Meningioangiomatosis not associated with von Recklinghausen's disease.

abstract：:Traumatic atlanto-occipital (A-O) dislocation is a rare injury that is associated with a high mortality rate. We are presenting the case of a 5-year-old child with this entity to illustrate the mechanism of injury, the often-confusing clinical picture, and the use of diaphragmatic fluoroscopy to localize the neurologi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pang D,Wilberger JE Jr

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography has proven useful in children with craniosynostosis for the evaluation of deformity of the skull base, calvarium, and parenchymal brain structures. A retrospective analysis of 24 children seen during a 4-year period who had adequate preoperative, postoperative, and follow-up scans was carried out. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Carmel PW,Luken MG 3rd,Ascherl GF Jr

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebrovascular response to CO2 was evaluated by measuring relative changes in blood flow velocity within the middle cerebral artery by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography during normo-, hypo-, and hypercapnia. In seven patients without subarachnoid hemorrhage (five with unruptured arteriovenous malformations and...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Seiler RW,Nirkko AC

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Moscow Institute of Neurosurgery was established in 1932. The institute's founders were Nikolai Nilovich Burdenko, the surgeon (his name was later conferred on the institute), and Vasily Vasilyevich Kramer, the neurologist. This article presents the institute's history and its activities in different periods, incl...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Konovalov AN,Yartsev VV,Likhterman LB

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Herein we describe two cases of extracranial-intracranial vein graft bypasses for the treatment of giant intracranial aneurysms in prepubertal pediatric patients. One patient is, we think, the youngest patient reported in the literature to have been successfully treated in such a manner, with a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Zhang YJ,Barrow DL,Day AL

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The standard treatment of resected brain metastasis is whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT). To avoid the potential toxicity of WBRT and to improve local control, we have used radiosurgery alone to the surgical cavity. OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate the rates of local control, new intracranial metastasis, and overall ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Robbins JR,Ryu S,Kalkanis S,Cogan C,Rock J,Movsas B,Kim JH,Rosenblum M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Brain magnetic resonance imaging scans occasionally reveal asymmetrical ventricles with no identifiable cause. A case is presented that highlights a possible connection between transient choroid plexus cysts and benign asymmetrical ventricles. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:The patient was a 2.5-week-o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Heilman CB,Zerris VA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Precise placement of the MacCarty keyhole, a burr hole simultaneously exposing the anterior cranial fossa floor and orbit, provides accurate, efficient entry for orbitozygomatic and supraorbital craniotomies. To locate the optimal keyhole site, previous studies have used superficial landmarks that, in our ex...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tubbs RS,Loukas M,Shoja MM,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Frequently, the cervicothoracic junction can be reached through a simple anterior approach. In some cases, access to this region requires a much more aggressive surgical intervention, such as manubriotomy or sternotomy. Information regarding the need for such interventions is particularly useful to have preop...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Karikari IO,Powers CJ,Isaacs RE

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Multislice computed tomographic angiography (CTA) can provide clearer vascular images, even of the peripheral arteries, than conventional CTA. Multislice CTA was compared with digital subtraction angiography (DSA) for the detection of cerebral vasospasm in patients with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhag...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Otawara Y,Ogasawara K,Ogawa A,Sasaki M,Takahashi K

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this literature review, the authors analyze data from previously published studies that evaluated neutral upright spinal alignment (NUSA) from the occiput to the pelvis in asymptomatic individuals. Based on the data for NUSA in asymptomatic volunteers, a new classification is proposed for spinal deformity....

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kuntz C 4th,Shaffrey CI,Ondra SL,Durrani AA,Mummaneni PV,Levin LS,Pettigrew DB

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review an experience with the posterior interhemispheric approach applied to vascular lesions in the posterior midline, to examine the effects of patient position and gravity retraction of the occipital lobe, and to identify circumstances requiring increased exposure by sectioning the falx and tentorium. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chi JH,Lawton MT

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intimal proliferation is thought to be initiated by the migration and proliferation of smooth muscle cells after endothelial damage. These changes may be induced, in part, by mitogenic growth factors such as insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). This study was designed to investigate the role of locally synthesized IG...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kasuya H,Weir BK,Shen YJ,Tredget EE,Ghahary A

