Thermal Annuloplasty Using Percutaneous Endoscopic Discectomy for Elite Athletes with Discogenic Low Back Pain.

abstract：:The efficacy of gabapentin monotherapy was investigated against both acute or chronic radicular pain caused by lumbar disk hernia (LDH) or lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Seventy-eight patients with radicular pain, 10 males and 68 females aged 23 to 76 years (mean 49.4 years), caused by LSS in 45 patients or LDH in 33 p...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kasimcan O,Kaptan H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old male with two mycotic aneurysms associated with infective endocarditis was treated by endovascular surgery before mitral valve replacement. Angiography revealed a ruptured proximal aneurysm and an unruptured distal aneurysm on the right middle cerebral artery. The ruptured aneurysm was successfully treat...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Watanabe A,Hirano K,Ishii R

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present detailed radiological study investigated the relationship between petroclival meningiomas and petrosal veins with contrast-enhanced (CE) principles of echo-shifting with a train of observations (PRESTO) imaging to assess the potential contribution of the findings to the surgical strategy. Fourteen patients...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Morisako H,Goto T,Chokyu I,Ishibashi K,Ohata K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser-Doppler (LD) flowmetry was used to measure tissue perfusion non-invasively and continuously during neurosurgical operations using an LD scanner. Scanning was usually completed in 20 seconds. Measurements were processed in software to provide a color-coded image of the tissue perfusion. Moreover, the measurement ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nakase H,Kaido T,Okuno S,Hoshida T,Sakaki T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic significance of the variety of changes in the internal auditory meatus (IAM) caused by vestibular schwannoma was retrospectively analyzed in 69 consecutive patients with vestibular schwannoma. Preoperative bone-window computed tomography was used to classify IAM changes into extensive destruction (17%),...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Yamakami I,Uchino Y,Kobayashi E,Saeki N,Yamaura A

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：:Anterior decompression of a cervical ossified posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) which involves the dura mater occasionally results in a postoperative cerebrospinal fluid fistula. Bone window computed tomography (CT) was carried out to detect dural defects in 21 patients with cervical OPLL. Twelve of 21 patients h...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Hida K,Iwasaki Y,Koyanagi I,Abe H

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rise in the incidence of tuberculosis is generally related to human immunodeficiency virus infection. However, intracranial tuberculoma, a complication of tuberculosis considered to be a critical disease, can develop even in the absence of immunosuppressive state. Here, we describe 2 cases of intracranial tubercul...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Matsumoto Y,Aikawa H,Narita S,Tsutsumi M,Yoshida H,Etou H,Sakamoto K,Inoue R,Nii K,Kazekawa K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cine-magnetic resonance (MR) imaging examinations were performed in 10 patients with middle cranial fossa arachnoid cysts to evaluate communication between the cysts and the normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) space. Eight of 10 patients were evaluated by time of flight cine-MR imaging, and two by phase contrast cine-MR ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Eguchi T,Taoka T,Nikaido Y,Shiomi K,Fujimoto T,Otsuka H,Takeuchi H

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulation factors were studied in 30 fluids aspirated from 25 patients with chronic subdural hematoma. Compared with the normal range for plasma, the hematoma fluids demonstrated a marked reduction in factors II, V, VII, VIII, and X, moderate reduction of factors IX and XI, and slight reduction of XII. Factor VII an...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kawakami Y,Tanimoto T,Shimamura Y

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of thoracic epidural angiolipoma in a 38-year-old female with clinical, radiological, and histological findings including magnetic resonance imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging can provide preoperative diagnosis of spinal angiolipoma, and complete removal can achieve a successful outcome. The pos...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Shibata Y,Sugimoto K,Matsuki T,Nose T

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-month-old boy presented with a rare case of intramedullary teratoma extending from T1 to S5 and associated with a lumbosacral lipoma. Magnetic resonance imaging showed the tumor extended over the lipoma. Since the tumor could not be clearly demarcated from the spinal cord, surgery was performed under a preoperativ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ishiguro S,Nagashima T,Yamamoto K,Kanekawa K,Yoshida M,Kondoh T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old female presented with a ciliated craniopharyngioma manifesting as repeated intratumoral hemorrhage. Histological examination suggested that the hemorrhage originated from the many thin blood vessels in the cyst wall stroma associated with inflammation. Symptomatic hemorrhage in cystic craniopharyngioma m...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nishioka H,Ito H,Haraoka J,Hashimoto T,Kato Y

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four cases of acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) in which the hematoma rapidly resolved. Three of the four hematomas were traumatic. The outcome was good in three cases and fair in one. Spontaneous resolution of ASDH is rare. ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Niikawa S,Sugimoto S,Hattori T,Ohkuma A,Kimura T,Shinoda J,Funakoshi T

