World Neurosurg
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The burden of disease regarding lumbar and cervical spine pain is a long-standing, pervasive problem within medicine that has yet to be resolved. Specifically, neck and back pain are associated with chronic pain, disability, and exorbitant health care use worldwide, which have only been exacerbated by the increase in overall life years and chronic disease. ⋯ Consequently, there is a call for innovation and improvement in the treatment of lumbar and cervical spine pain, which may be answered by a modern technique known as intervertebral disc arthroplasty, or total disc replacement (TDR). Thus, this review aims to describe the management strategy of TDR and to explore updated considerations for its use in practice, both to help guide clinical decision making.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The Application of Ultrasound-CT Fusion Navigation Technology in Complex Bone Tumor Biopsy:*A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial.
This study aims to investigate the clinical application value of ultrasonography-computed tomography (CT) fusion navigation technology in bone tumor biopsy surgery. ⋯ The real-time localization of the biopsy needle in bone tumor biopsy surgery using ultrasonography-CT fusion navigation technology can significantly reduce intraoperative radiation exposure for both patients and surgeons during the procedure. Consequently, this technique holds certain clinical applicability.
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Bone flap resorption is a known complication of postdecompressive autologous cranioplasty. Although several potential etiopathogenetic factors have been investigated, their role is still under discussion. To further complicate things, resorption is not an all-or-nothing event, patients frequently presenting with different degrees of flap remodeling. Focus of this paper was to describe the elaboration of a score quantifying bone resorption according to a set of clinical and radiological criteria, hopefully allowing prompt identification of patients needing resurgery before the development of adverse events. ⋯ Autologous bone repositioning is still a valuable, low-cost, cosmetically and functionally satisfactory procedure. Nonetheless, although resorption affects a minor percentage of patients, its early identification and treatment can improve long-term results.
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Multicenter Study
Oversizing of the Woven EndoBridge for treatment of intracranial aneurysms improves angiographic results.
Several studies have demonstrated a high safety and efficacy profile of the Woven EndoBridge (WEB) for endovascular aneurysm treatment. However, contemporary large-scale studies of the WEB are rare. This multicenter study attempts to set a benchmark for state-of-the-art WEB treatment with consistent application of the WEB oversizing technique. ⋯ Oversizing the WEB and using currently available WEB types in this series resulted in slightly better treatment outcomes compared to early WEB studies, confirming the high safety, feasibility, and efficacy of this technique.
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External ventricular drain (EVD) is a basic operation in neurosurgery. Due to the limitation of its safe duration, some patients need to receive multiple drainage operations. We describe the long tunneled EVD (LTEVD) with shunt valves that effectively avoid multiple operations as a technical note. ⋯ LTEVD is effective and simple. It allows visual control of drainage flow, prolonging catheter indwelling time and eliminating the need for multiple surgeries.