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Transpetrosal approaches are known to be associated with a significant risk of complications, including CSF leak, facial palsy, hearing impairment, venous injury, and/or temporal lobe injury. We aimed to evalu...
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Petroclival meningiomas: update of current treatment and consensus by the EANS skull base section
The optimal management of petroclival meningiomas (PCMs) continues to be debated along with several controversies that persist.
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) due to neuroblastoma in a child presenting with acute hydrocephalus
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Chiari malformation type I (CM-I) is a rare disease characterised by herniation of cerebellar tonsils below the foramen magnum with associated anomalies of posterior fossa. We describe here the surgical techni...
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Cerebral abscess after neuro-vascular embolization: Own experience and review of the literature
Cerebral abscesses are a rare complication after therapeutic neuro-endovascular procedures.
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Paraplegia after posterior fossa surgery in prone position: can we prevent it?
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Primary pituitary lymphoma: an update of the literature
Primary intracranial lymphomas (Weller et al. in Neuro Oncol 14(12):1481–1484, 2012) are an emerging disease and an isolated localization in the pituitary gland i.e. primary pituitary lymphoma (PPL) represents a ...
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Spinal epidural abscess from group A Streptococcus after varicella infection: a case report and review of the literature
Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a very rare condition in pediatric patients. Varicella zoster infection could be a predisposing factor, and SEA should be suspected in patients with signs of secondary bacteria...
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Nontraumatic spinal epidural hematoma during pregnancy: diagnosis and management concerns
Nontraumatic spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) during pregnancy is rare. Therefore, appropriate management of this occurrence is not well defined. The aim of this study was to extensively review the literature on...
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Percutaneous biopsy through the foramen ovale for parasellar lesions: surgical anatomy, method, and indications
Knowledge of the pathological diagnosis before deciding the best strategy for treating parasellar lesions is of prime importance, due to the relative high morbidity and side-effects of open direct approaches t...
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Sensitivity and specificity of self-reported use of dietary supplements
Objective: To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of a self-administered food frequency questionnaire (FFQ)—used in a cohort of 48 000 men to determine dietary supplement use.
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Sociodemographic and health behaviour factors among dietary supplement and natural remedy users
Objective: To investigate which subgroups of the Swedish adult population use dietary supplements and natural remedies, taking into account sociodemographic and health behaviour factors.