Association of meningiomas with dural "tails"; surgical significance.

abstract：:The use of cold as a therapeutic agent has a long and colorful history. The Edwin Smith Papyrus, the most ancient medical text known, dated 3500 B.C., made numerous references to the use of cold as therapy. Baron de Larrey, a French army surgeon during Napoleon's Russian campaign, packed the limbs in ice prior to ampu...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Wang H,Olivero W,Wang D,Lanzino G

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:Among 64 patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS) and 60 with trigeminal neuralgia (TN) treated by microvascular decompression (MVD), repeated MVD performed on 3 cases with HFS resulted in the absence of spasm in all cases. In 7 cases with TN, this technique resulted in complete remission in 2, recurrence in 3, and no pai...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Yamaki T,Hashi K,Niwa J,Tanabe S,Nakagawa T,Nakamura T,Uede T,Tsuruno T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with a vestibular schwannoma, some studies have reported that useful hearing preserved initially after surgery deteriorates gradually in the long term. Studies with more patients are needed to clarify the maintenance rate of postoperative hearing function and to identify prognostic of hearing fun...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ichimasu N,Kohno M,Nakajima N,Matsushima K,Tanaka Y,Tsukahara K,Inagaki T,Yoshino M,Nagata O

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to the high rate of shunt complications due to obstruction and infection there is a considerable number of undesirable side effects caused by excessive drainage of CSF. Four hundred shunt treated patients are analyzed for overdrainage signs: acute decompression symptoms produced by upward shifting of the b...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Faulhauer K,Schmitz P

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Management of asymptomatic meningiomas represents a challenge due to the absence of a solid consensus on which is the best management strategy. There are various known factors predicting meningiomas growth risk. However, the Asian Intracranial Meningioma Scoring System (AIMSS) is the only described score to ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Brugada-Bellsolà F,Teixidor Rodríguez P,Rodríguez-Hernández A,Garcia-Armengol R,Tardáguila M,González-Crespo A,Domínguez CJ,Rimbau JM

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-mediated cytotoxicity (CTX) of meningioma patients towards meningioma cells and fibroblasts was studied in vitro before and after surgery, using the 3H-proline microcytotoxicity test. When incubated with allogeneic target cells before surgery, lymphocytes from three out of seven donors showed a specific destructi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Pees HW

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the natural history and the growth rate of spheno-orbital meningiomas (SOMs). METHODS:Ninety patients with a diagnosis of SOM were included, and patient charts and imaging were evaluated. In a subset of 32 patients, volumetric studies were performed. RESULTS:The median follow-up for the enti...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Saeed P,van Furth WR,Tanck M,Kooremans F,Freling N,Streekstra GI,Regensburg NI,van der Sprenkel JW,Peerdeman SM,van Overbeeke JJ,Mourits MP

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a series of 37 cases of unruptured aneurysms, admitted and operated upon over a 5 year period (1985-1990), which represents an incidence of 18% of the total number of aneurysm patients operated upon during this period. These unruptured aneurysms were discovered in 4 types of circumstances: 1) Associ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Deruty R,Pelissou-Guyotat I,Mottolese C,Bognar L,Oubouklik A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trapped fourth ventricle (TFV) is a rare and difficult to treat condition. Most patients have a past inciting event (infection, IVH, trauma) and history of prior CSF diversion. The symptoms are due to the mass effect on brainstem and cerebellum. Rarely, TFV can also be associated with syrinx formation due to...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Tyagi G,Singh P,Bhat DI,Shukla D,Pruthi N,Devi BI

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new case of hypothalamic hamartoma associated with precocious puberty is presented. After reviewing the literature, 23 other cases appeared. The ultrastructural study of the present case revealed common features with other hamartomatous lesions of the central nervous system and with the gangliogliomas. The data sugg...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Vaquero J,Carrillo R,Oya S,Martínez R,López R

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms requires strategic pre-interventional or preoperative planning. In addition to modern three-dimensional (3D) rotational angiography, computed tomography angiography (CTA) or magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA), a solid, tangible 3D model may improve anatomical compr...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Andereggen L,Gralla J,Andres RH,Weber S,Schroth G,Beck J,Widmer HR,Reinert M,Raabe A,Peterhans M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty operated cases of angiographically unrecognized microaneurysm (AUM) have been analysed with special reference to intra-operative observations and clipping-technique. Among the patients with intracranial aneurysms that the authors' facility has operated upon, the incidence of asymptomatic incidental AUM that was...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Karasawa H,Matsumoto H,Naito H,Sugiyama K,Ueno J,Kin H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A saccular cerebral aneurysm was incidentally found at the bifurcation of a fenestrated anterior cerebral artery of 35-week-old Sprague-Dawley rat. The animal had been fed a normal laboratory diet. The internal lamina extended for a short distance into the neck of the aneurysm and then suddenly disappeared. The medial...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kim C,Cervós-Navarro J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In order to determine the reliability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis and staging of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), the most common entrapment neuropathy, the following prospective study has been performed. METHODS:We compared clinical and electrophysiological studies in 58 cases of CTS wit...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kleindienst A,Hamm B,Hildebrandt G,Klug N

