Venous thromboembolism in neurosurgery and neurology patients: a review.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Placement of spinal cord stimulating paddle leads has traditionally been performed under local anesthesia with intravenous sedation to allow intraoperative confirmation of appropriate placement. It may be difficult to maintain appropriate sedation in certain patients because of medical comorbidities. Further...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mammis A,Mogilner AY

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distal junctional kyphosis (DJK) development after cervical deformity (CD)-corrective surgery is a growing concern for surgeons and patients. Few studies have investigated risk factors that predict the occurrence of DJK. OBJECTIVE:To predict DJK development after CD surgery using predictive modeling. METHO...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Passias PG,Horn SR,Oh C,Lafage R,Lafage V,Smith JS,Line B,Protopsaltis TS,Yagi M,Bortz CA,Segreto FA,Alas H,Diebo BG,Sciubba DM,Kelly MP,Daniels AH,Klineberg EO,Burton DC,Hart RA,Schwab FJ,Bess S,Shaffrey CI,A

更新日期：2020-01-01 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

abstract：:Our experience with progressive unilateral hydrocephalus in children and the pathophysiology of nonneoplastic obstruction of the foramen of Monro has been analyzed. The status of the foramen of Monro in either congenital or acquired progressive unilateral hydrocephalus was classified into the following four categories...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oi S,Matsumoto S

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report two patients with a rare complication of parent artery narrowing that occurred 3 and 6 months after aneurysm surgery. In both cases, the stenosed arteries had been wrapped around their entire circumferences with neurosurgical sponge (cotton linter) and coated with plastic adhesive (cyanoacrylate com...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kurita H,Shiokawa Y,Segawa H,Kirino T

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From December 1981 through August 1984, 24 patients with spinal cord compression syndrome due to epidural neoplasms were evaluated for radiotherapy with clinical examination, radiographs of the spine, and myelography. All plain films were reviewed, and mock radiotherapy fields designed using specific criteria for marg...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Calkins AR,Olson MA,Ellis JH

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine the duration of cognitive impairment after sports concussion. METHODS:We conducted a study with a prospective design in which 729 athletes underwent preseason baseline testing by being administered a computerized neuropsychological test battery, followed by retesting at regular interva...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bleiberg J,Cernich AN,Cameron K,Sun W,Peck K,Ecklund PJ,Reeves D,Uhorchak J,Sparling MB,Warden DL

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite advances in surgical techniques in the management of the brain abscess, long-term antibiotics are as crucial to cure as the initial surgical procedure itself. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy on the duration of antibiotic treatment. METHODS:Be...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kutlay M,Colak A,Yildiz S,Demircan N,Akin ON

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual association of a meningioma and an arteriovenous malformation is reported. A 68-year-old man developed left homonymous hemianopsia, left hemiparesis, and gaze palsy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a right occipital mass lesion containing multiple signal-void areas with tubular and honeycomb appearance, s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sawamura Y,Janzer RC,Fankhauser H,de Tribolet N

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors discuss the indications for both elective and emergency carotid endarterectomy. Reports on the surgical treatment of asymptomatic bruit and contralateral carotid stenosis are reviewed. The results of endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid disease, including transient ischemic attacks, acute neurological de...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Loftus CM,Quest DO

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of transsphenoidal selective adenomectomy alone or in combination with adjuvant therapy in treatment of recurrent Cushing's disease. METHODS:A total of 16 patients with recurrent Cushing's disease underwent reoperation, 15 via a transsphenoidal approach and one ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hofmann BM,Hlavac M,Kreutzer J,Grabenbauer G,Fahlbusch R

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pharmacological prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the neurosurgical population is still a matter of debate, as the risk-to-benefit ratio is not well defined. OBJECTIVE:To further evaluate the risk-to-benefit ratio of VTE prophylaxis (VTEP) for all neurosurgical procedures. METHODS:A prospecti...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Agarwal N,Zenonos GA,Agarwal P,Walch FJ,Roach E,Stokes SJ,Friedlander RM,Gerszten PC

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Achieving seizure control in patients with low-grade temporal lobe gliomas or glioneuronal tumors remains highly underappreciated, because seizures are the most frequent presenting symptom and significantly impact patient quality-of-life. OBJECTIVE:To assess how the extent of temporal lobe resection influen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Englot DJ,Han SJ,Berger MS,Barbaro NM,Chang EF

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Brain magnetic resonance imaging scans occasionally reveal asymmetrical ventricles with no identifiable cause. A case is presented that highlights a possible connection between transient choroid plexus cysts and benign asymmetrical ventricles. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:The patient was a 2.5-week-o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Heilman CB,Zerris VA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors predictive of postoperative lower cranial nerve palsy (LCNP) among patients undergoing surgery for vertebral artery (VA)- posteroinferior cerebellar artery (PICA) aneurysms. The natural history of this LCNP is defined, and its effect on postoperative patient course is analyzed. No similar ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Al-khayat H,Al-Khayat H,Beshay J,Manner D,White J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anterior cervical instrumentation is used as an adjunct to bone fusion; however, definitive biomechanical data to support some applications and techniques are lacking. In the absence of supportive experimental data, posterior cortical penetration has been recommended with the Caspar system. Previously, we compared the...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gallagher MR,Maiman DJ,Reinartz J,Pintar F,Yoganandan N

