World Neurosurg
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Spinal cord injury (SCI) could cause motor, sensory loss, severe functional insufficiency, and social problems. This study aims to provide a holistic summary of the global scientific outputs about SCI through bibliometric analyses and reveal the trend topics. ⋯ This study provides a systematic analysis of SCI and could be a beneficial guide for clinicians and scientists.
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To investigate the expression characteristics, correlations with clinical factors, and prognostic values of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) and Ki-67 in cranial meningiomas. ⋯ A low PTEN expression and a high Ki-67 expression could predict malignancy in cranial meningiomas.
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Skin and soft tissue retraction secondary to burns of the trunk may induce severe and progressive thoracogenic spinal deformities in children. Its management is rarely described. ⋯ While spinal deformities secondary to burns are rare, they require specific, sequential, and multidisciplinary medical and surgical management. Our surgical strategy was to treat skin and soft tissues retractions first and then address spinal deformity. We used halo-gravity traction between the 2 surgical stages to help improve the spine deformity correction while reducing the risk of neurologic complications.
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We report the case of a 15-year-old male patient with polyarteritis nodosa who presented with ruptured lenticulostriate artery (LSA) aneurysm and was successfully treated with endovascular N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (Histoacryl, B. Braun, Melsungen, Germany) acrylic glue embolization. Selective catheterization of LSA is sometimes difficult even with a low-profile microcatheter (Magic 1.2 FM, Balt Extrusion, Montmorency, France) due to acute angulation at the origin of the artery. ⋯ Patient underwent craniotomy and hematoma evacuation 1 day after the procedure in view of his rapidly deteriorating neurological status. He was later discharged with Modified Rankin Scale of 3. Follow up angiography after 3 months showed completely occluded aneurysm (Video 2).