Central nervous system malformations and the VATER association.

abstract：:Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) provides a physiological restoration of cerebrospinal fluid and a shunt-free option for hydrocephalus children. Continuous developments in techniques and instruments have improved ETV as the first-line treatment. This paper focuses on the recent advances in surgical techniques, i...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Feng Z,Li Q,Gu J,Shen W

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posterior fossa syndrome (PFS), also known as cerebellar affective syndrome, is characterized by emotional lability and decreased speech production following injury or surgery to the cerebellum. Rarely, oculomotor dysfunction has been described in association with PFS. Here, we report a case of complete ocular paresis...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Afshar M,Link M,Edwards MS,Fisher PG,Fredrick D,Monje M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schimmelpenning syndrome is a rare, well-defined constellation of clinical phenotypes associated with the presence of nevus sebaceous and multisystem abnormalities most commonly manifested as cerebral, ocular, and skeletal defects [1]. A single nucleotide mutation in the HRAS or...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Chiang MC,McDowell MM,Weaver K,Broniscer A,Greene S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Chiari I malformation is associated with a hydromyelic cavity in 55-75% of patients. In the author's series (1977-1991), hydromelia occurred in 111 of 131 patients (85%). There were 35 children. Posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty and fourth ventricle to subarachnoid shunt was made in all patients with C...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Menezes AH

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year-old boy with chronic papilledema, bilateral coronal synostosis and Pfeiffer syndrome underwent an orbitofrontal advancement. One month postoperatively, his papilledema had resolved, however, his vision progressively deteriorated over the ensuing 3 months to legal blindness. He had no symptoms or signs of incr...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Campbell JW,Albright AL,Losken HW,Biglan AW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature separation of the neuroectoderm from the ipsilateral surface ectoderm allowing mesenchymal tissue to invade into the central canal, or "premature dysjunction" theory, was proposed for the pathogenesis of dorsal type lumbosacral lipoma. To test this theory, the unilateral neural fold was incised using Hamburg...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Li YC,Shin SH,Cho BK,Lee MS,Lee YJ,Hong SK,Wang KC

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a report of a prenatal sonographic diagnosis of a lateral ventricle choroid plexus papilloma in an in vitro fertilization (IVF)-induced pregnancy of a 40-year-old woman. The baby was delivered at 35 weeks of gestation and surgery was performed 5 days later with a good outcome. Several cases of malignancies ass...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Cohen ZR,Achiron R,Feldman Z

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernous malformations (CMs) of the central nervous system are benign, angiographically occult vascular lesions and are diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging techniques. Giant CMs do not differ from smaller-sized CMs in their clinical, surgical or histopathological presentation but may be radiologically different. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ozsoy KM,Oktay K,Gezercan Y,Cetinalp NE,Olguner SK,Erman T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blunt carotid injury (BCI) is an uncommon yet potentially devastating entity which has received little attention in the pediatric literature. In an attempt to better characterize pediatric BCI, a review of the National Pediatric Trauma Registry was performed. Records were obtained from all children diagnosed with inte...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Lew SM,Frumiento C,Wald SL

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among youth and adults. Secondary injury mechanisms within the spinal cord (SC) are well known to cause deterioration after an acute impact. Free radical scavengers are among the most studied agents in animal models of SCI. Edaravone is a...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ozgiray E,Serarslan Y,Oztürk OH,Altaş M,Aras M,Söğüt S,Yurtseven T,Oran I,Zileli M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reviewed 16 children with extradural spinal tumors, both benign and malignant, treated from 1998 to 2006 in Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India. The duration of symptomatology, clinical signs, radiological investigations, surgical approach, outcome and histopathological var...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kumar R,Giri PJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess the head injury in children caused by an unusual projectile, a tear gas cartridge. The study is the only one on this subject which has been done in a teenage population. METHOD:This was a prospective study conducted over a period of 4 years in which all the patients aged ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Wani AA,Zargar J,Ramzan AU,Malik NK,Qayoom A,Kirmani AR,Nizami FA,Wani MA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cloverleaf skull deformity, or Kleeblattschädel, is a rare malformation caused by synostosis of multiple cranial sutures. This anomaly has been reported to carry a dismal prognosis both in terms of neurological outcome as well as cosmetic appearance if treatment is delayed. Due to the paucity of data concerning th...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Resnick DK,Pollack IF,Albright AL

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although subdural hematomas (SDH) are common in infants, their long-term outcome is poorly documented in the literature. METHODS:Infants operated for SDH were followed prospectively and evaluated during their sixth year with systematic neurological evaluation and standard neuropsychological testing. RESULTS...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Vinchon M,Defoort-Dhellemmes S,Nzeyimana C,Vallée L,Dhellemmes P