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:In the past, the accuracy of surface matching has been shown to be disappointing. We aimed to determine whether this had improved over the years by assessing application accuracy of current navigation systems, using either surface matching or point-pair matching. METHODS:Eleven patients, scheduled for intracran...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Mongen MA,Willems PWA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of thromboxane A2 synthetase inhibitor and hyperdynamic therapy on delayed cerebral ischaemia following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage were evaluated in a series of twenty eight patients, who underwent aneurysmal clipping with 72 hours after subarachnoid haemorrhage. Postoperatively, 13 patients were ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Yano K,Kuroda T,Tanabe Y,Yamada H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dystonia has been treated well using deep brain stimulation at the globus pallidus internus (GPi DBS). Dystonia can be categorized as two basic types of movement, phasic-type and tonic-type. Cervical dystonia is the most common type of focal dystonia, and sequential differences in clinical outcomes between p...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Chung M,Huh R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristic findings of metrizamide CT cisternography in two cases of epidermoid are reported. The main finding was a "cauliflower-like" appearance and was thought to be caused by the irregular interstices of epidermoids. Metrizamide CT cisternography may be helpful in making a diagnosis of an epidermoid. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Inoue H,Toya S,Ohtani M,Kawase T,Takenaka N,Okui S,Miyahara Y,Shiga H

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine its roles in the diagnosis and the systemic evaluation of metastatic brain tumours, whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) using [18F]FDG was performed in 20 consecutive patients. METHODS:All patients were thought to be suffering or needing to be differentiated from metastatic brain tumo...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kim DG,Kim CY,Paek SH,Lee DS,Chung JK,Jung HW,Cho BK

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We compared the electrode positions of subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) estimated at the immediate postoperative period with those estimated 6 months after surgery. METHODS:Brain CT scans were taken immediately and 6 months after bilateral STN DBS in 53 patients with Parkinson's disease...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kim YH,Kim HJ,Kim C,Kim DG,Jeon BS,Paek SH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 49-year-old woman had a left frontal expanding mass with calcified areas. A craniotomy and resection of the mass were performed. Histological sections showed a mixed tumour: osteochondrosarcoma-glioblastoma multiforme. The absence of previous irradiation and its location, deep in the frontal lobe and apparently unat...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sarmiento J,Ferrer I,Pons L,Ferrer E

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Early repair of myelomeningocoele (MM) is associated with decreased morbidity and mortality. In sub-Saharan Africa, the peculiar harsh economic and social realities make late presentation, malnutrition and sepsis at presentation prevalent. As these factors may affect surgical repair, the aim of this study was...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Idowu OE,Apemiye RA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a period of 13 years 978 cases of severe head injuries were operated on in our clinic. An analysis of the medical reports includes injuries of the superficial dural sinus (39 cases = 4%): among these injuries of the anterior and central part of the superior sagittal sinus (66 per cent), injuries of the transverse s...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Meier U,Gärtner F,Knopf W,Klötzer R,Wolf O

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a seventeen-years-old girl suffering from partial seizures with complex symptomatology. The neuroradiological studies demonstrated a slow-growing glial tumour seated deeply in the right temporo-occipital region. Scalp EEG demonstrated a bilateral asynchronous temporal focus without definite latera...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Marossero F,Ettorre G,Franzini A,Motti DF

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-three patients were operated on for ruptured intracranial aneurysms during a 12-month-period. Intraoperative evaluation of cortical blood flow by means of a thermal diffusion probe was performed in 23 out of the 41 patients who were operated on for aneurysms of the anterior circulation. The autoregulation index ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Viale GL,Cossu M,Cella F,Balestrero M,Rossi A,Masoni D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of intravenous nitroglycerin (NTG) combined with dopamine on intracranial pressure (ICP) and cerebral arteriovenous oxygen difference (AVDO2) were studied in 11 patients with acute subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). The study was performed on Days 1 to 3 of SAH after aneurysmal clipping. Treatment consisted o...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Iwanaga H,Okuchi K,Koshimae N,Goda K,Imanishi M,Tokunaga H,Aoki H,Boku E,Sakaki T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant cell tumors of the spine are uncommon. Usually they are benign and solitary, but locally very aggressive. Most of them occur at the sacral spine. There are only 26 reported cases in the literature involving this type of tumor in the lumbar spine, in particular exhibiting an intraperitoneal growth. We present the...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Munoz-Bendix C,Cornelius JF,Bostelmann R,Gierga K,Steiger HJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One case of a pontine haematoma with clinical symptoms of cerebellopontine angle tumour is described. The haematoma was successfully evacuated, and preoperative neurological deficits disappeared except for minimal right fifth nerve palsy. The pathological specimen was diagnosed as arteriovenous malformation. Lateropon...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Inoue Y,Sato O

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood blister-like aneurysms (BBAs) pose a significant challenge to neurosurgeons and neuro-interventionalists. These fragile broad-based aneurysms have a propensity to rupture with minimal manipulation during surgical or endovascular explorations because, unlike saccular aneurysms, they lack all layers of t...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Cıkla U,Baggott C,Başkaya MK

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00