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M Borzone

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The CO2 laser beam in the surgical treatment of cerebral tumours.

Several cases of supratentorial gliomas and meningiomas were operated on since May 1977 with the help of CO2 laser infrared beam, generated by the Sharplan 791 He unit, with an adjustable output up to 50 Watts. Defocused laser beam has been found to be useful in direct attack on the tumour, through a vaporization of the neoplastic tissue. So the tumour could be progressively excavate with a loss of blood comparatively lower than with classical method. Haemostasis was quite good on diffuse capillary bleeding, but not on arterial or venous haemorragies, where the use of electrocoagulation was necessary. Extirpation especially, of meningiomas, was easier and less traumatic with the laser beam, and the destruction of infiltrating glial tumours was facilitated too.

Astrocytoma↗

Traumatic subdural hygromas: a report of 70 surgically treated cases.

The Authors present 70 cases of traumatic subdural hygromas, classified into acute, subacute and chronic, according to the interval between injury and the appearance of symptoms. The acute cases were 22.9% of our series. Criteria for surgical treatment were established by means of CT scan serial investigations. Pathogenesis, clinical aspects and results are discussed. Mortality rate was 17.1%.

Adolescent↗

Bone dust and adhesive material for closing bony breaches of the skull. A new method.

Thirty one cases of patients affected by skull lesions are reported: 25 fractures of the frontal sinus, two fractures of ethmoidal bone, two fractures of the floor of the anterior cranial fossa, one fracture of the petrous bone, one opening of the mastoid cells. Five of these patients presented a cerebrospinal fluid fistula. All the patients were surgically treated with a mixture of autogenous sawdust and butyl-2-cyanoacrylate with favorable results in thirty cases. It was necessary to repeat the treatment only in one case and the patient recovered completely.

Bone Transplantation↗