{"title":"Unlocking the Battle-Clipping vs. Endovascular Therapy for Shunt-Dependent Hydrocephalus After Aneurysm Rupture: An In-Depth Institutional Analysis.","authors":"Vikas Chandra Jha, Rahul Jain, Vivek Saran Sinha, Nitish Kumar","doi":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.45739-23.1","DOIUrl":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.45739-23.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To compare microsurgical clipping and endovascular therapy (EVT) for the management of shunt-dependent hydrocephalus (SDH) in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and hydrocephalus.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This retrospective study was conducted from July 2018 to December 2022 and included 67 patients with SAH accompanied by acute hydrocephalus. Patients' demographic, clinical, and radiological data, such as age, sex, Glasgow Coma Scale scores, Hunt and Hess scale, Fischer grade, external ventricular drain (EVD) duration, complications, Ommaya reservoir placement, cerebrospinal fluid drainage, and outcomes, were obtained. Statistical analyses, including univariate analysis and stepwise logistic regression, revealed significant risk factors for shunt dependence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 67 patients, 33 underwent microsurgical clipping and 34 received EVT. Spasmolysis reduced shunt dependency, whereas early EVD placement correlated with reduced shunt dependence (p=0.002). The Ommaya reservoir helped in the management of meningitis but was found to be associated with shunt dependency (p=0.04). Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that perioperative infarct was a significant risk factor for shunt dependence (p=0.05). No significant difference in patient outcomes was observed between the two treatment groups. However, patients who received EVT had shorter intensive care unit and hospital stays.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study shows that managing clinical vasospasm with spasmolysis may reduce shunt dependency. Overall, both microsurgical clipping and EVT offer similar long-term outcomes and efficacy in preventing shunt dependence, but the latter has the advantage of shorter hospital stay. These findings provide crucial insights for clinical decision-making and patient care in SDH after SAH.</p>","PeriodicalId":94381,"journal":{"name":"Turkish neurosurgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141319447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Onur Can Sanli, Kenan Ozturk, Ahmet Dursun, Yadigar Kastamoni, Soner Albay
{"title":"Morphometric Development of Medial Surface of Cerebrum in Fetal Cadavers.","authors":"Onur Can Sanli, Kenan Ozturk, Ahmet Dursun, Yadigar Kastamoni, Soner Albay","doi":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.44965-23.4","DOIUrl":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.44965-23.4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To investigate the morphometric and morphological development of the medial surface of the cerebrum in 40 fetal cadavers without external anomalies and pathologies between the gestational ages of 22 and 40 weeks.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>In this study, we measured the height and width of the cerebral hemisphere, cingulate sulcus, marginal sulcus, sulcus of the corpus callosum, calcarine sulcus, parieto-occipital sulcus, and central sulcus in each hemisphere. We examined these measures between genders and sides and assessed how these parameters developed over the course of gestational age (measured in months). Additionally, we aimed to determine the age at which each sulcus started to be visible.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The dimensions of the parameters showed a significant increase with gestational age. When comparing these parameters between the right and left hemispheres as well as genders, no statistically significant difference was found. Regarding the classification of the marginal sulcus, Type I accounted for 33% and Type II accounted for 32% of the cases. As for the classification of the parieto-occipital sulcus and calcarine sulcus, Type I was the most common with 47%, followed by Type II with 23%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In our study, we believe that valuable parameters can be obtained to understand the morphometric development of sulcus structures in the medial surface of the cerebrum. The contribution of such studies to the knowledge of anatomy and neurosurgery will be significant. Knowledge of morphological differences in the cortex cerebri may also play a role in detecting certain neurological diseases (such as lissencephaly and Walker-Warburg syndrome) and explaining their neuropathology.</p>","PeriodicalId":94381,"journal":{"name":"Turkish neurosurgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hakan Ozalp, Onur Ozgural, Baran Can Alpergin, Aysenur Inceoglu, Sibel Ozalp, Ercan Armagan, Hadice Ucar, Orhan Beger
