Primary spinal intramedullary malignant melanoma: case report.

abstract：:The authors present a case of the accidental puncture of a spinal ependymoma causing bleeding and an increase in the preexisting neurological deficits. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Antoniadis G,Richter HP,Schachenmayr W

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and radiographic presentations of 3 patients with intraventricular cavernous hemangioma are described. The accumulated total of 19 cases from the literature are compared to determine whether there is a common clinical and radiographic presentation for this benign intraventricular lesion. The differential ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chadduck WM,Binet EF,Farrell FW Jr,Araoz CA,Reding DL

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propionibacterium acnes was isolated in pure culture from brain abscesses that occurred in two patients after intracranial surgery. Although such infections are usually associated with cerebrospinal fluid shunts and other foreign bodies, these cases clearly demonstrate the pathogenicity of this anaerobic diphtheroid i...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Berenson CS,Bia FJ

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the May 2009 issue of The Lancet Neurology, the 5-year follow-up results of the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT) were published. The authors concluded that, although the significant difference between coiling and neurosurgical clipping of ruptured intracranial aneurysms in terms of death and severe ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bakker NA,Metzemaekers JD,Groen RJ,Mooij JJ,Van Dijk JM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Embolization before stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM) has been shown to negatively affect obliteration rates, but its impact on the risks of radiosurgery-induced complications and latency period hemorrhage is poorly defined. OBJECTIVE:To determine, in a case-cont...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oermann EK,Ding D,Yen CP,Starke RM,Bederson JB,Kondziolka D,Sheehan JP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Free-hand insertion of an external ventricular drain (EVD) is a common emergency neurosurgical procedure, mostly performed for critically ill patients. Although EVD complications have been studied thoroughly, the accuracy of EVD positioning has been audited only occasionally. METHODS:Post-EVD insertion compu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Toma AK,Camp S,Watkins LD,Grieve J,Kitchen ND

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:This is a unique case report of a fractured atlantoaxial interspinous multistranded cable leading to intracranial hemorrhage and spinal cord injury. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 61-year-old woman, with a history of rheumatoid arthritis and C1-C2 interspinous wiring with allograft for atlantoaxial instability, pre...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kakarla UK,Valdivia JV,Sonntag VK,Bambakidis NC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report five patients with anterior choroidal artery syndrome after surgery for internal carotid artery aneurysms. All patients suffered hemiparesis, and hemisensory loss and homonymous hemianopsia were identified in 2 patients. The characteristic triad of the syndrome was recognized in only 1 patient. Dominant and ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Suzuki H,Fujita K,Ehara K,Tamaki N

更新日期：1992-07-01 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：:Pyogenic brain stem abscess is rare. A case of spontaneous abscess of the medulla oblongata is reported in which the diagnosis was made preoperatively by computed tomography. Surgical drainage resulted in good functional recovery and radiological resolution of the lesion. This is the first reported case of survival in...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dake MD,McMurdo SK,Rosenblum ML,Brant-Zawadzki M

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deep brain stimulation alleviates tremor of various origins. Several regions like the ventralis intermediate nucleus of thalamus, the caudal zona incerta, and the posterior subthalamic region are generally targeted. Previous work with fiber tractography has shown the involvement of the cerebello-thalamo-cort...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Coenen VA,Allert N,Paus S,Kronenbürger M,Urbach H,Mädler B

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We have developed a telemetric intracranial pressure sensor (OSAKA telesensor; Nagano Keiki Seisakusyo Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) and investigated the clinical usefulness of new ventriculoperitoneal shunting with an OSAKA telesensor, an on-off valve, and a programmable valve. METHODS:The OSAKA telesensor was ap...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Miyake H,Ohta T,Kajimoto Y,Matsukawa M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) draining vein pressure (DVP) may have an influence on both the natural history of the disease and treatment outcome. The purposes of this study were to assess the relationship between DVP and other clinical and physiological variables and to characterize the transmission of arterial pr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Young WL,Kader A,Pile-Spellman J,Ornstein E,Stein BM

更新日期：1994-09-01 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:Acquired immunity has been demonstrated in Fischer rats bearing syngeneic 9L tumors after herpes simplex virus (HSV) thymidine kinase (TK) gene transfection and ganciclovir treatment. The nature of this immunity in rats and its relevance to the HSV TK/ganciclovir protocol for human subjects remain to be deter...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Parsa AT,Chi JH,Hurley PT,Jeyapalan SA,Bruce JN

