British journal of neurosurgery
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After decompressive craniectomy, a deep-freeze-preserved autologous cranial bone graft can be used for cranioplasty to avoid immunoreaction against an artificial patch material. Autologous cranial bone grafts not only have better physical properties, such as heat conduction, compared to artificial patch materials, but they also have the advantages of a lower medical cost and satisfactory physical flexibility. The discussion over (99)Tc(m)-MDP SPECT static cranial bone tomography in the diagnosis of survival and regeneration in deep-freeze preservation autologous cranial bones after cranioplasty is valuable. Objective. To investigate whether deep-freeze-preserved autologous cranial bone grafts could survive and regenerate after autologous reimplantation. ⋯ Reimplanted deep-freeze-preserved autologous cranial bone can survive in the short term and regenerate in the medium and long terms.
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Review Case Reports
Management of delayed oesophagus perforation and osteomyelitis after cervical spine surgery: review of the literature.
Oesophagus perforation is a possible complication of anterior cervical spine surgery, which generally occurs during the first postoperative days. Delayed perforation is very rare and its management remains controversial. We report the successful management of a delayed oesophagus perforation associated with an osteomyelitis.
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The purpose of this study was to validate and assess the accuracy and usefulness of sending short video clips in 3gp file format of an entire scan series of patients, using mobile telephones running on 3G-MMS technology, to enable consultation between junior doctors in a neurosurgical unit and the consultants on-call after office hours. ⋯ The use of mobile telephones to transmit MPEG video clips of radiological images is very advantageous for carrying out emergency consultations in neurosurgery. The images accurately reflect the pathology in question, thereby reducing the incidence of medical errors from incorrect diagnosis, which otherwise may just depend on a verbal description.
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This is the first article using bibliometrics to study the field of stereotactic related research. This study aims to evaluate the global scientific production of simulation research in the category of "stereotactic" during 1993-2008 and to provide insights on the characteristics of the stereotactic related research patterns, tendencies, and methods that might exist in the papers, as well as in leading countries and institutes. ⋯ The results analyzed by this bibliometric method can show the research performance, significant events and major inventors, those attributed to stereotactic neurosurgery, and trend of stereotactic related research.
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The quest for an ideal sealant for dura mater defects persists. The clinical experience with a novel, synthetic self-adhesive patch (TissuePatchDural(®), Tissuemed, Leeds, UK) and its ability to prevent postoperative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is described in this article. ⋯ Safe and effective sealing can be accomplished with this bioabsorbable, purely synthetic and thin dural sealant, avoiding the application of foreign biologic material. The product has been shown to be effective in achieving watertight closure of the dura mater and has prevented CSF leakage in 92% of patients treated.