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Maximizing resection is an oft-sought-after albeit challenging goal in diffuse gliomas. Microsurgical technique remains the mainstay.

By virtue of their pattern of growth and spread, gliomas respect anatomical boundaries like the pia. Using subpial dissection, en bloc resections provide the most optimal surgical technique. This paper revisits this technique and describes the rationale and basic principles integrating it in the modern multimodal glioma surgery workflow.

Subpial resection is a very useful and "anatomical" technique for en bloc resection of diffuse gliomas which is easy to master and execute and optimizes the extent of resection and minimizes complications effectively.
Subpial resection is a very useful and "anatomical" technique for en bloc resection of diffuse gliomas which is easy to master and execute and optimizes the extent of resection and minimizes complications effectively.Cytokines involved in inflammatory and immune response have been associated with risk for development of basal cell carcinoma (BCC). In this study, three functional DNA polymorphisms affecting gene expression were investigated in 54 BCC patients and 111 healthy controls interleukin-1b (IL-1b) +3953C/T, interleukin-10 (IL-10) - 1082G/A and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphisms. Significant increase of the variant alleles was observed in IL-10 - 1082G (P = 0.019) and in ACE D (P = 0.003) in BCC patients in comparison to controls. Multivariate logistic regression models evaluated the contribution of homozygous and heterozygous variant polymorphisms to the risk for BCC development. The studied polymorphisms influencing the expression of IL-10 and ACE genes were recognized as potential predictive factors for BCC. These findings suggest a possible molecular mechanism leading to BCC development that is likely to involve the activation of angiotensin receptors in combination with increased plasma levels of IL-10 in patients.
Outcome and treatment-associated morbidity analysis of trigone meningioma surgery.

We retrospectively assessed 27 neurosurgically treated patients (median age 63 years, range 15-84) between 1999 and 2019. The median preoperative Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) was 80 (range 20-100), and the majority (78%) suffered from tumour-specific symptoms. The most frequent symptoms were aphasia (n = 6), visual field deficits (n = 5), and increased intracranial pressure (n = 5). The median tumour volume was 11.2 cm
(range 3.9-220.5). The most common approaches were the transtemporal (n = 17) and transparietal routes (n = 5).

At last follow-up (median follow-up 35 months, range 3-127), the median KPS was 90 (range 30-100); eleven (42%) patients had improved, nine (35%) were unchanged, six (23%) had worsened, and one was lost to follow-up. One year after surgery, 18/21 (86%) patients had retained an activity level similar or improved compared with preoperatively. No surgery-related mortality was recorded. Postoper oligosymptomatic patients.
Thinner central corneal thickness (CCT) is a risk factor for conversion from ocular hypertension to glaucoma and for disease progression. However, little is known about the relationship between CCT and characteristics of the optic nerve and the retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) in non-glaucomatous eyes. Because myopic eyes may pose diagnostic challenges when assessed for glaucoma, characterising the relationship between CCT and RNFL in these eyes is clinically relevant. Our aim was to investigate the relationship between CCT and RNFL thickness in non-glaucomatous eyes with small/moderate myopia.

This was a single-centre, observational, prospective, assessor-masked study. Consecutive eligible patients (myopia ≤ - 6.0 dioptres, astigmatism ≤ 2.0 dioptres) without other ocular or neurodegenerative diseases were included. Based on their CCT, the participants were allocated to group 1 (CCT > 555 μm) or group 2 (CCT < 555 μm). Peripapillary RNFL measurements were performed by a masked observer using the Spectralis OCT platform.

Sixty eyes were included in group 1 and 63 in group 2. The CCT in the two groups was significantly different (584.27 ± 22.8 μm vs 522.23 ± 20.03 μm, p = 0.0001). There were no other significant differences in the groups in terms of age, refraction, or intraocular pressure. The peripapillary RNFL thickness was higher (all p < 0.005) in group 1 at several sectors superior-temporal, inferior-temporal, inferior-nasal, and average. A significant positive correlation between CCT and average RNFL thickness was found for the whole population (r = 0.31, p = 0.0001).

Otherwise, healthy myopes with thinner CCT have thinner RNFL compared with participants of similar age and refraction with thicker CCT.
Otherwise, healthy myopes with thinner CCT have thinner RNFL compared with participants of similar age and refraction with thicker CCT.As we become familiar with an environment through navigation and map study, spatial information is encoded into a mental representation of space. It is currently unclear to what degree mental representations of space are determined by the perspective in which spatial information is acquired. The overlapping model of spatial knowledge argues that spatial information is encoded into a common spatial representation independent of learning perspective, whereas the partially independent model argues for dissociated spatial representations specific to the learning perspective. The goal of this study was to provide insight into this debate by investigating the cognitive functions underlying the formation of spatial knowledge obtained through different learning perspectives. Hundred participants studied an ecologically valid virtual environment via a first-person and map perspective. The map employed in the study was dynamic, allowing for the disentanglement of learning perspective and sequential information presentation. Spatial knowledge was examined using an array of navigation tasks that assessed both route and survey knowledge. Results show that distinct visuospatial abilities predict route knowledge depending on whether an environment is learned via a first-person or map perspective. Both shared and distinct visuospatial abilities predicted the formation of survey knowledge in the two perspective learning conditions. Additionally, sequential presentation of map information diminishes the perspective dependent performance differences on spatial tasks reported in earlier studies. Tofacitinib concentration Overall, the results provide further evidence for the partially dissociated model of spatial knowledge, as the perspective from which an environment is learned influences the spatial representation that is formed.
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