Safety, efficacy, and functionality of high-field strength interventional magnetic resonance imaging for neurosurgery.

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Cranial pachymeningitis is a typically diffuse granulomatous disease, which often affects the tentorium and falx. We report a rare case of idiopathic cranial pachymeningoencephalitis focally affecting only the left parietal dura mater and adjacent inferior parietal lobule. CLINICAL PRESENTATIO...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nishizaki T,Iwamoto F,Uesugi S,Akimura T,Yamashita K,Ito H

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using rabbit cerebral arteries in an in vitro chamber, we examined the cerebral arterial contraction initiated by clotting whole blood. By using methysergide maleate and a novel thromboxane synthetase inhibitor, 1-carboxyheptylimidazole (1-CHI), we studied the contributions of both serotonin and the prostaglandin meta...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schumacher MA,Alksne JF

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:As a consequence of the increased use of endovascular coiling of intracranial aneurysms, a growing number of case reports on complications are being reported. This article presents a case with a previously undescribed complication of coil treatment: a reactive, noninfectious process after coil...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： König M,Bakke SJ,Scheie D,Sorteberg W,Meling TR

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-reported experience is often used as a measure for quality of care, but no reports on patient satisfaction after cranial neurosurgery exist. OBJECTIVE:To study the association of overall patient satisfaction and surgical outcome and to evaluate the applicability of overall patient satisfaction as a ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Reponen E,Tuominen H,Hernesniemi J,Korja M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical treatment of C2 tumors remains challenging. Because of the deep location and unique anatomical complexity, anterior exposure in this region is considered difficult and dangerous, and few reports concerning anterior tumor resection and reconstruction exist. OBJECTIVE:To describe a technique of seque...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yang X,Wu Z,Xiao J,Teng H,Feng D,Huang W,Chen H,Wang X,Yuan W,Jia L

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CSF dynamics were determined as a function of intracranial pressure in patients with pseudotumor cerebri. Servocontrolled variable rate lumbar infusions were used to determine net CSF-absorptive capacities and resting pressures in 10 patients; serial studies were done in 5 of the patients. Nearly all of the patients h...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sklar FH,Beyer CW Jr,Ramanathan M,Cooper PR,Clark WK

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anatomic reorganization of the subnucleus that controls the stylohyoid muscle (the stylohyoid subnucleus) within the brain stem facial nucleus was studied after regeneration of the facial nerve in adult rats. Horseradish peroxidase was injected into the right stylohyoid muscle 3 to 21 months after transection and ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fernandez E,Pallini R,Marchese E,Lauretti L,La Marca F

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of hemangioblastoma of the right radial nerve is presented. Hemangioblastomas are rare vascular neoplasms characteristically associated with the Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, in which they are found in the retina, the posterior fossa, and, less often, the spinal cord. Thought of as primary central nervous system ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Brodkey JA,Buchignani JA,O'Brien TF

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Neurenteric cysts (NCs) typically arise as benign ventral intradural extramedullary developmental malformations of the spine which contain heterotopic epithelium resembling the intestinal or respiratory tracts. Intracerebral NCs are extremely rare, though the frequency of symptomatic reports and incidental fi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tucker A,Miyake H,Tsuji M,Ukita T,Ito S,Matsuda N,Ohmura T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a retrospective study of 107 consecutive patients with syndromic forms of craniosynostosis (craniofacial dysostosis) seen by the craniofacial team at the Hospital for Sick Children between 1986 and 1992. There were 51 patients with Crouzon's syndrome, 33 with Apert's syndrome, 8 with Pfeiffer syndrome, 11...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Siddiqi SN,Posnick JC,Buncic R,Humphreys RP,Hoffman HJ,Drake JM,Rutka JT

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are few objective measures of functional impairment to support clinical decision making in lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD). OBJECTIVE:We present the validation (and reliability measures) of the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test. METHODS:In a prospective, 2-center study, 253 consecutive patients were ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gautschi OP,Smoll NR,Corniola MV,Joswig H,Chau I,Hildebrandt G,Schaller K,Stienen MN

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spinal form of brucellosis is still a disabling disease in many countries outside North America and northern and central Europe. Fifteen consecutive cases of spinal brucellosis diagnosed and treated over a 20-year period were reviewed retrospectively. Six patients were farmers, while 10 patients had a history of i...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tekkök IH,Berker M,Ozcan OE,Ozgen T,Akalin E

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of 1105 records patients with penetrating craniocerebral injuries incurred in the Korean War revealed 163 cases with air sinus wounds, an incidence of 14.8%. The characteristics of these wounds and their surgical management have been described. Foremost among the complications of air sinus wounds are the develo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Arendall RE,Meirowsky AM

更新日期：1983-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Gliomatosis cerebri is an enigmatic diffuse brain neoplasm whose prognosis is grim. We reviewed data for patients with gliomatosis who were treated at the University of California, San Francisco, during a 10-year period. Our focus was on presentation, radiological and pathological features, and outcomes. MET...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Vates GE,Chang S,Lamborn KR,Prados M,Berger MS

