Chiari I malformation with traumatic syringomyelia and spontaneous resolution: case report and literature review.

abstract：:Immortalized in surgical history for the introduction of "antiseptic wax," Sir Victor Horsley played a pivotal role in shaping the face of standard neurosurgical practice. His contributions include the first laminectomy for spinal neoplasm, the first carotid ligation for cerebral aneurysm, the curved skin flap, the tr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tan TC,Black PM

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extreme lateral disc herniation with compression of the nerve root as it exits through the foramen has been a recognized entity for a number of years. Until recently, this diagnosis was made infrequently except at the time of operation. Reported here are 12 cases of root compression from disc herniation at the level o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Godersky JC,Erickson DL,Seljeskog EL

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative brain mapping techniques were used to localize language cortex, sensorimotor pathways, and seizure foci in children with supratentorial brain tumors. The methods of direct cortical and subcortical stimulation, in addition to electrocorticography, enabled us to maximize tumor resection, minimize morbidit...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Berger MS,Kincaid J,Ojemann GA,Lettich E

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuronavigation has become an intrinsic part of preoperative surgical planning and surgical procedures. However, many surgeons have the impression that accuracy decreases during surgery. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the decrease of neuronavigation accuracy and identify possible origins, we performed a retrospectiv...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stieglitz LH,Fichtner J,Andres R,Schucht P,Krähenbühl AK,Raabe A,Beck J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lumbar spine degenerative pathologies are prevalent in the United States. The health benefit of spine surgery in the elderly has been questioned. OBJECTIVE:To compare effectiveness, morbidity, and quality of care associated with surgical management of degenerative lumbar spinal disorders in elderly vs nonel...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： McGirt MJ,Parker SL,Hilibrand A,Mummaneni P,Glassman SD,Devin CJ,Asher AL

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The results of the surgical treatment of osteomyelitis with expandable titanium cages and either allograft or autograft are presented. METHODS:Thirty-six patients with vertebral osteomyelitis are presented. There were 7 cervical, 17 thoracic, 4 thoracolumbar (involving T12-L1), 5 lumbar, and 3 lumbosacral (i...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lu DC,Wang V,Chou D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In rare cases, space-occupying pseudoarthrotic clavicular nonunion causes symptomatic brachial plexus compression. The surgical treatment of clavicular pseudoarthrosis has been extensively reported in the literature. This article reports our experience of a definitive treatment strategy using free vascularize...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Krishnan KG,Mucha D,Gupta R,Schackert G

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：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：:In patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage, delayed neurological deficits, often followed by infarction, are believed to result from ischemia caused by vasospasm. Cerebral blood flow (CBF) data have been useful in predicting the risk of vasospasm in these patients and in distinguishing those deficits caused by vasospasm...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yonas H,Sekhar L,Johnson DW,Gur D

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection is a significant cause of morbidity with cranioplasty procedures. However, few studies have investigated the effect of specific surgical practices on cranioplasty infection. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the literature on the effect of early surgery (within 3 months of craniectomy), implant material, and m...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yadla S,Campbell PG,Chitale R,Maltenfort MG,Jabbour P,Sharan AD

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scope and purpose of this work is 2-fold: to synthesize the available evidence and to translate it into recommendations. This document provides recommendations only when there is evidence to support them. As such, they do not constitute a complete protocol for clinical use. Our intention is that these recommendati...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Carney N,Totten AM,O'Reilly C,Ullman JS,Hawryluk GW,Bell MJ,Bratton SL,Chesnut R,Harris OA,Kissoon N,Rubiano AM,Shutter L,Tasker RC,Vavilala MS,Wilberger J,Wright DW,Ghajar J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors review their experience with a dorsolateral approach to the anterior rim of the foramen magnum and adjacent region. The operative technique includes exposure of the vertebral artery at C1, partial resection of the occipital condyle and lateral atlantal mass, and extradural drilling of the jugular tubercle....

