Journal of neurosurgery
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Journal of neurosurgery · May 2022
Cutoff values for the best management strategy for magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound ablation for essential tremor.
The efficacy of magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) ablation for essential tremor (ET) is well known; however, no prognostic factors have been established. The authors aimed to retrospectively investigate MRgFUS ablation outcomes and associated factors and to define the cutoff values for each prognostic factor. ⋯ ACPC = anterior commissure-posterior commissure; AP = anterior to posterior; CRST = Clinical Rating Scale for Tremor; ET = essential tremor; MRgFUS = magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound; PC = posterior commissure; PSA = posterior subthalamic area; RL = right to left; ROC = receiver operating characteristic; SDR = skull density ratio; SI = superior to inferior; T2WI = T2-weighted imaging; VIM = ventral intermediate nucleus.
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Journal of neurosurgery · May 2022
External validation of the Lawton brainstem cavernous malformation grading system in a cohort of 277 microsurgical patients.
The brainstem cavernous malformation (BSCM) grading system predicts neurological outcomes associated with microsurgical resection and assists neurosurgeons in selecting patients for treatment. The predictive accuracy of the BSCM grading system should be validated in a large cohort from high-volume centers to generalize its use. ⋯ This study validates the BSCM grading system in a large cohort of patients from two high-volume surgeons. BSCM grade predicted neurological outcomes with accuracy comparable to that of other grading systems in widespread use. The BSCM grading system establishes categories of low-, intermediate-, and high-grade BSCMs and a boundary or cutoff for surgery at BSCM grade V. BSCM grading guides the analysis of a particular patient's condition, but treatment recommendations must be individualized, and neurosurgeons must calibrate BSCM grading to their own outcome results, unique abilities, and practices.
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Journal of neurosurgery · May 2022
The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device: feasibility, techniques, and outcomes after FDA approval.
Wide-neck bifurcation cerebral aneurysms have historically required either clip ligation or stent- or balloon-assisted coil embolization. This predicament led to the development of the Woven EndoBridge (WEB) aneurysm embolization system, a self-expanding mesh device that achieves intrasaccular flow disruption and does not require antithrombotic medications. The authors report their operative experience and 6-month follow-up occlusion outcomes with the first 115 aneurysms they treated via WEB embolization. ⋯ The WEB device has been successfully used for the treatment of both unruptured and ruptured wide-neck bifurcation aneurysms by achieving intrasaccular flow diversion. Here, the authors have shared their experience with its unique technical considerations and device size selection, as well as critically reviewed complications and aneurysm occlusion rates.
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Journal of neurosurgery · May 2022
Microsurgical approaches to the cerebellar interpeduncular region: qualitative and quantitative analysis.
The cerebellar interpeduncular region (CIPR) is a gate for dorsolateral pontine and cerebellar lesions accessed through the supracerebellar infratentorial approach (SCITa), the occipital transtentorial approach (OTa), or the subtemporal transtentorial approach (STa). The authors sought to compare the exposures of the CIPR region that each of these approaches provided. ⋯ To reach the CIPR, the STa provided a more extensive exposure area and more linear exposure than did the SCITa. The OTa offered a larger working area than the SCIT and the STa; however, the OTa had the most extensive surgical corridor. These data may help neurosurgeons select the most appropriate approach for lesions of the CIPR.
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Journal of neurosurgery · May 2022
Triceps and cutaneous radial nerve branches investigated via an axillary anterior arm approach: new findings in a fresh-cadaver anatomical study.
The authors sought to describe the anatomy of the radial nerve and its branches when exposed through an axillary anterior arm approach. ⋯ The new understanding of radial nerve anatomy delineated in this study should aid surgeons during reconstructive surgery to treat upper-limb paralysis.