Changes in health related quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease with and without posteroventral pallidotomy.

abstract：:Regional cerebral blood flow, recorded by the 133Xenon inhalation method, was measured preoperatively and over a five years postoperative period in six patients with completed stroke and stabilized neurological deficits, who had undergone omental transposition for revascularization of the ischaemic brain. Comparisons ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Goldsmith HS,Bacciu P,Cossu M,Pau A,Rodriguez G,Rosadini G,Ruju P,Sehrbundt Viale E,Turtas S,Viale GL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 5 years 9 patients underwent partial or complete corpus callosotomy for treatment of medically intractable epileptic seizures. A beneficial effect of the procedure was observed in 8 patients. Criteria for performance of the procedure included CT evidence of unilateral cerebral damage and non-localized ep...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Rappaport ZH,Lerman P

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early detection of residual disease may benefit management strategies in patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery for acromegaly. This requires establishing objective thresholds for early postoperative growth hormone (GH) assays, and incorporating these parameters into a scale for outcome prediction. MET...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sarkar S,Jacob KS,Pratheesh R,Chacko AG

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study an effective method for surgical management of vertebral and basilar artery aneurysms. METHODS:Forty-one patients with 43 aneurysms of the vertebral and basilar arteries were managed by microsurgical clipping. Cerebral angiography revealed basilar apex aneurysms in 17 patients, basilar trunk in six ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Shi X,Qian H,Singh KC,Zhang Y,Zhou Z,Sun Y,Liu F

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SPECT scanning with Tl-201 and Tc-99m offers a unique, inexpensive functional imaging modality to combine with CT stereotactic craniotomy for guiding resection of necrosis and/or tumour in patients treated with escalated doses of radiation (> 6000 cGy) by either brachytherapy or radiosurgery. Thirty-two cases were ana...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Alexander E 3rd,Loeffler JS,Schwartz RB,Johnson KA,Carvalho PA,Garada BM,Zimmerman RE,Holman BL

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of transsphenoidal deflation of a detachable balloon after embolization of a carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF). The patient developed complete third and sixth nerve palsies immediately after detachable balloon embolization of the CCF, which was considered to be caused by cavernous sinus (CS) compressi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Jung JY,Kim SH,Kim DJ,Kim DI

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intervertebral disc herniation is an important health problem from both the social and economic aspect. It is often accompanied by a decrease in the content of water and proteoglycan (PG). The present study was undertaken to elucidate the effect of neodymium-yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser on degenerated disc t...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Turgut M,Açikgöz B,Kilinç K,Ozcan OE,Erbengi A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is still controversial whether an increased proliferation index is correlated with the tumor invasiveness of pituitary adenomas. A homogeneous large monocentric series of pituitary adenomas was retrospectively analyzed. The correlation between the proliferation indices (Ki-67 and p53 expression levels) an...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Grimm F,Maurus R,Beschorner R,Naros G,Stanojevic M,Gugel I,Giese S,Bier G,Bender B,Honegger J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a body of evidence showing that various neurotrophic factors support the survival of nerve cells and stimulate axonal outgrowth, doubt remains about their optimal site of application as well as the more compelling question of what clinical benefit, if any, they would confer. Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kelleher MO,Myles LM,Al-Abri RK,Glasby MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thoracic disc herniation (TDH) is a rare condition with severe neurological sequelae. Surgical management is still a matter of debate and challenging. METHOD:We present a modification of the transdural approach for TDH. The approach has been described in a stepwise fashion, analysing pre-, peri-, and postop...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Mandelli C,Spina A,Calvanese F,Mortini P

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of plasminogen activators (PAs) and their inhibitor (plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, PAI-1) in human brain tumours. The amounts of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA), tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), and the activity of u-PA a...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Arai Y,Kubota T,Nakagawa T,Kabuto M,Sato K,Kobayashi H

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of microrecording guidance to adequately place pallidotomy lesions is not thoroughly accepted. We have analysed in 23 consecutive Parkinsonian patients the deviation of the first recording track (FRT), which was directed to the theoretical stereotactic target, from the sensorimotor area of the internal ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Molinuevo JL,Valldeoriola F,Rumià J,Nobbe FA,Martínez R,Ferrer E,Tolosa E

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a retrospective study of 15 patients with solitary vertebral plasmacytoma. 15 patients were considered in this study on the basis of the following characteristics: 1) histologically confirmed plasmacytoma following surgical removal; 2) existence of a single vertebral lesion, documented by skeletal a...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Cervoni L,Celli P,Salvati M,Tarantino R,Fortuna A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microvascular decompression (MVD) for hemifacial spasm (HFS) provides a long-term cure rate. Delayed facial palsy (DFP) is not an unusual complication, but it has only been sporadically described in the literature. The purpose of this report is to evaluate the incidence of delayed facial palsy after MVD and ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Rhee DJ,Kong DS,Park K,Lee JA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with primary CNS lymphomas, awake despite an extreme ICP elevation. A 48-year-old woman presented with headache since 1 month, and bilateral papillary edema was observed. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed diffuse infiltration around the petrous bone. Following external ventricular drainage (EVD...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Cederberg D,Marklund N,Nittby Redebrandt H