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bertalanffy H,Seeger W

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tractography based on diffusion tensor imaging has become a popular tool for delineating white matter tracts for neurosurgical procedures. OBJECTIVE:To explore whether navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) might increase the accuracy of fiber tracking. METHODS:Tractography was performed accord...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Forster MT,Hoecker AC,Kang JS,Quick J,Seifert V,Hattingen E,Hilker R,Weise LM

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Y-stent-assisted coiling is one of the eligible techniques for the treatment of complex bifurcation aneurysms. In majority of previous literature, Y-stenting has been performed using stents that could be delivered through large profile microcatheters that are often difficult to manipulate during navigation t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Aydin K,Balci S,Sencer S,Barburoglu M,Umutlu MR,Arat A

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:Because of their rarity, the pathogenesis and clinical features of isolated spinal artery aneurysms are still unclear, and their diagnoses and treatments are challenging. We report a case of an isolated posterior spinal artery aneurysm and review previous reports thoroughly to identify the gen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kim HJ,Choi IS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External ventricular drainage (EVD) was used before and after posterior fossa operations in 62 children and adolescents. In all cases, the removal of the tumor (midline in 47 and laternal in 15) was attempted; total removal was achieved in 41. The overall mortality was 6.5% (4 patients). Only 25% of the survivors need...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Papo I,Caruselli G,Luongo A

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fever is associated with worse outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage, but there are few prospective data to quantify this relationship. METHODS:We prospectively enrolled consecutive aneurysmal or cryptogenic subarachnoid hemorrhage patients and recorded the highest core temperature each calendar day for Day ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Naidech AM,Bendok BR,Bernstein RA,Alberts MJ,Batjer HH,Watts CM,Bleck TP

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although transarterial regional hypothermia is an attractive alternative to general hypothermia, its efficacy and underlying mechanisms remain unclear. OBJECTIVE:To confirm transarterial regional hypothermia therapeutic effects on ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and to elucidate the mechanisms responsible...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kurisu K,Abumiya T,Nakamura H,Shimbo D,Shichinohe H,Nakayama N,Kazumata K,Shimizu H,Houkin K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome after single or staged stereotactic thalamotomies in 17 patients with dystonia and 2 patients with hemiballismus is reviewed. All patients were severely disabled by their movement disorders despite optimal pharmacological therapies. Eight of the patients with dystonia (47%) showed moderate improvement imme...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cardoso F,Jankovic J,Grossman RG,Hamilton WJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the spinal evoked response to focal electrical stimulation of the sensorimotor cortex in 32 rats. The results demonstrate a long-latency response (beginning at 8 milliseconds) elicited by electrical stimulation, which is distinct from the short-latency motor evoked potential previously reported...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ryder J,Zappulla R,Nieves J

更新日期：1991-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Endovascular stents have been successfully used in the treatment of fusiform and dissecting aneurysms of the peripheral circulation and extracranial carotid and vertebral arteries. Technical limitations related to the inability to navigate the stent and the delivery system through tortuous vasc...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mericle RA,Lanzino G,Wakhloo AK,Guterman LR,Hopkins LN

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal bite is a common cause of craniofacial injuries in children. Whereas scalp lacerations from animal bites are often extensive and severe, only four instances of compound depressed skull fractures from animal bites have been reported. A case of a dog bite to the head of an infant is presented to point out the pot...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wilberger JE Jr,Pang D

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IN 1891, Dr. Cemil Topuzlu operated on a brain abscess that originated as a complication of a depression fracture of the cranial inner table. The patient presented with Jacksonian seizures on his left side after a sharp trauma resulting in a 15 cm-long scalp laceration and underlying linear cranial fracture in the rig...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mut M,Dinç G,Naderi S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the overall treatment efficacy (tumor control, facial nerve function, complications) and quality of life for patients treated primarily for unilateral vestibular schwannomas of 30 mm or less, either by microsurgery or by gamma knife (GK) radiosurgery. The results f...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Myrseth E,Møller P,Pedersen PH,Vassbotn FS,Wentzel-Larsen T,Lund-Johansen M

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to develop an embolization material of hollow fiber combined with gelatin hydrogel for the controlled release of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). We examined feasibility of the material in embolization healing aneurysm by bFGF-induced tissue organization. METHODS:An aneu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kawakami O,Miyamoto S,Hatano T,Yamada K,Hashimoto N,Tabata Y

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with cervical plexiform neurofibromas are presented. Each of these patients had severe cervical kyphosis and has undergone anterior decompression, anterior reconstruction, and posterior stabilization. We discuss the surgical management of cervical kyphotic deformities associated with plexiform neurofibrom...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ward BA,Harkey HL,Parent AD,McGuire RA Jr,Kendig RJ

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature infants weighing under 1500 g are now surviving because of technical and medical advances in the field of neonatology. Up to 70% of these babies will have intracranial hemorrhages. The management of posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in these children with multiple other medical problems has thus become quite sig...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Marlin AE

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00