{"title":"Analysis of the Cranial Aperture of the Optic Canal in Patients with Chiari Type-I Malformation.","authors":"Hakan Ozalp, Onur Ozgural, Baran Can Alpergin, Aysenur Inceoglu, Sibel Ozalp, Ercan Armagan, Hadice Ucar, Orhan Beger","doi":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.45482-23.2","DOIUrl":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.45482-23.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To examine the morphological properties of the cranial aperture of the optic canal (CAOC) in patients with a Chiari type-I malformation (CIM).</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Radiological images of 40 patients with CIM (24 females/16 males, mean age: 20.75 ± 14.98 years) and 40 normal individuals (24 females/16 males, mean age: 23.13 ± 18.89 years) were included in the study to assess the anatomical features of CAOC.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The CAOC width (p=0.137), CAOC height (p=0.243), distance between the CAOC and the midsagittal line (p=0.982), and angle of the optic canal in the sagittal plane (Ang-in-SP) (p=0.598) were similar in patients with CIM and in the controls. The distances between the CAOC and the anterior (Dis-to-AB) and lateral (Dis-to-LB) boundaries of the anterior skull base were smaller in patients with CIM than in the controls (p < 0.01). However, the angle of the optic canal in the axial plane (Ang-in-AP) was greater in patients with CIM than in the controls. Four different aperture shapes were identified in the CIM group (teardrop, n=42 [52.40%]; triangular, n=17 [21.30%]; oval, n=9 [11.30%]; and round, n=12 [15%]) and in the control group (teardrop, n=36 [45%]; triangular, n=14 [17.50%]; oval, n=10 [12.50%]; and round, n=20 [25%]).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A greater Ang-in-AP and shorter Dis-to-LB and Dis-to-AB were found in patients with CIM than in the healthy controls. The distance measurements demonstrate that patients with CIM have a shorter and narrower anterior fossa than normal individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":94381,"journal":{"name":"Turkish neurosurgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nebi Tas, Ali Nehir, Berna Kaya Ugur, Abidin Murat Geyik, Necati Ucler, Ahmet Saracaloglu, Seniz Demiryurek, Abdullah Tuncay Demiryurek
{"title":"Evaluations of Oxidative Stress, Thiol/Disulphide Homeostasis, and Nitric Oxide in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.","authors":"Nebi Tas, Ali Nehir, Berna Kaya Ugur, Abidin Murat Geyik, Necati Ucler, Ahmet Saracaloglu, Seniz Demiryurek, Abdullah Tuncay Demiryurek","doi":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.45638-23.2","DOIUrl":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.45638-23.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To investigate changes in nitric oxide (NO) levels, oxidative stress, and dynamic thiol/disulphide homeostasis in the serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhages (aSAH).</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This prospective study included a total of 40 consecutive patients suffering from aSAH, who were operated on within the first 48 hours from onset of symptoms; CSF and blood samples were collected from these patients during their operations. To create a control group, blood samples and cerebrospinal fluid were taken from patients (n=40) without neurologic disorders who had undergone lumbar puncture for spinal anesthesia.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We observed that the serum total antioxidant status had decreased markedly (p=0.0143) but that no change was evident in the oxidative stress index and total oxidant status in aSAH patients when compared to the controls. While total thiol (p=0.0014) and native thiol (p < 0.0001) levels had decreased in the aSAH patients, disulphide levels (p < 0.0001) had increased significantly. Although the native thiol/total thiol ratio declined (p < 0.0001), the dynamic disulphide/total thiol ratio (p < 0.0001) and dynamic disulphide/native thiol ratio (p < 0.0001) increased markedly in serum samples from the patient group. Patient serum NO levels were also significantly elevated (p < 0.0001). There were no marked changes in CSF for all measured parameters (p > 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study demonstrated that serum NO levels and oxidative stress parameters increased markedly in the patients. These results may help to understand the underlying mechanisms behind early tissue damage due to aSAH and to monitor disease progression and improve the early detection of disease severity.</p>","PeriodicalId":94381,"journal":{"name":"Turkish neurosurgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Derya Karaoglu Gundogdu, Burak Gezer, Mert Sahinoglu, Ender Koktekir, Hakan Karabagli, Mustafa Alper Bozkurt, Abdulsamet Batur
