Surgical anatomy of the ophthalmic artery: its origin and proximal course.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The International Study of Intracranial Aneurysms found that for patients with no previous history of subarachnoid hemorrhage, small (< 7 mm) anterior circulation and posterior circulation aneurysms had a 0% and 2.5% risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage over 5 years, respectively. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rahman M,Ogilvy CS,Zipfel GJ,Derdeyn CP,Siddiqui AH,Bulsara KR,Kim LJ,Riina HA,Mocco J,Hoh BL

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:The anatomic reorganization of the subnucleus that controls the stylohyoid muscle (the stylohyoid subnucleus) within the brain stem facial nucleus was studied after regeneration of the facial nerve in adult rats. Horseradish peroxidase was injected into the right stylohyoid muscle 3 to 21 months after transection and ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fernandez E,Pallini R,Marchese E,Lauretti L,La Marca F

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) myelography scans demonstrated a dural defect in a 50-year-old man with an epidural arachnoid cyst who had a 29-year history of untreated weakness and numbness both lower limbs. METHODS:MRI scans showed a dorsal intraspinal extradural cystic lesion at the level f...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Miyamoto M,Kim K,Matsumoto R,Isobe M,Isu T

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Frequently, the cervicothoracic junction can be reached through a simple anterior approach. In some cases, access to this region requires a much more aggressive surgical intervention, such as manubriotomy or sternotomy. Information regarding the need for such interventions is particularly useful to have preop...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Karikari IO,Powers CJ,Isaacs RE

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Atlantoaxial rotatory fixation (AARF) remains a recondite entity. Our normative study using CT motion analysis shows that there is a high degree of concordance for rotational behavior of C1 and C2 in children 0 to 18 years. C1 always crosses C2 at or near 0 degree. The predictable relationship between C1 and ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pang D

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraventricular tension pneumocephalus is an unusual complication of surgically treated hydrocephalus. This is a life-threatening complication requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment. A case is presented wherein tension pneumocephalus developed as a result of cervicocranial subcutaneous emphysema in the presence of ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Horton DD,Pollay M,Reynolds AF Jr

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent strategies for treatment of basilar invagination (BI) and atlantoaxial dislocation (AAD) are based on simultaneous posterior reduction and fixation. OBJECTIVE:To describe new modifications of the procedure distraction, compression, extension, and reduction (DCER), ie, joint remodeling (JRM) and extra...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chandra PS,Prabhu M,Goyal N,Garg A,Chauhan A,Sharma BS

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of intracranial vasa vasorum supplying the larger vessels of the circle of Willis has long been debated. Much of this debate results from contradictory findings of microanatomic studies in a variety of nonprimate species. Recently, however, a growing body of evidence seems to suggest that in certain path...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Connolly ES Jr,Huang J,Goldman JE,Holtzman RN

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite advances in conventional therapy, the prognosis for most glioma patients remains dismal. This has prompted an intensive search for effective treatment alternatives. Immunotherapy, one such alternative, has long been recognized as a potentially potent cancer treatment but has been limited by an inadequ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Parney IF,Hao C,Petruk KC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebrovascular pressure reactivity is the principal mechanism of cerebral autoregulation. Assessment of cerebral autoregulation can be performed by using the mean flow index (Mx) based on transcranial Doppler ultrasonography. Cerebrovascular pressure reactivity can be monitored by using the pressure reactiv...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Budohoski KP,Czosnyka M,de Riva N,Smielewski P,Pickard JD,Menon DK,Kirkpatrick PJ,Lavinio A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with Charcot's disease of the lumbar spine presented with weakness of one extremity. Myelographic and x-ray film studies indicated stenosis and compression due to degenerative changes. Although decompression and fusion were considered, computed tomographic scans indicated the wide extent and location of the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Raynor RB

更新日期：1986-07-01 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：:To improve the localization of stereotactic targets, somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) were recorded from the thalamus and subthalamic area using a specially designed semimicroelectrode in 61 patients and a conventional "macroelectrode" in 17 patients. By means of the semimicroelectrode, median nerve stimulation ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shima F,Morioka T,Tobimatsu S,Kavaklis O,Kato M,Fukui M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using rabbit cerebral arteries in an in vitro chamber, we examined the cerebral arterial contraction initiated by clotting whole blood. By using methysergide maleate and a novel thromboxane synthetase inhibitor, 1-carboxyheptylimidazole (1-CHI), we studied the contributions of both serotonin and the prostaglandin meta...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schumacher MA,Alksne JF

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ten-year follow-up data from the US Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption trial comparing BRYAN® Cervical Disc (Medtronic, Dublin, Ireland) arthroplasty to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) demonstrated that disc arthroplasty maintained range of motion and improvements in...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ghobrial GM,Lavelle WF,Florman JE,Riew KD,Levi AD

