Trends in neurosurgical care in Western Uganda: an interrupted time series analysis.

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：:Tentorial dural arteriovenous fistulae (TDAVFs) are complex lesions with the arteriovenous fistula located between the leaves of the tentorium cerebelli. While a large portion of dural arteriovenous fistulae are treated endovascularly, TDAVF may require additional microsurgical treatment given their high risk of hemor...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Choudhri O,Steinberg GK

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:An experimental study was performed to determine the biomechanical end-mounting configurations that replicate in vivo physiological motion of the cervical spine in a multiple-level human cadaveric model. The vertebral motion response for the modified testing protocol was compared to in vivo motion data and tradi...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： DiAngelo DJ,Foley KT

更新日期：2004-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Occipital plagiocephaly caused by lambdoid synostosis is rare. Positional flattening is more common and will most often respond to conservative measures. Surgical correction of a flat occiput is warranted if the deformity is profound. Skull molding devices may be effective for treating mild abnormalities but are ineff...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Lin KY,Polin RS,Gampper T,Jane JA

更新日期：1997-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This review summarizes the continuous study of low-power laser radiation treatment of a severely injured peripheral nerve. Laser phototherapy was applied as a supportive factor for accelerating and enhancing axonal growth and regeneration after injury or a reconstructive peripheral nerve procedure. In nerve cell...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Rochkind S

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This paper describes a consecutive series of skull base meningiomas resected using an endoscopic endonasal approach through various corridors at a single institution over 7 years. The impact of case selection and experience, the presence of a cortical cuff between the tumor and surrounding vessels, and brain ede...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Khan OH,Anand VK,Schwartz TH

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:It is not uncommon for a severe traumatic brachial plexus injury to involve all 5 roots, resulting in a flail upper limb. In such cases, surgical reconstruction is often palliative, providing only rudimentary function. Nerve transfers are the mainstay of reconstructive strategies due to the predominance of root avulsi...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Bhatia A,Doshi P,Koul A,Shah V,Brown JM,Salama M

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Clinical and radiographic results were assessed to determine the clinical outcomes and fusion rate in eight consecutive patients selected for minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) in which a percutaneous pedicle screw system was used unilaterally. METHODS:Eight patients underwent one-...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Beringer WF,Mobasser JP

更新日期：2006-03-15 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：: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：: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：:Since the earliest recorded history of medicine, physicians have been challenged by the difficulty in relieving the great pain experienced by individuals suffering from trigeminal neuralgia (TN). The nature of the pain and the events that incite it have been well described, but effective treatments with acceptable lev...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Cole CD,Liu JK,Apfelbaum RI

更新日期：2005-05-15 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：: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: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：OBJECTIVE:Acute traumatic subdural hematoma (atSDH) can be a life-threatening neurosurgical emergency that necessitates immediate evacuation. The elderly population can be particularly vulnerable to tearing bridging veins. The aim of this study was to evaluate inpatient morbidity and mortality, as well as predictors of...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kerezoudis P,Goyal A,Puffer RC,Parney IF,Meyer FB,Bydon M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEPituitary adenomas occur in a heterogeneous patient population with diverse perioperative risk factors, endocrinopathies, and other tumor-related comorbidities. This heterogeneity makes predicting postoperative outcomes challenging when using traditional scoring systems. Modern machine learning algorithms can...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Hollon TC,Parikh A,Pandian B,Tarpeh J,Orringer DA,Barkan AL,McKean EL,Sullivan SE

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas present without biochemical or clinical signs of hormone excess and are the second most common type of pituitary adenomas. The 2017 WHO classification scheme of pituitary adenomas differentiates null-cell adenomas (NCAs) and silent gonadotroph adenomas (SGAs). The present stu...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Haddad AF,Young JS,Oh T,Pereira MP,Joshi RS,Pereira KM,Osorio RC,Donohue KC,Peeran Z,Sudhir S,Jain S,Beniwal A,Chopra AS,Sandhu NS,Theodosopoulos PV,Kunwar S,El-Sayed IH,Gurrola J,Blevins LS,Aghi MK

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：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:Symptomatic adjacent-segment lumbar disease (ASLD) after lumbar fusion often requires subsequent surgical intervention. The authors report utilizing cortical bone trajectory (CBT) pedicle screw fixation with intraoperative CT (O-arm) image-guided navigation to stabilize spinal levels in patients with symptomatic...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Rodriguez A,Neal MT,Liu A,Somasundaram A,Hsu W,Branch CL Jr

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermoid tumors comprise about 1% of all intracranial tumors. They are congenital lesions that arise from paramedian cisterns within the posterior fossa. These tumors present as heterogeneous hyperintense lesions on FLAIR and homogenous hyperintense lesions on DWI. Surgical resection remains the most accepted form o...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular replacement therapy attempts to improve functioning of the diseased human central nervous system (CNS). In this second installment of a 2-part review, the authors discuss the major challenges to the translation of in vitro and animal studies of neural stem cell (NSC) therapy in the clinical setting. This anal...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Selden NR,Guillaume DJ,Steiner RD,Huhn SL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PIn 1994 the National Football League (NFL) initiated a comprehensive clinical and biomechanical research study of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), a study that is ongoing. Data on mild TBIs sustained between 1996 and 2001 were collected and submitted by NFL team physicians and athletic trainers, and these data were...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Pellman EJ,Viano DC,National Football League's Committee on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

更新日期：2006-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Multiple brain metastases are a common health problem, frequently found in patients with cancer. The prognosis, even after treatment with whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT), is poor, with an average expected survival time of less than 6 months. Investigators at numerous centers have evaluated the role of stere...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kondziolka D,Patel A,Lunsford LD,Flickinger JC

更新日期：2000-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Decompressive craniectomy is widely used to treat intracranial hypertension following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Two randomized trials are currently underway to further evaluate the effectiveness of decompressive craniectomy for TBI. Complications of this procedure have major ramifications on the risk-benefit balan...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Stiver SI

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：:Germ line and somatic mutations in the neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2) tumor suppressor gene predispose individuals to tumors of the nervous system, including schwannomas and meningiomas. Since identification of the NF2 gene more than a decade ago, a large body of information has been collected on the nature and conseq...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Ruttledge MH,Rouleau GA

更新日期：2005-11-15 00:00:00