title: Surgical treatment of 42 patients with cerebral schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma japonicum.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical value of surgical treatment for cerebral schistosomiasis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data of 42 patients with cerebral schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma japonicum undergoing surgical therapy were analyzed retrospectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 25 cases undergoing total resection of schistosomal granulomas and 17 cases undergoing partial resection of the lesions involving the functional areas or more than 2 lobes, and none died of the surgery. The post-surgical follow-up showed that 31 cases recovered completely and returned to the normal work and life, 2 developed mild weaknesses of all extremities, 3 had post-surgical epileptic seizures, 2 died of schistosomal hepatic cirrhosis, and 1 died naturally.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgical treatment is an effective approach for cerebral schistosomiasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Neuroscience Center, Wuxi No. 2 Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi 214002, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University, Hubei Province, China.
authors.forename: Ming-can
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University, Hubei Province, China.
authors.forename: Shi-jie
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Yangtze University, Hubei Province, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Neuroscience Center, Wuxi No. 2 Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi 214002, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-jie
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D012554:Schistosomiasis japonica / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult