Clinical evaluation of the polypropylene-polyester knit used as a cranioplasty material.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, we compared the dosimetric properties between Gamma Knife (GK) and Cyberknife (CK), and investigated the clinical implications in treating brain metastases (BMs). METHODS:Between 2011 and 2013, 77 patients treated with either single-fraction GK for small BMs (n = 40) or fractionated CK for la...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Cho YH,Lee JM,Lee D,Park JH,Yoon K,Kim SO,Kwon DH,Kim JH,Kim CJ,Roh SW

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachnoid cysts are developmental anomalies that represent 1% of all intracranial space occupying lesions. Treatment of symptomatic cases may include shunting of the cyst or an open fenestration of it, among other less acceptable surgical procedures. Each procedure has its own pros and cons. We present a case of the d...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Laviv Y,Michowitz S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraoperative navigated ultrasonography has reached clinical acceptance, while published data for the accuracy of some systems are missing. We technically quantified and optimised the accuracy of the integration of an external ultrasonography system into a BrainLab navigation system. METHODS:A high-end ult...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Wanis FA,Wessels L,Reinges MHT,Uhl E,Jödicke A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of single and dual nerve transfer for the repair of shoulder abduction in patients with upper or upper and middle trunk root avulsion. METHODS:We carried out a retrospective analysis of 20 patients with C5-C6 or C5-C7 root avulsion treated by nerve transfe...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Xiao F,Zhao X,Lao J

更新日期：2019-04-01 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

abstract：:We present a rare fatal complication of an occipital condylar fracture. The patient was initially neurologically intact, but showed secondary clinical deterioration. Imaging revealed extensive extra-axial hemorrhage at the craniocervical junction and an acute obstructive hydrocephalus. MR imaging demonstrated a T2 hyp...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Bulthuis VJ,Cornips EMJ,Dings J,van Santbrink H,Postma AA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a technique used worldwide to treat several types of chronic neuropathic pain refractory to any conservative treatment. The aim of this data collection is to enforce evidence of SCS effectiveness on neuropathic chronic pain reported in the literature and to speculate on the u...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Colombo EV,Mandelli C,Mortini P,Messina G,De Marco N,Donati R,Irace C,Landi A,Lavano A,Mearini M,Podetta S,Servello D,Zekaj E,Valtulina C,Dones I

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Endoscopic 3rd ventriculostomy has become the method of choice in the management of occlusive hydrocephalus. The treatment is accompanied by significantly less peri-operative complications than the cerebrospinal fluid shunting procedures previously employed. Close surveillance of patients, however, is necessa...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Vajda Z,Büki A,Vetö F,Horváth Z,Sándor J,Dóczi T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wound healing impairment is a serious problem in surgical disciplines which may be associated with chronic morbidity, increased cost and patient discomfort. Here we aimed to investigate the relevance of bacterial colonisation on suture material using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect and taxonomicall...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hong B,Winkel A,Ertl P,Stumpp SN,Schwabe K,Stiesch M,Krauss JK

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An intensive experimental spinal cord impact trauma in rabbits led, after 90 minutes, to a significant increase of serotonin content in the segments of spinal cord at the injury epicentres. Adjacent segments showed normal values. It is suggested that the existing contradictory published data concerning the serotonin c...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Nĕmecek S,Suba P,Cerman J

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated and analysed our own 31 cases of the haemorrhagic type of moyamoya disease to clarify the clinical features of this disease. The cases were divided into three groups. Group A consisted of 12 cases with aneurysms. Aneurysms on the circle of Willis were treated as ordinary saccular aneurysms. Group B consis...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kawaguchi S,Sakaki T,Kakizaki T,Kamada K,Shimomura T,Iwanaga H

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship of pain relief from a recently presented CT-guided indirect cervical nerve root injection with local anesthetics and steroids to surgical decompression as a treatment for single-level cervical radiculopathy is not clear. This retrospective study aimed to compare the immediate and 6-week post...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Antoniadis A,Dietrich TJ,Farshad M

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effectiveness of repeated gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS) for the treatment of multiple metastatic brain tumours was evaluated. METHODS:This study included 16 patients with 242 tumours, 10 men and 6 women with a mean age of 60.3 years at initial GKS, who underwent GKS four times or more for newly develop...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Shuto T,Fujino H,Inomori S,Nagano H

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monostotic manifestation of fibrous dysplasia in the spine is exceedingly rare. We report the case of a 30 year-old woman suffering from slowly increasing low back pain. Radiologically a polycyclic, slightly gadolinium-enhancing, solitary lesion within the first lumbar vertebral body was detected. The lesion was remov...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hertel F,Hopf T,Feiden W,Bettag M,Walter C,Delling G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasingly, biomarkers have been identified that correlate with improved overall and progression-free survival (OS and PFS) in glioblastoma, including MGMT methylation status and mutations in the IDH1 gene. In this study, we investigated the clinical and biological factors associated with long-term surviva...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Millward CP,Brodbelt AR,Haylock B,Zakaria R,Baborie A,Crooks D,Husband D,Shenoy A,Wong H,Jenkinson MD

