Syringobulbia: a surgical appraisal.

Syringobulbia: a surgical appraisal.

Syringobulbia is a term which has been clinically applied to brain stem symptoms or signs in patients with syringomyelia. Syringobulbia clefts are found on investigation or at necropsy caused by cutting outwards of the CSF under pressure from the fourth ventricle into the medulla. These should be differentiated from the ascending syringobulbia which may occur from upward impulsive fluid movemen...

Post-Operative Appraisal of 1100 Surgical Cases

Evolving characteristics of lung cancer: a surgical appraisal.

OBJECTIVE Lung cancer management has changed due to emergence of new imaging techniques and of multimodal therapies. Our purpose was to analyse how lung cancer evolved in surgical practice. METHODS The records of patients who underwent surgical resection for lung cancer from 1983 to 2006 in two centres were reviewed. Data were split into four time periods of 6 years. We analysed and compared ...

Syringobulbia extending to the basal ganglia.

Syringomyelia and syringobulbia are diseases in which there is a tubular cavitation of the spinal cord and medulla. CT with intrathecal injection of water-soluble contrast material (CT myelography) and, more recently, MR imaging have led to a revolution in the diagnosis of syringomyelia. Syringobulbia is much rarer than syringomyelia and usually associated with it [1]. Radiologic demonstration ...

Syphilitic aortic regurgitation. An appraisal of surgical treatment.

During the 10 years from 1964 to 1973, fifteen patients with severe syphilitic aortic regurgitation were treated surgically at the National Heart Hospital. In thirteen the valve was replaced and in two it was repaired. In addition four had replacement of an aneurysmal ascending aorta with a Dacron graft and seven some form of plastic repair to the coronary ostia. Three patients died within 1 mo...