Organization of head injury service in Beijing.

abstract：:The clinical characteristics of vertebrobasilar dissecting aneurysms occurring with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) were reviewed in 42 patients, with particular focus on the time, incidence, and outcome in association with subsequent rupture. Twenty-nine patients underwent 31 surgical procedures, and the remaining 13 p...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mizutani T,Aruga T,Kirino T,Miki Y,Saito I,Tsuchida T

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) sequence for assessing the aneurysm occlusion state or in-stent flow after endovascular coiling is not well established. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the diagnostic performance of pointwise encoding time reduction with radial acquisition (PETRA)-MRA in patients who ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： You SH,Kim B,Yang KS,Kim BK,Ryu J

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of Lhermitte-Duclos disease confirmed by biopsy are reported. Review of the 58 published cases shows that the disease can manifest itself only by signs of increased intracranial pressure. Cerebellar symptoms are not constant. Computed tomographic (CT) scans suggest the diagnosis by showing a posterior fossa ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Milbouw G,Born JD,Martin D,Collignon J,Hans P,Reznik M,Bonnal J

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebellopontine angle (CPA) epidermoids, although of benign nature, are of considerable neurosurgical interest because of their close proximity and adherence to the cranial nerves and the brain stem. We describe our experience and attempt to correlate the final outcomes with the extent of surgical removal. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mohanty A,Venkatrama SK,Rao BR,Chandramouli BA,Jayakumar PN,Das BS

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Negative findings on four-vessel angiography after a subarachnoid hemorrhage are seen in 5 to 30% of patients. A previously silent lesion in the spinal canal may be responsible for the ictus in a small percentage of this group. The etiological factors include tumors and arteriovenous malformations; however, investigat...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chalif DJ,Black K,Rosenstein D

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Vertebrobasilar insufficiency resulting from disease of the subclavian artery is well recognized. Usually, this occurs as the "subclavian steal" syndrome in the context of chronic subclavian stenosis and is consequently well tolerated because of collateralization. Acute disruption of the hemody...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Amar AP,Levy ML,Giannotta SL

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranioplasty is almost as ancient as trephination, yet its fascinating history has been neglected. There is strong evidence that Incan surgeons were performing cranioplasty using precious metals and gourds. Interestingly, early surgical authors, such as Hippocrates and Galen, do not discuss cranioplasty and it was not...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sanan A,Haines SJ

更新日期：1997-03-01 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 AND IMPORTANCE:Median nerve neuropathy can be clinically devastating to a patient. It can be caused by compression of the median nerve anywhere along its course. We present the case of delayed median nerve neuropathy after the placement of a vascular graft in the arm. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:An arm shunt was p...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Goldstein LJ,Helfend LK,Kordestani RK

更新日期：2002-02-01 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:The increasing number of neurosurgical procedures for elderly patients and the development of skull base neurosurgery have increased interest in cerebral venous injury that might occur in a neurosurgical setting. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) may have neuroprotective effects against cerebral venou...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Takeshima Y,Nakamura M,Miyake H,Tamaki R,Inui T,Horiuchi K,Wajima D,Nakase H

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a rare sequelae of a skull fracture in an adult, a leptomeningeal cyst. A unique method for repairing this defect is described as well. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Halliday AL,Chapman PH,Heros RC

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minimum clinical important difference (MCID) has been adopted as the smallest improvement in patient-reported outcome needed to achieve a level of improvement thought to be meaningful to patients. OBJECTIVE:To use a common MCID calculation method with a cost-utility threshold anchor to introduce the concept...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Parker SL,McGirt MJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trephination is the oldest known surgical technique. Peru has been recognized as a major source of ancient trephined skulls, many of which date back 2300 years. This presentation reviews from a neurosurgical perspective many of the archaeological studies performed on these skulls. Comparative osteology has shown that ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rifkinson-Mann S

