Effect of pre- and postganglionic lesioning of the trigeminal nerve on cerebral blood flow and glucose metabolism following a subarachnoid haemorrhage in the squirrel monkey.

abstract：:The goal of this study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of 16-row multislice computed tomography angiography (CTA) compared with digital subtraction angiography (DSA) in the detection of aneurysm remnants and arterial patency after clipping of intracranial aneurysms. Thirty-seven consecutive patients with 40 clip...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chen W,Yang Y,Qiu J,Peng Y,Xing W

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few data are available concerning the outcome of surgical removal of intracranial meningioma in elderly patients. Surgical criteria and prognostic factors are considerations in the decision as to whether neurosurgical removal should be attempted in elderly patients. The present study appears to be the first to examine...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tucha O,Smely C,Lange KW

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: The 2016 WHO tumour classification highlights the role of IDH1/2 gene mutation and 1p/19q co-deletion in classifying grade II/III gliomas. A recent cIMPACT-NOW update proposes the use of the term 'Not Elsewhere Classified' (NEC) for IDH-mutant, non co-deleted tumours. Here we show how the incorporation of ATR...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Burford C,Laxton R,Sidhu Z,Aizpurua M,King A,Bodi I,Ashkan K,Al-Sarraj S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of spontaneous haemorrhage in a cerebellar abscess is reported. Only two reports of this complication have been found in the literature. An incidental acoustic schwannoma was also found close to the abscess. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jamjoom AB,Atasoy M,Coakham HB

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of cranial fascitis presenting as an incidental finding. A 2 1/2-year-old girl had skull radiographs performed after sustaining a minor head injury, which revealed a lytic skull lesion. We describe the salient features of the case and review the current literature of this rare benign inflammatory co...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Boddie DE,Distante S,Blaiklock CT

更新日期：1997-10-01 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：:In this study occipital lobectomies were carried out on 12 foetal lambs on about the 100th day of gestation. Three lambs were born alive and had computed tomographic (CT) scans performed on the 13th or 18th day of life. One lamb was found to have hydrocephalus due to ventriculitis. All three lambs had low attenuation ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bannister CM,Chapman SA,Cranley JJ,Turnbull IW

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combining previously independently established techniques our objective was to develop and evaluate a method for bedside qualitative assessment of cerebral blood flow in neurointensive care (NICU) patients. The CT-protocol was optimized using phantoms and comparing a mobile CT-scanner (Tomoscan-M, Philips) with two st...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hillman J,Sturnegk P,Yonas H,Heron J,Sandborg M,Gunnarsson T,Mellergård P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a surgical series of 74 patients (30 males and 44 females) with pathologically verified cavernous angiomas of the intracranial and orbital compartments. Patients were admitted between 1975 and 1991; six had a family history of cerebral cavernomas, and two had multiple (two) lesions. The 76 malformations wer...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Acciarri N,Padovani R,Giulioni M,Gaist G,Acciarri R

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:During microvascular decompression procedure for trigeminal neuralgia, surgical attention is mainly focused at the neurovascular conflict at trigeminal root entry zone. However, many major complications of this surgery are often related to venous structures in the posterior fossa, including the venous sinuses and the ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Choudhari KA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: Contralateral C7 nerve root transfer surgery has been successfully applied to rescue motor function of a hemiplegic upper extremity in patients with central neurological injury. This surgical technique is challenging, and limited anatomical space makes it difficult to manipulate tissues and may lead to high...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jiang S,Chen W,Shen YD,Qiu YQ,Yu AP,Xu WD

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the investigation was to document the clinical presentations of a group of patients with neurofibromatosis type two syndrome (NF2), and took the form of a retrospective case note review. The investigation took place in the tertiary referral skull base unit. The dominant presentation of patients with N...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： da Cruz MJ,Hardy DG,Moffat DA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen patients with surgical infection of the posterior fossa are presented. There were 14 patients with cerebellar abscess, one patient with a solitary posterior fossa subdural empyema, and another with a combined cerebellar abscess and subdural empyema. Two of the cerebellar abscess patients also had supratentoria...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brydon HL,Hardwidge C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The empty sella syndrome is usually associated with normal pituitary function. If dysfunction is present, this is commonly hypofunction. Hyperfunctioning microadenomas have been described in the presence of the empty sella syndrome. We present the first reported cases of a microadenoma invading the clivus associated w...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Coulson CJ,Siddiq MA,Johnson AP

