Report of a national neurosurgical emergency teleconsulting system.

abstract：:We recorded somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) from the skin surface and spinal evoked potentials (SpEP) from the posterior epidural space after median nerve stimulation in 11 patients with cervical syringomyelia. We compared SEPs with SpEP to assess the possible feasibility of using these techniques to localize t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Morioka T,Kurita-Tashima S,Fujii K,Nakagaki H,Kato M,Fukui M

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of intracerebral hematoma from aneurysm rupture is an indication for craniotomy for clot evacuation and aneurysm clipping. Some centers have begun securing aneurysms with coil embolization followed by clot evacuation in the operating room. This approach requires transporting a patient from the a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Turner RD,Vargas J,Turk AS,Chaudry MI,Spiotta AM

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:We report an extremely rare case with mirror-site spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) at the craniocervical junction. Although multiple spinal DAVFs have been reported in the literature, complete mirror-site lesions with fistulas and feeding arteries in the symmetric position have not ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oshita J,Yamaguchi S,Ohba S,Kurisu K

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Internal drainage of cerebrospinal fluid to the abdominal cavity via a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) is a common procedure for therapy of obstructive hydrocephalus; because this condition is often caused by brain tumors blocking the natural cerebrospinal fluid pathways, the VPS as an artific...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rickert CH,Reznik M,Lenelle J,Rinaldi P

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of meningioangiomatosis unassociated with von Recklinghausen's disease. The patient was a 30-year-old woman with a 25-year history of seizures. The lesion was confined to the right temporal cortex and consisted of a proliferation of angiomatous blood vessels and meningocytic cells. Her seizures h...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sakaki S,Nakagawa K,Nakamura K,Takeda S

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign hemangioendothelioma is rarely included in discussions of vascular neoplasms involving the central nervous system, whereas it is a well-defined entity outside the neuraxis. We present four cases of benign hemangioendothelioma, including an infantile hemangioendothelioma with venous drainage into the transverse ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pearl GS,Takei Y,Tindall GT,O'Brien MS,Payne NS,Hoffman JC

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of magnetic resonance (MR) evaluation in 18 patients with common neurosurgical problems, including cerebrovascular lesions, intracranial tumors, and craniovertebral junction pathological conditions, are presented. The results are compared with those of routine diagnostic studies. Overall, MR imaging was eq...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Spetzler RF,Zabramski JM,Kaufman B

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hemifacial spasm caused by a cerebellopontine angle lipoma is extremely rare. We describe a patient with left-sided hemifacial spasm caused by vascular compression of the facial and vestibulocochlear cranial nerves by the anteroinferior cerebellar artery embedded within a cerebellopontine angle lipoma. CLINI...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barajas RF Jr,Chi J,Guo L,Barbaro N

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two nitrosourea compounds--1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) and 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea (CCNU)--have been used in the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors after operation and/or radiotherapy. Hematological and nonhematological toxicity were recorded in 272 patients treated b...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Robustelli della Cuna G,Paoletti P,Bernardo G,Knerich R,Butti G,Cuzzoni Q

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The biggest downside of cerebral aneurysm coiling is the high rates of recurrence and retreatments. With the increasing number of aneurysm recurrences after failed coiling procedures, the best retreatment strategy remains unknown. OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy and safety of the Pipeline Embolization Devi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Daou B,Starke RM,Chalouhi N,Tjoumakaris S,Khoury J,Hasan D,Rosenwasser RH,Jabbour PM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage associated with a meningioma is presented. Intracranial hemorrhage has been reported to be associated with meningioma in 45 cases. A comprehensive review of the subject is presented. The importance of the diagnosis of associated hemorrhage and subsequent surgical intervent...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kohli CM,Crouch RL

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the spatial accuracy of coordinates generated from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, using the Brown-Roberts-Wells head frame and localizer system (Radionics, Inc., Burlington, MA). METHODS:An anthropomorphic head phantom, consisting of a two-dimensional lattice of acrylic spheres (4-mm diamete...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Orth RC,Sinha P,Madsen EL,Frank G,Korosec FR,Mackie TR,Mehta MP

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:WHO Grade I meningiomas are common, usually benign, primary brain tumors. Little is known about the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with meningiomas. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the long-term HRQOL in patients with meningiomas and its association with cognitive deficits and epilepsy. METHOD...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Waagemans ML,van Nieuwenhuizen D,Dijkstra M,Wumkes M,Dirven CM,Leenstra S,Reijneveld JC,Klein M,Stalpers LJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with cystic meningioma are reported. The computed tomographic scans or magnetic resonance images of these tumors resembled those of a glial or metastatic tumor with cystic or necrotic changes. There is no definitive method for preoperatively differentiating cystic meningiomas from the more common malign...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Odake G

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The failure of most available treatment modalities to improve the survival time and the quality of survival in patients with gliomas calls for the intense biological analysis of glial neoplasia. The untimely activation of cellular protooncogenes is often related to the process of neoplasia. Several protein growth fact...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Westphal M,Herrmann HD

