Clinical studies of de novo aneurysms.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report presenting clinical symptoms, previous medical history, and survival rates for people with saccular intracranial aneurysms (IAs), in a defined population. METHODS:The medical records of all residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, with possible IAs were reviewed. Clinical manifestations at the time ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Menghini VV,Brown RD Jr,Sicks JD,O'Fallon WM,Wiebers DO

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Spontaneous intraparenchymal hemorrhage is extremely rare in full-term newborns. Reports to date have been limited to descriptions of individual cases, small groups within larger studies of intracranial hemorrhage, and one series of four patients. Structural lesions are rarely identified, and the majority of ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sandberg DI,Lamberti-Pasculli M,Drake JM,Humphreys RP,Rutka JT

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantitate the relief of intractable cancer pain by the use of intraventricular morphine administration. METHODS:Intraventricular morphine administration was performed through an Ommaya reservoir. An initial dose of 0.25 mg of morphine sulfate per 24 hours was administered to all of the patients. This dos...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Karavelis A,Foroglou G,Selviaridis P,Fountzilas G

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：:The purpose of Clinical Problem Solving manuscripts is to present management challenges in an attempt to give practicing neurosurgeons insight into how field leaders address these dilemmas. This illustration is accompanied by a brief review of the literature on the topic. We describe the case of a patient who presente...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Natarajan SK,Siddiqui AH,Hopkins LN,Boulis NM,Levy EI

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to test, in rabbits, the tightness of seven dural substitution materials commonly used in neurosurgery, i.e., Lyodura (B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, Germany), Tutoplast dura (Tutogen Medical, Inc., Parsippany, NJ), Tutoplast fascia lata (Tutogen Medical, Inc.), autologous per...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Filippi R,Derdilopoulos A,Heimann A,Krummenauer F,Perneczky A,Kempski O

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms employing endosaccular coiling can be associated with aneurysm perforation, coil herniation or incomplete obliteration fueling the interest to investigate novel endovascular techniques. We aimed to test a novel embolization material in experimental aneurysms in...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oechtering J,Kirkpatrick PJ,Ludolph AG,Hans FJ,Sellhaus B,Spiegelberg A,Krings T

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors reviewed the computed tomographic (CT) scans of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage whose initial angiograms were negative, to investigate the validity of CT scans in predicting the presence of an angiographically missed aneurysm in such patients. During the past 14 years, additional angiograms have been...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Iwanaga H,Wakai S,Ochiai C,Narita J,Inoh S,Nagai M

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Experimental brain tumor gene therapy with the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-tk) gene has demonstrated that not only HSV-tk transduced but surrounding non-HSV-tk transduced cells are killed when given ganciclovir. This so-called bystander effect has recently been shown to be dependent on connexin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Estin D,Li M,Spray D,Wu JK

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author reports some of his early personal neurosurgical experiences spent among some of the great figures in neurosurgery and among some of the founders and pioneers of functional neurosurgery, stereotaxy, and clinical neurophysiology during the mid-1960s. This historical vignette represents recognition of the leg...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Marino R Jr

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-year-old boy presented with acute proptosis of the right eye. Examination revealed 8 mm of exophthalmos, limitation of upward gaze, optic disc swelling, and normal visual acuity, but an inferonasal quadrantic visual field defect. Orbital ultrasound and computed tomographic scanning demonstrated a superotemporal t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sebag J,Chapman P,Truman J,Riemersma RR

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric aneurysms are rare and complex to treat. Long-term angiographic and clinical data after microsurgical or endovascular therapies are lacking. OBJECTIVE:To study the clinical and radiographic outcomes in aneurysms in pediatric patients treated with microsurgery. METHODS:Between 1989 and 2005, 48 pa...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kakarla UK,Beres EJ,Ponce FA,Chang SW,Deshmukh VR,Bambakidis NC,Zabramski JM,Spetzler RF

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, neurosurgeons have responded to calls to treat new patients or address emergent, acute neurosurgical pathology in the hospitals they staff as part of their duty to the medical profession and community. Due to increasing financial pressures placed upon neurosurgical practice from hospitals and regulatory...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Babu MA,Stroink AR,Timmons SD,Orrico KO,Prall JA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 12 million Americans undergo spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) every year. Renewed interest in this method requires an analysis of its reported risks and possible benefits. This review describes two patients with spinal cord injuries associated with SMT and establishes the risk/benefit ratios for patient...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Powell FC,Hanigan WC,Olivero WC

