Spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage in immune thrombocytopenic purpura.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the anatomy of the infraorbital canal and foramen and the angles at which a radiofrequency probe must be directed to enter the infraorbital foramen and canal, as a guide to performing radiofrequency ablation of the infraorbital nerve in patients with relative or absolute contraindications to lesion...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rahman M,Richter EO,Osawa S,Rhoton AL Jr

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to develop an embolization material of hollow fiber combined with gelatin hydrogel for the controlled release of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). We examined feasibility of the material in embolization healing aneurysm by bFGF-induced tissue organization. METHODS:An aneu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kawakami O,Miyamoto S,Hatano T,Yamada K,Hashimoto N,Tabata Y

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Interleukin-12 (IL-12) may be useful for immunotherapy against gliomas because it can reverse the glioma-induced suppression of T-cell proliferation and interferon-gamma production. We postulated that peripheral infusion of IL-12 along with irradiated tumor cells can lead to immunological rejection of 9L glio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jean WC,Spellman SR,Wallenfriedman MA,Hall WA,Low WC

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiographically equivocal aneurysmal dilatation at the junction of the internal carotid and the posterior communicating arteries was noted in a patient with documented subarachnoid hemorrhage. This was initially thought to be infundibular dilatation. A craniotomy revealed an actual aneurysm, which was obliterated suc...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yoshida M,Anegawa S,Moritaka K

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Current management of severe brachial plexus injury has undergone recent modifications, and surgical options have expanded. METHODS:The case of a man with a severe closed brachial plexus injury resulting from a motorcycle accident is presented. The patient is found to have upper root avulsions that deprive h...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ranalli NJ,Kline DG,McGarvey ML,Boulis NM,Zager EL

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive kyphotic deformity of the cervical spine may be a late sequela of congenital cervical anomalies, degenerative disc disease, neoplasm, cervical trauma, and surgical procedures. Of these, postsurgical kyphosis is the most common and can occur after ventral and dorsal surgeries of the cervical spine. The purp...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stewart TJ,Steinmetz MP,Benzel EC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We compared long-term seizure outcome and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients who underwent epilepsy surgery and matched medically treated nonsurgical controls with intractable epilepsy. METHODS:Medically treated controls were identified for patients operated on for epilepsy between January 1,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stavem K,Bjørnaes H,Langmoen IA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-four cases of cerebellar abscess, diagnosed by computed tomographic (CT) scanning, were managed according to a standard protocol during a 4-year period. Triple high dosage intravenous antibiotics were used, open catheter drainage of the abscess was instituted, and external ventricular drainage was added if obvi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： van Dellen JR,Bullock R,Postma MH

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stereotactic laser ablation offers an advantage over open surgical procedures for treatment of epileptic foci, tumors, and other brain pathology. Robot-assisted stereotactic laser ablation could offer an accurate, efficient, minimally invasive, and safe method for placement of an ablation catheter into the t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gonzalez-Martinez J,Vadera S,Mullin J,Enatsu R,Alexopoulos AV,Patwardhan R,Bingaman W,Najm I

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD), a neurocognitive disorder with similar cellular abnormalities. We recently discovered a small molecule (Peptide 6) corresponding to an active region of human ciliary neurotrophic factor, with neurogenic and neurotrophic properties in m...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chohan MO,Bragina O,Kazim SF,Statom G,Baazaoui N,Bragin D,Iqbal K,Nemoto E,Yonas H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Magnetic resonance with diffusion tensor image (DTI) may be able to estimate trajectories compatible with subcortical tracts close to brain lesions. A limit of DTI is brain shifting (movement of the brain after dural opening and tumor resection). OBJECTIVE:To calculate the brain shift of trajectories compat...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Romano A,D'Andrea G,Calabria LF,Coppola V,Espagnet CR,Pierallini A,Ferrante L,Fantozzi L,Bozzao A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The parameters of hematoporphyrin-derivative (HpD) photocytotoxicity of human glioma cells in cell culture were studied to determine the optimum wavelength and power density of light, to investigate the influence of tissue oxygenation, and to evaluate the role of singlet oxygen and free radicals in producing cell deat...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wharen RE Jr,So S,Anderson RE,Laws ER Jr

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

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：:There is increasing interest in staged corpus callosotomy for intractable generalized epilepsy. At the first procedure, a portion (usually the anterior two-thirds) of the corpus callosum is sectioned. If seizures persist, completion of callosotomy or alternative treatment approaches can be considered. It is obviously ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Awad IA,Wyllie E,Luders H,Ahl J

更新日期：1990-01-01 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:Placement of spinal cord stimulating paddle leads has traditionally been performed under local anesthesia with intravenous sedation to allow intraoperative confirmation of appropriate placement. It may be difficult to maintain appropriate sedation in certain patients because of medical comorbidities. Further...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mammis A,Mogilner AY

