Diagnostic value of computed tomography in recurrent pain after discectomy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To stratify the risk of embolization during the treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) by grade and to assess its impact on the overall treatment risk. METHODS:Patients with cerebral AVMs treated with embolization between 1995 and 2004 were retrospectively reviewed. Age, sex, AVM grade, loc...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kim LJ,Albuquerque FC,Spetzler RF,McDougall CG

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this study was to determine whether the addition of information on brain stem reflexes improves the prognostic precision of the Glasgow coma scale for patients with severe head trauma. The study is based on 109 patients with a Glasgow coma score of 7 or less during the first 24 hours after injury. The av...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

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

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess acute and chronic histopathological changes observed in a swine arteriovenous malformation model after endovascular delivery of Embolyx E (Micro Therapeutics Inc., San Clemente, CA) and its organic solvent dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). To develop standard endovascular delivery techniques of Embolyx thr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Murayama Y,Viñuela F,Ulhoa A,Akiba Y,Duckwiler GR,Gobin YP,Vinters HV,Greff RJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:Formation of cerebral de novo aneurysms (CDNAs) is rare, and the pathogenesis remains obscure. We analyzed factors involved in formation of CDNAs and suggest guidelines for follow-up of patients. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:We retrospectively reviewed intracranial aneurysms at our institute and pub...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rahmah NN,Horiuchi T,Kusano Y,Sasaki T,Hongo K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We describe extensively the multilevel oblique corpectomy technique with its advantages, disadvantages, indications, and biomechanical effects. This procedure is an alternative to the anterior corpectomy. METHODS:Multilevel oblique corpectomy can be indicated in spondylotic myelopathy, whether or not it is a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bruneau M,Cornelius JF,George B

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of intracranial aneurysms is approximately 2% with an annual rupture rate of 0.7%. OBJECTIVE:We describe our initial feasibility experience using a new double-lumen balloon catheter for single-catheter balloon-assisted coil embolization of wide-neck intracranial aneurysms. METHODS:Two patien...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pukenas B,Albuquerque FC,Weigele JB,Hurst RW,Stiefel MF

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sitting prone position is compared with the standard laminectomy prone position and the sitting up position for posterior fossa surgery. We measured central venous pressure and airway pressure with the patient in different positions to determine the comparative efficacy of the sitting prone position. On a linear a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cook AW,Siddiqi TS,Nidzgorski F,Clarke HA

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To save the patency of the internal carotid artery (ICA) during the treatment of carotid cavernous fistulae or cavernous sinus dural arteriovenous malformations, direct surgery of the cavernous sinus after failure of endovascular treatment was attempted in this study. METHODS:A total of 78 patients with caro...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tu YK,Liu HM,Hu SC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical resection of cerebral arteriovenous malformations is often complicated by persistent bleeding from the nidus, which is difficult to manage. It has often been mentioned that the difficulty of hemostasis is caused by the fragile and pathological nature of vessels of the nidus. This may be one reason, but I hypo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hashimoto N

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intrathecal tissue plasminogen activator administered at times from 0 to 72 hours after subarachnoid hemorrhage on the development of cerebral vasospasm in primates was examined. Thirty monkeys were randomly assigned into one of five equal groups: a control group that underwent subarachnoid hemorrhage al...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Findlay JM,Weir BK,Kanamaru K,Grace M,Baughman R

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this work is to present the preliminary clinical experience we acquired in using the new PoleStar generation, N20 (Medtronic Navigation, Louisville, CO), in a modified conventional operating room. METHODS:PoleStar N20 is a 0.15-T, intraoperative scanner combined with both an integrated optic...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ntoukas V,Krishnan R,Seifert V

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission computed tomographic (PECT) scanning studies have demonstrated that high grade gliomas exhibit increased 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (18FDG) uptake compared to cerebral white matter and low grade gliomas. Hexokinase catalyzes the phosphorylation of glucose, as well as 18FDG and 2-deoxyglucose (2DG),...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Graham JF,Cummins CJ,Smith BH,Kornblith PL

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:The safety of flow-diverting stents for the treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms is unknown. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 35-year-old woman with a ruptured dissecting aneurysm of the intradural right vertebral artery and incorporating the right posterior inferior cerebellar artery was trea...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： McTaggart RA,Santarelli JG,Marcellus ML,Steinberg GK,Dodd RL,Do HM,Marks MP

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of lymphocytic hypophysitis are reported, in which hypothalamic involvement causing diabetes insipidus was a prominent clinical feature. In one case, a man had clinical and radiological evidence of the involvement of the cavernous sinus. This represents the second reported case of a man with lymphocytic hypo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nussbaum CE,Okawara SH,Jacobs LS

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosurgery in Uganda was virtually non-existent up until late 1960s. This changed when Dr. Jovan Kiryabwire spearheaded development of a neurosurgical unit at Mulago Hospital in Kampala. His work ethic and vision set the stage for rapid expansion of neurosurgical care in Uganda.At the beginning of the 2000s, Uganda ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Haglund MM,Warf B,Fuller A,Freischlag K,Muhumuza M,Ssenyonjo H,Mukasa J,Mugamba J,Kiryabwire J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We report our initial clinical experience with a new method for intraoperative blood flow assessment. The purposes of the study were to assess the use of indocyanine green (ICG) video angiography in neurovascular cases, to assess the handling and image quality, to compare the findings with postoperative angio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Raabe A,Beck J,Gerlach R,Zimmermann M,Seifert V

