Pheochromocytoma presenting as a skull metastasis with massive extracranial and intracranial extension.

abstract：:We performed a retrospective study of 107 consecutive patients with syndromic forms of craniosynostosis (craniofacial dysostosis) seen by the craniofacial team at the Hospital for Sick Children between 1986 and 1992. There were 51 patients with Crouzon's syndrome, 33 with Apert's syndrome, 8 with Pfeiffer syndrome, 11...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Siddiqi SN,Posnick JC,Buncic R,Humphreys RP,Hoffman HJ,Drake JM,Rutka JT

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of Hyaloglide gel (or auto-cross-linked polysaccharide [ACP] gel; Fidia Advanced Biopolymers, Abano Terme, Italy), a hyaluronan-derivative polymer, on peripheral nerve scarring and nerve regeneration. METHODS:We performed two surgical procedures in adult rats: 1) neurolysis of the sciat...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dam-Hieu P,Lacroix C,Said G,Devanz P,Liu S,Tadie M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite significant improvements, current therapies have yet to cure infiltrative gliomas. Glioma progression is strongly dependent on the development of a new vascular network that occurs primarily by angiogenesis. Hypoxia and genetic anomalies within a glioma trigger the angiogenic switch, thus upregulating angiogen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jouanneau E

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred fifteen burr hole defects were filled with sterilized human cadaver skull in 45 patients ranging in age between 10 and 88 years. One to 6 allogeneic skull discs per patient were placed in all areas of the calvaria. The length of postoperative observation ranges between 6 months and 5 years. No instances of...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Prolo DJ,Gutierrez RV,DeVine JS,Oklund SA

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five patients with complete myelopathies secondary to cervical spine fractures from C-4 to C-7 underwent spinal decompressions and fusions between 1975 and 1981. Twenty-five of these patients underwent simultaneous nerve root decompressions, 23 with an accompanying anterior decompression and fusion and 2 with a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Benzel EC,Larson SJ

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Intracranial giant optic nerve gliomas, usually presumed as optic chiasmatic gliomas, are much less common. The architectural tumor form of optic nerve glioma without neurofibromatosis type 1 is usually the expansile-intraneural pattern. The exophytic optic nerve gliomas without neurofibromatos...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tong Z,Wanibuchi M,Uede T,Tanabe S,Hashi K

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bullfighting is a highly popular activity during festivities in Spain and Latin America. A scientific society for bullfight injuries, Congreso Internacional de Cirugía Taurina, was founded on November 24, 1974, in recognition of the distinctive pattern of injury that results from bull goring, and a subspecialty of gen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Spiotta AM,Matoses SM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to more precisely characterize the changes in exposure achieved by modifying the standard transoral approach by sequential mandibulotomy and mandibuloglossotomy with or without palatotomy. METHODS:A series of cadaveric dissections was performed and the operative distance and angle of ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Youssef AS,Guiot B,Black K,Sloan AE

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen cases of intramedullary hemangioblastoma of the spinal cord are reported. The tumors were diagnosed with radiological studies, especially magnetic resonance imaging. Microsurgery was used to achieve gross total removal of the tumors in all cases. Signs and symptoms improved in 84.6% of the patients after surg...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Xu QW,Bao WM,Mao RL,Yang GY

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anterior microforaminotomy for spondylotic cervical myelopathy is reported with surgical results. METHODS:A retrospective study was performed for 40 patients with spondylotic cervical myelopathy who had been surgically treated with anterior microforaminotomy at the University of Pittsburgh between April 1994...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jho HD,Kim MH,Kim WK

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebrovascular response to CO2 was evaluated by measuring relative changes in blood flow velocity within the middle cerebral artery by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography during normo-, hypo-, and hypercapnia. In seven patients without subarachnoid hemorrhage (five with unruptured arteriovenous malformations and...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Seiler RW,Nirkko AC

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anterior cingulotomy (AC) can be an effective therapy for patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder who are refractory to traditional medical therapy. For patients who do not respond to AC, the benefit of additional lesion procedures vs continued medical management remains unknown. OBJECTIVE:To det...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bourne SK,Sheth SA,Neal J,Strong C,Mian MK,Cosgrove GR,Eskandar EN,Dougherty DD

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies reporting the composition of cerebrospinal fluid obtained from hydrocephalic humans have been critically reviewed. Hydrocephalus-induced alterations in the cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of neurotransmitters and peptide neuromodulators, products of glycolysis and nucleotide metabolism, neural cell-derived ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Del Bigio MR

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article outlines basic concepts and pathophysiological aspects of the chemistry of oxygen free radicals in all forms of brain injury and brain edema. Recent experimental studies have demonstrated that oxygen free radicals may be important mediators of brain injury and brain edema, and pharmacological antag...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ikeda Y,Long DM

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar degenerative scoliosis is a relatively common problem, and is being treated more frequently due to the confluence of an aging population and an increased capacity and willingness to manage difficult problems in older patients. Lumbar degenerative scoliosis is a complex pathology as it often involves the interse...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Glassman SD,Berven SH,Shaffrey CI,Mummaneni PV,Polly DW

