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OBJECTIVE: The ever-growing number of articles related to full-endoscopic spine surgery published in the last few decades presents a challenge which is perplexing and time-consuming in identifying the current research status. The study aims to identify and analyze the most cited works related to full-endoscopic decompression spine surgery, compare the articles published by different publishers and area, and show the current publication status of full-endoscopic research. METHODS: Using Bibliometrix, CiteSpace, and VOSviewer, we analyzed the bibliometric data selected from the Web of Science database between 1992 and 2022. Spine has the highest H-index with the most-cited journal in the field of full-endoscopic decompression spine surgery. China ranked as the most productive country, whereas the most cited with high H-index papers came from South Korea. For the author analysis, Yeung AT, Ruetten S, Hoogland T, Ahn Y, Choi G, and Mayer HM were the most impactful authors in the global and local citations. The most productive organization is Wooridul Spine Hospital. CONCLUSION: The bibliometric study showed a growing trend of research on full-endoscopic decompression spine surgery over the past 30 years. It has demonstrated that there is a significant increase in the number of authors, institutions, and internationally collaborated countries. However, the quality of studies is still low, and the lack of high-quality clinical evidence and the trend of general journal submissions has somewhat affected the quality of endoscopy journals in recent years.
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BACKGROUND: Placement of ventricular catheter (VC) in an optimal position is the most important factor in determining the outcome of shunt surgery. VC obstruction due to shunt tube placement in brain parenchyma, across the septa, tangled in the choroid plexuses and clogging of VC due to brain matter or other debris are common reasons resulting in shunt complete or partial dysfunction. To resolve these hurdles, many technical advancements have been made including navigation, stereotaxy, sonography, and ventriculoscope-guided VC placement. OBJECTIVE: To report early experience, technique, and result of placing VC with shuntscope. METHODS: We are publishing our experience of shuntscope-guided ventriculoperitoneal shunt in 9 cases done from June 2015 to April 2016. Shuntscope is a 1 mm outer diameter semi-rigid scope from Karl Storz with 10000 pixel of magnification. It has a fiber optic lens system with camera and light source attachment away from the scope to make it light weight and easily maneuverable. RESULTS: In all cases, VC was placed in the ipsilateral frontal horn away from choroid plexuses, septae, or membranes. Septum pellucidum perforation and placement to opposite side of ventricle was identified with shunt scope assistance and corrected. CONCLUSION: Although our initial results are encouraging, larger case series would be helpful. Complications and cost due to shunt dysfunction can thus be reduced to a great extent with shuntscope.
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BACKGROUND: The surgical management of the craniocervical junction is challenging. Rigid posterior fixation of occiput/C1-C2 can be performed using a variety of surgical techniques including C2 pedicle/pars interarticularis, transarticular and intralaminar screw fixations. METHODS: Forty-one patients were treated with occipital plate/C1 lateral mass and C2 intra-laminar screw fixations for basilar invagination and congenital atlantoaxial subluxation, post-traumatic instability, tuberculous and rheumatoid arthritis-associated atlantoaxial dislocation. Out of forty-one, thirty-six patients had bilateral crossing intra-laminar screws and five had ipsilateral laminar screw fixation bilaterally. RESULTS: Follow-up was done in thirty-nine patients from 6 months to 8 years (mean: 21 months) and solid osseous fusion could be achieved in all (100%). One patient was lost to follow-up and another patient died of a cause unrelated to surgical technique. Pre-operative and post-operative Neurosurgical Cervical Spine Scale showed improvement in all patients having features of myelopathy. There were no neurological or vascular complications. However, nine patients had posterior laminar breach, eight had anterior laminar penetrations and three had wound infections. One patient had transient bulbar palsy and one patient had hardware failure in the form of avulsion of the midline occipital plate. CONCLUSIONS: Intra-laminar screw fixation is a safe alternative to transarticular and transpedicular/pars interarticularis fixation of C2 with advantage of having no risk of injury to vertebral artery and comparable biomechanical and pull-out strength.
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Atlanto-Axial Joint/surgery , Bone Screws , Cervical Vertebrae/surgery , Joint Instability/surgery , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Atlanto-Axial Joint/injuries , Bone Plates , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Lost to Follow-Up , Male , Middle Aged , Spinal Fusion/methods , Young AdultABSTRACT
Lateral intraventricular tumors are uncommon. They grow linearly rather than exponentially and hence are slow-growing lesions without causing mass effects and hydrocephalus. We report a rare case of large bulky right intraventricular epidermoid tumor in a child. This tumor was associated with mass effect on the surrounding structures and hydrocephalus.
