Reduction of radiation exposure in spinal surgery.
Published in Journal of neurosurgical sciences
Published in Journal of neurosurgical sciences
Published in Journal of neurosurgical sciences
This study aimed to compare the accuracy of screw placement between open pedicle screw fixation and percutaneous pedicle screw fixation (MIS) for the treatment of thoracolumbar spine fractures (TSF). forty-nine patients with acute TSF who were treated with transpedicular screw fixation from January 2013 to December 2016 were retrospectively reviewe...
Published in Journal of neurosurgical sciences
Neurosurgical surgical site infections (SSI) are life-threatening complications, requiring medical treatment and additional surgeries and remain a substantial cause of morbidity. In order to identify the incidence and the main risk factors for SSI, we developed the Prophylaxis with Antibiotic Protocol for Neurosurgical Site Infections Study (PASSIS...
Published in Journal of neurosurgical sciences
We calculated the PHASES and ELAPSS scores for a large cohort of ruptured intracranial aneurysms (RIA) in order to determine whether these RIA would have been pre-emptively treated or closely followed-up should they have been detected prior to rupture. We retrospectively reviewed a consecutive series of RIA over a 20-year period. The primary outcom...
Published in Journal of neurosurgical sciences
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most malignant, aggressive and common form of primary brain cancer. Currently, GBM is considered to be a homogenous mass as all its margins are treated equally at the time of resection. However, it is not known whether radiologically distinct regions of GBM are also distinct at molecular level. We conducted this...
Published in Journal of neurosurgical sciences
The role of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in TP53 in the pathogenesis of glioma is still debated. The aim of our study was to investigate the role of several TP53 SNPs in the risk of glioma and their possible role as prognostic biomarkers of overall and progression-free survival. We examined 12 SNPs in TP53 from peripheral blood and neopla...
Published in Journal of neurosurgical sciences
Published in Journal of neurosurgical sciences
This study aimed to explore relevant factors of hemorrhagic contusions following decompressive craniotomy (DC) in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and create an artificial neural network (ANN) prediction model of the risk factors of hemorrhagic contusions. This study analyzed 425 patients with TBI who underwent DC in the Neurosurgery Department of Shao...
Published in Journal of neurosurgical sciences
Published in Journal of neurosurgical sciences
The study of age-related diseases like chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is of high interest, considered the general ageing of the population. This investigation aimed to identify the main clinical characteristics of CSDH patients, to evaluate the impact of the disease on quality of life, its treatment and comorbidities/complications and to compare ...