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abstract：OBJECT:Indocyanine green (ICG) videoangiography (VA) in cerebral aneurysm surgery allows confirmation of blood flow in parent, branching, and perforating vessels as well as assessment of remnant aneurysm parts after clip application. A retrospective analysis and review of the literature were conducted to determine the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Roessler K,Krawagna M,Dörfler A,Buchfelder M,Ganslandt O

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Although a rarely reported occurrence, late failure of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) may occur in children as a result of a variety of factors. Delay in recognition of symptoms can lead to harmful deterioration in the patient's condition. The authors undertook this study to assess the capacity of cine p...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Faggin R,Calderone M,Denaro L,Meneghini L,d'Avella D

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric spinal deformity results from multiple conditions including congenital anomalies, neuromuscular disorders, skeletal dysplasia, and developmental disorders (idiopathic). Pediatric spinal deformities can be progressive and cause pulmonary compromise, neurological deficits, and cardiovascular compromise. The cl...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Wiggins GC,Shaffrey CI,Abel MF,Menezes AH

更新日期：2003-01-15 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：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：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：OBJECTIVE:The recognition that neurosurgeons harbor great potential to advocate for the care of individuals with neural tube defects (NTDs) globally has sounded as a clear call to action; however, neurosurgical care and training in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) present unique challenges that must be consider...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Gandy K,Castillo H,Rocque BG,Bradko V,Whitehead W,Castillo J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Tethering of the spinal cord has been a recognized cause of neurological symptoms in pediatric patients and is increasingly being recognized as a cause of symptoms in adults as well. The pathophysiology surrounding spinal cord tethering has begun to be understood in the pediatric population but is still unclear ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Stetler WR Jr,Park P,Sullivan S

更新日期：2010-07-01 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

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：:Surgery of the mind has a rather checkered past. Though its history begins with the prehistoric trephination of skulls to allow "evil spirits" to escape, the early- to mid-20th century saw a surge in the popularity of psychosurgery. The 2 prevailing operations were topectomy and leukotomy for the treatment of certain ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Holland R,Kopel D,Carmel PW,Prestigiacomo CJ

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：: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：:Venous interruption through surgical clip ligation is the gold standard treatment for ethmoidal dural arteriovenous fistula (e-dAVF). Their malignant natural history is attributable to the higher predilection for retrograde cortical venous drainage. This video illustrates an e-dAVF in a 70-year-old man with progressiv...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Cole TS,Gandhi S,Mascitelli JR,Hardesty D,Cavallo C,Lawton MT

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors undertook this study to examine the surgical approaches used to treat posterior petrous bone meningiomas at a single institution and retrospectively evaluate their surgical strategy based on a previously published classification. METHODS:Cases in which craniotomies were performed to treat posterior ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Roche PH,Lubrano V,Noudel R,Melot A,Régis J

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The authors describe their results using an endoscope as an adjunct to microsurgical resection of inferior vestibular schwannomas (VSs) with extension into the fundus of the internal auditory canal below the transverse crest. METHODS All patients who had undergone middle fossa craniotomy for VSs performed by...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Master AN,Roberts DS,Wilkinson EP,Slattery WH,Lekovic GP

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The long-term effects on adjacent-segment pathology after nonfusion dynamic stabilization is unclear, and, in particular, changes at the adjacent facet joints have not been reported in a clinical study. This study aims to compare changes in the adjacent facet joints after lumbar spinal surgery. METHODS Patie...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Lee SE,Jahng TA,Kim HJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Obesity as a consequence of management of pediatric craniopharyngioma is a well-described phenomenon related to the degree of hypothalamic involvement. However, weight change and obesity have not been analyzed in adult patients. Therefore, the purpose of this study was 1) to evaluate the pattern of postoperative...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Van Gompel JJ,Nippoldt TB,Higgins DM,Meyer FB

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The introduction of ventriculoperitoneal shunts changed the way hydrocephalus was treated. Whereas much is known about the causes of shunt failure in the first few years, there is a paucity of data in the literature regarding the cause of late shunt failures. The authors conducted a study to find out the dif...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Lee L,Low S,Low D,Ng LP,Nolan C,Seow WT

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The management of pediatric intraventricular tumors is highly dependent on identification of the tumor type. Choroid plexus papillomas, a common intraventricular tumor in children, can be difficult to distinguish radiographically from choroid plexus carcinomas and other common pediatric central nervous system (C...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Krieger MD,Panigrahy A,McComb JG,Nelson MD,Liu X,Gonzalez-Gomez I,Gilles F,Bluml S

更新日期：2005-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The direct transnasal transsphenoidal approach to the sellar region has become a widely adopted surgical procedure among neurosurgeons and ear, nose, and throat specialists. Nasal complications and their incidence have been investigated, but a systematic testing of olfactory disturbance has not previously been p...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Actor B,Sarnthein J,Prömmel P,Holzmann D,Bernays RL

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular therapy has been evaluated in small animals, subhuman primates, and now humans for the potential repair of brain injury due to stroke. Experimental striate stroke models have proven useful for the purpose of evaluating different treatment paradigms. Early clinical trials involving neuronal transplantation in ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kondziolka D,Wechsler L,Tyler-Kabara E,Achim C

更新日期：2002-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Incidental findings pose considerable management dilemmas for the treating physician and psychological burden for the respective patient. With an aging population, more patients will be diagnosed with asymptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis. Patients will have to be counseled with regard to treatment options acc...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Taussky P,Hanel RA,Meyer FB

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old woman is diagnosed with a large broad-base right ophthalmic artery aneurysm. Despite an intact visual field, she complained of mild right visual blurriness. Between endovascular and surgical treatments, surgery was favored due to her young age. It was decided to perform the surgery with simultaneous endo...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Dehdashti AR

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Loss-of-function mutations in CCM genes are frequently detected in familial cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs). However, the current functional studies of the CCM genes in vitro have been performed mostly in commercially purchased normal cell lines and the results appeared discrepant. The fact that the cere...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Zhu Y,Wu Q,Xu JF,Miller D,Sandalcioglu IE,Zhang JM,Sure U

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the case of a 30-year-old woman who was a long-term intranasal cocaine abuser and who presented with transient ischemic attacks and multiple cerebral infarctions that were associated with moyamoya syndrome. The authors suggest that, because of its sympathomimetic effects, chronic cocaine use may pro...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Schwartz MS,Scott RM

更新日期：1998-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritumoral cysts (those arising immediately adjacent to the tumor mass) are frequently associated with benign and malignant tumors of the brain and spinal cord (syringomyelia). The cystic component of central nervous system (CNS) tumors and associated peritumoral cysts are often the cause of clinical symptoms. Becaus...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Baggenstos MA,Butman JA,Oldfield EH,Lonser RR

更新日期：2007-05-15 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：:The Pipeline embolization device (PED) has become a very important tool in the treatment of nonruptured cerebral aneurysms. However, a patient's difficult anatomy or vascular stenosis may affect the device delivery. The purpose of this article was to describe an alternate technique for PED deployment when ipsilateral ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Valle-Giler EP,Atallah E,Tjoumakaris S,Rosenwasser RH,Jabbour P

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to identify clinically relevant predictors of progression-free survival and functional outcomes in patients who underwent surgery for intramedullary spinal cord tumors (ISCTs). METHODS An institutional spinal tumor registry and billing records were reviewed to identify adult p...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Samuel N,Tetreault L,Santaguida C,Nater A,Moayeri N,Massicotte EM,Fehlings MG

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00