Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in the presence of a cerebrospinal fluid shunt.

abstract：:Spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is a rare but devastating complication in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). We report four patients with chronic ITP unresponsive to steroid treatment who developed ICH. One patient had systemic lupus erythematosus; in another patient, the ICH origin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Brenner B,Guilburd JN,Tatarsky I,Doron Y,Goldsher D

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 4-year-old girl presented with an intramedullary epidermoid cyst of the cervical spinal cord. The clinical, radiological, and surgical features and a brief critical review of the literature are included in this report. The cyst contents were removed totally in two operations. The child had a coexisting neuroenteric ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tekkök IH,Palaoglu S,Erbengi A,Onol B

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-reported experience is often used as a measure for quality of care, but no reports on patient satisfaction after cranial neurosurgery exist. OBJECTIVE:To study the association of overall patient satisfaction and surgical outcome and to evaluate the applicability of overall patient satisfaction as a ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Reponen E,Tuominen H,Hernesniemi J,Korja M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized clinical trial of 15 patients with acute spinal cord injuries was performed to test the hypothesis that rotating treatment tables prevent deep venous thrombosis in this population. Four of 5 control (nonrotated) patients developed distal and proximal thrombi, assessed by 125I fibrinogen leg scans and impe...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Becker DM,Gonzalez M,Gentili A,Eismont F,Green BA

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) are the most frequent pituitary tumors. Visual symptoms from NFPAs are common and include visual field defects, loss of central vision, and motility problems resulting in diplopia. OBJECTIVE:To create evidence-based guidelines in an attempt to formulate guidance for...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Newman SA,Turbin RE,Bodach ME,Tumialan LM,Oyesiku NM,Litvack Z,Zada G,Patil CG,Aghi MK

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this review article is to describe the authors' operative technique for performing anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion. METHODS:The authors reviewed their operative technique and experience to clearly detail the general methods utilized to safely and effectively perform anterior cervical...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Perez-Cruet MJ,Samartzis D,Fessler RG

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although various strategies for prevention of brain disease have been implemented, no substance has been found to be advantageous for prophylaxis against brain injury. OBJECTIVE:While previous work in our laboratory and others have shown positive effects using the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DH...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mills JD,Hadley K,Bailes JE

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated quality of life in 78 patients with closed head injury (CHI) 2 to 4 years postinjury. Using both interview data and mean data from the Sickness Impact Profile questionnaire, impaired quality of life was observed in the areas of psychosocial functioning, social role functioning, leisure activities,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Klonoff PS,Snow WG,Costa LD

更新日期：1986-11-01 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：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:As the use of flow-diverting stents (FDSs) for intracranial aneurysms expands, a small number of case reports have described the successful treatment of blister aneurysms of the internal carotid artery with flow diversion. Blister aneurysms are uncommon and fragile lesions that historically ha...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mazur MD,Taussky P,MacDonald JD,Park MS

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The advantages of a posterior "conventional" suboccipital approach with a midline incision over lateral, anterolateral, and anterior approaches to anteriorly placed foramen magnum meningiomas are discussed. METHODS:From 1991 to March 2000, 17 patients with foramen magnum meningiomas arising from the anterior...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Goel A,Desai K,Muzumdar D

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:The contralateral approach to internal carotid-ophthalmic artery aneurysms has been used in selected cases but has rarely been described for a giant internal carotid artery aneurysm. We report a case of giant aneurysm that was successfully clipped via the contralateral pterional approach. CLIN...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hongo K,Watanabe N,Matsushima N,Kobayashi S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage remains a management challenge. The accepted treatment involves hypertensive, hypervolemic, hemodilution therapy. However, there is variation in the application of this treatment. Most authors increase mean arterial pressure (MAP), which can be associated with signif...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Joseph M,Ziadi S,Nates J,Dannenbaum M,Malkoff M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Cerebral ischemia is the most worrisome perioperative complication of carotid endarterectomy (CEA). The stroke rate occurring with CEA is estimated to range from 2.3 to 6.3%. Numerous treatment options are available to the neurosurgeon in this scenario, although no "gold standard" exists. CLIN...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barkhoudarian G,Ali MJ,Deveikis J,Thompson BG

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection is a significant cause of morbidity with cranioplasty procedures. However, few studies have investigated the effect of specific surgical practices on cranioplasty infection. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the literature on the effect of early surgery (within 3 months of craniectomy), implant material, and m...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yadla S,Campbell PG,Chitale R,Maltenfort MG,Jabbour P,Sharan AD

