Femoral ring allograft for anterior cervical interbody fusion: technical note.

abstract：:Thromboembolism is a common problem in neurosurgery and neurology patients. Within this diverse population are subpopulations of patients with varying degrees of thromboembolic risk: low, moderate, and high. Patients at substantial risk for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism include those with spinal cord inj...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hamilton MG,Hull RD,Pineo GF

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Intracranial solitary fibrous tumors have been described previously, but intraventricular solitary fibrous tumors are extremely rare. We present what is, to our knowledge, the first reported case of solitary fibrous tumor in the third ventricle. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 63-year-old man presente...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Koçak A,Cayli SR,Saraç K,Aydin NE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heat transfer from bipolar tips to adjacent tissue presents a risk of thermal injury during spine surgery. OBJECTIVE:The present study was designed to determine wither bipolar forceps using a novel heat pipe thermal regulation technology resulted in decreased collateral thermal injury of adjacent tissue com...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Elliott-Lewis EW,Jolette J,Ramos J,Benzel EC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and five arterial aneurysms (AAs) were treated with either argon or neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser irradiation; one AVM was treated with both. All AVMs were occluded completely, leaving adjacent tissue untouched and preserving the regional vascularization. Photocoagulati...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fasano VA,Urciuoli R,Ponzio RM

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Machine learning (ML) is a domain of artificial intelligence that allows computer algorithms to learn from experience without being explicitly programmed. OBJECTIVE:To summarize neurosurgical applications of ML where it has been compared to clinical expertise, here referred to as "natural intelligence." ME...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Senders JT,Arnaout O,Karhade AV,Dasenbrock HH,Gormley WB,Broekman ML,Smith TR

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data on radiotherapy for trigeminal schwannomas (TSs) and comparison of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) with fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (FSRT) are limited. OBJECTIVE:We present a large retrospective review of our institutional experience treating TSs with SRS and FSRT. We also describe a flare p...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Champ CE,Mishra MV,Shi W,Siglin J,Werner-Wasik M,Andrews DW,Evans JJ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Multislice computed tomographic angiography (CTA) can provide clearer vascular images, even of the peripheral arteries, than conventional CTA. Multislice CTA was compared with digital subtraction angiography (DSA) for the detection of cerebral vasospasm in patients with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhag...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Otawara Y,Ogasawara K,Ogawa A,Sasaki M,Takahashi K

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-year-old boy presented with acute proptosis of the right eye. Examination revealed 8 mm of exophthalmos, limitation of upward gaze, optic disc swelling, and normal visual acuity, but an inferonasal quadrantic visual field defect. Orbital ultrasound and computed tomographic scanning demonstrated a superotemporal t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sebag J,Chapman P,Truman J,Riemersma RR

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although endoscopic perforation of the septum pellucidum in obstruction of the foramen of Monro is well known, detailed reports on endoscopic septostomy, including surgical technique and results are lacking in the literature. METHODS:All intracranial endoscopic procedures performed between February 1993 and ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oertel JM,Schroeder HW,Gaab MR

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to evaluate whether taurine detection in short-echo (20 ms) proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy contributes to the noninvasive differential diagnosis between medulloblastoma and cerebellar astrocytoma in children and young adults. These two types of tumor have very different prognoses and may be ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Moreno-Torres A,Martínez-Pérez I,Baquero M,Campistol J,Capdevila A,Arús C,Pujol J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) procedure may reduce many of the risks and limitations associated with posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF). However, little is known about the biomechanical difference between PLIF and TLIF. OBJECTIVE:To determine the biomechanical difference between PL...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Xu H,Tang H,Guan X,Jiang F,Xu N,Ju W,Zhu X,Zhang X,Zhang Q,Li M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurosurgery, a demanding specialty, involves many microsurgical procedures that require complex skills, including open surgical treatment of intracranial aneurysms. Simulation or practice models may be useful for acquiring these skills before trainees perform surgery on human patients. OBJECTIVE:To describ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oliveira Magaldi M,Nicolato A,Godinho JV,Santos M,Prosdocimi A,Malheiros JA,Lei T,Belykh E,Almefty RO,Almefty KK,Preul MC,Spetzler RF,Nakaji P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms employing endosaccular coiling can be associated with aneurysm perforation, coil herniation or incomplete obliteration fueling the interest to investigate novel endovascular techniques. We aimed to test a novel embolization material in experimental aneurysms in...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oechtering J,Kirkpatrick PJ,Ludolph AG,Hans FJ,Sellhaus B,Spiegelberg A,Krings T

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study interhemispheric differences of somatosensory evoked field (SEF) characteristics and the spatial distribution of equivalent current dipole sources in patients with unilateral hemispheric lesions around the central sulcus region. METHODS:In 17 patients with perirolandic lesions, averaged somatosensor...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Willemse RB,de Munck JC,van't Ent D,Ris P,Baayen JC,Stam CJ,Vandertop WP

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients presented with syringomyelia, each unusual. After neuroradiographic diagnosis with delayed metrizamide computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), an interesting diagnostic question arose. A percutaneous minidose metrizamide endomyelographic CT (PMDMECT) study clarified each situation an...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Blumenkopf B

