Change in the dimensions of the lumbar area muscles after surgery: MRI analysis.

Objective: This study aims to assess the change in the dimensions of the lumbar muscles in patients with chronic lower back pain using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and to determine pre/post effects of surgery.

Methods: We enrolled 28 individuals (13F/15M; age: 45.39±11.

The effect of subthalamic nucleus - Deep brain stimulation and different stimulation frequencies on cerebral hemodynamics in Parkinson's disease: A transcranial doppler study.

Objectives: To investigate the effect of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) and to compare low-frequency versus high-frequency STN-DBS on hemodynamic parameters of the middle cerebral artery between patients with advanced Parkinson's disease and age-sex matched healthy controls.

Patients And Methods: Eighteen patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) with bilateral STN-DBS and 18 control subjects underwent Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound (TCDU) were included in the study. The hemodynamic parameters including blood flow velocity (FV), pulsatility index (PI) and, resistance index (RI) of the right middle cerebral artery (MCA) were measured and compared during the phases using TCDU.

Investigating the effect of STN-DBS stimulation and different frequency settings on the acoustic-articulatory features of vowels.

Introduction: Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most frequent progressive neuro-degenerative disorder. In addition to motor symptoms, nonmotor symptoms and voice and speech disorders can also develop in 90% of PD patients. The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of DBS and different DBS frequencies on speech acoustics of vowels in PD patients.

Percutaneous Kyphoplasty: Is Bilateral Approach Necessary?

Study Design: A multicenter retrospective study of patients who underwent unilateral and bilateral balloon kyphoplasty.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the radiographic and clinical results of unilateral and bilateral balloon kyphoplasty to treat osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.

Summary Of Background Data: Percutaneous kyphoplasty has long been used as a successful method in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.

Use of programmable versus nonprogrammable shunts in the management of normal pressure hydrocephalus: A multicenter retrospective study with cost-benefit analysis in Turkey.

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt systems that are used in the treatment of normal pressure hydrocephalus are often associated with drainage problems. Adjustable shunt systems can prevent or treat these problems, but they may be expensive. The aim of our study is to compare the complications and total cost of several shunt systems.

Infected colloid cyst.

Introduction: Colloid cysts are the most common pathologic lesions of the third ventricle. Although they are histologically benign, they may grow and can cause the hydrocephalus. A 5-year-old male patient underwent to surgery with the diagnosis of colloid cyst.

Protective effects of minocycline against short-term ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat brain.

The aim of this study was to assess the effects of minocycline on cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury in rats. The study was carried out on 24 male Wistar albino rats, weighing 200-250 g, which were divided into three groups: (i) control (n = 8), (ii) I/R (n = 8) and (iii) I/R + minocycline (n = 8). Minocycline was administrated at a dose of 90 mg/kg p.

Protrusion of a peritoneal catheter via abdominal wall and operated myelomeningocele area: a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt.

Background: Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is mostly used in the treatment of hydrocephalus, and many complications have been reported with this method. These complications include obstruction, mechanical shunt failure, infection, and abdominal complications. Abdominal complications include intestinal obstruction, volvulus, peritonitis, peritoneal cyst, cerebrospinal fluid ascites, as well as migration of the distal catheter via the intestinal tract, umbilicus, scrotum, and vagina.

Protective effects of edaravone on experimental spinal cord injury in rats.

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among youth and adults. Secondary injury mechanisms within the spinal cord (SC) are well known to cause deterioration after an acute impact. Free radical scavengers are among the most studied agents in animal models of SCI.

A simple technique for interventional tool placement combining fluoroscopy with interventional computed tomography on a C-arm system.

Background: Flat-panel cone-beam computed tomography (FP-CBCT) has recently been introduced as a clinical feature in neuroangiography radiographic C-arm systems.

Objective: To introduce a method of positioning a surgical tool such as a needle or ablation probe within a target specified by intraoperative FP-CBCT scanning.

