OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence, risk factors and outcomes of early post-craniotomy seizures. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study of all patients who underwent craniotomy for primary brain tumor resection (2002-2011) and admitted postoperatively to the intensive care unit. The patients were divided into 2 groups depending on the occurrence of seizures within 7 days. RESULTS O...

BACKGROUND   Radiosurgery is being increasingly used post craniotomy for brain metastasis, instead of whole-brain radiation. We report a case of scalp metastasis following craniotomy and radiosurgery, along with a systematic review of the literature. METHODS         Our patient was a 70-year-old male who presented with a scalp metastasis, two years after craniotomy and radiosurgery, for a sol...

Background Postoperative headache is a major complaint after retrosigmoid surgery. affects patient's quality of life. Craniotomy may have role in the prevention such headaches. We aimed to evaluate craniectomy versus craniotomy via approach reducing incidence postoperative Materials and methods Patients who underwent surgery between January 2012 December 2018 were retrospectively assessed class...

The Biochemical impacT of Surgery and aneSTheSia De biochemische gevolgen van chirurgie en anesthesie promotiecommissie Promotor: Introduction The impact of surgical injury and anesthesia on stress related biochemical intermediates in human plasma Inflammatory profile of awake function-controlled craniotomy and craniotomy under general anesthesia Awake craniotomy induces fewer changes in the pl...

The pterional craniotomy is one of the most frequently surgical approaches used in neurosurgery and currently it has become a mainsteam. It allows excellent microsurgical exposure of anterior and posterior regions of the arterial circle of Willis, supra and paraselar regions, the superior orbital fissure of sphenoid bone, cavernous sinus, orbit, temporal lobe, midbrain and the frontal lobe. Lik...