Telecanthal approach for meningiomas in the ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reports of cervical perimedullary arteriovenous shunt (PMAVS) are limited, and treatment strategies have not been established. OBJECTIVE:To describe angioarchitecture and optimal treatment strategies for cervical PMAVS. METHODS:We treated 22 patients with cervical PMAVS between 2000 and 2012 (8 women and 1...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Endo T,Shimizu H,Sato K,Niizuma K,Kondo R,Matsumoto Y,Takahashi A,Tominaga T

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hemifacial spasm caused by a cerebellopontine angle lipoma is extremely rare. We describe a patient with left-sided hemifacial spasm caused by vascular compression of the facial and vestibulocochlear cranial nerves by the anteroinferior cerebellar artery embedded within a cerebellopontine angle lipoma. CLINI...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barajas RF Jr,Chi J,Guo L,Barbaro N

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare anatomically the surgical exposure provided by pterional (PT), orbitozygomatic (OZ), and minisupraorbital (SO) craniotomies. METHODS:Seven sides of six fixed cadaver heads injected with silicone were used. The mini-SO craniotomy followed by the PT and OZ approaches were performed sequentially. The...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Figueiredo EG,Deshmukh V,Nakaji P,Deshmukh P,Crusius MU,Crawford N,Spetzler RF,Preul MC

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cushing's New Haven years were limited professionally to the completion of projects that had been previously started. These were the description of basophilism and the completion of the meningioma monograph and A Surgeon's Journal. His early years as a student at Yale led him to subsequent intense involvement in event...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Davey LM

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Though the Pipeline Embolization Device (Medtronic) is approved for use in adults 22 yr and older, the high efficacy and long-term durability of the device is attractive for treatment of intracranial aneurysms in younger patients who often have aneurysms less amenable to traditional endovascular treatments. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cherian J,Srinivasan V,Froehler MT,Grossberg JA,Cawley CM,Hanel RA,Puri A,Dumont T,Ducruet AF,Albuquerque F,Arthur A,Cheema A,Spiotta A,Anadani M,Lopes D,Saied A,Kim L,Kelly CM,Chen PR,Mocco J,De Leacy R,Powers

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine pineal area lesions were operated upon by the infratentorial-supracerebellar approach. There was one operative death and one death due to disseminated germinoma recurrence 2 1/2 years postoperatively. The remaining seven patients have shown no sign of recurrence and are neurologically normal. The surgical method ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Page LK

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We describe an innovative 1.7-mm-diameter, latex-free aspirator tip attachment (Circle Medical B.V., Wijchen, The Netherlands). This tip is designed to be used during tumor resection to avoid surgical trauma to the spinal cord surrounding an intramedullary tumor and the associated blood vessels. PATIENTS AND...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lefranc F,Brotchi J

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from an intracranial aneurysmal rupture is the most common nontraumatic etiology for SAH, but up to 15% of patients with SAH have no identifiable source. OBJECTIVE:To assess familial predisposition to spontaneous nonaneurysmal SAH (naSAH) and to evaluate whether family history ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lai PMR,Ng I,Gormley WB,Patel NJ,Frerichs KU,Aziz-Sultan MA,Du R

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the hyperacute histological and immunohistochemical effects of stereotactic proton beam irradiation of the rat hippocampus. METHODS:Nine rats underwent proton beam radiosurgery of one hippocampus with nominal doses of cobalt-2, -12, and -60 Gray equivalents (n = 3 each). Control animals (n = 3) were...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Brisman JL,Cosgrove GR,Thornton AF,Beer T,Bradley-Moore M,Shay CT,Hedley-Whyte ET,Cole AJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is often perceived as a passive membrane. However, evidence has demonstrated that the BBB plays an active role in normal homeostasis and in certain disease processes. METHODS:Approximately 300 peer-reviewed publications that discussed normal or abnormal BBB function were reviewe...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Neuwelt EA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatic fractures of the second cervical vertebra are common, representing nearly 20% of all acute cervical spinal fracture-dislocation injuries. They are divided into 3 distinct injury patterns: odontoid fractures, hangman's fracture injuries, and fractures of the axis body, involving all other fracture i...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pryputniewicz DM,Hadley MN

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report our preliminary clinical experience in treating patients with hypertensive hemorrhage in the basal ganglia using a minimally invasive approach facilitated by intraoperative real-time imaging of an open magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and a newly designed cutting suction device. METHODS:We d...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bernays RL,Kollias SS,Romanowski B,Valavanis A,Yonekawa Y

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord and subcortical brain stem evoked potentials had an amplitude at least 2 times higher when the cauda equina rather than bilateral peripheral nerves was stimulated. Cauda equina stimulation is indicated when potentials to peripheral nerve stimulation are absent or are too low in amplitude to permit reliable...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lueders H,Hahn J,Gurd A,Tsuji S,Dinner D,Lesser R,Klem G

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: We developed a modified soft tissue retractor for preventing problems that occur outside of the microscopic view field during microsurgery. INSTRUMENTATION AND OPERATIVE PROCEDURE: The characteristics of the modified soft tissue retractor are detachable handgrips, which can be easily released and fixed with...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kondo S,Hori T,Takakura K

