A percutaneous epidural screw electrode for intracranial electroencephalogram recordings.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a procedure for Leksell gamma knife (LGK) radiosurgery in a lateral position, for treatment of far-lateral intracranial lesions. METHODS:Positioning of the patient in the lateral decubitus position during LGK treatment switches the x and y axis coordinates. This increases the range of the x axis ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Massager N,Régis J,Porcheron D,Devriendt D,Desmedt F,Levivier M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the perforating branches--especially the extracerebral segments--and the arachnoidal anatomy at the level of the posterior communicating artery were studied in 60 human brains previously fixed in formalin. The close relationships between this artery and the oculomotor nerve are described, and it is noted that eac...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Vincentelli F,Caruso G,Grisoli F,Rabehanta P,Andriamamonjy C,Gouaze A

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:The extracranial venous drainage of the brain is provided mainly by the jugular veins with the variable participation of extrajugular pathways. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:Two cases of occipital sinus pericranii (SP) were observed. A 6-year-old girl presented with a progressively enlarging occipita...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Frassanito P,Massimi L,Tamburrini G,Caldarelli M,Pedicelli A,Di Rocco C

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal cord dose limits are critically important for the safe practice of spine stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). However, the effect of inherent spinal cord motion on cord dose in SBRT is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of cord motion on spinal cord dose in SBRT. METHODS:Dynamic balanced fas...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oztek MA,Mayr NA,Mossa-Basha M,Nyflot M,Sponseller PA,Wu W,Hofstetter CP,Saigal R,Bowen SR,Hippe DS,Yuh WTC,Stewart RD,Lo SS

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endovascular coil embolization of ruptured aneurysms is performed under general anesthesia at most centers for perceived improved image quality and patient safety. OBJECTIVE:To report the feasibility of and outcomes associated with endovascular treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients with ruptur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kan P,Jahshan S,Yashar P,Orion D,Webb S,Siddiqui AH,Hopkins LN,Levy EI

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) is used in tens of thousands of spinal fusions each year. A trial evaluating a high-dose BMP formulation demonstrated that its use may be associated with an increased risk of cancer. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether BMP, as commonly used today, is associated with an increased r...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lad SP,Bagley JH,Karikari IO,Babu R,Ugiliweneza B,Kong M,Isaacs RE,Bagley CA,Gottfried ON,Patil CG,Boakye M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Nimodipine is commonly used to improve neurological outcomes after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Although nimodipine reportedly has high specificity for the cerebral vasculature, adverse systemic effects such as hypotension have been described. This case report describes a patient with traumatic sub...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Devlin JW,Coplin WM,Murry KR,Rengachary SS,Wilson RF

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The lateral extracavitary approach (LECA) and costotransversectomy (CTE) are 2 dorsolateral approaches that avoid entrance into the pleural cavity and facilitate ventral decompression. The indications and outcomes of each of these approaches have not been fully defined in the literature. OBJECTIVE:To assess...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lubelski D,Abdullah KG,Mroz TE,Shin JH,Alvin MD,Benzel EC,Steinmetz MP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is general agreement that aggressive management and monitoring of the patient with closed head injury with control of intracranial pressure (ICP) will improve patient survival and eventual outcome. Conversely, there is little agreement on the value of surgical craniectomy for increasing intracranial volume and s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gower DJ,Lee KS,McWhorter JM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial epidermoid and dermoid tumors are unusual benign lesions that are potentially curable. Subtotal removal carries a high incidence of recurrence, plus the rare possibility of carcinomatous degeneration of the remnants. Aseptic meningitis from spillage of cyst contents into the subarachnoid space is frequent...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Abramson RC,Morawetz RB,Schlitt M

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is a prevalent myth that a postoperative infection may actually confer a survival advantage in patients with malignant glioma. This contention is based largely on anecdotal reports. Recently, a single-center study showed there was no survival advantage in those patients who had glioblastoma with postopera...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： De Bonis P,Albanese A,Lofrese G,de Waure C,Mangiola A,Pettorini BL,Pompucci A,Balducci M,Fiorentino A,Lauriola L,Anile C,Maira G

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a unique case of thalamic dementia caused by tentorial dural arteriovenous malformation (AVM), which was successfully treated by surgical occlusion of the straight sinus after attempts to occlude the dural AVM by endovascular procedures had failed. The tentorial dural AVM was fed by bilateral posterior menin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ito M,Sonokawa T,Mishina H,Sato K

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrathecal (i.t.) administration of morphine inhibits nociceptive motor responses and activity in ascending axons evoked by stimulation of nociceptive afferent nerve fibers (nociceptive sensory response) in the rat. The i.t. administration of cholecystokinin octapeptide and ceruletide inhibits nociceptive motor r...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jurna I

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tentorial dural arteriovenous malformations (DAVMs) are uncommon lesions associated with an aggressive natural history. Controversy exists regarding their optimal treatment. We present a single-institution series of tentorial DAVMs treated during a 12-year period, address the current controversies, and presen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tomak PR,Cloft HJ,Kaga A,Cawley CM,Dion J,Barrow DL

