Neuronavigation in minimally invasive spine surgery.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors aimed to compare the efficacy of lumbar vertebral body Hounsfield units (HUs) and pedicle HUs at predicting pedicle screw loosening. METHODS:The authors retrospectively assessed 143 patients with L3-5 instrumentation. The patients were classified into one of two groups based on the status of thei...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Xu F,Zou D,Li W,Sun Z,Jiang S,Zhou S,Li Z

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The craniocervical junction (CCJ) functions within a complicated regional anatomy necessary to protect and support vital neurovascular structures. In select instances, vascular pathology can be attributed to this complicated interplay of motion and structure found within this narrow space. The authors report 3 cases o...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Ravindra VM,Neil JA,Mazur MD,Park MS,Couldwell WT,Taussky P

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrodiagnostic testing in patients who have upper-extremity symptoms, which may include carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), has been the gold standard for diagnosis for many years. Despite their value, these tests are underutilized. The authors examined the use patterns of electrodiagnostic testing at the University of V...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Phillips LH 2nd,Juel VC

更新日期：1997-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The object of this study was to evaluate facial nerve outcomes in the surgical treatment of large vestibular schwannomas (VSs; ≥ 2.5 cm maximal or extrameatal cerebellopontine angle diameter) based on both the operative approach and extent of tumor resection. METHODS:A PubMed search was conducted of English lan...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Gurgel RK,Dogru S,Amdur RL,Monfared A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of a resorbable polylactide film in the sheep posterior spine in the presence of a combined laminectomy and durotomy defect. METHODS:A resorbable polylactide film was used to cover the combined defects in the eight sheep used in this study. Two surgical ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Klopp LS,Welch WC,Tai JW,Toth JM,Cornwall GB,Turner AS

更新日期：2004-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramedullary spinal cord cavernous malformations account for approximately 5% of all intraspinal lesions. These lesions can present with either acute neurological compromise secondary to hemorrhage inside the spinal cord, or with chronic progressive myelopathy due to repeated microhemorrhages. Surgical resection of ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Liu JK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The accuracy of robot-guided pedicle screw placement has been proven to be high, but little is known about the impact of such guidance on clinical outcomes such as the rate of revision surgeries for screw malposition. In addition, there are very few data about the impact of robot-guided fusion on patient-rep...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Schröder ML,Staartjes VE

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has a record of safety and efficacy for an expanding range of indications. Recently,the Food and Drug Administration provided approval through a Humanitarian Device Exemption for DBS of the globus pallidus internus and subthalamic nucleus for the treatment of dystonia. There is increasing ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Montgomery EB Jr

更新日期：2004-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) provide a way for the brain to interface directly with a computer. Many different brain signals can be used to control a device, varying in ease of recording, reliability, stability, temporal and spatial resolution, and noise. Electrocorticography (ECoG) electrodes provide a highly rel...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Miller KJ,Hermes D,Staff NP

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Anterior skull base meningiomas are benign lesions that cause neurological symptoms through mass effect on adjacent neurovascular structures. While traditional transcranial approaches have proven to be effective at removing these tumors, minimally invasive approaches that involve using an endoscope offer the...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Ottenhausen M,Rumalla K,Alalade AF,Nair P,La Corte E,Younus I,Forbes JA,Ben Nsir A,Banu MA,Tsiouris AJ,Schwartz TH

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is sometimes fatal. The standard treatment for sinus thrombosis is anticoagulation, but endovascular intervention must be considered when medical treatment fails. Mechanical thrombectomy is usually required when a large clot burden exits. Unfortunately, in sinus thrombosis attributable...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Matsuda Y,Okada H,Chung J,Webster Crowley R,Lopes DK

更新日期：2017-04-01 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

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：:Intensive care of the patient with traumatic brain injury centers on control of intracranial pressure and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP). The optimal CPP by definition delivers an adequate supply of blood and oxygen to meet the metabolic demands of brain tissue. A great deal of controversy exists regarding the opti...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Vespa P

更新日期：2003-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The best management strategy for symptomatic vertebrobasilar ischemia is currently not well-defined. Noninvasive Optimal Vessel Analysis (NOVA, VasSol, Inc.) is computer software that, using quantitative magnetic resonance (MR) angiography technology, represents the only commercially available means of noninvasively m...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Brisman JL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is described of an elderly woman who presented with headaches, hypopituitarism, and visual disturbances and was found to have idiopathic granulomatous hypophysitis, a rare lesion of the pituitary gland. Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a well-circumscribed lesion, which was isointense on bot...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Brisman MH,Morgello S,Silvers A,Klein I,Post KD

更新日期：1996-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention on concussion knowledge within a sample of junior fourth-tier ice hockey players. METHODS:A prospective cohort study, called the Hockey Concussion Education Project, was conducted during 1 junior ice hockey regular season (20...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Echlin PS,Johnson AM,Riverin S,Tator CH,Cantu RC,Cusimano MD,Taunton JE,Upshur RE,Hall CR,Forwell LA,Skopelja EN

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：: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：:Postischemic neurogenesis has been identified as a compensatory mechanism to repair the damaged brain after stroke. Several factors are released by the ischemic tissue that are responsible for proliferation, differentiation, and migration of neural stem cells. An understanding of their roles may allow future therapies...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kalluri HS,Dempsey RJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system. It infrequently affects the spine, but when it does, it can present with symptoms similar to other more common spinal diseases. The authors present a case of isolated intramedullary cysticercosis of the cervical spine and review the li...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Sheehan JP,Sheehan J,Lopes MB,Jane JA Sr

更新日期：2002-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to make thoracic discectomy simple and less invasive while using direct visualization, a 70 degrees -angled lens endoscope has been adopted to visualize the ventral aspect of the spinal cord dura mater during microsurgical thoracic discectomy via a transpedicular approach. The patient is positioned in a 6...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Jho HD

更新日期：1998-02-15 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：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：:This video demonstrates a surgical technique of resecting dorsum sellae meningioma using a combined interhemispheric translamina terminalis approach and pterional approach with clinoidectomy. The tumor, 5 cm in maximum diameter, originated from the dorsum sellae, compressed the third ventricle and the midbrain, and di...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Suematsu S,Ono H,Inoue T,Tamura A

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:For a physician has the worth of many other warriors, both for the excision of arrows and for the administration of soothing drugs. Homer, Iliad XI.514-515 Ever since armed conflict has been used as a means to settle disputes among men, there have been those who have been tasked to mend the wounds that ravage a soldie...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Klimo P Jr,Ragel BT

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：Objective:The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic potential of the inflammatory markers interleukin-6 (IL-6), total leukocyte count (TLC), and protein in the CSF and IL-6, C-reactive protein, and white blood cell count in the serum for the early diagnosis of ventriculitis in patients with traumatic brai...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Lenski M,Biczok A,Neufischer K,Tonn JC,Briegel J,Thon N

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare spending has become a grave concern to national budgets worldwide, and to a greater extent in low-income countries. Brain tumors are a serious disease that affects a significant percentage of the population, and thus proper allocation of healthcare provisions for these patients to achieve acceptable outcome...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Helal AE,Abouzahra H,Fayed AA,Rayan T,Abbassy M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00