Extensive vascular network and proximity to the gastrointestinal tract make the liver susceptible to abscess formation.While pyogenic liver abscesses account for the majority of liver abscesses in the Western world,am...
Cerebral cavernous malformations are a rare and congenital vascular malformation that can present as a challenge in neurosurgical management. The term “giant cerebral cavernous malformations” still does not have a c...
Portal cavernoma cholangiopathy(PCC)is one of the most harrowing complications of extrahepatic portal venous obstruc-tion,as it determines the long-term hepatobiliary outcome.Although symptomatic PCC is rare in childr...
Supported by Health and Family Planning Commission of Chengdu,China,No.2015080;Health and Family Planning Commission of Sichuan Province,China,No.17PJ430
BACKGROUND Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt(TIPS)may be technically difficult in patients with cavernous transformation of the portal vein(CTPV).Computed tomography(CT)is widely used for assessing the sit...
This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province of China(LY14H160025);National Natural Science Foundation of China(81402044);the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province of China(LY14H160017).
The surgery of paraventricular cavernoma remains a challenge for the neurosurgeon.Few approaches have been specially described for paraventricular cavernoma in literature.We present a patient with a symptomatic parave...
Objective: Brainstem cavernous malformation(BSCM) is extremely challenging for neurosurgeons in terms of surgical approach choices. In this article, we summarized our experience in skull base approaches of BSCM, and e...
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt(TIPS) placement is a standard procedure for the treatment of portal hypertension complications. When this conventional approach is not feasible, alternative procedures for...
Parasellar extra-axial cavemomas are rare lesions.The authors report a case of extra-axial cavemoma in a 50-year-old male patient,who presented with occipital headache and double vision.The magnetic resonance imaging ...
Portal biliopathy(PB) is defined as the presence of biliary abnormalities in patients with non-cirrhotic/nonneoplastic extrahepatic portal vein obstruction(EHPVO) and portal cavernoma(PC). The pathogenesis of PB is du...
Objective: To determine the beneficial effects of intraoperative high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), multimodal neuronavigation, and intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring-guided surgery for treating ...