Modification of cortical stimulation for motor evoked potentials under general anesthesia: technical description.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a novel stent remodeling technique for the coiling of ruptured wide-neck cerebral aneurysms. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 46-year-old man presented with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (Hunt and Hess grade IV), intracerebral hemorrhage, and hydrocephalus. Cerebral angiography revealed a wide-neck small ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lopes DK,Wells K

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the effects of a combination therapy of marrow stromal cells (MSCs) and statins (atorvastatin) after traumatic brain injury in rats. METHODS:Thirty-two female Wistar rats were injured by controlled cortical impact and divided into four groups. Group I was injected with MSCs (1 x 10(6)...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mahmood A,Lu D,Qu C,Goussev A,Chopp M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time course, anatomic distribution, and extent of changes in cerebral lactate, N-acetyl-L-aspartate (NAA), and other metabolite levels determined by three-dimensional in vivo 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy and single-voxel spectral analysis after middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats. Increased lactate was ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Higuchi T,Fernandez EJ,Maudsley AA,Shimizu H,Weiner MW,Weinstein PR

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cognitive decline occurs in 25% of patients after carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Elevated serum concentrations of S-100B and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) occur after stroke, and serum S-100B levels at 24 hours are associated with clinical outcome after both stroke and CEA. We hypothesized that we could detect...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sahlein DH,Heyer EJ,Rampersad A,Winfree CJ,Solomon RA,Benvenisty AI,Quest DO,Du E,Connolly ES

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Spinal cord injury is one of several devastating complications after operation in the sitting position. Young patients exhibiting extraordinary growth spurts demonstrate a higher risk for this complication. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:We describe a 7-year-old male patient with a pineal region chorio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nitta H,Yamashita J,Nomura M,Igarashi N

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gliomatosis cerebri is an enigmatic diffuse brain neoplasm whose prognosis is grim. We reviewed data for patients with gliomatosis who were treated at the University of California, San Francisco, during a 10-year period. Our focus was on presentation, radiological and pathological features, and outcomes. MET...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Vates GE,Chang S,Lamborn KR,Prados M,Berger MS

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is generally considered to be a disorder of adult and geriatric patients. We report four patients who are children or young adults with chronic neurological disorders, recent deterioration of their levels of function, normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressures, and ventricular enlar...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barnett GH,Hahn JF,Palmer J

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Because more women with cerebrospinal fluid shunts are surviving to child-bearing age, neurosurgeons, obstetricians, and other health care professionals require information about the care of these patients, especially during pregnancy and delivery. The purpose of this study was to gather comprehensive data fr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bradley NK,Liakos AM,McAllister JP 2nd,Magram G,Kinsman S,Bradley MK

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three of 538 patients undergoing elective craniotomy had a seizure within 24 hours after operation. The lesion had been located extra-axially in 15 patients and intra-axially in 8 patients. Except for 1 patient who had a parietal craniotomy for an arteriovenous malformation, all patients had a frontal or tempor...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kvam DA,Loftus CM,Copeland B,Quest DO

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Five cases of cerebellar hemorrhagic infarction complicating pterional craniotomy are presented. Recognition of this rare complication may be delayed, with catastrophic consequences, because clinicians are unaware of the possibility. We suggest that the mechanism of this complication is disloca...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Papanastassiou V,Kerr R,Adams C

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The author presents data to support the continued need for ablative procedures, particularly cordotomy, in the management of cancer-related pain. METHODS:Fifty-one patients with cancer-related body or face pain were treated with computed tomography-guided radiofrequency ablation of the spinothalamic tract or...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Raslan AM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal discectomy is often used as a minimally invasive procedure for lumbar disc herniation. However, a transforaminal approach posts limitations at the L5-S1 level owing to anatomic constraints, such as a high iliac crest or small intervertebral foramen and especially for mig...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Choi G,Lee SH,Raiturker PP,Lee S,Chae YS

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) affect more than one million Americans, predisposing them to a lifetime risk of hemorrhagic stroke and epilepsy. A potential role of the immune response in this disease has not been postulated previously but is compelling given the unique antigenic milieu of CCM lesions...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shenkar R,Shi C,Check IJ,Lipton HL,Awad IA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preoperative diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is used to demonstrate corticospinal tract (CST) position. Intraoperative brain shifts may limit preoperative DTI value, and studies characterizing such shifts are lacking. OBJECTIVE:To examine tumor characteristics that could predict intraoperative shift in tumor...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shahar T,Rozovski U,Marko NF,Tummala S,Ziu M,Weinberg JS,Rao G,Kumar VA,Sawaya R,Prabhu SS

