Normal pressure hydrocephalus in children and young adults.

abstract：:The authors present a case of acute aggravation of subdural effusion associated with pachymeningitis carcinomatosa. Microscopic examination of a surgical specimen revealed diffuse involvement of the dura mater by a metastatic adenocarcinoma in which the tumor cells invaded venules located in the areolar layer in parti...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kamada K,Isu T,Houkin K,Ohsato T,Katoh M,Kojima H

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first report of a series of adults (> 16 years of age) with pineoblastomas who had their entire neuraxis staged at the time of diagnosis. Between 1975 and 1992, seven men and four women with histologically proven pineoblastomas were evaluated at the University of California, San Francisco. The median age a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chang SM,Lillis-Hearne PK,Larson DA,Wara WM,Bollen AW,Prados MD

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Various techniques have been used to stop venous bleeding from the epidural space, vertebral venous plexus, and cavernous sinus. Here, we describe our experience with the use of fibrin glue to stop venous bleeding in these areas. METHODS:During the last 8 years, the senior author (LNS) has used injection of ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sekhar LN,Natarajan SK,Manning T,Bhagawati D

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a transition to using patient-reported outcome instruments (PROi) to assess surgical effectiveness. However, none of these instruments have been validated for outcomes of adult Chiari I malformation (CMI). OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the relative validity and responsivene...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Godil SS,Parker SL,Zuckerman SL,Mendenhall SK,McGirt MJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intraoperative detection of residual tumor tissue in glioma surgery remains an important challenge because the extent of tumor removal is related to the prognosis of the disease. Multiphoton excited fluorescence tomography of living tissues provides high-resolution structural and photochemical imaging at a su...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Leppert J,Krajewski J,Kantelhardt SR,Schlaffer S,Petkus N,Reusche E,Hüttmann G,Giese A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spinal tumor complicating pregnancy is a rare condition. A 25-year-old woman who became paraplegic during the 35th week of her second pregnancy presented during the postpartum period. She underwent two surgical interventions, and the cord compression caused by a T5 vertebral body hemangioma with laminar involvement ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tekkök IH,Açìkgöz B,Sağlam S,Onol B

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Interhemisperic lipomas are almost always associated with hypogenesis or agenesis of the corpus callosum. These lesions are stable. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:We report a case of an interhemispheric lipoma in a 72-year-old man who had undergone myelolipomatous differentiation. INTERVENTION:Gross total excision o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Suri V,Sharma MC,Suri A,Karak AK,Garg A,Sarkar C,Jain D

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The failure of most available treatment modalities to improve the survival time and the quality of survival in patients with gliomas calls for the intense biological analysis of glial neoplasia. The untimely activation of cellular protooncogenes is often related to the process of neoplasia. Several protein growth fact...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Westphal M,Herrmann HD

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their experience with experimental brain vascularization with the use of transplanted omentum majus. The possibility of treating cerebral ischemia with this method is discussed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yonekawa Y,Yaşargil MG

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ANTON VON EISELSBERG was the first to resect a cerebral tumor at the First Surgical Clinic at the General Hospital in Vienna in 1904. He successfully removed a cerebral glioma, the first of no fewer than 15,000 tumors operated on at that hospital to date. von Eiselsberg and his successors, Egon Ranzi and Leopold Schön...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Koos WT,Day JD

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Animal model systems have shown that head trauma can induce cell death in regions of the brain away from the site of the impact via a process of apoptosis. We sought to determine whether there was evidence of cellular apoptosis in clinically collected materials from human head trauma patients, as well as to a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ng I,Yeo TT,Tang WY,Soong R,Ng PY,Smith DR

更新日期：2000-04-01 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 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to examine early effects of ex vivo-expanded bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) on focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. METHODS:EPCs were obtained from mononuclear cells of autologous bone marrow of a rat. After culture on fibronectin-coated dishes for 10 to 14 da...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ohta T,Kikuta K,Imamura H,Takagi Y,Nishimura M,Arakawa Y,Hashimoto N,Nozaki K

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We report a retrospective series of 13 patients who presented with symptoms and signs caused by cervical juxtafacet cysts. Clinical findings, radiographic features, surgical management strategies, and possible causes are reported and discussed. METHODS:We reviewed clinical histories, radiographic studies, su...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Krauss WE,Atkinson JL,Miller GM

