Spinal schwannoma; analysis of 40 cases.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors evaluated the accuracies and ease of use of several commonly used microanastomosis training models (synthetic tube, chicken wing, and living rat model). METHODS:A survey was conducted among neurosurgeons and neurosurgery residents at a workshop held in 2009 at the authors' institute. Questions ad...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Hwang G,Oh CW,Park SQ,Sheen SH,Bang JS,Kang HS

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of intradural-extramedullary primary spinal cysticercosis. A 42-year-old man visited our institute for lower back pain. He denied having consumed raw meet. Magnetic resonance (MR) images revealed an intradural pure cystic mass at the L3-L4 level. A radiologic diagnosis of spinal arachnoid cyst ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Yoo M,Lee CH,Kim KJ,Kim HJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar hemorrhage is an unusual complication of supratentorial neurosurgery. To the best of our knowledge, only three case reports have described the occurrence of cerebellar hemorrhage after burr hole drainage for the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma (SDH). We present the case of a patient with this rare po...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Chang SH,Yang SH,Son BC,Lee SW

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Both endovascular coil embolization and microsurgical clipping are now firmly established as treatment options for the management of cerebral aneurysms. Moreover, they are sometimes used as complementary approaches each other. This study retrospectively analyzed our experience with endovascular and microsurgi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Lim YC,Shin YS,Chung J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We performed a retrospective analysis of medical records and radiographic images of patients who never underwent spinal treatment including diagnosis. The objective of this study is to explain the biomechanical and physiologic characteristics of cervical alignment related to thoracic inlet angle including T1 ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Park JH,Cho CB,Song JH,Kim SW,Ha Y,Oh JK

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute spontaneous subdural hematoma (SDH) of arterial origin is very rare. We report a case of acute spontaneous SDH that showed contrast media extravasation from cortical artery on angiograms. A 58-year-old male patient developed sudden onset headache and right hemiparesis. Brain CT scan demonstrated acute SDH at lef...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Sung SK,Kim SH,Son DW,Lee SW

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The demineralized bone matrix (DBM) as the bone graft material to increase the fusion rate was widely used in spinal fusion. The current study aimed to compare the fusion rate of DBM to the fusion rate of autograft in lumbar spine fusion via meta-analysis of published literature. After systematic search, comparative s...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Han S,Park B,Lim JW,Youm JY,Choi SW,Kim DH,Ahn DK

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was performed to determine the anatomical landmarks and optimal dissection points of the facial nerve (FN) and the hypoglossal nerve (HGN) in the submandibular region to provide guidance for hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis (HFNA). METHODS:Twenty-nine specimens were obtained from 15 formalin-f...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Shin DS,Bae HG,Shim JJ,Yoon SM,Kim RS,Chang JC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cardiac dysfunction after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is associated with elevation of serum cardiac troponin I (cTnI) levels. Elevation of cTnI predicts cardiopulmonary and neurological complications, and poor outcome. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical and radiologic records of 114...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Jeon IC,Chang CH,Choi BY,Kim MS,Kim SW,Kim SH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recently, regenerative therapies have been used in clinical trials (heart, cartilage, skeletal). We don't make use of these treatments to spinal cord injury (SCI) patients yet, but regenerative therapies are rising interest in recent study about SCI. Neural precursor/stem cell (NPSC) proliferation is a signif...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Han Y,Kim KT

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Microvascular decompression (MVD) for hemifacial spasm (HFS) involving the vertebral artery (VA) can be technically challenging. We investigated the therapeutic effects of a bioglue-coated Teflon sling technique on the VA during MVD in 42 cases. METHODS:A bioglue-coated Teflon sling was crafted by the surgeo...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Lee SH,Park JS,Ahn YH

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several surgical procedures have been reported for the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH). We compared the results of treatments for CSDH obtained from one burr-hole craniostomy with closed system drainage with or without irrigation, two burr-hole craniostomy with closed system drainage with irriga...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Lee JK,Choi JH,Kim CH,Lee HK,Moon JG

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are very rare tumors. We experienced a case of MPNST in the cervical paraspinal space which was not associated with neurofibromatosis. The tumor located in left C6-7 foramen and compressed C7 root. The tumor was removed through the occipital triangle. We report a case ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Kim KT,Park YS,Kwon JT,Kim YB

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the present study is to assess the long-term results of microsurgical dorsal root entry zonotomy (MDT) for the treatment of medically intractable upper-extremity spasticity. METHODS:The records of nine adult patients who underwent MDT by one operating neurosurgeon from March 1999 to June 2004 ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Hong JC,Kim MS,Chang CH,Kim SW,Kim OL,Kim SH

