Computer-aided intelligence: application of an expert system to brachial plexus injuries.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Carotid endarterectomy with a patch graft (Patch CEA) has been our standard treatment for patients with carotid artery stenosis, but carotid artery stenting (CAS) has emerged as an alternative. The purpose of this study was to compare the postoperative changes in the configurations and the flow velocities of ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tokunaga K,Sugiu K,Hayase H,Nishida A,Date I

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Having encountered a number of thick-walled or mobile symptomatic intracranial cysts that have resisted stereotactic puncture with standard blunt-ended ventricular catheters, the authors have designed a cyst puncture catheter that has a number of features helpful in overcoming this problem. The catheter and its use ar...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ross DA,Muraszko K,Dauser R

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Tumor-associated sacral insufficiency fractures (SIF) present a significant clinical challenge. As survival increases for many malignancies, sacral fractures associated with metastases, sacral or extended pelvic radiation, and paraneoplastic osteoporosis are increasingly common and yet remain difficult to tr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Moussazadeh N,Laufer I,Werner T,Krol G,Boland P,Bilsky MH,Lis E

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intrawound vancomycin powder has been studied extensively in spinal fusion surgeries and been found to reduce rates of surgical site infections (SSIs) significantly. Despite its success in spinal surgeries, topical vancomycin has not been extensively studied with respect to cranial neurosurgery. OBJECTIVE:T...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ravikumar V,Ho AL,Pendhakar AV,Sussman ES,Kwong-Hon Chow K,Li G

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignant brain tumor in adult patients. Tumor recurrence commonly occurs around the resection cavity, especially after subtotal resection (STR). Consequently, the extent of resection correlates with overall survival (OS), suggesting that depletion of postoperative tumor...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Brehmer S,Grimm MA,Förster A,Seiz-Rosenhagen M,Welzel G,Stieler F,Wenz F,Groden C,Mai S,Hänggi D,Giordano FA

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Repair of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak created at the time of transsphenoidal surgery typically involves placement of a fat, fascial, or muscle graft and sellar floor reconstruction. In this report, a simplified repair for small, "weeping" CSF leaks using collagen sponge is described. METHODS:All patient...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kelly DF,Oskouian RJ,Fineman I

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral edema contributes to the high morbidity and mortality of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). OBJECTIVE:We report the results of our early experience with insertion of intraparenchymal intracranial pressure (ICP) monitors in these highly coagulopathic patients. METHODS:Eleven consecutive patients with...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Le TV,Rumbak MJ,Liu SS,Alsina AE,van Loveren H,Agazzi S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebrospinal fluid diversion from the cisterna magna has been described previously but has largely been abandoned because of high complication rates and anatomic constraints. Situations still remain in which this may be the best or only alternative. We describe the use of interventional magnetic resonance im...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Walker JB,Harkey HL,Buciuc R

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a rare case of traumatic false aneurysm of the middle meningeal artery associated with a delayed contralateral extradural hematoma. The extradural hematoma was evacuated, and the pseudoaneurysm was removed to avoid delayed rupture. The literature on traumatic aneurysms is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Salazar Flores J,Vaquero J,Garcia Sola R,Rossi E,Martinez R,Martinez P,Santos H,Bravo G

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Intraspinal solitary fibrous tumors, which are rare mesenchymal tumors, have previously been reported as case reports. We review our experience and, to our knowledge, the first small institutional series with respect to clinical presentation, diagnosis, surgical management, pathohistological an...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jallo GI,Roonprapunt C,Kothbauer K,Freed D,Allen J,Epstein F

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of Clinical Problem Solving manuscripts is to present management challenges in an attempt to give practicing neurosurgeons insight into how field leaders address these dilemmas. This illustration is accompanied by a brief review of the literature on the topic. We describe the case of a patient who presente...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Natarajan SK,Siddiqui AH,Hopkins LN,Boulis NM,Levy EI

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motor evoked potentials (MEPs) to scalp stimulation have been obtained in 45 control patients and in 70 patients with neurological diseases. Optimal responses were obtained through a pericranial cathode consisting of 6 to 12 regularly spaced, interconnected pericranial cathodal discs whose resistance was carefully bal...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rossini PM,Caramia MD,Zarola F

