Surgical management of the cloverleaf skull deformity.

abstract：:Anaplastic gangliogliomas with an oligodendroglial component are exceedingly rare tumors of uncertain growth potential. We report a 17-year-old female with a massive ganglioglioma containing anaplastic oligodendroglioma apparently arising from the thalamus. Two weeks after partial resection, she was started on a regim...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Johnson MD,Jennings MT,Toms ST

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the current patterns of head trauma associated with child abuse. We reviewed the records of all patients admitted to our medical center between 1995 and 1997 with a primary diagnosis of head trauma, and analyzed the clinical presentation, mechanism of injury, socioeconomic stat...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Dashti SR,Decker DD,Razzaq A,Cohen AR

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to compare the effects of continuous intrathecal baclofen infusion (CIBI) and selective posterior rhizotomy (SPR) on upper extremity (UE) spasticity and range of motion in children with cerebral palsy. Spasticity was assessed with the Ashworth scale of muscle tone and range of motion was evalu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Albright AL,Barry MJ,Fasick MP,Janosky J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Modern neuroimaging and intensive care permit precise delineation and specific treatment of head injury. Children sustaining cranial trauma associated with epidural hematoma (EDH) represent a heterogeneous group with a variety of clinical outcomes. Treatment consists of simple observation or surgical evacuati...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Bejjani GK,Donahue DJ,Rusin J,Broemeling LD

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An 11-month-old boy with autosomal recessive infantile osteopetrosis presented, 7 months after bone marrow transplantation, with normal ventricular size and life-threatening intracranial hypertension due to pansynostosis. METHODS:The cranial vault was expanded by using jackscrew distracters to upwardly adva...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Dowlati D,Winston KR,Ketch LL,Quinones R,Giller R,Frattini A,van Hove J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3-month-old female patient presented with a meningomyelocele at the lumber region associated with congenital hydrocephalus. She underwent ventriculoperitoneal (V-P) shunt surgery using the Sophy system. The shunt system was replaced due to a malformation. Following replacement, the patient presented with cerebrospin...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Tanaka T,Ikeuchi S,Yoshino K,Isoshima A,Abe T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case involving multiple intracranial aneurysms with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in a child, accompanied by unilateral fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) of the renal artery, is reported. A 12-year-old girl presented with secondary hypertension and fourth-ventricle IVH. Cerebral angiography showed multiple aneu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Park DH,Kang SH,Lim DJ,Kwon TH,Park JY,Chung YG,Lee HK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 7-year-old child with a cranial deformity secondary to a craniotomy for an intracranial hematoma. He suffered from an acute epidural hematoma with a lineal fracture of the right temporal bone following a severe head injury. A large question mark-shaped skin flap with the periosteum and temporal m...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Arishima H,Akazawa A,Kikuta KI

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant tumors arising within dysrhaphic malformations are very rare and are mostly teratomas; so far, only one rhabdomyosarcoma has been reported in this context. We report another case of a girl with lipomyelomeningocele who developed a lumbar rhabdomyosarcoma 2 years after birth and primary closure of the neural ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Wagner W,Koch D

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability to provide an accurate prognosis for children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) would be useful for the children's families and the caregivers. In this study we examined whether an appropriate mathematical model can predict survival in this patient population. METHODS:Data from the Children's Ho...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kouznetsov E,Brennan M,Vassilyadi M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in spinal curvature, scoliosis, kyphosis and lordosis are associated with the growth of patients with myelomeningocele. Previous investigators have stated that progressive developmental scoliosis is related to tethered spinal cord. In order to investigate the relationship of tethered spinal cord release to pro...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Reigel DH,Tchernoukha K,Bazmi B,Kortyna R,Rotenstein D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although subdural hematomas (SDH) are common in infants, their long-term outcome is poorly documented in the literature. METHODS:Infants operated for SDH were followed prospectively and evaluated during their sixth year with systematic neurological evaluation and standard neuropsychological testing. RESULTS...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Vinchon M,Defoort-Dhellemmes S,Nzeyimana C,Vallée L,Dhellemmes P

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting in the United States is not well known; however, with recent national surveys, the prevalence, incidence, and cost of these procedures can be estimated. The prevalence of CSF shunts in the United States appears to be greater than 125,000, though this is likely an ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Bondurant CP,Jimenez DF

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unified theory, proposed by Pang et al., explains the embryogenetic mechanisms of all variants of split cord malformations (SCMs). All SCMs originate from one basic error occurring around the time when the primitive neurenteric canal closes. The basic error is the formation of an accessory neurenteric canal betwee...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Erşahin Y,Demirtaş E,Mutluer S,Tosun AR,Saydam S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse pontine tumors are highly lethal and conventional therapy with irradiation provides long-term survival to a very small proportion of the patients. We have reported promising results using high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell rescue in patients with recurrent high-grade astrocytomas in other anatomi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Dunkel IJ,O'Malley B,Finlay JL

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal intracranial infections due to Salmonella are rare. So far, around 80 cases have been reported in the world literature. The authors present their experience of 6 cases of intracranial Salmonella infections, mainly subdural empyema in 5 and effusion in 1. In 1 case, subdural empyema was bilateral, and in another ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Mahapatra AK,Pawar SJ,Sharma RR

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Central nervous system germ cell tumors (CNS-GCTs) are relatively rare. While their incidence was thought to be higher in East Asia than the USA, recent evidence suggests the difference between Japan and the USA is not statistically significant. The aim of this study was to determine the rate of pediatr...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Makino K,Nakamura H,Yano S,Kuratsu J,Kumamoto Brain Tumor Research Group.

