorrhage in World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies grade IV was diagnosed with a loop of the right PCA with an aneurysm at the apex of the loop.

Microsurgery for recurrent lumbar disk herniation at the same level and side: do patients fare worse? Experience with 95 consecutive cases.

Background: In reviewing our experience with reoperation of RLDH, our aim was mainly to determine whether patients fared worse than after primary surgery. We found no uniform answers to this question in the literature.

Methods: The data of 95 patients (29 women and 66 men) who underwent reoperation for RLDH at the same level and side were analyzed retrospectively.

Cervical spine epidural abscess: experience with microsurgical treatment in eight cases.

Object: The authors report a series of eight consecutive cases in which epidural abscesses in the cervical spine were treated by microsurgery without arthrodesis, including two cases of concomitant pyogenic and tubercular infection.

Methods: The authors used a minimally invasive surgical approach consisting of single-level anterior microsurgical discectomy and drainage of the epidural abscess via a silicone catheter, and then initiated antibiotic therapy. At follow-up examination (mean duration 39 months), six patients exhibited complete recovery and two suffered from minor residual deficits.