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Chapter and Conference Paper
Proposing a Systematic Assessment Tool for Evaluating the Architectural Variables of Dementia-Friendly Design in Nursing Homes
The world’s aging population is growing rapidly; consequently, the population with dementia is also significantly increasing. The relationship between the built environment and Health and Care Outcomes (HCOs) ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Breaking Down Barriers: Promoting a New Look at Dementia-Friendly Design
The ageing of the population is proceeding rapidly and the prevalence of people living with dementia is rising. Dementia is a syndrome caused by a variety of diseases and injuries that primarily or secondaril...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Physical Barriers to Mobility of Stroke Patients in Rehabilitation Clinics
Regaining independent mobility and general independence is the main goal of physical rehabilitation in stroke patients. The patients requiring rehabilitation stay as inpatients in rehabilitation clinics for a...
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Article
S100B, intraoperative neuromonitoring findings and their relation to clinical outcome in surgically treated intradural spinal lesions
Neurophysiological monitoring (IOM) consisting of somatosensory (SEPs), muscle (MEPs) and spinal motor evoked (D-wave; spinal MEPs) potentials is used to indicate injury related to surgical treatment of intrad...
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Article
Retraktion: Mikroneurovaskuläre Gesichtsreanimation über den N. massetericus
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Article
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Mikroneurovaskuläre Gesichtsreanimation über den N. massetericus
Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist die Darstellung der Ergebnisse der mikroneurovaskulären Reanimation der mimischen Funktion durch Innervation über den N. massetericus.
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Article
Significance of serial S100b and NSE serum measurements in surgically treated patients with spondylotic cervical myelopathy
Predicting functional outcome following surgery performed for spinal cord compression is still a considerable problem. Recent observations, though, strongly suggest that with serial measurements of serum S100b...
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Article
Ependymoma of conus medullaris presenting as subarachnoid haemorrhage
Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) due to spinal ependymoma is very rare. We report a 37 year old man who presented with typical clinical signs of SAH. Lumbar puncture confirmed SAH but cerebral angiography was ne...
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Article
Diagnostic impact of proton MR-spectroscopy versus image-guided stereotactic biopsy
Background. The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of 1H MR-spectroscopy versus image-guided stereotactic biopsy.
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Article
Hydrocephalus due to superior sagittal sinus thrombosis
The great variability of clinical appearance is one of the main features of superior sagittal sinus thrombosis. However, hydrocephalus associated with cerebral sinus thrombosis is rare. We report on a patient ...
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Article
Protein S-100b as serum marker for prediction of functional outcome in metastatic spinal cord compression
Background. To evaluate the significance of protein S-100b as a serum marker for the prediction of functional outcome in the event of symptomatic spinal cord compression due to epidural m...
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Article
Intradiploic meningoencephalocele
We report on a 36-year-old patient who presented with coordinative problems in his right leg. The MRI study of his brain showed the extremely rare intradiploic meningoencephalocele which explained his symptom...
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Article
Clinical application of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the diagnosis of intracranial mass lesions
Diagnosis of primary and secondary brain tumours and other focal intracranial mass lesions based on imaging procedures alone is still a challenging problem. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) gives c...
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Article
Delayed Hydrocephalus after Resection of Supratentorial Malignant Gliomas
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Article
Spontaneous haematoma of the iliac psoas muscle: a case report and review of the literature
Spontaneous haematomas of the iliac psoas muscle are rare lesions seen in patients receiving anticoagulant agents or suffering from clotting disorders. We report the rare case of a spontaneous iliac psoas hae...
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Article
Retained surgical sponges, a denied neurosurgical reality? Cautionary note
Surgically acquired foreign bodies are well known but not widely reported. Only seven articles pertaining to this subject were found in the current neurosurgical literature. Are they a denied neurosurgical rea...
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Article
Recurrence of benign spinal neoplasms
The outcome of surgical treatment of benign spinal neoplasms is considered to be excellent, with good improvement of neurological function. The risk of recurrence is estimated to be very low, except with subto...
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Article
Intradural and extradural spinal metastases
Intradural spinal metastases are uncommon. The outcome of surgical treatment of intra- and extramedullary intradural metastases is considered to be poor, with rapid clinical deterioration. The question of opti...
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Article
CT-Based Needle Marking of Superficial Intracranial Lesions for Minimal Invasive Neurosurgery
¶ A CT-based method of marking superficial intracranial lesions with a needle is presented. This form of neuronavigation can be applied in every neurosurgical centre. Owing to its rapid application it is also ...
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Article
Intrathecal baclofen for intractable spasticity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
