PCV chemotherapy for recurrent oligodendrogliomas and oligoastrocytomas.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fever is associated with worse outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage, but there are few prospective data to quantify this relationship. METHODS:We prospectively enrolled consecutive aneurysmal or cryptogenic subarachnoid hemorrhage patients and recorded the highest core temperature each calendar day for Day ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Naidech AM,Bendok BR,Bernstein RA,Alberts MJ,Batjer HH,Watts CM,Bleck TP

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Traumatic fracture-dislocations of the lumbosacral junction are rare, with all previously reported cases involving fracture-dislocations at a single level. No cases of multiple fracture-dislocations of contiguous spinal segments in the lumbosacral spine have been reported. A case of traumatic a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kaplan SS,Wright NM,Yundt KD,Lauryssen C

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Placement of spinal cord stimulating paddle leads has traditionally been performed under local anesthesia with intravenous sedation to allow intraoperative confirmation of appropriate placement. It may be difficult to maintain appropriate sedation in certain patients because of medical comorbidities. Further...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mammis A,Mogilner AY

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:After the resection of cranial base tumors, there may not be enough free dural margin left for reconstruction after involved bone and dura have been removed. In such a situation, dural reconstruction becomes a problem. We propose a new technique of dural closure in such cases. METHODS:A fascial graft is prep...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sekhar LN,Sarma S,Morita A

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a new saccular aneurysm model in vitro using elastase to study aneurysm initiation, growth, and rupture and to create a new in vivo aneurysm model to test endovascular therapies. METHODS:Seventeen common carotid arteries excised from freshly killed pigs and sheep were treated with seven different ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Miskolczi L,Guterman LR,Flaherty JD,Szikora I,Hopkins LN

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven cases of frontotemporosphenoid meningioma are reported. The principles of the orbitofrontomalar approach and of reconstruction of the orbital cone and of the frontomalar region with an orbitotemporal prop are discussed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pellerin P,Lesoin F,Dhellemmes P,Donazzan M,Jomin M

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)-based functional neuronavigation in surgery of cerebral gliomas with pyramidal tract (PT) involvement with respect to both perioperative assessment and follow-up outcome. METHODS:A prospective, randomized controlled study was conducted between 2001 and 2005. A conse...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wu JS,Zhou LF,Tang WJ,Mao Y,Hu J,Song YY,Hong XN,Du GH

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with spinal dural arteriovenous malformations associated with intramedullary changes confirmed by the T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are reported. The characteristics of the MRI findings for these 2 patients were as follows. 1) In the T2-weighted spin-echo image, intramedullary changes...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Isu T,Iwasaki Y,Akino M,Koyanagi I,Abe H

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The energy index (EI) is a measure of dose homogeneity within a target volume calculated by the integral dose divided by the product of prescription dose and tumor volume. OBJECTIVE:To assess whether a higher EI is associated with greater local control for brain metastases (BMs) treated by Gamma Knife radio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jani A,Rozenblat T,Yaeh AM,Nanda T,Saad S,Qureshi YH,Feng W,Sisti MB,Bruce JN,McKhann GM 2nd,Lesser J,Lassman AB,Isaacson SR,Wang TJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the incidence of perioperative fever and its relationship to outcome among patients enrolled in the Intraoperative Hypothermia for Aneurysm Surgery Trial. METHODS:One thousand patients with initial World Federation of Neurological Surgeons grades of I to III undergoing clipping of intracranial an...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Todd MM,Hindman BJ,Clarke WR,Torner JC,Weeks JB,Bayman EO,Shi Q,Spofford CM,IHAST Investigators.

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Vestibular schwannomas with meningioma islets have been rarely reported in the literature; they have been observed only among patients with neurofibromatosis Type II. We present a case of a sporadic mixed tumor in a patient without neurofibromatosis Type II that was not suspected before surgery...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lüdemann W,Stan AC,Tatagiba M,Samii M

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Obesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and associated with a poor outcome, especially for intensive care patients. However, recent studies have described favorable outcomes of obese patients after stroke, a phenomenon called the "obesity paradox." OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of the body mass...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Platz J,Güresir E,Schuss P,Konczalla J,Seifert V,Vatter H

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the unusual case of an aneurysm arising on an extracranial loop of the left posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA). The computed tomographic scan showed an isolated hemorrhage in the lateral ventricles, and the lesion was recognized 1.5 cm below the foramen magnum at the level of the atlas. The...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ruelle A,Cavazzani P,Andrioli G

