Neurosurgery
-
Review Practice Guideline
Guidelines: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on Preoperative Imaging Assessment of Patients With Suspected Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas.
The authors reviewed published articles pertaining to the preoperative imaging evaluation of nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) and formulated recommendations. ⋯ CT, computed tomographyDWI, diffusion-weighted imagingMRI, magnetic resonance imagingNFPA, nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma.
-
Review Practice Guideline
Guidelines: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on Surgical Techniques and Technologies for the Management of Patients With Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas.
Numerous technological adjuncts are used during transsphenoidal surgery for nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs), including endoscopy, neuronavigation, intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion, and dural closure techniques. ⋯ CSF, cerebrospinal fluidNFPA, nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma.
-
Comment Letter Historical Article
In Reply: The History of the Kernohan Notch Revisited.
-
Comment Letter Historical Article
The History of the Kernohan Notch Revisited.
-
Observational Study
Intraoperative Probe-Based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in Surgery and Stereotactic Biopsy of Low-Grade and High-Grade Gliomas: A Feasibility Study in Humans.
The management of gliomas is based on precise histologic diagnosis. The tumor tissue can be obtained during open surgery or via stereotactic biopsy. Intraoperative tissue imaging could substantially improve biopsy precision and, ultimately, the extent of resection. ⋯ 5-ALA, 5-aminolevulinic acidpCLE, probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopyPpIX, protoporphyrin IX.