BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the application of medical adhesive glue for tension-reduced duraplasty in decompressive craniotomy. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 56 cases were enrolled for this study from Jan 2013 to May 2015. All patients underwent decompressive craniotomy and the dura was repaired in all of them with tension-reduced duraplasty using the COMPONT medical adh...

A craniotomy over the superior cerebellar convexity for approaches to this region typically involves a small infratentorial craniotomy and then drilling down of the bone to expose some portion of the transverse/sigmoid sinuses. The authors describe the anatomy of the region and the method for a two-part paramedian occipital and suboccipital craniotomy (supra and infratentorial) that may have ti...

OBJECTIVE Even in the patients with neurologically good outcome after intracranial aneurysm surgery, their perception of health is an important outcome issue. This study aimed to investigate the quality of life (QOL) and its predictors of patients who had a good outcome following anterior circulation aneurysm surgery as using the World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument-Korean versi...

INTRODUCTION Giant frontal mucocele (GFM) is an extremely rare cause of frontal lobe syndrome. Subdural empyema (SDE) is an uncommon complication of paranasal sinisutis, for which craniotomy and decompressive craniotomy are the most effective surgical procedures. CASE REPORT A 54-year-old man was brought unconscious to the Emergency Room where recurrent generalized seizures occurred. Heroine ...

Commentary Seizures constitute very serious complications of brain tumor surgery as they often delay recovery and even cause death. Seizures occur in 20 to 40 percent of patients with brain tumors (1, 2). Frontal and parietal tumor location is more likely to be associated with seizures, as are slowly growing tumors (3). Craniotomies or biopsies, often done for diagnoses, may also increase risk ...

skull metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma, specially as the first presentation is very rare. we report a case with a history of head trauma in bam earthquake and craniotomy due to lytic tumor of the skull, presented with upper gastrointestinal symptoms which hepatocellular carcinoma with skull metastasis was revealed .the patient was infected with hepatitis b virus without cirrhosis.

These guidelines are approved by The Japan Neurosurgical Society. The part on anesthetic management is approved by the Japan Society of Anesthesiology and the part on language assessment during awake craniotomy is approved by the Neuropsychology Association of Japan. Copyright of this English version of the Guidelines is reserved by The Japan Neurosurgical Society. Correspondence to: Takamasa K...

Indeed, when dealing with brain lesions located in functional areas, such as sensorimotor, language or vision, neurosurgeons aim at removing the maximum amount of lesion minimizing the risk of producing neurological deficits so as to avoid impairing patient’s quality of life. As a matter of fact, in the span of a few millimetres around the margin of the resection, as well as within the lesion t...

OBJECT The risk of surgical site infection (SSI) after craniotomies or craniectomies in patients in whom contaminated bone flaps have been reimplanted has not been determined. The objectives of this study were to identify the prevalence of bone flaps with positive cultures--especially those contaminated with Propionibacterium acnes--to assess the risk of SSI after reimplanting (either during th...

OBJECT Postoperative infection after cranial surgery is a serious complication that requires immediate recognition and treatment. In certain cases such as postoperative meningitis, the patient can be treated with antibiotics only. In cases that involve a bone flap infection, subdural empyema, or cerebral abscess, however, reoperation is often needed. There has been significant disagreement rega...