ABSTRACT Objective To analyze cases of recurrent glioblastoma subjected to reoperation at a Brazilian public healthcare service. Methods A total of 39 patients subjected to reoperation for recurrent glioblastoma at the Department of Neurosurgery, São Paulo Hospital, Federal University of São Paulo, from January 2000 to December 2013 were retrospectively analyzed. Results The median overall survival was 20 month...
INTRODUCTION: In this study the authors review the outcomes of 22 patients with medically refractory epilepsy and slow growth brain tumors. OBJECTIVES: Evaluate the clinical, electrophysiological, operative, and histopathological features. PATIENTS AND RESULTS: The majority of the tumors were located in the temporal lobe (n = 20) and involved the cortical gray matter. The most frequent tumors were ganglioglioma...
Entre os pacientes operados no Hospital São Paulo e acompanhados pelo setor de neuro-oncologia no período de 1991 a 2000, avaliamos a apresentação clínica, aspectos de imagem e características histopatológicas de 4 pacientes (2 homens; idade entre 15 e 52 anos) cujo diagnóstico histológico foi malformação vascular associada a glioma. O quadro inicial foi cefaléia progressiva com características de hipertensão i...
Coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may potentially reduce the number of microembolic signals (MES) associated with aortic manipulation or generated by the pump circuit, resulting in a better neurologic outcome after surgery. Our aim was to compare the frequency of MES and neurologic complications in CABG with and without CPB. Twenty patients eligible to routine CABG witho...