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hypomania accounts for approximately 4% to 13% of psychotropic adverse events during subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease. Diffusion of current into the inferior and medial "limbic" STN is often reported to be the cause. We suggest a different explanation, in which th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Coenen VA,Honey CR,Hurwitz T,Rahman AA,McMaster J,Bürgel U,Mädler B

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:During its course between the brainstem and the lateral rectus muscle, the abducens nerve usually travels forward as a single trunk, but it is not uncommon for the nerve to split into two branches. The objective of this study was to establish the incidence and the clinical importance of the duplication of the...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ozveren MF,Sam B,Akdemir I,Alkan A,Tekdemir I,Deda H

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiographically equivocal aneurysmal dilatation at the junction of the internal carotid and the posterior communicating arteries was noted in a patient with documented subarachnoid hemorrhage. This was initially thought to be infundibular dilatation. A craniotomy revealed an actual aneurysm, which was obliterated suc...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yoshida M,Anegawa S,Moritaka K

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infusion of 25% mannitol into the internal carotid artery of the dog results in a reversible disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). This osmotic BBB disruption enhances the penetratin of systemically administered methotrexate (MTX) into the ipsilateral cerebral hemisphere. Brain methotexate levels were maximized...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Neuwelt EA,Frenkel EP,Rapoport S,Barnett P

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FRANCESCO DURANTE FROM Letojanni, Sicily, was the first surgeon in the history of neurosurgery to successfully remove a cranial base meningioma. Durante was Chairman of Clinical Surgery at the Royal University of Rome (now University "La Sapienza") for 45 years, participating in the birth of the "Policlinic Umberto I,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tomasello F,Germanò A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We describe an innovative 1.7-mm-diameter, latex-free aspirator tip attachment (Circle Medical B.V., Wijchen, The Netherlands). This tip is designed to be used during tumor resection to avoid surgical trauma to the spinal cord surrounding an intramedullary tumor and the associated blood vessels. PATIENTS AND...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lefranc F,Brotchi J

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neonatal germinal matrix hemorrhage/intraventricular hemorrhage is common and often results in hydrocephalus. The pathogenesis of posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus is not fully understood. OBJECTIVE:To explore the potential role of hemoglobin and iron released after hemorrhage. METHODS:Artificial cerebrospinal...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Strahle JM,Garton T,Bazzi AA,Kilaru H,Garton HJ,Maher CO,Muraszko KM,Keep RF,Xi G

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial lipomas are uncommon and rarely symptomatic lesions accounting for 0.06 to 0.46% of intracranial lesions. The management of symptomatic dorsal brain stem lipomas was once limited to cerebrospinal fluid diversion, but with recent advances in microsurgery, they now may be directly treated. We report three p...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Baeesa SS,Higgins MJ,Ventureyra EC

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors tested the hypothesis that among Grade II astrocytomas with a particularly long seizure history, a subgroup is hidden with a different prognosis and possibly histological characteristics. To do so, clinical and histological characteristics of two groups of World Health Organization Grade II astroc...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schramm J,Luyken C,Urbach H,Fimmers R,Blümcke I

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple thoracic disc herniation is rare, and one of the main problems in its treatment has been the lack of accuracy in diagnostic tests. Now, with the advent of computed tomographic scanning with metrizamide in the subarachnoid space, the accuracy has been greatly improved. With computed tomographic scanning, the t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shikata J,Yamamuro T,Iida H,Kashiwagi N

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with unusual angiographic changes of a dissecting aneurysm of the basilar artery is presented. Initial angiography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a typical dissecting aneurysm. However, a follow-up study demonstrated a saccular aneurysmal dilatation of the proximal part of the dissection. The import...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Takagi M,Hirata K,Fujitsu K,Yamamoto I

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessment of basilar artery blood flow is of interest in many neurosurgical situations. With use of ultrasonography, the standard posterior approach is difficult in neurointensive care. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the accuracy of an alternative submandibular approach for the assessment of blood flow in the basil...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Geeraerts T,Thome W,Tanaka S,Leblanc PE,Duranteau J,Vigué B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:Injuries in professional football players are common because of the nature of the collisions and the frequency of axial loading to the cervical spine. These injuries should be thoroughly evaluated because they can put the player at risk of future injury and even paralysis. The focus of this re...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Drakos MC,Feeley BT,Barnes R,Muller M,Burruss TP,Warren RF

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients undergoing surgery for degenerative cervical spine disease may require future surgery for disease progression. We investigated factors related to the rate of additional cervical spine surgery, the associated length of stay, and hospital charges. METHODS:The was a longitudinal retrospective cohort st...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： King JT Jr,Abbed KM,Gould GC,Benzel EC,Ghogawala Z

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00