Intracarotid chemotherapy with 1,3-bis-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) in 5% dextrose in water in the treatment of malignant glioma.

abstract：:Intracranial cartilaginous tumors are unusual lesions, of which myxoid chondrosarcoma is the rarest. We describe this tumor arising from the falx in a 28-year-old woman treated at recurrence with a second operation and a radiation implant. The behavior of classic chondrosarcoma and mesenchymal chondrosarcoma is also r...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Salcman M,Scholtz H,Kristt D,Numaguchi Y

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of bilateral ophthalmic artery aneurysm of traumatic origin is discussed. The patient presented with progressive loss of vision, memory deficit, and expressive aphasia. A computed tomographic scan revealed enhancing lesions near the region of the optic chiasm. The diagnosis of cerebral aneurysm was confirmed by...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hahn YS,McLone DG

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In four patients, shunt obstruction was accompanied by severe resting tremor involving principally the head, the jaw, the tongue, and the right upper extremity. Shunt revision resulted in improvement in each patient. Five similar patients have been reported. Although rare, the occurrence of parkinsonian tremor in a pr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Keane JR

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Current prognosticators for patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) do not take into account signs of extracerebral organ dysfunction. This may explain the only moderate predictive value of these prognosticators. We assessed the prognostic value of the simplified acute physiology score (SAPS) II in SAH pa...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schuiling WJ,de Weerd AW,Dennesen PJ,Algra A,Rinkel GJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of treating central or paramedian disc herniations of the upper lumbar levels, including the thoracolumbar junction, through the oblique paraspinal approach. We published a technical case report on this subject in 2004. METHODS:Nineteen consecutive patient...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kim JS,Lee SH,Moon KH,Lee HY

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Papillary meningioma (PM) is an uncommon meningioma subtype, and the clinical characteristics remain unclear. OBJECTIVE:To determine the clinical characteristics and prognosis of PM. METHODS:The clinical data of 30 PM patients were collected, the samples were reexamined, and the patients' prognoses were ba...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wang XQ,Chen H,Zhao L,Li ST,Hu J,Mei GH,Jiang CC

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present seven patients with multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy and superimposed midline soft disc herniation who were treated by decompressive laminectomies of the spondylotic segments followed by transdural excision of the anteriorly located disc extrusion. There was no perioperative neurological morbidity...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fox MW,Onofrio BM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reviewed our experience with gangliogliomas treated in the post-computed tomography (CT) era at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Of 234 newly histologically verified neoplasms seen at our institution since 1975, 10 (4.3%) were gangliogliomas of the cerebral hemispheres. The presenting complaint was sei...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sutton LN,Packer RJ,Rorke LB,Bruce DA,Schut L

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional (3D) images were reconstructed from axial computed tomographic scans using the new 3D83 (General Electric Co.) software. Images were reformatted as a movie in multiple frames, each consisting of a discrete 3D scene, and were rotated 360 degrees in 3D space. Improvement in shading and surface algorith...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Virapongse C,Shapiro M,Gmitro A,Sarwar M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Xanthogranulomas involving the central or peripheral nervous system are extraordinarily rare. None have been reported in the lower extremity. Here, we report and characterize the first case of xanthogranuloma of the sciatic nerve. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 58-year-old woman presented with poorly...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Patil PG,Cummings TJ,Nunley JA,Friedman AH

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Repair of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak created at the time of transsphenoidal surgery typically involves placement of a fat, fascial, or muscle graft and sellar floor reconstruction. In this report, a simplified repair for small, "weeping" CSF leaks using collagen sponge is described. METHODS:All patient...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kelly DF,Oskouian RJ,Fineman I

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:We report the first example of an anaplastic meningioma arising from an intracranial arachnoid cyst and discuss the diagnostic challenges of this case, including the useful role of genetic markers. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 72-year-old man presented with transient episodes of expressive dysphasi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lwu S,Starreveld YP,Branson J,Perry A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether low-grade gliomas contain functional cortical activity more often than high-grade gliomas within radiologically defined abnormal tissue. METHODS:Patients with intra-axial cerebral lesions located in the vicinity of eloquent brain cortex preoperatively underwent magnetic source imaging. A...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schiffbauer H,Ferrari P,Rowley HA,Berger MS,Roberts TP

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1978, the authors have treated 11 patients with lesions of the ventral thoracic spine via a transpleural anterolateral approach. Each of the patients presented with pain and paraparesis, 8 had sensory dysfunction, and 6 had demonstrated sphincteric disturbances. All 11 had radiographic confirmation of anterior c...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lobosky JM,Hitchon PW,McDonnell DE

