Use of Polyvinyl Alcohol Sponge Cubes for Vagal Nerve Stimulation: A Suggestion for the Wrapping Step. Technical Note and Step-by-Step Operative Technique

Autor: Romain Carron, Fabrice Bartolomei, Aileen McGonigal, Hussein Hamdi, Alain Bizeau, Giorgio Spatola, Armando Paz-Paredes, Stanislas Lagarde

Publikováno v: Operative Neurosurgery
Operative Neurosurgery, Oxford University Press, 2019, ⟨10.1093/ons/opz227⟩
Operative Neurosurgery, 2019, ⟨10.1093/ons/opz227⟩

International audience; BACKGROUND Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) is an approved treatment for epilepsy and depression. Wrapping the helical electrodes around the nerve can prove technically challenging. However, a quick and efficient method to slight

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https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02513940

Craniopharyngioma in children: Marseille experience

Autor: Armando Paz Paredes, Bernard Giusiano, Gabriel Lena, Didier Scavarda

Publikováno v: Child's Nervous System. 21:778-784

The management of craniopharyngioma in children represents a challenging problem. If radical excision is recommended by many authors as the initial treatment, in some cases, particularly in recurrent tumours, other methods (gamma knife surgery and in

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-005-1207-4

Brainstem epidermoid cyst in a child. Case report

Autor: Mayu, Takahashi, Armando, Paz Paredes, Didier, Scavarda, Gabriel, Lena

Publikováno v: Neurologia medico-chirurgica. 47(3)

A 10-year-old girl presented with a brainstem epidermoid cyst manifesting as dysphagia and post-prandial vomiting. Magnetic resonance imaging disclosed a cystic mass in the brainstem with associated hydrocephalus. She was treated under a presumptive

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17384499

Pilocytic astrocytomas in children: prognostic factors--a retrospective study of 80 cases

Autor: Armando Paz Paredes, Corinne Bouvier-Labit, Carla Fernandez, Gabriel Lena, Joanny Gouvernet, Nadine Girard, Dominique Figarella-Branger

Publikováno v: Neurosurgery. 53(3)

OBJECTIVE Pilocytic astrocytomas (PA) are Grade I brain tumors characterized by an excellent prognosis. In some cases, however, the patient has a bad outcome. The aim of our study was to search for the clinicopathological factors underlying the progn

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12943571