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One response to randomized trials like the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial has been to adopt a "coil first" policy, whereby all aneurysms be considered for coiling, reserving surgery for unfavorable aneurysms or failed attempts. Surgical results with middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysms have been...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rodríguez-Hernández A,Sughrue ME,Akhavan S,Habdank-Kolaczkowski J,Lawton MT

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A common finding of computed tomography in a case of normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is periventricular radiolucency (PVL). We analyzed PVL for patients with hydrocephalus, using dynamic computed tomographic and xenon-computed tomographic techniques to differentiate NPH from similar diseases. METHODS:Dyn...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nakano H,Bandoh K,Miyaoka M,Sato K

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Balancing the benefits of extensive tumor resection with the consequence of potential postoperative deficits remains a challenge in malignant astrocytoma surgery. Although studies have suggested that increasing extent of resection may benefit survival, the effect of new postoperative deficits on survival rema...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： McGirt MJ,Mukherjee D,Chaichana KL,Than KD,Weingart JD,Quinones-Hinojosa A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical approaches to the cavernous sinus were examined in 50 adult cadaveric cavernous sinuses using magnification of X3 to X40. The following approaches were examined: 1) the superior intradural approach directed through a frontotemporal craniotomy and the roof of the cavernous sinus; 2) the superior intradural...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Inoue T,Rhoton AL Jr,Theele D,Barry ME

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Traumatic intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) can result in association with acute obstructive hydrocephalus, repetitive malfunction of external ventricular drains (EVDs), and uncontrollable increased intracranial pressure. We report a case showing the safe and effective use of intraventricular r...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Grabb PA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A very rare case of Petriellidium boydii pachymeningitis is described. Rarer still is the stabilization of this case for a prolonged period. Miconazole and ketaconazole both seemed useful in the treatment, and their role is discussed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schiess RJ,Coscia MF,McClellan GA

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The vicinity of carotid-ophthalmic aneurysms to the roof of the cavernous sinus, to the anterior clinoid process, and to the optic nerve or the optic chiasm requires well-defined surgical techniques. Although microsurgical techniques with ipsilateral direct approaches to these aneurysms have been described in...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fries G,Perneczky A,van Lindert E,Bahadori-Mortasawi F

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-reported experience is often used as a measure for quality of care, but no reports on patient satisfaction after cranial neurosurgery exist. OBJECTIVE:To study the association of overall patient satisfaction and surgical outcome and to evaluate the applicability of overall patient satisfaction as a ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Reponen E,Tuominen H,Hernesniemi J,Korja M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:Large fusiform aneurysms of the distal anterior cerebral territory are extremely rare and can be particularly challenging to treat. The circumferential pathology of fusiform lesions renders stand-alone clip or coil ablation unsatisfactory, and the deep, narrow corridor augments the difficulty ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dunn GP,Gerrard JL,Jho DH,Ogilvy CS

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) may lead to repetitive intracerebral hemorrhage. In selected cases, a surgical resection is indicated. OBJECTIVE:To identify magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of CCM that correlate with the difficulty of dissection and postoperative outcome. METHODS:This study...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dammann P,Wrede K,Jabbarli R,Müller O,Mönninghoff C,Forsting M,Sure U

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After toxicity studies in dogs, a preliminary feasibility trial of the continuous intracranial infusion of a muscarinic agonist was begun in four patients with biopsy-documented Alzheimer's disease. During the last 8 months, a totally implantable infusion system has been used to deliver bethanechol chloride into the c...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Harbaugh RE,Roberts DW,Coombs DW,Saunders RL,Reeder TM

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Spinal cord injury is one of several devastating complications after operation in the sitting position. Young patients exhibiting extraordinary growth spurts demonstrate a higher risk for this complication. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:We describe a 7-year-old male patient with a pineal region chorio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nitta H,Yamashita J,Nomura M,Igarashi N

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of osteomyelitis of the skull base with associated problems in diagnosis and therapy are discussed. Patients with atypical skull base osteomyelitis are difficult to diagnose as they have no ear abnormalities, but they often develop multiple cranial nerve deficits mimicking symptoms of a posterior fossa mas...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Malone DG,O'Boynick PL,Ziegler DK,Batnitzky S,Hubble JP,Holladay FP

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00