Publication date: September 2019Source: World Neurosurgery, Volume 129Author(s): Abad Cherif El Asri, Mohamed M. Arnaout, Mina M. Gerges, Miloudi Gazzaz, Brahim El Mostarchid, Theodore H. SchwartzBackgroundWe report the first case of oculomotor nerve (ON) schwannoma treatment through an endonasal endoscopic approach. We also review the literature to determine prognosis factors of ON function after treatment.MethodsA complete MEDLINE search was undertaken for all articles reporting data for oculomotor...
Publication date: September 2019Source: World Neurosurgery, Volume 129Author(s): Adeel Ilyas, Ching-Jen Chen, Natasha Ironside, Thomas J. Buell, Gustavo Chagoya, Philip G. Schmalz, William R. Stetler, Norberto Andaluz, Robert F. James, Dale DingIntroductionIntracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) is a major cause of stroke worldwide. The optimal management of patients with symptomatic ICAD is controversial. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review is to compare medical management versus surgical...
Publication date: August 2019Source: World Neurosurgery, Volume 128Author(s): Michael George Zaki Ghali, Visish M. Srinivasan, Gavin W. BritzCerebral revascularization is used in the treatment of complex aneurysms and acute and chronic cerebral occlusive disease. Although superficial temporal artery–middle cerebral artery remains the workhorse of extracranial-intracranial bypass, several approaches have been developed during the past half century. The maxillary artery has shown feasibility in cadaveric...
Publication date: Available online 25 June 2019Source: World NeurosurgeryAuthor(s): Gururaj Sangondimath, Abhinandan Reddy Mallepally, P.K Karthik Yelamarthy, Harvinder Singh ChhabraAbstractPurposeSpinal osseous tuberculosis (Pott’s spine), though very common in endemic countries, has a less incidence in very young children. However the infection has the propensity to cause greater vertebral destruction in this age group leading to severe structural kyphotic deformity and associated neurological...
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