• Pediatric peri-insular hemispherotomy and functional hemispherectomy for severe medically refractory epilepsy: comparison of two techniques 

  Villamil, Facundo; Domecq, Lucila; Cicutti, Santiago E.; Slame, Yamila; Grijalba, Miguel; Gromazdyn, Guido; Bartuluchi, Marcelo (Masson, 2024-11)

  Purpose: Since it was first described in the 1970s, functional hemispherotomy has been an essential tool in treating disabling, medically refractory epilepsy resulting from diffuse unilateral hemispheric disease. We report ...
• Insular Gliomas. Experience in a Latin American Center and Assessment of Variables Related to Surgical Management and Prognosis 

  Ruella, Mauro Emiliano; Caffaratti, Guido; Villamil, Facundo; Crivelli, Lucía; Cervio, Andrés Eduardo (Elsevier, 2024-09-10)

  Objective: To describe our experience in the resection of gliomas involving the insula and analyze the variables implicated in the management and prognosis of these tumors. Methods: This retrospective, single-center, ...
• Modified Peri-Insular Hemispherotomy in Pediatric Epilepsy: A Non-Middle Cerebral Artery Sparing Approach: 2-Dimensional Operative Video 

  Cicutti, Santiago E.; Gromadzyn, Guido P.; Cuello, Javier F.; Villamil, Facundo; Bartuluchi, Marcelo (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2024-08-26)

  Hemispherectomy is a highly complex procedure that demands a steep learning curve and requires precision for successful seizure control.1-5 The aim of this operative technique video was to present a modified peri-insular ...
• Depresión Resistente y Neurocirugía: Estado del Arte de la Estimulación Cerebral Profunda del Área Subgenual (Área 25) 

  Villamil, Facundo; Mandolesi, Jorge E.; Catena Baudo, Melanie; Paolinelli, Pablo; Vidal, María Florencia; Costanzo, Elsa (Fundación CENIT para la Investigación en Neurociencias, 2024-06-02)

  Introducción y Objetivo. La depresión resistente al tratamiento (DRT) es una condición debilitante que no responde a los tratamientos antidepresivos convencionales. La estimulación cerebral profunda (ECP) del área subgenual ...
• Frontal aslant tract: Anatomy and implications in brain glioma neurosurgery 

  Villamil, Facundo; Catena Baudo, Melanie; Paolinelli, Pablo Sebastián; Domecq, Lucila; Cervio, Andrés Eduardo; Bendersky, Mariana (Fundación Revista Medicina (Buenos Aires), 2024)

  The frontal aslant tract (FAT) connects the supplementary motor area (SMA) with the pars opercularis. Its role in language and its implications in glioma surgery remain under discussion. We present an anatomosurgical study ...
• Hemangioblastomas intradurales extramedulares: abordando una extraña patología 

  Fraire, Jazmín Azul; Ruella, Mauro; Villamil, Facundo; Domecq, Lucila; Mormandi, Rubén; Cervio, Andrés Eduardo (Asociación Argentina de Neurocirugía, 2024-03-01)

  Introducción: Los hemangioblastomas son tumores vascularizados, infrecuentes del sistema nervioso central (SNC), grado I por la OMS, intraaxiales, habitualmente localizados en el cerebelo y la retina que pueden ser esporádicos ...
• How I do it: operative nuances of the Encephalo-Duro-Mio-Synangiosis (EDMS) technique for pediatric moyamoya disease and syndrome 

  Cicutti, Santiago Ezequiel; Gromadzyn, Guido Patricio; Cuello, Javier Francisco; Jaimovich, Sebastián Gaston (Springer, 2024-06-04)

  Background: Moyamoya disease, a progressive occlusive arteriopathy mainly affecting the supraclinoid internal carotid artery, leads to abnormal "Moyamoya vessels" and ischemic events in children due to decreased cerebral ...
• Resultados a largo plazo del tratamiento quirúrgico de las fístulas arteriovenosas durales espinales en un centro argentino 

  Mormandi, Rubén; Villamil, Facundo; Ruella, Mauro; Cervio, Andrés Eduardo; Condomí Alcorta, Santiago G.; Salvat, Jorge M. (Fundación Revista Medicina, 2023-04)

  Introduction: Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (SDAVF) is a rare vascular disease, of unknown etiology, frequently underdiagnosed. Treatment can be microsurgical or endovascular. Methods: Retrospective and monocentric ...
• In Reply to the Letter to the Editor Regarding "Risk Factors Related to Transient Diabetes Insipidus Development Following Transsphenoidal Pituitary Adenoma Resection: A Multicentric Study" 

  Yasuda, Marcos Ezequiel; Renedo, Daniela; Recalde, Rodolfo José; Zaninovich, Roberto Steven; González Abbati, Santiago; Cervio, Andrés Eduardo; Giovannini, Sebastián Juan María; Villalonga, Juan Francisco; Ulloque Caamaño, Liezel; Reddy, Kesava; Socolovsky, Mariano; Campero, Álvaro (Elsevier, 2024-05)

