Chiari I malformation associated with ventral compression and instability: one-stage posterior decompression and fusion with a new instrumentation technique.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the pathological features of three very similar and unusual primary central nervous system tumors that are not readily recognized as conventional ependymomas but which, by ultrastructural examination, have an ependymomatous character. METHODS:Three distinctive tumors were found in a review of our...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kleinman GM,Zagzag D,Miller DC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to investigate the anatomic relationship between neurovascular structures and the transverse carpal ligament (TCL) so as to avoid complications during an endoscopic carpal tunnel release procedure. METHODS:Fresh cadaver hands from seven men and 12 women (age range, 48-74 yr) were...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hong JT,Lee SW,Han SH,Son BC,Sung JH,Park CK,Park CK,Kang JK,Kim MC

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：BACKGROUND:Iliac screw fixation is a powerful tool used by spine surgeons to achieve fusion across the lumbosacral junction for a number of indications, including deformity, tumor, and pseudarthrosis. Complications associated with screw placement are related to blind trajectory selection and excessive soft tissue disse...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shin JH,Hoh DJ,Kalfas IH

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visualization of the ostium of an arteriotomy by staining it blue with methylrosaniline chloride (pyoctaninum blue) in anastomotic bypass surgery for children with moyamoya disease is described. This technique enables surgeons to create an anastomosis more precisely and quickly. No adverse effects were observed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kamiyama H,Takahashi A,Houkin K,Mabuchi S,Abe H

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three of 538 patients undergoing elective craniotomy had a seizure within 24 hours after operation. The lesion had been located extra-axially in 15 patients and intra-axially in 8 patients. Except for 1 patient who had a parietal craniotomy for an arteriovenous malformation, all patients had a frontal or tempor...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kvam DA,Loftus CM,Copeland B,Quest DO

更新日期：1983-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To search for correlations between specific anatomic, geometric, and morphological properties of the trigeminal nerve and the success of radiosurgical treatment and elimination of facial hypesthesia as a complication. METHODS:Forty-six patients with at least 6 months of follow-up after CyberKnife (Accuray, I...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Borchers JD 3rd,Yang HJ,Sakamoto GT,Howes GA,Gupta G,Chang SD,Adler JR Jr

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendovascular embolization represents a critical component of the multidisciplinary management of cerebral arteriovenous malformations. Safe and effective embolization may be performed only in the context of a well-designed, rational treatment plan that is fundamentally based on a clear understanding of the natura...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fiorella D,Albuquerque FC,Woo HH,McDougall CG,Rasmussen PA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cognitive decline occurs in 25% of patients after carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Elevated serum concentrations of S-100B and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) occur after stroke, and serum S-100B levels at 24 hours are associated with clinical outcome after both stroke and CEA. We hypothesized that we could detect...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sahlein DH,Heyer EJ,Rampersad A,Winfree CJ,Solomon RA,Benvenisty AI,Quest DO,Du E,Connolly ES

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:THE VIETNAM WAR touched a generation of Americans with its human tragedy, sacrifice, and strife. In terms of casualties, it was the fourth most costly war in American history. However, despite a monumental military effort and modern technology, the war was lost as support from the American public and its elected offic...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kelly PJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though robotic technology holds great potential for performing spinal surgery and advancing neurosurgical techniques, it is of utmost importance to establish its practicality and to demonstrate better clinical outcomes compared with traditional techniques, especially in the current cost-effective era. Several sys...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Roser F,Tatagiba M,Maier G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parsonage-Turner syndrome (PTS) is a rare syndrome of unknown cause, affecting mainly the lower motor neurons of the brachial plexus. The brachial plexus is a group of nerves that conduct signals from the spine to the shoulder, arm, and hand. PTS is usually characterized by the sudden onset of severe 1-sided shoulder ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sumner AJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:We report an unusual case of basal ganglia granulomas caused by Candida albicans that surrounded the proximal segment of a nonfunctional cerebrospinal fluid shunt in a previously healthy patient. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 22-year-old woman had undergone ventriculoatrial cerebrospinal fluid shunt...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Soto-Hernández JL,Ramírez-Crescencio MA,Moreno Estrada VM,del Valle Robles R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vestibular schwannomas present significant management challenges in patients with neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2). We evaluated the results of gamma knife radiosurgery for the management of these tumors, focusing on tumor response, hearing preservation, and other factors affecting outcomes. METHODS:Stereotact...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mathieu D,Kondziolka D,Flickinger JC,Niranjan A,Williamson R,Martin JJ,Lunsford LD