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of previous treatment on outcome and sensory disturbance after a retrogasserian glycerol injection for trigeminal neuralgia. Ninety-nine patients with trigeminal neuralgia underwent a retrogasserian glycerol rhizotomy. Fifty-three of those patients experienced...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bergenheim AT,Hariz MI

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heat transfer from bipolar tips to adjacent tissue presents a risk of thermal injury during spine surgery. OBJECTIVE:The present study was designed to determine wither bipolar forceps using a novel heat pipe thermal regulation technology resulted in decreased collateral thermal injury of adjacent tissue com...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Elliott-Lewis EW,Jolette J,Ramos J,Benzel EC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identification of rupture sites in patients with multiple intracranial aneurysms is largely based on aneurysm size, location, and shape. Finding circumferential enhancement along the aneurysm wall (CEAW) on magnetic resonance (MR) vessel wall imaging was recently shown to be indicative of ruptured aneurysm. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Omodaka S,Endo H,Niizuma K,Fujimura M,Endo T,Sato K,Sugiyama SI,Inoue T,Tominaga T

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To introduce a method for preoperative targeting of a proper recipient artery in superficial temporal artery-to-middle cerebral artery anastomosis. METHODS:Six operations for superficial temporal artery-to-middle cerebral artery anastomosis in four patients with moyamoya disease or moyamoya-like disease and ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kikuta K,Takagi Y,Fushimi Y,Ishizu K,Okada T,Hanakawa T,Miki Y,Fukuyama H,Nozaki K,Hashimoto N

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a modification of the pterional approach (PT), the minipterional craniotomy (MPT), and compare the anatomic exposure provided by these two approaches. METHODS:The anatomic exposure offered by the MPT and PT were compared in eight sides of cadaver heads using a computerized tracking system, a robo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Figueiredo EG,Deshmukh P,Nakaji P,Crusius MU,Crawford N,Spetzler RF,Preul MC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) may lead to repetitive intracerebral hemorrhage. In selected cases, a surgical resection is indicated. OBJECTIVE:To identify magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of CCM that correlate with the difficulty of dissection and postoperative outcome. METHODS:This study...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dammann P,Wrede K,Jabbarli R,Müller O,Mönninghoff C,Forsting M,Sure U

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation attempts to determine whether increased survival time seen when the F98 glioma model is treated with boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a result of inhibition of tumor growth caused by radiation-induced alterations in endothelial cells and normal tissue components. This indirect effect of radia...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Goodman JH,McGregor JM,Clendenon NR,Gahbauer RA,Barth RF,Soloway AH,Fairchild RG

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although mirror pain occurs after cordotomy in patients experiencing unilateral pain via a referred pain mechanism, no studies have examined whether this pain mechanism operates in patients who have bilateral pain. OBJECTIVE:To assess the usefulness of cordotomy for bilateral pain from the viewpoint of incr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Higaki N,Yorozuya T,Nagaro T,Tsubota S,Fujii T,Fukunaga T,Moriyama M,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although real-time localization of gliomas has improved with intraoperative image guidance systems, these tools are limited by brain shift, surgical cavity deformation, and expense. OBJECTIVE:To propose a novel method to perform near-infrared (NIR) imaging during glioma resections based on preclinical and c...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lee JY,Thawani JP,Pierce J,Zeh R,Martinez-Lage M,Chanin M,Venegas O,Nims S,Learned K,Keating J,Singhal S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For several decades, the clinical study of Parkinson's disease has driven an increasingly sophisticated understanding of the dopaminergic system and its complex role in modulating motor behavior. This article reviews salient areas of research in this field, commencing with the molecular biology of the development of t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hodaie M,Neimat JS,Lozano AM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Older age has been associated with worse outcomes in low-grade gliomas (LGGs). Given their rarity in the older population, determining optimal treatment plans and patient outcomes remains difficult. OBJECTIVE:To retrospectively study LGG survival outcomes in an older population stratified by molecular genet...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jones PS,Carroll KT,Koch M,DiCesare JAT,Reitz K,Frosch M,Barker FG 2nd,Cahill DP,Curry WT Jr

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the shapes of velocity waveforms obtained with transcranial Doppler examination can indicate such abnormalities as increased intracranial pressure and proximal arterial compromise, the significance of unusual waveform morphologies is often obscure. In this report, we describe four cases in which an unusual wa...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Giller CA,Giller AM,Batjer HH,Kopitnik TA

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endovascular treatment of wide-necked and complex aneurysms may require stent-assisted coiling, either as primary stenting or combined with the balloon remodeling technique (BRT). OBJECTIVE:To compare the angiographic results and clinical outcomes of both strategies in the Safety and Efficacy of Neuroform f...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gentric JC,Biondi A,Piotin M,Mounayer C,Lobotesis K,Bonafé A,Costalat V

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00