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the skull is presented. The patient was an immunocompetent host with skull and skin involvement without central nervous system or pulmonary extension. The radiographic findings are reviewed to include skull films, bone scan, and computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imagin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Armonda RA,Fleckenstein JM,Brandvold B,Ondra SL

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From December 1981 through August 1984, 24 patients with spinal cord compression syndrome due to epidural neoplasms were evaluated for radiotherapy with clinical examination, radiographs of the spine, and myelography. All plain films were reviewed, and mock radiotherapy fields designed using specific criteria for marg...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Calkins AR,Olson MA,Ellis JH

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Endoscopy usually is avoided in patients without hydrocephalus because of presumed difficulties with ventricular cannulation and intraventricular navigation. The feasibility of endoscopic tumor management in patients without hydrocephalus was assessed on the basis of achieving the surgical objective and asses...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Souweidane MM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study assessed the neuropsychological outcome of patients after surgical treatment for third ventricle brain tumors. Neuropsychological consequences of surgical intervention can have a major impact on patients' quality of life and therefore have important implications for treatment planning. METHODS:A r...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Friedman MA,Meyers CA,Sawaya R

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)-secreting pituitary adenomas causing Cushing's disease are often difficult to identify because of their variable locations and their small size. This report presents histological evidence of an ectopic ACTH-secreting adenoma located entirely within the cavernous sinus...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sanno N,Tahara S,Yoshida Y,Onose H,Wakabayashi I,Teramoto A

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of intracerebral hematomas after myocardial infarction increases after thrombolysis. As noted in the case described, clots formed after the administration of thrombolytic agents may remain liquid, and this blood can be drained by a catheter. However, in this case, the patient continued to bleed locally. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kaufman HH,McAllister P,Taylor H,Schmidt S

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Hypertrophic neuropathy of the cauda equina (HNCE) is a rare form of peripheral neuropathy. The diagnosis is complicated by an insidious clinical presentation and complex radiographic images. We present a case of HNCE caused by chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with symptomatic ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kretzer RM,Burger PC,Tamargo RJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:The coexistence of spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) with congenital abnormalities is relatively common. However, the association of a spinal AVM and lipoma is rare. We present an adult patient with this combined anomaly and discuss the clinical relevance of this case. CLINICAL PRESENTAT...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cheung AC,Kalkanis SN,Ogilvy CS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maximizing extent of resection (EOR) improves outcomes in adults with World Health Organization (WHO) grade II low-grade gliomas (LGG). However, recent studies demonstrate that LGGs bearing a mutation in the isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) gene are a distinct molecular and clinical entity. It remains uncle...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Patel T,Bander ED,Venn RA,Powell T,Cederquist GY,Schaefer PM,Puchi LA,Akhmerov A,Ogilvie S,Reiner AS,Moussazadeh N,Tabar V

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms is less invasive than surgical repair but poses a higher risk for aneurysm recurrence, which may necessitate retreatment, thus adding to the long-term risk. Cerebrovascular neurosurgeons from 8 institutions in the United States and Puerto Rico collaborated to a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ringer AJ,Rodriguez-Mercado R,Veznedaroglu E,Levy EI,Hanel RA,Mericle RA,Lopes DK,Lanzino G,Boulos AS

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rete mirabile, a vascular network assumed to give origin to the intracranial segments of the internal carotid arteries, was interpreted by Galen as the key station for the conversion of the "vital spirit" into the "animal spirit." According to this interpretation, the rete was determinant either in sustaining the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Viale G

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We report 81 patients with a traumatic intracerebellar hemorrhagic contusion or hematoma managed between 1996 and 1998 at 13 Italian neurosurgical centers. METHODS:Each center provided data about patients' clinicoradiological findings, management, and outcomes, which were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS:A...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： d'Avella D,Servadei F,Scerrati M,Tomei G,Brambilla G,Angileri FF,Massaro F,Cristofori L,Tartara F,Pozzati E,Delfini R,Tomasello F

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight patients received surgical treatment for a paranasal sinus mucocele with intracranial and/or intraorbital extension. The lesions were classified by site and extension: anterior without intracranial extension (Type 1), 7 patients; anterior with intracranial extension (Type 2), 11 patients; posterior midlin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Delfini R,Missori P,Iannetti G,Ciappetta P,Cantore G

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selected commercially designated temporary clips (Acland, Biemer, Kleinert-Kutz, Variangle, and Yasargil) were applied for 1 hour to rat common carotid arteries. Scanning electron and light microscopic studies revealed varying degrees of endothelial damage. The authors believe that further improvements are needed in t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dujovny M,Kossovsky N,Laha RK,Leff L,Wackenhut N,Perlin A

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the dorsal approaches to the cervical spine for myelopathy and myeloradiculopathy. METHODS:The literature was reviewed in reference to dorsal approaches for cervical myelopathy and myeloradiculopathy. RESULTS:There are a variety of surgical approaches in the management of cervical myelopathy and m...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wiggins GC,Shaffrey CI

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00