World Neurosurg
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To study the incidence and prognostic factors of patients with benign pituitary tumors based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. ⋯ The overall incidence of benign pituitary tumors was low but showed an increasing trend. Surgery may be beneficial to the prognosis. It should be noted that benign pituitary tumors may not require excessive treatment, such as radiation.
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Resection of the dominant side of gliomas extending to the frontal operculum has high risk of severe language dysfunction. Here, we report recording cortico-cortical evoked potentials (CCEP) using only two 6-strand strip electrodes to monitor language-related fibers intraoperatively. We examined whether this simple procedure is useful for removing gliomas extending to the dominant side of frontal operculum. ⋯ This study confirmed the utility of CCEP monitoring using only two 6-strand strip electrodes during one-step surgery. We believe this simple method helped in monitoring intraoperative language function and predicting its postoperative recovery in patients with gliomas extending to the dominant side of frontal operculum.
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Observational Study
Health care implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for patients with severe traumatic brain injury - A nationwide, observational cohort study.
Containment measures during the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have resulted in a substantial reduction in treatment of injury. The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology and mortality of severe traumatic brain injury on a national, population-based level is unknown. ⋯ The containment and lockdown measures during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway did not affect the number of patients or mortality of patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
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This study aimed to clarify the risk of communicating hydrocephalus in cerebellopontine angle tumors, focusing on distinct tumor types and treatment modalities, i.e., tumor resection and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). ⋯ Symptomatic communicating hydrocephalus is more frequent in schwannoma than that in meningiomas. Primary treatment with tumor resection lowers the risk of hydrocephalus in specific subgroups of vestibular schwannoma.
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Observational Study
The Intraoperative Utilization of Multi-modalities Could Improve the Prognosis of Adult Glioblastoma: A Single Center Observational Study.
In recent years, numerous neurosurgical multimodal techniques have been utilized to maximize tumor resection safely and effectively. However, the synergetic effects of neurosurgical multimodalities on the survival of glioblastoma patients remain unclear. This study evaluated the role of intraoperative utilization of multimodalities in glioblastoma patients. ⋯ This study indicated that the utilization of intraoperative multimodal techniques improved the extent of resection and elevated the survival for adult glioblastoma patients.