A preliminary study of the prognostic value of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging in gamma knife radiosurgery of recurrent malignant gliomas.

abstract：:The cases of a father and his son who were diagnosed with pathologically confirmed colloid cysts of the third ventricle are presented. The familial occurrence of this tumor is rare and suggests that genetic factors may play a role in its formation. Consistent with the concept that the cyst originates as a developmenta...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Akins PT,Roberts R,Coxe WS,Kaufman BA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:In surgery of spinal vascular lesions such as spinal arteriovenous fistula or vascular tumors, assessment of feeding arteries and draining veins is important. Intraoperative digital subtraction angiography is useful but is invasive and sometimes technically demanding. Near-infrared indocyanine...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Murakami T,Koyanagi I,Kaneko T,Iihoshi S,Houkin K

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the perforating branches--especially the extracerebral segments--and the arachnoidal anatomy at the level of the posterior communicating artery were studied in 60 human brains previously fixed in formalin. The close relationships between this artery and the oculomotor nerve are described, and it is noted that eac...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Vincentelli F,Caruso G,Grisoli F,Rabehanta P,Andriamamonjy C,Gouaze A

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial electrical recordings and stimulation of neurosurgical patients have been central to the advancement of human neuroscience. The use of these methods has rapidly expanded over the last decade due to theoretical and technical advances, as well as the growing number of neurosurgical patients undergoing funct...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chiong W,Leonard MK,Chang EF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with occlusive cerebrovascular disease who have failed maximal medical therapy, which consists of antiplatelet agents as well as maximizing modifiable risk factors such as blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking cessation, and obesity, and whose lesions are not amenable or have not responded to the more common v...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bisson EF,Visioni AJ,Tranmer B,Horgan MA

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ten-year follow-up data from the US Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption trial comparing BRYAN® Cervical Disc (Medtronic, Dublin, Ireland) arthroplasty to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) demonstrated that disc arthroplasty maintained range of motion and improvements in...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ghobrial GM,Lavelle WF,Florman JE,Riew KD,Levi AD

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Embolization before surgical resection of tumors has been demonstrated to reduce intraoperative blood loss, but the optimal time that should elapse between embolization and tumor resection has not been established. We evaluated whether immediate surgical resection (< or =24 h) after embolization or delayed su...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chun JY,McDermott MW,Lamborn KR,Wilson CB,Higashida R,Berger MS

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The development of delayed ischemia caused by cerebral vasospasm remains a common cause of morbidity and mortality after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Preliminary studies suggest that 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) may decrease the risk of vasospasm, but additional ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kramer AH,Gurka MJ,Nathan B,Dumont AS,Kassell NF,Bleck TP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenously enhanced computed tomography (CT) was used in patients in whom the differential diagnosis between recurrent herniated disc and postoperative scar was considered. Enhanced CT images demonstrated postoperative herniated discs more accurately than clinical criteria, myelography, or plain or postmetrizamide ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schell GR,Modesti LM,Cacayorin ED

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dorsal root entry zone lesions are effective in the control of intractable pain in several types of spinal cord injuries. Traditionally, these lesions have been made with the radiofrequency technique. This is effective, but has the drawback of being laborious, and there is a significant incidence of permanent weakness...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Levy WJ,Gallo C,Watts C

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to develop an embolization material of hollow fiber combined with gelatin hydrogel for the controlled release of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). We examined feasibility of the material in embolization healing aneurysm by bFGF-induced tissue organization. METHODS:An aneu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kawakami O,Miyamoto S,Hatano T,Yamada K,Hashimoto N,Tabata Y

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Circumferential aneurysms, which incorporate >180 degrees of the circumference of the parent vessel, present a unique therapeutic challenge, particularly in circumstances in which a deconstructive treatment strategy is not feasible. We detail a novel technique for endovascular parent vessel reconstruction ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fiorella D,Albuquerque FC,Masaryk TJ,Rasmussen PA,McDougall CG

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of spinal surgery is an important part of the spine-related sciences. The development of treatment strategies for spine-related disorders is acquired from the Western literature. In this article, an Eastern physician, Ibn Sina, who is known as Avicenna in the West, and his treatise, Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Naderi S,Acar F,Mertol T,Arda MN

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) monitoring is used during intracranial aneurysm surgery to track the effects of anesthesia, surgical manipulation, and temporary clipping. OBJECTIVE:To present the outcomes of 663 consecutive patients (691 cases) treated surgically for intracranial aneurysms who underwe...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wicks RT,Pradilla G,Raza SM,Hadelsberg U,Coon AL,Huang J,Tamargo RJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Stereotactic radiosurgery is being used with more frequency in the management of patients with trigeminal neuralgia. To improve facial pain outcomes, many centers have increased the prescribed radiation dose to the trigeminal nerve. METHODS:Between April 1997 and December 1999, 68 patients underwent radiosur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pollock BE,Phuong LK,Foote RL,Stafford SL,Gorman DA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies reporting the composition of cerebrospinal fluid obtained from hydrocephalic humans have been critically reviewed. Hydrocephalus-induced alterations in the cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of neurotransmitters and peptide neuromodulators, products of glycolysis and nucleotide metabolism, neural cell-derived ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Del Bigio MR

