OBJECTIVES: Describe the demographic characteristics of patients undergoing awake craniotomy, which are the anesthetic techniques and most commonly used drugs, as well as to identify the type and frequency of anesthetic and surgical complications. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Perioperative awake craniotomy reco...
Objetivo: este artigo se propõe a discutir as diferentes modalidades de tratamento de fraturas de osso frontal,
demonstradas em uma série de casos clínicos. Relato de casos: três pacientes de gênero variado e com
diferentes etiologias de trauma, foram submetidos à cranioplastia, devido a fraturas d...
Existen casos en cirugía craneal que requieren reconstrucción de defectos óseos por trauma, corrección defectos congénitos, infección de plaqueta ósea, entre otros. El principal objetivo de la reconstrucción de un defecto óseo en la zona craneal es proveer de protección a regiones y órganos vu...
Objective In cases of hemifacial spasm caused by a tortuous vertebrobasilar artery
(TVBA), the traditional treatment technique involves Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene),
which can be ineffective and fraught with recurrence and neurological complications.
In such cases, there are various techniques of art...
Objetivos: describir la seguridad y tolerabilidad de craneotomía vigíl en la resección de lesiones supratentoriales.
Introducción: La craneotomía vigíl es útil para poder remover tumores cercanos, o en áreas elocuentes con seguridad; potencialmente reduce complicaciones, al igual que costos y est...
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the incidence of surgical site infection in patients undergoing craniotomy and to compare 12-month and 3-month post-discharge surveillance periods in terms of their impact on the incidence of surgical site infection in those patients. Methods: This was a retrospective c...
Abstract Background and objectives: The conscious patient cooperation during neurological procedures has become necessary for the delimitation of areas to be managed by a neurosurgeon, with better results in the treatment of tumor lesions, vascular or epileptic foci, and lesser sequelae. The need for pe...
ABSTRACT Burr hole evacuation has been the most frequently-used procedure for the treatment of chronic subdural hematomas (CSDH). Objective: To evaluate whether the use of a drain and/or the number of burr holes for treatment of CSDH modifies the rates of recurrence and complications. Methods: A retros...
BACKGROUND: Tuberculum sellae meningiomas is a serious challenge for neurosurgeons. It accounts for up to 10% of all intracranial meningiomas. The difficulty in surgically excising a Tuberculum sellae meningioma comes from its anatomical relationship to the optic nerves and chiasm and to the anterior cer...
INTRODUCCIÓN: En la actualidad se considera al tratamiento quirúrgico como la primera línea de intervención en meningiomas, el objetivo de esta investigación es describir los resultados y las estrategias actuales en el tratamiento quirúrgico de los meningiomas, que se realizan en el Hospital Santa ...
