A new type of prehensile suction device.

abstract：:An unusual case of malignant intracranial meningioma is presented. The operative management was complicated by the abrupt development of fulminant brain edema and herniation. The tumor contained areas of extramedullary hematopoiesis, a finding not previously reported. Various pathogenetic mechanisms involved in intrad...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gregorios JB,Bay JW,Dudley AW Jr

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors reviewed the computed tomographic (CT) scans of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage whose initial angiograms were negative, to investigate the validity of CT scans in predicting the presence of an angiographically missed aneurysm in such patients. During the past 14 years, additional angiograms have been...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Iwanaga H,Wakai S,Ochiai C,Narita J,Inoh S,Nagai M

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A patient with an anterior communicating artery aneurysm was treated by use of endovascular coiling, and a Guglielmi detachable coil (Boston Scientific/Target, Fremont, CA) fractured distal to its connection to the delivering catheter. The unraveled coil floated out from the aneurysm to extend into the bifurc...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Raftopoulos C,Goffette P,Billa RF,Mathurin P

更新日期：2002-04-01 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:We evaluated somatosensory and motor interhemispheric integration in four patients who underwent transection of different portions of the anterior corpus callosum (CC) for removal of an intraventricular cyst. The study goal was to relate their performances to the topographical organization of the CC. METHODS...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Caillé S,Sauerwein HC,Schiavetto A,Villemure JG,Lassonde M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) may lead to repetitive intracerebral hemorrhage. In selected cases, a surgical resection is indicated. OBJECTIVE:To identify magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of CCM that correlate with the difficulty of dissection and postoperative outcome. METHODS:This study...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dammann P,Wrede K,Jabbarli R,Müller O,Mönninghoff C,Forsting M,Sure U

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to determine how frequently angiographic vasospasm occurs outside the normal access range of transcranial Doppler ultrasound in patients who have suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Vasospasm located in the basal vessels is readily identifiable using transcranial Doppler ultrasound whereas spasm...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Newell DW,Grady MS,Eskridge JM,Winn HR

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The concept of neurovascular decompression for the treatment of hemifacial spasm is now widely accepted. In this study, we report our long-term results for 145 cases treated with this procedure. METHODS:The results of 145 microvascular decompressions to treat hemifacial spasm (performed between 1980 and 1998...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Samii M,Günther T,Iaconetta G,Muehling M,Vorkapic P,Samii A

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：:We present a case of multiple brain lesions in which the preoperative computerized tomographic (CT) scan suggested the presence of brain abscesses rather than metastatic tumors. The patient presented with symptoms of left frontal and right cerebellar mass lesions, confirmed by carotid and vertebral arteriography and a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rosenblum ML,Rosegay H

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the differential effects of graded spinal cord injury on the rat extrapyramidal motor evoked potential (exp-MEP) and pyramidal motor evoked potential (pyr-MEP) and the prognostic value of these effects in predicting postinjury motor performance in the rat model. In 20 rats subjected to graded s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shiau JS,Zappulla RA,Nieves J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Motor cortex stimulation (MCS) is routinely used for the treatment of chronic neuropathic pain but its effect on quality of life remains uncertain. OBEJCTIVE:To systematically review the published literature on MCS and quality of life and report the effects of this therapy in a series of patients prospectiv...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Parravano DC,Ciampi DA,Fonoff ET,Monaco B,Navarro J,Yeng LT,Teixeira MJ,Hamani C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although the necessity of craniotomy for an unruptured cerebral aneurysm (UCA) is controversial, surgery is warranted if surgical risks are less than the risks of natural history. In this study, we investigated the need for craniotomy for UCAs on the basis of surgical risk. METHODS:History of cerebrovascular...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Moroi J,Hadeishi H,Suzuki A,Yasui N

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study on the effect of shunting, 22 patients diagnosed as suffering from normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) were investigated by means of temporary external lumbar drainage (ELD). Five patients had to be excluded from the study because of complications of ELD or definitive shunting. ELD correctly pre...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Haan J,Thomeer RT

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunocytochemical characterization of choroid plexus neoplasms was performed in seven cases, five being of benign choroid plexus papilloma (CPP) and the other two of malignant choroid plexus papilloma (choroid plexus carcinoma CPC). Immunohistochemical examination was performed with antibodies to glial fibrillary aci...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Matsushima T,Inoue T,Takeshita I,Fukui M,Iwaki T,Kitamoto T

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Artificial neural networks (ANNs) excel at analyzing challenging data sets and can be exceptional tools for decision support in clinical environments. The present study pilots the use of ANNs for determining prognosis in neuro-oncology patients. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether ANNs perform better at predicti...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oermann EK,Kress MA,Collins BT,Collins SP,Morris D,Ahalt SC,Ewend MG

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Several studies have demonstrated that omitting the routine use of adjuvant whole-brain radiation therapy for patients with newly diagnosed brain metastases may be a reasonable first-line strategy. Retrospective evidence suggests that fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (fSRT) may have a lower level of to...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ammirati M,Kshettry VR,Lamki T,Wei L,Grecula JC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperglycemia is common and showed to be risky for poor prognosis in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). However, the causality and mechanism underlying this observation are not well established. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between hyperglycemia and cerebral vasospasm with its pathoge...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Huang YH,Chung CL,Tsai HP,Wu SC,Chang CZ,Chai CY,Lee TC,Kwan AL

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Intraoperative rupture of an intracranial aneurysm is a potentially devastating but avoidable and manageable complication of aneurysm surgery. OBJECTIVE:To describe a surgical technique that the authors have used successfully to repair a tear at the neck of an intracranial aneurysm, as well as alternative o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barrow DL,Spetzler RF

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients in whom the diagnosis of an intracranial arteriovenous malformation was suspected either by the history and clinical findings or by abnormal periorbital Doppler flow are discussed. Sixteen patients had only minor complaints or inconclusive signs or were clinically asymptomatic; 4 others presented with ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sommer C,Müllges W,Ringelstein EB

更新日期：1992-04-01 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：:Intracranial gliomas are found in association with von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis. However, few truly neonatal lesions have been identified and studied. This case report concerns a 4-month-old child who was found to have a massive thalamic glioma of moderate grade. Four paternal generations had suffered from d...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Epstein NE,Rosenthal AD,Selman J,Osipoff M,Hyman RA

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the reclosure-promoting capacity of a neural stem cell line (F3) and a human bone marrow stem cell line (B10) injected into the amniotic cavity of spinal open neural tube defects (ONTDs) of chick embryos of Hamburger and Hamilton stage 18 or 19. METHODS:Fifteen chick embryos that survived the pro...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lee DH,Phi JH,Kim SK,Cho BK,Kim SU,Wang KC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In three cases involving meningiomas in the ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses, transbasal spreading of the interocular distance (telecanthal approach) was used for tumor removal and reconstruction of the skull base. This telecanthal approach involves 1) bilateral en bloc removal of the superior lateral rim of the orbit, th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fujitsu K,Saijoh M,Aoki F,Sakata K,Fujii S,Mochimatsu Y,Kuwabara T

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the surgical anatomy of the ophthalmic artery (OA) by dissection of cadaver heads, evaluating the anatomic relationships between the origin of the OA and both its proximal course and surrounding structures. In addition, we demonstrated the surgical application of these anatomic features for safe s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Huynh-Le P,Natori Y,Sasaki T

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Examining the costs of single- and multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is important for the identification of cost drivers and potentially reducing patient costs. A novel tool at our institution provides direct costs for the identification of potential drivers. OBJECTIVE:To assess peri...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Reese JC,Karsy M,Twitchell S,Bisson EF

更新日期：2019-02-01 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