Failure to follow patients with hydrocephalus shunts can lead to death.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some patients with lumbar spine stenosis (LSS) have severe low back pain (LBP) with only mild leg symptoms. The effects of decompression surgery for such patients remain unknown. METHODS:Of 818 patients with LSS who underwent surgical treatment in our institution from 2011 to 2019, eight patients had a nume...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kanematsu R,Hanakita J,Takahashi T,Minami M,Miyasaka K,Shimauchi-Ohtaki H,Tomita Y

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this investigation was to determine the prognostic value of coagulation abnormalities in a defined subset of patients with acute head injury. Prothrombin time, accelerated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), thrombin clotting time, fibrinogen assay, platelet count, fibrin degradation products (FDP) were ass...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Selladurai BM,Vickneswaran M,Duraisamy S,Atan M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen extraction fraction images were superimposed on cerebral blood flow images of positron emission tomography (PET) to depict the so-called misery perfusion area in two patients with moyamoya disease. The superimposed image following extra-intracranial bypass surgery was obtained in one case, which convincingly di...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Katano H,Sugiyama N,Yamada K

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Society of British Neurological Surgeons (SBNS) meetings are important national events which allow for the presentation of current academic work. The publication rate of presented abstracts is considered a proxy marker of the scientific strength of a conference. We aimed to determine the publication fate o...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jamjoom AA,Hughes MA,Chuen CK,Hammersley RL,Fouyas IP

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of vertigo with subclavian artery stenosis are presented. In both cases, the angiograms revealed left subclavian artery stenosis at the middle portion of the clavicle as well as kinked origin of the vertebral artery. After resection of the anterior scalene muscle, the stenosis and the vertigo resolved. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nishijima M,Akai T,Kuwayama N,Nakada J,Furuichi S,Takaku A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracic complications of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt are very rare. We report an unusual case of VP shunt intrathoracic migration, associated with symptomatic hydrothorax. The patient was successfully managed with revision. We reviewed the 10 cases reported in the literature and discussed the mechanism of shunt-t...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Akyüz M,Uçar T,Göksu E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a symptomatic case in which the whole intracranial blood supply was provided by a single vertebral artery as both internal carotid arteries were occluded and the contralateral vertebral artery was severely hypoplasic. The patient was treated by a flow-augmentation extracranial-intracranial bypass. Preoper...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Esposito G,Della Pepa GM,Sabatino G,Gaudino S,Puca A,Maira G,Marchese E,Albanese A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND CONTEXT:Transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) is recognised as a treatment for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation, whilst surgical decompression is generally thought to be the most effective treatment option for lumbar spinal stenosis. There is little available literature examining the effect of ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Davis N,Hourigan P,Clarke A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endoscopic technique is increasingly being used for the resection of pituitary adenomas. Its efficacy and safety have been generally accepted, but its impact on the quality of life of the patients treated has not been previously addressed. Most of the studies assessing the quality of life after long-term cure of p...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Karabatsou K,O'Kelly C,Ganna A,Dehdashti AR,Gentili F

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a secretory meningioma with metastasis from a pulmonary adenocarcinoma in a 48-year-old woman. Secretory meningioma can simulate metastatic disease both clinically and pathologically. Secretory meningioma and tumour-to-tumour metastasis are each rare, and we believe this to be the first report of their coinc...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cserni G,Bori R,Huszka E,Kiss AC

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial infections, pneumonia in particular, are well-known complications of traumatic brain injury (TBI), which are associated with a worse neurological outcome. This review aims to explore the role of vagus nerve activity in immunomodulation as a causative factor. A MEDLINE search revealed numerous reports publis...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hall S,Kumaria A,Belli A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a giant serpentine aneurysm of the right middle cerebral artery (MCA) that was treated by total excision of the aneurysm with cerebral blood flow control management. Four years later the patient presented with a three month history of headache and angiograms showed a new aneurysm on a different bra...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bakaç G,Gholkar A,Mendelow AD

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate inefficiencies during patients' stay in neurosurgical beds. METHODS:A prospective audit of neurosurgical inpatients was conducted over approximately 2 months. We recorded the causes and duration of inappropriate delays, defined as actions requiring more that 24 h from initiation until completion. R...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chelvarajah R,Lee JK,Chandrasekaran S,Bavetta S