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated long-term clinical outcomes and postoperative physiological findings in acutely comatose patients with nonmissile surgical intraparenchymal temporal lobe hemorrhages and abnormal pupillary widening who received early preoperative high-dose mannitol (HDM) versus conventional dose mannitol treatmen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cruz J,Minoja G,Okuchi K

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, is a city with a population of over 10 million. The incidence of head injuries is increasing yearly and the government pays much attention to this social and medical problem. This is evidenced in both county and big city hospitals by the organization of neurosurg...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cheng M

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improved understanding of rod fracture (RF) in adult spinal deformity could be valuable for implant design, surgical planning, and patient counseling. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate symptomatic RF after posterior instrumented fusion for adult spinal deformity. METHODS:A multicenter, retrospective review of RF in ad...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Smith JS,Shaffrey CI,Ames CP,Demakakos J,Fu KM,Keshavarzi S,Li CM,Deviren V,Schwab FJ,Lafage V,Bess S,International Spine Study Group.

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:We report an unusual case of basal ganglia granulomas caused by Candida albicans that surrounded the proximal segment of a nonfunctional cerebrospinal fluid shunt in a previously healthy patient. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 22-year-old woman had undergone ventriculoatrial cerebrospinal fluid shunt...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Soto-Hernández JL,Ramírez-Crescencio MA,Moreno Estrada VM,del Valle Robles R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence has accumulated that indicates that laminectomy with or without radiotherapy is not necessarily the best mode of treatment for all cases of spinal cord compression of malignant pathogenesis. Success is limited, and there is a high risk of adverse neurological developments, particularly where there is anterior...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Moore AJ,Uttley D

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The release of results of International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial in 2003 caused a shift in the paradigm of management of ruptured intracranial aneurysms. The cases selected for microsurgical clipping nowadays are usually those patients with aneurysms that are not suitable for embolization, and are often co...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wong GK,Zhu CX,Ahuja AT,Poon WS

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional brain tissue catecholamine concentrations were measured in 5 control rats and in 10 rats 72 hours after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Catecholamine levels were determined in the cerebral hemispheres, brain stem, and cerebellum of each animal using a radioenzymatic assay. Three days after SAH, th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Solomon RA,McCormack BM,Lovitz RN,Swift DM,Hegemann MT

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of nitrous oxide on motor evoked potential (MEP) elicited in rats by cortical and midcervical electrical stimulation was studied and compared with early components of somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) following stimulation of the posterior tibial nerve in 6 rats. We found that nitrous oxide gradually ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Zentner J,Ebner A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tuberculum sellae meningiomas are classically removed through several different surgical transcranial approaches, including the pterional transsylvian route. Recently, the indications for the transsphenoidal technique, traditionally proposed only for the treatment of intrasellar lesions, have been extended to...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： de Divitiis E,Cavallo LM,Esposito F,Stella L,Messina A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE-4) is a cyclic adenosine monophosphate-specific enzyme involved in various inflammatory diseases. We studied its role in and the effect of ibudilast, which predominantly blocks PDE-4, on rat cerebral aneurysms. METHODS:Cerebral aneurysms were induced at the anterior cerebral artery-o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yagi K,Tada Y,Kitazato KT,Tamura T,Satomi J,Nagahiro S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This experiment was designed to study the effects of intravascular volume expansion with crystalloid and colloid agents on intracranial pressure (ICP) and computerized electroencephalographic (EEG) data in dogs with cerebral vasogenic edema. A liquid nitrogen cold lesion was produced in the right parietal lobes of 30 ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tranmer BI,Iacobacci RI,Kindt GW

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Chronic subdural hematoma (CSH) is characterized by pathological vascularization of the parietal membrane. Plasma leakage from immature vessels may be involved in hematoma enlargement and recurrence. We tested the hypothesis that the antiangiogenic side-effect of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitor ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Weigel R,Hohenstein A,Schlickum L,Weiss C,Schilling L

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraoperative measurements of cerebral blood flow are of interest during vascular neurosurgery. Near-infrared indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence angiography was introduced for visualizing vessel patency intraoperatively. However, quantitative information has not been available. OBJECTIVE:To report our ex...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kamp MA,Slotty P,Turowski B,Etminan N,Steiger HJ,Hänggi D,Stummer W

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Intracranial solitary fibrous tumors have been described previously, but intraventricular solitary fibrous tumors are extremely rare. We present what is, to our knowledge, the first reported case of solitary fibrous tumor in the third ventricle. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 63-year-old man presente...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Koçak A,Cayli SR,Saraç K,Aydin NE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The development of delayed ischemia caused by cerebral vasospasm remains a common cause of morbidity and mortality after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Preliminary studies suggest that 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) may decrease the risk of vasospasm, but additional ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kramer AH,Gurka MJ,Nathan B,Dumont AS,Kassell NF,Bleck TP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00