Unilateral hydrocephalus caused by an intraventricular venous malformation obstructing the foramen of Monro.

abstract：:A case of an intracranial hematoma in a neonate causing the release of free hemoglobin into the plasma is presented. No previous such case has been described. The relationship between hemoglobinemia and the occurrence of acute renal failure in this neonate is discussed, with comments on the possible etiological role o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chovanes GI,Truex RC Jr

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recorded somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) from the skin surface and spinal evoked potentials (SpEP) from the posterior epidural space after median nerve stimulation in 11 patients with cervical syringomyelia. We compared SEPs with SpEP to assess the possible feasibility of using these techniques to localize t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Morioka T,Kurita-Tashima S,Fujii K,Nakagaki H,Kato M,Fukui M

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have focused on antiplatelet (AP) use in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) patients. Several outcome predictors have been debated, but influences on mortality and outcome still remain controversial, especially for different ICH locations. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the characteristics and function...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kuramatsu JB,Mauer C,Kiphuth IC,Lücking H,Kloska SP,Köhrmann M,Huttner HB

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Spinal cord injury is a rare complication of neurosurgery performed with the patient in the sitting position. Previous reports showed that the level of injury is usually located at or near the C5 segmental spinal level, and the term midcervical quadriplegia has been proposed. Extensive spinal c...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Morandi X,Riffaud L,Amlashi SF,Brassier G

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Standardized Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Test Battery was used for pre- and postoperative evaluation of two patients, each of whom had a large posterior parietal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the left cerebral hemisphere. In both cases the AVMs, which were fed by the left anterior, middle, and posterio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Conley FK,Moses JA Jr,Helle TL

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Embolization before surgical resection of tumors has been demonstrated to reduce intraoperative blood loss, but the optimal time that should elapse between embolization and tumor resection has not been established. We evaluated whether immediate surgical resection (< or =24 h) after embolization or delayed su...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chun JY,McDermott MW,Lamborn KR,Wilson CB,Higashida R,Berger MS

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of spondylotic lumbar spinal stenosis in an infirm elderly patient successfully treated with multilevel laminotomies. This procedure is less stressful to patients than a full laminectomy. In a selected subgroup of patients with "hourglass" spondylotic stenosis, it may provide adequate decompression....

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Aryanpur J,Ducker T

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Neoplasms of the paranasal sinuses account for 0.2 to 0.8% of all cancers and for 2 to 3% of head and neck cancers. Primary involvement of the sphenoidal sinus has been reported to occur in only 1 to 2% of all paranasal sinus tumors. Tumors at this site commonly present with cranial neuropathies and require m...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： DeMonte F,Ginsberg LE,Clayman GL

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In recent years, stereotactic radiosurgery has been growing in popularity as a treatment modality for metastatic disease to the brain. The technique has advantages of reduced cost and low morbidity compared with open surgical treatment. Furthermore, it avoids the potential cognitive side effects of fractionat...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chen JC,Petrovich Z,O'Day S,Morton D,Essner R,Giannotta SL,Yu C,Apuzzo ML

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Internal carotid artery (ICA) injury during sellar dural opening is a potentially catastrophic complication of transsphenoidal surgery. We describe two ICA injuries that occurred early in our endonasal transsphenoidal experience. We then describe our subsequent protocol to prevent this complication in which w...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dusick JR,Esposito F,Malkasian D,Kelly DF

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of cranial plasmacytoma with multiple myelomas and palsy of the lower cranial nerves. The osteolytic lesion adjacent to the jugular foramen was demonstrated by an angiogram to be exceedingly hypervascular, with arteriovenous shunting resembling that seen in paragangliomas. Forty-five cases of...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Miyachi S,Negoro M,Saito K,Nehashi K,Sugita K

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although originally isolated from the bone marrow, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have recently been detected in other tissues. However, little is known about MSCs in the brain. OBJECTIVE:To determine the extent to which cells with the features of MSCs exist in normal brain tissue and to determine the locati...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kang SG,Shinojima N,Hossain A,Gumin J,Yong RL,Colman H,Marini F,Andreeff M,Lang FF

更新日期：2010-09-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Interleukin-12 (IL-12) may be useful for immunotherapy against gliomas because it can reverse the glioma-induced suppression of T-cell proliferation and interferon-gamma production. We postulated that peripheral infusion of IL-12 along with irradiated tumor cells can lead to immunological rejection of 9L glio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jean WC,Spellman SR,Wallenfriedman MA,Hall WA,Low WC

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Schwannomas that arise from the trigeminal nerve are rare and are usually managed by surgical resection. The role of radiosurgery in the care of patients with these basal tumors remains to be defined. METHODS:We reviewed the clinical presentation, management, and outcomes for 16 trigeminal schwannoma patient...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Huang CF,Kondziolka D,Flickinger JC,Lunsford LD

