... that thin skull bone around the original lesion can be another risk factor for recurrence. Conclusion: Removing all abnormal vessels and sealing the skull defect as well as the surrounding thin bone area are important to prevent recurrence of congenital SP. The prognosis of congenital SP after surgery...

...In-Kyung Song; Soolyoen Choi; Seohee Lee; Eun-Hee Kim; Ji-Hyun Lee; Hee-Soo Kim; Jin-Tae Kim Background: Hypocapnia has been associated with an increased risk and adverse outcomes in the injured brain. This study aimed to identify risk factors of intraoperative hypocapnia in pediatric neurosurgical...

... scan of the cervical spine due to trauma indication for possible cervical spine injury, were evaluated. Results: Three risk factors were identified as being significant for the presence of a cervical spine injury. Patients who sustained a cervical spine injury were more likely to be male (p = 0.0261...

...) is a rather common type of closed neural tube defect, but only limited studies have investigated the potential risk factors of this anomaly. Therefore, the purpose of this case-control study was to investigate the risk factors involved in LipoMMC formation. Material and Method: Various risk factors were...

...Masoud Majed; Yasir Andrabi; Farideh Nejat; Mostafa El Khashab Objective: There are controversies about seizure risk factors in shunted hydrocephalic patients which can be due to having merged two different types of seizure (preshunt and postshunt seizures) in previous studies. Also...

...Maryam Ardalan; Ali Rafati; Farideh Nejat; Behnood Farazmand; Masood Majed; Mostafa El Khashab Background: Craniosynostosis is a relatively common congenital abnormality. The underlying etiology and most probable risk factors of nonsyndromic craniosynostosis are unknown. We conducted a study...

... of the patients remains unknown. The objectives of this study were to establish the frequency of general complications in pediatric neurosurgery at our institution and to describe the various risk factors associated with the length of hospitalization and ICU stay. The study was designed...

... were positive, they were neither strong nor statistically significant. Table 3 Correlation analysis This three-year retrospective study aimed at determining the frequency of ventriculoperitoneal shunt complications and risk factors associated with developing these complications...

...%) of the 338 CCT scans. Twenty of the 67 patients (29.9%) with CCT scan abnormality had no clinical signs. Of all cases, 125 (13.6%) were hospitalized, 617 (67.4%) were treated as outpatients, and 174 (19.0%) left the emergency department based on a personal decision. Conclusion: Some clinical risk factors can...

... of brain tumors, the inaccuracies of recall of past exposures, and the study of all pediatric brain tumors as a single etiologic entity may be contributing to the difficulty in identifying additional risk factors. The evidence that frequent cured meat consumption by the mother during pregnancy increases...

... in the literature. In our experience, we found cerebellar mutism to be a reversible component of a persistent neurologic syndrome. The cause and identifiable risk factors have not been clearly elucidated in the literature. To further characterize PFS, we reviewed 253 children with posterior fossa tumors who...