Ruptured arteriovenous malformation in the auditory nerve: technical case report.

abstract：:This report details the surgical treatment of 44 patients with aneurysms of the vertebral and basilar arteries. Three different surgical approaches were utilized depending on the location of the aneurysm. These were an anterior supratentorial approach, a lateral suboccipital approach, and a combined supratentorial and...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Solomon RA,Stein BM

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the potential operative morbidity in posteroventral pallidotomy (PVP) for patients with Parkinson's disease. METHODS:We designed a retrospective study that included 796 consecutive patients (mean age, 64.9 yr; male, 559; female, 237) with Parkinson's disease. All PVPs (simultaneous bilateral P...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Higuchi Y,Iacono RP

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Symptomatic patients with a brainstem cavernoma are treated surgically with increasing frequency. Generally, the patient's benefit from this difficult surgical intervention is quantified by the assessment of neurological symptoms. OBJECTIVE:To document the beneficial effect of surgery in a larger patient po...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dukatz T,Sarnthein J,Sitter H,Bozinov O,Benes L,Sure U,Bertalanffy H

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial cartilaginous tumors are unusual lesions, of which myxoid chondrosarcoma is the rarest. We describe this tumor arising from the falx in a 28-year-old woman treated at recurrence with a second operation and a radiation implant. The behavior of classic chondrosarcoma and mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is also r...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Salcman M,Scholtz H,Kristt D,Numaguchi Y

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Stereotactic radiosurgery requires the highest degree of accuracy in target identification and localization. When targeting paraspinal lesions, the CyberKnife radiosurgical system (Accuray, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA) uses implanted stainless steel fiducials. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the total syste...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yu C,Main W,Taylor D,Kuduvalli G,Apuzzo ML,Adler JR Jr

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a review of 147 patients with intracranial aneurysms surgically treated by one surgeon (FAD) between 1980 and 1987, 36 selected patients received intraoperative barbiturate protection with sodium thiopental during temporary arterial occlusion. Thiopental doses of 5 to 15 mg/kg were used. Twenty-nine of 36 (81%) had...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： McDermott MW,Durity FA,Borozny M,Mountain MA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite apparent gross total resection, olfactory groove meningiomas have a high rate of late recurrence (average, 23%). In this retrospective study, we confirmed that the sites of these recurrences are the cranial base and paranasal sinuses. We postulated that these recurrences stem from conservative handlin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Obeid F,Al-Mefty O

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new model of subacute compression of the spinal cord is described. Using an expanding epidural mass, a gradual, progressive, and highly reproducible neurological deficit was induced in rats over a 7-day period, resulting in paraplegia. Studies of spinal cord edema, disruption of the blood-spinal cord barrier, and so...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Arbit E,Galicich W,Galicich JH,Lau N

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High upper thoracic sympathectomy using microsurgical techniques aided by electrical stimulation of the sympathetic chain is described. Use of the microscope facilitates identification and dissection of the sympathetic chain and minimizes the risk of pleural damage. Electrical stimulation of the sympathetic chain esta...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lindquist C,Fedorcsak I,Steig PE

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myogenic motor-evoked responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex (tcmag-MERs) may become clinically useful for the noninvasive assessment of motor pathway conduction during surgery. However, application is hindered because most anesthetic regimens result in severe depression of tcmag-MER amplit...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kalkman CJ,Drummond JC,Patel PM,Sano T,Chesnut RM

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, including upper- and lower-extremity somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs), has been used to identify and prevent injury to neurovascular structures during conventional skull base surgery. The expanded endonasal approach (EEA) is a novel minimally invasive appr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Thirumala PD,Kassasm AB,Habeych M,Wichman K,Chang YF,Gardner P,Prevedello D,Snyderman C,Carrau R,Crammond DJ,Balzer J

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Spinal cord injury is one of several devastating complications after operation in the sitting position. Young patients exhibiting extraordinary growth spurts demonstrate a higher risk for this complication. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:We describe a 7-year-old male patient with a pineal region chorio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nitta H,Yamashita J,Nomura M,Igarashi N

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anterior cervical instrumentation as an adjunct to bone fusion has an important role in cervical spine surgery. Posterior vertebral body cortex purchase is strongly recommended in the use of the Caspar system, although few biomechanical data exist to validate this requirement. In this study, Caspar screws were placed ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Maiman DJ,Pintar FA,Yoganandan N,Reinartz J,Toselli R,Woodward E,Haid R

