Near-infrared indocyanine green video angiography: a new method for intraoperative assessment of vascular flow.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A single-stage combined craniofacial-transfacial approach that exposes the midline cranial base without visible facial incisions is described. METHODS:Between 1992 and 1998, eight patients underwent surgery for five different anterior cranial base pathological findings: four angiofibromas, one mesenchymal ch...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Feiz-Erfan I,Han PP,Spetzler RF,Porter RW,Klopfenstein JD,Ferreira MA,Beals SP,Joganic EF

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Despite the recent interest in familial cerebral aneurysms, the epidemiology, natural history, pattern of inheritance, screening of asymptomatic relatives, and the search for a biochemical marker remain problematic. To assess these issues, we report the results of our prospective study of 30 patients with 38 aneurysms...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Leblanc R,Melanson D,Tampieri D,Guttmann RD

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This experiment was designed to study the effects of intravascular volume expansion with crystalloid and colloid agents on intracranial pressure (ICP) and computerized electroencephalographic (EEG) data in dogs with cerebral vasogenic edema. A liquid nitrogen cold lesion was produced in the right parietal lobes of 30 ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tranmer BI,Iacobacci RI,Kindt GW

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An intracranial aneurysm is an important acquired cerebrovascular disease that can cause a catastrophic subarachnoid hemorrhage. Despite modern therapy, most patients die or are left disabled as a direct result of a severe initial hemorrhage. The development of more effective treatment strategies depends on u...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chyatte D,Bruno G,Desai S,Todor DR

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esmail Jorjani was a prominent Persian physician of the 11th and 12th centuries. We present Jorjani's descriptions of probable trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, and Bell's palsy. Additionally, on the basis of our translations of his original text, we believe that Jorjani may have been the first to implicate an a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shoja MM,Tubbs RS,Khalili M,Khodadoost K,Loukas M,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blister aneurysms of the internal carotid artery (ICA) are uncommon. There is a paucity of data on the long-term outcomes of patients. OBJECTIVE:To review our experience with the treatment of these lesions. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed all aneurysms treated at our institution between 1994 and 2005. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kalani MY,Zabramski JM,Kim LJ,Chowdhry SA,Mendes GA,Nakaji P,McDougall CG,Albuquerque FC,Spetzler RF

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of hemipontine hematoma from the rupture of a cryptic vascular malformation presenting as a cerebellopontine angle tumor is reported. The clinical features of and surgical approaches to partial pontine hematomas are briefly reviewed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Russell B,Rengachary SS,McGregor D

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A craniotomy with direct cortical/subcortical stimulation either awake or under general anesthesia (GA) present 2 approaches for removing eloquent region tumors. With a reported higher prevalence of intraoperative seizures occurring during awake resections of perirolandic lesions, oftentimes, surgery under G...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Eseonu CI,Rincon-Torroella J,ReFaey K,Lee YM,Nangiana J,Vivas-Buitrago T,Quiñones-Hinojosa A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author presents the results of primary cystoperitoneal shunting in 12 infants and children with developmental cysts in various intracranial locations. Preoperative studies were done in each child to rule out a brain tumor as the cause of the cyst and to determine whether communication existed between the cyst and ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stein SC

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Harvey Cushing developed an illness in the last months of World War I that made it impossible for him to operate and forced him to bed for over a month. The features of Cushing's malady included symmetrical weakness, numbness, and paresthesias of the hands and feet, areflexia, bilateral facial paresis, diplopia, and f...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Reich SG

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FRANCESCO DURANTE FROM Letojanni, Sicily, was the first surgeon in the history of neurosurgery to successfully remove a cranial base meningioma. Durante was Chairman of Clinical Surgery at the Royal University of Rome (now University "La Sapienza") for 45 years, participating in the birth of the "Policlinic Umberto I,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tomasello F,Germanò A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: The development of technical skills is a major goal of any neurosurgical training program. Residency programs in North America are focused on achieving an adequate level of training to produce technically competent surgeons. The training requirements and educational environments needed to produce expert surgeons are...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gélinas-Phaneuf N,Del Maestro RF

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of solitary neurogenic tumors of the brachial plexus unassociated with von Recklinghausen's disease are presented. One patient had a malignant schwannoma. The lesion of the other patient was benign and was diagnosed pathologically as a plexiform neurofibroma. These uncommon neurogenic tumors of the brachial ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Richardson RR,Siqueira EB,Oi S,Nunez C

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of radiofrequency neurolysis guided by computed tomography for the treatment of glossopharyngeal neuralgia is described. This technique has the advantage of being performed in a neutral head position, affording excellent visualization of the jugular foramen, and also of simulating radiographically the pr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Arbit E,Krol G

