Evaluation of results of temporal bone resection.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of fluorescein sodium in predicting conclusive tissue diagnosis in stereotactic brain biopsies and to characterize features of contrast-enhancing and non-enhancing MRI lesions associated with fluorescence. METHODS:A total of 19 patients were studied, 1...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Nevzati E,Chatain GP,Hoffman J,Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK,Lillehei KO,Ormond DR

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effects of medroxyprogesterone acetate, enoxaparin and pentoxyfylline on lipid peroxidation, antioxidant defence system, paraoxonase activities, and homocysteine levels in an experimental model of spinal cord injury were investigated. METHOD:Sixty-three male albino Wistar rats were anaesthetized by 400 mg/k...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Topsakal C,Kilic N,Erol FS,Kaplan M,Akdemir I,Tiftikci M,Gursu F

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In theory, lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells offer a potential method to treat cerebral gliomas, especially low-grade gliomas. LAK cells would be administered by repeated injections straight into the cavity of a subtotally removed tumour. However, brain-tumour cyst fluid has been shown to be immunosuppressive in...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Jääskeläinen J,Kalliomäki P,Paetau A,Saksela E,Timonen T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and fifty patients with trigeminal neuralgia were treated by percutaneous compression of the Gasserian ganglion (PCGG) during the last 8 years. The technique is the one described by Mullan with the balloon inflated during 6 minutes with 0,7 cc of contrast medium. Over a follow-up period ranging from 6 mont...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Abdennebi B,Bouatta F,Chitti M,Bougatene B

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Catheter-assisted Guglielmi detachable coiling (CAGDC) is a technical option that was developed to allow the endovascular treatment of wide-necked aneurysms. We report upon our experiences of the CAGDC in treating aneurysms with an assessment of its efficacy and safety. METHODS:The effect of CAGDC of wide-n...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ihn YK,Kim DI,Kim BS,Lee JM

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fever occurs frequently in acute brain injury patients, and its occurrence is associated with poorer outcomes. Paracetamol, an antipyretic frequently employed in patients with cerebral damage, may cause hypotension. We evaluated the cerebral and hemodynamic effects of intravenous (IV) paracetamol for the con...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Picetti E,De Angelis A,Villani F,Antonini MV,Rossi I,Servadei F,Caspani ML

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvascular decompression (MVD) has come to stay as an effective way of treating hemifacial spasm. But it remains to be seen how much each of the electrophysiological monitoring techniques (intra-operative) are contributing to its increased efficacy. Their role as indicators for re-exploration or recurrence is to be...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kiya N,Bannur U,Yamauchi A,Yoshida K,Kato Y,Kanno T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early onset "juvenile type" Parkinson's disease is commonly associated with disabling bilateral levodopa-induced dyskinesias. We report here a successful contemporaneous bilateral postero-ventral pallidotomy performed on a 46-year-old male with juvenile type Parkinson's and associated levodopa incited symmetric dyskin...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Iacono RP,Lonser RR,Yamada S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:70 patients were treated for spinal dural arteriovenous fistula in the same centre, during a period of 10 years. Conus medullaris and cauda equina syndromes were observed in all patients as the clinical stereotyped presentation. Diagnosis was based on myelography in the first instance and then on angiography. 40 patie...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Mourier KL,Gelbert F,Rey A,Assouline E,George B,Reizine D,Merland JJ,Cophignon J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To introduce reliable and minimally invasive virtual surgical planning for superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) bypass surgery using three-dimensional (3-D) rotational reconstruction digital subtraction angiography (DSA). METHODS:Twenty-eight consecutive patients (11 women and 17 m...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Nakagawa I,Kurokawa S,Tanisaka M,Kimura R,Nakase H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Patients with oligodendrogliomas with allelic loss of chromosomal arm 1p and 19q have been shown, especially with anaplastic oligodendrogliomas, to have both a better initial and long-term response to chemotherapy as well as an improved overall survival. Effective treatment of patients with brain tumors require...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sherman JH,Prevedello DM,Shah L,Raghavan P,Pouratian N,Starke RM,Lopes MB,Shaffrey ME,Schiff D

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of measurements in vivo of intracranial pressure obtained with a new telemetric epidural pressure transducer are described. The relations of epidural pressure to ventricular fluid pressure are studied in acute experiments and found to be linear, but variable. The functioning of 18 transducers was studied over ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： de Jong DA,Berfelo MW,de Lange SA,Maas AI

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:The necessity of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions in neurosurgical procedures is under debate. Although detailed recommendations exist for many other surgical disciplines, there are very limited data on the probability of transfusions during neurosurgical procedures. METHODS:Three-thousand and twenty-six c...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Linsler S,Ketter R,Eichler H,Schwerdtfeger K,Steudel WI,Oertel J