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral edema contributes to the high morbidity and mortality of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). OBJECTIVE:We report the results of our early experience with insertion of intraparenchymal intracranial pressure (ICP) monitors in these highly coagulopathic patients. METHODS:Eleven consecutive patients with...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Le TV,Rumbak MJ,Liu SS,Alsina AE,van Loveren H,Agazzi S

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

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：:In this retrospective, consecutive series of 128 elderly patients (over 65 years of age) with histologically proven Grade 4 astrocytomas, 88 patients underwent stereotactic biopsy and 40 patients underwent stereotactic volumetric resection of the mass lesion defined by contrast enhancement on computed tomography. Ther...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kelly PJ,Hunt C

更新日期：1994-01-01 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:The source of fluid and the mechanism of cyst enlargement in syringomyelia are unknown. It has been demonstrated that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) normally flows from the subarachnoid space through perivascular spaces and into the spinal cord central canal. The aim of this study was to investigate whether this f...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stoodley MA,Gutschmidt B,Jones NR

更新日期：1999-05-01 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：:Vittorio Marchi was an Italian neuroscientist who lived during the second half of the 19th century. He is generally remembered for developing a novel staining method to trace the degeneration of nervous fibers in lesions of the central nervous system. This osmium-based method was used worldwide for approximately a cen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Talamonti G,D'Aliberti G,Debernardi A,Innocenti G

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare and serious complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt is reported. A huge intraventricular hematoma was confirmed by computed tomography scanning and autopsy. This is the first report of such a complication in a newborn with hydrocephalus. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kuwamura K,Kokunai T

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with occlusive cerebrovascular disease who have failed maximal medical therapy, which consists of antiplatelet agents as well as maximizing modifiable risk factors such as blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking cessation, and obesity, and whose lesions are not amenable or have not responded to the more common v...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bisson EF,Visioni AJ,Tranmer B,Horgan MA

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the metastasis of a rectal carcinoid to the dura mater of the posterior fossa. The clinical presentation was unusual because of a 10-year latent period between resection of the primary rectal tumor and symptoms and signs of the posterior fossa metastasis; the radiological findings were atypical of a metastas...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bouldin TW,Killebrew K,Boone SC,Gay RM

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Hypertrophic neuropathy of the cauda equina (HNCE) is a rare form of peripheral neuropathy. The diagnosis is complicated by an insidious clinical presentation and complex radiographic images. We present a case of HNCE caused by chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with symptomatic ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kretzer RM,Burger PC,Tamargo RJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Human error has been increasingly recognized as a cause of patient morbidity and mortality. One method of error prevention is the reporting of a near-miss event. We report that intravenous anesthetic agents were nearly injected into the external ventricular drainage (EVD) of a patient during an...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Drake JM,Crawford MW

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the hyperacute histological and immunohistochemical effects of stereotactic proton beam irradiation of the rat hippocampus. METHODS:Nine rats underwent proton beam radiosurgery of one hippocampus with nominal doses of cobalt-2, -12, and -60 Gray equivalents (n = 3 each). Control animals (n = 3) were...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Brisman JL,Cosgrove GR,Thornton AF,Beer T,Bradley-Moore M,Shay CT,Hedley-Whyte ET,Cole AJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Interest in using the extended endonasal transsphenoidal approach for management of suprasellar lesions, with either a microscopic or endoscopic technique, has increased in recent years. The most relevant benefit is that this median approach permits the exposure and removal of suprasellar lesions without t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cavallo LM,de Divitiis O,Aydin S,Messina A,Esposito F,Iaconetta G,Talat K,Cappabianca P,Tschabitscher M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:Comminuted sacral fractures present significant challenges for operative management. Open and percutaneous sacroiliac screws have been used for stabilization but carry not insignificant rates of complications, including wound infection for the former and malposition and neurological injury for...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hong J,Spire WJ,Simmons NE

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:As a consequence of the increased use of endovascular coiling of intracranial aneurysms, a growing number of case reports on complications are being reported. This article presents a case with a previously undescribed complication of coil treatment: a reactive, noninfectious process after coil...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： König M,Bakke SJ,Scheie D,Sorteberg W,Meling TR

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00