Four-level minimally invasive lateral interbody fusion for treatment of degenerative scoliosis.

abstract：:Epidermoid cysts or tumors comprise 1% of intracranial tumors with a predilection for the cerebellopontine angle or parasellar cisterns. These tumors are derived from an ectopic ectodermal implant seeded between fusing ectodermal surfaces. This results in a benign proliferation of stratified squamous epithelium along ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Hendricks BK,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is the treatment of choice for otherwise healthy patients with advanced Parkinson disease who are suffering from disabling dyskinesias and motor fluctuations related to dopaminergic therapy. As DBS is an elective procedure, it is essential to minimize the risk of morbidity. Further, precis...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kramer DR,Halpern CH,Buonacore DL,McGill KR,Hurtig HI,Jaggi JL,Baltuch GH

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Incidental aneurysms pose a challenge for physicians, who need to weigh the rupture risk against the risks associated with treatment and its complications. A statistical model could potentially support such treatment decisions. A recently developed aneurysm rupture probability model performed well in the US d...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Detmer FJ,Hadad S,Chung BJ,Mut F,Slawski M,Juchler N,Kurtcuoglu V,Hirsch S,Bijlenga P,Uchiyama Y,Fujimura S,Yamamoto M,Murayama Y,Takao H,Koivisto T,Frösen J,Cebral JR

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Positional plagiocephaly (PP) has been on the rise in recent years. In this review, the authors' aim was to assess the effectiveness of current recommendations to parents on this exceedingly common problem through a comprehensive literature search. Additionally, the current treatment options and the most recent ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Shweikeh F,Nuño M,Danielpour M,Krieger MD,Drazin D

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral edema is frequently encountered in clinical practice in critically ill patients with acute brain injury from diverse origins and is a major cause of increased morbidity and death in this subset of patients. The consequences of cerebral edema can be lethal and include cerebral ischemia from compromised regiona...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Raslan A,Bhardwaj A

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) represents 17% of the world's land, 14% of the population, and 1% of the gross domestic product. Previous reports have indicated that 81/500 African neurosurgeons (16.2%) worked in SSA-i.e., 1 neurosurgeon per 6 million inhabitants. Over the past decades, efforts have been made to imp...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Karekezi C,El Khamlichi A,El Ouahabi A,El Abbadi N,Ahokpossi SA,Ahanogbe KMH,Berete I,Bouya SM,Coulibaly O,Dao I,Djoubairou BO,Doleagbenou AAK,Egu KP,Ekouele Mbaki HB,Kinata-Bambino SB,Habibou LM,Mousse AN,Ngamasata T,

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：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：:OBJECT Neurosurgery studies traditionally have evaluated the effects of interventions on health care outcomes by studying overall changes in measured outcomes over time. Yet, this type of linear analysis is limited due to lack of consideration of the trend's effects both pre- and postintervention and the potential for...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Wong RH,Smieliauskas F,Pan IW,Lam SK

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Establishing the neurological localization doctrine for the contralateral hemispheric control of motor functions in the second half of the 19th century, researchers faced the challenge of recognizing false localizing signs, in particular paradoxical or ipsilateral hemiparesis (IH). Despite tremendous progress...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Carrasco-Moro R,Castro-Dufourny I,Martínez-San Millán JS,Cabañes-Martínez L,Pascual JM

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial or brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVMs) are some of the most interesting and challenging lesions treated by the cerebrovascular neurosurgeon. It is generally believed that the combination of BAVMs and intracranial aneurysms (IAs) is associated with higher hemorrhage rates at presentation and higher r...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Flores BC,Klinger DR,Rickert KL,Barnett SL,Welch BG,White JA,Batjer HH,Samson DS

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The middle third of the clivus and the region around the petrous internal carotid artery (ICA) is a difficult area of the skull base in terms of access. This is a deep area rich with critical neurovascular structures, which is often host to typical skull base diseases. Expanded endoscopic endonasal approaches of...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kassam AB,Gardner P,Snyderman C,Mintz A,Carrau R

更新日期：2005-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify and discuss operative nuances utilizing image guidance in the surgical management of aggressive sacral tumors. METHODS The authors report on their single-institution, multi-surgeon, retrospective case series involving patients with pathology-proven aggressive sacral tumo...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Drazin D,Bhamb N,Al-Khouja LT,Kappel AD,Kim TT,Johnson JP,Brien E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:For patients with glioblastoma multiforme, median survival time is approximately 14 months. Longer progression-free and overall survival times correlate with gross-total resection of tumor. The ability to identify tumor cells intraoperatively could result in an increased percentage of tumor resected and thus inc...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Fenton KE,Martirosyan NL,Abdelwahab MG,Coons SW,Preul MC,Scheck AC