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Despite their predilection for sensory nerves, intracranial schwannomas have been reported in a number of mixed and purely motor cranial nerves, especially in association with Type 2 neurofibromatosis. We report the rare occurrence of a trochlear nerve schwannoma in a patient without neurofibro...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Santoreneos S,Hanieh A,Jorgensen RE

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E2, thromboxane B2, and 6-oxo-prostaglandin F1 alpha were assayed in blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and from a control population. The levels found in samples obtained from patients after SAH were compared with those found in controls and were also...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： O'Neill P,Walton S,Foy PM,Shaw MD

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:The techniques for the treatment of intracranial arteriovenous fistulae include angiographic balloon occlusion of the fistula as well as direct surgical attack. Regardless of the method, the occurrence of severe hyperemia caused by a lack of autoregulation after obliteration of the fistula remains a significant concer...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Giller CA,Batjer HH,Purdy P,Walker B,Mathews D

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 90 000 people are expected to be diagnosed with melanoma in the United States this year. The development of brain metastases is particularly difficult to manage. Over the past few years, melanoma patients with multiple unresectable brain metastases for which stereotactic surgery might also not be a viable option ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jiang C,Wallington DG,Anker CJ,Lawson DH,Yushak ML,Kudchadkar RR,Tarhini A,Khan MK

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliable Assessment of the probability that a head injury patient harbors a surgical intracranial lesion is critical to both triage and treatment. The authors analyzed data from 608 patients with severe head injuries (Glasgow Coma Scale score, < or = 8) in the Traumatic Coma Data Bank to assess the reliability of pupi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chesnut RM,Gautille T,Blunt BA,Klauber MR,Marshall LE

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We report the initial results of a pilot clinical trial exploring the safety and feasibility of the first real-time magnetic resonance-guided laser-induced thermal therapy of treatment-resistant focal metastatic intracranial tumors. METHODS:Patients with resistant metastatic intracranial tumors who had previ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Carpentier A,McNichols RJ,Stafford RJ,Itzcovitz J,Guichard JP,Reizine D,Delaloge S,Vicaut E,Payen D,Gowda A,George B

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of subdural hematoma, one acute and the other chronic, associated with cancer metastatic to the dura are reported. Various mechanisms of the association of hematomas with cancer are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： McKenzie CR,Rengachary SS,McGregor DH,Dixon AY,Suskind DL

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, only presumptive diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) can be made in living patients. We present a modality that may be instrumental to the definitive diagnosis of CTE in living patients based on brain autopsy confirmation of [F-18]FDDNP-PET findings in an American football player with CTE. [...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Omalu B,Small GW,Bailes J,Ercoli LM,Merrill DA,Wong KP,Huang SC,Satyamurthy N,Hammers JL,Lee J,Fitzsimmons RP,Barrio JR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Intrinsic oculomotor nerve hematoma is an exceptional cause of third nerve palsy. This case report illustrates the clinical, radiological, and intraoperative relevance of this rare pathological finding. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 25-year-old woman with a 12-year history of gross total resection o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ratilal BO,Galo SM,Luiz CA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Desmoplastic infantile gangliogliomas (DIGs) are extremely rare tumors that respond well to treatment. However, their biological behavior remains to be clarified. We describe two patients whose DIGs spontaneously regressed after surgery, without adjuvant therapy. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 9-mont...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Takeshima H,Kawahara Y,Hirano H,Obara S,Niiro M,Kuratsu J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Animal models and clinical studies suggest that intraventricular thrombolysis improves clot resolution and clinical outcomes among patients with intraventricular hemorrhage. However, this intervention may increase the rates of rebleeding and infection. To assess the safety and efficacy of intraventricular thr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Naff NJ,Hanley DF,Keyl PM,Tuhrim S,Kraut M,Bederson J,Bullock R,Mayer SA,Schmutzhard E

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)-based functional neuronavigation in surgery of cerebral gliomas with pyramidal tract (PT) involvement with respect to both perioperative assessment and follow-up outcome. METHODS:A prospective, randomized controlled study was conducted between 2001 and 2005. A conse...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wu JS,Zhou LF,Tang WJ,Mao Y,Hu J,Song YY,Hong XN,Du GH

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional brain tissue catecholamine concentrations were measured in 5 control rats and in 10 rats 72 hours after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Catecholamine levels were determined in the cerebral hemispheres, brain stem, and cerebellum of each animal using a radioenzymatic assay. Three days after SAH, th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Solomon RA,McCormack BM,Lovitz RN,Swift DM,Hegemann MT

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) is used in tens of thousands of spinal fusions each year. A trial evaluating a high-dose BMP formulation demonstrated that its use may be associated with an increased risk of cancer. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether BMP, as commonly used today, is associated with an increased r...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lad SP,Bagley JH,Karikari IO,Babu R,Ugiliweneza B,Kong M,Isaacs RE,Bagley CA,Gottfried ON,Patil CG,Boakye M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The management of patients with a Chiari I malformation who present with headaches alone remains unclear. We studied the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow dynamics of Chiari I malformation patients presenting with headaches alone so as to identify headache types that are associated with CSF flow obstruction vers...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： McGirt MJ,Nimjee SM,Floyd J,Bulsara KR,George TM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00