Neurosurgery
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Even though flow-diverting stents are being increasingly used to treat intracranial aneurysms, the fate of jailed side branches remains controversial, with recent clinical data contradicting finding of earlier animal studies that reported patency. ⋯ APhA, ascending pharyngeal arteryCI, confidence interval3DRA, 3-dimensional rotational angiographyDSA, digital subtraction angiographyFDS, flow-diverting stentOCT, optical coherence tomographyOS, ostium surfaceSEM, scanning electron microscopy.
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There are currently no satisfactory treatments or experimental models showing autonomic dysfunction for intramedullary spinal cord gliomas (ISCG). ⋯ 5FC, 5-fluorocytosineBBB, Basso, Beattie, and BresnahanCD, cytosine deaminaseDP, diastolic blood pressureGCV, ganciclovir; hNSCs, human neural stem cellsISCG, intramedullary spinal cord gliomasMAP, mean arterial blood pressureNSCs, neural stem cellsSP, systolic blood pressureTK, thymidine kinase.