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After ventricular catheterization magnetic resonance (MR) imaging very often demonstrates a focal area of high signal along the drain track which corresponds to parenchymal oedema. This high signal seemed to be more pronounced when the frontal area was catheterized than when the junctional parieto-temporo-occipital pa...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Raftopoulos C,Bidaut L,Chaskis C,Cantraine F,Clarysse S,Balériaux D

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinico-pathological findings are reported in a case with persistent vegetative state after multiple cerebral lesions. The lesions are small in size, and are situated at different levels of the CNS, some of them being important in the maintenance of wakefulness and motor initiative. The differential diagnosis and ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Arseni C,Nereanţiu F,Carp N

更新日期：1981-01-01 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

abstract：:DNA analysis was performed by flow cytometry (FCM) in 59 cases of different types of pituitary adenomas who underwent microsurgery and were actively followed over a period of 3-6 years. Aneuploid DNA patterns were detected in 12 (20%) cases. Frequency of aneuploidy was highest in prolactin-secreting (36%) as compared ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Lüdecke DK,Beck-Bornholdt HP,Saeger W,Schmidt W

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even in specialized centers, suboptimal aneurysm clipping can be as high as 12%. Intraoperative fluorescence angiography with indocyanine green and, more recently, fluorescein sodium have been shown to be a good method for intraoperative flow assessment. However, the cost with the apparatus it entails limits...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Leal RTM,Fernandes RA,Escudeiro GP,Rodrigues RMC,Monteiro R,Landeiro JA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Octreotide is a potent agonist of somatostatin that lowers the serum level of growth hormone (GH), and reduces the size of somatotropinomas. However, the detailed mechanism of shrinkage of this tumour is not known. We, therefore, evaluated 11 patients with somatotropinomas who were treated with octreotide 300 microgra...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Saitoh Y,Arita N,Ohnishi T,Ekramullah S,Takemura K,Hayakawa T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The scientific activity of neurosurgeons and neurosurgery residents as measured by bibliometric parameters is of increased interest. While data about academic output for neurosurgeons in the USA, the UK, and Canada have been published, no similar results for German neurosurgical residents exist. Within this ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kilinc F,Gessler F,Dubinski D,Won SY,Quick-Weller J,Seifert V,Behmanesh B

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The improvement in the knowledge of the main anatomical landmarks permits an evolution in the safety of the surgical treatment and a conceptual development of the geometrical anatomico-surgical characteristics of the infratemporal fossa. This conceptual evolution determines surgical and oncological advantages: firstly...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Iannetti G,Belli E,Cicconetti A,Delfini R,Ciappetta P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The common method of presentation of intracranial aneurysms is at the time of their rupture (with subarachnoid haemorrhage) or on the occasion of their compression of neighbouring structures. While giant aneurysms may occasionally present with subarachnoid haemorrhage, their more common methods of presentation are due...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Symon L

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intra-operative monitoring of the position of the central sulcus (CS) is indispensable to properly treat a peri-motor cortex lesion. Noninvasive preoperative studies for identification of CS are also needed for choosing the optimal operative procedure. Magneto-encephalography (MEG) has recently been introduc...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Shimamura N,Ohkuma H,Ogane K,Manabe H,Yagihashi A,Kikkawa T,Suzuki S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reports on outcome after multilobar resection (MLR) are scarce and most are retrospective single-centre studies or case studies with few patients. The aim of this study is to present seizure and complication outcomes 2 years after MLR in a prospective population-based series. METHOD:The Swedish National Epi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Nilsson DT,Malmgren K,Flink R,Rydenhag B

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Z-L response (ZLR) has been suggested to a new electromyographic (EMG) potential recorded from the facial muscle of patient with hemifacial spasm (HFS) during microvascular decompression (MVD). Although ZLR has been suggested to be useful, experience of ZLR monitoring is limited and its significance during M...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Son BC,Ko HC,Choi JG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of brain tumors in elderly patients is increasing. It has become possible to treat meningiomas in the elderly by several modalities. We developed a successful multimodal strategy to treat these patients. METHODS:We registered 35 patients with meningiomas. Symptomatic meningiomas were treated s...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sonoda Y,Sakurada K,Saino M,Kondo R,Sato S,Kayama T

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basal forebrain cells of foetal rats were transplanted into the subarachnoid space of adult rats harbouring a kainic acid-induced unilateral lesion in the nucleus basalis magnocellularis. Passive avoidance response tests were performed eight weeks after the transplantation, and the results were compared with those of ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kyoshima K,Matsuda M,Handa J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trauma to the craniocervical junction (CCJ) encompasses a wide and complex spectrum of injury with an even broader range of clinical presentation, and since trauma to this area borderlines neurosurgical main areas of interest, these relatively rare injuries can be overlooked. In fact, there has been an abund...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Reddy M,Reddy B,Schöggl A,Saringer W,Matula Ch

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00