Background/Objectives: Infections are common complications in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). This study investigated whether early surgical hematoma evacuation can reduce post-ICH infections and the impact of residual hemat...
Background: Minimally invasive stereotactic catheter aspiration becoming a promising surgical alternative for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) patients. Our goal is to determine the risk factors that lead to poor functional outcomes in patients undergo...
Background/Objectives: Traumatic acute subdural hematoma (aSDH) often requires surgical intervention, such as craniotomy, to relieve mass lesions and pressure. The extent of hematoma evacuation significantly impacts patient outcomes. This study utili...
Background and Importance: Chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) is a common and complex neurosurgical problem, particularly in elderly patients. Revision surgery for chronic subdural hematoma can be challenging, particularly in cases with inhomogeneous,...
Background and Objective: The study’s aim is to identify a subgroup of patients who would benefit from primary decompressive craniectomy (pDC) after acute subdural hematoma (aSDH) evacuation. Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of 2...
Background: Intracerebral hemorrhages (ICHs) are prevalent, with high morbidity and mortality. We analyzed whether decompressive craniectomy (DC) without evacuation of the acute intraparenchymal hematoma could produce better functional outcomes than...
The number of elderly patients with chronic subdural hematomas (CSDH) is increasing worldwide; however, there is limited data regarding the clinical outcomes in this population. Our therapeutic method using burr hole evacuation for CSDH is based on t...
The evacuation of a chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) is one of the most common procedures in neurosurgery. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of drainage suction in the surgical treatment of cSDH on the recurrence rate. Post hoc analys...
Fever control is essential in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The efficacy of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in severe TBI has been investigated over the last few decades; however, in contrast to experimental studies showing benefits...
Background/Objectives: Spontaneous chest wall hematomas are rare but potentially life-threatening complications, particularly in patients with multiple comorbidities such as those undergoing hemodialysis. This case report aims to highlight the signif...
Background: Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a common neurosurgical condition that usually occurs in the elderly. Surgical evacuation of the hematoma with burr holes is considered the standard of care for the treatment of patients with CSDH. Howev...
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A 61-year-old Chinese man presented to the emergency department with a 1-day history of painful swelling of the right eyelid with loss of vision. He had been treated earlier for an isolated pathological fracture of the T7 vertebra from plasmacytoma....
Background and Purpose: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a common and severe disease with high rates of morbidity and mortality; however, minimally invasive surgical (MIS) hematoma evacuation represents a promising avenue for treatment. In February...
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) accounts for 10% to 20% of all strokes worldwide and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Neuroimaging is clinically important for the rapid diagnosis of ICH and underlying etiologies, but also for identific...
Background: Endovascular treatment of patients with chronic subdural hematoma using middle meningeal artery (MMA) embolization could become an alternative to surgical hematoma evacuation. The aim of the study was to compare methods and identify param...
White matter (WM) injury and survival after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has received insufficient attention. WM disruption surrounding the hematoma has been documented in animal models with histology, but rarely in human ICH with noninvasive means...
Objective: The aim of this study was the verification of the Subdural Hematoma in the Elderly (SHE) score proposed by Alford et al. as a mortality predictor in patients older than 65 years with nontraumatic/minor trauma acute subdural hematoma (aSDH)...
A 52 year-old male presented with neck pain after undergoing thyroidectomy for a goiter three weeks prior which was complicated by a neck hematoma requiring evacuation. Computed tomography (CT) scan showed a neck hematoma requiring evacuation and he...
Treatment of complex aneurysms often requires additional surgical tools including the use of the extra-intracranial (EC-IC) bypass. The following report depicts the utilization of the EC-IC bypass in treating a dissecting aneurysm several hours after...
Background and Clinical Significance: Local anesthetic injections, routine in dental practice, ensure pain control during procedures like root canal treatments. Though generally safe, they can occasionally cause hematomas, localized blood accumulatio...
Patients on hemodialysis (HD) are at a very high risk of stroke, especially hemorrhagic stroke, with worse outcomes than the general population. We have determined the indications for urgent neurosurgery for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) based on th...
Chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) is one of the most common neurosurgical entities, especially in the elderly population. Diagnosis is usually established via a head computed tomography, while an increasing number of studies are investigating biomarke...
Objective: Endovascular embolization using non-adhesive agents (e.g., ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer with suspended micronized tantalum dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide; Squid, Balt Extrusion) is an established treatment of brain arteriovenous malfo...
Background: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is a severe form of stroke associated with high morbidity and mortality. While neurosurgical evacuation may offer theoretical benefits, its impact on survival and hospital course remains debated. We aimed to...
Background: Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is increasingly common due to the aging population and widespread use of anticoagulant and antiplatelet medications. The objective of this study is to examine the internal composition of CSDH and explore p...