Methods: Two human cadaver and 2 porcine cadaver heads were injected with a mixture of silicone and contrast agent to simulate a contrast-enhanced tumor.

The Dowling-Orlando technique in a giant primary cerebral hydatid cyst: a case report.

Hydatid cyst disease is a parasitic illness that is rarely located in the brain. We present a case of a 26-year-old female who complained of headache, nausea, and vomiting. The diagnosis was intracranial hydatid cyst disease and was confirmed with radiological and serological tests.

Morphometry of the thoracolumbar vertebrae in sickle cell disease.

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) who have deformities and vertebral fractures due to osteoporosis may require surgery. Spinal surgeons must become familiar with the vertebral morphometry of patients with SCD and to that aim we have examined the morphometry of the thoracolumbar spine in these patients. A cohort of 100 patients with SCD was examined using plain thoraco lumbar anteroposterior/lateral radiographs and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA).

Protective effects of tadalafil on experimental spinal cord injury in rats.

Tadalafil is a selective inhibitor of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5). Nitric oxide (NO) functions as a retrograde neurotransmitter in the spinal cord, and postsynaptic structures respond to NO by producing cGMP. The concentrations of cGMP in the spinal cord are controlled by the actions of PDE.

Caffeic acid phenethyl ester decreases the level of S-100B protein after middle cerebral artery [correction for after] occlusion in rabbits.

Effects of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) on the serum S-100B levels were studied as an index for brain damage after permanent middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion in rabbits. Twenty rabbits were divided into four groups (n=5): control, sham, non-treatment and CAPE. The right MCA was occluded using a microsurgical procedure with bipolar coagulation and was then transected in non-treatment and CAPE groups.

A vermian artery originating from the posterior cerebral artery: an anatomical case report.

During the dissection of a posterior fossa in a cadaveric head, we found a solitary superior vermian artery (VA) originating from the posterior cerebral artery (PCA). On the right side, the VA arose from the precommunicating segment of the PCA. The VA distributed by giving off some branches to the interpeduncular fossa, cerebral peduncle, midbrain, cerebellar cortex, inferior colliculus, lingula, vermis and superior medullary velum.

Effects of trimetazidine on crush injury of the sciatic nerve in rats: a biochemical and stereological study.

Trimetazidine (TMZ) is an anti-ischemic agent which has been used for years as an effective anti-anginal agent in cardiac patients. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of TMZ on the level of malondialdehyde (MDA), nitric oxide (NO), glutathione (GSH), catalase (CAT), histopathological changes and the number of myelinated axons in a crush injury model of sciatic nerve in rats. In this study, 50 Wistar albino rats were used and the right sciatic nerves of all animals were injured.

Macrocephaly and bitemporal arachnoid cysts not associated with glutaric aciduria type I in a child.

A 45-month-old child who had bitemporal arachnoid cysts and macrocephaly unrelated to glutaric aciduria type 1 (GA 1) was reported. The patient was admitted to the emergency unit after head trauma at 11 months of age. CT and MRI showed bitemporal arachnoid cysts (BACs).

Caffeic acid phenethyl ester protects rabbit brains against permanent focal ischemia by antioxidant action: a biochemical and planimetric study.

The present study was conducted to investigate whether caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE), an active component of propolis extract, has a protective effect on brain injury after focal permanent cerebral ischemia, and to determine the possible antioxidant mechanisms. Cerebral infarction in adult male New Zealand rabbits was induced by microsurgical procedures producing right focal permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO). CAPE was administered to the treatment group after pMCAO at a dose of 10 micromol kg(-1) once a day intraperitoneally for 7 days.

The co-occurrence of Chiari type 1 malformation with syringomyelia and total situs inversus.

Background: Total situs inversus (TSI) is a rare congenital anomaly that often occurs concomitantly with other disorders. TSI is the complete left-to-right inversion of the thoracic and abdominal organs. It develops due to an abnormal rotation of the cardiac tube during embryogenesis, the mechanism of which is of unknown mechanism.