Study Design. This is a double blind randomized placebo controlled study, after obtaining
approval of ethics committee in the hospital and informed written consent, 64 patients were …

Background Reconstruction of customized cranial implants with a mesh structure using
computer-assisted design and additive manufacturing improves the implant design, surgical …

Objective Quantitative documentation of the effects of outbreaks, including the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, is limited in neurosurgery. Our study aimed to evaluate …

Objective This observational cross-sectional multicenter study aimed to evaluate the
longitudinal impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on neurosurgical …

Objectives: To discuss the clinical presentation, pathological diagnosis, and surgical
outcome for a series of 42 consecutive patients treated for lateral and third ventricular tumors. …

OBJECTIVE Although evaluating tissue elasticity has various clinical applications, spinal
cord elasticity (SCE) in humans has never been well documented. In this study, the authors …

Objective: To study the effect of prone position on respiratory mechanics. Design: Prospective
study. Setting: Spine elective surgery at a university hospital. Patients: 12 ASA physical I & …

Background Perivascular spaces (PVS), also known as Virchow–Robin spaces, are pial-lined,
interstitial fluid-filled structures in the brain that accompany cerebral vessels as they …

Nocardia brain abscess is a rare central nervous system (CNS) infection that carries a high
mortality rate reaching 34% which is considered the highest amongst brain abscesses …

Background. The management of brain lesions diagnosed during pregnancy is challenging
to both obstetricians and neurosurgeons. In this study, a series of nine pregnant women …