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Radical resection of facial nerve schwannomas classically implies a high risk of severe facial palsy. Owing to the rarity of facial palsy after gamma knife surgery (GKS) of vestibular schwannomas, functional evaluation after GKS seems rational in this specific group of patients. To our knowledge, no previous ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Litre CF,Gourg GP,Tamura M,Mdarhri D,Touzani A,Roche PH,Régis J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, neurosurgeons have responded to calls to treat new patients or address emergent, acute neurosurgical pathology in the hospitals they staff as part of their duty to the medical profession and community. Due to increasing financial pressures placed upon neurosurgical practice from hospitals and regulatory...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Babu MA,Stroink AR,Timmons SD,Orrico KO,Prall JA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background and importance:Pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) is among the most common of the central nervous system gliomas in the pediatric population; however, it is uncommon in adults. PAs of the spinal cord in adults are even rarer, with only a few cases found in the literature. We report here the first case in the literat...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Basheer A,Rammo R,Kalkanis S,Felicella MM,Chedid M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carotid blowout syndrome (CBS) is a life-threatening emergency resulting from compromise of the carotid artery caused by malignancy in the head and neck. OBJECTIVE:To report our experience with covered stents for the prevention or treatment of carotid blowout syndrome secondary to head and neck cancer to as...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gaynor BG,Haussen DC,Ambekar S,Peterson EC,Yavagal DR,Elhammady MS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 345 patients with tuberous sclerosis complex evaluated at the Mayo Clinic from 1950 to 1989, 23 were identified as having brain tumors. In 20 of the 23, histological or clinical evidence showed the tumor to be a subependymal giant cell astrocytoma. A search of the Mayo Clinic tissue registry yielded 73 giant cell-c...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shepherd CW,Scheithauer BW,Gomez MR,Altermatt HJ,Katzmann JA

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodendrogliomas occur primarily in the cerebral hemispheres of adults. A rare case of an oligodendroglioma in the cerebellum of a child is presented. The tendency for oligodendroglioma to metastasize through the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is reviewed and emphasized. A recommendation for CSF cytology and possible spi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Holladay FP,Fruin AH

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the surgical approaches, the radiographic and clinical outcomes, and the long-term follow-up of patients harboring thalamic pilocytic astrocytomas after radical resection by means of a stereotactic volumetric technique. METHODS:Seventy-two patients with thalamic pilocytic astrocytomas underwent s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Moshel YA,Link MJ,Kelly PJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tentorial dural arteriovenous malformations (DAVMs) are uncommon lesions associated with an aggressive natural history. Controversy exists regarding their optimal treatment. We present a single-institution series of tentorial DAVMs treated during a 12-year period, address the current controversies, and presen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tomak PR,Cloft HJ,Kaga A,Cawley CM,Dion J,Barrow DL

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate that malignant glioneuronal tumors comprise a large spectrum of neoplasms, without mature ganglion-like cells, that may histologically resemble any malignant glioma (World Health Organization Grade III or IV) but have a distinct biological behavior. METHODS:This series includes all tumors diag...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Varlet P,Soni D,Miquel C,Roux FX,Meder JF,Chneiweiss H,Daumas-Duport C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the concept that endovascular angioscopy can assist surgical intracranial aneurysm clipping by providing an endoluminal view of the aneurysm-parent vessel complex. METHODS:A carotid bifurcation aneurysm was surgically created in a dog at the lingual artery origin. A balloon catheter was inflated prox...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lanzino G,Miskolczi L,Guterman LR,Hopkins LN

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The decision for surgical intervention in hydrocephalic patients presenting with symptoms suggesting raised intracranial pressure (ICP) is challenging because radiographic ventricular size often lacks the specificity to predict abnormal ICP. An early assessment of the potential clinical usefulness of a noninv...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Glick RP,Niebruegge J,Lee SH,Egibor O,Lichtor T,Alperin N

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although favorable clinical outcomes have been reported for instrumented lumbar interbody fusion (LIF), adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) has been reported as a long-term complication after LIF. OBJECTIVE:To investigate ASD after instrumented LIF performed at a single level and only for the homogeneous di...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bae JS,Lee SH,Kim JS,Jung B,Choi G

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of symptomatic adjacent segment disease (ASD) after anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion (ACDF) was reported as 2.9%/y in a previous cohort of 374 patients. Few other data corroborate the incidence and natural history of ASD. OBJECTIVE:To calculate the incidence of ASD after ACDF that requi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wu JC,Liu L,Wen-Cheng H,Chen YC,Ko CC,Wu CL,Chen TJ,Cheng H,Su TP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy 25-year-old woman suddenly developed right-sided facial numbness and a headache. The neurological examination was within normal limits with the exception of meningismus and right-sided facial sensory loss. A computed tomographic scan and a magnetic resonance imaging study demonstrated an acute hem...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Zager EL

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Stereotactic radiosurgery is being used with more frequency in the management of patients with trigeminal neuralgia. To improve facial pain outcomes, many centers have increased the prescribed radiation dose to the trigeminal nerve. METHODS:Between April 1997 and December 1999, 68 patients underwent radiosur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pollock BE,Phuong LK,Foote RL,Stafford SL,Gorman DA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although endovascular technique and related devices continue to improve, recanalization of embolized aneurysm remains a pitfall of this approach. The problem of how to treat the recanalized aneurysm needs to be addressed. OBJECTIVE:To determine the outcomes of patients undergoing repeat embolization for rec...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cho YD,Lee JY,Seo JH,Lee SJ,Kang HS,Kim JE,Son YJ,Jung KH,Kwon OK,Han MH

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:We report an extremely rare case with mirror-site spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) at the craniocervical junction. Although multiple spinal DAVFs have been reported in the literature, complete mirror-site lesions with fistulas and feeding arteries in the symmetric position have not ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oshita J,Yamaguchi S,Ohba S,Kurisu K

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00