Revisiting the Endoscopic vs. Microscopic colloid cysts resection battle with emphasis on endoscope assisted technique.

Introduction: Colloid cysts are challenging regarding their location. Surgical resection remains the therapeutic option of choice for symptomatic cysts. However, choosing the optimal surgical approach is still a subject of debate.

Preemptive strategies and lessons learned from complications encountered with microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm.

Objective: Microvascular decompression (MVD) is the only curative treatment modality for hemifacial spasm (HFS). Although generally considered to be safe, this surgical procedure is surrounded by many risks and possible complications. The authors present the spectrum of complications that they met in their case series, the possible causes, and the strategies recommended to minimize them.

Cavernoma-Related Epilepsy: Postoperative Epilepsy Outcome and Analysis of the Predictive Factors, Case Series.

Background: Epilepsy is common in patients harboring cavernous malformation, and surgery is reported to be an effective treatment. However, few patients still experience seizures after surgery. We analyzed the outcome and predictive factors after cavernoma-related epilepsy (CRE) surgery.

The value of intraoperative indocyanine green angiography in microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm to avoid brainstem ischemia.

Purpose: Despite being rarely reported, ischemic insults resulting from compromising small brainstem perforators following microvascular decompression (MVD) remain a potential devastating complication. To avoid this complication, we have been using indocyanine green (ICG) angiography intraoperatively to check the flow within the small brainstem perforators. We aim to evaluate the safety and usefulness of ICG videoangiography in MVD.

Endoscopic Transcortical-Transventricular Approach in Treating Third Ventricular Craniopharyngiomas-Case Series With Technical Note and Literature Review.

Background: A paradigm shift toward less radicality in the treatment of craniopharyngioma (CP) has increasingly gained recognition. In selected patients, a less invasive approach aiming at cyst decompression may be suitable.

Objective: To present our experience with the endoscopic transcortical-transventricular approach (ETTA) for the treatment of CP located in the third ventricle, describe our surgical technique, and explore the results reported in the literature.

Long-term outcome and quality of life after CNS cavernoma resection: eloquent vs. non-eloquent areas.

The aim of this study is to analyze the long-term quality of life after surgery of cavernoma. A monocentric retrospective study was conducted on 69 patients with cavernoma treated microsurgically between 2000 and 2016. The eloquence was adopted from Spetzler-Martin definition.

Novel Pathogenic Variants in a Cassette Exon of in Patients With Cerebral Cavernous Malformations.

Autosomal dominant cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) represents a genetic disorder with a high mutation detection rate given that stringent inclusion criteria are used and copy number variation analyses are part of the diagnostic workflow. Pathogenic variants in either (), or () can be identified in 87-98% of CCM families with at least two affected individuals. However, the interpretation of novel sequence variants in the 5'-region of remains challenging as there are various alternatively spliced transcripts and different transcription start sites.

Surgical management of an adult manifestation of Ewing sarcoma of the spine-a case report.

Ewing sarcoma (ES) is a primary malignant bone tumor. Its occurrence in adults is uncommon. Even rarer is the occurrence in the spine.