Surgical treatment of traumatic carotid cavernous fistulas.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to investigate the genetic predisposition of haptoglobin (Hp) genotype as a predictor for cerebral vasospasm (CV) after acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) in the Egyptian population. This permits CV risk factors stratification of patients with aSAH. Hence, it will guide the treatment plan an...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Ateia AM,Elbassiouny A,El-Nabi SH,Fahmy NA,Ibrahim MH,El-Garawani I,Geba KM,Khalaf M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-four patients with atypical transient cerebral or visual symptoms that could not be classified as unequivocal TIAs nor as migraine, epilepsy or neurosis, were followed up for a mean of 3.75 years (range 11 months and 9 years, 240 patient years). Their mean age was 55 years. Only two patients suffered a (non-disa...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Koudstaal PJ,van Gijn J,Naarding P,de Kluyver E,Pop GA,Staal A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of immunological abnormalities have been reported in some patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It has been postulated that a disturbance of immunoregulation may play a role in the degeneration of motor neurons in ALS. We describe a 62-year-old man with a 9-month history of slowly progressive mu...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Yamazaki T,Suzuki M,Irie T,Watanabe T,Mikami H,Ono S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of surgery and maximal extent of resection (EOR) is well established in primary low-grade glioma (LGG) management. However, the role of surgery in the management of recurrent LGG is less clear. A recent review on the management of recurrent LGG concluded there was insufficient evidence to recommend surg...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Uppstrom TJ,Singh R,Hadjigeorgiou GF,Magge R,Ramakrishna R

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The origin and course of the nerval innervation of the levator scapulae and rhomboid muscles was studied in four human cadavers. Special attention was given to surgical anatomy. The levator scapulae muscle receives two small segmental nerves from C3 and C4, respectively. The rhomboid muscle receives two segmental nerv...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Malessy MJ,Thomeer RT,Marani E

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis (VRNF) with progression during two pregnancies and obstetrical complications is described to illustrate the effect of pregnancy on VRNF and vice versa. The interaction between VRNF and pregnancy is discussed. The obstetrical complications and progression of VRNF lesions d...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Boiten J,Jansen EN,de Graaff R

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is widely used for metastatic brain tumors, optimal patient selection and treatment strategy continue to be investigated. The aim of this study was to provide treatment results with Gamma Knife SRS and to establish prognostic factors. Of the 54 patients treated from...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Nakagawa K,Tago M,Terahara A,Aoki Y,Sasaki T,Kurita H,Shin M,Kawamoto S,Kirino T,Otomo K

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The diagnosis and the surgical removal of a brain tumor can have serious impact on the quality of life of a patient. The question rises, whether having more or just less memories of the procedure is better for coping with such an event. Furthermore, for preoperative information of future patients it is impor...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： van Ark TJ,Klimek M,de Smalen P,Vincent AJPE,Stolker RJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Meige's syndrome is a rare form of segmental dystonia characterized by blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia. Medical treatment including botulinum toxin injections usually present disappointing results. The experience on Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in the treatment of Meige's syndrome and other segmenta...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Markaki E,Kefalopoulou Z,Georgiopoulos M,Paschali A,Constantoyannis C

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The logistics involved in administration of IV tPA for acute ischemic stroke patients are complex, and may contribute to variability in door-to-needle times between different hospitals. We sought to identify practice patterns in stroke centers related to IV tPA use. We hypothesized that there would be signifi...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Hargis M,Shah JN,Mazabob J,Rao CV,Suarez JI,Bershad EM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the assumed advantages of pure endoscopic and endoscope-assisted methods for the supraorbital keyhole approach. The aim is to demonstrate visibility and accessibility of the pure endoscope approach as a possible standard approach for the supraorbital keyhole approach. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We perfor...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Arnaout MM,Luzzi S,Galzio R,Aziz K

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent aseptic meningitis in a 35-year-old caucasian woman is described. She had many attacks over a period of 9 years. The first attack occurred after travel in the tropics. In spite of extensive examinations no cause could be found for the recurrent attacks. Both the clinical presentation and characteristics of t...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Wynants H,Taelman H,Martin JJ,Van den Ende J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Several strokes of potential embolism do not clearly meet the definitions of embolic stroke with unknown source, cryptogenic stroke, or cardioembolic (CE) stroke. Considering the high mortality and recurrence of CE strokes, it is very important to detect treatable cardiac sources of embolism. Although region...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Kim Y,Kim TJ,Lee SH

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 45-year-old man presented with headaches of 6 months' duration and generalized seizures in a cluster 2 days prior to admission. Examination revealed bilateral papilloedema and no focal deficits. CT scan showed an isodense enhancing mass lesion in the right frontobasal region with perilesional edema. Bifrontal cranio...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Praharaj SS,Vajramani GV,Santosh V,Shankar SK,Kolluri S

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology and radiological features of Moyamoya disease (MMD) in the US were investigated. This study encompassed 98 cases; 26 were newly collected from eight US institutions and 72 were previously reported in the US literature. The patients ranged in age from 6 months to 67 years with age peaks in the first, t...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Numaguchi Y,Gonzalez CF,Davis PC,Monajati A,Afshani E,Chang J,Sutton CL,Lee RR,Shibata DK