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In an attempt to elucidate a possible role for eicosanoids in the pathogenesis of spinal cord injury (SCI), we measured the concentration of leukotriene (LT) C4, thromboxane B2, and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha in cerebrospinal fluid in both a canine experimental model and 11 patients with SCIs. METHODS:The...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nishisho T,Tonai T,Tamura Y,Ikata T

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The olfactory function could be examined in 101 of 138 patients with anterior communicating artery aneurysms, whom we treated during a recent 6-year period. Among them, 49 patients underwent surgery by the anterior interhemispheric approach and 52 underwent surgery by the basal interhemispheric approach. Fifteen patie...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fujiwara H,Yasui N,Nathal-Vera E,Suzuki A

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationships between lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) level, vasospasm, and clinical outcome of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) are still unclear. OBJECTIVE:To identify the associations between admission Lp-PLA2 and vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage an...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ding CY,Cai HP,Ge HL,Yu LH,Lin YX,Kang DZ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the decrease in the number of cerebral aneurysms treated surgically and the increase of complexity of those treated surgically, there is a need for simulation-based tools to teach future neurosurgeons the operative techniques of aneurysm clipping. OBJECTIVE:To develop and evaluate the usefulness of a n...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Alaraj A,Luciano CJ,Bailey DP,Elsenousi A,Roitberg BZ,Bernardo A,Banerjee PP,Charbel FT

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:We present a patient who experienced a subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to a dissecting aneurysm of the right posteroinferior cerebellar artery (PICA). The use of an encircling clip in treating the aneurysm while preserving supply to brain stem perforators originating near the dissecting segme...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jafar JJ,Kamiryo T,Chiles BW,Nelson PK

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent of treatment for the victims of gunshot wounds to the brain remains quite controversial, particularly when these patients present with extensive neurological dysfunction. We propose guidelines regarding the degree and aggressiveness of therapy. The factors that seem to have a significant impact on the patie...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nagib MG,Rockswold GL,Sherman RS,Lagaard MW

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate, regardless of the clinical results, the contribution of combining functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with intraoperative cortical brain mapping (iCM) as functional targeting methods for epidural chronic motor cortex stimulation (MCS) in refractory neuropathic pain. METHODS:Eighteen neu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pirotte B,Voordecker P,Neugroschl C,Baleriaux D,Wikler D,Metens T,Denolin V,Joffroy A,Massager N,Brotchi J,Levivier M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the clinical presentation and morbidity of the surgical management of peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNSTs). METHODS:We performed a retrospective chart review of surgically treated PNSTs at the University of Miami between 1991 and 2008. RESULTS:There were a total of 140 cases, including 87 sch...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Levi AD,Ross AL,Cuartas E,Qadir R,Temple HT

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of vasospasm on costs, length of stay, and mortality among inpatients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. METHODS:We combined hospital accounting and physician billing data for a consecutive cohort of 198 patients who underwent surgical clipping or endovascular coiling for subarachn...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chou CH,Reed SD,Allsbrook JS,Steele JL,Schulman KA,Alexander MJ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the natural course of functional recovery of the vascular endothelium and smooth muscle after clipping injury of the rat carotid artery. Vascular injury was induced by clipping the right carotid arteries of Wistar rats. The contractile response to KCl, serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine), and norep...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tsukahara T,Yonekawa Y,Yamamoto M,Kaku Y,Ogata N,Taniguchi T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although an association between optic glioma and neurofibromatosis is well recognized, there has been no previous analysis of cases relating the locus of tumor to the presence or absence of von Recklinghausen's disease. This paper presents the results of such an analysis as well as a description of the comparative his...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stern J,DiGiacinto GV,Housepian EM

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven cases of cerebral cavernous angiomas (cavernomas) were observed within a period of 3 years. Two patients presented with cerebral hemorrhage, five with epilepsy, three each with a progressive focal neurological deficit, and one with papilledema. The unruptured lesions had a heterogeneous density on computed tomo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Steiger HJ,Markwalder TM,Reulen HJ

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reports of cervical perimedullary arteriovenous shunt (PMAVS) are limited, and treatment strategies have not been established. OBJECTIVE:To describe angioarchitecture and optimal treatment strategies for cervical PMAVS. METHODS:We treated 22 patients with cervical PMAVS between 2000 and 2012 (8 women and 1...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Endo T,Shimizu H,Sato K,Niizuma K,Kondo R,Matsumoto Y,Takahashi A,Tominaga T

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It remains unknown whether the extent of surgical resection affects survival or disease progression in patients with supratentorial low-grade gliomas. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective cohort study (n = 170) between 1996 and 2007 at a single institution to determine whether increasing extent of surgical r...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： McGirt MJ,Chaichana KL,Attenello FJ,Weingart JD,Than K,Burger PC,Olivi A,Brem H,Quinoñes-Hinojosa A

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00