Microvascular decompression for glossopharyngeal neuralgia.

abstract：:In the May 2009 issue of The Lancet Neurology, the 5-year follow-up results of the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT) were published. The authors concluded that, although the significant difference between coiling and neurosurgical clipping of ruptured intracranial aneurysms in terms of death and severe ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bakker NA,Metzemaekers JD,Groen RJ,Mooij JJ,Van Dijk JM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lumbar spine degenerative pathologies are prevalent in the United States. The health benefit of spine surgery in the elderly has been questioned. OBJECTIVE:To compare effectiveness, morbidity, and quality of care associated with surgical management of degenerative lumbar spinal disorders in elderly vs nonel...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： McGirt MJ,Parker SL,Hilibrand A,Mummaneni P,Glassman SD,Devin CJ,Asher AL

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While the utilization of neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring with motor evoked potentials (MEPs) has become widespread in surgery for traumatic spine fractures and spinal cord injury (SCI), clinical validation of its diagnostic and therapeutic benefit has been limited. OBJECTIVE:To describe the use o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dhall SS,Haefeli J,Talbott JF,Ferguson AR,Readdy WJ,Bresnahan JC,Beattie MS,Pan JZ,Manley GT,Whetstone WD

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:The natural history of pineal region germ cell tumors (GCTs) is not well known. We report a rare case of a pineal region GCT showing rapid enlargement within 2 months, after 7 years with no growth. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A boy presented with gonadotropin-independent precocious puberty at 6 yea...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jinguji S,Fukuda M,Nagasaki K,Fujii Y

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identification of rupture sites in patients with multiple intracranial aneurysms is largely based on aneurysm size, location, and shape. Finding circumferential enhancement along the aneurysm wall (CEAW) on magnetic resonance (MR) vessel wall imaging was recently shown to be indicative of ruptured aneurysm. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Omodaka S,Endo H,Niizuma K,Fujimura M,Endo T,Sato K,Sugiyama SI,Inoue T,Tominaga T

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatic fractures of the second cervical vertebra are common, representing nearly 20% of all acute cervical spinal fracture-dislocation injuries. They are divided into 3 distinct injury patterns: odontoid fractures, hangman's fracture injuries, and fractures of the axis body, involving all other fracture i...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pryputniewicz DM,Hadley MN

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blister aneurysms of the internal carotid artery (ICA) are uncommon. There is a paucity of data on the long-term outcomes of patients. OBJECTIVE:To review our experience with the treatment of these lesions. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed all aneurysms treated at our institution between 1994 and 2005. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kalani MY,Zabramski JM,Kim LJ,Chowdhry SA,Mendes GA,Nakaji P,McDougall CG,Albuquerque FC,Spetzler RF

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used three-dimensional reconstruction magnetic resonance imaging techniques to understand the anatomic complexity of operative brain lesions and to improve preoperative surgical planning. We report our experience with 14 cases, including intra- and extra-axial tumors and a vascular malformation. In each case, ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kikinis R,Gleason PL,Moriarty TM,Moore MR,Alexander E 3rd,Stieg PE,Matsumae M,Lorensen WE,Cline HE,Black PM,Jolesz FA

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:STRESS ULCERS OCCUR frequently in intensive care unit patients who have intracranial disease. After major physiological stress, endoscopic evidence of mucosal lesions of the gastrointestinal tract appears within 24 hours of injury; 17% of these erosions progress to clinically significant bleeding. Gastrointestinal hem...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lu WY,Rhoney DH,Boling WB,Johnson JD,Smith TC

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Dural replacements are used in cranial surgery when primary closure of native dura is not possible. The goal is to recreate a watertight barrier to prevent cerebrospinal fluid leakage with few associated complications. We reviewed a single-institution experience with a variety of dural substitutes in posterio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Moskowitz SI,Liu J,Krishnaney AA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in neurosurgical planning allows identification of white matter tracts and has been associated with a reduction in postoperative functional deficits. Objective:This study explores the relationship between the lesion-to-tract distance (LTD) and postoperative morbidity and...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Meyer EJ,Gaggl W,Gilloon B,Swan B,Greenstein M,Voss J,Hussain N,Holdsworth RL,Nair VA,Meyerand ME,Kuo JS,Baskaya MK,Field AS,Prabhakaran V

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Functional neuronavigation with intraoperative 3-dimensional (3D) ultrasound may facilitate safer brain lesion resections than conventional neuronavigation. OBJECTIVE:In this study, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) were used to map eloquent areas. We asses...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Berntsen EM,Gulati S,Solheim O,Kvistad KA,Torp SH,Selbekk T,Unsgård G,Håberg AK

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Skull base osteosarcomas are aggressive neoplasms characterized by bony invasion and extracompartmental/extra-osseous soft tissue extension that pose obstacles to achieving complete resection. Management is further complicated by the paucity of data regarding the efficacy of surgery within the treatment para...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Raza SM,Habib A,Wang WL,Gildey PW,Conley AP,Nader ME,Hanna EY,Su SY,DeMonte F