{"title":"Impact of Tumor Resection Volume on Visual Outcomes and the Need for Secondary Surgery Following Transsphenoidal Surgery in Suprasellar Extended Non-Functionial Pituitary Adenomas.","authors":"Derya Karaoglu Gundogdu, Burak Gezer, Mert Sahinoglu, Ender Koktekir, Hakan Karabagli, Mustafa Alper Bozkurt, Abdulsamet Batur","doi":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.45315-23.2","DOIUrl":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.45315-23.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To investigate the surgical outcomes in patients with nonfunctional pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) exhibiting visual field defects (VFDs) in order to ascertain the impact of the volume of adenoma excised during surgery on recurrence rates and improvements in VFDs.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>From a cohort of 150 individuals diagnosed with NFPAs and exhibiting suprasellar extensions accompanied by VFDs, we selected 114 patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria for further analysis after a comprehensive retrospective review. All selected patients underwent pituitary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations, and volumetric measurements were conducted on T1 contrast sequences using the Syngo.via software. Measurements were derived from MRI scans taken 24 h preoperatively, 24 h postoperatively, at 3 months, and at the end of the first year postsurgery. Volumetric values were compared between patients who underwent subsequent surgeries due to recurrence and those who did not. Similarly, the variables were evaluated in patients experiencing an improvement in VFD, those whose VFD remained stable, and those experiencing a deterioration in VFD.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The recurrence rate was 19.3%. Among patients who underwent a second surgery due to recurrence, the presurgical adenoma volume, the adenoma volume removed based on the 24-h postoperative MRI, and the volumes recorded in the 3-month and 1-year postoperative imaging were significantly greater than those in patients who did not require a second surgery. Remarkable improvements were identified in 84.2% of patients with VFD complaints and 62.5% of those with visual acuity complaints.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Adenoma volume measurements exerted a significant impact on recovery from VFDs and the need for a second surgery. Although the choice of surgical methodology does not definitively affect outcomes, an in-depth evaluation of variations in adenoma volume can provide valuable prognostic insights.</p>","PeriodicalId":94381,"journal":{"name":"Turkish neurosurgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sabahattin Yuzkan, Mehmet Karagulle, Merve Sam Ozdemir, Samet Mutlu, Burak Kocak
{"title":"Predictive Value of T2-weighted Perfusion and T1-weighted Permeability MRI Parameters in Determining IDH Mutational Status and Grade of Gliomas.","authors":"Sabahattin Yuzkan, Mehmet Karagulle, Merve Sam Ozdemir, Samet Mutlu, Burak Kocak","doi":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.46251-24.3","DOIUrl":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.46251-24.3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To assess the performance metrics of perfusion and permeability magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters with optimal cut-offs in differentiating isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) genotype and tumor grade in patients with grade 2-4 gliomas.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>This retrospective study included 36 patients surgically diagnosed with grade 2-4 glioma (six grade 2, seven grade 3, and 23 grade 4) with known IDH genotypes (23 IDH wild-type, 13 IDH mutant) between November 2021 and August 2023. All patients underwent preoperative perfusion and permeability MRI examinations with a 3.0 Tesla scanner. Parameters were calculated on colored map images. Using the intraclass correlation coefficient, intra- and inter-observer agreement was assessed. Following multiple testing correction, the perfusion parameters with statistically significant differences were subjected to receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five MRI parameters (rCBV and rCBF from perfusion; Ktrans, Ve, and Vp from permeability) showed a significant difference between groups in terms of IDH genotype (p < 0.001). In ROC analysis, the best parameters in differentiating IDH genotype included rCBV and Ktrans; rCBV with a cut-off of 5.58 achieved an area under the ROC curve (AUC), sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of 0.883, 95.7%, 76.9%, and 88.8%, respectively. For Ktrans, with a cut-off of 0.0727 min-1, these values were 0.893, 100%, 69.2%, and 88.8%, respectively. In ROC analysis, these two parameters with rCBF and Ve also showed good performance in differentiating low- and high-grade gliomas with an AUC, sensitivity, and accuracy exceeding 0.940, 86%, and 88%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Perfusion and permeability MRI may provide useful parameters in differentiating the IDH genotype and grade of gliomas.