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Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2021
Objective Aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of craniospinal interventions on cerebrospi... more Objective Aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of craniospinal interventions on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow hydrodynamics and study the correlation of postoperative changes in flow alteration with clinical outcome. Materials and Methods Fifty patients who underwent various craniospinal procedures were studied using conventional and phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (PCMRI) protocol. CSF flow quantification was performed at cerebral aqueduct, foramen magnum, C2–3, and D12–L1 vertebral levels with site showing maximal alteration of CSF flow dynamics considered as the region of interest. Velocity encoding was kept at 20 cm/s. Patients with pathology atcraniovertebral junction were considered separately (group I) from others (group II) due to different flow dynamics. Follow-up scans were performed after an interval of 1 month for temporal evaluation of changes in CSF flow dynamics. Results Patients in both groups showed a significant change in peak CSF velocity postope...
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2010
Neurology India, 2004
To study the clinico-radiological determinants of outcome in patients with Chiari I malformation ... more To study the clinico-radiological determinants of outcome in patients with Chiari I malformation (CIM). The disability assessment of 48 patients with C I M who underwent posterior decompression was done by modified Klekamp and Samii scoring system. The outcome was regarded as good when the patient was ambulant without any aid with an improvement in the disability score; and, poor when (a) there was postoperative deterioration or lack of improvement; (b) the patient was non-ambulant without aid, irrespective of the improvement in the clinical score; or, (c) there was a perioperative mortality. Patients with hydrocephalus; those who underwent syringo-subarachnoid or syringo-peritoneal shunt as the primary procedure; and, patients with atlanto-axial dislocation were excluded from the study. STATISTICAL METHODS USED: Categorical data were expressed in proportions and analyzed with Chi square test. Analysis of factors predicting clinical outcome at 6 months was done utilizing logistic re...
Journal of Clinical Imaging Science, 2012
Objective: To validate the additional merits of two-dimensional (2D) single thick-slice Magnetic ... more Objective: To validate the additional merits of two-dimensional (2D) single thick-slice Magnetic Resonance Myelography (MRM) in spinal imaging. Materials and Methods: 2D single thick-slice MRM was performed using T2 half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo (HASTE) sequence in addition to routine Magnetic resonance (MR) sequences for spine in 220 patients. The images were evaluated for additional diagnostic information in spinal and extra-spinal regions. A three-point grading system was adopted depending upon the utility of MRM in contributing to the detection of spinal or extra-spinal findings. Grade 1 represented no contribution of MRM while grade 3 would indicate that it was essential to detection of findings. Results: Utility of MRM in spine was categorized as grade 3 in 10.9% cases (24/220), grade 2 in 21.8% (48/220) cases and grade 1 in 67.3% cases (148/220). Thus, the overall additional merit of MRM in spine was seen in 32.7% (72/220) of cases. Besides in 14.1% cases (31/220) extra-spinal pathologies were identified. Conclusion: 2D single thick-slice MRM could have additional merits in spinal imaging when used as an adjunct to routine MR sequences.
Asian journal of neurosurgery, 2013
We evaluated the role of screening of the whole spine by sagittal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI... more We evaluated the role of screening of the whole spine by sagittal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) along with MR myelography in early detection and management of occult intrasacral meningocele. A prospective and retrospective analysis of MRI and MR myelography studies of the whole spine over a period of one year was performed. Thirty cases with sacral meningeal cysts were seen. On MRI, six patients (three males, three females) fulfilled the criterion of occult intrasacral meningocele. These patients showed a cyst of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) signal intensity in the sacral canal below the dural sac. This cyst communicated with the thecal sac through a narrow pedicle. Fat signal intensity in the filum terminale and occult sacral dysraphism in the form of an absent or hypoplastic neural arch was observed in all the patients. Low-lying conus medullaris with thick filum terminale was seen in five of these six patients. Excision of the cyst with the release of filum was performed in two p...
