Anchoring method for hemifacial spasm associated with vertebral artery: technical note.

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is not completely clear whether there are differences in the evolution of the neuropsychological outcomes between the 2 intervention procedures (surgery and endovascular coiling) used in subarachnoid aneurysmatic hemorrhage. Some studies have investigated this topic but without completely controlling the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Santiago-Ramajo S,Katati MJ,Pérez-García M,Arjona-Moron V

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total scalp replantation was performed after a complete traumatic avulsion of the scalp with skull fracture. Multiple arterial and venous anastomoses were required. Satisfactory healing occurred, and the patient has had a subsequent uneventful cranioplasty to fill a bony defect, with normal scalp healing. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chater NL,Buncke H,Brownstein M

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frontotemporal craniotomies are commonly performed for a variety of neurosurgical pathologies. Infections related to craniotomies cause significant morbidity. We hypothesized that the risk of cranial surgical site infections (SSIs) may be increased in patients whose frontal sinuses are breached during cranio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Linzey JR,Wilson TJ,Sullivan SE,Thompson BG,Pandey AS

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: In the treatment of patients with cranial base tumors, unclippable aneurysms, or medically intractable ischemia, it may be necessary to use high-flow bypass grafts. The indications, surgical techniques and complications are discussed. METHODS: During a 10-year period, 99 saphenous vein grafts and 3 radial a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sekhar LN,Bucur SD,Bank WO,Wright DC

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge of the individual course of the optic radiations (ORs) is important to avoid postoperative visual deficits. Cadaveric studies of the visual pathways are limited because it has not been possible to separate the OR from neighboring tracts accurately and results may not apply to individual patients. D...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wu W,Rigolo L,O'Donnell LJ,Norton I,Shriver S,Golby AJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Spinal cord injury is a rare complication of neurosurgery performed with the patient in the sitting position. Previous reports showed that the level of injury is usually located at or near the C5 segmental spinal level, and the term midcervical quadriplegia has been proposed. Extensive spinal c...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Morandi X,Riffaud L,Amlashi SF,Brassier G

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Myofibroblastic tumors are members of a diverse spectrum of neoplastic and quasineoplastic lesions that occur most commonly during childhood and typically involve soft tissues. We present a case of a congenital reactive myofibroblastic tumor of the petrous bone (i.e., cranial fasciitis) that wa...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pollack IF,Hamilton RL,Fitz C,Kassam A,Snyderman CH

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the existing models of legislation and state statutes pertaining to the definition of death is presented. Twenty-four states have statutory provision for brain death. Concern still exists about the need for and the form of statutory definitions. Medical criteria are not considered in detail, but the propos...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Selby R,Selby MT

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:We present a patient who experienced a subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to a dissecting aneurysm of the right posteroinferior cerebellar artery (PICA). The use of an encircling clip in treating the aneurysm while preserving supply to brain stem perforators originating near the dissecting segme...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jafar JJ,Kamiryo T,Chiles BW,Nelson PK

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we reevaluate the results of radiofrequency rhizotomy and review the effectiveness of other surgical procedures for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia. Five hundred patients with trigeminal neuralgia underwent radiofrequency rhizotomy at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, be...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Taha JM,Tew JM Jr

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a review of published experience with intracranial-extracranial arterial bypass grafting. The procedure is technically feasible and has a relatively low morbidity and mortality when performed by experienced microvascular surgeons. However, its therapeutic value is still unproven. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Samson DS,Boone S

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Motor cortex stimulation (MCS) is routinely used for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain but its effect on quality of life remains uncertain. OBEJCTIVE:To systematically review the published literature on MCS and quality of life and report the effects of this therapy in a series of patients prospectiv...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Parravano DC,Ciampi DA,Fonoff ET,Monaco B,Navarro J,Yeng LT,Teixeira MJ,Hamani C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ANTON VON EISELSBERG was the first to resect a cerebral tumor at the First Surgical Clinic at the General Hospital in Vienna in 1904. He successfully removed a cerebral glioma, the first of no fewer than 15,000 tumors operated on at that hospital to date. von Eiselsberg and his successors, Egon Ranzi and Leopold Schön...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Koos WT,Day JD

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Finnish saccular intracranial aneurysm (sIA) disease associates to 2q33, 8q11, and 9p21 loci and links to 19q13, Xp22, and kallikrein cluster in sIA families. Detailed phenotyping of familial and sporadic sIA disease is required for fine mapping of the Finnish sIA disease. METHODS:Eastern Finland, which is p...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Huttunen T,von und zu Fraunberg M,Frösen J,Lehecka M,Tromp G,Helin K,Koivisto T,Rinne J,Ronkainen A,Hernesniemi J,Jääskeläinen JE

