Neurosurgery
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A case of spinal cord compression due to postoperative cervical pseudomeningocele is reported. A 63-year-old man had undergone osteoplastic laminectomy of the C-3 through C-6 laminae for quadriplegia after a traffic accident 1 year and 4 months earlier. Computer-assisted tomography with metrizamide injection showed a pseudomeningocele in the paraspinous area at the C-3 through C-6 level.
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Biography Historical Article
Lewis Hill Weed: early neurosurgical contributor.
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This report concerns three patients with intracranial meningioma developing at the site of an old head injury with skull fracture. These cases, along with literature reports, suggest a causal relationship between head trauma and the subsequent development of meningioma.
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The authors report their personal experience with the administration of microdoses of morphine hydrochloride by the intraventricular route through a subcutaneous reservoir for the treatment of paraneoplastic painful syndrome of the cervicofacial region in 38 patients. The results obtained are very encouraging.