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of syringosubarachnoid (S-S) shunting for syringomyelia with Chiari malformation. The authors describe the technical methods of performing the S-S shunt and the clinical results, including shunt malfunction. METHODS:Forty-nine patients underwent S-S...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

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

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a novel approach to recanalizing symptomatic extracranial internal carotid artery near occlusion using proximal and distal emboli protection devices. METHODS:Patients presenting with symptomatic extracranial internal carotid artery near occlusion who underwent endovascular recanalization between ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Edgell RC,Yavagal DR,Agner C,Adamo M,Boulos AS

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The introduction of intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) for treatment of retinoblastoma considerably changed the paradigm by which this disease is managed, with event-free survival rates being above 70%. OBJECTIVE:To analyze efficacy of IAC treatment using alternative approaches to ophthalmic artery catheteri...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sweid A,Hammoud B,Texakalidis P,Xu V,Shivashankar K,Baldassari MP,Das S,Tjoumakaris S,Shields CL,Ancona-Lezama D,Lim LS,Dalvin LA,Maamari DJ,Jabbour P

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adult gliomas have indistinct borders. As the ratio of neoplastic cells to normal cells becomes lower, the ability to detect these cells diminishes. We describe a device designed to augment intraoperative identification of both solid tumor and infiltrating tumor margins. METHODS:A novel, intraoperative, opti...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Toms SA,Lin WC,Weil RJ,Johnson MD,Jansen ED,Mahadevan-Jansen A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although waterjet dissection has been well evaluated in intracranial pathologies, little is known of its qualities in peripheral nerve surgery. Theoretically, the precise dissection qualities could support the separation of nerves from adjacent tissues and improve the preservation of nerve integrity in perip...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tschan CA,Keiner D,Müller HD,Schwabe K,Gaab MR,Krauss JK,Sommer C,Oertel J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spine and nonspine skeletal metastases occur in more than 80% of patients with prostate cancer. OBJECTIVE:To examine the characteristics of the patient population undergoing surgery for the treatment of prostate cancer metastatic to the spine. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was performed on all patie...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chohan MO,Kahn S,Cederquist G,Reiner AS,Schwab J,Laufer I,Bilsky M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is minimal detailed information regarding the sphenoparietal venous sinus found in the extant medical literature. Furthermore, there is controversy in the literature regarding drainage of the Sylvian vein into this sinus. The sphenoparietal sinus can potentially be encountered with cranial base approach...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tubbs RS,Salter EG,Wellons JC 3rd,Blount JP,Oakes WJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intracranial aneurysm rupture prediction is poor, with only a few risk factors for rupture identified and used in clinical practice. OBJECTIVE:To provide an overview of all the risk factors (including genetic, molecular, morphological, and hemodynamic factors) that have potential for use in clinical practic...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kleinloog R,de Mul N,Verweij BH,Post JA,Rinkel GJE,Ruigrok YM

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Basilar cranial fractures have been associated with injury to the carotid artery. We sought to determine whether fracture through the carotid canal was a significant risk factor for carotid injury. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was performed, and 230 patients with basilar cranial fractures were identi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Resnick DK,Subach BR,Marion DW

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A variety of imaging strategies may be used to derive reliable stereotactic coordinates when performing deep brain stimulation lead implants. No single technique has yet proved optimal. OBJECTIVE:To compare the relative accuracy of stereotactic coordinates for the subthalamic nucleus (STN) derived either fr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ben-Haim S,Gologorsky Y,Monahan A,Weisz D,Alterman RL

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The source of bleeding remains obscure in most cases of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) with a negative angiogram. From January 1, 1989, to July 1, 1993, 40 patients were admitted to the Massachusetts General Hospital with angiogram-negative SAH; 9 of these patients underwent surgical exploration. In seven of these expl...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tatter SB,Crowell RM,Ogilvy CS

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography is currently one of the most useful methods for measurements of cerebral hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism, because it facilitates accurate analysis of the local cerebral circulation in three-dimensional quantitative images. In this study, we performed positron emission tomography studies...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tenjin H,Ueda S,Mizukawa N,Imahori Y,Hino A,Yamaki T,Kuboyama T,Ebisu T,Hirakawa K,Yamashita M

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Brain tumors are highly angiogenic, and their growth and spread depend on the generation of new blood vessels. We examined the effect of the cyclic peptide antagonist pentapeptide EMD 121974, an antiangiogenic agent, on orthotopic and heterotopic brain tumor growth. METHODS:The human brain tumor cell lines D...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： MacDonald TJ,Taga T,Shimada H,Tabrizi P,Zlokovic BV,Cheresh DA,Laug WE

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature infants weighing under 1500 g are now surviving because of technical and medical advances in the field of neonatology. Up to 70% of these babies will have intracranial hemorrhages. The management of posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in these children with multiple other medical problems has thus become quite sig...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Marlin AE

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00