Intra-operative monitoring of the facial nerve with an air inflated balloon. Technical note.

abstract：BACKGROUND:van Gijn and co-workers identified "Perimesencephalic haemorrhage" (PM) as distinct, benign, non-aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. However, there is only one retrospective series of this entity outside the Netherlands. PURPOSE:to confirm (or not) the benign nature of perimesencephalic subarachnoid haemor...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Canhão P,Ferro JM,Pinto AN,Melo TP,Campos JG

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Oculomotor nerve palsy (ONP) occasionally occurs in cases of pituitary apoplexy (PA) associated with pituitary adenoma, but its mechanism remains unclear. Intracranial nerves are clearly visualized by fast-imaging employing with steady-state acquisition (FIESTA). Here, we assessed the oculomotor nerve compressi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sasagawa Y,Aburano H,Ooiso K,Oishi M,Hayashi Y,Nakada M

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As there are many collateral pathways between venous systems, intraoperative venous injury rarely induces venous infarction. In some patients, however, venous injury during microsurgical manipulation may cause acute and/or delayed serious complications. Although intraoperative evaluation using indocyanine gr...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hardian RF,Hanaoka Y,Funato K,Agata M,Ito K,Horiuchi T

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The Spanish National Committee for Neurosurgery has recently approved a new training programme which will shortly replace the former programme, which dates from 1984. The object of this report was to evaluate training in neurosurgery in Spain under the extant programme as perceived by the residents themselves. Assessm...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Mateo-Sierra O,Delgado P,Cancela P,Fernández-Carballal C

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a patient with an intracerebral haematoma occurring at a remote site following evacuation of a chronic subdural haematoma. Recurrence of the haematoma, infection, seizure, cerebral edema, tension pneumocephalus and failure of the brain to expand due to cerebro-cranial disproportion are the major complicatio...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Dinc C,Iplikcioglu AC,Bikmaz K,Navruz Y

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred patients with a verified subarachnoid haemorrhage were studied in a double blind, placebo-controlled trial at a single centre to determine the value and relative risks of tranexamic acid (TXA) in the management of ruptured intracranial aneurysms. The incidence of recurrent haemorrhage between active and pl...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Tsementzis SA,Hitchcock ER,Meyer CH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1979 and 1989, 7 patients were admitted, with cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and associated aneurysms (7% of the AVM patients and 2% of the aneurysm patients admitted during the same period). 6 of these patients were admitted because of an intracranial haemorrhage (in 3 of them the AVM, angiographi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Deruty R,Mottolese C,Soustiel JF,Pelissou-Guyotat I

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of the trans-sphenoidal approach has not only made intrasellar tumours removable, but has proved also to be a safe method for ablation of suprasellar tumour extension. Experiences with 154 suprasellar pituitary adenomas in a series of 278 trans-sphenoidal operations are presented. Results are compared...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Pásztor E,Kemény AA,Piffkó P

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microvascular decompression (MVD) is a documented effective treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (TN). Lately, reports on endoscopy-assisted microvascular decompression (eaMVD) with better outcome and less risk have emerged. This study was undertaken to verify under which circumstances the endoscope proved esse...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sandell T,Ringstad GA,Eide PK

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on the results obtained on a series of 325 patients operated on for single brain metastasis at the Institute of Neurosurgery of the University of Rome during the period 1951-1979. After analyzing the results vis-à-vis the site of the brain metastasis, the site of the primitive tumour and the surgica...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Gagliardi FM,Mercuri S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) and intracranial pressure (ICP) were studied in cats, suffering from a chronic space-occupying lesion produced by enlargement of an epidural balloon over the left sensomotory cortex. Our study shows that latency alterations of SEP are not dependent on the degree of ICP. Additional...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Bothe HW,Lee SW,Samii M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To present the combined treatment of fusiform basilar artery aneurysms consisting of a surgical posterior fossa decompressive craniectomy and ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt operation at the same sitting, before the endovascular procedure with telescopic stenting of the aneurysmatic vessel segment in four ca...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kizilkilic O,Kayadibi Y,Sanus GZ,Koçer N,Islak C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple intracranial aneurysms (MIAs) are associated with poorer outcomes after rupture than are single intracranial aneurysms (SIAs). Although the risk factors for intracranial aneurysm rupture have been widely investigated, few studies have focused on MIAs. Thus, the present study aimed to determine wheth...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Jiang H,Weng YX,Zhu Y,Shen J,Pan JW,Zhan RY

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one consecutive symptomatic patients with burst fractures of the lower thoracic or lumbar spine (T 11-L4) were treated by early surgery in a 36-month period, with near-anatomical reduction being achieved via the postero-lateral route. Fusion and reconstruction of the vertebral body was done by using autologous ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Silvestro C,Francaviglia N,Bragazzi R,Viale GL

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of primary intraspinal melanoma is presented. This is a very rarely observed lesion, as only 37 cases have been described up to now. Patient presenting with signs and symptoms of spinal cord compression after MRI and spinal angiography was operated upon. Total removal of an intraspinal cervical tumour was perfo...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Bidziński J,Kroh H,Leszczyk C,Bojarski P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/PURPOSE:Increased slow-wave activity in intracranial pressure (ICP) signifies an exhausted cerebrospinal compensatory reserve across a range of conditions. In this study, we attempted to describe synchronisation between slow waves of ICP and of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) variables during controlled el...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Weerakkody RA,Czosnyka M,Zweifel C,Castellani G,Smielewski P,Keong N,Haubrich C,Pickard J,Czosnyka Z

