... to in the content or advertisements. 2022 Ossified epidural hematoma Calcified epidural hematoma Calcification Children Conservative management Acute traumatic epidural hematoma (EDH) is a complication in 2–3% of pediatric head injuries [ 1, 2 ]. Surgery is mandatory if symptomatic; otherwise...

... experience with clinical and angiographic aspects of brain aneurysm in children. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed our prospectively maintained database for patients with intracranial aneurysms in our institution from July 2015 to February 2021. Among these, all patients under 18 years of age submitted...

...Sonal Jain; Shelly Wang; Carolina Sandoval-Garcia; George M. Ibrahim; Walker L. Robinson; John Ragheb Introduction: Reconstruction of cranial defects in children less than 2 years of age, particularly when there is an associated dural defect, is challenging due to the need to accommodate active...

...Chiara Pilotto; Ilaria Liguoro; Serena Scaravetti; Eva Passone; Serena D’Agostini; Francesco Tuniz; Miran Skrap; Paola Cogo Object: Hydrocephalus is one of the main complications of brain tumors in children, being present in about 50% of cases at the time of the tumor diagnosis and persisting up...

... nerve on precontrast STIR and high-resolution 3D FLAIR-VISTA sequences, with no other intracranial abnormality. Isolated oculomotor nerve injury Cranial nerve magnetic resonance imaging Minor head trauma Children Severe trauma is usually required to damage the oculomotor nerve...

...Jeffrey Hatef; Luke G.F. Smith; Giorgio C. Veneziano; David P. Martin; Tarun Bhalla; Jeffrey R. Leonard Introduction: Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) provides lasting relief of spasticity for children suffering from cerebral palsy, although controlling postoperative pain is challenging...

...Valentina Baro; Luca Denaro; Domenico d’Avella Purpose: We report our preliminary experience concerning the use of thrombin-gelatin hemostatic matrix to strengthen the final hemostasis after posterior fossa low-grade tumor surgery in children. To our knowledge, this is the first report regarding...

...Zhiqiang Feng; Qiuping Li; JianJun Gu; Wenjun Shen Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) provides a physiological restoration of cerebrospinal fluid and a shunt-free option for hydrocephalus children. Continuous developments in techniques and instruments have improved ETV as the first-line...

... radiologically. Methods: Two children with an MRI-proven Chiari 1 malformations were followed up nonoperatively for 7 years (2010–2017). One was a boy aged 8 years and the other a girl aged 9 years at first presentation. Their parents were not interested in a surgical option and so it was decided to adopt a wait...

... to correct scoliosis while still allowing further MRI or neurosurgical interventions. In this retrospective cohort study, 4 paraplegic children with spinal deformity after intraspinal tumors and 4 children with neuromuscular diseases were compared. VEPTR treatment was able to considerably reduce the main...

... literature and evaluate different immobilization methods and their impact on fusion, following the surgical management of craniocervical instability in children. It started with an extensive research of randomized controlled trials, series of cases and case reports, describing occipitocervical junction...

...Bhagavatula Indira Devi; Subhas K. Konar; Dhananjaya I. Bhat; Dhaval P. Shukla; R. Bharath; M.S. Gopalakrishnan Aim: This study was undertaken to address the epidemiological characteristics, operative details, and surgical outcome of peripheral nerve injuries in children treated in a tertiary...

.... Aneurysmal bone cysts Children Neck Cervical spine Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) are defined as aggressive, nonneoplastic, expansile, osteolytic lesions that represent roughly 15% of all primary spine tumors [ 1,2 ]. Almost 80% are diagnosed in the first 2 decades of life [ 3 ], and the reported...

...Abhay Singh; Rahul Gupta; Devender Chhonker; Gangesh Gunjan; Harjinder Singh Bhatoe Spontaneous, nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common cancer diagnosed in children. According...

... of cranioplasty. A recent systematic review identified a paucity of articles describing outcomes after cranioplasty in children and adolescents [ 1 ]. The pediatric population is considered distinct from the adult population regarding cranioplasty because of the growing calvarium and thinner bones, which...

..., and therefore surgical excision is the elective treatment in such cases. Despite several published papers, the literature still lacks reliable clinical characteristics regarding this heterogeneous group of lesions in pediatric patients. Methods: We present a series of 100 children (55 male, 45 female...

... systems because of high complication and revision rates. We aimed to identify factors associated with 30-day VP shunt failure in children undergoing either initial placement or revision. Methods: VP shunt placements performed on patients in the 2012-2013 American College of Surgeons National Surgical...

... confirmed the complete tumor excision. Meningiomas although frequent in adults are rare in children. Intraventricular meningiomas are exceedingly rare. Complete surgical excision should be the goal of treatment and is usually associated with a favorable outcome. • Complete surgical excision...

... role in CT decision-making for children with TBI. It also demonstrates that the GOS-E Peds is a valid pediatric outcome scale for children with TBI, despite some important limitations. • Nonfrontal hematoma. • Not acting normally according to the parents. The CDRs-PECARN for children >2...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Cell cycle Flow cytometry Children Brain tumor Brain tumors constitute the second most common neoplasm in children after leukemia...