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined the psychosocial sequelae of head trauma at 1 month after injury in a group of 102 adult head-injured patients representing a broad range of severity of trauma. One hundred two control subjects selected from friends of the head-injured patients were used for comparison purposes. Outcome was determ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： McLean A Jr,Dikmen S,Temkin N,Wyler AR,Gale JL

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the neurosurgical literature have surged in popularity over the last decade. It is our concern that, without a renewed effort to critically interpret and appraise these studies as high or low quality, we run the risk of the quality and value of evidence-based medicine in neurosu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lu VM,Graffeo CS,Perry A,Link MJ,Meyer FB,Dawood HY,Mekary RA,Smith TR

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The posterior orbit contains a number of important and vulnerable structures, including the optic nerve, the ophthalmic artery and vein, and the ocular muscles and their motor nerves, which makes surgical access to the lesion in this region quite difficult. Transfrontal, transfrontal-ethmoidal, and transmaxil...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Karaki M,Kobayashi R,Mori N

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Major steps in the evolution of advanced neurosurgical techniques include microneurosurgery, neuroendoscopy and its minimally invasive variations, neuronavigation, and advanced intraoperative imaging. With traditional neuroendoscopic techniques (e.g., freehand endoscopy or the use of mechanical arms), definit...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Zimmermann M,Krishnan R,Raabe A,Seifert V

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

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：:The purpose of this study was to determine if the expression of receptor tyrosine kinases would distinguish astrocytosis from astrocytoma. Because the expression of this family of receptor proteins is greater in higher-grade tumors, a graded series of both reactive and neoplastic astrocytic lesions in humans was evalu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kristt DA,Reedy E,Yarden Y

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABBREVIATIONS:LITT, laser interstitial therapyNd:YAG, neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Diaz R,Ivan ME,Hanft S,Vanni S,Manzano G,Jagid J,Komotar RJ

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Silent corticotroph adenomas (SCAs) are clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) with positive staining for corticotropin (ACTH) by immunohistochemistry. Whether SCAs behave more aggressively than NFPAs without ACTH immunoreactivity (ACTH negative) remains controversial. OBJECTIVE:To compare cha...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ioachimescu AG,Eiland L,Chhabra VS,Mastrogianakis GM,Schniederjan MJ,Brat D,Pileggi AV,Oyesiku NM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of dexamethasone on the delivery of monoclonal antibody L6 IgG to intracerebral and subcutaneous LX-1 small cell lung carcinoma xenografts was evaluated in nude rats (n = 157). Dexamethasone (0, 8, or 24 mg/m2) was given 18 hours before infusion of L6 IgG, with or without osmotic disruption of the blood-bra...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Neuwelt EA,Barnett PA,Ramsey FL,Hellström I,Hellström KE,McCormick CI

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is still debated to what extent intraoperative electrophysiological techniques contribute to the outcome of subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS). Intraoperative electrophysiological recordings for identification of the STN can be made with one electrode or with multiple, simultaneously im...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Temel Y,Wilbrink P,Duits A,Boon P,Tromp S,Ackermans L,van Kranen-Mastenbroek V,Weber W,Visser-Vandewalle V

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:Because of their rarity, the pathogenesis and clinical features of isolated spinal artery aneurysms are still unclear, and their diagnoses and treatments are challenging. We report a case of an isolated posterior spinal artery aneurysm and review previous reports thoroughly to identify the gen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kim HJ,Choi IS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-year-old boy was treated with irradiation (66 Gy) for a brain stem glioma. Five months after the completion of radiotherapy, magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated apparent tumor progression despite the patient's neurological improvement. The child continued to improve, with subsequent radiographic evidence of t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Longee DC,Friedman HS,Djang WT,Halperin E,Schold SC Jr,Oakes WJ

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of traumatic craniocervical artery dissection varies in published trauma series. OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency of traumatic craniocervical artery injury in polytrauma patients by using standardized whole-body trauma computed tomography with adapted computed tomography angiography of the...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fleck SK,Langner S,Baldauf J,Kirsch M,Kohlmann T,Schroeder HW

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Anterior cervical discectomy is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures of the cervical spine. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:We describe a patient with a postoperative hemothorax as a complication after an anterior cervical discectomy. INTERVENTION:The patient was intubated, and reop...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Harhangi BS,Menovsky T,Wurzer HA

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Intraoperative aneurysmal rupture represents a potentially catastrophic event. We describe the use of an intravenous adenosine bolus to induce transient cardiac asystole to control a severe intraoperative aneurysmal rupture. This treatment resulted in a brief period of severe hypotension, which...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nussbaum ES,Sebring LA,Ostanny I,Nelson WB

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00