Abscopal effect leading to complete disappearance of extensive...
Background and ImportanceThe abscopal effect is partial or complete tumor response in a separate site that was not the target of prior local treatment. There have been only 50 well-documented cases...
View ArticleIncidence and risk factors of delayed postoperative hyponatremia after...
BackgroudDelayed postoperative hyponatremia (DPH) is common for sellar lesions. However, the true prevalence and associated factors of DPH after endoscopic endonasal surgery (EES) for Rathke’s cleft...
View ArticleEndoscopic transorbital eyelid approach for the removal of an extraconal...
Cavernous venous malformations (CVMs) are one of the most common benign primary orbital lesions in adults and the second most frequent cause of unilateral proptosis. Extraconal location is extremely...
View ArticleSubgaleal Effusion and Brain Midline Shift After Cranioplasty: A...
Cranioplasty with polyetheretherketone (PEEK) has recently shown better cerebral protection performance, improved brain function, and aesthetic contour compared with titanium mesh. However, whether...
View ArticleCase Report: Teflon Granuloma following Microvascular Decompression...
Trigeminal Neuralgia is commonly triggered by stimuli in the area of the trigeminal nerve innervation. We report an exceptionally rare case of a 61-year-old woman who complained of recurrent trigeminal...
View ArticleMachine learning-based clustering in cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients...
BackgroundAnterior cervical decompression and fusion can effectively treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). Accurately classifying patients with CSM who have undergone anterior cervical...
View ArticleHybrid surgery for coexistence of cerebral arteriovenous malformation and...
The primitive trigeminal artery (PTA), an abnormal carotid-basilar anastomosis, forms the vascular anomaly connection between the internal carotid artery and vertebrobasilar system. Rarely, PTA can be...
View ArticleApplication of “mosiac sign” on T2-WI in predicting the consistency of...
PurposeTumor consistency is important for pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) resection to improve surgical outcomes. In this study, we evaluated the T2-WI of PitNETs and defined a specific T2-WI...
View ArticleHypertrophy of paravertebral muscles after epidural electrical stimulation...
Epidural electrical stimulation (EES) has been used to improve motor function in patients with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). The effect of EES on paravertebral muscles in patients with SCI has been...
View ArticleAnalyzing international medical graduate research productivity for...
BackgroundThe authors investigated perceived discrepancies between the neurosurgical research productivity of international medical graduates (IMGs) and US medical graduates (USMGs) through the...
View ArticleStrategies for intraoperative management of the trigeminal nerve and...
BackgroundEpidermoid cysts (ECs) are one of the most common causes of secondary trigeminal neuralgia (TGN). However, most previous studies have primarily focused on whether complete tumor resection was...
View ArticleComparison of characteristics between neuropathic pain and non-neuropathic...
BackgroundThe aim of the study was to compare the clinical characteristics of diabetic carpal tunnel syndrome between patients with neuropathic pain (NeuP) and non-NeuP.MethodsWe enrolled 276 patients...
View ArticleEndoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for non-functioning pituitary adenoma:...
BackgroundTo report the initial experience of surgery for non-functioning pituitary adenoma (NFPA) from a neurosurgeon in a dedicated residency training endoscopic transsphenoidal (ETS) program, and...
View ArticleMicrosurgery for intracranial aneurysms: A qualitative survey on technical...
IntroductionMicrosurgery for the clipping of intracranial aneurysms remains a technically challenging and high-risk area of neurosurgery. We aimed to describe the technical challenges of aneurysm...
View ArticleAnalysis of neuroendoscopy for the treatment of macroadenomas and giant...
ObjectiveThis study investigated the use and effectiveness of endoscopic transnasal, transsphenoidal surgery, a minimally invasive method for the treatment of macroadenomas and giant pituitary a...
View ArticleSeizure outcomes and prognostic factors in patients with gangliogliomas...
IntroductionGanglioglioma (GG) patients often present with seizures. Although most patients can be seizure-free after tumor resection, some still experience seizures. The present study aimed to analyze...
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