TWENTY-SIX PATIENTS WITH blunt trauma of the cervical spine, producing a subluxation
from a “locked” or “perched” facet, facet destruction with evidence of instability, or a fracture …

: Experience with 120 patients who incurred a gunshot wound to the head with dural penetration
is presented. All of the patients were managed by a standard resuscitation protocol and …

: Neurenteric cysts are endothelium-lined structures most commonly encountered in the
lower cervical or upper thoracic spinal cord. The occurrence of neurenteric cysts within the …

BACKGROUND Traditional management of compound depressed skull fractures entails
elevation and removal of all bone fragments with delayed cranioplasty. Bone fragment removal …

OBJECTIVE: The outcome of subarachnoid hemorrhage associated with cocaine abuse is
reportedly poor. However, no study in the literature has reported the use of a statistical model …

Objective: The early management of posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in premature infants
is challenging and controversial. These infants need a temporary cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) …

BACKGROUND: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a painful condition of controversial origin;
however, vascular compression of the root entry zone of the trigeminal nerve is thought to be …

We analysed retrospectively the effect of missile trajectory on outcomes from civilian gunshot
injury to the spine (GSIS) between 1994 and 2008. Most of the 98 patients were male (88.8…

Object Cerebrospinal fluid shunts in patients with posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus are prone
to failure, with some patients at risk for multiple failures. The objective of this study was to …

Object. The objective of this retrospective study was to analyze the results of stereotactic
radiosurgery performed using a gamma knife in the treatment of 44 consecutive patients with …