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2021
Objective Aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of craniospinal interventions on cerebrospi... more Objective Aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of craniospinal interventions on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow hydrodynamics and study the correlation of postoperative changes in flow alteration with clinical outcome. Materials and Methods Fifty patients who underwent various craniospinal procedures were studied using conventional and phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (PCMRI) protocol. CSF flow quantification was performed at cerebral aqueduct, foramen magnum, C2–3, and D12–L1 vertebral levels with site showing maximal alteration of CSF flow dynamics considered as the region of interest. Velocity encoding was kept at 20 cm/s. Patients with pathology atcraniovertebral junction were considered separately (group I) from others (group II) due to different flow dynamics. Follow-up scans were performed after an interval of 1 month for temporal evaluation of changes in CSF flow dynamics. Results Patients in both groups showed a significant change in peak CSF velocity postope...
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2010
Neurology India, 2004
To study the clinico-radiological determinants of outcome in patients with Chiari I malformation ... more To study the clinico-radiological determinants of outcome in patients with Chiari I malformation (CIM). The disability assessment of 48 patients with C I M who underwent posterior decompression was done by modified Klekamp and Samii scoring system. The outcome was regarded as good when the patient was ambulant without any aid with an improvement in the disability score; and, poor when (a) there was postoperative deterioration or lack of improvement; (b) the patient was non-ambulant without aid, irrespective of the improvement in the clinical score; or, (c) there was a perioperative mortality. Patients with hydrocephalus; those who underwent syringo-subarachnoid or syringo-peritoneal shunt as the primary procedure; and, patients with atlanto-axial dislocation were excluded from the study. STATISTICAL METHODS USED: Categorical data were expressed in proportions and analyzed with Chi square test. Analysis of factors predicting clinical outcome at 6 months was done utilizing logistic re...
Journal of Clinical Imaging Science, 2012
Objective: To validate the additional merits of two-dimensional (2D) single thick-slice Magnetic ... more Objective: To validate the additional merits of two-dimensional (2D) single thick-slice Magnetic Resonance Myelography (MRM) in spinal imaging. Materials and Methods: 2D single thick-slice MRM was performed using T2 half-Fourier acquisition single-shot turbo spin-echo (HASTE) sequence in addition to routine Magnetic resonance (MR) sequences for spine in 220 patients. The images were evaluated for additional diagnostic information in spinal and extra-spinal regions. A three-point grading system was adopted depending upon the utility of MRM in contributing to the detection of spinal or extra-spinal findings. Grade 1 represented no contribution of MRM while grade 3 would indicate that it was essential to detection of findings. Results: Utility of MRM in spine was categorized as grade 3 in 10.9% cases (24/220), grade 2 in 21.8% (48/220) cases and grade 1 in 67.3% cases (148/220). Thus, the overall additional merit of MRM in spine was seen in 32.7% (72/220) of cases. Besides in 14.1% cases (31/220) extra-spinal pathologies were identified. Conclusion: 2D single thick-slice MRM could have additional merits in spinal imaging when used as an adjunct to routine MR sequences.
Asian journal of neurosurgery, 2013
We evaluated the role of screening of the whole spine by sagittal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI... more We evaluated the role of screening of the whole spine by sagittal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) along with MR myelography in early detection and management of occult intrasacral meningocele. A prospective and retrospective analysis of MRI and MR myelography studies of the whole spine over a period of one year was performed. Thirty cases with sacral meningeal cysts were seen. On MRI, six patients (three males, three females) fulfilled the criterion of occult intrasacral meningocele. These patients showed a cyst of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) signal intensity in the sacral canal below the dural sac. This cyst communicated with the thecal sac through a narrow pedicle. Fat signal intensity in the filum terminale and occult sacral dysraphism in the form of an absent or hypoplastic neural arch was observed in all the patients. Low-lying conus medullaris with thick filum terminale was seen in five of these six patients. Excision of the cyst with the release of filum was performed in two p...