Comparison of piroxicam, meclofenamate, ibuprofen, aspirin, and prostacyclin efficacy in a chronic model of cerebral vasospasm.

abstract：OBJECT:Data regarding the long-term efficacy of Gamma knife surgery on a large series of patients with low-grade gliomas is lacking. We aimed to review the outcome of patients with low-grade gliomas undergoing Gamma knife surgery at the Lars Leksell Gamma Knife Center at the University of Virginia to clarify its role i...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Heppner PA,Sheehan JP,Steiner LE

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Desmoplastic infantile gangliogliomas (DIGs) are extremely rare tumors that respond well to treatment. However, their biological behavior remains to be clarified. We describe two patients whose DIGs spontaneously regressed after surgery, without adjuvant therapy. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 9-mont...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Takeshima H,Kawahara Y,Hirano H,Obara S,Niiro M,Kuratsu J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance can visualize the vertebral bodies, discs, neural structures, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), neural foramina, and extradural structures in the sagittal, axial, and coronal planes. The normal nucleus pulposus can be differentiated from the anulus and changes associated with degeneration. Infection, traum...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Modic MT,Hardy RW Jr,Weinstein MA,Duchesneau PM,Paushter DM,Boumphrey F

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rete mirabile, a vascular network assumed to give origin to the intracranial segments of the internal carotid arteries, was interpreted by Galen as the key station for the conversion of the "vital spirit" into the "animal spirit." According to this interpretation, the rete was determinant either in sustaining the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Viale G

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from an intracranial aneurysmal rupture is the most common nontraumatic etiology for SAH, but up to 15% of patients with SAH have no identifiable source. OBJECTIVE:To assess familial predisposition to spontaneous nonaneurysmal SAH (naSAH) and to evaluate whether family history ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lai PMR,Ng I,Gormley WB,Patel NJ,Frerichs KU,Aziz-Sultan MA,Du R

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The most common postoperative complication of the transsphenoidal approach is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea. If the dura is widely opened beyond the sellar floor and massive intraoperative CSF leakage is encountered, then the conventional packing method, in which the sella turcica is filled with pieces...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kitano M,Taneda M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：QUESTION:Does the choice of surgical approach (anterior, posterior, or combined anterior-posterior) improve clinical outcomes in patients with thoracic and lumbar fractures? RECOMMENDATIONS:In the surgical treatment of patients with thoracolumbar burst fractures, physicians may use an anterior, posterior, or a combine...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Anderson PA,Raksin PB,Arnold PM,Chi JH,Dailey AT,Dhall SS,Eichholz KM,Harrop JS,Hoh DJ,Qureshi S,Rabb CH,Kaiser MG,O'Toole JE

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although transarterial regional hypothermia is an attractive alternative to general hypothermia, its efficacy and underlying mechanisms remain unclear. OBJECTIVE:To confirm transarterial regional hypothermia therapeutic effects on ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and to elucidate the mechanisms responsible...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kurisu K,Abumiya T,Nakamura H,Shimbo D,Shichinohe H,Nakayama N,Kazumata K,Shimizu H,Houkin K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An intracranial aneurysm is an important acquired cerebrovascular disease that can cause a catastrophic subarachnoid hemorrhage. Despite modern therapy, most patients die or are left disabled as a direct result of a severe initial hemorrhage. The development of more effective treatment strategies depends on u...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chyatte D,Bruno G,Desai S,Todor DR

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expansive granulomatous lesions in the posterior cranial fossa are rare and have not been reported in conjunction with Lyme disease. We report a patient with verified Borrelia burgdorferi infection who developed a tumor in the cerebellopontine angle. Rapid growth of the tumor led to signs of cerebral compression and t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mokry M,Flaschka G,Kleinert G,Kleinert R,Fazekas F,Kopp W

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite advances in conventional therapy, the prognosis for most glioma patients remains dismal. This has prompted an intensive search for effective treatment alternatives. Immunotherapy, one such alternative, has long been recognized as a potentially potent cancer treatment but has been limited by an inadequ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Parney IF,Hao C,Petruk KC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urinary disorders account for 10% of deaths in patients with complete spinal cord injury. Sacral anterior root stimulation (SARS) may be a valuable therapeutic option to restore complete and voluntary micturition (CVM), but questions on its cost-effectiveness remain. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the cost-effective...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bénard A,Verpillot E,Grandoulier AS,Perrouin-Verbe B,Chêne G,Vignes JR,French Study Group on SARS.