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Diagnosis of cervical spinal injury (CSI) is an essential aspect of the trauma evaluation. This task is especially difficult in patients who are not clinically able to be evaluated (unevaluable) because of distracting painful injuries, intoxication, or concomitant head injury. For this population, the appropriat...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Milby AH,Halpern CH,Guo W,Stein SC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The microscopic transoral, endoscopic transnasal, and endoscopic transoral approaches are used alone and in combination for a variety of craniovertebral junction (CVJ) pathologies. The endoscopic transoral approach provides a more direct exposure that is not restricted by the nasal cavity, pterygoid plates, ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Chan AK,Benet A,Ohya J,Zhang X,Vogel TD,Flis DW,El-Sayed IH,Mummaneni PV

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Angiogram-negative subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) accounts for 15% of nontraumatic SAH and has been reported with low morbidity and mortality rates. We report on a large series of patients with angiogram-negative SAH who experienced an atypical nonbenign clinical course. METHODS:Between December 2001 and Novembe...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Whiting J,Reavey-Cantwell J,Velat G,Fautheree G,Firment C,Lewis S,Hoh B

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is characterized by formation of widespread thrombus within the cerebral venous sinus system. CVST can cause venous hypertension, venous infarcts, hemorrhage and seizures. It is managed in most cases with systemic anticoagulation through the use of heparin to resolve the thrombu...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Choudhri O,Feroze A,Marks MP,Do HM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the history of the Tabulae Anatomicae of Bartolomeo Eustachio (ca. 1510-1574). In the tables, the anatomical illustrations were drawn inside a numerical frame, with pairs of numbers on the y- and x-axes to identify single anatomical details in the reference table. The measures and the references cou...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Dario A,Armocida GO,Locatelli D

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Cerebrovascular pressure reactivity is the ability of cerebral vessels to respond to changes in transmural pressure. A cerebrovascular pressure reactivity index (PRx) can be determined as the moving correlation coefficient between mean intracranial pressure (ICP) and mean arterial blood pressure. METHODS:The au...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Zweifel C,Lavinio A,Steiner LA,Radolovich D,Smielewski P,Timofeev I,Hiler M,Balestreri M,Kirkpatrick PJ,Pickard JD,Hutchinson P,Czosnyka M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article the authors attempt to raise awareness of the pitfalls and controversial issues in nerve tumor surgery. In a case-guided format, examples of ambiguous findings, inappropriate tumor removal, repeated surgery, and nerve repairs are provided. The authors also discuss the need to establish a correct diagno...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kretschmer T,Antoniadis G,Heinen C,Börm W,Scheller C,Richter HP,Koenig RW

更新日期：2007-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The relatively stationary anatomy of the intracranial compartment has allowed the development of stereotactic radiosurgery as an effective treatment option for many intracranial lesions. Difficulty in accurately tracking extracranial targets has limited its development in the treatment of these lesions. The abil...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Ryken TC,Meeks SL,Traynelis V,Haller J,Bouchet LG,Bova FJ,Pennington EC,Buatti JM

更新日期：2001-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE This study was performed to describe the incidence and predictors of perioperative complications following central corpectomy (CC) in 468 consecutive patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) or ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). METHODS The authors performed a retrospectiv...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Sarkar S,Nair BR,Rajshekhar V

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Intraneural ganglia are nonneoplastic mucinous cysts contained within the epineurium of peripheral nerves. Their pathogenesis has been controversial. Historically, the majority of authors have favored de novo formation (degenerative theory). Because of their rarity, intraneural ganglia affecting the upper limb h...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Wang H,Terrill RQ,Tanaka S,Amrami KK,Spinner RJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:Direct cerebral revascularization is an important procedure in the treatment of certain complex aneurysms and skull base tumors when acute sacrifice of the internal carotid artery is required. It likely remains an appropriate treatment in a small subgroup of patients with cerebral ischemia refractory to maximal medica...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Liu JK,Kan P,Karwande SV,Couldwell WT

更新日期：2003-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are minimally invasive procedures used to treat persistently symptomatic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). Both interventions usually involve injection of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). The purpose of this technical note was to review the theory and surgical technique for a ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Lam S,Khoo LT

更新日期：2005-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The safety and effectiveness of osteogenic protein (OP)-1 putty (recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-7) in promoting fusion in complex spinal cases was studied in nine cases. METHODS:The authors prospectively evaluated nine patients requiring spinal fusion in whom there were medical risk factors that w...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Govender PV,Rampersaud YR,Rickards L,Fehlings MG

更新日期：2002-12-15 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 Although the length of hospital stay is often used as a measure of quality of care, data evaluating the predictors of extended hospital stay after craniotomy for tumor are limited. The goals of this study were to use multivariate regression to examine which preoperative characteristics and postoperative complic...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Dasenbrock HH,Liu KX,Devine CA,Chavakula V,Smith TR,Gormley WB,Dunn IF

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00