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary spinal primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PSPNET) is extremely rare and only 25 cases have been reported in the world literature so far. Three patients of 8, 9 and 18 years of age, who presented with variable grades of neurological deficit were diagnosed as having a dorsal intramedullary lesion, a holocord lesio...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kumar R,Reddy SJ,Wani AA,Pal L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endoscopic method is used to treat suprasellar arachnoid cysts (SACs) but it is sometimes difficult to make sufficiently sized fenestrations. Creating a larger fenestration on the cyst wall is preferable to prevent closure of the stoma. In this paper, we report a novel endoscopic approach for SAC treatment in whic...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Fujio S,Bunyamin J,Hirano H,Oyoshi T,Sadamura Y,Bohara M,Arita K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Holoprosencephaly is a rare congenital malformation resulting from an impaired midline division of the prosencephalon into distinct cerebral hemispheres. Hydrocephalus is a frequent problem among the few survivors with alobar holoprosencephaly (aHPE), its most severe form. The literature about neurosurgical management...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Sarica C,Yucetas C,Ozen A,Ucler N,Konca C,Akar S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflicted traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a frequent consequence of physical child abuse in infants and children. Twenty-eight children who were 2-42 months of age when hospitalized for moderate to severe TBI were enrolled in a prospective, longitudinal study of neurobehavioral outcome following acquired brain injury....

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ewing-Cobbs L,Prasad M,Kramer L,Landry S

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented illustrating the usefulness of computerized tomography (CT) with 3-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction for evaluation of a subdental synchondrosis fracture in a child. Odontoid fractures in children less than 7 years of age occur at the subdental synchondrosis and are typically diagnosed with plain x-...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Sherburn EW,Day RA,Kaufman BA,Park TS

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Complications arising from the placement of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts are well documented. A case of infertility is presented that was thought to result from factors related to the distal end of a VP shunt residing within a patient's abdomen. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 30-year-old female w...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： White JB,Raffel C,Blackwell RE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic pseudocyst formation is a rare intra-abdominal complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunts. The presence of an intracranial tumor and a history of central nervous system infection are major risk factors for the development of this complication. Hepatic pseudocysts secondary to ventriculoperitoneal shunts can b...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Kaplan M,Ozel SK,Akgun B,Kazez A,Kaplan S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a child with Apert syndrome is presented in which the development and rupture of an intracranial mycotic aneurysm occurred secondary to multiple infectious complications following craniofacial surgery. An endovascular procedure was utilized in an attempt to embolize the aneurysm and parent vessel. The pati...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Uchiyama CM,Brockmeyer DL,Cherny WB,Jacobs JJ,Walker ML

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachnoid cysts are collections of cerebrospinal fluid covered by arachnoidal cells and collagen. They may have a congenital or acquired origin. We present the case of a 7-year-old boy with a cerebellopontine angle arachnoid cyst harbouring a portion of neuroglia. Microscopically, the cyst wall consisted of a delicate...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ariai S,Koerbel A,Bornemann A,Morgala M,Tatagiba M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-year-old male presented with obstructive hydrocephalus secondary to pineal germinoma. There have been many reported cases of abdominal metastasis of pineal germinoma after ventriculoperitoneal shunting. Endoscopic ventriculostomy was preferred in our case, thus avoiding iatrogenic peritoneal seeding, but spinal m...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Ho CL,Deruytter MJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical reconstruction of cranial deformities and synostosis is occasionally accompanied by incomplete bone growth to cover all areas of cranial vault that have been exposed in the correction. The restrictive nature of some forms of synostosis require more bone in the repair than is available using the child's natura...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Moss SD,Joganic E,Manwaring KH,Beals SP

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant sustained a significant depressed skull fracture from a fall. Before the planned surgical repair of the fracture could be carried out, the child sustained a second fall that led to the complete resolution of the depressed fracture. Mechanisms to explain this unusual phenomenon are discussed. ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Cohen AR,Bahuleyan B,Robinson S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniopharyngiomas are the most common pediatric suprasellar tumor. While they are benign by histology, their location in the brain predisposes craniopharyngiomas to be associated with both acute and chronic neurologic, endocrine, visual, neuropsychologic and psychosocial problems. Because of the complexity of problem...

journal_title：Pediatric neurosurgery

authors： Shiminski-Maher T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00