abstract：AIM:To investigate whether sleep quality and sleepiness of patients who undergo surgery for pituitary adenomas differ from healthy individuals. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Forty-four patients who were operated for pituitary adenomas and 44 healthy individuals, 88 subjects in total, were evaluated by a questionnaire. All ques...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Temiz NC,Kacar Y,Mehtiyev R,Ezgu MC,Karakoc O

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate postoperative clinical outcome and recurrence rates in cases with ventrally located spinal meningiomas who underwent Simpson grade 2 resection. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We evaluated eight cases (six females and two males; age, 28?86 years; mean age, 60 years) with ventrally located spinal meningioma that u...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Ucler N,Hergunsel B,Ozturk S,Kozan S,Kaplan M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether the Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score (TLICS) and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen (AO) Spine Thoracolumbar Injury Classification System have any superiority to each other regarding the reliability of their recommendations in the surgical management of unstab...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Yuksel MO,Gurbuz MS,Is M,Somay H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the expression of cancer stem cell markers in meningiomas. MATERIAL AND METHODS:CD133, Nestin and Sox2 expression levels in 35 paraffin-embedded meningioma tissue samples were assessed using immunohistochemistry. RESULTS:In this study, five cases were atypical (WHO Grade II), two were anaplastic (W...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Xiao ZY,Chen XJ,Pan Q,Yang QZ,Li KZ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:There are some recognized treatment modalities in the literature for the treatment of lumbar degenerative diseases,which cause pain and avoidance of daily life activities for the patients.The most widely accepted algorithm in the literature is medical treatment,physical therapy and minimally invasive pain-relieving...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Işik HS,Okutan Ö,Yildirim T,Akpinar E,Yilmaz A

更新日期：2017-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneurysms of the distal anterior cerebral artery (dACA) are rare, consisting only 2-6% of all intracranial aneurysms. dACA aneurysms are often associated with anomalies such as azygous, bihemispheric and triplication of ACA. Among these anomalies accessory anterior cerebral artery (accACA) is an anatomical variant fou...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Sirin A,Cikla U,Uluc K,Baskaya MK

更新日期：2017-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Ossification of the ligamentumflavum (OLF) is a primary cause of thoracic myelopathy. A relatively safe surgical technique based on radiological type is described for the OLF-induced thoracic myelopathy. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Forty patients with thoracic myelopathy caused by OLF were studied retrospectively. The OL...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Wang T,DU C,Zheng X,Sun Y,Liu X,Kou J

更新日期：2017-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to assess the surgical outcome and the prognostic importance of clinical and radiological data of patients operated emergently for an extraaxial hematoma causing brain herniation. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This retrospective study comprised 108 adult patients who were operated due to herniated...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Gurer B,Kertmen H,Yilmaz ER,Dolgun H,Hasturk AE,Sekerci Z

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage is a rare condition that usually occurs because of secondary causes and idiopathic spontaneous ones are extremely rare. We report a 56-year-old woman who presented with severe headache, neck pain and urinary retention. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage that exte...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Derle E,Iyigundogdu I,Yilmaz C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral thalamic dysfunction secondary to venous congestion may result from either venous sinus thrombosis or high flow arteriovenous malformations or a combination of both. We present a case of bilateral thalamic edema resulting from concomitant choroid plexus arteriovenous malformation (AVM) and straight sinus thr...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Kochanski RB,Johnson AK,Moftakhar R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Pediatric glioblastoma (GBM) is still a topic obscurity. The aim of this study was to explore clinical, radiological and pathological features, and prognostic factors affecting the outcomes. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed our database for prognostic factors for 42 consecutive pediatric patients w...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Bilginer B,Hanalioglu S,Turk CC,Narin F,Oguz KK,Soylemezoglu F,Akalan N

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Hypertension is a primary risk factor for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and is thought to be responsible for about 55% of all ICH cases. Thus, the primary goal of the study was to examine whether the status of vascular rheological factors upon admission to the hospital was associated with hypertensive ICH growth a...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Altintas O,Duruyen H,Baran G,Baran O,Katar S,Antar V,Asil T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We analyzed the demographics, clinical and radiological characteristics of non-myelopathic cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This study included 115 patients with cervical OPLL but without myelopathy. Demographic features of age, sex, and the nature ...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Choi BW

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the effect of minimally invasive approaches on the outcome of bilateral chronic subdural hematoma. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed in 74 hospitalized bilateral chronic subdural hematoma patients from January 2010 to January 2013 in Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital. Pati...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Min X,Bo Y,Cunzu W,Xun Z,Xiaofeng L,Pin C,Hengzhu Z

