Journal of Neurosurgery Research and Reviews Archives

Case Report | 10.36959/363/422 Volume 5 Issue 1

Unexpected Intracranial Metallic Foreign Body in Child: Case Reports in Non-War Area and Literature Review

Authors: Alain JIBIA, Cyrille CAPEL, Yannick MOSSUS, Serge NGOUATNA and Dominique DJOMO TAMCHOM

The occurrence of an intracranial metallic foreign body in children is often due to home accidents, child abuse or wars. Our aim was to highlight more this phenomenon quite rare, becoming from nowaday... Read more

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Review Article | 10.36959/363/421 Volume 5 Issue 1

Reducing Institutional Imaging Costs for Stereotactic Brain Biopsy

Authors: Francia Y FANG, BS, I Jonathan POMERANIEC, MD, MBA, Panagiotis MASTORAKOS, MD, PhD and John D HEISS, MD

Imaging workup preceding stereotactic brain biopsy differs among institutions. The novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has prompted reallocation of scarce medical resources and reductio... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/363/420 Volume 4 Issue 1

Early-Onset Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, A Prion-Like Disease: Case Report and Literature Review

Authors: Hiria Limpo, MD, Alberto Andrés, MD, José Fortes, MD, María A García, MD and Anna Lo Presti, MD

We report the case of a 38-year-old woman who suffered repeated intracerebral hemorrhages caused by cerebral amyloid angiopathy three decades after an astrocytoma resection with cadaveric dural graft ... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/363/419 Volume 4 Issue 1

Adult Presentation of Diastematomyelia with Terminal Epidermoid Cyst Arising from One Hemicord: A Case Report

Authors: Hatim Belfquih, MD, Brahim El Mostarchid, MD, Hassan Baallal, MD, Amine Adraoui, MD and Ali Akhaddar, MD

A 34-year-old female patient presented with a 4-month history of bilateraly lombosciatalgy and left lower-extremity paresthesia, Urinary urgency began within the last month, although bowel function wa... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/363/418 Volume 4 Issue 1

Vestibular Paroxysmia Associated with Recurrent Episodes of Pulsatile Tinnitus: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Authors: Ahmad M Daqour, Majd A Abu Alrob, Ayman A Salman, Asad M Aldarawish and Anis M Naser

Vestibular paroxysmia is defined as paroxysms of vertigo that could be presented with paroxysmal pulsatile tinnitus. It is usually caused by neurovascular compression of the vestibulocochlear nerve. T... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/363/417 Volume 4 Issue 1

Neurocutaneous Melanocytosis: Cytological, Clinical and Radiological Assessment in a Patient Presented with Congenital Melanocytic Nevi and Seizure Disorder: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Authors: Ahmad M Daqour, Motee N Ashhab, Ayman A Salman and Izzeddin A Bakri

Neurocutaneous Melanocytosis (NCM) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by multiple melanocytic nevi scattered all over the body, in addition to leptomeninges. It is suggested that NCM is devel... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/363/416 Volume 4 Issue 1

Resection Methods of Cervical Medullary Tumors with Mixed Histological Characteristics

Authors: Erick Ariñez Barahona, MD, Jesús Quetzalcoalt Beltrán Mendoza, MD, Alejandro Méndez Viveros, MD, Kleber Eduardo González Echeverria, MD, Erick Gómez, MD and Fiacro Jimenez Ponce, MD

The Subependymoma is derived from subependymal astrocytic cells. In the present work we report 3 patients: 1 patient with data of endocranial hypertension, and two with neurological focus and spinal i... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/363/415 Volume 4 Issue 1

Posteroinferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) Fusiform Aneurysm Ruptured Related with a Pure Arterial Malformation: Case Report and Technical Note (NBCA Embolization under Roadmap-Fluoroscopy)

Authors: Maria Del Rosario Sosa-Martinez, MD, Guy G Broc-Haro, MD, Javier Valdes-Garcia, MD, Christopher Mader-Alba, MD and Daniel Juarez-Rebollar, MD

A 60 years old female with subarachnoid hemorrhage was diagnosed with a fusiform aneurysm in the right PICA related with a PAM in the digital subtraction angiography (DSA). With a negative super-selec... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/363/414 Volume 4 Issue 1

Cavernous Hemangioma of the Temporal Muscle

Authors: Hatim Belfquih, MD, Adil Arrob, MD and Abdeljalil Abouchadi, MD

Haemangiomas are benign vascular neoplasms characterized by an abnormal proliferation of blood vessels. These tumours are common in infancy and childhood and commonly involve subcutaneous or mucosal t... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/363/413 Volume 4 Issue 1