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While high-resolution imaging is increasingly used in guiding decisions about surgical interventions for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, direct assessment of the extent of vascular contact of the trigeminal nerve is still considered the gold standard for the determination of whether nerve decompressio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jani RH,Hughes MA,Gold MS,Branstetter BF,Ligus ZE,Sekula RF Jr

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In four patients, shunt obstruction was accompanied by severe resting tremor involving principally the head, the jaw, the tongue, and the right upper extremity. Shunt revision resulted in improvement in each patient. Five similar patients have been reported. Although rare, the occurrence of parkinsonian tremor in a pr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Keane JR

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a cerebral arteriovenous malformation presenting as a pseudotumor cerebri syndrome. The lack of mass effect, hemorrhage, or hydrocephalus, in addition to angiographic evidence of high-flow and venous outflow restriction, implicate increased cerebral blood flow and venous hypertension as the mechani...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： David CA,Peerless SJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the clinical presentation and morbidity of the surgical management of peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNSTs). METHODS:We performed a retrospective chart review of surgically treated PNSTs at the University of Miami between 1991 and 2008. RESULTS:There were a total of 140 cases, including 87 sch...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Levi AD,Ross AL,Cuartas E,Qadir R,Temple HT

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven newborn infants (birth weight, 1503 +/- 776 g; gestational age, 31 +/- 3 wk) (mean +/- standard deviation) with rapidly progressive posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus and increased intracranial pressure were treated by external ventricular drainage. The progression of hydrocephalus was arrested during the drai...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Weninger M,Salzer HR,Pollak A,Rosenkranz M,Vorkapic P,Korn A,Lesigang C

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual association of a meningioma and an arteriovenous malformation is reported. A 68-year-old man developed left homonymous hemianopsia, left hemiparesis, and gaze palsy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a right occipital mass lesion containing multiple signal-void areas with tubular and honeycomb appearance, s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sawamura Y,Janzer RC,Fankhauser H,de Tribolet N

更新日期：1991-07-01 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：:An 8-year-old boy presented with acute proptosis of the right eye. Examination revealed 8 mm of exophthalmos, limitation of upward gaze, optic disc swelling, and normal visual acuity, but an inferonasal quadrantic visual field defect. Orbital ultrasound and computed tomographic scanning demonstrated a superotemporal t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sebag J,Chapman P,Truman J,Riemersma RR

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：:The authors reviewed the computed tomographic (CT) scans of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage whose initial angiograms were negative, to investigate the validity of CT scans in predicting the presence of an angiographically missed aneurysm in such patients. During the past 14 years, additional angiograms have been...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Iwanaga H,Wakai S,Ochiai C,Narita J,Inoh S,Nagai M

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients in whom the diagnosis of an intracranial arteriovenous malformation was suspected either by the history and clinical findings or by abnormal periorbital Doppler flow are discussed. Sixteen patients had only minor complaints or inconclusive signs or were clinically asymptomatic; 4 others presented with ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sommer C,Müllges W,Ringelstein EB

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the spatial accuracy of coordinates generated from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, using the Brown-Roberts-Wells head frame and localizer system (Radionics, Inc., Burlington, MA). METHODS:An anthropomorphic head phantom, consisting of a two-dimensional lattice of acrylic spheres (4-mm diamete...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Orth RC,Sinha P,Madsen EL,Frank G,Korosec FR,Mackie TR,Mehta MP

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elective stenting for intracranial stenosis is under study as an effective means of reducing stroke risk. At most institutions, these procedures are performed and monitored after the induction of general anesthesia. OBJECTIVE:To report our success with elective intracranial stenting and angioplasty performe...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chamczuk AJ,Ogilvy CS,Snyder KV,Ohta H,Siddiqui AH,Hopkins LN,Levy EI

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal visualization in utero can be routinely accomplished using noninvasive ultrasound techniques that do not administer ionizing radiation. Image resolution with real time sonography is sufficient to demonstrate details of possible congenital central nervous system malformations before delivery. The case reported il...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Weinstein P,Weinstein L,Dotters D,Bedrick A,Anderson C

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Traditionally, thoracic fractures that require anterior stabilization are treated through an open thoracotomy approach. Thoracoscopic instrumentation avoids many of the complications associated with an open thoracotomy but is technically challenging. We report the first cases of dual-rod intern...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Horn EM,Henn JS,Lemole GM Jr,Hott JS,Dickman CA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00