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Following severe peripheral nerve injury (PNI), regeneration is often insufficient and functional recovery is incomplete. In this regard, glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist such as Memantine have been shown to have neuroprotective effects. We evaluated the effects of Memantine against sciatic...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Ghayour MB,Abdolmaleki A,Behnam-Rassouli M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effects of cerebroventricular administration of hyperoncotic/hyperosmotic agents on edematous brain tissue in rats with experimental head trauma. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The study included 54 female Sprague-Dawley rats with weights ranging between 200 and 250 g. Six experimental groups were examined w...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Ates T,Gezercan Y,Menekse G,Turkoz Y,Parlakpinar H,Okten AI,Akyuva Y,Onal SC

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is the most important complication that effects the mortality and morbidity of patients with intracranial aneurysm. Today, the mechanisms of vasospasm are not understood in spite of experimental and clinical researches. The aim of our study was to investiga...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Aydin HE,Bektur NE,Ozbek Z,Oner S,Baycu C,Kilic FS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors of the endolymphatic sac are locally invasive temporal bone neoplasms. Radical surgical excision is the treatment of choice; however, the aggressive nature of these tumors can make total excision impossible. Recurrence is common in cases of incomplete resection. Gamma knife radiosurgery was used to treat two pa...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Kefeli AU,Yilmaz M,Sengoz M,Peker S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of brain tumors together with aneurysms has been considered as an uncommon phenomenon. However, its incidence may be underestimated. This coexistence is a diagnostic challenge, but also a therapeutic one as no consensus has been reached. We report two cases of a 71 and 67 years old patient with a mening...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Eulate-Beramendi S,Alvarez-Vega MA,Gutierrez-Morales JC,Lopez-Garcia A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To observe the correlation between 1p/19q codeletion, isocytrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1) mutation and p53 protein overexpression and their prognostic value in Turkish anaplastic oligodendroglioma patients who were treated with adjuvant radiotherapy and temozolomide chemotherapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We retrospectiv...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Hacisalihoglu P,Kucukodaci Z,Gundogdu G,Bilgic B

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Arthroplasty maintains the biomechanical features of a healthy disc, decreases the adjacent segment disease rate, and decreases the accelerated degeneration rate of the neighboring discs in traditional fusion procedures. However, there are only a few reports on adjacent disc pressure (DP) and facet strain (FS) afte...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Choi JI,Kim SH,Lim DJ,Ha SK,Kim SD

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) is an effective method of treatment for epilepsy patients either unresponsive to medical therapy or not suitable for resective surgeries. We designed an experimental study on Wistar Albino Glaxo rats from Rijswijk (WAGRij) to investigate the effects of VNS on a non-convulsive epilepsy ...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Uyar R,Turk CC,Isik N,Kalelioglu M,Onat F,Ozek M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the clinical outcome and complications between Zero-P implant and cage with anterior plate in patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). MATERIAL AND METHODS:50 patients underwent ACDF operation of which 23 patients had Zero-P implanted and 27 had cage and plate implanted. Preop...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Zhang L,Wang J,Tao Y,Feng X,Yang J,Zhang S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Hypervascular intracranial tumors may cause serious bleeding in surgery. Though pre-operative endovascular embolization of tumor is a widely accepted method, sometimes despite embolization, an effective and safer intraoperative hemostatic technique is needed to prevent or at least decrease the massive bleeding from...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Tumturk A,Kucuk A,Canoz O,Tucer B,Kurtsoy A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:A retrospective analysis of 126 consecutive computed tomography (CT)-guided, frame-based stereotactic procedures in 121 patients is presented to evaluate the diagnostic yield, accuracy, complications, management of non-diagnostic cases and followup. MATERIAL AND METHODS:The medical records of the identified patien...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Hakan T,Aker FV