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：:The concept of spinal cord injury has existed since the earliest human civilizations, with the earliest documented cases dating back to 3000 BC under the Egyptian Empire. Howevr, an understanding of this field developed slowly, with real advancements not emerging until the 20th century. Technological advancements incl...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Thakur JD,Wild E,Menger R,Hefner M,Adeeb N,Kalakoti P,Nanda A

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Stereotactic radiosurgery requires the highest degree of accuracy in target identification and localization. When targeting paraspinal lesions, the CyberKnife radiosurgical system (Accuray, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA) uses implanted stainless steel fiducials. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the total syste...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yu C,Main W,Taylor D,Kuduvalli G,Apuzzo ML,Adler JR Jr

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Y-stent-assisted coiling is one of the eligible techniques for the treatment of complex bifurcation aneurysms. In majority of previous literature, Y-stenting has been performed using stents that could be delivered through large profile microcatheters that are often difficult to manipulate during navigation t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Aydin K,Balci S,Sencer S,Barburoglu M,Umutlu MR,Arat A

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)-secreting pituitary adenomas causing Cushing's disease are often difficult to identify because of their variable locations and their small size. This report presents histological evidence of an ectopic ACTH-secreting adenoma located entirely within the cavernous sinus...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sanno N,Tahara S,Yoshida Y,Onose H,Wakabayashi I,Teramoto A

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In four patients, shunt obstruction was accompanied by severe resting tremor involving principally the head, the jaw, the tongue, and the right upper extremity. Shunt revision resulted in improvement in each patient. Five similar patients have been reported. Although rare, the occurrence of parkinsonian tremor in a pr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Keane JR

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As brain temperature is reported to be extensively higher than core body temperature in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients, posttraumatic hyperthermia is of particular relevance in the injured brain. OBJECTIVE:To study the influence of prophylactic normothermia on brain temperature and the temperature gr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fischer M,Lackner P,Beer R,Helbok R,Klien S,Ulmer H,Pfausler B,Schmutzhard E,Broessner G

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carotid blowout syndrome (CBS) is a life-threatening emergency resulting from compromise of the carotid artery caused by malignancy in the head and neck. OBJECTIVE:To report our experience with covered stents for the prevention or treatment of carotid blowout syndrome secondary to head and neck cancer to as...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gaynor BG,Haussen DC,Ambekar S,Peterson EC,Yavagal DR,Elhammady MS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have reported a clinical trial of an autologous cervical sympathetic ganglion transplanted into the brain of a parkinsonian patient. A 45-year-old woman presented with bradykinesia and a gait disturbance for 8 years under L-dopa treatment. The patient underwent stereotactic transplantation of the right ste...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Itakura T,Komai N,Ryujin Y,Ooiwa Y,Nakai M,Yasui M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of radiofrequency neurolysis guided by computed tomography for the treatment of glossopharyngeal neuralgia is described. This technique has the advantage of being performed in a neutral head position, affording excellent visualization of the jugular foramen, and also of simulating radiographically the pr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Arbit E,Krol G

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of hyponatremia associated with volume depletion after pituitary exploration and biopsy. The presence of clinical dehydration precluded diagnosis of the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone. The absence of a hypoadrenal state and the patient's response to volume reexpansion were...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Andrews BT,Fitzgerald PA,Tyrell JB,Wilson CB

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern medical education in the Ottoman Empire began with the founding of the School of Medicine and Surgery in 1827. This was a military school established to provide military physicians for the army. The first neurosurgical interventions at this school were initiated by Cemil Pasha in 1889. This school has gradually...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Timurkaynak E,Izci Y,Acar F

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-reported experience is often used as a measure for quality of care, but no reports on patient satisfaction after cranial neurosurgery exist. OBJECTIVE:To study the association of overall patient satisfaction and surgical outcome and to evaluate the applicability of overall patient satisfaction as a ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Reponen E,Tuominen H,Hernesniemi J,Korja M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The cingulum bundle (CB) has long been a target for psychiatric neurosurgical procedures, but with limited understanding of the brain networks being impacted. Recent advances in human tractography could provide a foundation to better understand the effects of neurosurgical interventions on the CB; however, t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sweet JA,Beylergil SB,Thyagaraj S,Herring EZ,Drapekin JE,Gao K,Calabrese JR,Miller JP,McIntyre CC

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In recent years, stereotactic radiosurgery has been growing in popularity as a treatment modality for metastatic disease to the brain. The technique has advantages of reduced cost and low morbidity compared with open surgical treatment. Furthermore, it avoids the potential cognitive side effects of fractionat...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chen JC,Petrovich Z,O'Day S,Morton D,Essner R,Giannotta SL,Yu C,Apuzzo ML

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In selected patients, extracranial-intracranial bypass remains an important treatment for the prevention of stroke. Traditionally, superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) bypass uses 1 STA branch. We have adopted a "double-barrel" technique in which both branches are joined with MCA reci...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Duckworth EA,Rao VY,Patel AJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00