World Neurosurg
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To study clinical outcome of giant intracranial aneurysms (diameter ≥25 mm) treated with different surgical modalities and to analyze factors affecting prognosis. ⋯ Giant intracranial aneurysms are effectively treated with craniotomy and surgical treatment. Older age, aneurysm location in posterior circulation, and higher Hunt and Hess grade are risk factors affecting prognosis.
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Intraventricular and subarachnoid forms represent the relatively complex, albeit uncommon, manifestations of central nervous system involvement by cysticercal cysts. Cysticercal encystation inside the Blake's pouch remnant of mega cisterna magna (MCM) remains an extremely rare clinical scenario that, to the best of our knowledge, has not been reported previously. ⋯ The clinical scenario presented here has not been described previously. Endoscopic cyst removal in such a situation is an effective and low-risk procedure that obviates the further need for antihelminthic medications.
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More data regarding complications in neurosurgery residents' cases are needed to assess patients' safety during hands-on surgical education. ⋯ The results of the current study in addition to the literature on neurosurgery resident training support the safety of supervised early surgical education for shunt surgery.