Esophageal perforation more than one year following anterior cervical spinal surgery.

We illustrate a rare case of a delayed esophageal perforation occurring ˃1 year after anterior cervical spinal surgery for trauma, without evidence of instrumentation failure. The patient presented with dysphagia, headache, and posterior neck pain. A swallow study confirmed posterior esophageal defect and surgical repair was performed using pectoralis flap.

Cervical Intradural Fungal Infection Masquerading as a Meningioma in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report and Systematic Review.

Background: Intradural spinal fungal infection is a rare phenomenon that can carry a significant increase in morbidity and mortality. This systematic review and case report provides a presentation of a 75-year-old male patient with an intradural cervical mass that was diagnosed as a fungal infection intraoperatively. We analyze and report on intradural spinal fungal infections in immunocompetent patients.

Spontaneous resolution of traumatic cervical epidural hematoma: illustrative case.

Background: Cervical epidural hematomas are rare and can arise for many reasons. Patients typically present with pain and/or symptoms of spinal cord compression. Prompt surgical decompression is typically pursued when deficits are present in an effort to improve long-term neurological outcomes.

Acute Macrocystic Thoracic Schwannoma: Systematic Review and Illustrative Case Example.

Background: Schwannomas are benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors arising from myelinating Schwann cells. Although macrocystic changes are regularly encountered in schwannoma variants such as vestibular nerve tumors, they are exceedingly rare among spinal neoplasms.

Methods: Case report and systematic review of 4 databases (Ovid Medline, PubMed, Science Direct, and SCOPUS) from inception to present.

Gender diversity in neurosurgical training: an analysis of trends and resident program characteristics.

Objective: Recent trends have shown more women entering neurosurgery, but large gender gaps in the number of female trainees continue to persist. A previous study on the gender diversity of residents and faculty in neurosurgery training programs found that only 18.2% of residents and 8.

Correction of adult scoliosis via a posterior-only approach.

Object: Adult scoliosis is a pathologically different entity from adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. The curves are more rigid, and rotational deformity and multilevel sagittal vertebral slippages compound the coronal malalignment. To correct these deformities, a surgical anterior release procedure is usually required, as well as posterior instrumentation-assisted fusion.