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the developed countries, elderly population is rapidly increasing, but outcomes of elderly patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) remain unclear. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of non-traumatic SAH patients aged 80 years or older, who were hospitalized in a singl...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Asano S,Hara T,Haisa T,Okamoto K,Kato T,Ohno H,Hasuo K,Kondo T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While considered a safe operation, deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been associated with various morbidities. We assessed differences in postsurgical complication rates in patients undergoing the most common types of neurostimulation surgery. METHODS:The National Readmission Database (NRD) was queried to id...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tafreshi AR,Shahrestani S,Lien BV,Ransom S,Brown NJ,Ransom RC,Ballatori AM,Ton A,Chen XT,Sahyouni R,Lee B

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pseudohypoxic brain swelling, a newly defined entity, is described. The patient experienced generalized seizures and did not awake initially after a seemingly uneventful elective craniotomy for clipping of an unruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm. Neuroimaging findings demonstrated diffuse brain ...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Yokota H,Yokoyama K,Miyamoto K,Nishioka T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Electrical cortical stimulation mapping (ECSM) is the current gold standard functional mapping technique; however, it is burdened by several limitations. Our objective in this study is to show that extended functional mapping modalities can (1) allow neurosurgeons to map and preserve eloquent regions that ar...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Flouty O,Reddy C,Holland M,Kovach C,Kawasaki H,Oya H,Greenlee J,Hitchon P,Howard M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Intraoperative direct electrical stimulation (DES) is increasingly used in patients operated on for tumours in critical language areas. Although a positive impact of DES on postoperative linguistic outcome is generally advocated, the literature is only scantily documented with information about the linguisti...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： De Witte E,Mariën P

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is presented, who developed a suprasellar tumour. Stereotactical biopsy of the tumour revealed the diagnosis of a dysgerminoma. Immunocytochemical examination of the CSF showed neoplastic cells staining for human chorionic gonadotropin and for alpha-fetoprotein. The authors stress the possibility to diagnose...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Stark E,Knehans A,Wurster U,Patzold U

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptomatic spontaneous intratumoral hemorrhage is a rare event in a patient with a brain tumor (BT). Although the treatment of choice in such a case is surgical removal of both the tumor and the hemorrhage, the optimal timing for surgical intervention has not been clearly established, particularly in those who presen...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Inamasu J,Nakamura Y,Saito R,Kuroshima Y,Mayanagi K,Ichikizaki K

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary malignant neoplasm of the central nervous system (CNS). Despite the progress in therapeutic strategies such as surgical techniques, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy, prognosis and therapeutically convenient monitoring tools in patients with GBM has...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Tabibkhooei A,Izadpanahi M,Arab A,Zare-Mirzaei A,Minaeian S,Rostami A,Mohsenian A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Previous studies have suggested that diabetes mellitus (DM) could be a protective factor against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) although the results are inconsistent. This study aimed to comprehensively investigate this relationship by identifying all available studies and summarizing their results...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Wannarong T,Ungprasert P

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prior to detecting intracranial arterial stenosis, atherosclerotic wall change or plaque with positive remodeling can be evaluated with high-resolution MRI (HRMRI). We prospectively evaluate atherosclerotic arterial wall change in patients without intracranial stenosis using HRMRI at 3.0T and correlate the at...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Kim TH,Choi JW,Roh HG,Moon WJ,Moon SG,Chun YI,Kim HY

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity and reproducibility of two simple coordination-tests, the spiraltest and nailtest were examined in 113 healthy subjects, 33 patients with Parkinson's disease and 24 patients suffering from cerebellar disorders. The performances of the healthy subjects decreased significantly with age but gender had no inf...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Verkerk PH,Schouten JP,Oosterhuis HJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ruptured aneurysms arising from non-branching sites of the internal carotid artery (ICA) are often difficult to treat by neck clipping or endosaccular coiling. We discuss the feasibility of simple endovascular ICA ligation or trapping to treat aneurysms. METHODS:Data from eleven patients were retrospectively...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Hoya K,Tanaka Y,Uchida T,Takano I,Nagaishi M,Kowata K,Hyodo A,Yoshimoto Y

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathogenesis of frontal lobe atrophy (FLA) in stroke patients is unclear. We aimed to ascertain whether subcortical ischemic changes were more associated with FLA than with parietal lobe atrophy (PLA) and temporal lobe atrophy (TLA). METHODS:Brain magnetic resonance images (MRIs) from 471 Chinese ischem...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Chen Y,Chen X,Xiao W,Mok VC,Wong KS,Tang WK

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male patient came to our clinic because of a continuous up and down movement of his right testis, which was present even during sleep. The nature and localization of the unilateral rhythmic cremasteric activity is investigated by electrophysiological methods. Investigations of the cremasteric muscles and genitofemor...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Bademkiran F,Acarer A,Aydogdu I,Ertekin C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic implantation of depth electrodes for surgical evaluation of drug-resistant epilepsy is the technique of choice in many centers across the world. Historically, the choice of depth versus subdural electrodes has been largely dependent on the training of epileptologists and epilepsy surgeons in light of thei...

journal_title：Clinical neurology and neurosurgery

authors： Gholipour T,Koubeissi MZ,Shields DC

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00