</p>","PeriodicalId":94381,"journal":{"name":"Turkish neurosurgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of Neurosurgical Injuries and The Lessons Learned After the Catastrophic Double Earthquakes in Turkey.","authors":"Nuri Eralp Cetinalp, Ammar Alnageeb, Araz Aliyev, Gurbat Azizli, Kerem Mazhar Ozsoy, Kadir Oktay, Tahsin Erman","doi":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.44593-23.3","DOIUrl":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.44593-23.3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To identify the patterns and types of neuorosurgical injuries sustained by victims of the double earthquakes affected ten cities with a population of 15 million in southern and central Türkiye.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>In this descriptive observational study, we retrospectively analyzed the medical records of a university hospital located in one of the ten cities affected by the earthquake.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1,612 patients with earthquake-related injuries were admitted during the study period, of which 139 (8.6%) had neurosurgical injuries. The mean age of the patients was 42.4 ± 21.1 years (median, 42 years), and 53.2% of them were female. Of the 139 patients with neurosurgical injuries, 41 (29.5%) had craniocerebral injuries, 95 (68.3%) had spinal injuries, and three (2.2%) had both craniocerebral and spinal injuries. A total of 31 surgeries were performed (22.3%) (five [3.6%] for craniocerebral injuries and 26 [18.7 %] for spinal injuries). Ninety-eight patients (70.5%) had concomitant systemic traumas. The overall mortality rate was 5.75%, with crush syndrome (n=4, 50%), being the leading cause of death, followed by neurosurgical pathologies (n=3, 37.5%) and pneumonia with septic shock (n=1, 12.5%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Neurosurgical injury is an important cause of post-earthquake mortality and morbidity. To ensure efficient medical rescue and judicious resource allocation, it is essential to recognize the characteristics of earthquake-related neurosurgical injuries. This study provides valuable information regarding the incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of neurosurgical injuries in earthquake-affected patients. Our findings highlight the need for prompt diagnosis and management of such injuries, particularly in those with concomitant systemic trauma.</p>","PeriodicalId":94381,"journal":{"name":"Turkish neurosurgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140144990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alim Can Baymurat, Aliekber Yapar, Mehmet Ali Tokgoz, Ismail Daldal, Yagiz Ogul Akcan, Alpaslan Senkoylu
{"title":"Using Proximal Hooks as a Soft-Landing Strategy to Prevent Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in the Surgical Treatment of Scheuermann's Kyphosis.","authors":"Alim Can Baymurat, Aliekber Yapar, Mehmet Ali Tokgoz, Ismail Daldal, Yagiz Ogul Akcan, Alpaslan Senkoylu","doi":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.45194-23.2","DOIUrl":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.45194-23.2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To evaluate the occurrence of proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) as well as both the clinical and radiologic outcomes of patients who underwent surgery for Scheuermann?s Kyphosis (SK) using either exclusively pedicle screws or a combination of proximal hooks and pedicle screws constructs.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Surgically treated 37 patients with the diagnosis of SK were evaluated retrospectively. The patients were divided into two groups based on the type of instrumentation employed. The first group contained 22 patients with only pedicle screws (PP) while the second group consisted of 15 patients with mixed constructs that were proximal hooks and pedicle screws (HP) at the rest of the levels. The clinical and radiological data were compared in patients who were followed up for a minimum of 2 years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The average duration of follow-up for the PP group was approximately 94.7 ± 53.1 months, whereas the HP group had an average follow-up period of around 103 ± 64.4 months. After conducting the analyses, no statistically significant findings were identified in the measurements taken for the SRS-22 scores in preoperative, postoperative, and the most recent follow-up radiographs (p > 0.05). It is worth noting that among patients who exclusively utilized pedicle screws, both the proximal (p=0.045) and distal (p=0.030) junctional kyphosis angles experienced more pronounced increases compared to hybrid structures.