BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Experimental studies suggested neurovascular compression of the brain stem as a cause of hypertension. The aim of our prospective study was to investigate the effect of microvascular decompression in patients with severe hypertension with neurovascular compression on blood pressure and central sympathetic nerve activity in the long-term. METHODS Fourteen patients (4 mal...

Desmoid tumours of the brachial plexus are rare and may occur in extra-abdominal sites. The tumours are of fibroblastic origin and, although benign, are locally aggressive. Their relationship to critical neurovascular structures in their anatomic locations presents a challenge to the operating surgeons trying to adhere to the principles of surgery. Surprisingly little neurosurgical literature e...

Neurovascular compression syndromes are usually caused by arteries that directly contact the cisternal portion of a cranial nerve. Not all cases of neurovascular contact are clinically symptomatic. The transition zone between the central and peripheral myelin is the most vulnerable region for symptomatic neurovascular compression syndromes. Trigeminal neuralgia (cranial nerve V) has an incidenc...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the acute pain experienced during in-hospital recovery from thoracotomy can be effectively reduced by the use of intraoperative measures (dissection of the neurovascular bundle prior to the positioning of the Finochietto retractor and preservation of the intercostal nerve during closure). METHODS We selected 40 patients who were candidates for elective thoracotom...

Knee dislocation after revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a dangerous, albeit rare, injury that can lead to neurovascular compromise and permanent disability. A paucity of peer-reviewed literature exists regarding this complication after revision TKA. Tibiofemoral dislocation commonly occurs with minimal trauma, such as rising from a seated position, and is commonly associated with a fle...

BACKGROUND The purposes of this article are to introduce and assess the results of a long-term follow-up of using anterograde pedicle flap based on the dorsal branches of proper digital neurovascular bundles from the dorsum of the middle phalanx for the fingertip defect. METHODS Between February 2011 and December 2012, 31 patients underwent reconstruction of fingertip defects using a homodigi...

OBJECTIVE The Authors point out the interest of differential diagnosis and conservative surgical treatment of a rare case of digital and ulnar side of the hand gigantism, with massive fatty infiltration of soft tissues and a neurovascular bundle, to be included into Macrodystrophia Lipomatosa with fibrolipomatous hamartomata. PATIENTS AND METHODS Excision of the mass included 4th ray disartic...

AIM To evaluate the utility of 3D-magnetic resonance cisternography(MRC) of posterior cranial fossa in visualizing trigeminal neurovascular compression in patients with trigeminal neuralgia. MATERIAL AND METHODS 146 consecutive patients in the period from June 2010 to July 2011 in our institute diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia underwent MRC on the posterior cranial fossa. MR devices used f...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of the buccinator musculomucosal flap in the reconstruction of defects of the oral cavity and oropharynx. DESIGN Prospective case series of 8 patients during a 1-year period with an average follow-up of 1 year. Six anatomical dissections were performed on 3 fresh cadaver heads to investigate the neurovascular supply to the flap. SETTING Academic tertiary referr...