Papillary Glioneural Tumor Presenting with Multiple Ischemic Strokes: An Aggressive Presentation of a “Benign” Entity

Authors: Alejandro Vargas-Moreno, Viviana Cruz-Ramírez, Eugenio Meek-Benigni and Oscar Feo-Lee

Papillary glioneural tumors are infrequent neoplasms of the central nervous system, classically presenting with an indolent clinical course, rarely being related to an aggressive presentation, and not... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/363/412 Volume 4 Issue 1

A Transient Spinal Cord Ischemia Reveals a Silent Type A Aortic Dissection

Authors: Rachelle Abi Nahed and Wissam Rizk

Aortic dissection is a life-threatening vascular emergency that requires a prompt diagnosis and management. Isolated spinal transient ischemic accident is an extremely rare manifestation of aortic dis... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/363/411 Volume 3 Issue 1

Dedicated Lead for Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Refractory Head Pain: Technical Note

Authors: Iris Smet, MD, Ali Jerjir, MD, Marieke Devos, MSc and Jean-Pierre Van Buyten, MD, PhD

Occipital nerve stimulation (ONS) has been used for many years for the treatment of refractory headache and head pain. Its effect has been documented in case series and cohort studies. The positive cl... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/363/410 Volume 3 Issue 1

Late Clinical Presentation of Tethered Cord Syndrome

Authors: Aziz Ahizoune, MD and Hatim Belfquih, MD

Fifty six-years-old man with history of asthma and recurrent urinary tract infections, was presenting infrequent urine leakage for five years. The clinical examination was unremarkable. The urodynamic... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/363/409 Volume 2 Issue 1

The Effect of Intracranial Migration of Foley Balloon Catheter after Tumor Resection

Authors: Lijun Yang, MD, PhD, Tongmao Wu, MD, Junling Cui, MD, Feng Wang, MD, Jianliang Wu, MD, PhD, Gengshen Zhang, MD, PhD and Zhenzeng Fan, MD, PhD

The incidence of intracranial tumor is 5% of that of systemic tumor. Some of them are presented as large ones because of slow growth. The higher complications are challenging due to their potential be... Read more

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Retrospective Study | 10.36959/363/408 Volume 2 Issue 1

A Retrospective Analysis of the Trajectory of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Patients between their Last Spine Surgery and Spinal Cord Stimulation

Authors: Erik Van de Kelft, Jean-Pierre Van Buyten, Noemie Thomas, Surajit Basu, Nasir Quraishi

Spinal surgery for patients with degenerative lumbar spine disorder has a high success rate, but some patients experience postoperative back and leg pain (POBLP). Some of these patients are diagnosed ... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/363/407 Volume 1 Issue 1

Intraoperative Assessment of Carotid Endarterectomy Using Near-Infrared Indocyanine Green Video Angiography

Authors: Nathan Todnem, Vamsi Reddy, Joseph Withrow and Scott Rahimi

The benefits and safety of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for the treatment of carotid artery stenosis are well established. Perioperative complications such as thrombosis, embolism, and subsequent stro... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/363/406 Volume 1 Issue 1

Percutaneous Trigeminal Thermocoagulation at Amiens-Picardie Teaching Hospital from 2004 to 2015: about 52 Procedures

Authors: Alain Jibia, Christine Desenclos, Michel Lefranc, Louis Chenin and Johann Peltier

Refractory trigeminal neuralgia may be source of heavy discomfort and disability for patients with pitiful quality of life. Trigeminal thermocoagulation by radiofrequency is helpful to provide a good ... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/363/405 Volume 1 Issue 1

Ruptured Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms: Retrospective Study and Multivariate Analysis of 105 Patients Treated by Surgical Clipping

Authors: Andrea Gennaro Ruggeri, Benedetta Fazzolari, Alessandro Di Bartolomeo, Giorgia Iacopino, Martina Cappelletti and Roberto Delfini

In this retrospective study, we analyzed 105 cases of ruptured MCAAs, admitted from January 2001 to December 2015 at Neurosurgical Department of Umberto I University Hospital of Rome, Italy.... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/363/404 Volume 1 Issue 1

Tuberculoma of the Posterior Fossa: A Neurosurgical Matter

Authors: Fabrizio Pignotti, Giulio Conforti, Liverana Lauretti, Roberto Pallini, Eduardo Fernandez and Quintino Giorgio D'Alessandris

Tuberculoma of the brain is a hazardous disease, whose incidence in developed countries is increasing in parallel with the growing spread of tuberculosis. Brain tuberculoma are initially managed with ... Read more

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