Cephaloceles: treatment, outcome, and antenatal diagnosis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to weigh the risks of surgery against the presumed advantages, it is important to have specific knowledge about complication rates. OBJECTIVE:To study the surgical mortality and rate of reoperations for hematomas and infections after intracranial surgery for brain tumors in a large, contemporary, s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lassen B,Helseth E,Rønning P,Scheie D,Johannesen TB,Mæhlen J,Langmoen IA,Meling TR

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of whole body hyperthermia and hypothermia in conjunction with photodynamic therapy (PDT) was determined on normal rat brain. Hyperthermia animals (Group I, n = 18) were warmed until their core body temperature reached 40 degrees C, (brain temperature, 39.7 +/- 0.5 degree C) and maintained at 40 +/- 1 degre...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dereski MO,Madigan L,Chopp M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extreme lateral disc herniation with compression of the nerve root as it exits through the foramen has been a recognized entity for a number of years. Until recently, this diagnosis was made infrequently except at the time of operation. Reported here are 12 cases of root compression from disc herniation at the level o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Godersky JC,Erickson DL,Seljeskog EL

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Three-dimensional computed tomographic angiography (3-D-CTA) can be used to evaluate cerebrovascular disease. A potential limitation of this technology is obscuration of vascular anatomy by bone. In view of this, we developed a method for bone-free rendering using iterative relative fuzzy connectedness (IR...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Abrahams JM,Saha PK,Hurst RW,LeRoux PD,Udupa JK

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a unique case of thalamic dementia caused by tentorial dural arteriovenous malformation (AVM), which was successfully treated by surgical occlusion of the straight sinus after attempts to occlude the dural AVM by endovascular procedures had failed. The tentorial dural AVM was fed by bilateral posterior menin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ito M,Sonokawa T,Mishina H,Sato K

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytic hypophysitis (adenohypophysitis) is a rare lymphocytic infiltration of the pituitary gland that usually occurs during pregnancy. Because of its rarity, it has seldom been diagnosed preoperatively, and no trials of therapeutic treatment have been reported to date. We describe a 29-year-old woman with a pitu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Reusch JE,Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK,Lillehei KO,Rappe D,Gutierrez-Hartmann A

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We have frequently observed the development of postoperative communicating hydrocephalus in patients undergoing decompressive hemicraniectomy. This condition may persist in some patients after cranioplasty and require permanent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion. To confirm an independent correlation between...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Waziri A,Fusco D,Mayer SA,McKhann GM 2nd,Connolly ES Jr

更新日期：2007-09-01 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:Delayed posthemorrhagic vasospasm remains among the major complications after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and can result in devastating ischemic strokes. As rescue therapy, neurointerventional procedures are used for selective vasodilatation. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of intra-arteri...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hosmann A,Wang WT,Dodier P,Bavinzski G,Engel A,Herta J,Plöchl W,Reinprecht A,Gruber A

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Thrombolytic agents have been administered through external ventricular drains to treat intraventricular hemorrhage, the goals being to accelerate clot clearance, prevent catheter obstruction, and help control intracranial pressure. We compared these variables in a group of aneurysm patients treated by one su...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Findlay JM,Jacka MJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an adjuvant to surgery, radiation therapy has consistently proven to be the most successful form of treatment for primary and secondary malignant brain tumors and possibly for inoperable benign tumors. Because the risk of radiation necrosis of normal brain limits the amount of radiation that can be given by externa...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bernstein M,Gutin PH

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have divided head injury into three categories based on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) (severe, 3-8; moderate, 9-12; and minor, 13-15). In a previous report, we described significant disability after minor head injury. The present report describes 199 patients with moderate head injury, 159 of whom underwent follow-u...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rimel RW,Giordani B,Barth JT,Jane JA

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/vascular permeability factor (VPF) is a potent angiogenic growth factor implicated in the tumor angiogenesis/metastasis of a number of human cancers. Activation of receptors for VEGF/VPF is specifically mitogenic to endothelial cells and increases their permeability. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Provias J,Claffey K,delAguila L,Lau N,Feldkamp M,Guha A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective study of 48 patients who underwent elective surgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations, a statistical analysis of demographic, clinical, and neuroradiological data was undertaken in order to discover the best predictors of operative morbidity. In addition, the predictive value of different cli...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Steinmeier R,Schramm J,Müller HG,Fahlbusch R