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>While no notable distinction was observed between the two groups, patients with pedicle screws fixation had a higher PJK angle. Conversely, the use of hooks at the upper end seems to be a preventive measure against the development of PJK.</p>","PeriodicalId":94381,"journal":{"name":"Turkish neurosurgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140144988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aziz Emre Nokay, Mert Emre Erden, Yavuz Samanci, Selcuk Peker
{"title":"Transient Ageusia and Dysgeusia Following Thalamic Cyst Drainage.","authors":"Aziz Emre Nokay, Mert Emre Erden, Yavuz Samanci, Selcuk Peker","doi":"0.5137/1019-5149.JTN.43601-23.3","DOIUrl":"0.5137/1019-5149.JTN.43601-23.3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Taste consists of sensation and perception. Specific neural structures transmit a stimulus from the taste buds to the gustatory cortex to generate taste sensation. Any disruption of this pathway, whether it affects sensation or perception, can result in taste disorders. Stereotactic procedures involving the thalamus may result in gustatory complications. A 41-year-old female patient who underwent stereotactic drainage of a thalamic cyst suffered transient ageusia. Subsequently, she developed metallic taste perception. When her stereotactic plan was re-evaluated, it was noted that the posteromedial ventral thalamus nucleus was in the path of the needle tract and the needle had passed through it. Follow-up was recommended and her symptoms completely resolved within 2 months following surgery. Modern imaging techniques allow for the visualization of neural structures related to the sense of taste. Additionally, care must be taken when planning stereotactic procedures for such lesions.</p>","PeriodicalId":94381,"journal":{"name":"Turkish neurosurgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141545741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiao Cheng, Bingwei Song, Liang He, Ke Yan, Linhai Shen, Kai Hu, Yong Zhen
{"title":"Hybrid Operating Room for the Treatment of Spetzler-Martin Grade III-V Brain Arteriovenous Malformation: An Institutional Experience.","authors":"Jiao Cheng, Bingwei Song, Liang He, Ke Yan, Linhai Shen, Kai Hu, Yong Zhen","doi":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.45444-23.1","DOIUrl":"10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.45444-23.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To report our institutional experience of the one-stop treatment of Spetzler-Martin grade (SMG) III-V brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVMs) in a hybrid operating room.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Clinical data obtained from all the patients with SMG III-V BAVMs who underwent one-stop treatment in a hybrid operating room were analyzed. The measures included imaging characteristics, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative complications, residual lesions, and the presence of postoperative recurrence. Outcomes were assessed using the Glasgow outcome scale (GOS) score at six months post-surgery.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 16 patients were included in this study, 7 of whom underwent endovascular embolization followed by microsurgical resection and 9 underwent intraoperative cerebral angiography-assisted microsurgery. The average intraoperative blood loss was 473.3 mL. A remnant of BAVMs was found on the intraoperative cerebral angiography of one patient. Two patients underwent decompressive craniectomy due to postoperative cerebral swelling, including one patient with occipital lobe cerebral infarction and aphasia. No mortality was recorded. At the six-month postoperative follow-up visit, the GOS scores were 3 (n=4, 25.0%), 4 (n=4, 25.0%), and 5 (n=8, 50.0%). No recurrence was noted on brain digital subtraction angiography (DSA) in any of the postoperative reexaminations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A hybrid operating room can fully combine the advantages of microsurgery and endovascular interventions, allowing for a high resection rate in the surgical treatment of SMG III-V BAVMs and a low rate of postoperative complications.</p>","PeriodicalId":94381,"journal":{"name":"Turkish neurosurgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141862019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}