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:The safety of flow-diverting stents for the treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms is unknown. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 35-year-old woman with a ruptured dissecting aneurysm of the intradural right vertebral artery and incorporating the right posterior inferior cerebellar artery was trea...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： McTaggart RA,Santarelli JG,Marcellus ML,Steinberg GK,Dodd RL,Do HM,Marks MP

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Capillary telangiectasias, cavernous malformations, and developmental venous anomalies are all vascular malformations that occur on the capillary-venous side of the cerebral circulation. The associations of capillary telangiectasias with venous malformations, cavernous malformations with venous...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Clatterbuck RE,Elmací I,Rigamonti D

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The management of patients with a Chiari I malformation who present with headaches alone remains unclear. We studied the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flow dynamics of Chiari I malformation patients presenting with headaches alone so as to identify headache types that are associated with CSF flow obstruction vers...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： McGirt MJ,Nimjee SM,Floyd J,Bulsara KR,George TM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) predisposes patients to excessive natriuresis and volume contraction. We studied the effects of postoperative administration of 5% albumin solution on sodium balance and blood volume after SAH. We also sought to identify physiological variables that influence renal sodium excreti...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mayer SA,Solomon RA,Fink ME,Lennihan L,Stern L,Beckford A,Thomas CE,Klebanoff LM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) were monitored during 113 operations for the clipping of 134 cerebral aneurysms. Changes in peak latency and amplitude of early cortical SEP as well as central conduction time were evaluated. In 58 cases surgical occlusion of arterial vessels or other events occurred, and in 17 o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schramm J,Koht A,Schmidt G,Pechstein U,Taniguchi M,Fahlbusch R

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fourth ventricular neurocysticercosis (FVNCC) usually presents with obstructive hydrocephalus. Available treatment options are medical, external cerebrospinal fluid diversion, microsurgical, or endoscopic removal alone or in combination. We present our experience of transaqueductal removal of FVNCC by angiogr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Husain M,Rastogi M,Jha DK,Husain N,Gupta RK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphorylation of an M(r) 20,000 myosin light chain (MLC20) promotes the generation of contractile force through actin-myosin adenosine triphosphatase in most agonist-mediated vascular smooth muscle cell contraction. However, the role of calcium-mediated contractile processes in sustained arterial narrowing after...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Harada T,Seto M,Sasaki Y,London S,Luo Z,Mayberg M

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Endoscopy usually is avoided in patients without hydrocephalus because of presumed difficulties with ventricular cannulation and intraventricular navigation. The feasibility of endoscopic tumor management in patients without hydrocephalus was assessed on the basis of achieving the surgical objective and asses...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Souweidane MM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) procedure may reduce many of the risks and limitations associated with posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF). However, little is known about the biomechanical difference between PLIF and TLIF. OBJECTIVE:To determine the biomechanical difference between PL...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Xu H,Tang H,Guan X,Jiang F,Xu N,Ju W,Zhu X,Zhang X,Zhang Q,Li M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pernkopf's atlas of Anatomy contains anatomical plates with detailed images of the peripheral nerves. Its use is controversial due to the author's association with the "Third Reich" and the potential depiction of victims of the Holocaust. The ethical implications of using this atlas for informing surgical pl...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yee A,Coombs DM,Hildebrandt S,Seidelman WE,Coert JH,Mackinnon SE

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We report our initial clinical experience with a new method for intraoperative blood flow assessment. The purposes of the study were to assess the use of indocyanine green (ICG) video angiography in neurovascular cases, to assess the handling and image quality, to compare the findings with postoperative angio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Raabe A,Beck J,Gerlach R,Zimmermann M,Seifert V

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The snake venom disintegrin contortrostatin (CN) is able to inhibit tumor progression and angiogenesis in vivo and therefore is of considerable interest as a potential antitumor drug. CN specifically binds to certain integrins on the tumor cell and angiogenic endothelial cell surface and inhibits their intera...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schmitmeier S,Markland FS,Schönthal AH,Chen TC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Flow diversion is increasingly used to treat intracranial aneurysms. In previous reports, patients were pretreated with aspirin and clopidogrel before the intervention for the prevention of thromboembolic complications. OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and efficacy of a new protocol for anticoagulation using ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chalouhi N,Jabbour P,Daou B,Starke RM,Shields B,Hasan DM

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Targeted stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) with sparing of the residual pituitary is the traditional radiosurgical method for pituitary adenomas. Whole-sella SRS is an alternative choice for radiologically indeterminate or large adenomas, the safety and efficacy of which has yet to be determined. OBJECTIVE:To...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Taylor DG,Janssen A,Ding D,Xu Z,Mehta GU,Liscak R,Kano H,Kosak M,Martinez-Moreno N,Hobbs L,Chen CJ,Grills IS,Mathieu D,Lunsford LD,Vance ML,Sheehan JP

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to evaluate the use of brain stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) in 10 adult patients with vascular disorders of the posterior circulation that were treated surgically and to compare the BAEPs with the neurological findings. The vascular lesions included basilar artery stenosis in...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Little JR,Lesser RP,Lueders H,Furlan AJ

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00