World Neurosurg
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To investigate whether arterial infundibular widening is a preaneurysmal lesion or not. ⋯ The infundibulum is a preaneurysmal lesion associated with high total pressure and high wall shear stress resulted from direct flow impingement and will progress to an aneurysm with time.
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Retraction Of Publication
The application of three-dimensional reconstruction of mandibular neural tube in osteotomy of mandibular angle.
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in an immunocompromised patient with organ transplantation demonstrated unusual brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. Recognition of EBV-positive DLBCL by radiologists on MRI may prevent unnecessary neurosurgical resection, and it could be important to obtain viable cells for accurate diagnosis on stereotactic biopsy because of extensive necrosis. ⋯ We report an immunocompromised patient with EBV-positive DLBCL, which showed atypical MRI findings, including extensive necrosis. Multiple biopsies were required for final diagnosis.
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Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is a surgical procedure performed to manage intracranial hypertension. Once performed, patients are obligated to undergo another surgical procedure known as cranioplasty to reconstruct the cranial defect. Cranioplasty still has one of the highest rates of infection. The factors contributing to the high rate of surgical site infection (SSI) after cranioplasty are not well established. This study aims to estimate the incidence of SSI and determine its possible risk factors for patients who underwent cranioplasty using bone flaps subcutaneously preserved in abdominal pockets. ⋯ Blood glucose levels and skull defect size were the only identifiable risk factors associated with SSI. Storing bone flaps in subcutaneous abdominal pockets is cost-efficient but carries considerable risk of infection.