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Ischemic stroke in relation to brain polymethylmethacrylate embolism after percutaneous kyphoplasty: a case report

Kyphoplasty is one of the minimally invasive interventions which provides pain relief in osteoporotic or malignancy related vertebral compression fractures. Severe complications associated with percutaneous kyphoplasty or vertebroplasty are rare, and usually related to cement leakage out of the...

Preoperative Endovascular Embolization of Glomus Jugulare Tumors: A Retrospective Case Series of 22 Embolizations in 20 Patients and Literature Review

Arq. bras. neurocir; 41 (1), 2022
Objective Glomus jugulare tumors, or tympanojugular paragangliomas, are rare, highly vascularized skull base tumors originated from paraganglion cells of the neural crest. With nonabsorbable embolic agents, embolization combined with surgery has become the norm. The authors assess the profile and outcome...

Embolización de la arteria renal: serie de casos y revisión de la literatura

Rev. cir. (Impr.); 74 (1), 2022
Resumen Introducción: La embolización de arteria renal (EAR) es un procedimiento percutáneo que ocluye la arteria renal, con la consecuente isquemia del territorio vascular. Sus indicaciones más comunes son la hematuria y el manejo paliativo en cáncer renal metastásico. A pesar del desarrollo técn...

Microsurgery versus embolization: different risk factors for short- and long- term outcomes of patients with ruptured aneurysms

Acta cir. bras; 37 (8), 2022
Purpose: To evaluate the risk factors for poor outcomes after surgical and endovascular treatment of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Methods: Patients with ≥ 18-years of age and aSAH were included, while patients who died within 12 h of admission or lost follow-up were excluded. All partici...

Anatomy of the Middle Meningeal Artery

Arq. bras. neurocir; 40 (4), 2021
Introduction The middle meningeal artery (MMA) is an important artery in neurosurgery. As the largest branch of the maxillary artery, it provides nutrition to the meninges and to the frontal and parietal regions. Diseases, including dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF), pseudoaneurysm, true aneurysm, traum...

Vein of Galen Aneurysmal Malformations in Pediatric Patients Submitted to Endovascular Treatment: Report of 3 Cases

Arq. bras. neurocir; 40 (4), 2021
Objective To report three cases of vein of Galen aneurysmalmalformation (VGAM) in pediatric patients treated at the hemodynamics lab of Hospital Santa Isabel (HSI) in Blumenau, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, from 2006 to 2020. Clinical presentation, endovascular treatment, and postprocedure evolution t...

Jugular Foramen’s Paraganglioma in a Patient with Von Hippel-Lindau Disease: Case Report

Arq. bras. neurocir; 40 (2), 2021
Glomus jugular tumors, also known as paragangliomas (PGLs), are rare and related to several clinical syndromes described. These are located in the carotid body, the jugular glomus, the tympanic glomus and the vagal glomus. The symptoms are directly related to the site of involvement and infiltration. The...

Embolização de prótese de amplatzer após fechamento percutâneo de comunicação interatrial: relato de caso

ABC., imagem cardiovasc; 34 (2), 2021

Uso do doppler colorido das carótidas no diagnóstico de um paciente com fístula carotideocavernosa direta

ABC., imagem cardiovasc; 34 (2), 2021
Adulto jovem de 18 anos que evoluiu após traumatismo craniencefálico leve com fístula carotídea direta. Apresentou zumbido e exoftalmia, ambos de característica pulsátil e à esquerda. Foi submetido a estudo com Doppler das carótidas, que mostrou elevadas velocidades do fluxo sanguíneo e índices...

Improvement of semen parameters after coil embolization of varicoceles: a systematic review

Abstract This systematic review was conducted in accordance with the 2009 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement, including clinical studies in which one of the outcomes was semen parameter improvement after varicocele embolization using coils only. The obje...