42 patients with cerebral abscesses were treated from 1979 until the end of the first six months of 1987 at the Neurosurgical Department of the Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey. The present study ...

The authors have investigated the effect of very early irrigation of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) space in the haemorrhage rat model of vasospasm. Fifteen rats had basilar cistern irrigation with physiological saline ...

There have been several studies on anosmia following operations on anterior circulation aneurysms, but no similar study has yet been reported on pituitary gland adenomas which required the transcranial approach. In ...

10 giant intracranial aneurysms in children were treated consecutively in Neurosurgical Department of Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey between 1985-1989. A total of 60 aneurysms of normal size were operated on in the ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS OF THE STUDY: It is commonly held that preservation of the annulo-ventricular continuity during mitral valve replacement has a beneficial effect on postoperative ventricular function. This paper presents ...

BACKGROUND: Minimally invasive techniques have gained recent interest in the realm of cardiac surgery. This report describes our initial experience with graft replacement of ascending aortic aneurysms using a superior ...

Intra-operative cyst rupture is a catastrophic event in the intracranial hydatid cyst disease. Dissemination of the cyst contents may lead to severe anaphylactic reactions and an increased risk of recurrence. Several ...

SchwannoInas (neurilemmomas) are benign, encapsulated tumors of neural sheath origin. Although more commonly encountered in the extremities, approximately 25 % of the cases are originated from the neural structures of ...