The elective procedure is to remove a meningioma, a benign tumor growing on the meninges, the protective layer of tissue between the brain and skull. "Mary went in for an elective surgery that her doctor recommended while she's healthy," said spokeswoman Alla Plotkin. Meningiomas are sl...
The article discusses the case of an 84-year-old female patient with a spontaneous subdural hemorrhage (SDH) caused by a meningioma. Despite successful surgery to remove the meningioma and SDH, the patient's condition continued to deteriorate, and she eventually died. The author...
Gamma Knife® radiosurgery enables physicians to treat small areas within the brain without using surgery at all. Treatment is non-invasive, which means instead of opening the skull to remove a lesion or tumor, it uses precise gamma irradiation beams that can treat the tumor or lesion from th...
During transsphenoidal surgery to remove the t... Ahuja,Arvind,Guterman,... - 《Neurosurgery》 被引量: 128发表: 1992年 Complications of transsphenoidal surgery for sellar region: intracranial vessel injury. Background Intracranial vessel injury is a severe complication of transsphenoidal surgery ...
behind optic nerve decompression is to partially remove the optic canal to decompress the nerve within the canal, limiting the detrimental effects of compression and restoring nerve function. Decompression of the optic nerve lowers intra-canalicular pressure and enables the removal of any impinging bone...
Next, lavage the wound with a proper solution under 7-8 psi to remove the surface contaminants and in the end dry the skin surrounding the wound. This may facilitate the adhesion of the dressing and also will prevent maceration of the skin if the wound is highly exudative. Wound lavage: ...
A patients' guide to Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. Gamma Knife®radiosurgeryenablesphysiciansto treat small areas within the brain without using surgery at all. Treatment isnon-invasive, which means instead of opening the skull to remove alesionortumor, it uses precisegamma irradiationbeams that can tre...
By using the space within the sphenoid sinus, surgeons can insert an endoscope and instruments such as forceps or scissors through the nose to access and remove the tumor. Compared to microscopes, endoscopes can get closer to tumors, nerves, and blood vessels. They enable wide-angle observation...
Menounos underwent an almost eight-hour surgery to have the benignmeningiomaremoved on June 8, 2017 — her 39th birthday. Almost a year later, she’s recovering well, she said. “I feel good. There are little things, but nothing major,” Menounos told TODAY. “The prognosis is great… (...
Image-guided surgery (IGS), also known as neuronavigation, has altered the field of neurosurgery. IGS is frequently used to identify and remove intracranial gliomas and their metastases, but it is also beneficial for meningioma surgery, especially for accessing deep tumors...