Miki Fujimura

TL;DR: It is concluded that the use of cotton sheet close to the optic nerve should be avoided, and that surgical removal of the granuloma would be the optimal choice especially for the patient in whom steroid therapy fails to improve clinical symptoms.

TL;DR: Endoscopic biopsy and ETV for pineal region tumors can be safely achieved using a high-definition flexible neuroendoscopic system and allowed us to observe disseminated lesions that are not revealed by preoperative neuroradiologic studies, which might enable us to make staging diagnosis of the disease.

TL;DR: With the aid of this novel imaging system, surgeons can appreciate and manipulate complex vascular pathologies of the ventral spinal cord through a posterolateral approach, even when the lesion is closely related to the ASA.

TL;DR: Nicotinamide may have protective effect on glial NO-related pathologies by preventing iNOS mRNA induction, and high-concentration nicotinamide decreased mRNA of interferon regulatory factor-1, a transcription factor which plays a major role in iNos mRNA induction.

TL;DR: It is suggested that ETV could be a therapeutic choice for syringomyelia associated with hydrocephalus due to the obstruction of the foramens of Luschka and Magendie, especially when the connection between the ventricular system and the dilated central canal is evident, and may give a clue to the explanation for Gardner's hydrodynamic theory.