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatic brain injuries remain a treatment enigma with devastating late results. As terminally differentiated tissue, the brain retains little capacity to regenerate, making early attempts to preserve brain cells after brain injury essential. OBJECTIVE:To resuscitate damaged tissue by modulating edema, sol...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Argenta LC,Zheng Z,Bryant A,Tatter SB,Morykwas MJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently described multiple tumor suppressor 1/cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2 (MTS1/CDKN2) gene, encoding the cyclin-dependent kinase 4 inhibitor p16, is mutated in a wide variety of tumor cell lines, including gliomas. To investigate the possible role of this gene in the genesis of the central nervous system...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Raffel C,Ueki K,Harsh GR 4th,Louis DN

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and importance:Lesions in the corticospinal tract above the decussation at the medullary pyramids almost universally produce contralateral deficits. Rare cases of supratentorial lesions causing ipsilateral motor deficits have been reported previously, but only ever found secondary to stroke or congenital pyr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ku J,Mendelsohn D,Chew J,Shewchuk J,Dong C,Akagami R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The interactions of CD44 with hyaluronan are thought to be crucial for tumor cell attachment to the extracellular matrix, migration, and invasion. For migration to occur, however, the interactions between hyaluronan and cell surface receptors need to be transient. Hyaluronidases may facilitate the degradation...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Enegd B,King JA,Stylli S,Paradiso L,Kaye AH,Novak U

更新日期：2002-06-01 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:Lumbar spinal stenosis can cause symptomatic neurogenic claudication alongside radicular pain and weakness. In appropriately selected patients, surgical intervention has been demonstrated to provide for improvement in pain, disability, and quality of life. This systematic review sought to define the utility ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shamji MF,Mroz T,Hsu W,Chutkan N

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The most important treatment options for meningiomas are microsurgery, radiotherapy, and gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS). The efficacy of GKRS in terms of local tumor control and tumor volume (TV) reduction can best be determined by accurate analysis of changes in tumor size in pre- and post-GKRS images. In t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Feigl GC,Samii M,Horstmann GA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CSF dynamics were determined as a function of intracranial pressure in patients with pseudotumor cerebri. Servocontrolled variable rate lumbar infusions were used to determine net CSF-absorptive capacities and resting pressures in 10 patients; serial studies were done in 5 of the patients. Nearly all of the patients h...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sklar FH,Beyer CW Jr,Ramanathan M,Cooper PR,Clark WK

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Wingspan (Boston Scientific, Fremont, CA) is a self-expanding stent designed specifically for the treatment of symptomatic intracranial atheromatous disease. The current series reports the observed incidence of in-stent restenosis (ISR) and thrombosis on angiographic follow-up. METHODS:A prospective, intent-...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Levy EI,Turk AS,Albuquerque FC,Niemann DB,Aagaard-Kienitz B,Pride L,Purdy P,Welch B,Woo H,Rasmussen PA,Hopkins LN,Masaryk TJ,McDougall CG,Fiorella DJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extreme lateral disc herniation with compression of the nerve root as it exits through the foramen has been a recognized entity for a number of years. Until recently, this diagnosis was made infrequently except at the time of operation. Reported here are 12 cases of root compression from disc herniation at the level o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Godersky JC,Erickson DL,Seljeskog EL

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case involving giant and multiple aneurysms of the distal posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) is presented. Of the 130 reported cases of peripheral aneurysms of the PICA, 6 have been described as giant aneurysms and 5 have involved multiple aneurysms located on a single PICA. The occurrence of multiple aneur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dernbach PD,Sila CA,Little JR

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of transsphenoidal selective adenomectomy alone or in combination with adjuvant therapy in treatment of recurrent Cushing's disease. METHODS:A total of 16 patients with recurrent Cushing's disease underwent reoperation, 15 via a transsphenoidal approach and one ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hofmann BM,Hlavac M,Kreutzer J,Grabenbauer G,Fahlbusch R

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of elevation of the petrous bone due to hyperplasia of the occipital bone presenting as hemifacial spasm is reported. A 44-year-old man sought treatment for twitching of the buccal muscles on the right side that progressed rapidly in severity within 2 weeks of the onset. The anatomical details of the petrous an...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tanaka A,Tanaka T,Irie Y,Yoshinaga S,Tomonaga M

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuronavigation has become an intrinsic part of preoperative surgical planning and surgical procedures. However, many surgeons have the impression that accuracy decreases during surgery. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the decrease of neuronavigation accuracy and identify possible origins, we performed a retrospectiv...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stieglitz LH,Fichtner J,Andres R,Schucht P,Krähenbühl AK,Raabe A,Beck J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combining the power of stereotactic precision with open craniotomy in a stereotactic craniotomy technique decreases surgical time, morbidity, and postoperative hospitalization. Indications for its use are deep intrinsic masses 3.5 cm or less in diameter; small, superficial lesions otherwise difficult to localize; and ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Moore MR,Black PM,Ellenbogen R,Gall CM,Eldredge E

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00