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Animal model systems have shown that head trauma can induce cell death in regions of the brain away from the site of the impact via a process of apoptosis. We sought to determine whether there was evidence of cellular apoptosis in clinically collected materials from human head trauma patients, as well as to a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ng I,Yeo TT,Tang WY,Soong R,Ng PY,Smith DR

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, the ideal academic neurosurgeon has been a "quadruple threat," with excellence in clinical work, teaching, research, and administration. This tradition was best exemplified in Harvey Cushing, who developed the field of neurosurgery 90 years ago. This paradigm will probably have to change as academic neu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Black PM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hypomania accounts for approximately 4% to 13% of psychotropic adverse events during subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease. Diffusion of current into the inferior and medial "limbic" STN is often reported to be the cause. We suggest a different explanation, in which th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Coenen VA,Honey CR,Hurwitz T,Rahman AA,McMaster J,Bürgel U,Mädler B

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five intramedullary cavernous angiomas were surgically removed after being localized by intraoperative ultrasound imaging. Two patients were men, and three were women; in three patients, the symptoms had an acute onset, whereas in the other two, it was gradual. The vascular malformation was localized in the dorsal tra...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lunardi P,Acqui M,Ferrante L,Fortuna A

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with a recently described tumor of neuronal origin, intraventricular neurocytoma, are presented. These tumors occur as intraventricular lesions in young patients, and the prognosis after surgical treatment is favorable. The initial pathological diagnosis of intraventricular neurocytoma may be difficult ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barbosa MD,Balsitis M,Jaspan T,Lowe J

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although various strategies for prevention of brain disease have been implemented, no substance has been found to be advantageous for prophylaxis against brain injury. OBJECTIVE:While previous work in our laboratory and others have shown positive effects using the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DH...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mills JD,Hadley K,Bailes JE

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During radiofrequency (RF) heating of trigeminal rootlets, we regularly measured blood pressure rises to 250 to 300 mm Hg, confirming two previous reports. We also found abnormally increased bleeding times in 12% of 127 patients awaiting operation for trigeminal neuralgia. These two facts probably explain 6 fatalities...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sweet WH,Poletti CE,Roberts JT

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD), a neurocognitive disorder with similar cellular abnormalities. We recently discovered a small molecule (Peptide 6) corresponding to an active region of human ciliary neurotrophic factor, with neurogenic and neurotrophic properties in m...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chohan MO,Bragina O,Kazim SF,Statom G,Baazaoui N,Bragin D,Iqbal K,Nemoto E,Yonas H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The posterior orbit contains a number of important and vulnerable structures, including the optic nerve, the ophthalmic artery and vein, and the ocular muscles and their motor nerves, which makes surgical access to the lesion in this region quite difficult. Transfrontal, transfrontal-ethmoidal, and transmaxil...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Karaki M,Kobayashi R,Mori N

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posttraumatic seizure (PTS) is a significant complication of traumatic brain injury (TBI). OBJECTIVE:To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare levetiracetam with phenytoin for seizure prophylaxis in patients diagnosed with severe TBI. METHODS:An inclusive search of several electronic data...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Khan NR,VanLandingham MA,Fierst TM,Hymel C,Hoes K,Evans LT,Mayer R,Barker F,Klimo P Jr

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minimally invasive surgery procedures, including stereotactic catheter aspiration and clearance of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator hold a promise to improve outcome of supratentorial brain hemorrhage, a morbid and disabling type of stroke. A recently completed Pha...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Awad IA,Polster SP,Carrión-Penagos J,Thompson RE,Cao Y,Stadnik A,Money PL,Fam MD,Koskimäki J,Girard R,Lane K,McBee N,Ziai W,Hao Y,Dodd R,Carlson AP,Camarata PJ,Caron JL,Harrigan MR,Gregson BA,Mendelow AD,Zuccare

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of extracerebral cavernous angiomas of the cavernous sinus in the middle fossa are reported. These are rare lesions that primarily affect women and are usually associated with acute or subacute onset of visual symptoms: diplopia, exophthalmos, and decreased visual acuity. The growth of the lesion often ero...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rigamonti D,Pappas CT,Spetzler RF,Johnson PC

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has not been any effective prophylaxis for delayed cerebral ischemia delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) since the introduction of nimodipine. Platelet inhibition may reduce the risk by preventing the formation of microthrombi. Tirofiban has been used as a single monotherapy bridge given its safety profile...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Zanaty M,Osorno-Cruz C,Byer S,Roa JA,Limaye K,Ishii D,Nakagawa D,Torner J,Yongjun L,Ortega-Gutiérrez S,Samaniego EA,Allan L,Hasan D

更新日期：2020-10-15 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