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of intracranial vasa vasorum supplying the larger vessels of the circle of Willis has long been debated. Much of this debate results from contradictory findings of microanatomic studies in a variety of nonprimate species. Recently, however, a growing body of evidence seems to suggest that in certain path...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Connolly ES Jr,Huang J,Goldman JE,Holtzman RN

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Radical resection of facial nerve schwannomas classically implies a high risk of severe facial palsy. Owing to the rarity of facial palsy after gamma knife surgery (GKS) of vestibular schwannomas, functional evaluation after GKS seems rational in this specific group of patients. To our knowledge, no previous ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Litre CF,Gourg GP,Tamura M,Mdarhri D,Touzani A,Roche PH,Régis J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their experience with experimental brain vascularization with the use of transplanted omentum majus. The possibility of treating cerebral ischemia with this method is discussed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yonekawa Y,Yaşargil MG

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Oculomotor nerve palsy greatly impairs the patient's daily life. After oculomotor nerve injury, when the central nerve stump is not available, neurotization of the distal nerve stump with a donor nerve may be performed. Here, we present an experimental anatomic study in rats related to the motor nuclear organ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fernandez E,Di Rocco F,Lauretti L,Gangitano C,Del Fà A,Massimi L,Maira G,Pallini R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with air gun bullets in the 3rd ventricle associated with delayed ventricular hemorrhage is presented. Through an anterior transcallosal approach, the surgeon successfully removed the bullets without any significant permanent sequelae. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kojima T,Waga S,Kubo Y,Shimizu T

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intracerebral hemorrhage occurring after removal of a chronic subdural hematoma (CSH) is a rare but usually devastating postoperative complication. In patients with CSH, we determined cerebral blood flow immediately after surgical decompression to clarify the pathogenic mechanism of this complication. METHOD...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ogasawara K,Koshu K,Yoshimoto T,Ogawa A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: The US health care system is struggling with rising costs, poor outcomes, waste, and inefficiency. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act represents a substantial effort to improve access and emphasizes value-based care. Value in health care has been defined as health outcomes for the patient per dollar spen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Smith TR,Rambachan A,Cote D,Cybulski G,Laws ER

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two unusual cases of constrictive arachnoiditis localized to thoracic levels after Pantopaque myelography and unrelated to any operation, trauma, or disc disease at these levels are presented. The pertinent literature is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barsoum AH,Cannillo KL

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present seven patients with multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy and superimposed midline soft disc herniation who were treated by decompressive laminectomies of the spondylotic segments followed by transdural excision of the anteriorly located disc extrusion. There was no perioperative neurological morbidity...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fox MW,Onofrio BM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prototype Brown-Roberts-Welles stereotactic instrument has been used as both a diagnostic and a therapeutic surgical adjunct in cases of intracranial mass lesions. Eighty-three procedures (142 point placements) required computerized guidance stereotaxy. The unit accomplished point intracranial access with an accurac...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Apuzzo ML,Sabshin JK

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of mannitol on focal cerebral ischemia in cynomolgus monkeys was studied. After the implantation of a snare ligature about the right middle cerebral artery (MCA) and of deep electrodes for measurement of cerebral blood flow, unanesthetized animals underwent 4-hour MCA occlusion. Ten monkeys were untreated, ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Peña H,Gaines C,Suess D,Crowell RM,Waggener JD,DeGirolami U

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intrathecal tissue plasminogen activator administered at times from 0 to 72 hours after subarachnoid hemorrhage on the development of cerebral vasospasm in primates was examined. Thirty monkeys were randomly assigned into one of five equal groups: a control group that underwent subarachnoid hemorrhage al...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Findlay JM,Weir BK,Kanamaru K,Grace M,Baughman R

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this literature review, the authors analyze data from previously published studies that evaluated neutral upright spinal alignment (NUSA) from the occiput to the pelvis in asymptomatic individuals. Based on the data for NUSA in asymptomatic volunteers, a new classification is proposed for spinal deformity....

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kuntz C 4th,Shaffrey CI,Ondra SL,Durrani AA,Mummaneni PV,Levin LS,Pettigrew DB

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of flow diverters such as the pipeline embolization device (PED) for treatment of intracranial aneurysms carries the risk of side branch occlusion. OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence and clinical outcomes associated with supraclinoid internal carotid artery (ICA) branch occlusion after deployment ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Vedantam A,Rao VY,Shaltoni HM,Mawad ME

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Spontaneous herniation of the spinal cord substance through a previously uninjured and/or untouched dura is a very exceptional occurrence. Spontaneous spinal cord herniation, which was first reported 25 years ago, is a cause of myelopathy that is treatable but difficult to diagnose. CLINICAL P...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tekkök IH

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00