Ruptured cerebral aneurysms missed by initial angiographic study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Risk factors for poor quality of life (QOL) after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) remain poorly described. OBJECTIVE:To identify the frequency and predictors of poor QOL 1 year after SAH. METHODS:We studied 1-year QOL in a prospectively collected cohort of 1181 consecutively admitted SAH survivors between Ju...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Taufique Z,May T,Meyers E,Falo C,Mayer SA,Agarwal S,Park S,Connolly ES,Claassen J,Schmidt JM

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to describe a modified technique for the reduction and stabilization of unstable Jefferson fractures. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:We present the case of an isolated unstable Jefferson fracture in a 33-year-old woman. The patient was the victim of a motor vehicle accident. Her neurological examination was...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tessitore E,Momjian A,Payer M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iatrogenic dissection of the internal carotid artery (ICA) during endovascular approaches is challenging. This video illustrates a case of iatrogenic ICA dissection at the skull base during mechanical thrombectomy for M1 occlusion. This case was further complicated by post-thrombectomy M1 restenosis that did not impro...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Vakharia K,Waqas M,Munich SA,McPheeters MJ,Levy EI

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of radiofrequency neurolysis guided by computed tomography for the treatment of glossopharyngeal neuralgia is described. This technique has the advantage of being performed in a neutral head position, affording excellent visualization of the jugular foramen, and also of simulating radiographically the pr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Arbit E,Krol G

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：:THE VIETNAM WAR touched a generation of Americans with its human tragedy, sacrifice, and strife. In terms of casualties, it was the fourth most costly war in American history. However, despite a monumental military effort and modern technology, the war was lost as support from the American public and its elected offic...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kelly PJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) procedure has become an accepted fusion technique for treating patients with degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine. Many consider laparoscopic ALIF to be the least invasive approach. A modification of the open laparotomy--the "mini-open" approach--is an attract...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kaiser MG,Haid RW Jr,Subach BR,Miller JS,Smith CD,Rodts GE Jr

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tumor neogenesis is an uncommon but known consequence after therapeutic irradiation of the central nervous system. Causative agents for glioma induction remain unknown, but laboratory and clinical data suggest a possible role for radiation as a promotor. In the treatment of both pituitary adenomas and craniop...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Simmons NE,Laws ER Jr

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although multiple cerebral aneurysms ae well recognized, a new aneurysm has only rarely been documented after successful treatment for an aneurysm elsewhere. In our consecutive series of 986 patients with intracranial saccular arterial aneurysm collected from 1975 to 1990, nine patients who had previously unverified (...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sakaki T,Tominaga M,Miyamoto K,Tsunoda S,Hiasa Y

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spread of spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme to the intracranial compartment is uncommon. This report documents a case of metastatic spread of glioblastoma multiforme from the spinal cord to an intracranial arachnoid cyst. Seeding of the cyst cavity could have occurred by direct permeation of the cyst wall by the neo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kendrick FD,Bonnin JM,Garcia JH

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As brain temperature is reported to be extensively higher than core body temperature in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients, posttraumatic hyperthermia is of particular relevance in the injured brain. OBJECTIVE:To study the influence of prophylactic normothermia on brain temperature and the temperature gr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fischer M,Lackner P,Beer R,Helbok R,Klien S,Ulmer H,Pfausler B,Schmutzhard E,Broessner G

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurosurgical emergencies are an important cause of disability and mortality. OBJECTIVE:To examine the nationwide burden of neurological conditions requiring emergency neurosurgery. METHODS:The Nationwide Inpatient Sample database (2002-2011) was queried to identify adult patients with a primary discharge ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： De la Garza Ramos R,Goodwin CR,Nakhla J,Nasser R,Yassari R,Flamm ES,Bydon A,Colby G,Sciubba DM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have called for studies detailing the prevalence and burden of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in the outpatient clinical setting. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of outpatient visits for minor head injury and compare the numbe...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mannix R,O'Brien MJ,Meehan WP 3rd

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:A unique case of spontaneous pneumocephalus is described. It appeared a few years after the uneventful introduction of a cerebrospinal fluid shunt and was probably attributable to a defect of the posterior mastoid plate. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 65-year-old man presented with a subacute onset o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kanner AA,Nageris BI,Chaimoff M,Rappaport ZH

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total scalp replantation was performed after a complete traumatic avulsion of the scalp with skull fracture. Multiple arterial and venous anastomoses were required. Satisfactory healing occurred, and the patient has had a subsequent uneventful cranioplasty to fill a bony defect, with normal scalp healing. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chater NL,Buncke H,Brownstein M

