Wingspan stenting of symptomatic extracranial vertebral artery stenosis and perioperative evaluation using quantitative magnetic resonance angiography: report of two cases.

abstract：OBJECT:Convection-enhanced delivery (CED) is an increasingly used novel local/regional delivery method targeted directly to tissue. It relies on a continuous pressure gradient for distribution of therapeutic agents into the interstitial space, with administration of the infusate over a few days. Cintredekin besudotox (...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kunwar S,Chang SM,Prados MD,Berger MS,Sampson JH,Croteau D,Sherman JW,Grahn AY,Shu VS,Dul JL,Husain SR,Joshi BH,Pedain C,Puri RK

更新日期：2006-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar nerve root anomalies are uncommon phenomena that must be recognized to avoid neural injury during surgery. The authors describe 2 cases of nerve root anomalies encountered during mini-open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery. One anomaly was a confluent variant not previously classified; the a...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Burke SM,Safain MG,Kryzanski J,Riesenburger RI

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous and intraarterial recombinant tissue plasminogen activator remains underutilized in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke, largely due to strict adherence to the concept of the therapeutic time window for administration. Recent efforts to expand the number of patients eligible for thrombolysis have been m...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Amenta PS,Ali MS,Dumont AS,Gonzalez LF,Tjoumakaris SI,Hasan D,Rosenwasser RH,Jabbour P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas comprise approximately 30% of all pituitary tumors. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the efficacy and role of gamma knife surgery (GKS) in the treatment of these lesions. METHODS:The authors conducted a review of cases in which GKS was performed at the Un...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Sheehan JP,Kondziolka D,Flickinger J,Lunsford LD

更新日期：2003-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Frontal sinus fractures are heterogeneous, and management of these fractures is often modified based on injury pattern and institutional experience. The optimal initial treatment of frontal sinus fractures is controversial. Treatment strategies are aimed at correcting cosmetic deformity, as well as at preventing delay...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Castro B,Walcott BP,Redjal N,Coumans JV,Nahed BV

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizures and epilepsy are frequent clinical manifestations of cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) and represent the most common symptomatic presentation of supratentorial lesions. Clinicians often diagnose CCMs in patients after a first seizure, or in some cases after obtaining neuroimaging studies in patients suf...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Awad I,Jabbour P

更新日期：2006-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Coil embolization of aneurysms has been shown to be as safe and effective as surgical clip ligation, but has a higher recurrence rate. Advances in coil technology aim to reduce aneurysm recurrence by coating the devices with biological substances. An example of this is MicroVention's HydroCoil, which is a platin...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Deshaies EM,Bagla S,Agner C,Boulos AS

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aid of a computer model, this investigation describes the relationship between mean arterial pressure (MAP) reduction and its effect on total arteriovenous malformation (AVM) shunt flow, feeding artery velocities, and cerebral blood flow in hypotensive, structurally normal vascular beds adjacent to the AVM ni...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Gao E,Young WL,Pile-Spellman J,Ornstein E,Ma Q

更新日期：1997-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The DIAM is a polyester-encased silicone interspinous dynamic stabilization device that can unload the anterior column and reestablish the functional integrity of the posterior column. METHODS:The DIAM was implanted in 104 patients between May 1, 2001 and October 30, 2001. A retrospective evaluation was perform...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Taylor J,Pupin P,Delajoux S,Palmer S

更新日期：2007-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) channels play an important role in brain water homeostasis. Water transport across plasma membranes has a critical role in brain water exchange of the normal and the diseased brain. AQP4 channels are implicated in the pathophysiology of hydrocephalus, a disease of water imbalance that leads to CSF a...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Desai B,Hsu Y,Schneller B,Hobbs JG,Mehta AI,Linninger A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral revascularization procedures have been used in the clinical management of actual or threatened cerebral ischemic states and unclippable cerebral aneurysms. An alternative to a low-flow bypass graft (for example, with the superficial temporal artery) is the use of high-flow grafts created using the saphenous v...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kocaeli H,Andaluz N,Choutka O,Zuccarello M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Robot-guided pedicle screw placement is an established technique for the placement of pedicle screws. However, most studies have focused on degenerative disease. In this paper, the authors focus on metastatic spinal disease, which is associated with osteolysis. The associated lack of dense bone may potential...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Solomiichuk V,Fleischhammer J,Molliqaj G,Warda J,Alaid A,von Eckardstein K,Schaller K,Tessitore E,Rohde V,Schatlo B

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex posterior circulation aneurysms are formidable lesions with an abysmal natural history. Their management continues to present a challenge to both endovascular and open microsurgical approaches. Affording an expansive, combined supra- and infratentorial exposure, the petrosal approaches are well suited for thes...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Gross BA,Tavanaiepour D,Du R,Al-Mefty O,Dunn IF

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:An experimental study was performed to determine the biomechanical end-mounting configurations that replicate in vivo physiological motion of the cervical spine in a multiple-level human cadaveric model. The vertebral motion response for the modified testing protocol was compared to in vivo motion data and tradi...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： DiAngelo DJ,Foley KT