  No abstract available.
• Manual de Estimulación Cerebral Profunda (ECP) : todo lo que el paciente y su familia deben saber 

  Merello, Marcelo (Sociedad Iberoamericana de Información Científica, 2020)
• Transtubular micro-endo-assisted approach for intraventricular and deep-seated brain lesions 

  Jaimovich, Sebastián Gastón; Tcherbbis Testa, Victoria; Pampin, Sergio; Jaimovich, Roberto (Springer, 2023-09-16)

  OBJECTIVE: Intraventricular and deep-seated brain lesions present a surgical challenge due to their accessibility, illumination, and relationship to neural and vascular structures. To minimize tissue damage and its ...
• Pediatric epilepsy surgery in Latin-America 

  Campos, Manuel; Alonso, Mario; Cendes, Fernando; Cukiert, Arthur; Sandoval Bonilla, Bayron; Paglioli, Eliseu; Buitrago, Cesar; Cáceres, Adrián; Bartuluchi, Marcelo; Sánchez, Federico (Springer, 2023-09-16)

  OBJECTIVE: The classical concept is that pediatric epilepsy surgery (PES) is still underused in developing countries. Accurate information about the amount of PES programs and procedures in Latin-American is still ...
• Delimitation of the risk area of the vertebral artery during the paramedian suboccipital approach. 

  Villamil, Facundo; Caffaratti, Guido; Ruella, Mauro; Domecq, Lucila; Calandri, Ismael Luis; Darakdjian, Maximiliano; Nuñez, Maximiliano; Mormandi, Rubén; Cervio, Andrés Eduardo (Elsevier, 2024-03-29)
• Impact of the lumbar catheter on the incidence of post-surgical meningitis in the endoscopic endonasal approach. 

  Maskin, Luis Patricio; Noya, Santiago Ezequiel; Caffaratti, Guido; Echarri, María Martina; Hlavnicka, Alejandro Félix; Cervio, Andrés Eduardo (Thieme, 2024-04-02)

  Objectives: Endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) procedures are inherently contaminated due to direct access through the nasopharyngeal mucosa. The reported rate of postoperative meningitis in EEA procedures is between ...
• Cylinder tumor surgery in pediatric low-grade gliomas 

  Jaimovich, Sebastián Gastón; Takeuchi, Kazuhito; Tcherbbis Testa, Victoria; Okumura, Eriko; Jaimovich, Roberto; Cinalli, Giuseppe (Springer International, 2024-03-22)

  Background: Periventricular pediatric low-grade gliomas (pLGG) present a surgical challenge due to their deep-seated location, accessibility, and relationship with the subcortical network connections. Minimally invasive ...
• Surgical Anatomy and Technique of Peri-Insular Hemispherotomy in Pediatric Epilepsy 

  Cicutti, Santiago E.; Cuello, Javier F.; Villamil, Facundo; Gromazdyn, Guido P.; Bartuluchi, Marcelo (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2024-03-23)

  Background and objectives: Hemispherotomy is a highly complex procedure that demands a steep learning curve. An incomplete brain disconnection often results in failure of seizure control. The purpose of this article was ...
• Hemisferotomía peri-insular y Hemisferectomía funcional pediátrica para el tratamiento de la epilepsia severa refractaria al tratamiento médico: comparación de dos técnicas 

  Villamil, Facundo; Domecq, Lucila; Gromazdyn, Guido P.; Slame, Yamila; Grijalba Romero, Miguel; Bartuluchi, Marcelo (Asociación Argentina de Neurocirugía, 2023-11-01)

  Introducción. Desde que se describió por primera vez en la década de 1970, la hemisferectomía funcional ha sido una herramienta esencial en el tratamiento de la epilepsia refractaria al tratamiento médico secundaria a una ...
• ¿Cuál es la presión de drenaje óptima en hidrocefalias tumorales obstructivas? Análisis de factores subyacentes al sobredrenado valvular, revisión de casos y desarrollo de protocolo quirúrgico. 

  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 ...
• Experience in awake glioma surgery in a South American center. Correlation between intraoperative evaluation, extent of resection and functional outcomes 

  Caffaratti, Guido; Ruella, Mauro; Villamil, Facundo; Keller, Greta; Savini, Darío; Cervio, Andrés Eduardo (Elsevier, 2024-02-02)

  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 ...
• Transoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging in awake glioma surgery: Experience in a Latin American tertiary-level center 

  Ruella, Mauro; Caffaratti, Guido; Chaves, Hernán; Yañez, Paulina; Cervio, Andrés Eduardo (Elsevier, 2024-02-28)

  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 ...

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