World Neurosurg
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Review Meta Analysis
Diagnostic Yield, Morbidity, and Mortality of Intraventricular Neuroendoscopic Biopsy - Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Neuroendoscopic techniques for biopsy of intraventricular tumors are increasingly used, although published data have demonstrated a wide range of outcomes. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the diagnostic yield, morbidity, and mortality of neuroendoscopic biopsy. ⋯ These results indicate that neuroendoscopic biopsy has a very good diagnostic yield and reasonably low complication rate. The procedure seems most advantageous for diagnosis of intraventricular lesions where cerebrospinal fluid diversion is an additional therapeutic requirement.
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Comparative Study
Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in multilevel; comparison with conventional transforaminal interbody fusion.
Minimally invasive (MIS) transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) has shown superior or noninferior results compared with conventional TLIF in single segments. There were no comparative studies between MIS and conventional TLIF in multisegments. The purpose of this study was to compare MIS and conventional TLIF in multisegments. ⋯ MIS TLIF and conventional TLIF showed similar clinical and radiologic outcomes. MIS TLIF may be a better choice for 2- or 3-segment lumbar fusion in perioperative outcomes.