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:171 patients with intramedullary spinal cord tumors were operated on, of which 25 patients (15%), mostly children, developed symptomatic hydrocephalus. Twenty patients (12%) had malignant tumors, with 13 of the 20 cases (63%) complicated by increased intracranial pressure and ventriculomegaly. Of the remaining 151 pat...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rifkinson-Mann S,Wisoff JH,Epstein F

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Craniotomy and brain mapping performed with the patient under local anesthesia and monitored sedation is an important technique to allow optimal resection of brain tumors or other lesions in close apposition to eloquent cortex. The subjective experience of patients undergoing this procedure has not been addre...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Danks RA,Rogers M,Aglio LS,Gugino LD,Black PM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Computer-assisted frameless navigation techniques are used in many centers for intracranial neurosurgical procedures. In this study, we assessed the accuracy and the clinical usefulness of a frameless system based on the optical digitizer in a variety of intracranial procedures. METHODS:The optical digitizer...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Germano IM,Villalobos H,Silvers A,Post KD

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Revascularization rates with stent retrievers after acute ischemic stroke are 69% to 86%, but favorable clinical outcomes occur in just 43% to 58% of cases. New distal emboli may negatively impact clinical outcomes. OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence and angiographic pattern of distal emboli associated w...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mazur MD,Kilburg C,Park MS,Taussky P

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carotid plaque characteristics influence future risk of stroke considerably. However, the severity of stenosis does not accurately reflect plaque burden in patients with expansive arterial remodeling. OBJECTIVE:To determine the therapeutic outcome of symptomatic carotid low-grade stenosis with vulnerable pl...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yoshida K,Sadamasa N,Narumi O,Chin M,Yamagata S,Miyamoto S

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:COSTANZO VAROLIO (CONSTANTIUS Varolius) (1543-1575) was born in Bologna and died in Rome. This professor of anatomy and papal physician was the first to examine the brain from its base up, in contrast with previous dissections of this organ performed from the top down. Varolio was the first to describe many structures...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tubbs RS,Loukas M,Shoja MM,Apaydin N,Ardalan MR,Shokouhi G,Oakes WJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:Intervertebral disc space infection can be a serious and disabling complication of any procedure that affords entry for bacteria into the susceptible disc space. Most disc space infections occur after cervical or lumbar laminectomies. Discitis has been reported after myelography, lumbar puncture, paravertebral injecti...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Zeiger HE Jr,Zampella EJ

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal root avulsion, or section, results in devastating functional sequels. Whereas reconstruction of motor pathways based on neurotization can reduce motor deficit, associated permanent limb anesthesia limits expected benefit. Sensory pathway reconstruction after dorsal root injury is limited by the inabil...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Liu S,Blanchard S,Bigou S,Vitry S,Bohl D,Heard JM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deep brain stimulation alleviates tremor of various origins. Several regions like the ventralis intermediate nucleus of thalamus, the caudal zona incerta, and the posterior subthalamic region are generally targeted. Previous work with fiber tractography has shown the involvement of the cerebello-thalamo-cort...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Coenen VA,Allert N,Paus S,Kronenbürger M,Urbach H,Mädler B

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiation-induced changes (RICs) are the most common complication of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), and they appear as perinidal T2-weighted hyperintensities on magnetic resonance imaging, with or without associated neurological symptoms. OBJECTIVE:To determine...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ilyas A,Chen CJ,Ding D,Buell TJ,Raper DMS,Lee CC,Xu Z,Sheehan JP

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Fetal visualization in utero can be routinely accomplished using noninvasive ultrasound techniques that do not administer ionizing radiation. Image resolution with real time sonography is sufficient to demonstrate details of possible congenital central nervous system malformations before delivery. The case reported il...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Weinstein P,Weinstein L,Dotters D,Bedrick A,Anderson C

更新日期：1983-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:A craniotomy with direct cortical/subcortical stimulation either awake or under general anesthesia (GA) present 2 approaches for removing eloquent region tumors. With a reported higher prevalence of intraoperative seizures occurring during awake resections of perirolandic lesions, oftentimes, surgery under G...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Eseonu CI,Rincon-Torroella J,ReFaey K,Lee YM,Nangiana J,Vivas-Buitrago T,Quiñones-Hinojosa A

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The most important treatment options for meningiomas are microsurgery, radiotherapy, and gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS). The efficacy of GKRS in terms of local tumor control and tumor volume (TV) reduction can best be determined by accurate analysis of changes in tumor size in pre- and post-GKRS images. In t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Feigl GC,Samii M,Horstmann GA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:Formation of cerebral de novo aneurysms (CDNAs) is rare, and the pathogenesis remains obscure. We analyzed factors involved in formation of CDNAs and suggest guidelines for follow-up of patients. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:We retrospectively reviewed intracranial aneurysms at our institute and pub...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rahmah NN,Horiuchi T,Kusano Y,Sasaki T,Hongo K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00