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In order to establish the role of Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKS) in large intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), we analyzed clinical characteristics, radiological features, and radiosurgical outcomes. METHODS:Between March 1992 and March 2005, 28 of 33 patients with large AVMs (> 10 cm(3) in nidus...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Lee SH,Lim YJ,Choi SK,Kim TS,Rhee BA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Brainstem metastases are rarely operable and generally unresponsive to conventional radiation therapy or chemotherapy. Recently, Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (GKRS) was used as feasible treatment option for brainstem metastasis. The present study evaluated our experience of brainstem metastasis which was treated ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Yoo TW,Park ES,Kwon DH,Kim CJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The diagnosis of insufficiency fractures of the sacrum in an elder population increases annually. Fractures show very different morphology. We aimed to classify sacral insufficiency fractures according to the position of cortical break and possible need for intervention. METHODS:Between January 1, 2008 and D...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Bakker G,Hattingen J,Stuetzer H,Isenberg J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite several limitations, the Trauma Injury Severity Score (TRISS) is normally used to evaluate trauma systems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the preventable trauma death rate using the TRISS method in severe trauma patients with traumatic brain injury using our emergency department data. METHODS:...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Moon JH,Seo BR,Jang JW,Lee JK,Moon HS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intra-arterial administration of nimodipine (IAN) is commonly used for cerebral vasospasm refractory to medical treatments. We report two cases of vasogenic edema after IAN. Our patients with aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage presented with vasospasm, which was treated by IAN. Consequently, vasogenic edema develo...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Ryu CW,Koh JS,Yu SY,Kim EJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Retrospective analysis to compare the effect and complication of epidural patient-controlled analgesia (epidural PCA) with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV PCA) for the treatment of the post-operative pain after posterior lumbar instrumented fusion. METHODS:Sixty patients who underwent posterior ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Lee SH,Kim KH,Cheong SM,Kim S,Kooh M,Chin DK

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aneurysm remnants rate was evaluated via three-dimensional digital subtraction angiography (3D-DSA) in the postoperative evaluation of clipped aneurysms. METHODS:Data on surgically clipped aneurysms of anterior circulation obtained via postoperative 3D-DSA from February 2007 to March 2009 were gathered. ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Ahn SS,Kim YD

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) has been considered as a low grade tumor of adolescents and young adults. Although this tumor often shows cystic component, the hemorrhage within the cyst is extremely rare. The authors report a rare case of cystic PXA with a hemorrhage within the cyst and the mural nodule in the le...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Lee DK,Cho KT,Im SH,Hong SK

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:In Asians, kneeling and squatting are the postures that are most often induce common peroneal neuropathy. However, we could not identify a compatible compression site of the common peroneal nerve (CPN) during hyper-flexion of knees. To evaluate the course of the CPN at the popliteal area related with compress...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Yang J,Cho Y,Cho J,Choi H,Jeon J,Kang S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The indications and optimal surgical treatments for intracranial cysts are controversial. In the present study, we describe long-term clinical and neuroimaging results of surgically treated intracranial cysts in children. The goal of this study is to contribute to the discussion of the debate. METHODS:This s...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Lee EJ,Ra YS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:General anesthesia is often preferred for endovascular coiling of intracranial aneurysm at most centers. But in the authors' hospital, it is performed under monitored anesthesia care (MAC) using dexmedetomidine. To determine the feasibility and safety of this approach, the authors reviewed our initial experie...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Lee HH,Jung YJ,Choi BY,Chang CH

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy and safety of microvascular decompression (MVD) for hemifacial spasm (HFS) in elderly patients. METHODS:Between 1997 and June 2008, 1,174 patients had undergone MVD for HFS at our institute. Among these, 53 patients were older than 65 years. We retrospect...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Jeon CJ,Kong DS,Lee JA,Park K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Because the anatomical structure of the brachial plexus is very complex, surgical treatment of tumors in this region is challenging. Therefore, a lot of clinical and surgical experience is required for successful treatment; however, many neurosurgeons have difficulty accumulating this experience owing to the ...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Jung IH,Yoon KW,Kim YJ,Lee SK

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The inter-rater reliability of the modified Knosp's classification was measured before the analysis. The clinical validity of the parasellar extension grading system was evaluated by investigating the extents of resection and complication rates among the grades in the endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surg...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Lee SH,Park JS,Lee S,Kim SW,Hong YK

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Chronic subdural hematoma is a common and relatively benign disease. However, recurrence is common after surgical treatment, and the recurrence rate varies from 5% to 33%. The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive factors for recurrence of chronic subdural hematoma. Methods:We analyzed data fro...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Kim SU,Lee DH,Kim YI,Yang SH,Sung JH,Cho CB

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusiform aneurysms on the basilar artery (BA) trunk are rare. The microsurgical management of these aneurysms is difficult because of their deep location, dense collection of vital cranial nerves, and perforating arteries to the brain stem. Endovascular treatment is relatively easier and safer compared with microsurgi...

journal_title：Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

authors： Jung YJ,Kim MS,Choi BY,Chang CH

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00