Trephining for Epilepsy: A Clinical Case

Bone trephining for osteoid osteoma excision: a case report.

Osteoid osteomas may be treated medically or surgically; both have similar long-term outcomes. Nonetheless, only surgery allows complete excision of the lesion for histological analysis. Excessive removal of surrounding bone may destabilise and weaken the bony structure and predispose it to fractures. We describe a surgical technique using a bone graft trephine to enable precise lesion removal ...

A Treatable Refractory Epilepsy: A Case Report

Introduction Biotinidase deficiency is a life threatening inborn error of metabolism specially when delayed in diagnosis. We report a 2-month-old male infant that presented with refractory infantile spasm, alopecia and seborrheic dermatitis. With a high suspicion of the biotinidase deficiency we started biotin 10 mg daily orally before definite diagnosis was made. Rapid treatment was life-savin...

Corneal trephining for penetrating keratoplasty.

MANY complications following corneal grafting procedures may be attributed to the technical and biological problems associated with this type of surgery. It is generally agreed that accurate apposition of the graft to the margin of the incision in the recipient cornea is of the greatest importance. Manual trephining for penetrating keratoplasty frequently results in badly cut grafts, and for th...

Sclero-Corneal Trephining for Staphyloma

on sclero-corneal trephining, has not yet, I believe, led to the publication of any cases. During 1913 I operated on 17 eyes for this condition, and the results appear to me to be sufficiently encouraging to merit publication. The cases were not selected, my object being first to satisfy myself that reduction of a staphyloma could be effected by establishing free filtration between the aqueous,...

Sclero-Corneal Trephining