Pituitary adenomas with invasion of the cavernous sinus space: a magnetic resonance imaging classification compared with surgical findings.

abstract：:At least 300 000 sports-related concussions occur in the United States annually. With millions of American athletes, the long-term effects of repeated concussion or mild traumatic brain injury are an important topic. Unfortunately, there is a lack of strong data on the causality or prevalence of long-term effects amon...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Saigal R,Berger MS

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anterior cingulotomy (AC) can be an effective therapy for patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder who are refractory to traditional medical therapy. For patients who do not respond to AC, the benefit of additional lesion procedures vs continued medical management remains unknown. OBJECTIVE:To det...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bourne SK,Sheth SA,Neal J,Strong C,Mian MK,Cosgrove GR,Eskandar EN,Dougherty DD

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maximizing extent of resection (EOR) improves outcomes in adults with World Health Organization (WHO) grade II low-grade gliomas (LGG). However, recent studies demonstrate that LGGs bearing a mutation in the isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) gene are a distinct molecular and clinical entity. It remains uncle...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Patel T,Bander ED,Venn RA,Powell T,Cederquist GY,Schaefer PM,Puchi LA,Akhmerov A,Ogilvie S,Reiner AS,Moussazadeh N,Tabar V

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The results of the surgical treatment of osteomyelitis with expandable titanium cages and either allograft or autograft are presented. METHODS:Thirty-six patients with vertebral osteomyelitis are presented. There were 7 cervical, 17 thoracic, 4 thoracolumbar (involving T12-L1), 5 lumbar, and 3 lumbosacral (i...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lu DC,Wang V,Chou D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is minimal detailed information regarding the sphenoparietal venous sinus found in the extant medical literature. Furthermore, there is controversy in the literature regarding drainage of the Sylvian vein into this sinus. The sphenoparietal sinus can potentially be encountered with cranial base approach...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tubbs RS,Salter EG,Wellons JC 3rd,Blount JP,Oakes WJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have documented the high sensitivity of computed tomography angiography (CTA) in detecting a ruptured aneurysm in the presence of acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The practice of digital subtraction angiography (DSA) when CTA does not reveal an aneurysm has thus been called into question. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jethwa PR,Punia V,Patel TD,Duffis EJ,Gandhi CD,Prestigiacomo CJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Iron catalyzed generation of injurious free radicals has been implicated in the pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The present study assessed the effects of the iron chelator deferiprone on cerebral vasospasm in an in vivo rabbit model of SAH. METHODS:Twenty-four rabbits ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Arthur AS,Fergus AH,Lanzino G,Mathys J,Kassell NF,Lee KS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the possibility of predicting the progression of traumatic epidural hematomas (EDHs) and subdural hematomas (SDHs), in the acute stage, by using postcontrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid. METHODS:From January 1990 through December 1996, 4...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tomida M,Muraki M,Uemura K,Yamasaki K

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:Of the 170 cases of teratomas in the spinal canal reported in the English literature, only 13 were spinal epidural teratomas (SETs). We present a case of SET, review the characteristics of SETs in comparison with spinal intradural teratomas (SITs), and investigate the pathogenesis of spinal te...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Park SC,Kim KJ,Wang KC,Choe G,Kim HJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To describe the bypass techniques, cranial base approaches, results of treatment, causes of failure, and lessons that are learned in patients with posterior circulation aneurysms requiring revascularization. METHODS:Retrospectively, 19 patients with posterior fossa aneurysms requiring revascularization proce...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Evans JJ,Sekhar LN,Rak R,Stimac D

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a patient with two preexisting Silastic syringosubarachnoid shunt catheters who developed Enterobacter meningitis. The infection was treated successfully with systemic and intrathecal antibiotics without removal of the catheters. With careful sequential clinical and laboratory monitoring, even thi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tomaszek DE,Powers SK

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:OBJECTIVE AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: We present two cases of post-traumatic indirect carotid-cavernous fistulas. Trauma produces the direct type of carotid-cavernous fistula in almost all cases, and recognition that trauma may induce the indirect type has been rarely reported. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:Both patie...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jacobson BE,Nesbit GM,Ahuja A,Barnwell SL