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Wingspan (Boston Scientific, Fremont, CA) is a self-expanding stent designed specifically for the treatment of symptomatic intracranial atheromatous disease. The current series reports the observed incidence of in-stent restenosis (ISR) and thrombosis on angiographic follow-up. METHODS:A prospective, intent-...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Levy EI,Turk AS,Albuquerque FC,Niemann DB,Aagaard-Kienitz B,Pride L,Purdy P,Welch B,Woo H,Rasmussen PA,Hopkins LN,Masaryk TJ,McDougall CG,Fiorella DJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:We report four patients who sustained direct injury to the brain after insertion of intraventricular shunts and pressure monitoring lines, which resulted in permanent neuro-ophthalmic deficits. These included hemianopsia from an optic tract lesion, esotropia and residual bilateral facial paresis from dorsal pontine in...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shults WT,Hamby S,Corbett JJ,Kardon R,Winterkorn JS,Odel JG

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report presenting clinical symptoms, previous medical history, and survival rates for people with saccular intracranial aneurysms (IAs), in a defined population. METHODS:The medical records of all residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, with possible IAs were reviewed. Clinical manifestations at the time ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Menghini VV,Brown RD Jr,Sicks JD,O'Fallon WM,Wiebers DO

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research examining the neurobehavioral outcome after mild head injury has yielded inconsistent and contradictory findings. Such findings have been attributed to a variety of methodological weaknesses, such as failure to consider the preinjury status of the patient, lack of control groups, and variability in outcome ti...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Culotta VP,Sementilli ME,Gerold K,Watts CC

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurology and neurosurgery clinical clerkship experience (excluding lectures and conferences) of the students in U.S. allopathic medical schools during one of the academic years 1986 to 1987 or 1987 to 1988 was surveyed. Almost all schools have at least some students taking these clerkships. The majority of studen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lehman RA,Brodner RA,Greenblatt SH,Hirsh LF,Loeser J,Smith K,Curran L

更新日期：1991-10-01 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：:The use OF chemotherapy to treat patients with brain metastases has been viewed historically with skepticism. To date, a survival benefit has not been demonstrated with the use of systemic chemotherapy in patients with brain metastases. However, the introduction of novel agents and delivery techniques warrants a reexa...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Peereboom DM

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Diffuse arteriovenous malformations (AVM) have non-compact niduses, irregular margins, and intervening brain parenchyma. Deep perforating arteries often contribute to the ragged border of these diffuse AVMs. We hypothesized that diffuseness and deep perforator supply increase the difficulties and risks associ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Du R,Keyoung HM,Dowd CF,Young WL,Lawton MT

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The surgical removal of a jugular foramen (JF) tumor presents the neurosurgeon with a complex management problem that requires an understanding of the natural history, diagnosis, surgical approaches, and postoperative complications. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is one of the most common complications of ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ramina R,Maniglia JJ,Paschoal JR,Fernandes YB,Neto MC,Honorato DC

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dorsal root entry zone lesions are effective in the control of intractable pain in several types of spinal cord injuries. Traditionally, these lesions have been made with the radiofrequency technique. This is effective, but has the drawback of being laborious, and there is a significant incidence of permanent weakness...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Levy WJ,Gallo C,Watts C

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:Although the use of proximal artery occlusion, or hunterian ligation, for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms has decreased greatly over the past decades, this approach still finds use for certain giant and complex aneurysms. The main risks of artery sacrifice are ischemic complications bu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Arnaout OM,Rahme RJ,Aoun SG,Daou MR,Batjer HH,Bendok BR

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pediatric epilepsy surgery candidates with unilateral congenital or early-acquired brain lesions may present with refractory seizures and generalized electroencephalographic features such as electrical status epilepticus in sleep (ESES). The purpose of our study was to review the clinical presentation, neuroi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Loddenkemper T,Cosmo G,Kotagal P,Haut J,Klaas P,Gupta A,Lachhwani DK,Bingaman W,Wyllie E

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The development of delayed ischemia caused by cerebral vasospasm remains a common cause of morbidity and mortality after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Preliminary studies suggest that 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) may decrease the risk of vasospasm, but additional ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kramer AH,Gurka MJ,Nathan B,Dumont AS,Kassell NF,Bleck TP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of hemipontine hematoma from the rupture of a cryptic vascular malformation presenting as a cerebellopontine angle tumor is reported. The clinical features of and surgical approaches to partial pontine hematomas are briefly reviewed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Russell B,Rengachary SS,McGregor D

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to examine the microsurgical anatomy basic to the microsurgical and endovascular management of lesions involving the dural arteries. METHODS:Adult cadaveric heads and skulls were examined using the magnification provided by the surgical microscope to define the origin, course, and distribut...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Martins C,Yasuda A,Campero A,Ulm AJ,Tanriover N,Rhoton A Jr

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00