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although several authors have reported the use of endoscopic techniques to treat lumbar foraminal stenosis, the practical application of these techniques has been limited to soft disc herniation. OBJECTIVE:To describe the details of the percutaneous endoscopic lumbar foraminotomy (ELF) technique for bony fo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ahn Y,Oh HK,Kim H,Lee SH,Lee HN

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite advances in surgical techniques in the management of the brain abscess, long-term antibiotics are as crucial to cure as the initial surgical procedure itself. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy on the duration of antibiotic treatment. METHODS:Be...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kutlay M,Colak A,Yildiz S,Demircan N,Akin ON

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is associated with disproportionally high mortality and long-term neurological sequelae. Management of patients with aSAH has changed markedly over the years, leading to improvements in outcome. OBJECTIVE:To describe trends in aSAH care and outcome in a high-volume ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Samuels OB,Sadan O,Feng C,Martin K,Medani K,Mei Y,Barrow DL

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review an experience with the posterior interhemispheric approach applied to vascular lesions in the posterior midline, to examine the effects of patient position and gravity retraction of the occipital lobe, and to identify circumstances requiring increased exposure by sectioning the falx and tentorium. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chi JH,Lawton MT

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report five patients with anterior choroidal artery syndrome after surgery for internal carotid artery aneurysms. All patients suffered hemiparesis, and hemisensory loss and homonymous hemianopsia were identified in 2 patients. The characteristic triad of the syndrome was recognized in only 1 patient. Dominant and ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Suzuki H,Fujita K,Ehara K,Tamaki N

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current neurosurgical goal for patients with malignant gliomas is maximal safe resection of the contrast-enhancing tumor. However, a complete resection of the contrast-enhancing tumor is achieved only in a minority of patients. One reason for this limitation is the difficulty in distinguishing viable tumor from no...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hadjipanayis CG,Widhalm G,Stummer W

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of primary osteogenic sarcoma of the skull with metastases to the lungs, left diaphragm, 2nd lumbar and 1st sacral vertebral bodies, and both femoral heads was presented. A young man with a lump over his right parieto-occipital region since the age of 14 had noticed rapid growth of the mass after having experie...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wang YC,Shih CJ,Leu FJ,Tu YC

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Flow diversion is increasingly used to treat intracranial aneurysms. In previous reports, patients were pretreated with aspirin and clopidogrel before the intervention for the prevention of thromboembolic complications. OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and efficacy of a new protocol for anticoagulation using ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chalouhi N,Jabbour P,Daou B,Starke RM,Shields B,Hasan DM

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Today, physicians in general and neurosurgeons in particular practice in an era of fundamental change in Medicine from a profession to an industry. This change has produced erosion in the very personal physician-patient relationship. "The Morning Visit" is a poem written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., M.D., a 19th cen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ciric IS

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of neurocutaneous melanosis in a 1-year-old child who presented with progressive quadriparesis created by an infiltrating extra-axial neoplastic melanin-producing tumor at the foramen magnum. This extensive intra-arachnoid mass filled the basal cisterns of the brain and surrounded the upper cervical ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Poe LB,Roitberg D,Galyon DD

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationships between lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) level, vasospasm, and clinical outcome of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) are still unclear. OBJECTIVE:To identify the associations between admission Lp-PLA2 and vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage an...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ding CY,Cai HP,Ge HL,Yu LH,Lin YX,Kang DZ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial stab wounds are uncommon. Three such cases are presented. The severity of the wounds may vary from innocuous to devastating. Skull films are useful in delineating the depth of penetration. The presence of the knife blade in situ may make the computed tomographic scan impossible to perform or difficult to ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Herring CJ,Lumsden AB,Tindall SC

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Two patients with vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia sustained massive fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage from rupture of the basilar artery wall. Hemorrhage from this entity is not widely known to occur during its natural history and may be exacerbated by systemic anticoagulation. CLINICAL PRESENTATIO...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rabb CH,Barnwell SL

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurosurgical emergencies are an important cause of disability and mortality. OBJECTIVE:To examine the nationwide burden of neurological conditions requiring emergency neurosurgery. METHODS:The Nationwide Inpatient Sample database (2002-2011) was queried to identify adult patients with a primary discharge ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： De la Garza Ramos R,Goodwin CR,Nakhla J,Nasser R,Yassari R,Flamm ES,Bydon A,Colby G,Sciubba DM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunocytochemical characterization of choroid plexus neoplasms was performed in seven cases, five being of benign choroid plexus papilloma (CPP) and the other two of malignant choroid plexus papilloma (choroid plexus carcinoma CPC). Immunohistochemical examination was performed with antibodies to glial fibrillary aci...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Matsushima T,Inoue T,Takeshita I,Fukui M,Iwaki T,Kitamoto T

更新日期：1988-09-01 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