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The aim of the present study was to compare the infection capacity of Trypanosoma vivax experimentally inoculated through different routes in calves naturally infected with latent Anaplasma marginale. On Day 0 of the study, 25 calves (breed Girolando) were divided into five groups. The first four groups of five calves each received approximately 1 × 106 trypomastigotes of T. vivax through the intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular and intravenous routes. Another five animals remained unaffected to serve as A. marginale naturally infected controls. The study of T. vivax was performed on all calves from D+1 to D+30 using the Woo, Brener and blood smear techniques. PCR was performed on Days +1, +3, +4, +5, +28, +29 and + 30. The results indicated that T. vivax was capable of infecting and developing the disease in the calves independent of the inoculation route. A positive correlation was found between T. vivax and rectal temperature (P ≤ 0.05) and a negative correlation was seen between the protozoan and globular volume (P ≤ 0.05). Latent A. marginale in the calves acted as co-infection for T. vivax. Jaundice was seen only in calves with a high parasitemia by A. marginale. Therefore, in areas with the confirmed presence of T. vivax in bovines, this protozoan should be included in the complex denominated "Bovine Parasitic Sadness", which currently encompasses only Anaplasma and Babesia. BACKGROUND Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective therapy for a variety of refractory movement disorders. Accurate lead placement in the target nucleus is critical to ensure therapeutic effects and to minimize side effects, and intraoperative computed tomography (iCT) scan has been used to target and confirm lead position. The objective of this study is to compare the accuracy of determining the x, y, and z coordinates of final lead placement using iCT scan relative to postoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS We conducted a retrospective study on 83 patients who underwent insertion of 145 DBS leads from 2015 to 2017 at a single institution. iCT scan was merged with the preoperative MRI to determine lead coordinates on both magnetic resonance and computed tomography images independently, and the absolute differences between the x, y, and z coordinates between the 2 scans along with the Euclidean vectors were calculated. RESULTS The mean absolute differences ± standard error of the mean between iCT scan and postoperative MRI coordinates were as follows x = 0.01 ± 0.09 mm (P = 0.89), y = 1.67 ± 0.14 mm (P less then 0.001), and z = 2.75 ± 0.15 mm (P less then 0.001). The average Euclidean vector difference was 3.21 ± 0.15 mm (P less then 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Significant differences exist between iCT scan and postoperative MRI DBS y and z lead coordinates, but not with x coordinates. Based on this series, iCT scan is more accurate when confirming x coordinates, and less accurate for confirming y and z coordinates during DBS operations. Crown All rights reserved.BACKGROUND Minimally invasive craniotomy (MIC) for ruptured aneurysm remains a debatable issue because of unclear information regarding its safety and efficacy compared to the standard approaches. Here, we compared the outcomes between MIC and pterional craniotomy (PTC) for the treatment of ruptured anterior circulation aneurysms. check details METHOD A database of ruptured anterior circulation aneurysm patients who were treated with surgical clipping was reviewed. With the use of propensity score matching to balance the baseline characteristics of MIC and PTC groups, outcomes of the two groups were compared. Clinical predictors of favorable outcomes (Modified Rankin Scale 0-2) were evaluated by using univariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS A total of 102 matched pairs were identified. MIC resulted in a significantly shorter operative time (2.8 ± 0.9 h vs 4.2 ± 0.7 h; P = 0.004) and hospital stay (14.2 ± 5.9 days vs 19.2 ± 9.1 days; p less then 0.001). Both MIC and PTC had similar mortality and complication rates except for the incidences of intracranial hemorrhage (2% vs 9.8%; P = 0.039) and brain injury (9.8% vs 27.5%; P = 0.036). Use of MIC instead of standard surgery as well as lower WFNS grade, and absence of hydrocephalus were significant predictors of favorable outcome at 1 month whereas higher WFNS grade and higher Fisher grade were significantly associated with a poor outcome at 6 months. CONCLUSIONS For the treatment of ruptured anterior circulation aneurysms, MICs were comparable to PTC and presented additional advantage in term of earlier recovery. Therefore, MICs can be considered an alternative surgical treatment in this setting. OBJECTIVE There are few reports on the robot-assisted percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF), and we aimed to explore the learning curve of the robot-assisted PKP for treating OVCF. METHODS A total of 44 patients (71 vertebral fractures) with OVCF treated with robot-assisted PKP were divided into 4 groups, namely groups 1, 2, 3, and 4, according to the date of operation, with 11 cases in each group. Another 11 patients (18 vertebral fractures) treated with PKP without robot assistance were included in group 5. The success rate of robot-assisted puncture, total operation time, robot-assisted operation time, PKP operation time, and complications were analyzed. RESULTS All patients underwent operation successfully. The success rates of puncture in the robot-assisted groups were 92.9%, 94.4%, 94.7%, and 100%, respectively, with no statistical difference (P > 0.05). The success rate of puncture in group 5 was 63.2%, with a statistical difference (P 0.05). The main intraoperative complication was leakage of bone cement in the anterior vertebral space and intervertebral space, with an incidence of 8.5% in the robot-assisted groups and 26.3% in group 5. CONCLUSIONS The puncture accuracy of robot-assisted PKP for treating OVCF does not change with the increase in the number of operations. The total operation time and robotic-assisted operation time decreases with the increase in the number of cases.