World Neurosurg
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Although several material options, both natural and synthetic, are available for cranioplasty, the rate of implant-related complications has remained high. A relatively novel, synthetic hydroxyapatite-titanium implant, which combines biocompatibility with biomechanical resilience, has been reported to reduce tissue inflammation, infection, and explantation rates, while delivering superior cosmetic results. However, despite such promising preliminary reports, clinical data supporting its use have remained scarce. ⋯ Our experience, the largest in the United States, confirms the previously reported benefits associated with the use of 3-dimensional-printed hydroxyapatite-titanium cranioplasty implants.
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Superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) is becoming increasingly recognized as a pathology underlying various auditory and vestibular complaints. To date, our understanding of the pathology has yet to attribute specific symptoms to the anatomic location of dehiscence in patients with SSCD. This study aims to address this issue by evaluating the relationship between symptomatology and anatomic location of dehiscence. ⋯ Although our results do not support an association between preoperative characteristics-including symptomatology-and anatomic SSCD location, our findings do suggest that apical dehiscences are associated with greater postoperative symptomatic resolution.
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The incidence of multiple primary malignancies (MPM) has increased in recent decades. Our aim was to evaluate incidence, clinical features, and survival in cases of spinal metastases from MPM in which one of the malignancies is lung cancer. ⋯ The present study is the first series to our knowledge to show that survival of patients with spinal metastasis and MPM involving lung cancer is not clearly inferior to that of patients with spinal metastasis and lung cancer alone.
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Moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major source of morbidity and mortality in elderly patients. Little is known about long-term mortality in elderly patients following mild, nonfatal TBI and how the injury mechanism predicts survival. This study aimed to compare long-term mortality in elderly patients with mild TBI and traumatic subdural hematoma (tSDH) due to ground-level fall (GLF) versus those with TBI and tSDH due to another cause (i.e., non-ground-level fall [nGLF]). ⋯ Elderly patients with mild TBI and tSDH due to GLF have significantly higher long-term mortality than patients with injuries due to nGLF.
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Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a common clinical vascular disease, and post-thrombotic syndrome is usually the complication of patients. This study was to explore the relationship between intraoperative hypothermia and DVT. ⋯ Patients who underwent intracranial tumor resection experience a high incidence of DVT, and patients with intraoperative hypothermia are at greater risk of DVT.