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past, stereotactic surgical intervention for Parkinson's disease was considered indicated only in those patients with active motor manifestations that were refractory to pharmacological therapy, manifestations such as tremor, rigidity, dystonia, and dyskinesia. With the reintroduction and refinement of Leksell'...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Iacono RP,Shima F,Lonser RR,Kuniyoshi S,Maeda G,Yamada S

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Immunostaining for p53 commonly is considered a marker of neoplasia. Previous studies of nonneoplastic processes have yielded conflicting results. METHODS:To test the assumption that p53 immunoreactivity indicates neoplasia, we examined 60 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded biopsies of nonneoplastic central n...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kurtkaya-Yapicier O,Scheithauer BW,Hebrink D,James CD

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seizures as the unique initial manifestation of unruptured intracranial aneurysms have rarely been documented and not systematically described until now. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this large retrospective analysis was to focus on the incidence of primary epileptogenic aneurysms and the influence of treatment...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hänggi D,Winkler PA,Steiger HJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Four rare cases of central nervous system solitary fibrous tumors (C-SoFTs) are described. This tumor has not previously been reported in children or in deep cortical structures. Three of these tumors occurred in the posterior fossa. Only four cases in the posterior fossa have been described pr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kim KA,Gonzalez I,McComb JG,Giannotta SL

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Calcification of the ligamentum flavum is a rare disease that occurs almost exclusively in elderly Japanese people. We report the case of a young Caucasian woman who presented with a C5-C6 disc herniation associated with a cervical calcified ligamentum flavum. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:The patient...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ugarriza LF,Cabezudo JM,Porras LF,Rodríguez-Sánchez JA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan was established as a specialty three-quarters of a century ago by Max Minor Peet. It developed under the successive leadership of Edgar Allan Kahn, Richard Coy Schneider, and Julian T. Hoff. Each has made unique contributions to the program, which has a strong tradition of te...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hoff JT,Taren JA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is postulated that reactive oxygen species may play an inductive role in neuro-oncogenesis. However, data pertaining to the redox state of astrocytomas are limited, which prompted us to undertake this study. METHODS:Intraoperative snap-frozen samples were obtained from the surface and core of 8 low-grade ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Louw DF,Bose R,Sima AA,Sutherland GR

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dural arteriovenous fistulas are abnormal connections of dural arteries to dural veins or venous sinuses originating from within the dural leaflets. They are usually located near or within the wall of a dural venous sinus that is frequently obstructed or stenosed. The dural fistula sac is contained within the dural le...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Youssef PP,Schuette AJ,Cawley CM,Barrow DL

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of congenital lumbar stenosis producing lower extremity spasticity and bladder dysfunction in a young child is presented. Myelography demonstrated a marked stenosis of the spinal canal at L-2, L-3, and decompressive laminectomy resulted in a marked improvement in symptoms. A discussion of lumbar stenosis in gen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dauser RC,Chandler WF

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the differential effects of graded spinal cord injury on the rat extrapyramidal motor evoked potential (exp-MEP) and pyramidal motor evoked potential (pyr-MEP) and the prognostic value of these effects in predicting postinjury motor performance in the rat model. In 20 rats subjected to graded s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shiau JS,Zappulla RA,Nieves J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To save the patency of the internal carotid artery (ICA) during the treatment of carotid cavernous fistulae or cavernous sinus dural arteriovenous malformations, direct surgery of the cavernous sinus after failure of endovascular treatment was attempted in this study. METHODS:A total of 78 patients with caro...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tu YK,Liu HM,Hu SC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation tested the hypothesis that the degree of impairment to memory function caused by an anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) is inversely related to the pathological status of the resected hippocampus. Specifically, the greatest risk to postoperative memory function should be to patients with no or minimal...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hermann BP,Wyler AR,Somes G,Berry AD 3rd,Dohan FC Jr

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invading glioma cells seem to follow distinct anatomic structures within the central nervous system. Tumor cell dissemination may occur along structures, such as the basement membranes of blood vessels or the glial limitans externa, that contain extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. Frequently, invasive glioma cells ar...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Giese A,Westphal M

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rugby is characterized by high-speed collisions among the players that predispose them to injuries, particularly to the head, neck, and spine. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of current neurological injury prevention strategies in rugby union. METHODS:Systematic review in May 2010. We assessed the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cusimano MD,Nassiri F,Chang Y

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00