Growth factors, stem cells, and stroke.

abstract：:For many years, the experience of neurosurgeons from the German Armed Forces was limited to the peacetime care of patients in Germany. In 1995, German military neurosurgeons were deployed abroad for the first time. Since the beginning of the International Security Assistance Force mission, there has been a rapidly inc...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Mauer UM,Schulz C,Rothe R,Kunz U

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors detail the life and career of Dr. J. Lawrence Pool, as well as his significant contributions to the field of cerebrovascular neurosurgery. The discipline of cerebrovascular neurosurgery is a young and dynamic field, which underwent rapid and substantial growth during the middle of the twentieth century. As...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Zacharia BE,Mocco J,Komotar RJ,Solomon RA,Quest DO

更新日期：2006-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic subarachnoid hemorrhage may cause deposition of hemosiderin on the leptomeninges and subpial layers of the neuraxis, leading to superficial siderosis (SS). The symptoms and signs of SS are progressive and fatal. Exploration of potential sites responsible for intrathecal bleeding and subsequent hemosiderin depo...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Cohen-Gadol AA,Krauss WE,Spinner RJ

更新日期：2004-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), often referred to as concussion when it occurs in sports, produces persistent cognitive problems in at least 15% of patients. Unfortunately, conventional neuropsychological tests usually yield results within normal limits in this population. The main objective of this event-re...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Gosselin N,Bottari C,Chen JK,Huntgeburth SC,De Beaumont L,Petrides M,Cheung B,Ptito A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical removal remains one of the key treatment modalities for vestibular schwannomas. A team approach between a neurotologist and a neurosurgeon offers the patient the expertise of both specialties and maximizes the chances for an optimal outcome. Vestibular schwannomas can typically be resected through 1 of 3 main...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Chamoun R,MacDonald J,Shelton C,Couldwell WT

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Lamotrigine is an antiepileptic drug that inhibits presynaptic voltage-gated sodium channels and reduces the presynaptic release of glutamate in pathological states. Neuroprotective effects of this drug have already been demonstrated in cerebral ischemia models. The aim of the present study was to determine the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Tufan K,Oztanir N,Ofluoglu E,Ozogul C,Uzum N,Dursun A,Pasaoglu H,Pasaoglu A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsurgical aspects of clipping of a giant partially thrombosed VA aneurysm in a 57-year-old female are presented and explained in the form of a short video. The presentation includes preparation of the VA, PICA and perforating arteries, the clipping of the aneurysm itself as well as the reduction of the aneurysm ma...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： von Schilling A,Spetzger U

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in medical and surgical treatments in the last few decades have resulted in quantum leaps in the overall survival of patients with malignant disease outside the central nervous system, whereas survival of patients with malignant gliomas (World Health Organization Grades III and IV) has remained essentially un...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Rainov NG,Söling A,Heidecke V

更新日期：2006-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable financial and human resources have been directed toward the emerging field of comparative effectiveness research (CER) in the US. Fundamentally, the concept of CER is so logical as to be almost self-evident; namely, that research regarding therapeutic strategies should go beyond efficacy and examine objec...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Marko NF,Weil RJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the author summarizes currently available surgical approaches to spinal syringomyelia that is unrelated to Chiari I malformation or hindbrain descent. Primary spinal syringomyelia is most commonly associated with spinal trauma but is also encountered as a sequela to intradural inflammatory processes (inf...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Batzdorf U

更新日期：2000-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Endovascular cerebral revascularization is becoming a frequently used alternative to surgery for the treatment of atherosclerotic disease, especially in the intracranial circulation where options are limited. Recent literature regarding the equivalent efficacy of carotid artery stenting and carotid endarterectomy in c...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Medel R,Crowley RW,Dumont AS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Frailty has been recognized as a predictor of adverse surgical outcomes across multiple surgical disciplines, but until now the relationship between frailty and intracranial meningioma surgery has not been studied. The goal of the present study was to determine the relationship between increasing frailty (det...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Theriault BC,Pazniokas J,Adkoli AS,Cho EK,Rao N,Schmidt M,Cole C,Gandhi C,Couldwell WT,Al-Mufti F,Bowers CA

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:OBJECTIVE The treatment of cervical spinal metastases represents a controversial issue regarding the type, extent, and invasiveness of interventions. In the lumbar and thoracic spine, kypho- and vertebroplasties have been established as minimally invasive procedures for patients with metastases to the vertebral bodies...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Stangenberg M,Viezens L,Eicker SO,Mohme M,Mende KC,Dreimann M