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present this unusual case of a 60-year-old gentleman who presented with meningism and reduced conscious level. Imaging demonstrated a perforated sigmoid colon with retroperitoneal air associated with pneumorrhachis and pneumocranium. He required a Hartmann's procedure and broad spectrum intra-thecal antibiotics whi...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Amit A,Toll EC,Siddique S,Nelson RJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total excision is usually the recommended treatment for central neurocytomas. The role of radiation therapy in their management is controversial, and is usually reserved for partially resected or recurrent tumours. Long-term outcome was studied in patients with central neurocytoma who were treated with radiation thera...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kulkarni V,Rajshekhar V,Haran RP,Chandi SM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our experience with seven cases of endodermal cysts located anterior and anterolateral to the brainstem. The ages of the patients ranged from 10 to 35 years. There were three males and four females. The cysts had characteristic imaging features, and contained fluid having a 'greenish-yellow pus-like' hue and...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goel A,Muzumdar D,Chagla A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of recurrent vago-glossopharyngeal neuralgia after previous surgery, treated successfully with microvascular decompression using intra-operative neurophysiology monitoring. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Price SA,Davies O,Walsh P,Patel N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to analyse all cases of spinal osteosarcoma (OS) treated in a regional bone tumour unit over the last 27 years. We were primarily interested in overall survival following tumour surgery, and if there is a difference in the survival of patients undergoing en bloc resection versus no...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bhatia R,Beckles V,Fox Z,Tirabosco R,Rezajooi K,Casey AT

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multicentre gliomas are a well recognized entity but the occurrence of such tumours both above and below the tentorium remains uncommon. We report the case of an 11-year-old boy who underwent stereotactic biopsy of a brain stem ring enhancing tumour with histology of an anaplastic astrocytoma (Grade 3). Nine months fo...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pell MF,Revesz T,Thomas DG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the clinical outcomes following venous ligation for the treatment of dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVF) with leptomeningeal or cortical venous drainage. The authors conducted a single-centre, retrospective study of 15 patients with DAVF treated consecutively between 1990 and 2000. There were eigh...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lin J,Elwood PW,Fraser KW

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Akt/mTOR/p70S6K signaling pathway promotes motor function recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI) in both neurons and astrocytes. But the role and mechanism of this pathway in oligodendrocytes during nerve repair following SCI has not been researched. This study aimed to investigate the effect and mechanism of ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ge C,Liu D,Sun Y

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this report is to introduce a simple modification to the free-hand frameless stereotactic placement of ventriculoperitoneal shunts in undersized ventricles. In this technical note, we describe our experience with ventricular catheter placement in two children suffering from shunt dependent idiopathic intrac...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Woerdeman PA,Willems PW,Han KS,Hanlo PW,Berkelbach van der Sprenkel JW

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The water content of samples of normal and oedematous brain in lobectomy specimens from 16 patients with cerebral tumours has been measured by gravimetry and by wet and dry weighing. Uncorrected gravimetry underestimated the water content of oedematous peritumoural cortex by a mean of 1.17%, and of oedematous peritumo...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bell BA,Smith MA,Tocher JL,Miller JD

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selecting patients who will benefit from a permanent CSF diversion procedure in benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) or communicating hydrocephalus due to normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) has inherent problems. The percutaneous introduction of a lumbar subcutaneous shunt (LSS) under local anaesthesia facilitates ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ushewokunze S,Haja Mydin HN,Prasad R,Mendelow AD

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this randomized prospective study was to compare the efficacy of endoscopic versus standard microsurgical excision of pituitary adenomas, and to evaluate the merits and demerits of each approach. Twenty patients with a pituitary adenoma were randomly divided into two groups comprising of 10 cases each. Ten ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jain AK,Gupta AK,Pathak A,Bhansali A,Bapuraj JR

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our experience with 3D customised cranioplasties for large cranial defects. They were made by casting bone cement in custom made moulds at the time of surgery. Between October 2015 and January 2018, 29 patients underwent the procedure; 25 underwent elective cranioplasties for large cranial defects and four w...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Đurić KS,Barić H,Domazet I,Barl P,Njirić N,Mrak G

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was performed to evaluate the rate of infection in free and osteoplastic bone flaps after craniotomy. Two hundred and two craniotomies were performed in 98 cases of tumour, 35 cases of trauma and 69 cases of vascular disease. The overall incidence of infection was 6.4% (13 cases). The infectious ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rasmussen S,Ohrström JK,Westergaard L,Kosteljanetz M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evidence suggests that reduction of nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability due to oxidative stress plays a central role in the pathophysiology of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). To prevent SAH-induced cerebral vasospasm, therefore we used nebivolol hydrochloride as a NO-mediated vasodilato...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aladag MA,Turkoz Y,Parlakpinar H,Gul M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chordoid glioma, a rare tumour of the third ventricle, has distinctive histological appearances. Fewer than 20 cases have been reported in the literature, all but three in females. This paper describes a 54-year-old man with a chordoid glioma and reviews the clinicopathological features of this lesion. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Galloway M,Afshar F,Geddes JF

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Decompressive craniectomy is often emergently performed in an effort to reduce intracranial hypertension. After this urgent intervention, brain-injured patients often start rehabilitation programs but are left with a skull defect. Cranioplasty is often performed in these situations in order to repair this def...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Di Stefano C,Sturiale C,Trentini P,Bonora R,Rossi D,Cervigni G,Piperno R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00