Motion-related vascular abnormalities at the craniocervical junction: illustrative case series and literature review.

abstract：OBJECT:Minimally invasive lumbar discectomy is a refinement of the standard open microsurgical discectomy technique. Proponents of the minimally invasive technique suggest that it improves patient outcome, shortens hospital stay, and decreases hospital costs. Despite these claims there is little support in the literatu...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： German JW,Adamo MA,Hoppenot RG,Blossom JH,Nagle HA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) are developmental malformations associated with a range of neurological problems, including intractable seizures. There is increasing evidence of the epileptogenicity of the hamartoma and of the inhomogeneous distribution of the epileptic abnormalities within the malformation. The managem...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Marras CE,Rizzi M,Villani F,Messina G,Deleo F,Cordella R,Franzini A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For decades, lumbar disc herniation and lumbar stenosis have been treated surgically via traditional open techniques. With recent emphasis on minimally invasive approaches in spine surgery, a number of new techniques has been introduced that are aimed at treating these 2 common pathological conditions. Currently the m...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Armin SS,Holly LT,Khoo LT

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Perioperative abdominal complications associated with spine surgery are rare. Although most known abdominal complications occur in conjunction with anterior spinal fusions, there is a paucity of reports reviewing abdominal complications occurring with posterior spinal fusions. The authors review 4 patients who experie...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Shih P,Slimack NP,Roy A,Fessler RG,Koski TR

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vein of Galen malformations are rare congenital intracranial vascular malformations. Based on reports in the literature, spontaneous thrombosis or regression of these lesions is rare. Patients have variable outcomes from an asymptomatic course to death. The reasons behind spontaneous thrombosis are not entirely unders...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Moftakhar P,Danielpour M,Maya M,Alexander MJ

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：:Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) presenting with epilepsy significantly impacts patient quality of life, and it should be considered very much a seizure disorder. Although hemorrhage prevention is the primary treatment aim of AVM surgery, seizure control should also be at the forefront of therapeutic management. Sever...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Soldozy S,Norat P,Yağmurlu K,Sokolowski JD,Sharifi KA,Tvrdik P,Park MS,Kalani MYS

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors investigated immunogene therapy for malignant glioma to determine whether its therapeutic efficacy could be improved. METHODS:Four groups of 203-glioma-bearing mice were treated with injections of phosphate-buffered saline, Semliki Forest virus (SFV)-LacZ, retrovirus vector DFG-interleukin (IL)-12, ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Yamanaka R,Zullo SA,Tanaka R,Ramsey J,Blaese M,Xanthopoulos KG

更新日期：2000-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Spine surgery is a key target for cost reduction within the United States health care system. One possible strategy involves the transition of inpatient surgeries to the ambulatory setting. Lumbar laminectomy with or without discectomy, lumbar fusion, anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, and cervical disc arthropl...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Pendharkar AV,Shahin MN,Ho AL,Sussman ES,Purger DA,Veeravagu A,Ratliff JK,Desai AM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a rare tumor whose prognosis has remained poor over the years despite innovative radio- and chemotherapies, and important technical advances in neurosurgery such as intraoperative imaging, fluorescence, Cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator, and neuronavigation. Particular atten...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Pompili A,Telera S,Villani V,Pace A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subarachnoid-pleural fistula is a rare type of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula, and there are only several cases reported in the literature. The authors describe a 65-year-old male patient in whom a diagnosis of T7-8 disc herniation had been made. He underwent surgery via a right lateral extracavitary approach. Post...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Ozgen S,Boran BO,Elmaci I,Ture U,Pamir MN

更新日期：2000-07-15 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：:Medulloblastoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are the most common malignant brain tumors in children. The concern for late sequelae of neuraxis irradiation and the obligation to improve disease-free survival in children who harbor malignant brain tumors has led to the additional provision of systemic ch...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Gold DR,Packer RJ,Cohen BH

更新日期：1999-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Every neurosurgeon develops his or her own standard approach to common intracranial pathologies in terms of the order in which different stages are performed and which instruments are used to perform individual tasks. The majority of the basic steps in performing a craniotomy are learned through repetition and practic...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Chittiboina P,Connor DE Jr,Nanda A

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：: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：:During the past 20 years, the traditional supportive treatment for stroke has been radically transformed by advances in catheter technologies and a cohort of prominent randomized controlled trials that unequivocally demonstrated significant improvement in stroke outcomes with timely endovascular intervention. However,...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Vuong SM,Carroll CP,Tackla RD,Jeong WJ,Ringer AJ

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：OBJECT:Resorbable polymer implants have become a compelling option in the treatment of acquired and congenital craniofacial deformities. In particular, the resorbable polylactide and polyglycolide polymers have demonstrated excellent safety profiles in multiple in vitro, animal, and clinical studies and are currently b...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Cohen SR,Holmes RE,Meltzer HS,Levy ML,Beckett MZ

更新日期：2004-03-15 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：: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：:Glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN) is an uncommon facial pain syndrome often misdiagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia. The rarity of this condition and its overlap with other cranial nerve hyperactivity syndromes often leads to a significant delay in diagnosis. The surgical procedures with the highest rates of pain relief f...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Rey-Dios R,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cushing's syndrome can present a complex problem of differential diagnosis. Of cases in which hypercortisolemia results from an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-dependent process, approximately 80% are due to a pituitary adenoma (Cushing's disease [CD]), 10% are due to adrenal lesions, and the remaining 10% are seco...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Lad SP,Patil CG,Laws ER Jr,Katznelson L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sacral fractures are uncommon lesions and most often the result of high-energy trauma. Depending on the fracture location, neurological injury may be present in over 50% of cases. In this article, the authors conducted a comprehensive literature review on the epidemiology of sacral fractures, relevant anatomy of the s...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Bydon M,Fredrickson V,De la Garza-Ramos R,Li Y,Lehman RA Jr,Trost GR,Gokaslan ZL

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical imaging of intrinsic signals (OIS) is a well-established neuroimaging modality by which functional cortical activity is mapped by detecting activity-related changes in cortical light reflectance. Light reflectance changes are detected by a charged-coupled device camera that captures images of the exposed corte...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Pouratian N,Cannestra AF,Martin NA,Toga AW

更新日期：2002-10-15 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：: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：:Spinal epidural lipomatosis is most commonly observed in patients receiving long-term exogenous steroid therapy, but can also be seen in patients with endogenous steroid overproduction, obesity, or idiopathic disease. With this condition, there is hypertrophy of the epidural adipose tissue, causing a narrowing of the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Fassett DR,Schmidt MH

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Jugular foramen tumors are rare skull base lesions that present diagnostic and complex management problems. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a series of patients with jugular foramen tumors who were surgically treated in the past 16 years, and to analyze the surgical technique, complications, and outcom...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Ramina R,Maniglia JJ,Fernandes YB,Paschoal JR,Pfeilsticker LN,Neto MC,Borges G

更新日期：2004-08-15 00:00:00