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (1H-MRSI) and positron emission tomography with the tracer L-[1-11C]tyrosine (11C-TYR) were used to localize gliomas for biopsy or resection. This is especially helpful in cases of low-grade gliomas, if these lesions are not visualized by contrast-enhanced computed tomog...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Go KG,Keuter EJ,Kamman RL,Pruim J,Metzemaekers JD,Staal MJ,Paans AM,Vaalburg W

更新日期：1994-06-01 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 AND IMPORTANCE:Focal or diffuse corpus callosal changes can occur in patients with active hydrocephalus who undergo shunting procedures. The neural compression caused by active hydrocephalus and the conditions that follow ventricular shunting may contribute to the development of these changes. CLINICAL PRESE...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Suh DY,Gaskill-Shipley M,Nemann MW,Tureen RG,Warnick RE

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of 1105 records patients with penetrating craniocerebral injuries incurred in the Korean War revealed 163 cases with air sinus wounds, an incidence of 14.8%. The characteristics of these wounds and their surgical management have been described. Foremost among the complications of air sinus wounds are the develo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Arendall RE,Meirowsky AM

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Internal carotid artery (ICA) injury during sellar dural opening is a potentially catastrophic complication of transsphenoidal surgery. We describe two ICA injuries that occurred early in our endonasal transsphenoidal experience. We then describe our subsequent protocol to prevent this complication in which w...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dusick JR,Esposito F,Malkasian D,Kelly DF

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A common finding of computed tomography in a case of normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is periventricular radiolucency (PVL). We analyzed PVL for patients with hydrocephalus, using dynamic computed tomographic and xenon-computed tomographic techniques to differentiate NPH from similar diseases. METHODS:Dyn...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nakano H,Bandoh K,Miyaoka M,Sato K

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paraclinoid area is investigated anatomically for possible microneurosurgical approaches to the C3 segment of the internal carotid artery and to structures in the vicinity of the anterior siphon knee. Removal of the anterior clinoid process reveals a tight connective tissue ring that fixes the internal carotid art...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Knosp E,Müller G,Perneczky A

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in the presence of a cerebrospinal fluid shunt has been reported uncommonly. Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis, the most common etiological agents, are usually acquired by contiguous spread from an intraoperative or perioperative source. These infections usually occ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Petrak RM,Pottage JC Jr,Harris AA,Levin S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that high dose naloxone (10 mg/kg) failed to promote recovery of motor function after a static load injury of the spinal cord in rats. In the present experiments, using the more traditional dynamic weight drop model, we tested megadose naloxone administered by the intraperitoneal route in 23 rat...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Black P,Markowitz RS,Keller S,Wachs K,Gillespie J,Finkelstein SD

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The left middle cerebral artery and both carotid arteries of 17 cats were occluded to evaluate the effects of oxygenated fluorocarbon emulsion on brain ischemia. Carotid and middle cerebral arteries were occluded concurrently for 2 hours, followed by occlusion of the middle cerebral artery only for another 24 hours. S...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bose B,Osterholm JL,Payne JB,Chambers K

更新日期：1986-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Carotid-cavernous fistulae are uncommon but well-documented sequelae of craniofacial trauma. A rare subset may arise from the posterior communicating artery instead of from the carotid artery proper. The presentation is similar to that of carotid-cavernous fistulae, with ocular pain, chemosis, and proptosis b...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Weaver KD,Ewend MG,Solander S

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The role of chemotherapy in the treatment of low-grade oligodendrogliomas and oligoastrocytomas is still unclear. A Phase II study was conducted to determine the benefits and toxicity of the procarbazine, lomustine, and vincristine (PCV) regimen in patients with low-grade oligodendrogliomas and oligoastrocyto...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Soffietti R,Rudà R,Bradac GB,Schiffer D

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) affect more than one million Americans, predisposing them to a lifetime risk of hemorrhagic stroke and epilepsy. A potential role of the immune response in this disease has not been postulated previously but is compelling given the unique antigenic milieu of CCM lesions...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shenkar R,Shi C,Check IJ,Lipton HL,Awad IA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00