World Neurosurg
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The trend of practice pattern and impact on health care utilization for surgery and radiation therapy (RT) in patients with glomus jugulare tumors (GJTs) is not well defined. ⋯ RT plays an increasingly important role in the treatment for patients with GJTs, with fewer complications and a comparable health care utilization at 1 year.
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Controllable factors associated with surgical site infections (SSIs) have focused on reducing contamination of the surgical field with potential pathogens. The aim of this prospective study is to determine the incidence of glove contamination in a series of elective neurosurgical operations and determine the relationship of such glove contamination to subsequent SSI. We hypothesize that contamination of surgical gloves is associated with subsequent SSI. ⋯ Surgical glove contamination identified at the time of wound closure does not correlate with the development of subsequent SSI in elective neurosurgical operations.
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The combined petrosectomy is one of the workhorse skull base approaches to the petroclival region. Traditionally, this approach starts with a temporosuboccipital craniotomy, followed by the mastoidectomy/anterior petrosectomy, and completed with the dural opening/tumor resection. This sequence of events (neurosurgery-neuro-otology-neurosurgery) involves at least 2 handoffs and change of surgical teams and instrumentation. This report describes a resequencing of events and a modification of the technique used to craft the temporosuboccipital craniotomy, with aims to reducing handoffs between surgical teams and improving operating room workflow. ⋯ Combined petrosectomy, although often performed in a 3-step manner with the neurosurgeon starting the craniotomy, can be performed as described here in a 2-step manner, with similar outcomes and reasonable operating time.
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Observational Study
Association of preoperative glycated hemoglobin and early postoperative infections after elective craniotomy: a retrospective cohort study.
The prognostic value of preoperative glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) testing is controversial. The available evidence on the role of preoperative HbA1c in predicting postoperative complications after different surgical procedures has been conflicting. The primary aim of our retrospective observational cohort study was to assess the association between preoperative HbA1c and postoperative infections after elective craniotomy. ⋯ For patients undergoing elective intracranial surgery for brain tumor removal, a preoperative HbA1c ≥7.5% is associated with a higher infection rate within the first postoperative week. Future prospective studies are required to assess the prognostic value of this association for clinical decision-making.
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Recently, it is widely known that global sagittal balance (GSB) influences the postoperative outcome of the spine. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between GSB and the incidence of early adjacent vertebral fracture (AVF) following balloon kyphoplasty (BKP). ⋯ At the thoracolumbar junction (T11-L2), PT ≥29° is one of the risk factors of early AVF following BKP.