Invasive Evaluations for Epilepsy Surgery: A Review of the Literature.

abstract：:A 67-year-old man first noticed loss of pubic and axillary hair in 1992 and then a visual field defect in 2001. He experienced loss of consciousness attributed to hyponatremia in April 2002. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a giant intrasellar cystic mass, 40 mm in diameter, that had compressed the optic chiasm. The ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yasuda K,Saitoh Y,Okita K,Morris S,Moriwaki M,Miyagawa J,Yoshimine T

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old female presented subarachnoid hemorrhage from an aneurysm arising from the anterior (dorsal) wall of the internal carotid artery (ICA). During four-vessel angiography, an extravasated saccular pooling of contrast medium emerged in the suprasellar area unrelated to any arterial branch. The saccular poolin...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Okuchi K,Fujioka M,Maeda Y,Nonaka M,Sakaki T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 31-year-old man presented with a ruptured right extracranial vertebral artery aneurysm associated with neurofibromatosis type 1, manifesting as acute onset of right neck and shoulder pain, and right supraclavicular mass. Three-dimensional computed tomography angiography showed a large aneurysm involving the right ex...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hiramatsu H,Matsui S,Yamashita S,Kamiya M,Yamashita T,Akai K,Watanabe K,Namba H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left transverse sinus thrombosis developed in a 27-year-old male with ulcerative colitis. The diagnosis was based on cerebral angiography and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, the latter of which clearly delineated the intraluminal thrombus. Serial MR images demonstrated thrombus organization. The use of this method in...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Moriyama E,Shinohara C,Tokunaga K,Kamitani M,Norikane H,Matsumoto Y,Motoki M

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with diffuse axonal injury (DAI) may initially present with prominent physical impairments, but their cognitive dysfunctions are more persistent and are attributable to later unemployment. In this study, we analyzed how the findings of early and delayed neuropsychological assessments correlated with employmen...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hirota S,Inaji M,Nariai T,Hara M,Tamaki M,Maehara T,Tomita H,Tone O

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The gravimetric method to determine the tissue water content is widely used for studying brain edema because the tissue water content can be calculated from only the density of the wet tissue using a gradient column. This method has been used in only a few studies of cerebellar water content. We estimated the water co...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hayazaki K,Matsuoka Y,Kan M,Hakuba A

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunological function of 29 head-injured patients was investigated, with special reference to the relationships between changes in immunity and both severity of head injury and age. The patients were classified according to Glasgow Coma Scale scores (15, 9 to 14, and 3 to 8) and age (under 35, 35 to 65, and over ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ikeda J,Kuratsu J,Nonaka N,Matsukado Y,Ushio Y

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical outcome and resumption of work were investigated in 21 patients with lumbar discogenic pain (15 males and 6 females, mean age 37.2 years), who failed to respond to intensive conservative therapy, treated by transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) augmented with the pedicle screw system from January ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takahashi T,Hanakita J,Minami M,Honda F,Kuraishi K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical treatment modality for intractable epilepsy with cavernous angioma in the dominant hemisphere is still unclear. Three patients with medically intractable seizures associated with cavernous angioma in the dominant hemispheric temporal lobe underwent tailored resection based on magnetic resonance (MR) imagi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Arita K,Kurisu K,Iida K,Hanaya R,Sugiyama K,Akimitsu T,Takeshita S,Kiura Y

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a new photodynamic therapy (PDT) method for malignant brain tumors. Pheophorbide a (Ph-a), the photosensitizer, has low toxicity, causes no skin sensitization and is activated with an acoustic Q switched neodymium yttrium-argon-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser which achieves deep tissue penetration. The Ph-a...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fujishima I,Sakai T,Tanaka T,Ryu H,Uemura K,Fujishima Y,Horiuchi K,Daikuzono N,Sekiguchi Y

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the causes of ventricular shunt catheter retention, 42 shunt removals in 28 patients in our neurosurgical clinic from 1982 to 1991 were analyzed. The mean patient age was 13.8 years (2 mos-78 yrs), and mean shunt duration was 20.1 months (0.5-94 mos). There were nine retained ventricular catheters, includi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Koga H,Mukawa J,Nakata M,Sakuta O,Higa Y

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 6-year-old boy presented with a cerebellar medulloblastoma. Radical removal of the tumor and postoperative irradiation achieved complete remission. However, a metastatic tumor in the frontal lobe developed 2 years later. Radical removal and postoperative chemotherapy achieved partial remission, but he died of multip...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kadota Y,Arai H,Sato K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight patients with spontaneous carotid-cavernous sinus fistulas (CCFs) were treated using a variety of techniques. Three of four patients with direct CCFs underwent intravascular embolization with a detachable balloon. Embolization with polyvinyl alcohol particles through an external carotid endoarterial route...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kinugasa K,Tokunaga K,Kamata I,Mandai S,Sugiu K,Handa A,Ohmoto T

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old male suffered a massive intratumoral hemorrhage after placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt before treatment for pineocytoma. At admission, he complained of headache, urinary incontinence, gait disturbance, and recent memory disturbance. His neurological examination revealed impaired memory and papil...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsumoto K,Imaoka T,Tomita S,Ohmoto T

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with unusually large dorsal internal carotid artery aneurysms manifesting as subarachnoid hemorrhage are described. Surgery in both cases resulted in intraoperative rupture of the sac. The outcome was poor in the first patient and excellent in the second. The importance of wide exposure of the proximal an...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Diraz A,Kobayashi S,Gibo H,Ohsawa M