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical problems are often complex. Problems of great complexity are usually associated with a commensurately greater degree of difficulty with respect to the decision making process. This is most certainly true regarding the management of cervical spondylosis. Usually, clinicians make clinically appropriate decision...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shedid D,Benzel EC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Localization of the placental form of glutathione S-transferase (GST-pi) messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) in three human glioma cell lines (A172, T98G, and Tc77) was studied by in situ hybridization with digoxigenin-labeled GST-pi complementary DNA followed by immunocytochemistry with antidigoxigenin antibody. A172 g...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hara A,Sakai N,Yamada H,Niikawa S,Yoshimi N,Mori H

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of bilateral intracavernous internal carotid artery aneurysms is presented. The clinical and laboratory data strongly suggested the mycotic nature of the aneurysms. Internal carotid artery ligation was performed because of clinical evidence of progressive enlargement of the right-sided aneurysm. The left-s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Abbassioun K,Amirjamshidi A,Rahmat H

更新日期：1985-02-01 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：: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：:There is general agreement that aggressive management and monitoring of the patient with closed head injury with control of intracranial pressure (ICP) will improve patient survival and eventual outcome. Conversely, there is little agreement on the value of surgical craniectomy for increasing intracranial volume and s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gower DJ,Lee KS,McWhorter JM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Intracranial germinomas often disseminate via the ventricular and subarachnoid pathways, but seeding to the perioptic arachnoid space is extremely unusual. We report two cases of recurrent germinoma seeding in the optic nerve. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:Two men with pure germinoma were initially tr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nakajima T,Kumabe T,Jokura H,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Twenty patients in whom the diagnosis of an intracranial arteriovenous malformation was suspected either by the history and clinical findings or by abnormal periorbital Doppler flow are discussed. Sixteen patients had only minor complaints or inconclusive signs or were clinically asymptomatic; 4 others presented with ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sommer C,Müllges W,Ringelstein EB

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental gliomas were induced in rats by prenatal exposure to ethyl nitrosourea. Changes in the blood-brain barrier were determined by the uptake of a water-soluble compound, 99mTc-glucoheptonate. Increased uptake of 99mTc-glucoheptonate was measured in intact tumors and in various sectors of dissected tumors. The...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nir I,Levanon D,Iosilevsky G

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Localization of internal cranial anatomy based on superficial landmarks is paramount in identifying and avoiding various important structures and, thus, decreasing surgical morbidity. We have studied external skull bony landmarks to facilitate the placement of the initial "strategic" burr hole just inferior a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tubbs RS,Loukas M,Shoja MM,Bellew MP,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the indications for, efficacy of, and safety of depth electrode placement using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided stereotactic surgery in patients with intractable epilepsy. METHODS:We analyzed retrospectively the results of depth electrode usage in 50 consecutive patients at the Universit...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ross DA,Brunberg JA,Drury I,Henry TR

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a procedure for Leksell gamma knife (LGK) radiosurgery in a lateral position, for treatment of far-lateral intracranial lesions. METHODS:Positioning of the patient in the lateral decubitus position during LGK treatment switches the x and y axis coordinates. This increases the range of the x axis ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Massager N,Régis J,Porcheron D,Devriendt D,Desmedt F,Levivier M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge of the anatomic location of the deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrode in the brain is essential in quality control and judicious selection of stimulation parameters. Postoperative computed tomography (CT) imaging coregistered with preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is commonly used to d...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Thani NB,Bala A,Swann GB,Lind CR

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A surgical approach to the skull base is described. It allows excellent exposure of the cranial base with minimal brain retraction. Deep lesions can be handled via subfrontal, transsylvian, or subtemporal routes during the same operation. This approach is most suitable for large lesions in the suprasellar, parasellar,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Al-Mefty O

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00