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The preoperative localization of superficial intracranial lesions is often necessary for accurate burr hole placement or craniotomy siting. It is not always easy, however, to localize the lesions over the scalp working only from computed tomographic images. We developed a simple method for such localization u...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kubo S,Nakata H,Sugauchi Y,Yokota N,Yoshimine T

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Cavernous malformations can present in children with a sporadic course of repeated hemorrhage and enlargement, but they are rarely aggressive, infiltrative, or multilobar. We present the case of a young boy with a complex cavernous malformation that evolved during the course of a decade to enco...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lawton MT,Vates GE,Quinones-Hinojosa A,McDonald WC,Marchuk DA,Young WL

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posttraumatic seizure (PTS) is a significant complication of traumatic brain injury (TBI). OBJECTIVE:To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare levetiracetam with phenytoin for seizure prophylaxis in patients diagnosed with severe TBI. METHODS:An inclusive search of several electronic data...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Khan NR,VanLandingham MA,Fierst TM,Hymel C,Hoes K,Evans LT,Mayer R,Barker F,Klimo P Jr

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The release of results of International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial in 2003 caused a shift in the paradigm of management of ruptured intracranial aneurysms. The cases selected for microsurgical clipping nowadays are usually those patients with aneurysms that are not suitable for embolization, and are often co...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wong GK,Zhu CX,Ahuja AT,Poon WS

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABBREVIATIONS:LITT, laser interstitial therapyNd:YAG, neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Diaz R,Ivan ME,Hanft S,Vanni S,Manzano G,Jagid J,Komotar RJ

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current surgical management guidelines for pediatric spondylolisthesis (PS) are reliant on data from single-center cohorts. OBJECTIVE:To analyze national trends and predictors of short-term outcomes in spinal fusion surgery for PS by performing a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the Kids' Inpatient...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rumalla K,Yarbrough CK,Pugely AJ,Dorward IG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodendrogliomas occur primarily in the cerebral hemispheres of adults. A rare case of an oligodendroglioma in the cerebellum of a child is presented. The tendency for oligodendroglioma to metastasize through the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is reviewed and emphasized. A recommendation for CSF cytology and possible spi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Holladay FP,Fruin AH

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adult gliomas have indistinct borders. As the ratio of neoplastic cells to normal cells becomes lower, the ability to detect these cells diminishes. We describe a device designed to augment intraoperative identification of both solid tumor and infiltrating tumor margins. METHODS:A novel, intraoperative, opti...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Toms SA,Lin WC,Weil RJ,Johnson MD,Jansen ED,Mahadevan-Jansen A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow produced by spontaneous intraneural hemorrhage in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and thrombocytopenia is reported. Intraneural hemorrhage in patients with bleeding disorders occurs infrequently. It consists of acute intrafascicular bleeding, presumably produci...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Poppi M,Staffa G,Martinelli P,Fabrizi AP,Giuliani G

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Motor cortex stimulation (MCS) is routinely used for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain but its effect on quality of life remains uncertain. OBEJCTIVE:To systematically review the published literature on MCS and quality of life and report the effects of this therapy in a series of patients prospectiv...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Parravano DC,Ciampi DA,Fonoff ET,Monaco B,Navarro J,Yeng LT,Teixeira MJ,Hamani C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the Cloward technique of cervical discectomy and fusion increases immediate postoperative stiffness of single cervical motion segment after application of interbody dowel bone graft. METHODS:We measured and compared the stiffness of single-motion segments in cadaveric cervical spines bef...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Maciejczak A,Ciach M,Radek M Jr,Radek A,Awrejcewicz J

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dramatic growth of meningiomas is occasionally encountered during pregnancy. While cell proliferation is often assumed, hemodynamic changes have also been touted as a cause. OBJECTIVE:We identified 17 meningiomas resected during pregnancy or within 3 weeks post-partum and characterized them to determine the...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lusis EA,Scheithauer BW,Yachnis AT,Fischer BR,Chicoine MR,Paulus W,Perry A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioma imaging, used for diagnostics, treatment planning, and follow-up, is currently based on standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) modalities (T1 contrast-enhancement for gadolinium-enhancing gliomas and T2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery hyperintensity for nonenhancing gliomas). The diagnostic acc...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Verburg N,Pouwels PJ,Boellaard R,Barkhof F,Hoekstra OS,Reijneveld JC,Vandertop WP,Wesseling P,de Witt Hamer PC

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to evaluate whether taurine detection in short-echo (20 ms) proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy contributes to the noninvasive differential diagnosis between medulloblastoma and cerebellar astrocytoma in children and young adults. These two types of tumor have very different prognoses and may be ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Moreno-Torres A,Martínez-Pérez I,Baquero M,Campistol J,Capdevila A,Arús C,Pujol J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that structural details that have not been described previously would be revealed in cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) through the use of high-field magnetic resonance and confocal microscopy. The structural details of CCMs excised from patients were sought by examination with high-field ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shenkar R,Venkatasubramanian PN,Zhao JC,Batjer HH,Wyrwicz AM,Awad IA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00