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    Assessment of the neuroprotective effects of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor huperzine A in an experimental spinal cord trauma model
    (EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA, 2018) Antar, Veysel; Baran, Oguz; Yuceli, Sahin; Erdogan, Hakan; Altintas, Ozge; Baran, Gozde E.; Tasdemiroglu, Erol
    BACKGROUND: Spinal cord injury is nowadays still a challenging disease, and a treatment option aimed at the primary site of injury does not currently exist. Therefore, the management of acute spinal cord injury has recently focused on the reasons behind the aggravation of the initial insult through secondary mechanisms, and the search for pharmacological treatment protocols is generally aimed at reducing and minimizing the neural injury and neurological sequela. The secondary spinal cord injury usually develops following a primary lesion induced by spinal cord contusion and the emergence of apoptotic cells has been found to play an important role in the development of secondary injury. We propose that huperzine A may induce a significant reduction in the number of apoptotic cells because it possesses the ability to protect cells against glutamate, ischemia and staurosporine-induced cytotocity and apoptosis. METHODS: Huperzine A was administered intraperitoneally to male Wistar Albino rats (220-340 g of body weight) after moderate static clip compression (70 g for 60 s) of the spinal cord at T7 level. Neurological functions were assessed using the Basso-Beattle-Breshanan (BBB) motor rating scale until 3th and 7th days before perfusion, following which the spinal cord was harvested for histopathological examinations and apoptotic cell counts. RESULTS: Histopathological evaluations of the spinal cord of the control, trauma and huperzine A treated groups were evaluated. Control group showed normal neuronal and vascular structures of the spinal cord. However, in both trauma groups 3rd- and 7th-day perfusion showed extensive cavitation and hemorrhage, areas of necrosis and edema in gray. matter, and degeneration in motor neurons along with patchy areas of necrotic and apoptotic cells. In the group treated with huperzine A, an increased number of normal cells was observed, along with a lower number of necrotic cells, with a significant reduction in the apoptotic cells (P<0.01). The administration of huperzine A improved post-trauma motor performance. Furthermore, BBB scores of all groups showed that there was an improvement of locomotor abilities in the treatment group as compared with the control. CONCLUSIONS: When compared with controls, huperzine A treatment demonstrates a significant reduction in the number of apoptotic cells. In addition, the group treated with huperzine A showed significant and appreciable neurological improvement in rats.
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    Morphometric Analysis of Lumbar Disc Space in the Turkish Population and Safe Discectomy Distance in Lumbar Disc Surgery
    (TURKISH NEUROSURGICAL SOC, 2017) Antar, Veysel; Baran, Oguz; Kelten, Bilal; Atci, Ibrahim Burak; Yilmaz, Hakan; Katar, Salim; Yilmaz, Adem
    AIM: Lumbar discectomy is a common surgical intervention in neurosurgical practice. latrogenic vascular injury during this surgery is a rare, but serious complication. In this study, our aim was to review the average safe depth of discectomy for both sexes. MATERIAL and METHODS: This study involved a total of 56 patients between 21 and 79 years old (28 male and 28 female) who had no surgical pathology as documented by lumbar magnetic resonance imaging study. Measurements at L3-4, L4-5, and L5-S1 were performed for both sexes as follows: 1St measurement, from the furthest lateral part of the dura to the end of the disc (right-left); 2nd measurement, the anteroposterior length of the cross-section passing through the midline of the disc; 3rd measurement; from the furthest lateral part of the dura to the furthest lateral part of the disc (right-left); 4th measurement, the length from right to left of the cross-section passing through the midline of the disc. RESULTS: Measurement 1 at L3-4, L4-5, and L5-S1, this value was estimated to be 35.9 and 36.7 mm, 35.9 and 36.9, and 34 and 34.9 mm in the right and left sides respectively, for female subjects. The corresponding values for males were 41.4 and 42.1, 40.6 and 40.9, and 37.4 and 37.7 mm at L3-4, L4-5, and L5-S1, respectively. Measurement 3 in L3-4, L4-5, and L5 -S1 disc spaces on the right and left sides in female subjects were 14.8 and 16.3 mm, 15.7 and 17.2 mm, and 14.9 and 17.1 mm, respectively, with corresponding figures of 18.6 and 19.5, 19.7 and 20.6, and 18.2 and 18.6 mm among male participants. Measurement 2 and 4 in females for L3-4, L4-5, and L5 -S1 were 38.4 and 52.3 mm, 38.9 and 53.4 mm, and 37 and 51.8 mm, respectively. The corresponding figures for males were 43.2 and 57.6 mm, 43.2 and 58.9 mm, and 40.1 and 56.7 mm, respectively. CONCLUSION: Determination of the safe discectomy depth in both males and females, as well as the use of marking disc punches to indicate the safe margins may help clinicians to avoid this unwanted complication.