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients affected by malignant tumors, spinal column metastases are frequent. Incidence varies between 30% -70%. Lung cancer is the second most frequent cancer invading spine in women, following breast cancer. In men, the first. All patients are under risk of symptomatic spinal cord compression. Prognosis...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Aydin AL,Emel E,Sasani M,Gomleksiz C,Oktenoglu T,Ozer AF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:A potential advantage of the use of the plastic clips in neurosurgery is their property of causing fewer artifacts than titanium clips as assessed by computed tomography and magnetic resonance scans. The biocompatibility of plastic clips was demonstrated in the peritoneal cavity, but their behavior in the neurocran...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Delibegovic S,Dizdarevic K,Cickusic E,Katica M,Obhodjas M,Ocus M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescein sodium (FL)-guided resection has become an important and beneficial treatment method for malignant brain tumors. FL-guided resection improves the rate of gross total resection in high-grade gliomas (HGG) and cerebral metastases (CM). FL sensitively visualizes the disruption of the blood-brain barrier in th...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Schebesch KM,Brawanski A,Hohenberger C,Hohne J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the feasibility and reliability of CO₂ laser soldering on the reconstruction of dura mater in the minipig model. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Ten minipigs were divided into 2 groups as Group A (n=5) and Group B (n=5). Bilateral fronto-parietal craniotomy was performed and 2 cm × 1 cm dural defect created under ...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Zhong H,Wang Z,Yang Z,Zhao F,Wang B,Liu P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tension pneumocephalus is an uncommon and life-threatening neurological condition. It requires emergent and immediate attention to prevent fatal complications. Head injury is the most common cause of tension pneumocephalus. Air can gain access into the cranium either through a fracture involving paranasal sinus or the...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Rathore AS,Satyarthee GD,Mahapatra AK

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the effect of simvastatin on proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) during delayed cerebral vasospasm (dCVS) after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). MATERIAL AND METHODS:Thirty-six male New Zealand White rabbits were randomly divided into three groups: 1) Control group (n=12): given conventi...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Duan H,Zhang J,Li L,Bao S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the efficacy, feasibility and safety of a percutaneous anatomical vertebral body reduction for the treatment of VCF (vertebral compression fracture) linked to malignancy. Vertebroplasty and percutaneous kyphoplasty have played essential roles in the treatment of painful vertebral metastasis, although th...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Noriega DC,Krüger A,Ramajo RH,Ardura F,Munoz M,Sahin S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Dynamic plates have been popularized to promote cervical spine fusion. There are no studies comparing the effectiveness and complications between traditional static plates and new dynamic plates (Vectra-T, Synthes, Switzerland). MATERIAL AND METHODS:From June 2009 to October 2012, 70 patients underwent anterior ce...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Wu W,Yang Y,Liu H,Hong Y,Gong Q,Li T,Liu L,Song Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astroblastoma is a rare and distinct type of aggressive glial tumor for which there is much confusion regarding the diagnostic criteria. We present a case of astroblastoma and review all relevant literature, aiming to discuss astroblastoma from the clinical, pathological, management, and prognostic points of view in a...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Barakat MI,Ammar MG,Salama HM,Abuhashem S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To implement a surgical technique consisting of simplified incisions that allows all required procedures to be performed in one single operation for the purpose of reducing surgical stress in experimental animals. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Experimental animals (rats) were assigned to one of four groups: Group 0 was the...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Wu C,Liu Y,He M,Zhu L,You C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The human tail is a term to describe skin-covered protrusions in the lumbosacral and coccygeal region, ascribing to the resemblance to the tails in the animals. The first reports dates back to second half of the 19th century, the etiological bases could not been ascertained yet. They are mainly classified as true o...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Turk CC,Kara NN,Bacanli A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Tumors of various organs that metastasize to bone do not neglect calvarium as a target. The aim of this study was to characterize the calvarial tumors. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed 45 consecutive patients operated for calvarial masses from January 2002 till May 2012 at our hospital. Skull base ...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Ozgiray E,Perumal K,Cinar C,Caliskan KE,Ertan Y,Yurtseven T,Oktar N,Ovul I,Oner K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Genetic predisposition and some environmental factors play an important role in the development of neural tube defects. Levetiracetam is a new drug that has been approved in the treatment of partial seizures. We aimed in this study to determine the effect of levetiracetam on chick embryos. MATERIAL AND METHODS:One...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Ozgural O,Armagan E,Bozkurt M,Eroglu U,Kahilogullari G,Unlu A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The association between post-decompressive hydrocephalus and clinical neurological expression is still unclear. In order to investigate this relationship, the authors analyze series of ventricular morphology and level of consciousness at different clinical stages for patients accepting decompressive craniectomy (DC...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Lin BJ,Chou KN,Feng SW,Ju DT,Ma HI,Hueng DY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-induced fluorescence-guided resection is a widely used procedure for patients with malignant gliomas. However, the clinical application of 5-ALA for surgery in primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is uncommon. Here, we present a case of PCNSL treated using 5-ALA-induced fluores...

journal_title：Turkish neurosurgery

authors： Yamamoto J,Kitagawa T,Akiba D,Nishizawa S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00