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strategy for surgical management, including the approach and preoperative evaluation, of pituitary adenoma invading the skull base is described. Preoperative evaluation requires a balloon occlusion test of the internal carotid artery (ICA) to determine tolerance to occlusion. Failure to tolerate occlusion indicates ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nakase H,Ohnishi H,Touho H,Takaoka M,Karasawa J,Kawaguchi M,Sakamoto T

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 41-year-old male developed radiation-induced bilateral cystic frontal lobe necroses after irradiation for an olfactory neuroblastoma. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed the lesions, one containing a fluid-blood level on CT scans and niveau formation on MR images. It was proved to b...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Mineura K,Sasajima T,Kowada M,Ogawa T

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old female, who had suffered from Weber-Christian disease for 26 years, presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Cerebral angiography showed dilatation of the basilar tip. An operation was performed in the chronic stage. The wall of dilated basilar artery was tough, but that of the right superior cerebellar a...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Oyama H,Ueda M,Kida Y,Tanaka T,Iwakoshi T,Niwa M,Kitamura R,Taira M,Kobayashi T

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the B-chain of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) was analyzed in 29 human brain tumors (4 astrocytomas, 7 glioblastomas, 3 medulloblastomas, 3 oligodendrogliomas, 7 meningiomas, and others) using monoclonal antibody after digestion with alkaline phosphatase, and compared with proliferative activi...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nakamura T,Takeshita I,Inamura T,Tashima T,Fukui M

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 82-year-old male with intractable bilateral chronic subdural hematomas was treated by emplacement of bilateral subduroperitoneal shunts on the left in 1990 and on the right in 1991. Chronic subdural hematoma recurred in 1992 due to an unusual migration of a shunt catheter into the subdural space. This migration was...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Sunada I,Akano Y,Inoue T,Tamura K,Fu Y,Yamamoto S,Baba T

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A huge uncal branch of the anterior choroidal artery was found in one of 22 cerebral hemispheres. The uncal artery measured 0.7 mm in diameter. It gave off small branches to the uncus, as well as a large parahippocampal artery, the accessory anterior temporal artery, and the anterior hippocampal artery. This uncal art...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Marinković S,Gibo H,Erdem A

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old female presented with a very rare case of primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull involving the occipitotemporal region. Systemic examination found no evidence of metastasis. The tumor was surgically removed, and the patient underwent radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Fourteen months after surgery there has be...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Erol FS,Ozveren MF,Ozercan IH,Topsakal C,Akdemir I

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old woman presented with intracranial hemorrhage caused by a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. Digital subtraction angiography revealed a large aneurysm arising from the top of the basilar artery and a Spetzler-Martin grade 3 arteriovenous malformation. Endovascular embolization of the aneurysm was completed with ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Ishii D,Takechi A,Seyama G,Sogabe T

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:A 51-year-old male presented with a 5-year history of progressive right exophthalmos and visual loss. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a right intraorbital lesion. [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ([(18)F]FDG-PET) revealed high uptake in the tumor. No FDG was accumulated in the remaining optic t...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Miyamoto J,Sasajima H,Owada K,Mineura K

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of spontaneous intracerebral hematoma (SICH) is even now high worldwide, especially higher in Japan than in Western countries, despite the development of advances in blood pressure (BP) management and food/alcohol intake education. Although mortality and morbidity for SICH are high, some controversies re...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Morioka M,Orito K

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old patient presented with cerebral hyperperfusion manifesting as transient aphasia and general tonic convulsions 3 and 4 days after superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) anastomosis. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed a focal low-intensity area at the site ...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Kokuzawa J,Kaku Y,Watarai T,Tanaka T,Hatsuda N,Ando T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pituitary apoplexy causing pituitary hemorrhage with extension into the third ventricle is reported. The patient was a 73-year-old, obese female admitted with sudden onset of vomiting and impaired consciousness. Neurological examination revealed that she was stuporous, with marked neck stiffness and a dilate...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Takasugi N,Doi A

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：:The efficacy of endovascular interventions based on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for acute ischemic stroke caused by embolic carotid T occlusion was assessed. Endovascular intervention was performed in 10 of 751 consecutive acute ischemic stroke patients admitted to our institution between April 2001 and July 2003....

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Watanabe M,Mori T,Imai K,Izumoto H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical localization of prostaglandin (PG) F2 alpha synthesized during recirculation following experimental forebrain ischemia was studied in Mongolian gerbils. The bilateral carotid arteries were clamped for 5 minutes, and the brains were frozen in situ after 5 minutes of recirculation. Sham-operated gerb...

journal_title：Neurologia medico-chirurgica

authors： Nakagomi T,Sasaki T,Ogawa H,Noguchi M,Saito I,Takakura K

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00