Clinically silent corticotroph tumors of the pituitary gland.

abstract：:Irrigation bipolar systems are particularly useful for the washout of hematomas in subarachnoid hemorrhage during the acute stage of surgery and for preventing adherence of tissue to the bipolar tips during coagulation. These systems have become essential tools, and numerous improvements have been made to them. First,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sano H,Kato Y,Zhou J,Watanabe S,Okuma I,Hayakawa M,Kanno T

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Joint-distraction and intra-operative manipulation surgeries to correct basilar invagination (BI) and atlantoaxial dislocation (AAD) are becoming standard procedures. However, current data are unable to aid in the understanding of normal and abnormal morphology of the C1/C2 joints. OBJECTIVE:To study variou...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chandra PS,Goyal N,Chauhan A,Ansari A,Sharma BS,Garg A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Nimodipine is commonly used to improve neurological outcomes after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Although nimodipine reportedly has high specificity for the cerebral vasculature, adverse systemic effects such as hypotension have been described. This case report describes a patient with traumatic sub...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Devlin JW,Coplin WM,Murry KR,Rengachary SS,Wilson RF

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：:To investigate the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in the growth of astrocytic brain tumors, human glioblastoma cell line U-87 was stably transfected with the antisense complementary deoxyribonucleic acid encoding PKC alpha. The effect of selectively down-regulating the alpha isoform on other PKC isoforms, as well as s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ahmad S,Mineta T,Martuza RL,Glazer RI

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a rare sequelae of a skull fracture in an adult, a leptomeningeal cyst. A unique method for repairing this defect is described as well. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Halliday AL,Chapman PH,Heros RC

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography is currently one of the most useful methods for measurements of cerebral hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism, because it facilitates accurate analysis of the local cerebral circulation in three-dimensional quantitative images. In this study, we performed positron emission tomography studies...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tenjin H,Ueda S,Mizukawa N,Imahori Y,Hino A,Yamaki T,Kuboyama T,Ebisu T,Hirakawa K,Yamashita M

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic lesions to the midbrain are rare. They are found in 1 to 3% of autopsy series of solitary brain metastases. The consensus of opinion in the current literature is that they are inoperable lesions and should be treated by radiation therapy alone. This is the first case report of a completely excised metastati...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tobler WD,Sawaya R,Tew JM Jr

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cigarette smoking has been demonstrated to increase the risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Whether cessation of smoking decreases this risk remains unclear. We performed a case-control study to examine the effect of smoking and other known risk factors for cerebrovascular disease on the risk of SAH. METH...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Qureshi AI,Suri MF,Yahia AM,Suarez JI,Guterman LR,Hopkins LN,Tamargo RJ

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While high-resolution imaging is increasingly used in guiding decisions about surgical interventions for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, direct assessment of the extent of vascular contact of the trigeminal nerve is still considered the gold standard for the determination of whether nerve decompressio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jani RH,Hughes MA,Gold MS,Branstetter BF,Ligus ZE,Sekula RF Jr

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients with communicating hydrocephalus were studied with a servocontrolled lumbar infusion technique to measure net cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) absorptive capacity and resting pressure. Each patient showed a significant absorptive reserve; the rate of CSF absorption exceeded the rate of formation over a physio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sklar FH,Beyer CW Jr,Diehl JT,Clark WK

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery (GK-SRS) is a safe and noninvasive treatment used as adjuvant therapy for patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Several studies have yielded conflicting results in the effectiveness of radiosurgery in GBM. This study is a retrospective review of our institutional e...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hsieh PC,Chandler JP,Bhangoo S,Panagiotopoulos K,Kalapurakal JA,Marymont MH,Cozzens JW,Levy RM,Salehi S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Brain responses from concussive impacts in National Football League football games were simulated by finite element analysis using a detailed anatomic model of the brain and head accelerations from laboratory reconstructions of game impacts. This study compares brain responses with physician determined signs ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Viano DC,Casson IR,Pellman EJ,Zhang L,King AI,Yang KH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:Spinal extradural arteriovenous fistula (SEDAVF) with parenchymal drainage (type A) is a rare clinical entity that causes venous congestive myelopathy. Treatment includes endovascular and open microsurgical interventions. We reviewed the clinical records of patients treated for a type A SEDAVF...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Niizuma K,Endo T,Sato K,Takada S,Sugawara T,Mikawa S,Tominaga T

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven cases of frontotemporosphenoid meningioma are reported. The principles of the orbitofrontomalar approach and of reconstruction of the orbital cone and of the frontomalar region with an orbitotemporal prop are discussed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pellerin P,Lesoin F,Dhellemmes P,Donazzan M,Jomin M