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients with acoustic neurinomas varying in size from 7 to 30 mm were treated by stereotactic radiosurgery and then were followed for 4 years. The tumors of eight patients decreased 1 to 10 mm in diameter, no change was found in two, and the tumor increased slightly in three patients. Loss of the ability to ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Norén G,Arndt J,Hindmarsh T

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography has proven useful in children with craniosynostosis for the evaluation of deformity of the skull base, calvarium, and parenchymal brain structures. A retrospective analysis of 24 children seen during a 4-year period who had adequate preoperative, postoperative, and follow-up scans was carried out. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Carmel PW,Luken MG 3rd,Ascherl GF Jr

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current neurosurgical goal for patients with malignant gliomas is maximal safe resection of the contrast-enhancing tumor. However, a complete resection of the contrast-enhancing tumor is achieved only in a minority of patients. One reason for this limitation is the difficulty in distinguishing viable tumor from no...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hadjipanayis CG,Widhalm G,Stummer W

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because conventional stereotactic angiography provides only two-dimensional information for dose planning, we studied the accuracy and usefulness of stereotactic magnetic resonance angiography (sMRA) for arteriovenous malformation (AVM) radiosurgery in 28 consecutive patients. We hypothesized that the multidimensional...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kondziolka D,Lunsford LD,Kanal E,Talagala L

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serious central nervous system injuries after lightning strikes are fortunately rare. Optimal neurological and neurosurgical management has not been firmly established. We describe the successful neurological resuscitation and critical care management using intracranial pressure monitoring of an adult who sustained a ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lehman LB

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Vestibular schwannomas with meningioma islets have been rarely reported in the literature; they have been observed only among patients with neurofibromatosis Type II. We present a case of a sporadic mixed tumor in a patient without neurofibromatosis Type II that was not suspected before surgery...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lüdemann W,Stan AC,Tatagiba M,Samii M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a benign, chronic, involuntary movement of the muscles involved in facial expressions that typically begins in the orbicularis oculi and spreads to the other expression muscles over several years. OBJECTIVE:To clarify the effectiveness of intraoperative electromyogram during microv...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kim CH,Kong DS,Lee JA,Park K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Among patients with spontaneous internal carotid artery (ICA) or vertebral artery dissections, there is a small but significant risk of development of dissection in an uninvolved ICA or vertebral artery at some time in the future. Recurrence of dissection in a previously dissected and healed IC...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Atkinson JL,Piepgras DG,Huston J 3rd,Mokri B

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No conventional surgical intervention has been shown to improve outcomes for patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) compared with medical management. OBJECTIVE:We report the initial multicenter experience with a novel technique for the minimally invasive evacuation of ICH using the Penumbr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Spiotta AM,Fiorella D,Vargas J,Khalessi A,Hoit D,Arthur A,Lena J,Turk AS,Chaudry MI,Gutman F,Davis R,Chesler DA,Turner RD

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Few reports have been published on ruptured vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms in which the posteroinferior cerebellar artery (PICA) arises from the aneurysm wall, and there is ongoing debate as to the proper management of this type of aneurysm. This article describes two patients. CLINICAL...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yasui T,Komiyama M,Nishikawa M,Nakajima H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As with most minimally invasive spine procedures, lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) requires the use of biplanar fluoroscopy for localization and safe interbody cage placement. Computed tomography (CT)-based intraoperative spinal navigation has been shown to be more effective than fluoroscopic guidance ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Park P

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of whole body hyperthermia and hypothermia in conjunction with photodynamic therapy (PDT) was determined on normal rat brain. Hyperthermia animals (Group I, n = 18) were warmed until their core body temperature reached 40 degrees C, (brain temperature, 39.7 +/- 0.5 degree C) and maintained at 40 +/- 1 degre...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dereski MO,Madigan L,Chopp M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1982, we developed a new coma scale, the Glasgow-Liège scale, which combines the quantified analysis of five brain stem reflexes with the Glasgow methodology. The present study was undertaken to determine to what extent agreement exists among different raters assessing brain stem reflexes (Parameter R) and to compa...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Born JD,Hans P,Albert A,Bonnal J

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The postangioplasty evaluation of a stenotic vessel is often conducted by studying serial angiograms to determine the anatomic reduction in stenosis. In flow-limiting stenosis, the hemodynamic change that accompanies these anatomic changes is of great importance in evaluating the success of the angioplasty. T...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Guppy KH,Charbel FT,Corsten LA,Zhao M,Debrun G

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuromodulation is used to restore neural function in disorders that stem from an imbalance in the activity of specific neural networks when they prove refractory to pharmacological therapy. The Kir2.1 gene contributes to stabilizing the resting potential below the threshold of activation of voltage-gated so...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Boulis NM,Handy CR,Krudy CA,Donnelly EM,Federici T,Franz CK,Barrow EM,Teng Q,Kumar P,Cress D

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00