World Neurosurg
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Case Reports
Risky cerebrovascular anatomical orientation: implications for brain revascularization.
This study documents a risky vascular anatomic orientation that might play an important role in the postoperative hemodynamics following anterior cerebral artery (ACA) revascularization. A 71-year-old woman presented with uncontrollable frequent right lower limb transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) attributed to a left cerebral ischemic lesion due to severe left ACA stenosis. ⋯ The patient awoke satisfactory from anesthesia; however, on postoperative day 1, she developed right-sided hemiparesis. Extensive postoperative investigations disclosed that watershed shift infarction was considered the etiology for this neurologic deterioration.
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To identify factors influencing outcome in brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVM) treated with endovascular embolization. We also assessed the feasibility of using machine learning techniques to prognosticate and predict outcome and compared this to conventional statistical analyses. ⋯ BAVMs can be treated successfully by endovascular techniques or combined with surgery and radiosurgery with an acceptable risk profile. Machine learning techniques can predict final outcome with greater accuracy and may help individualize treatment based on key predicting factors.
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Placement of intraventricular catheters in oncology patients can be associated with morbidity given their small to slit-like ventricles and underlying hematologic disorders. We studied the accuracy of placing Ommaya reservoirs using neuronavigation and a flexible neuroendoscope to verify catheter positioning. ⋯ A combined neuronavigation and neuroendoscopic approach improved catheter tip accuracy compared with accuracy rates described in the literature using other techniques. This approach can be adapted toward routine clinical practice of placing ventricular shunt catheters and Ommaya reservoirs.
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The evolution of the surgical treatment of petroclival meningiomas (PMs) has led to a tendency to abandon complex petrous approaches and return to "less-aggressive" skull base approaches. ⋯ For each PM group, the most suitable approach was identified in terms of surgical radicality and low postoperative morbidity. CSIPR can be considered the approach of choice for the most frequent group of PMs in our series. We believe that the CSIPR remains a valuable option for the treatment of PMs.
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Patients with cervical compression myelopathy (CCM) generally present bilateral neurological symptoms in their extremities. However, a substantial portion of patients with CCM exhibit laterality of neurological symptoms. The aim of this study was to assess the correlation between intrinsic structural damage and laterality of symptoms using spinal cord diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) of the corticospinal tract. ⋯ Using tract-specific DTI, we demonstrated that microstructural damages in the left and right corticospinal tracts correlated with corresponding neurological symptoms in the ipsilateral side and the FA asymmetry index could indicate laterality in neurological symptoms of patients with CCM.