Neurosurgery
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Continuous invasive monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) is essential in neurocritical care for surveillance and management of raised ICP. Fluid-based systems and strain gauge microsensors remain the current standard. In the past few decades, several studies with wireless monitoring were developed aiming to reduce invasiveness and complications. ⋯ A Wi-Fi ICP monitoring system was demonstrated in a comprehensive and feasible way. It was possible to observe, using smartphone, an adequate correlation regarding ICP variations. Further adaptations are already being developed.
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Currently, little is known about the prognostic value of tumor growth rate (TGR) in spinal giant cell tumors of bone (GCTB). ⋯ These data support the use of TGR as a reliable predictive tool for clinically relevant outcomes and response to denosumab therapy of spinal GCTB, which may be helpful in guiding prognostic risk stratification and therapeutic optimization of patients.