Open surgery vs. stereotactic radiosurgery for tumour-related trigeminal neuralgia: A systematic review.

Background: Secondary trigeminal neuralgia is a facial pain in trigeminal nerve dermatome caused by an underlying disease, such as cerebellopontine angle tumours. Treatment options to relieve the pains were surgical tumour resection and stereotactic radiosurgery of the tumour or trigeminal nerve. This study aims to review the efficacy of open surgery and stereotactic radiosurgery and recommend the treatment of choice for secondary trigeminal neuralgia due to cerebellopontine angle tumours.

Potential benefit of olive leaf extract in cervical spondylotic myelopathy model.

Introduction: Cervical spondylosis is the most common cause of myelopathy in the cervical due to chronic compression of the spinal cord in patients aged 55 years or older. Recent studies suggest that olive extracts suppress inflammation and reduce stress oxidative injury. The purpose of this study was to determine the potential neuroprotective effects of olive leaf extract (OLE) in an experimental cervical spondylotic myelopathy model.

Technical report: Simple method of animal stroke model of luminal occlusion of middle cerebral artery in Indonesia.

Background: Although there are many experimental studies describing the suture method of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in rats, this is still a new procedure in Indonesia and the techniques for applying this stroke model in animal research are not well known. There has been a perception in Indonesian scientific community that the technique would be difficult and require advanced equipment. The aim of this study is to demonstrate that it is possible to perform the technique with minimal resources using simple method and basic surgical loupe equipment.