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculous infection of the cavernous sinus and Meckel's cave is extremely rare. In this report, we describe a patient with tuberculoma of the cavernous sinus and Meckel's cave, extending to the petrous apex. The patient underwent microsurgical excision of the lesion and antitubercular chemotherapy resulting in a goo...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kumar VR,Madhugiri VS,Verma SK,Barathi SD,Yadav AK,Bidkar P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Surgical treatment options are limited for medically and endovascular refractory cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVT). We describe the technical feasibility of open, direct sinus thrombectomy in a pediatric patient with medically and endovascular refractory CVT. METHODS:A 15-year-old patient with superior ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Westwick HJ,Obaid S,Bordeleau-Roy F,Truffer E,Weil AG

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Today, hemispherectomy is a well-established procedure for the treatment of some sorts of catastrophic epilepsies. This, however, has not always been the case. The technique was developed to deal with brain tumors; however, the initial results were not remarkable. Moreover, when its morbidity became evident, it was al...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： de Almeida AN,Marino R Jr

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus lugdunensis, a coagulase-negative staphylococcus first described in 1988, has gained recognition as an organism with considerable pathogenic capability in adults. In contrast to the indolent presentation characteristic of other coagulase-negative staphylococci, S. lugdunensis infections resemble the agg...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Elliott SP,Yogev R,Shulman ST

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of pneumocephalus after supratentorial craniotomy has been reported to be as high as 100%. However, transformation of postoperative pneumocephalus into tension pneumocephalus (symptomatic intracranial air) is a rather rare phenomenon. Tension pneumocephalus after posterior fossa surgery is reported mainl...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Biyani N,Silbiger A,Ben-Ari J,Constantini S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningeal melanocytoma is an infrequent neoplasm of the central nervous system (CNS), especially in childhood and infancy. It was first described as an entity different from pigmented meningiomas and schwannomas in 1972, and few cases have been published so far. In this article, a 5-month-old male patient with meninge...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Oruckaptan HH,Soylemezoglu F,Kutluk T,Akalan N

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of aneurysmal malformations of the vein of Galen (AVG) with spontaneous thrombosis are reported. Angiogram and MRI before thrombosis demonstrated AVGs with slow arteriovenous shunts and associated stagnation of contrast in the venous sac secondary to severe outflow restriction. Based on these findings, one p...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Nikas DC,Proctor MR,Scott RM

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical pathology of the pediatric cranial base is uncommon, but in affected children, traditional operative techniques and management philosophies predominate. While the creation of multidisciplinary skull base teams synergistically pools the talents of individual specialties, a better understanding of the developme...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Gruber DP,Brockmeyer D

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the outcome and recurrence in supratentorial anaplastic ependymoma. METHODS:Sixteen cases of supratentorial anaplastic ependymoma were reviewed. The average age of presentation was 8.2 years ranging from 1 to 16 years of age. The mean duration between the onset of first symptoms to time of presentation wa...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kumar R,Singhal N,Jaiswal SK,Mahapatra AK

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several treatment modalities for Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (LCH) of bone, formerly usually referred to as eosinophilic granuloma, including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In spinal lesions, surgery is not recommended generally, because of the potential for reconstitution of vertebral height. We...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Karagoz Guzey F,Bas NS,Emel E,Alatas I,Kebudi R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with hydrocephalus who were treated with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts became refractory to serosal absorption of CSF. All were subsequently treated with ventriculo-gallbladder shunts. The surgical technique and long-term results were evaluated by retrospective review of the hospital records. Detailed ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Novelli PM,Reigel DH

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic pseudocyst formation is a rare intra-abdominal complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunts. The presence of an intracranial tumor and a history of central nervous system infection are major risk factors for the development of this complication. Hepatic pseudocysts secondary to ventriculoperitoneal shunts can b...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kaplan M,Ozel SK,Akgun B,Kazez A,Kaplan S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-year-old boy presented with headaches, vomiting, lethargy and papilledema. Communicating hydrocephalus along with transependymal fluid absorption and meningeal contrast enhancement was identified on CT. The enhancement was initially thought to be the result of a partially treated meningitis (child was previously o...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Vassilyadi M,Michaud J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the surgical outcome for intractable, MRI-negative infantile spasms (IS), and to identify diagnostic targets in the focal epileptogenic area by methods other than MRI. METHODS:We retrospectively studied 9 patients who had had surgery for intractable IS, and whose lesions did not appear on MRI. We...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Hur YJ,Lee JS,Kim DS,Hwang T,Kim HD

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Initial therapy for craniopharyngioma remains controversial. Population-based datasets indicate that traditional algorithms [gross total resection (GTR) vs. subtotal resection (STR) +/- radiation therapy (XRT)] are often not employed. We investigated neurosurgical practice patterns. METHODS:A ten-question s...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Hankinson TC,Palmeri NO,Williams SA,Torok MR,Serrano CA,Foreman NK,Handler MH,Liu AK

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability to provide an accurate prognosis for children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) would be useful for the children's families and the caregivers. In this study we examined whether an appropriate mathematical model can predict survival in this patient population. METHODS:Data from the Children's Ho...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kouznetsov E,Brennan M,Vassilyadi M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00