Surgical treatment of symptomatic pineal cysts without hydrocephalus—meta-analysis of the published literature
Masina R, Ansaripour A, Beneš V, Berhouma M, Choque-Velasquez J, Eide P, Fedorko S, Fleck S, Hernesniemi J, Koziarski A, Májovský M, Podgorski A, Schroeder H, Teo C, Unterberg A, Yeung J, Kolias A, Santarius T. Surgical treatment of symptomatic pineal cysts without hydrocephalus—meta-analysis of the published literature. Acta Neurochirurgica 2021, 164: 61-77. PMID: 34854993, PMCID: PMC8761144, DOI: 10.1007/s00701-021-05054-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymptomatic pineal cystsPineal cystsCase reportCyst sizeSingle-center retrospective cohortChronic incisional painLarger cyst sizeRetrospective surgical seriesOverall complication rateRole of surgeryVertigo/dizzinessMean cyst sizeLoss of consciousnessObjective outcome assessmentNausea/vomitSupracerebellar infratentorial approachAssessment of outcomesMajority of casesIncisional painComplication rateFocal neurologyGait disturbanceMost patientsPatient characteristicsRetrospective cohortRadical Exenteration of the Skull Base for End-Stage, Locally Advanced Sinonasal Malignancies: Challenging the Dictum of Unresectability
Yeung JT, Caminer DM, Young IM, Sughrue ME, Teo C. Radical Exenteration of the Skull Base for End-Stage, Locally Advanced Sinonasal Malignancies: Challenging the Dictum of Unresectability. World Neurosurgery 2021, 150: e102-e107. PMID: 33647490, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.02.092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultCarcinomaCarcinoma, Adenoid CysticChildEsthesioneuroblastoma, OlfactoryFemaleHumansMaleMaxillary Sinus NeoplasmsMiddle AgedNasopharyngeal CarcinomaNeoplasm StagingNeurofibrosarcomaNeurosurgical ProceduresNose NeoplasmsOsteosarcomaParanasal Sinus NeoplasmsProgression-Free SurvivalSalvage TherapySarcomaSkull BaseSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckSurvival RateYoung AdultConceptsAdvanced sinonasal cancerSinonasal cancerPerioperative complicationsSalvage surgeryIntracranial involvementSingle-center retrospective reviewAdvanced sinonasal malignanciesAdvanced sinonasal tumorsDetails of chemotherapyRadical salvage surgerySalvage surgical resectionRole of surgeryPrior surgeryOverall survivalPatient demographicsSurgical resectionRetrospective reviewAggressive diseasePalliative careSinonasal malignanciesSurvival outcomesSurgical approachTreatment optionsIntracranial invasionSinonasal tumors