Bipin Chaurasia, Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana, Gianluca Scalia, Francesco Barresi et al.
BACKGROUND: The use of social media to communicate and disseminate knowledge has increased exponentially, especially in the field of neurosurgery. 'Neurosurgery cocktail' (NC) was developed by a group of young neurosurgeons as a means of sharing didactic materials and clinical experiences via social...
Valerio Da Ros, Jacopo Scaggiante, Francesca Pitocchi, Fabrizio Sallustio et al.
OBJECTIVE: Different etiologies of extracranial internal carotid artery steno-occlusive lesions (ECLs) in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and tandem occlusion (TO) have been pooled together in randomized trials. However, carotid atherosclerosis (CA) and carotid dissection (CD), the two mos...
Shahidul Islam Khan, Nazmin Ahmed, Kamrul Ahsan, Mahmud Abbasi et al.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating neurological disorder that has a substantial detrimental impact on a person's quality of life. The estimated global incidence of SCI is 40 to 80 cases per million people and around 90% of cases are traumatic. Various etiologies can be recognized for SCI, and...
Francesca Graziano, Rosa Maria Gerardi, Gianluca Scalia, Giacomo Cammarata et al.
Medicine has made progress towards gender equality, currently achieving almost equal distribution between men and women amongst graduates. However, more still needs to be done since most surgical subspecialties are still lacking adequate female representation and this persisting gender gap is partic...
Paolo Palmisciano, Kishore Balasubramanian, Gianluca Scalia, Navraj S. Sagoo et al.
Posterior epidural intervertebral disc migration and sequestration (PEIMS) is a rare and debilitating complication of degenerative disc disease. Radiological differential diagnosis is often challenging, complicating the accurate planning of appropriate treatment strategies. We systematically reviewe...
Mohammad Humayun Rashid, Mohammad Nazrul Hossain, Nazmin Ahmed, Raad Kazi et al.
Aspergillus spinal epidural abscess (ASEA) is a rare entity that may mimic Pott's paraplegia as it commonly affects immunocompromised patients. We present one institutional case of ASEA with concomitant review of the literature. A 58-year-old female presented with intermittent low back pain for 10 y...
Nazmin Ahmed, Gianluca Ferini, Moududul Haque, Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana et al.
(1) Introduction: Primary intraosseous osteolytic meningiomas (PIOM) are non-dural-based tumors predominantly presenting an osteolytic component with or without hyperostotic reactions. They are a subset of primary extradural meningiomas (PEM). In this study, we present a peculiar case with a systema...
Atikur Rahman, Nazmin Ahmed, Purushottam Baniya, Gianluca Scalia et al.
INTRODUCTION: To report an extremely rare case of sellar neuroblastoma, which mimicked invasive pituitary adenoma with supra- and parasellar extensions, treated through endoscopic endonasal approach. A systematic review of the literature on diagnosis and management of patients affected by sellar neu...
Nazmin Ahmed, Gianluca Ferini, Mosharef A. T. M. Hossain, Kanak Kanti Barua et al.
(1) Background: Meningiomas are usually benign encapsulated intracranial tumors with well-defined borders that offer a high chance of cure with complete removal. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between preoperative MRI features and surgical plane of cleavage. (2) Materials and ...
Bhavya Pahwa, Anish Tayal, Dhiman Chowdhury, Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana et al.
Objective: We conducted a cross-sectional study to assess the preference of spine surgeons between MD for microdiscectomy and endoscopic discectomy (ED) surgery for the management of lumbar pathologies in a lower-middle-income country (LMIC). Methodology: An online survey assessing the preference of...
Md Farhad Ahmed, Sumon Rana, Kanij Fatema Ishrat Zahan, Shirazum Munira et al.
BACKGROUND: Brain abscesses are a major health problem with significant morbidity and mortality rates. The objective of this study was to compare the surgical efficacy of endoscope-assisted evacuation of a brain abscess with that of single burr hole aspiration in a tertiary health care center. METHO...
Nazmin Ahmed, Shahidul Islam Khan, KM Tarikul Islam, Avijit Dey et al.
Background: Spinal hamartoma is an extremely rare lesion for symptomatic spinal cord compression in adult population. Without any association of spinal dysraphism and neurofibromatosis, only 3 cases have been reported in the literature. Case description: A 40-year-old man presented with lumbago femo...
Md Atikur Rahman, Tejas Venkataram, Riad Habib, Nwoshin Jahan et al.
Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors that are usually benign in nature. They may be either familial or sporadic in their occurrence. Numerous neuroendocrine tumors are collectively included under the umbrella of paragangliomas. Among them, carotid body tumors and glomus jugulare tumors are ...
Nazmin Ahmed, Gianluca Ferini, Kanak Kanti Barua, Rathin Halder et al.
(1) Introduction: Adult-onset pilocytic astrocytoma (APA) accounts for only 1.5% of all brain tumors, and studies regarding APA are limited. This review is focused on the history, clinical course, cytogenetics, neuroimaging features, management, and outcome of APAs. (2) Methods: Using a systematic s...
Nazmin Ahmed, Gianluca Scalia, Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana, Sruthi Ranganathan et al.
Abstract Objective Olfactory Nerve Schwannomas (ONS) affect cranial nerve I (CN I), responsible for the sense of smell. This systematic review aims to comprehensively examine the risk factors, etiology, clinical presentation, and management of ONS by analyzing 44 case reports/series published from 1...