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although waterjet dissection has been well evaluated in intracranial pathologies, little is known of its qualities in peripheral nerve surgery. Theoretically, the precise dissection qualities could support the separation of nerves from adjacent tissues and improve the preservation of nerve integrity in perip...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tschan CA,Keiner D,Müller HD,Schwabe K,Gaab MR,Krauss JK,Sommer C,Oertel J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe newly developed tumor-holding clips, which have been applied in more than 50 patients with large or deep-seated tumors. We devised various kinds of standard tumor clips by modifying Sugita aneurysm clips. Our new tumor clips permit gentle, steady, and easy retraction of the tumor in any direction without d...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shima T,Okada Y,Nishida M,Yamane K

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine if a window of time could be defined during which angioplasty would be most effective in reversing neurological decline and ultimately improving outcome. METHODS:Of a group of 466 patients, 93 underwent endovascular management of clinical vasospasm that was medically refractory. Eighty-four of ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rosenwasser RH,Armonda RA,Thomas JE,Benitez RP,Gannon PM,Harrop J

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying which factors influence treatment costs of transsphenoidal surgery for removal of sellar lesions can be complex. OBJECTIVE:To identify which patient-level factors are associated with higher costs and evaluate the relationship between expenditures and short-term patient-reported outcomes. METHOD...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Guan J,Karsy M,Bisson EF,Couldwell WT

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) sequence for assessing the aneurysm occlusion state or in-stent flow after endovascular coiling is not well established. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the diagnostic performance of pointwise encoding time reduction with radial acquisition (PETRA)-MRA in patients who ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： You SH,Kim B,Yang KS,Kim BK,Ryu J

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:We describe a patient with a cavernous malformation within the trigeminal nerve at the nerve root entry zone who presented with trigeminal neuralgia. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 52-year-old woman sought treatment after experiencing dizziness and lancinating left facial pain for almost a year. Neur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Deshmukh VR,Hott JS,Tabrizi P,Nakaji P,Feiz-Erfan I,Spetzler RF

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioblastoma is a heterogeneous disease characterized by its infiltrative growth, rendering complete resection impossible. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) shows potential in detecting tumor infiltration by reflecting microstructure disruption. OBJECTIVE:To explore the heterogeneity of glioblastoma infiltrati...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Li C,Wang S,Yan JL,Piper RJ,Liu H,Torheim T,Kim H,Zou J,Boonzaier NR,Sinha R,Matys T,Markowetz F,Price SJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:We performed a retrospective study of 107 consecutive patients with syndromic forms of craniosynostosis (craniofacial dysostosis) seen by the craniofacial team at the Hospital for Sick Children between 1986 and 1992. There were 51 patients with Crouzon's syndrome, 33 with Apert's syndrome, 8 with Pfeiffer syndrome, 11...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Siddiqi SN,Posnick JC,Buncic R,Humphreys RP,Hoffman HJ,Drake JM,Rutka JT

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate the technique of stereotactic microsurgical endoscopic removal of intraventricular tumors or colloid cysts assisted by intraoperative computed tomography. METHODS:We adapted a tubular "ventriculoport" for stereotactic insertion of an endoscope into the ventricle. This facilitated microsurgical...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Harris AE,Hadjipanayis CG,Lunsford LD,Lunsford AK,Kassam AB

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical care in developing countries may be improved by various means. Advances in the medical education and training of specialists play an important role in improving health care systems. The results of the efforts of a neurosurgeon from North America who helped establish neurosurgical training in Taiwan are reporte...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lee ST

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rotational vertebral artery syndrome (RVAS) is a rare entity about which previously published studies are mostly limited to individual case reports. OBJECTIVE:To report our decade-long experience with this syndrome in 9 patients with compression ranging from the occiput to C6. METHODS:We utilized a posteri...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lu DC,Zador Z,Mummaneni PV,Lawton MT

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Few reports have been published on ruptured vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms in which the posteroinferior cerebellar artery (PICA) arises from the aneurysm wall, and there is ongoing debate as to the proper management of this type of aneurysm. This article describes two patients. CLINICAL...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yasui T,Komiyama M,Nishikawa M,Nakajima H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Artificial neural networks (ANNs) excel at analyzing challenging data sets and can be exceptional tools for decision support in clinical environments. The present study pilots the use of ANNs for determining prognosis in neuro-oncology patients. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether ANNs perform better at predicti...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oermann EK,Kress MA,Collins BT,Collins SP,Morris D,Ahalt SC,Ewend MG

更新日期：2013-06-01 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