Thoracic myelocystoceles--two variants.

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：OBJECT:Although functional mapping facilitates the planning of surgery in and around eloquent areas, the resection of tumors adjacent to language areas remains challenging. In this report, we took notice that the language areas (Broca's and Wernicke's) present at the perisylvian fissure. We posit that if there is non-e...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sakurada K,Sato S,Sonoda Y,Kokubo Y,Saito S,Kayama T

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine cases of posttraumatic primary brain stem haematoma are described. All cases presented ocular and vegetative symptoms. Hyperextension was regarded as the most likely mechanism of injury. All patients were treated conservatively; half of them with a good outcome. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Goscinski I,Kwaitkowski S,Cichonski J,Moskala M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-hundred seven patients who were operated on consecutively between January 1983 and December 1990 to relieve disabling positional vertigo (DPV) using the microvascular decompression (MVD) procedure were studied. Selection of the patients for MVD operations was based on both case history and the results of otoneurol...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Møller MB,Møller AR,Jannetta PJ,Jho HD,Sekhar LN

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed cordectomy, a surgical technique that is infrequently used at present, for a patient with post-traumatic syringomyelia (following complete paraplegia of both lower limbs due to dislocation fracture of the 9th thoracic vertebra), yielding a favourable result. We recommend cordectomy as a surgical technique...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kasai Y,Kawakita E,Morishita K,Uchida A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present study investigated the incidence of acute rebleeding after successful coil embolization of a ruptured cerebral aneurysm, including clinical outcomes, and possible mechanisms of the events other than coil compaction and/or incomplete embolization. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study included 591 consec...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kang DH,Kim YS,Baik SK,Park SH,Park J,Hamm IS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of fibrosarcoma arising in the pineal of a 36-year-old female patient. She died at the age 43 following biopsy, radiation therapy, tumor resection, chemotherapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery. Light microscopic study of all tissues obtained, including immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy of su...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Liu Z,Salamat MS,Hafez GR,Mehta MP,Robins HI,Amoli RS,Tomic S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of dumbbell-shaped hypoglossal neurinoma with intra- and extracranial extension is reported. The tumour was surgically completely removed in a one-stage operation via a dorsolateral sub-occipital transcondylar approach. Clinical presentation and the role of high-resolution CT-scan, MRI and angio-MRI in diagnosi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Spinnato S,Talacchi A,Musumeci A,Turazzi S,Bricolo A

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:The evolution of pituitary surgery has made it a safe and effective form of treatment; however, risks of inadequate tumor resection, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, pituitary dysfunction, and vascular injury still exist. The use of intraoperative ultrasonography (IOUS) in pituitary surgery has been well desc...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Alshareef M,Lowe S,Park Y,Frankel B

更新日期：2021-01-05 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：:In the management of shunt infection, the use of ventricular catheters made of silicone rubber for the temporary external drainage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is general practice. However, the eradication of the primary source of infection may be hindered by the affinity of bacteria to silicone-based material. Compar...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Vieweg U,Kaden B,Van Roost D

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of slit ventricles of shunt treated hydrocephalic children was evaluated in a follow up study of 141 patients. Slit like ventricles on computer tomography was seen in 75 patients (53%). 52 patients (37%) suffered from clinical symptoms corresponding with overdrainage of cerebrospinal fluid. Those 52 pati...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Serlo W,Saukkonen AL,Heikkinen E,von Wendt L

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-operative CSF leak is the major source of morbidity following endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with post-operative CSF leak in patients undergoing this surgery and facilitate the prospective identification of patients at higher risk of this...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hannan CJ,Almhanedi H,Al-Mahfoudh R,Bhojak M,Looby S,Javadpour M

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of our study was to evaluate MRI/Ultrasonography fusion accuracy depending on three ultrasonographic parameters. METHOD:An ultrasonography and MRI compatible model was created, consisting of a plastic box, which contained 3 objects. MRI scans were performed with 128 sagittal slices. The objects were ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Schlaier JR,Warnat J,Dorenbeck U,Proescholdt M,Schebesch KM,Brawanski A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioependymal cysts (GECs) are benign intracranial cysts that have been rarely reported in the literature. The exact pathogenesis of these developmental anomalies is controversial. Moreover, the terminology used to name GECs and other intracranial cysts is confusing because they are undistinguishably reporte...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Robles LA,Paez JM,Ayala D,Boleaga-Duran B