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Vascular malformations in the optic pathway are rare. Only one case of pathologically confirmed arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the optic nerve has been reported previously. We document the case of a patient with an optic nerve AVM who presented with optic apoplexy that was diagnosed with t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Muragaki Y,Ujiie H,Ohno M,Kubo O,Hori T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Conflicting reports have been published with regard to the relationship between the efficacy of p53 gene therapy and the p53 status of gliomas. In this study, we evaluated whether U-87MG glioma cells harboring wild-type p53 and U251 and U-373MG glioma cells harboring mutated p53 demonstrate different sensitiv...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shinoura N,Sakurai S,Asai A,Kirino T,Hamada H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Placement of spinal cord stimulating paddle leads has traditionally been performed under local anesthesia with intravenous sedation to allow intraoperative confirmation of appropriate placement. It may be difficult to maintain appropriate sedation in certain patients because of medical comorbidities. Further...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mammis A,Mogilner AY

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar degenerative scoliosis is a relatively common problem, and is being treated more frequently due to the confluence of an aging population and an increased capacity and willingness to manage difficult problems in older patients. Lumbar degenerative scoliosis is a complex pathology as it often involves the interse...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Glassman SD,Berven SH,Shaffrey CI,Mummaneni PV,Polly DW

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adenomas of the pituitary gland are among the most common types of tumors of the adult brain. Although adenomas are histologically benign, they may be associated with significant morbidity and mortality, mostly because of their invasive growth pattern and hormone hypersecretion. Current medical therapies are ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Vender JR,Laird MD,Dhandapani KM

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphorylation of an M(r) 20,000 myosin light chain (MLC20) promotes the generation of contractile force through actin-myosin adenosine triphosphatase in most agonist-mediated vascular smooth muscle cell contraction. However, the role of calcium-mediated contractile processes in sustained arterial narrowing after...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Harada T,Seto M,Sasaki Y,London S,Luo Z,Mayberg M

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We measured cerebrospinal fluid flow velocity by use of cine phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging to quantitate the effectiveness of surgical decompression in patients with cervical myelopathy. METHODS:Forty-seven patients with cervical myelopathy attributable to either spondylosis or ossification of th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tominaga T,Watabe N,Takahashi T,Shimizu H,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of transsphenoidal selective adenomectomy alone or in combination with adjuvant therapy in treatment of recurrent Cushing's disease. METHODS:A total of 16 patients with recurrent Cushing's disease underwent reoperation, 15 via a transsphenoidal approach and one ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hofmann BM,Hlavac M,Kreutzer J,Grabenbauer G,Fahlbusch R

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Sciatic neuropathy rarely presents in nonpenetrating trauma because of protection of the nerve by the pelvis, the gluteal muscles, and the tissues in the posterior thigh. We present the case of a patient who fell and subsequently developed a traumatic venous varix of the inferior gluteal vein t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Maniker A,Thurmond J,Padberg FT Jr,Blacksin M,Vingan R

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fourth ventricular neurocysticercosis (FVNCC) usually presents with obstructive hydrocephalus. Available treatment options are medical, external cerebrospinal fluid diversion, microsurgical, or endoscopic removal alone or in combination. We present our experience of transaqueductal removal of FVNCC by angiogr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Husain M,Rastogi M,Jha DK,Husain N,Gupta RK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At least 300 000 sports-related concussions occur in the United States annually. With millions of American athletes, the long-term effects of repeated concussion or mild traumatic brain injury are an important topic. Unfortunately, there is a lack of strong data on the causality or prevalence of long-term effects amon...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Saigal R,Berger MS

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There were 15 cases of multiple meningiomas in a consecutive series of 168 cases of meningioma studied by computed tomography during the last 5 years. This incidence of 8.9% is significantly higher than the 1 to 3% incidence reported previously. A brief clinical survey of the 15 cases and a description of the location...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lusins JO,Nakagawa H

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors review their experience with a dorsolateral approach to the anterior rim of the foramen magnum and adjacent region. The operative technique includes exposure of the vertebral artery at C1, partial resection of the occipital condyle and lateral atlantal mass, and extradural drilling of the jugular tubercle....

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bertalanffy H,Seeger W

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a computed tomography-based computer-assisted stereotactic technique for performing 3rd ventriculostomy. The procedure has been performed on seven patients with acquired obstructive hydrocephalus of various etiologies. None of these patients have yet required shunting. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kelly PJ,Goerss S,Kall BA,Kispert DB

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) time-of-flight (TOF) magnetic resonance (MR) angiography and gadolinium (Gad)-enhanced 3D spoiled gradient-recalled imaging in the visualization of neurovascular compression in patients with trigeminal neuralgia. METHODS:Forty-eight patients with ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Anderson VC,Berryhill PC,Sandquist MA,Ciaverella DP,Nesbit GM,Burchiel KJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors and other structural lesions located with and adjacent to the cerebral cortex present certain challenges in terms of the overall management and design of surgical strategies. This comprehensive analysis attempts to define the current understanding of cerebral localization and function and includes the latest ad...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Berger MS,Hadjipanayis CG

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00