Domecq, Lucila; Ruella, Mauro; Villamil, Facundo; Monsalve, Martin; Fraire, Jazmín Azul; Mormandi, Rubén; Cervio, Andrés Eduardo(Asociación Argentina de Neurocirugía, 2023-10-01)
La hidrocefalia es una complicación frecuente dentro de la patología tumoral del SNC. La colocación de válvulas de derivación ventrículo-peritoneal (VDVP) en estos casos es, al día de la fecha, la práctica estándar para ...
Introduction: Gliomas are the second most frequent primary brain tumors. Surgical resection remains a crucial part of treatment, as well as maximum preservation of neurological function. For this reason awake surgery has ...
Objective: Analyze the usefulness, efficacy, and safety of transoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in glioma surgery in awake patients.
Materials and methods: Retrospective, single-center, analytical study of a cohort ...
Introduction: Spontaneous CSF leak is a known complication of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). Patients with CSF rhinorrhea present a unique challenge within the IIH population, as the occurrence of a leak can ...
Carelli, Luis E.; de Barros, Alderico Girão C.; Flores Taracena, Silvia M.; Marcó Del Pont, Francisco; Cechin, Igor; Ames, Christopher(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2024-02-26)
This technique is a modification of the posterior vertebral column resection (PVCR) for patients with kyphoscoliosis with vertebral column resection indications (Cobb angle >100° angular and rigid with flexibility <20%-30%). ...
Neuroendoscopic procedures inside the ventricular system always bear the risk for an unexpected intraoperative hemorrhage. Most hemorrhages can be managed by constant irrigation with low- and high-pressure washes. In the ...
Objective: To analyze and compare the efficacy of two selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) techniques with intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, using instrumented three-dimensional gait analysis.
Introduction: SDR ...
Third nerve palsy is a rare complication of transsphenoidal surgery and has been merely mentioned in different studies, but there is not any rigorous analysis focusing on this particular complication. The purpose of this ...
Introduction: Prolactinomas are the most frequent pituitary tumor subtype. Despite most of them respond to medical treatment, a proportion are resistant and become a challenge in clinical management. Wnt/β-Catenin pathway ...
Raval, Vishal; Binkley, Elaine; Aronow, Mary E.; Valenzuela, Juan; Peereboom, David M.; Wei, Wei; Srivastava, Sunil; Davanzo, Jaqueline; Culver Boldt, Herbert; McGarrey, Mark P.; Papaliodis, George N.; Sobrin, Lucía; Kim, Ivana K.; Vavvas, Dimitrios G.; Eliott, Dean; Nayak, Lakshmi; Dodds, Emilio; Marcó Del Pont, Francisco; Singh, Arun D.(John Wiley & Sons, 2022-05)
There is limited understanding of the inter-compartmental progression and treatment outcomes of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL). In this multicenter retrospective cohort study on 234 patients with PCNSL ...
Objective: To analyze and find risk factors associated with developing transient diabetes insipidus (DI) using a multicenter case series after trans-sphenoidal surgery.
Methods: Medical records of patients who underwent ...
Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze a series of patients with intradural extramedullary tumors (IDEM) and assess factors that may modify or determine the final long term outcome and management.
Materials ...
García Muñoz, Luis; Ujhelly, José Ignacio; Q. Beltrán, Jesús; Fazzito, María Lucía; Jiménez-Ponce, Fiacro(Asociación Argentina de Neurocirugía, 2022-12-01)
El trastorno neuroagresivo (TNA) es una de las principales solicitudes de neurocirugía psiquiátrica ya que es frecuente observar refractariedad al tratamiento médico.
Se han propuesto dos tipos de cirugías ablativas. ...
Keller, Greta; Carello, María Agostina; Banjsak, Vanina G.; Egido, Noelia; Corvalán, Nicolás; Calandri, Ismael Luis; Caffaratti, Guido; Crivelli, Lucía; Cervio, Andrés Eduardo(Universidad de la Costa, 2022-12-14)
New surgical procedures have benefited patients with Low-Grade Gliomas (LGG), who have a longer life expectancy. For this reason there is a growing interest in protecting cognition and improving their quality of life. The ...
Background: The frontal aslant tract (FAT) is a bilateral tract located within each frontal lobe. It connects the supplementary motor area in the superior frontal gyrus with the pars opercularis in the inferior frontal ...
La infección por coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19) es responsable de un diverso rango de
manifestaciones extrapulmonares entre las cuales se destaca el compromiso neurológico directo
o indirecto. La apoplejía hipofisaria ...
There is evidence of association between sellar barrier thickness and intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage, impacting the postoperative prognosis of the patients. The aim of this study is to analyze the clinical ...
Background: Hemangioblastomas (HBL) are uncommon tumors of the central nervous system (CNS), corresponding to 1 to 2.5% of all intracranial tumors. They can present sporadically or in patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) ...
Introduction: Tuberculum sellae meningiomas (TSM) represent 5 to 10% of all intracranial meningiomas. Their main treatment is surgical resection, especially in patients presenting with visual impairment. Different surgical ...