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernous malformations (CMs) of the midbrain and thalamus are relatively rare and particularly difficult to be resected given their location in eloquent tissues. Here, we report a case of a 14-year-old boy who experienced repeated and progressive right hemiparesis. Image examinations showed a gradually enlarged CM or...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Duan H,Hara Y,Goto T,Chiba A,Hongo K

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new atraumatic method for patency and blood flow control of microvascular anastomoses has been developed. Sounds proximal and distal to a suture line are separately detected by means of two specially modified miniature microphones built together as an auscultation unit and named a diplo-microphone. Transmission of t...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Wintermantel E

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a family in which two members had multiple intracranial aneurysms. This is the third reported family with more than one member affected by multiple cerebral aneurysms. The congenital nature and the patterns of inheritance of the disease are discussed. The indications for elective investigation of th...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ambrosetto P,Galassi E

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The excitotoxic amino acid glutamate is known to aggravate pre-existing neuropathology. Since volatile anesthetics increase plasma amino acid levels, we investigated if the anesthetics isoflurane and propofol increase plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) glutamate in neurosurgical patients. METHODS:In disce...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Stover JF,Kempski OS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a case of cauda equina paraparesis due to compression by tabetic osteo-arthropathy. Diagnosis was confirmed by the typical clinical picture of tabes and by the history of a chancre 53 years earlier. Radiography of the spine showed vertibral osteo-arthropathy. Opaque contrast myelography showed comp...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Steimlé R,Jacquet G,Wehbi M,Sauvageot M,Lecuyer F

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative facial nerve monitoring (IFNM) is a suitable technique for intraoperative facial nerve identification and dissection, especially in large vestibular schwannomas (VS) (acoustic neuroma). To evaluate its feasibility for estimating functional nerve outcome after VS resection 60 patients underwent surgery u...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sobottka SB,Schackert G,May SA,Wiegleb M,Reiss G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schwannomas occur sporadically or in association with neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2), an autosomal dominant disorder, which predisposes to multiple schwannomas, meningiomas and spinal ependymomas, with bilateral vestibular schwannomas as the classic hallmark. As NF2 and sporadic schwannomas differ in some respect...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Antinheimo J,Sallinen SL,Sallinen P,Haapasalo H,Helin H,Horelli-Kuitunen N,Wessman M,Sainio M,Jääskeläinen J,Carpén O

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of small ruptured aneurysms (SRAs) remains controversial, with literature reporting difficulty with endovascular versus microsurgical approaches. This paper analyzes outcomes after endovascular coiling and microsurgical clipping among patients with SRAs prospectively enrolled in the Barrow Ruptured...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Catapano JS,Nguyen CL,Frisoli FA,Sagar S,Baranoski JF,Cole TS,Labib MA,Whiting AC,Ducruet AF,Albuquerque FC,Lawton MT

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvascular decompression (MVD) has come to stay as an effective way of treating hemifacial spasm. But it remains to be seen how much each of the electrophysiological monitoring techniques (intra-operative) are contributing to its increased efficacy. Their role as indicators for re-exploration or recurrence is to be...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kiya N,Bannur U,Yamauchi A,Yoshida K,Kato Y,Kanno T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a case of accidental electrocution from a high voltage current in a young worker, who was struck by the electric shock in the mid-occipital region. The case is especially interesting due to the improbability of anyone surviving after receiving a shock of more than 1000 V., and to the development o...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Iob I,Salar G,Ori C,Mattana M,Casadei A,Peserico L

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-six patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage underwent serial measurement of regional cerebral blood flow throughout the period of their treatment over the period of 5 years (1983 to 1988). A portable bedside xenon cerebral blood flow machine was used in this study and the initial slope index (ISI) val...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kotb MM,Symon L,Compton J,Rosenstein J,Jabre A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has been recognized as a risk factor for ventriculostomy-related infections (VRI). In addition to the hemorrhagic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the potential need for prolonged catheterization may contribute to the increased CSF infection rate in this population. The use of antibio...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： McLaughlin N,St-Antoine P,Bojanowski MW

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vestibular schwannoma (VS) is a benign tumor originating from the vestibulocochlear nerve. The optimal treatment strategy is debated, since surgery may result in iatrogenic facial nerve injury. We report the results of VS surgery in a population-based unselected cohort in a center with access to Cyber Knife ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Taha I,Hyvärinen A,Ranta A,Kämäräinen OP,Huttunen J,Mervaala E,Löppönen H,Rauramaa T,Ronkainen A,Jääskeläinen JE,Immonen A,Danner N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal intramedullary arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) fed by an anterior spinal artery are surgically challenging vascular lesions. METHOD:We herein presented microsurgical resection techniques for an intramedullary glomus AVM located in the lateral part of the high cervical spinal cord with an operative...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Takai K,Taniguchi M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case illustrates the correlation between Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and the pathological findings in a case of cavernous sinus (CS) aspergilloma. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Urculo E,Aranzadi MJ,Ruiz I,Villanua J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00