PURPOSE To examine the incidence of neurologic complications associated with modern cerebral angiography and to assess patient characteristics associated with an increased risk of complications. METHODS One thousand consecutive cerebral angiographic procedures were evaluated prospectively. Examinations were performed using transfemoral catheterization and film-screen methods. For purposes of ...

Atypical Hangman fractures (AHF) were first formally reported and considered to be more often associated with neurologic deficit in 1993. However, there is a paucity of literature focusing on these fractures. The purpose of the retrospective study was to introduce a new classification scheme for AHF and its application.Sixty-two patients with Hangman fractures were identified. There were 46 (74...

Cardiac arrest (CA) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. The majority of the associated mortalities are caused by post‑CA syndrome, which includes symptoms, such as neurologic damage, myocardial dysfunction and systemic inflammation. Following CA, return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) leads to a brain reperfusion injury, which subsequently causes adverse neurologic outcomes or mortalit...

We have examined the incidence and size of infarction after occlusion of different portions of the rat middle cerebral artery (MCA) in order to define the reliability and predictability of this model of brain ischemia. We developed a neurologic examination and have correlated changes in neurologic status with the size and location of areas of infarction. The MCA was surgically occluded at diffe...

Background – In the cervical spine there is a relation between spinal canal dimension and the occurrence of neurologic sequelae after trauma, while at the first lumbar vertebra (L 1) this relation has not been conclusively established. In this study we aimed to investigate such an association. Methods – One-hundred patients with L1 burst fracture, admitted to the Department of Neurosurgery, Ker...

RESULTS: Embolization was technically successful in all patients. Cornplete occlusion was achieved in 14 (67%) patients; 90% occlusion was achieved in seven (33%) patients. There was partial reperfusion of the aneurysm in three patients (14%) after 6 months, which necessitated repeated embolization. The clinical results were excellent in 13 patients, good in six, and fair in one. One patient di...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and radiological outcomes of patients with unstable thoracolumbar fracture (UTLF) who were treated by percutaneous long-segmental posterior fixation (PLSPF) by two vertebrae cranial to the fracture with two vertebrae caudal. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE To the best of our knowledge, PLSPF for stabiliza...