Introduction. The frequency of post-traumatic hydrocephalus is 3.9%. The incidence of post-traumatic defects of the skull is 10.46 per 100,000 per year. Overdrain syndrome occurs in 1012% of cases in patients with long-term ventricular shunting. The presence of a cranial defect causes a violation of blood flow and cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in the area of the defect, a displacement of brain structures under the influence of gravity and atmospheric pressure, which can cause a deterioration in the patients condition and a significant slowdown in recovery after a severe head injury. Both craniotomy syndrome and excessive shunting can impede the verticalization and rehabilitation of patients with post-traumatic hydrocephalus and post-traumatic defects of the bones of the cranial vault. Description of the clinical case. Clinical case demonstrates an example of a differential approach and an algorithm for deciding on surgical treatment in a patient with post-traumatic hydrocephalus and cranial bones defect in case of deterioration during attempts at verticalization in a complex of rehabilitation measures. Conclusion. The clinical manifestations of trephine skull syndrome and syndrome of shunt overdrain in the patient after severe traumatic brain injury combines post-traumatic hydrocephalus, may be similar. And not always, as demonstrated in this clinical case, narrowed ventricles and the relationship of deterioration to verticalization should be interpreted as a syndrome of excessive drainage of the shunt system. The plastic surgery of the defect of the bones of the cranial vault performed in this case made it possible to improve the patients condition and regress symptoms.
BACKGROUND: Pain in cancer patients, often poorly treated, cause severe distress for patients and their caregivers, and significantly reduces quality of life. Modern guides for the medical treatment of chronic pain in cancer patients are not effective in all cases, especially when chronic neuropathic pain syndrome occurs. In this regard, there is a need for a multidisciplinary personalized approach to the tactics of chronic pain management in favor of surgical methods at earlier stages of this condition. Nowadays neuromodulation is widely used for the treatment of neuropathic chronic pain syndrome in patients with various pathologies, whereas it is not used routinely in cancer patients. CLINICAL CASE DESCRIPTION: We introduce a case report of successfully applied neuromodulation in patient with severe chronic pain syndrome due to rectal cancer. Epidural spinal cord stimulation at Th10Th12 levels allowed to stop the systemic use of opioids and achieve long-term remission. Spinal cord stimulation has shown itself to be very promising and significantly improved patients quality of life. CONCLUSIONS: Our case report evidently shows that current chronic pain management guides and treatment recommendations needs a revision and neuromodulation usage in category of cancer patients should be considered.
The number of victims with difficult defects of the skull bones, which should restore the integrity of the skull is growing annually, both in connection with the increase in severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), and in connection with the expansion of indications for decompressive craniotomy not only in traumatic brain injury, but also vascular disease, neuro-Oncology for the relief of hypertension-dislocation syndrome. Cranioplasty at the stage of early rehabilitation of patients after decopressive craniotomy is an important condition for effective rehabilitation measures. Currently, titanium, polyether ethyl ketone (PEEK), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and hydroxyapatite are actively used as the material for the implant. Unfortunately, none of the synthetic materials used meet the conditions of the perfect implant by 100%. CAD/CAM 3D printing technologies are used to achieve absolute accuracy of the implant that replicates the missing part of the patients skull bone, which is especially important in the presence of extensive and complex defects. The use of this technology at the preoperative stage directly in the medical institution where the cranioplasty will be performed avoids additional logistics, reduces the time from the patients admission to the hospital before the operation and reduces the cost of manufacturing implants, making them more accessible to healthcare institutions. also, the absence of the need for intraoperative implant adjustment significantly reduces the operation time, reduces the risk of infectious complications and complications associated with prolonged general anesthesia. The favorable course of the postoperative period allows you to resume rehabilitation activities on the third or fourth day after cranioplasty.
Background: Postoperative skull bone defects are one of the urgent problems of neurorehabilitation. Skull bone defect limits the scope of rehabilitation measures, complicates patient care, and leads to secondary complications. Significant risks of postop complications demands making a decision about surgery individually. Surgery timing varies widely and remains controversal. Aims: to formulate the features of skull bone defects reconstruction in patients at various stages of rehabilitation based on the analysis of the frequency and structure of postoperative surgical complications. Materials and methods: the retrospective analysis of cranioplasty results was performed in the 129 patients treated in FRCC ICMR from 2018 to 2022 at various stages of rehabilitation (intensive care, inpatient, outpatient). The features of surgery, frequency and structure of surgical complications dependent on rehabilitation stage were analyzed. Results: A total of 129 patients were included in the study (84 men (65%) and 45 women (35%)). The average age of the patients was 43.2 13.9 years. The average timing of cranioplasty surgery was 79 days [60;133]. Seventy two patients (56%) were operated on at the intensive care stage of rehabilitation, forty (31%) and seventeen (13%) patients were operated on at the inpatient and outpatient stages, respectively. In total, complications occurred in 16 patients (12%). Intensive care patients required careful preoperative preparation, correction of homeostasis and metabolism disorders. In our series, postoperative complications were observed in 12 patients on intensive care stage (17%); all cases of hydrocephalus occurred only in intensive care patients. In patients operated on at the inpatient stage of rehabilitation, complications occurred in 4 cases (10%), while there was no statistically significant difference in the incidence of complications in patients from the intensive care and inpatient subgroups (p=0.334). Complications in patients at the outpatient stage of rehabilitation were not observed in our series. Conclusions: Cranioplasty surgery is possible even in somatically burdened patients at the intensive care stage of rehabilitation. It allows to expand the scope of rehabilitation measures and facilitate medical care. When planning surgical intervention in the early stages after the cranioplasty surgery, it is important to take into account the increased risk of hydrocephalus manifestation.
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