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Open AccessCorrection to: Anti-inflammatory and immune regulatory effects of acupuncture after craniotomy: study protocol for a parallel-group randomized controlled trial
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Open AccessAnti-inflammatory and immune regulatory effects of acupuncture after craniotomy: study protocol for a parallel-group randomized controlled trial
Despite recent advances in the medical and surgical fields, complications such as infection, pneumonia, or brain swelling may occur after a craniotomy. In some patients, perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis ca...
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Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors in Hemophiliacs with Intracranial Hemorrhage: A Single-Center, Retrospective Experience
Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is the most serious bleeding event that occurs in patients with hemophilia; its estimated mortality rate is approximately 20 %, accounting for the largest number of deaths from bl...
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Open AccessThe efficacy and safety of acupuncture for cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a neurological disease with a high mortality rate. Several serious complications frequently arise after successful surgery for this condition. Cerebral vasospasm, one such comp...
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Flow-related intracranial aneurysms associated with unfused arterial twigs relevant to different vascular anomalies: embryologic and hemodynamic considerations
Cerebrovascular anomalies resulting from the persistence of unfused embryonic twig-like vessels are associated with intracranial aneurysms. All records of patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysms who were...
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Ruptured Intrameatal Aneurysm of the Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Accompanying an Arteriovenous Malformation: a Case Report
The distal anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) aneurysms located inside the internal auditory canal are rare. The association of the distal AICA aneurysms and an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) on the ...
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Analysis of aneurysm rupture in relation to the geometric indices: aspect ratio, volume, and volume-to-neck ratio
Geometric indices of cerebral aneurysms have been widely studied to determine rupture risk. However, most of these parameters were evaluated based on two-dimensional (2D) images and could have a measurement bi...
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Trigeminal Neuralgia Caused by an Anomalous Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery from the Primitive Trigeminal Artery: Case Report
A 61-year-old woman presented with typical trigeminal neuralgia (TN), caused by an aberrant posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) associated with the primitive trigeminal artery (PTA). Magnetic resonance...
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Cerebellopontine angle tumors causing hemifacial spasm: types, incidence, and mechanism in nine reported cases and literature review
Although hemifacial spasm is usually caused by vascular compression around the root exit zone of the facial nerve, it is sometimes brought on by a cerebellopontine angle tumor. We reviewed and analyzed data fr...
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Fenestration of the Double Origin of the Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Associated with a Contralateral Vertebral Artery Dissection
Double origin of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) is an infrequent developmental anomaly predisposing an individual to intracranial aneurysm formation. Fenestration of the PICA is extremely rare...
