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Towards A Cure For Traumatic Paraplegia - Is There Cause For Hope?, Rashid Jooma
Towards A Cure For Traumatic Paraplegia - Is There Cause For Hope?, Rashid Jooma
Section of Neurosurgery
In the past decade, great strides have been made in the field of CNS tissue repair and expectations have been raised that a cure of spinal paralysis is at hand. The two broad categories of investigational approaches to spinal regeneration are: (1) Enhancing the Regenerative Milieu of the Cord and (2) Cellular and Tissue Transplantation. Amongst the latter approaches, the early use of foetal cord tissue has given way to the more sophisticated studies on stem cell therapy and the implants of olfactory ensheating cells. These have engendered considerable public interest and are being offered as commercially available therapies in …
Treatment Of Spinal Tuberculosis: Role Of Surgical Intervention, Ather Enam, Ahmed Ali Shah
Treatment Of Spinal Tuberculosis: Role Of Surgical Intervention, Ather Enam, Ahmed Ali Shah
Section of Neurosurgery
The treatment of tuberculosis of the spine (Pott's disease) is essentially conservative and a vast majority of patients can be successfully managed on antituberculo us therapy (ATT) alone.1 Surgery is indicated in a few specific cases where deformity of spine, pain, or neurological compromise is becoming a serious issue. In cases where surgery is indicated the benefits are almost immediate and excellent. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of infectious disease-related deaths in under-developed countries and it has had a resurgence in developed countries as well. The most common site of bony dissemination of this disease is in …
Surgery For Prolactinomas, Ashfaq A. Razzaq, Rashid Jooma
Surgery For Prolactinomas, Ashfaq A. Razzaq, Rashid Jooma
Section of Neurosurgery
A large proportion of prolactin secreting tumours of the pituitary gland are treatable by dopamine agonist drugs. however certain subgroups of these patients are better managed by surgical excision. the indications for surgery in prolactinomas remain controversial and this paper attempts to clarify these with illustrative cases. the factors favouring a surgical approach include poor tolerance of long term medical therapy, progression of visual deficits or recurrence while on medical treatment, cystic change in the tumour with pressure effects, csf fistula secondary to tumour shrinkage and prophylactic surgery in tumours anticipated to cause csf leak following medical therapy. the size …
Trans-Mastoid Approach To Otogenic Brain Abscess, Ashfaq A. Razzaq, Rashid Jooma, Shahid Ahmed
Trans-Mastoid Approach To Otogenic Brain Abscess, Ashfaq A. Razzaq, Rashid Jooma, Shahid Ahmed
Section of Neurosurgery
The treatment of otogenic brain abscess initially involves excision or aspiration of the abscess through a temporal or sub-occipital route depending on its location. This is followed by a mastoidectomy by the ENT surgeon to eradicate the primary source of infection. During the last three years, we have approached such lesions through a mastoidectomy followed by excision of the abscess through the same approach. This trans-mastoid approach is technically feasible in following the tract of suppuration, and clearing the cause and effect of pathology, at the same sitting. This paper describes our initial experience with the trans-mastoid approach to otogenic …
Long Scarf Injuries, Arshad A. Siddiqui, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Rashid Jooma, Ather Enam
Long Scarf Injuries, Arshad A. Siddiqui, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Rashid Jooma, Ather Enam
Section of Neurosurgery
Long scarf (Dopatta) traditionally worn by females in South-East Asia have been described to make the females prone to sustain specific injuries when they ride pillion on the cycle powered rickshaw or motor bike. Two cases of females have been described.