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:The difference in the course and the lethal mechanism between intracranial, subarachnoid and epidural bleedings was studied in a dog model under varying conditions. Subarachnoid bleedings were usually shortlasting, self-restricting, and generally survivable. The epidural bleedings differed quantitatively and qualitati...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Zwetnow NN,Habash AH,Löfgren J,Häkanson S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraoperative functional mapping with direct electrical stimulation during awake surgery for patients with diffuse low-grade glioma has been used in recent years to optimize the balance between surgical resection and quality of life following surgery. Mapping of executive functions is particularly challengi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Erez Y,Assem M,Coelho P,Romero-Garcia R,Owen M,McDonald A,Woodberry E,Morris RC,Price SJ,Suckling J,Duncan J,Hart MG,Santarius T

更新日期：2020-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors applied a scaffold-free osteogenic three-dimensional (3D) graft made of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AMSCs) in patients undergoing minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF). METHODS:Three patients (two patients and one patient with 1 and 2 levels, respectivel...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Fomekong E,Dufrane D,Berg BV,André W,Aouassar N,Veriter S,Raftopoulos C

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MRI is routinely used in the evaluation and management of patients with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS). However, its value is unclear in the early detection of signs that can negatively affect that later course of surgical cases. The purpose of the present study is to describe the MR images of early postoperative...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Floris R,Spallone A,Aref TY,Rizzo A,Apruzzese A,Mulas M,Simonetti G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Occluding a ruptured intracranial aneurysm as early as possible may entail certain periprocedural conditions that compromise the outcome. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and clinical outcome of endovascular coiling procedures performed on an emergency bas...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Matías-Guiu JA,Avecillas-Chasín J,Barcia JA,Moreu M,López-Ibor L

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiosurgery is either a primary or an adjunctive management approach used to treat patients with vestibular schwannomas. We sought to determine outcomes measuring the potential benefits against the neurological risks in patients who underwent radiosurgery after previous microsurgical subtotal resection or recurrence ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Unger F,Walch C,Papaefthymiou G,Feichtinger K,Trummer M,Pendl G

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The facial electromyographic response was monitored intraoperatively in 40 patients with hemifacial spasm who were operated on by microvascular decompression of the facial nerve. All 40 patients showed an abnormal facial electromyographic response (lateral spread response) with a latency of about 10 msec after stimula...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Isu T,Kamada K,Mabuchi S,Kitaoka A,Ito T,Koiwa M,Abe H

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：:Ki-67 antigen is used as a marker of proliferative activity that is linked to growth rate, invasiveness and prognosis of pituitary adenomas. So far the distribution of Ki-67 index within an individual adenoma has not been investigated. If Ki-67 antigen expression differs significantly within an individual pituitary ad...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Wolfsberger S,Kitz K,Wunderer J,Czech T,Boecher-Schwarz HG,Hainfellner JA,Knosp E

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cases of primary spinal epidural Extra-osseous Ewing's sarcoma (EES) are rarely seen and a good prognosis for EES cannot be expected since a high incidence of local recurrence and metastasis frequently occur. We present a case of cervical spinal epidural EES in a 7-year-old girl with long survival after tumour resecti...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kogawa M,Asazuma T,Iso K,Koike Y,Domoto H,Aida S,Fujikawa K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The use of rapid sequential gamma camera scintigraphy in conjunction with computer aided storage and evaluation of data has been shown to be a promising method for the analysis of CSF dynamics in man. 2. Using this method rapid flow of CSF in the basal cisterns can be studied. The further course of tracer activity ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Palma A,Kolberg T

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The right coronal sutures of twelve (12) newborn rabbits were fixed with commercially available, self-reinforced poly-L-lactide miniplates, with eight (8) rabbits sham treated with titanium miniplate fixation as reference experiments, in order to demonstrate the possible effects on skull growth. After six (6) months f...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Antikainen T,Pernu H,Törmälä P,Kallioinen M,Waris T,Serlo W

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Glomus jugulare tumours represent a great therapeutic challenge. Previous papers have documented good results from Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) with these tumours. However, the relationship between clinical improvement and tumour shrinkage has never been assessed. MATERIALS AND METHODS:There were 14 patients...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ganz JC,Abdelkarim K

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Out of 502 patients with surgically treated drug-resistant chronic epilepsy (tumour cases excluded) in 12 (2%) a clear occipital focus was found. The pattern of seizures was in most cases nonspecific and polymorphic. EEG examination and neuroradiological findings led to proper localization of the epileptogenic focus. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Bidziński J,Bacia T,Ruzikowski E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00