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Cerebral developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) very rarely cause massive haematoma, but should be included in the differential diagnosis of atypical massive intracerebral haematoma (ICH). We describe a case of massive ICH caused only by a DVA and successfully treated by haematoma evacuation with surgical rese...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nagatani K,Osada H,Takeuchi S,Otani N,Wada K,Mori K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Posterior fossa decompression both with and without duraplasty are accepted treatments for symptomatic adult patients with Chiari Malformations Type 1 (CM-1). There is still debate of the superiority of one technique over the other. The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical and craniometrical...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nikoobakht M,Shojaei H,Gerszten PC,Shojaei SF,Mollahoseini R,Azar M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gross congenital lesions of the nervous system are obvious at birth and usually present early for management and corrective surgery. However in tropical and developing nations, late presentations are common. AIMS:To determine the factors responsible for very late presentations of gross congenital lesions. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Komolafe EO,Komolafe MA,Adeolu AA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two case reports illustrate a long vascular pedicle cranial bone flap. A split or full thickness skull bone flap is based on the pericranium layer. The temporalis muscle with its overlying fascial layers and vascular pedicles form the base of this flap and assure its adequate vascularization. The technique and its use...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goel A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of extradural hematoma resulting from a relatively minor closed injury over the vertex where a plasma cell tumour had invaded the superior sagittal sinus. The patient underwent an emergency craniotomy and evacuation of the hematoma. Hemostasis and prevention of recollection of the hematoma were hampe...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Abdalla MA,Omer Z,Bashir SH,Papadopoulos MC

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Vertebral body compression fractures are one of the most common causes of disability and morbidity, especially among the elderly population. The present study was performed in order to evaluate the effect of percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) on patients' pain and quality of life (QOL) in Iran.Methods:...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nikoobakht M,Gerszten PC,Shojaei SF,Shojaei H

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aneurysms at nonbranching sites in the supraclinoid internal carotid artery (ICA), known as blood blister-like aneurysms (BBAs), are rare entities and differ from saccular aneurysms. In this study, we attempt to describe our clinical experience and the outcome of treatments for BBAs. METHOD:Thirteen of 745 ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yu-Tse L,Ho-Fai W,Cheng-Chi L,Chu-Mei K,Yi-Chou W,Tao-Chieh Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The graft site morbidity following iliac crest harvesting is significant. To overcome this, different bone substitutes like coral dowels, solvent dissolved bovine/human bone substitutes, and carbon fiber/titanium cages have been used. This study was undertaken to assess the postoperative radiological fusion ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Prakash SK,Mukerji N,Nath FP

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Extra-ventricular neurocytoma (EVN) is rare, mainly described within the cerebral hemispheres or spinal cord. We report a case of sellar neurocytoma presenting with chiasmal compression. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 50-year-old woman presented with decreasing vision and a bitemporal field deficit. CT and MRI demo...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wang YY,Kearney T,du Plessis D,Gnanalingham KK

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangiopericytoma is a rare mesenchymal tumor originating from capillary pericytes, known as Zimmermann pericytes. The adult form is not uncommon and generally malignant but tumor is found rarely in children. Here we describe an intracranial hemangiopericytoma in a preterm newborn whose had the tumor resected success...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yilmaz Semerci S,Demirel G,Vatansever B,Gundogdu S,Bolukbasi F,Oran G,Hazar V,Tastekin A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases with a unique association of Rathke's cleft cysts and a growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma in the same tumour tissue are reported. The embryological pathogenesis, diagnostic evaluation and treatment of these lesions are discussed. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nishio S Fujiwara T Morioka M Fukui S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke like episodes can occur by cortical compression due to changes in intracranial pressure. We report a patient after left hemicraniectomy who presented transient speech arrest after sleeping on the left side. We propose that mechanical compression of the left inferior or superior frontal gyrus led to this episode...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wojtecki L,Schnitzler A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to evaluate the adherence to current guidelines for the investigation of suspected subarachnoid haemorrhage and the prevalence and outcome of computed tomography (CT)-negative aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. DESIGN:A retrospective review in a single large tertiary referral centre. S...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bakr A,Silva D,Cramb R,Flint G,Foroughi M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 10-year-old boy who presented with a subarachnoid haemorrhage from a ruptured hypoglossal artery aneurysm. The aneurysm was clipped via a transcondylar approach. The embryology, occurrence and the surgical approach to aneurysms at this site are discussed. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Duffill J,Lang DA,Dwyer GN

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From autopsy and neuroradiological studies a maximum prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UA) of 0.5% in the general population is revealed. Studies concerning the incidence of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) revealed 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year. From these epidemiological parameter...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rosenørn J,Eskesen V,Schmidt K

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00