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：OBJECT:Hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) are devastating lesions causing refractory epilepsy, rage attacks, social ineptitude, and precocious puberty. Microsurgical and/or endoscopic resection offers an excellent risk/benefit profile for cure or improvement of epilepsy. METHODS:The authors reviewed a prospective database ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Wait SD,Abla AA,Killory BD,Nakaji P,Rekate HL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A petroclival meningioma represents a challenging tumor to resect in the cerebellopontine angle and ventral to the brain stem. Multiple cranial nerves and blood vessels may be intimately involved with the tumor. A partial labyrinthectomy presigmoid transpetrosal approach can facilitate resection while preserving heari...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Rodgers SD,McMenomey SO,Sen C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Treatment advances have resulted in improved survival for many cancer types, and this, in turn, has led to an increased incidence of metastatic disease, specifically to the vertebral column. Surgical decompression and stabilization prior to radiation therapy have been shown to improve functional outcomes, but...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Ravindra VM,Brock A,Awad AW,Kalra R,Schmidt MH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past century pituitary surgery has undergone multiple revolutions in surgical technique and technological advancements that have resulted in what is now recognized as modern transsphenoidal surgery. Although the procedure is well established in the current neurosurgical literature, the historical maze that le...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Gandhi CD,Post KD

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Sagittal malalignment decreases patients' quality of life and may require surgical correction to achieve realignment goals. High-risk posterior-based osteotomy techniques are the current standard treatment for addressing sagittal malalignment. More recently, anterior lumbar interbody fusion, anterior column ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Hosseini P,Mundis GM Jr,Eastlack RK,Bagheri R,Vargas E,Tran S,Akbarnia BA

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:The benefits of anterior interbody arthrodesis in deformity surgery are well known and include load sharing and increased fusion rates. A minimally invasive lateral transpsoas approach to the anterior lumbar spine is a promising alternative to traditional interbody techniques for the treatment of adult degenerative sc...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Amin BY,Mummaneni PV,Ibrahim T,Zouzias A,Uribe J

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trepanation is the process by which a hole is drilled into the skull, exposing the intracranial contents for either medical or mystical purposes. It represents one of the oldest surgical procedures, and its practice was widespread in many ancient cultures and several parts of the world. Trepanation was used in ancient...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Missios S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The microvascular anatomy of spinal perimedullary arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) is more complicated than that of dural AVFs, and occlusion rates of AVF after open microsurgery or endovascular embolization are lower in patients with perimedullary AVFs (29%-70%) than they are in those with dural AVF (97%-98%). ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Takai K,Kurita H,Hara T,Kawai K,Taniguchi M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion had been considered a safe and effective procedure for radiculopathy and myelopathy in the cervical spine, but degeneration in adjacent spinal levels has been a problem in some patients after fusion. Since 2002, cervical disc arthroplasty has been established as an alterna...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Botelho RV,Moraes OJ,Fernandes GA,Buscariolli Ydos S,Bernardo WM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential advantages of a mini-open transforaminal interbody fusion (TLIF) operation are reduced blood loss, shorter length of stay, and less soft-tissue trauma compared to the standard open technique. Prior reports from our group and others have demonstrated successful outcomes using MIS techniques in lumbar fusi...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Amin BY,Tu TH,Mummaneni PV

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiosurgery is commonly used for selected patients with benign cranial base tumors. The goal of radiosurgery is cessation of tumor growth and preservation of neurological function. Over the last 2 decades, the technique of radiosurgery has evolved due to improved imaging, better radiosurgical devices and...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kondziolka D,Flickinger JC,Lunsford LD

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common form of primary brain cancer, has been significantly advanced by recent efforts to characterize the cancer genome using unbiased high-throughput sequencing analyses. While these studies have documented hundreds of mutations, gene copy alterations, and...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kahle KT,Kozono D,Ng K,Hsieh G,Zinn PO,Nitta M,Chen CC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spina bifida is the most common nonchromosomal birth defect, resulting in permanent disability of multiple organ systems, yet compatible with long-term survival. Important advances across various disciplines have now improved survival among the spina bifida population. Although the majority of individuals living with ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Patel SK,Staarmann B,Heilman A,Mains A,Woodward J,Bierbrauer KS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most commonly accepted indications for cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) are 1- and 2-level cervical disc herniation or spondylosis causing radiculopathy or myelopathy that is refractory to medical management. Unlike anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), which eliminates motion, CDA aims to restore the ph...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Tu TH,Chang CC,Wu JC,Fay LY,Huang WC,Cheng H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00