A challenging case of endoscopic third ventriculostomy.

Background: Although controversial, endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in the management of Myelomeningocele and Chiari type II malformation-related hydrocephalous is gaining wider popularity and use. With variable success rates, it can be proposed as a first or second option after shunt malfunction. ETV in post-infectious hydrocephalus may also be considered as an alternative to shunting.

Ligamentum flavum hematoma in the lumbar spine mimicking spinal tumor: A case report and review of the literature.

Liagmentum flavum hematoma (LFH) is a rare cause of radiculopathy and low back pain, sharing similar symptomatology with disc herniation. It predominantly affects the lumbar thoracic spine. The underlying mechanism of LFH remains unclear; however, surgical removal of the hematoma has consistently demonstrated excellent outcomes.

Intracranial iodinated contrast medium deposits 50 years following a previous myelography: A case report and literature review.

Before the advent of CT and MRI, and since the early 1920s, myelography has been used for the diagnosis of spinal cord lesions and lumbar disc herniations. We report a case of an 86-year-old man with a migration of lipiodol in the intracranial subarachnoid spaces. The patient had undergone a myelography in the early 1970s, 50 years earlier.

Accuracy and Safety of Fluoroscopy-Assisted Transpedicular Screw Insertion in Thoracolumbar Spine Surgery: Evaluation of 122 Screws.

The objective of this study is to determine the accuracy and safety of trans-pedicular screws' insertion in the thoracolumbar spine using a fluoroscopy-assisted surgical technique. We retrospectively evaluated all patients who underwent a postoperative computed tomography scan to assess the location of the pedicular screws following thoracolumbar spinal surgery, at the Mohammed Vth Military Training Hospital-Rabat, from January 2020 to April 2022. We used Gertzbein's classification to grade pedicular cortex breaches.

Congenital spondylolytic spondylolisthesis of the cervical spine: A case report and literature review.

Congenital spondyloytic spondylolisthesis (CSS) is characterized as a pars-interarticularis well-corticated cleft with antherolithesis. The presence of spina bifida and vertebral dysplastic changes corroborate the possibility of a congenital etiology. It is a rare condition, usually discovered incidentally, especially after a trauma and should be differentiated from traumatic spondylolysis, which requires aggressive treatments.