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minimal clinically important difference (MCID) is determined when a patient or physician defines the minimal change that outweighs the costs and untoward effects of a treatment. These measurements are "anchored" to validated quality-of-life instruments or physician-rated, disease-activity indices. To capture...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Zervos TM,Asmaro K,Air EL

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of Hyaloglide gel (or auto-cross-linked polysaccharide [ACP] gel; Fidia Advanced Biopolymers, Abano Terme, Italy), a hyaluronan-derivative polymer, on peripheral nerve scarring and nerve regeneration. METHODS:We performed two surgical procedures in adult rats: 1) neurolysis of the sciat...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dam-Hieu P,Lacroix C,Said G,Devanz P,Liu S,Tadie M

更新日期：2005-04-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Hyperglycemia is common and showed to be risky for poor prognosis in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). However, the causality and mechanism underlying this observation are not well established. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between hyperglycemia and cerebral vasospasm with its pathoge...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Huang YH,Chung CL,Tsai HP,Wu SC,Chang CZ,Chai CY,Lee TC,Kwan AL

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A very rare case of Petriellidium boydii pachymeningitis is described. Rarer still is the stabilization of this case for a prolonged period. Miconazole and ketaconazole both seemed useful in the treatment, and their role is discussed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schiess RJ,Coscia MF,McClellan GA

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tumor neogenesis is an uncommon but known consequence after therapeutic irradiation of the central nervous system. Causative agents for glioma induction remain unknown, but laboratory and clinical data suggest a possible role for radiation as a promotor. In the treatment of both pituitary adenomas and craniop...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Simmons NE,Laws ER Jr

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posttraumatic syringomyelia affects approximately 28% of spinal cord injury patients, and current treatments are often ineffective. The pathogenesis of this condition remains poorly understood. Previous reports have focused on pathways and mechanisms of fluid inflow; however, disturbances of fluid outflow me...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wong J,Hemley S,Jones N,Cheng S,Bilston L,Stoodley M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The existence of tethering tracts in spinal dysraphism, other than congenital dermal sinus (CDS), has been recognized and has been summated into an integrated concept of limited dorsal myeloschisis (LDM). OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the underlying embryology of LDM in relation to CDS by focusing on the pathologi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lee JY,Park SH,Chong S,Phi JH,Kim SK,Cho BK,Wang KC

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:This case summarizes our experience with the first described intradural extramedullary cavernous malformation at the foramen magnum and reminds the neurosurgical community to consider cavernous malformations in the differential diagnosis for subarachnoid hemorrhage. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 21-...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mocco J,Laufer I,Mack WJ,Winfree CJ,Libien J,Connolly ES Jr

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lumbar discectomy is the most commonly performed spine procedure. Academic spine centers with potentially differing caseloads and experience may have different outcomes. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the choice of center in which surgery is performed affects lumbar discectomy outcomes. METHODS:Spine Patie...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Desai A,Bekelis K,Ball PA,Lurie J,Mirza SK,Tosteson TD,Zhao W,Weinstein JN

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a new endoscope shaft developed for suction-aspiration during endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary surgery. METHODS:A custom-made shaft for a Wolf endoscope (Richard Wolf GmbH, Knittlingen, Germany) was developed with a height of 10 mm and a width of 5 mm, allowing an additional working channel f...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： van Lindert EJ,Grotenhuis JA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previous reports identified the presence of traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (tSAH) on admission computed tomographic (CT) scans as an independent prognostic factor in worsening outcomes. The mechanism underlying the link between tSAH and prognosis has not been clarified. The aim of this study was to investi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Servadei F,Murray GD,Teasdale GM,Dearden M,Iannotti F,Lapierre F,Maas AJ,Karimi A,Ohman J,Persson L,Stocchetti N,Trojanowski T,Unterberg A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The development of delayed ischemia caused by cerebral vasospasm remains a common cause of morbidity and mortality after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Preliminary studies suggest that 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) may decrease the risk of vasospasm, but additional ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kramer AH,Gurka MJ,Nathan B,Dumont AS,Kassell NF,Bleck TP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old boy presented with a 7-month history of headache and projectile vomiting. Computerized axial tomography revealed a large, high density lesion involving the entire left frontal lobe. At operation a 330-g, apparently encapsulated, mildly cystic neoplasm was removed from the region of the left frontal opercu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： DiTullio MV Jr,Fried H

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00