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical spine injuries of variable severity are common among patients with an acute traumatic brain injury (TBI). We hypothesised that TBI patients with positive head computed tomography (CT) scans would have a significantly higher risk of having an associated cervical spine fracture compared to patients wi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Thesleff T,Kataja A,Öhman J,Luoto TM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In defensive medicine, practice is motivated by legal rather than medical reasons. Previous studies have analyzed the correlation between perceived medico-legal risk and defensive behavior among neurosurgeons in the United States, Canada, and South Africa, but not yet in Europe. The aim of this study is to ex...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Yan SC,Hulsbergen AFC,Muskens IS,van Dam M,Gormley WB,Broekman MLD,Smith TR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Hydrocephalus is characterised by elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) and gives rise to brain damage. The aim of this study was to investigate the significance of brain specific proteins as markers in the evaluation of brain damage in hydrocephalus. Therefore we determined the levels of four brain specific prot...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Beems T,Simons KS,Van Geel WJ,De Reus HP,Vos PE,Verbeek MM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuroprotective effects of recombinant human activated Protein C (rhAPC) in models of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) and ischemic stroke have been reported in rodents. To rule out immunogenicity of rhAPC and to possibly maintain the physiological PC/thrombin balance the use of zymogen PC in SCI might be preferable...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Petter-Puchner AH,Sieber J,Hopf R,Ohlinger W,Schuller M,Redl H

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Advances in radiological imaging techniques have enabled volumetric measurements of meningiomas to be easily monitored using serial imaging scans. There is limited literature on the relationship between tumour growth rates and the WHO classification of meningiomas despite tumour growth being a major determ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Soon WC,Fountain DM,Koczyk K,Abdulla M,Giri S,Allinson K,Matys T,Guilfoyle MR,Kirollos RW,Santarius T

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A medullary cone metastasis from an adenocarcinoma of esophagus, and a solitary lumbar spinal nerve root metastasis from a breast carcinoma, gave rise to two cases of cauda equina syndrome. Muscle strength in the lower limbs improved postoperatively, while the disturbances of bladder, bowel, and pelvic floor function ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Mosdal C,Bang F

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is described of a 52 year old patient admitted for acauda equina compression syndrome (flaccid paraplegia of the lower limbs, bilateral lumbar and sciatic pains, urinary incontinence) of rapid onset and due to narrowing of the lumbar canal from tabetic arthropathy. These vertebral manifestations occur in a lo...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Cantore GP,Gambacorta D

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we found that the neurological outcome in patients anaesthetized for early clipping (up to 72 h after SAH) of a ruptured aneurysm and treated with cyclosporine A was significantly better than the neurological state of control patients without immuno-suppressive treatment. The results justify the p...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ryba M,Pastuszko M,Iwanska K,Bidzinski J,Dziewiecki C

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In case of suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus, MRI is performed systematically and can sometimes highlight an obstruction of the flow pathways of the CSF (aqueductal stenosis or other downstream obstruction). It seems legitimate for these patients to ask the question of a treatment with endoscopic third...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Baroncini M,Kuchcinski G,Le Thuc V,Bourgeois P,Leroy HA,Baille G,Lebouvier T,Defebvre L

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nitric oxide is a key mediator of post-traumatic inflammation in the brain. We examined the expressions of iNOS, nNOS, and eNOS in inbred DA and PVGa rat strains where DA is susceptible to autoimmune neuroinflammation and PVGa-resistant. METHODS:Parietal contusions using a weight drop model were produced in...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Günther M,Al Nimer F,Gahm C,Piehl F,Mathiesen T

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The management of pineal cysts is still debatable, especially for asymptomatic incidental ones. For symptomatic cysts associated with hydrocephalus, the surgical management is mandatory and may include either classical microsurgical approaches to the pineal region or endoscopic trans-ventricular approaches i...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Berhouma M,Ni H,Vallee B

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent animal research has provided evidence that brain ischaemia is associated with a shift of energy related metabolites (lactate, adenosine, inosine, and hypoxanthine) and several transmitters from the intracellular to the extracellular fluid (ECF). These chemical changes of the ECF reflect the energy crisis of the...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hillered L,Persson L,Pontén U,Ungerstedt U

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The understanding of molecular alterations of tumors has severely changed the concept of classification in all fields of pathology. The availability of high-throughput technologies such as next-generation sequencing allows for a much more precise definition of tumor entities. Also in the field of brain tumor...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Banan R,Hartmann C

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our study was carried out in 34 rabbits which were divided into three groups (A, B, C). In group A (10 animals), a mid-laminectomy of the first lumbar (L1) vertebra was performed and the circulation in the exposed spinal cord segment was examined using both procedures, the videomicroscopy as well as the r.S.C.B.F. mea...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Karoutas G,Tsitsopoulos P,Taskos N,Karacostas D,Tzotzoras T,Liapis J,Logothetis J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00