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old right-handed male with a 12-year education presented with a 2-month history of generalized epileptic activity. Neuroradiological imaging demonstrated a large lesion in the left frontal lobe involving the insulooperculum and in the temporal tip. Neurological and neuropsychological examination revealed no ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kumabe T,Nakasato N,Suzuki K,Sato K,Sonoda Y,Kawagishi J,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships between event-related potential (P300), higher brain functions, and regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) were examined in 31 neurosurgical patients. The P300 latency, evaluated by an acoustic "odd-ball" paradigm, was normal in 14 and prolonged in 17 patients. Fourteen of 17 prolonged P300 patients had...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kuwata T,Funahashi K,Maeshima S,Ogura M,Hyotani G,Terada T,Itakura T,Hayashi S,Komai N

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas are the most common primary intracranial tumors. Since the adhesions in the plane of dissection are of interest in surgical planning, we suggest that digital image subtraction of FLAIR data from the T2 sequence of MRI may represent better the CSF spaces in the brain-tumor interface and may be a predictor o...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Thenier-Villa JL,Alejandro Galárraga Campoverde R,Ramón DE LA Lama Zaragoza A,Conde Alonso C

更新日期：2017-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70-year-old woman with a history of end-stage renal disease secondary to anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitis had been receiving hemodialysis for 5 years. The patient underwent attempted right internal jugular vein cannulation for temporary hemodialysis catheter placement. Pulsating mass de...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ohta T,Maekawa H,Kasuno K,Tsukamoto T,Muso E,Ishikawa M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) is an invasive surgical procedure used to identify epileptogenic zones. The combination of both subdural grids and depth electrodes (DEs) is currently used for invasive intracranial monitoring in many epilepsy centers. To perform DE implantation, some centers use frame-based stereot...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fujimoto A,Okanishi T,Kanai S,Sato K,Nishimura M,Enoki H

更新日期：2017-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with protein S deficiency with acquired multiple pial and dural arteriovenous fistulae (AVFs) following superior sagittal sinus (SSS) thrombosis are reported. Case 1 is a 38-year-old male with protein S deficiency who developed generalized seizure due to SSS thrombosis. Local fibrinolysis was achieved in ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsubara S,Satoh K,Satomi J,Shigekiyo T,Kinouchi T,Miyake H,Nagahiro S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several means of establishing a useful experimental model of cerebral venous hypertension were examined in rats. Retrograde embolization with an autologous blood clot passed through a catheter inserted in an external jugular vein, combined with ligation of the contralateral external jugular vein, was found to produce ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kurokawa Y,Hashi K,Okuyama T,Sasaki S

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients presented with rare isolated recurrence of granulocytic sarcoma. A 29-year-old male presented with an extra- and intracranial mass 10 years after bone marrow transplantation for chronic myeloid leukemia. A 34-year-old female presented with an intracranial mass 3 years after complete remission of acute mye...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Xu Q,Wang M,You Q,Wang H,Ye K,Zhan R,Zhou Y

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the surgical anatomy for the endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) to the ventrolateral skull base. The ventrolateral skull base can be divided into two segments: the upper lateral and lower lateral skull base. The upper lateral skull base includes the cavernous sinus and the orbit, while the lower ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Oyama K,Tahara S,Hirohata T,Ishii Y,Prevedello DM,Carrau RL,Froelich S,Teramoto A,Morita A,Matsuno A

更新日期：2017-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the mean cerebral blood flow (mCBF) with growth in normal children (1-20 years old) were evaluated, and compared to serial mCBF changes in children with spontaneous occlusion of the circle of Willis (moyamoya disease) after vascular reconstructive surgery. mCBF gradually decreased with growth in control chi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kuroda S,Kamiyama H,Abe H,Yamauchi T,Kohama Y,Houkin K,Mitsumori K

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has not been recognized as a surgical option for hydrocephalus following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), since hydrocephalus following aneurysmal SAH is considered to result from the communicating component. However, obstructions in the ventricular system may exist, so ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Fukuhara T,Shimizu T,Namba Y

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical approaches for stabilizing the craniovertebral junction (CVJ) are classified as either anterior or posterior approaches. Among the anterior approaches, the established method is anterior odontoid screw fixation. Posterior approaches are classified as either atlanto-axial fixation or occipito-cervical (O-C) fi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takayasu M,Aoyama M,Joko M,Takeuchi M

更新日期：2016-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of exogenous 45Ca in the focal ischemia rat model (middle cerebral artery occlusion) was studied using 45Ca autoradiography. High 45Ca accumulations were observed in the frontal cortex and caudate-putamen corresponding with morphological damage shown by HE staining. Regional 45Ca concentrations were c...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Tomabechi M,Sako K,Yonemasu Y

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactive bio-feedback (iBF) was initially developed for the rehabilitation of motor function in patients with neurological disorders, and subsequently yielded the development of the hybrid assistive limb (HAL). Here, we provide a review of the theory underlying HAL treatment as well as our clinical experience and r...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Morishita T,Inoue T

更新日期：2016-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Moyamoya disease can be associated with a rapidly progressive course in young patients. This report describes a patient with moyamoya disease who experienced rapid disease progression, resulting in cerebral infarction and a wide area of diminished cerebral perfusion. Double superficial temporal artery (STA)-middle cer...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yokosawa M,Hayashi T,Shirane R,Tominaga T

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00