Claudiu Matei

• Doctor of Medicine
• Lecturer at Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a malignant condition of lymphoid progenitor cells that primarily affects the pediatric population, but also adults. The 5-year survival rate is 90% in children and approximately 40% in adults, with survival increasing through the use of peripheral stem cell allotransplantation (SCT). The relapse rate after ste...

Introduction Thalamus is a high eloquent brain region, because it contains important relay nucleus and is surrounded by vital neural and vascular structures. Cavernous malformations involving deep structures such as the basal ganglia and thalamus account for 5–10% of all cerebral cavernomas and can cause devastating neurological deficits. Surgical...

Introduction Awake surgery (AS) is currently the gold standard for low-grade glioma located in language brain areas to provide patients with the best prognosis with a high quality of life. A recent meta-analysis by Gerritsen et all (2019) also suggests that AS with direct cortical stimulation for high grade gliomas (HGG) provides a better outcome....

D-bifunctional protein deficiency (D-BPD) is a rare, autosomal recessive peroxisomal disorder that affects the breakdown of long-chain fatty acids. Patients with D-BPD typically present during the neonatal period with hypotonia, seizures, and facial dysmorphism, followed by severe developmental delay and early mortality. While some patients have su...

Background This study aimed to present the clinical and radiological characteristics and the outcomes of patients with Nocardia infection of the central nervous system (CNS). Methodology We conducted a retrospective review of patients aged 18 and older admitted between August 1998 and November 2018 with culture-proven nocardiosis and CNS involvemen...

Male hypogonadism remains a poorly evaluated and managed clinical condition despite the availability of clinical guidelines. We present a case of a male patient diagnosed with secondary hypogonadism related to partial empty sella syndrome, whose clinical course was complicated by a hypotensive near-syncopal event. Although initial hypopituitarism s...

Intraocular foreign body injuries (IOFB) can lead to a number of intraocular pathologies; the visual results depend on the mechanism of the injury, the type of foreign body and the subsequent complications. The presence of intraocular cilia (eye lashes) following penetrating injury or surgical intervention is uncommon. In the present paper, we pres...

Background: The pterional approach for craniotomy, one of the most used surgical intervention in neurosurgery, results in a series of postoperative changes that, if they persist, affect the patient's life, social reintegration, and his/her physical and mental recovery. The aim of the present study was to develop and validate a questionnaire for in...

Citation: Neamt , B.M.; Visa, G.; Maniu, I.; Ognean, M.L.; Pérez-Elvira, R.; Dragomir, A.; Agudo, M.; S , Ofariu, C.R.; Gheonea, M.; Pitic, A.; et al. A Decision-Tree Approach to Assist in Forecasting the Outcomes of the Neonatal Brain Injury. Int. J. Environ.

The pineal region is a complex area of the brain, including many different tissue elements that can give rise to a wide variety of tumor processes. Pineal region tumors represent 2.5–8.5% of all pediatric intracranial tumors, and 1% of those in adults. Other lesions located in this region, such as arteriovenous malformations, vein of Galen aneurysm...

Myelomeningocele is the most complex congenital malformation of the CNS that is compatible with life. Although the incidence of the myelomeningocele is decreasing, it remains one of the most common birth defect. The repair of the large myelomeningocele is a chalange for neurosurgery. The goal of myelomeningocele surgery is to preserve neurological...

Infants of the diabetic mothers (IDM) have an increased risk for macrosomia, respiratory distress, polycythemia, hypoglycemia, electrolytic abnormalities, and congenital malformations. Central nervous system defects are the most frequent defects in IDM (mostly anencephaly, spina bifida), followed by caudal dysplasia, renal, ear, gastrointestinal, c...

The paper contains a concise review of the current literature on the splenic abscesses and presents an unusual association of multiple splenic abscesses with normotensive hydrocephaly to an elderly patient, treated by ventriculo-cardiac shunting and splenectomy as an one stage procedure performed by a combined surgical team (neurosurgeon, vascular...

To establish the value of the surgical treatment, with certain particularities and especially of the early surgery.

The goal of the paper is to emphasize the advantages of the application of therapeutical contact lenses as compared to the eye patch. There have been taken into study 42 patients-43 eyes, to whom we applied therapeutical contact lenses. RESULTS AND DEBATES: In the studied cases there have been taken into discussion the type of corneal diseases, the...

Cuvinte cheie: vertebroplastia, fractura osteoporotică, pediculul vertebrei toracice Rezumat: Lucrarea evaluează relaţia dintre rădăcinile nervilor spinali si pediculii vertebrali la nivel toracic, şi importanţa acestor relaţii în abordul transpedicular pentru efectuarea vertebroplastiei. Material si Metodă: studiul s-a efectuat pe patru cadavre ad...