Electrocorticography-guided surgical treatment of solitary supratentorial cavernous malformations with secondary epilepsy.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of electrocorticographic (ECoG) monitoring and the application of different surgical approaches in the surgical treatment of solitary supretentorial cavernous malformations with secondary epilepsy.

Methods: This study enrolled a consecutive series of 36 patients with solitary supratentorial cavernous malformations and secondary epilepsy who underwent surgery with intraoperative ECoG monitoring in the Department of Neurosurgery between January 2004 and January 2008. The patients were composed of 15 males and 21 females, aged between 8 and 52 years (mean age 27.

[Surgical treatment of neuroendoscopy with supported channel for hypertensive intraventricular hemorrhage].

Objective: To evaluate the value and efficacy of surgical treatment with neuroendoscopy with supported channel for hypertensive intraventricular hemorrhage (HIVH).

Methods: The clinical data of 32 patients with hypertensive intraventricular hemorrhage were retrospectively analyzed. And they underwent neuroendoscopy with supported channel.