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic and prognostic values of quantitative isotope ventriculography (QIV), lumbar isotope cisternography (LIC), pneumoencephalography (PEG), and continuous intraventricular pressure recording (CIP) were assessed on the basis of the clinical course in 160 patients suspected of having acquired hydrocephalus. T...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Jensen F,Jensen FT

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the recent advances in neuroradiology including the CT scan and the spin-echo-magnetic resonance (MR), accurate diagnosis of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) involving the spinal cord is still based on selective angiography. This last procedure is invasive and needs to be repeated during the follow up. P...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Mourier KL,Gelbert F,Reizine D,Gobin PY,Bongioanni F,George B,Lot G,Merland JJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：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：:The effectiveness of percutaneous epidural stimulation has been evaluated in 11 patients with multiple sclerosis. Trial stimulation was performed at the thoracic level and lasted for 4 to 10 days. Evaluation was accomplished before the start and at regular intervals during and after the treatment. The scoring systems ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ketelaer P,Swartenbroekx G,Deltenre P,Carton H,Gybels J

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of the complexity of genetic abnormalities involved in the tumourigenesis of malignant gliomas is as yet rudimentary. However, we can discern distinctive patterns of loss of genetic material and amplification of chromosomal regions that characterize both the different types of gliomas as well as the ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Van de Kelft E

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-HIAA) in ventricular CSF were determined in 19 patients (12 female 7 male) with brain tumours. No relationship was found between ventricular fluid pressure (VFP) and levels of HVA and 5-HIAA. A relationship was observed between ventricular CSF, HVA concentration...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Bareggi SR,Porta M,Collice M,Calderini G,Ferrara M,Morselli PL

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:OBJECTIVE, BACKGROUND: Cerebral angiography, performed within 24 hr of aneurysmal rupture, carries an increased risk of rebleeding. We have investigated the rerupture rate during angiography procedures under deep general anesthesia and the factors that contribute to rebleeding. METHODS:We divided 69 patient...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kusumi M,Yamada M,Kitahara T,Endo M,Kan S,Iida H,Sagiuchi T,Fujii K

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma (NFMA) is a benign neoplasm that causes visual function disturbances and headaches and can be treated by transsphenoidal surgery (TSS). It is unclear how quality of life (QOL) changes with surgery and which QOL factors are affected by treatment. METHODS:The aim is to as...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Tanemura E,Nagatani T,Aimi Y,Kishida Y,Takeuchi K,Wakabayashi T

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one cases of posterior fossa haemangioblastoma have been seen in our department over a period of 23 years. Seven cases were associated with spinal cord lesions and one with a supratentorial lesion. There were 22 cases of Lindau's disease (43%). The onset was earlier and recurrences commoner than in isolated case...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Symon L,Murota T,Pell M,Bordi L

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There are divergent opinions about the prognostic value of the extent of surgery and of different histological subtypes in supratentorial astrocytomas WHO grade II. METHODS:We reviewed 75 consecutive patients (36 females, 39 males) with supratentorial astrocytomas WHO grade II (59 primary and 16 recurrent tu...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Peraud A,Ansari H,Bise K,Reulen HJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public engagement has become one of the most effective tools in gaining feedback and perspectives from members of the public, involving patients with decisions, and inspiring young people to carry the medical profession forwards. Brainbook is a multi-platform, social media-based resource that was created spe...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Alamri A,Rogers P,Kearns C,Doke T,Al-Habib A,Servadei F,Hutchinson PJ,Kolias AG,Uff C

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) causes long-term psychosocial impairments even in patients who regain functional independence. Little is known about predictors of these impairments. We studied how early clinical data and neuropsychological results predict work status and health-related quality of li...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Vilkki J,Juvela S,Malmivaara K,Siironen J,Hernesniemi J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Paragangliomas are tumors that arise from the paraganglion system, which is a component of the neuroendocrine system. Approximately 10% are located in the extra-adrenal paraganglion system. Paragangliomas of the spine, however, are rare. They usually present as an intradural tumor in the cauda equina. There ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Falavigna A,Righesso O,Volquind D,Salgado KB,Teles AR

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00