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental evidence has indicated the benefit of simvastatin in the treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage. However, no clinical data are available to answer whether a high-dose regimen is more effective than a normal-dose regimen, even though the biochemical actions and related neuroprotective mechanisms ar...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wong GK,Liang M,Tan H,Lee MW,Po YC,Chan KY,Poon WS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A piezo actuator-driven pulsed water jet (ADPJ) system is a novel surgical instrument that enables dissection of tissue without thermal damage. It can potentially resect intra-axial lesions while preserving neurological function. OBJECTIVE:To report our first experience of applying an ADPJ system to brain a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Endo T,Takahashi Y,Nakagawa A,Niizuma K,Fujimura M,Tominaga T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Energy production, substrate oxidation, serum protein levels, and weight change were studied in 16 non-steroid treated patients with severe head injury. Patients were evaluated during an average of 31.3 days from hospital admission to discharge. The mean measured energy expenditure (MEE) was 1.40 +/- 0.5 times predict...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Young B,Ott L,Norton J,Tibbs P,Rapp R,McClain C,Dempsey R

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of hemangioma calcificans in the 4th ventricle is reported. Skull x-ray films demonstrated a dense calcification in the posterior fossa. Computed tomography disclosed a hyperdense mass in the 4th ventricle. The clinical picture was of increased intracranial pressure due to obstructive hydrocephalus. An hemangio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kobayashi H,Kawano H,Ito H,Hayashi M,Yamamoto S

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that seizures induce significant and sustained elevations of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in specific extrahypothalamic rat brain regions associated with epileptic foci including amygdala, hippocampus, pyriform cortex, and anterior cortex. Seizures were induced in dogs to further study th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shapiro S,Kubek M,Sanders S,Durbin S,Goodwin S,Javed T

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing interest in staged corpus callosotomy for intractable generalized epilepsy. At the first procedure, a portion (usually the anterior two-thirds) of the corpus callosum is sectioned. If seizures persist, completion of callosotomy or alternative treatment approaches can be considered. It is obviously ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Awad IA,Wyllie E,Luders H,Ahl J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) is elevated in some models of traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, it is unclear how TNFalpha messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) expression and protein levels are affected by injury severity and posttraumatic temperature modification. This study determined the regional ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Vitarbo EA,Chatzipanteli K,Kinoshita K,Truettner JS,Alonso OF,Dietrich WD

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare a newly released vascular clip system (Vascular Clip-applier System; Auto Suture Company, Norwalk, CT) designed for sutureless vessel closures and anastomoses with standard suture closure of carotid arteriotomies after carotid endarterectomies. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Sixteen consecutive patients with ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Findlay JM,Megyesi JF

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is generally considered to be a disorder of adult and geriatric patients. We report four patients who are children or young adults with chronic neurological disorders, recent deterioration of their levels of function, normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressures, and ventricular enlar...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barnett GH,Hahn JF,Palmer J

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The pineal region is a rare intracranial site for metastasis. We report three patients initially considered to have metastatic papillary adenocarcinoma to the pineal region. On review, these papillary, keratin-positive neoplasms meet the criteria for papillary tumor of the pineal region (PTPR). CLINICAL PRES...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dagnew E,Langford LA,Lang FF,DeMonte F

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade of the 18th century, Franz Joseph Gall of Vienna invented a combination of physiognomy and brain localization that he originally called "craniology" (the science of the head) and later called "organology" (the science of the organs of the brain). Between 1800 and 1812, he worked with Johann Christop...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Greenblatt SH

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral vasospasm is an independent predictor of poor outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (NO-cGMP) vasodilatory pathway is strongly implicated in its pathophysiology. Preliminary studies suggest that phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5), an enzyme that degrade...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Han BH,Vellimana AK,Zhou ML,Milner E,Zipfel GJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parsonage-Turner syndrome (PTS) is a rare syndrome of unknown cause, affecting mainly the lower motor neurons of the brachial plexus. The brachial plexus is a group of nerves that conduct signals from the spine to the shoulder, arm, and hand. PTS is usually characterized by the sudden onset of severe 1-sided shoulder ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sumner AJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To review the natural history and determine the rates of intra- and extralesional hemorrhaging of brainstem cavernous malformations (cavernomas) monitored by one neuro-ophthalmology service. METHODS:A record review of all patients with brainstem cavernomas who were evaluated by a neuroophthalmology service b...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kupersmith MJ,Kalish H,Epstein F,Yu G,Berenstein A,Woo H,Jafar J,Mandel G,De Lara F

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the effects of a combination therapy of marrow stromal cells (MSCs) and statins (atorvastatin) after traumatic brain injury in rats. METHODS:Thirty-two female Wistar rats were injured by controlled cortical impact and divided into four groups. Group I was injected with MSCs (1 x 10(6)...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mahmood A,Lu D,Qu C,Goussev A,Chopp M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00