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial electrical recordings and stimulation of neurosurgical patients have been central to the advancement of human neuroscience. The use of these methods has rapidly expanded over the last decade due to theoretical and technical advances, as well as the growing number of neurosurgical patients undergoing funct...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chiong W,Leonard MK,Chang EF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the reclosure-promoting capacity of a neural stem cell line (F3) and a human bone marrow stem cell line (B10) injected into the amniotic cavity of spinal open neural tube defects (ONTDs) of chick embryos of Hamburger and Hamilton stage 18 or 19. METHODS:Fifteen chick embryos that survived the pro...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lee DH,Phi JH,Kim SK,Cho BK,Kim SU,Wang KC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cervical spinal cord stimulation (SCS) augments cerebral blood flow (CBF) in a number of animal models. The mechanisms underlying the cerebrovascular effects of SCS are not yet well delineated. In this study, we analyzed two alternative pathways in CBF alterations induced by SCS in rats, one involving direct ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Patel S,Huang DL,Sagher O

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Carotid endarterectomy with a patch graft (Patch CEA) has been our standard treatment for patients with carotid artery stenosis, but carotid artery stenting (CAS) has emerged as an alternative. The purpose of this study was to compare the postoperative changes in the configurations and the flow velocities of ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tokunaga K,Sugiu K,Hayase H,Nishida A,Date I

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After inoculating 9L glioma cells into the brains or into subcutaneous regions of the back of rats, we investigated splenic natural killer (NK) cell activity for 3 weeks using a 4-hour 51Cr release assay. Only rats with brain tumors showed decreased splenic NK cell activity. The spleens of these rats were morphologica...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Imaya H,Matsuura H,Kudo M,Nakazawa S

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The supraorbital keyhole approach has been used in anterior skull base tumor and aneurysm surgery. However, there are debates regarding the safety and limitations of this kind of approach. OBJECTIVE:To determine the feasibility and potential benefits of surgical robotic technology in minimally invasive neur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hong WC,Tsai JC,Chang SD,Sorger JM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of malignant intracranial meningioma is presented. The operative management was complicated by the abrupt development of fulminant brain edema and herniation. The tumor contained areas of extramedullary hematopoiesis, a finding not previously reported. Various pathogenetic mechanisms involved in intrad...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gregorios JB,Bay JW,Dudley AW Jr

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Surgical resection of mass lesions in Broca's area is controversial. To demonstrate that pathology may influence the localization of functional areas and language performance, we reviewed our experience of awake craniotomies in Broca's area. METHODS:Sixteen consecutive patients who underwent awake craniotomy...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lubrano V,Draper L,Roux FE

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence has accumulated that indicates that laminectomy with or without radiotherapy is not necessarily the best mode of treatment for all cases of spinal cord compression of malignant pathogenesis. Success is limited, and there is a high risk of adverse neurological developments, particularly where there is anterior...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Moore AJ,Uttley D

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this review article is to describe the authors' operative technique for performing anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion. METHODS:The authors reviewed their operative technique and experience to clearly detail the general methods utilized to safely and effectively perform anterior cervical...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Perez-Cruet MJ,Samartzis D,Fessler RG

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although the necessity of craniotomy for an unruptured cerebral aneurysm (UCA) is controversial, surgery is warranted if surgical risks are less than the risks of natural history. In this study, we investigated the need for craniotomy for UCAs on the basis of surgical risk. METHODS:History of cerebrovascular...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Moroi J,Hadeishi H,Suzuki A,Yasui N

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：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：: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：:T-lymphocyte subpopulations (Tg or "suppressor cells" and Tm or "helper cells") in the peripheral blood of 16 patients with malignant intracranial gliomas were analyzed. The number of Tm-lymphocytes was very close to normal in both pre- and postoperative samples, whereas Tg-lymphocytes were significantly increased pre...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gerosa MA,Olivi A,Rosenblum ML,Semenzato GP,Pezzutto A

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar degenerative scoliosis is a relatively common problem, and is being treated more frequently due to the confluence of an aging population and an increased capacity and willingness to manage difficult problems in older patients. Lumbar degenerative scoliosis is a complex pathology as it often involves the interse...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Glassman SD,Berven SH,Shaffrey CI,Mummaneni PV,Polly DW

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brief electrical stimulation (ES) therapy to the nerve may improve outcome in lacerated, repaired nerves. However, most human nerve injuries leave the nerve in continuity with variable and often poor functional recovery from incomplete axon regeneration and reinnervation. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shapira Y,Sammons V,Forden J,Guo GF,Kipp A,Girgulis J,Mishra T,de Villers Alant JD,Midha R

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00