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbosacral interbody fusion may be indicated to treat degenerative disc disease at L5-S1, instability or spondylolisthesis at that level, and severe neural foraminal stenosis resulting from loss of disc space height. In addition, L5-S1 interbody fusion may provide anterior support to a long posterior fusion construct...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Issack PS,Kotwal SY,Boachie-Adjei O

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty years before a report on the complete bitemporal lobectomy syndrome in primates, known as the Klüver-Bucy syndrome, was published, 2 talented investigators working at the University College in London, England-neurologist Sanger Brown and physiologist Edward Schäfer-also made this discovery. The title of their wo...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Vannemreddy PSSV,Stone JL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the history of headache and the practice of craniotomy can be traced to antiquity. From ancient times through the present day, numerous civilizations and scholars have performed craniotomy in attempts to treat headache. Today, surgical intervention for headache management is becoming increasingly more common due ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Assina R,Sarris CE,Mammis A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Revision spinal surgery is usually indicated in cases of persistent or recurrent symptoms related to neural compression, spinal deformity, or construct failure. An understanding of fundamental biomechanical principles of both spinal decompression and reconstructive strategies is essential to avoid unnecessary subseque...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Schlenk RP,Stewart T,Benzel EC

更新日期：2003-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of alternative approaches to spine disorders marked an evolutionary change in the methods by which surgeons address diseases that affect the ventral portion of the spine. From the advent of spinal surgery until quite recently, physicians used posterior approaches almost exclusively for the treatment of...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Lifshutz J,Lidar Z,Maiman D

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors conducted a study to review their experience with tentorial dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) treated with transarterial endovascular embolization in which Onyx was used. METHODS:The authors reviewed prospectively collected data in 9 patients with tentorial DAVFs treated with Onyx embolization be...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Puffer RC,Daniels DJ,Kallmes DF,Cloft HJ,Lanzino G

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A more comprehensive understanding of the epigenetic abnormalities associated with meningioma tumorigenesis, growth, and invasion may provide useful targets for molecular classification and development of targeted therapies for meningiomas. METHODS:The authors performed a review of the current literature to ide...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： He S,Pham MH,Pease M,Zada G,Giannotta SL,Wang K,Mack WJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients taking antithrombotic agents are very common in neurosurgical practice. The perioperative management of these patients can be extremely challenging especially as newer agents, with poorly defined laboratory monitoring and reversal strategies, become more prevalent. This is especially true with emergent cases ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kvint S,Schuster J,Kumar MA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery for cranial deformity was associated with significant surgical morbidity during the early part of the 20th century. For this reason, Harvey Cushing was initially not in favor of surgical treatment of craniosynostosis. Later in his career, Cushing began to operate on these children, although it never became a m...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Maher CO,Buchman SR,O'Hara E,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes some of the more common patterns in neurobehavioral deficits and their underlying neuroanatomical basis in myelomeningocele (MMC). Patients with MMC can face a lifetime of specific organ system dysfunction, chief among them spinal cord malformations, orthopedic issues, hydrocephalus, and urologica...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Foss S,Flanders TM,Heuer GG,Schreiber JE

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Unruptured intracranial aneurysms are common incidental findings on brain imaging. Short-term follow-up for conservatively treated aneurysms is routinely performed in most cerebrovascular centers, although its clinical relevance remains unclear. In this study, the authors assessed the extent of growth as well...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Molenberg R,Aalbers MW,Metzemaekers JDM,Mazuri A,Luijckx GJ,Groen RJM,Uyttenboogaart M,van Dijk JMC

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A historical review is presented of the original descriptions of lumbar discectomy, focusing on the evolution toward a less invasive surgical approach following the introduction of the operating microscope. From the initial work in Europe by Yasargil and Caspar to the popularization of microdiscectomy by Williams and ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Koebbe CJ,Maroon JC,Abla A,El-Kadi H,Bost J

更新日期：2002-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children is a significant public health concern estimated to result in over 500,000 emergency department (ED) visits and more than 60,000 hospitalizations in the United States annually. Sports activities are one important mechanism leading to pediatric TBI. In this study, the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Yue JK,Winkler EA,Burke JF,Chan AK,Dhall SS,Berger MS,Manley GT,Tarapore PE

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Minimally invasive posterior cervical decompression (miPCD) has been described in several case series with promising preliminary results. The object of the current study was to compare the clinical outcomes between patients undergoing miPCD with anterior cervical discectomy and instrumented fusion (ACDFi). M...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Abbas SF,Spurgas MP,Szewczyk BS,Yim B,Ata A,German JW

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Tumors of the lateral ventricle can be removed via two major approaches: the transcallosal or the transcortical route. The purpose of this study is to discuss the techniques and outcomes in transcortical surgery of tumors located in the lateral ventricle. METHODS:An experience with 29 consecutive lateral ventri...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Ellenbogen RG

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative optical imaging (IOI) is a marker-free, contactless, and noninvasive imaging technique that is able to visualize metabolic changes of the brain surface following neuronal activation. Although it has been used in the past mainly for the identification of functional brain areas under general anesthesia, t...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Oelschlägel M,Meyer T,Morgenstern U,Wahl H,Gerber J,Reiß G,Koch E,Steiner G,Kirsch M,Schackert G,Sobottka SB

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00