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A standard top-loading lumbar pedicle screw-rod system is compared with a pedicle screw-plate system with smaller-diameter screws, more medial entry, and lower profile to assess the relative stability, strength, and resistance to fatigue of the 2 systems. METHODS:Seven human cadaveric specimens were studied ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Crawford NR,Doğan S,Yüksel KZ,Villasana-Ramos O,Soto-Barraza JC,Sawa AG,Porter RW,Marciano FF,Theodore N

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebral revascularization is an important part of the treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms that require deliberate occlusion of a parent artery. In situ bypass brings together intracranial donor and recipient arteries that lie parallel and in close proximity to one another rather than using an extracr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Quiñones-Hinojosa A,Lawton MT

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For the prevention of postoperative CSF fistula a better understanding of origins and risk factors is necessary. OBJECTIVE:To identify the petrous bone air cell volume as a risk factor for developing CSF fistula, we performed a retrospective analysis. METHODS:From 2000 to 2007 519 patients had a retrosigmo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stieglitz LH,Giordano M,Gerganov V,Raabe A,Samii A,Samii M,Lüdemann WO

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance can visualize the vertebral bodies, discs, neural structures, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), neural foramina, and extradural structures in the sagittal, axial, and coronal planes. The normal nucleus pulposus can be differentiated from the anulus and changes associated with degeneration. Infection, traum...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Modic MT,Hardy RW Jr,Weinstein MA,Duchesneau PM,Paushter DM,Boumphrey F

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hyperbaric oxygenation is a rarely used method of treatment for steroid-refractory radiation-induced edema after stereotactic radiosurgery. We present its successful implementation for a radiosurgical complication after the treatment of a deep, large arteriovenous malformation. We also review the literature o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lynn M,Friedman WA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:OBJECTIVE AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: We present two cases of post-traumatic indirect carotid-cavernous fistulas. Trauma produces the direct type of carotid-cavernous fistula in almost all cases, and recognition that trauma may induce the indirect type has been rarely reported. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:Both patie...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jacobson BE,Nesbit GM,Ahuja A,Barnwell SL

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Sundt clip graft is a vessel-encircling clip that can be used to repair a significant dehiscence or tear in an intracerebral vessel wall during urgent situations. OBJECTIVE:This article analyzes the use of the Sundt clip in a variety of acute intraoperative situations. METHODS:Under institutional revie...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Park PJ,Meyer FB

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The most important treatment options for meningiomas are microsurgery, radiotherapy, and gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS). The efficacy of GKRS in terms of local tumor control and tumor volume (TV) reduction can best be determined by accurate analysis of changes in tumor size in pre- and post-GKRS images. In t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Feigl GC,Samii M,Horstmann GA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is a rare but devastating complication in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). We report four patients with chronic ITP unresponsive to steroid treatment who developed ICH. One patient had systemic lupus erythematosus; in another patient, the ICH origin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Brenner B,Guilburd JN,Tatarsky I,Doron Y,Goldsher D

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebrospinal fluid diversion from the cisterna magna has been described previously but has largely been abandoned because of high complication rates and anatomic constraints. Situations still remain in which this may be the best or only alternative. We describe the use of interventional magnetic resonance im...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Walker JB,Harkey HL,Buciuc R

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their experience with 25 patients (mean age, 44.3 +/- 12.1 years) with an intracerebral hematoma (ICH) from a ruptured aneurysm who were emergently operated on without angiography. Instead, preoperative high-resolution infusion computed tomography (CT) scans were used to identify the aneurysm causin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Le Roux PD,Dailey AT,Newell DW,Grady MS,Winn HR

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:STRESS ULCERS OCCUR frequently in intensive care unit patients who have intracranial disease. After major physiological stress, endoscopic evidence of mucosal lesions of the gastrointestinal tract appears within 24 hours of injury; 17% of these erosions progress to clinically significant bleeding. Gastrointestinal hem...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lu WY,Rhoney DH,Boling WB,Johnson JD,Smith TC

更新日期：1997-08-01 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 AND IMPORTANCE:We report the first example of an anaplastic meningioma arising from an intracranial arachnoid cyst and discuss the diagnostic challenges of this case, including the useful role of genetic markers. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 72-year-old man presented with transient episodes of expressive dysphasi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lwu S,Starreveld YP,Branson J,Perry A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Traumatic fracture-dislocations of the lumbosacral junction are rare, with all previously reported cases involving fracture-dislocations at a single level. No cases of multiple fracture-dislocations of contiguous spinal segments in the lumbosacral spine have been reported. A case of traumatic a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kaplan SS,Wright NM,Yundt KD,Lauryssen C

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00