Journal of neurological surgery. Part A, Central European neurosurgery
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J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg · Jan 2015
Case ReportsSurgical clipping of a basilar perforator artery aneurysm: a case of avoiding perforator sacrifice.
Aneurysms arising from basilar perforator arteries are very rare. A primary goal of surgery is always preservation of perforator flow. However, in most surgically managed cases in the literature, sacrifice of the perforator was reported. It is important for the literature to demonstrate that patency of the perforator is an achievable goal. ⋯ Although patency of the perforator is a rather obvious goal of cerebrovascular surgery, the current literature does not reflect an ability to do so in the case of basilar perforator aneurysms. We present only the second reported case of maintenance of perforator flow after clipping of a basilar perforator artery aneurysm.
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J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg · Jan 2015
Effects of intrathecal caffeic acid phenethyl ester and methylprednisolone on oxidant/antioxidant status in traumatic spinal cord injuries.
To examine the effect of intrathecally given caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) on peroxidation and total oxidant and antioxidant systems, and the effect of intrathecally given methylprednisolone (MP) in spinal cord injury (SCI) models. ⋯ Intrathecal injection of both CAPE and MP inhibits lipid peroxidation and increase of oxidants in SCIs.