World Neurosurg
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Mortality after Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Causality and Validation of a Prediction Model.
To evaluate primary causes of death after spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and externally validate the HAIR score, a prognostication tool, in a single academic institution. ⋯ The in-hospital mortality is lower than in previous reports, attesting to the continuing improvement of our institutional SAH care. The major causes are the same as in previous reports. Despite a different therapeutic protocol, the HAIR score showed good discrimination and could be a useful tool for predicting mortality.
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Comparative Study
Use of Pipeline Embolization Device for Posterior Circulation Aneurysms: Single-Center Experiences with Comparison with Anterior Circulation Aneurysms.
To evaluate the performance of the Pipeline embolization device (PED) for posterior circulation aneurysms. ⋯ PED has a favorable performance at posterior circulation, and it is rational to expand the indication to include these aneurysms. However, a case-control study is still needed to further expatiate whether the PED has advantages over traditional endovascular treatment.
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The vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation (VGM) is a rare intracranial arteriovenous fistula with a dramatic manifestation during infancy and 100% mortality without treatment. Therapeutic strategies for VGMs have changed over time as a result of advances in endovascular techniques. We present our experience and multimodality approach within the last 4 decades. ⋯ Endovascular embolization using a transarterial approach is the therapy of choice. Gamma Knife radiosurgery can be considered as second-line therapy in a multimodal approach. Whereas treatment within the first month of life is associated with the highest mortality and complications, we did not detect any severe adverse events thereafter.
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Case Reports
Full Endoscopic Interlaminar Approach for Nerve Root Decompression of Sacral Metastatic Tumor.
Endoscopic surgery has been successfully applied in treatment of degenerative spinal disease, but few studies have assessed its use in treating sacral metastasis. We report a successful full endoscopic interlaminar approach for sacral nerve root decompression of a sacral metastatic tumor. ⋯ For patients with sacral metastasis without spinal instability or difficulty lying in prone position under local anesthesia, the full endoscopic interlaminar approach for nerve root decompression of sacral metastasis may be a suitable method.
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To correlate pretherapeutic resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) measures with pretherapeutic head tremor presence and/or further improvement 1 year after stereotactic radiosurgical thalamotomy (SRS-T) for essential tremor (ET). ⋯ Baseline measures of IC between bilateral thalamus and limbic system with left supplementary motor area may predict head tremor arrest after thalamotomy. However, procedures such as SRS-T, for this particular clinical feature, do not align patients to HCs in terms of functional brain connectivity. We postulate that supplementary motor area is modulating head tremor appearance, by abnormal connectivity with the thalamolimbic system.