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with partial or complete bilateral vertebral artery occlusion often present with signs and symptoms of transient ischemic attacks or infarction. Advances in phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging have led to noninvasive assessment of volumetric blood flow rates and direction that help in the worku...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Starke RM,Chwajol M,Lefton D,Sen C,Berenstein A,Langer DJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deep brain stimulation alleviates tremor of various origins. Several regions like the ventralis intermediate nucleus of thalamus, the caudal zona incerta, and the posterior subthalamic region are generally targeted. Previous work with fiber tractography has shown the involvement of the cerebello-thalamo-cort...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Coenen VA,Allert N,Paus S,Kronenbürger M,Urbach H,Mädler B

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A right common carotid to distal middle cerebral artery bypass utilizing a saphenous vein graft was performed in a patient with episodic cerebral ischemia and reversible ischemic neurological deficit. The patient was relieved of his symptoms, and there was improved motor function in the left hand. Postoperative angiog...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Story JL,Brown WE Jr,Eidelberg E,Arom KV,Stewart JR

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transoral odontoidectomy and resection of the anterior C1 arch destabilize the atlantoaxial joint and risk its stability. OBJECTIVE:To preserve stability in such cases we devised and evaluated a proof-of-concept study. The arch and dens were dissected and decompression was performed on cadavers. The dens wa...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Agrawal A,Reyes PM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A meta-analysis was performed to evaluate whether a beneficial clinical effect of cervical disk prostheses over conventional cervical diskectomy with fusion exists. METHODS:A literature search was completed ending February 4, 2009, that included the abstract books of recent major spine congresses. All studie...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bartels RH,Donk R,Verbeek AL

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is a well-established surgical therapy for patients with Parkinson disease (PD). OBJECTIVE:To define the role of adjacent white matter stimulation in the effectiveness of STN-DBS. METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated 43 patients with PD who rece...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Avecillas-Chasin JM,Honey CR

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The failure of most available treatment modalities to improve the survival time and the quality of survival in patients with gliomas calls for the intense biological analysis of glial neoplasia. The untimely activation of cellular protooncogenes is often related to the process of neoplasia. Several protein growth fact...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Westphal M,Herrmann HD

更新日期：1989-11-01 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：:An operative repair technique for crushed sciatic nerve in the rat was used to examine whether removal of the damaged tissue could be better achieved with a low wattage CO2 laser or a blade. This approach was compared to results in rats undergoing conventional end-to-end nerve anastomosis using a microsurgical approac...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： de la Torre JC,Karaca M,Merali Z,Fortin T,Richard M

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a unique case of thalamic dementia caused by tentorial dural arteriovenous malformation (AVM), which was successfully treated by surgical occlusion of the straight sinus after attempts to occlude the dural AVM by endovascular procedures had failed. The tentorial dural AVM was fed by bilateral posterior menin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ito M,Sonokawa T,Mishina H,Sato K

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Isolated spinal aneurysms are rare; only a few have been reported. To the best of our knowledge, this series represents the largest experience with four ruptured spinal aneurysms, all of which were treated surgically. METHODS:Clinical information from the hospital charts and diagnostic images of four pati...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gonzalez LF,Zabramski JM,Tabrizi P,Wallace RC,Massand MG,Spetzler RF

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report presenting clinical symptoms, previous medical history, and survival rates for people with saccular intracranial aneurysms (IAs), in a defined population. METHODS:The medical records of all residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, with possible IAs were reviewed. Clinical manifestations at the time ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Menghini VV,Brown RD Jr,Sicks JD,O'Fallon WM,Wiebers DO

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernous angiomas represent 5 to 12% of spinal vascular malformations and usually are located at the vertebral body level with possible extension into the extradural space. The intradural intramedullary cavernoma occurs in about 3% of cases, whereas extramedullary localization is extremely rare. A new case of an intr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mastronardi L,Ferrante L,Scarpinati M,Gagliardi FM,Celli P,Fortuna A

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission computed tomographic (PECT) scanning studies have demonstrated that high grade gliomas exhibit increased 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (18FDG) uptake compared to cerebral white matter and low grade gliomas. Hexokinase catalyzes the phosphorylation of glucose, as well as 18FDG and 2-deoxyglucose (2DG),...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Graham JF,Cummins CJ,Smith BH,Kornblith PL

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new head-positioning system has been developed to hold the head firmly during the performance of a computed tomograhic scan and to position the head reproducibly during repeat scans. This can be used to maintain the head in position during long scanning sessions, to relate a lesion to landmarks on scout views, to fo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kaufman HH,Gildenberg PL

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00