There are no data on procedure-related bleeding outcome with non-vitamin K antagonist anticoagulants (NOACs) versus vitamin K antagonist anticoagulants (VKAs) in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing cardiac implantable electronic device...
Background and Clinical Significance: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents a major public health concern due to its profound neurological, psychological, and socioeconomic consequences. Effective management is essential to optimize patient outcome...
Although minimally invasive percutaneous disc nucleoplasty (PDN) has been widely used for discogenic back pain or soft-disc herniation of the lumbar spine, complications can occur. Although rare, iatrogenic vascular injuries during PDN are serious co...
Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) occurs in up to 7% of stroke patients treated with thrombolytic therapy. There are limited data on the effectiveness of the reversal agents used for intravenous tissue plasminogen activator related intracra...
Epitheliod trophoblastic tumor (ETT) account for only 1–2% of all the cases of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN), with a reported mortality rate of 10–24%. ETT is derived from chorionic type intermediate trophoblastic cells, which...
Chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) is a common disease in the neurological and neurosurgical world. The recommended treatment for cSDH patients with moderate or severe neurological symptoms is surgical evacuation, but cSDH frequently recurs. The patien...
Background: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the most common subtype of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, often presents diagnostic challenges due to its diverse clinical presentation. We present a case of DLBCL that was initially misdiagnosed as a...
The main goal of our study was to evaluate the surgical technique, the feasibility and patient’s satisfaction of multiple surgeries: Risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) combined with mastectomy in patients with BRCA 1–2 mutation ca...
Althoughanti-inflammatory drug therapy has been identified as potentially beneficial for patients suffering from chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH), contemporary literature presents contradictory results. In this meta-analysis, we aimed to investigate...
Prompt reversal of anticoagulation in the elderly population with subdural hematoma (SDH) is critical to reduce morbidity and facilitate timely surgical intervention. In patients receiving dabigatran, idarucizumab provides rapid anticoagulation rever...
Background: Determining the risk factors for symptomatic lumbar epidural hematoma (SLEH) is important for preventing postoperative SLEH. However, the relationship between blood pressure and SLEH is still debatable. The purpose of our study was to det...
Current primary intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) treatments focus on limiting hematoma volume by lowering blood pressure, reversing anticoagulation, or hematoma evacuation. Nevertheless, there is no effective strategy to protect the brain from secondar...
Background/Objectives: Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are complex vascular anomalies that can present with significant complications, including intracranial hemorrhage. This report presents the case of a 36-year-old female with Prothrombin G20210...
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is an uncommon complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Solitary association of fatal spinal SAH as a complication of SLE, has not been encountered much in literature although coexisting acute cerebral and spi...
Background: Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has the highest case fatality of all stroke types, yet recent epidemiological and outcome data from Central and Eastern Europe remain limited. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed prospectively c...
Background and Clinical Significance: Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a progressive intracranial vasculopathy characterized by stenosis or occlusion of the terminal internal carotid arteries and the development of fragile collateral networks. It predispose...
Inoculation with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus infection-19 (COVID-19) vaccine (BNT162b2) has been approved in Korea. Although it is generally safe, several possible side effects have been reported. The present report describes a 28-year-old woman...
Background: Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a common cause of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in elderly individuals, and it is characterized by the deposition of amyloid β protein (Aß) in the walls of small-caliber cortica...
Background: Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) accounts for approximately 20% of all strokes and is associated with high mortality and disability rates. Despite numerous trials, conventional surgical approaches have not demonstrated consisten...
(1) Background: Most intracranial aneurysms (IAs) can be treated either with microsurgical clipping or endovascular techniques. In a few cases, simultaneous treatment utilizing both modalities in a hybrid operation room may be favorable. This study a...
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols are associated with improved clinical outcomes in cisgender breast surgery patients. However, a paucity of research exists regarding transgender and gender-diverse individuals (TGD) in the ERAS framewo...
Non-acute subdural hematomas (NASHs) are a cause of significant morbidity and mortality, particularly with recurrences. Although recurrence is believed to involve a disordered neuroinflammatory cascade involving vascular endothelial growth factor (VE...
Background/Objectives: Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are rare but complex vascular anomalies, particularly challenging when located in eloquent regions such as the corpus callosum and post-central gyrus. This report aims to highlight th...
Burrhole craniostomy is commonly performed for subdural hematoma (SDH) evacuation, but residual scalp depressions are often cosmetically suboptimal for patients. OsteoplugTM, a bioresorbable polycaprolactone burrhole cover, was introduced by the Nati...
Background: Superomedial pedicle breast reduction is a widely performed procedure in plastic surgery. However, in cases of massive ptosis and excessively large breasts, achieving adequate pedicle reduction can be challenging. Direct excision of the t...
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