Surgical approaches to thoracic disc herniations.

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：BACKGROUND:This study was aimed at the evaluation of the relationship between genetic polymorphisms of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) (rs4680:A > G-Val158Met, rs6269:A > G, rs4633:C > T, rs4818:C > G) and pain sensitivity after lumbar discectomy. METHODS:All patients had one-level symptomatic disc herniation from...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Rut M,Machoy-Mokrzyńska A,Ręcławowicz D,Słoniewski P,Kurzawski M,Droździk M,Safranow K,Morawska M,Białecka M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As the volume of scientific publications increases, the rate of retraction of published papers is also likely to increase. In the present study, we report the characteristics of retracted papers from clinical neurosurgery and allied clinical and basic science specialties. METHODS:Retracted papers were ident...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Madhugiri VS,Nagella AB,Uppar AM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional clinical outcome measures for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) have focused on motor function and activities of daily living. However, in the past decade there has been a new emphasis on the use of health related quality of life (HRQOL) measures for translating how a patient's response to treatmen...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： D'Antonio LL,Zimmerman GJ,Iacono RP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous malformations in the posterior fossa are relatively rare. Although the introduction of CT and MRI has made them easier to detect, their treatment is still controversial. Based on our experience with six patients and a review of the literature, we have tried to establish guidelines for their treatment. Since the...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Mori K,Seike M,Kurisaka M,Kamimura Y,Morimoto M

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:Forty-two patients with 44 cephaloceles treated between 1966 and 1993 are presented. Eighteen lesions were occipital, 2 parietal, 1 at the anterior fontanelle, 11 sincipital, and 12 basal. In recent years computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provided better information on the site and natu...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Czech T,Reinprecht A,Matula C,Svoboda H,Vorkapic P

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A number of different image-guided surgical techniques have been developed during the past decade. None of these methods can provide the surgeon with information about the dynamic changes that occur intra-operatively. MATERIAL AND METHOD:The first vertical open 0.5T MRI-scanner for intra-operative MRI-guide...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Seifert V,Zimmermann M,Trantakis C,Vitzthum HE,Kühnel K,Raabe A,Bootz F,Schneider JP,Schmidt F,Dietrich J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transsphenoidal surgery has been well established as an effective primary treatment for tumours of the sellar region. During the dural opening, the prominent intercavernous sinus poses limitations for this approach and may contribute to incomplete tumour resections. METHOD:Based on our experience from 940 c...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kim EH,Ahn JY,Chang JH,Kim SH

更新日期：2009-07-01 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: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：: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：BACKGROUND:As technical progress advances, telemonitoring has become an important part of patient care in many areas of medical treatment. However, distanced surveillance of intracranial pressure (ICP) could not be established so far. With the recent introduction of a telemetric ICP measurement probe, new possibilities...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Tschan CA,Velazquez Sanchez VF,Heckelmann M,Antes S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1979 and 1989, 7 patients were admitted, with cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and associated aneurysms (7% of the AVM patients and 2% of the aneurysm patients admitted during the same period). 6 of these patients were admitted because of an intracranial haemorrhage (in 3 of them the AVM, angiographi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Deruty R,Mottolese C,Soustiel JF,Pelissou-Guyotat I

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adipose lesions of nerve primarily include intra- and extraneural lipomas and lipomatosis of nerve (LN). This paper will summarize the advances that have been made in the past decade, particularly related to LN and nerve territory overgrowth that have improved our understanding of the natural history, geneti...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Marek T,Mahan MA,Carter JM,Howe BM,Bartos R,Amrami KK,Spinner RJ

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We present the results of the visualisation of radial oxygen gradients in rats' cortices and their potential use in neurocritical management. METHODS:PO₂ maps of the cortex of ten sedated, intubated and controlled ventilated Wistar rats were obtained with a camera (SensiMOD, PCO, Kelheim, Germany). Those pictu...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Galler M,Moritz S,Liebsch G,Woertgen C,Brawanski A,Warnat J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of dissection of the extracranial vertebral artery with prominent occipital pain and elements of the lateral medullary syndrome. Arteriography showed a string and pearl sign. Magnetic resonance imaging allowed visualization of an intramural thrombus associated with a narrow vascular lumen. The distal...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Mabuchi S,Kamiyama H,Abe H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peripheral nerve lesions usually are associated with neuropathic pain. In the present paper, we describe a simple scale to quantify pain after brachial plexus injuries and apply this scale to a series of patients to determine initial outcomes after reconstructive surgery. METHODS:Fifty-one patients with tra...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Bonilla G,Di Masi G,Battaglia D,Otero JM,Socolovsky M

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this work was to retrospectively study the long-term reliability of the common consensus endocrinological criteria for the assessment of postoperative remission of acromegaly. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In 96 consecutive patients, surgical remission of acromegaly following transsphenoidal surgery was co...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kristof RA,Grote A,Redel L,Neuloh G,Klingmüller D,Schramm J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electromagnetic field focusing (EFF) probe is capable of producing well circumscribed, intense heat at the point of contact with the tissue. Experimental studies were carried out to assess this probe as a neurosurgical tool using 38 rats and 4 mice with mammary carcinoma. The study on the rats included study of th...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Patil AA,Yamanashi WS,Valentine JL,Hill D,Filip OF

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of transsphenoidal deflation of a detachable balloon after embolization of a carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF). The patient developed complete third and sixth nerve palsies immediately after detachable balloon embolization of the CCF, which was considered to be caused by cavernous sinus (CS) compressi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Jung JY,Kim SH,Kim DJ,Kim DI

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable positive experience in functional radiosurgery has been reported since Leksell's first experience in 1951, but the development of frameless radiosurgery was been limited because of the difficulty of identifying invisible functional targets. In this paper we report on two cases of bilateral parkinsonian tr...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Franzini A,Marchetti M,Brait L,Milanesi I,Messina G,Forapani E,Broggi G,Fariselli L

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroclival arachnoid cysts are rarely reported. A 40-year-old woman had a sudden onset of occipitocervical pain. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a cystic mass lesion located in the retroclival region and complicated with intracystic haemorrhage. At operation, by a right lateral suboccipital approach, an old...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Akyuz M,Goksu E,Aralasmak A,Tuncer R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) secondary to arterivenous malformations (AVMs) is relatively rare. We here report on a case of TN caused by cerebellar AVMs that was successfully treated by total AVMs resection in conjunction with microvasecular decompression (MVD) in one stage. In addition, we perform a review of the litera...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Li ZY,Liang JT,Zhang HQ,Bao YH,Ling F

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumour associated epilepsy (TAE) is a poorly understood manifestation of many gliomas, meningiomas and metastatic brain tumours that has important clinical and social implications. Etiological mechanisms underlying tumour associated epilepsy include theories invoking peritumoural amino acid disturbances, local metabol...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Beaumont A,Whittle IR

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eloquent area surgery has become safer with the development of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring and brain mapping techniques. However, the usefulness of intraoperative electric brain stimulation techniques applied to the management and surgical treatment of cavernous malformations in supratentori...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sanmillan JL,Lopez-Ojeda P,Fernández-Conejero I,Fernández-Coello A,Plans G,Ali-Ciurana Y,Gabarrós A

更新日期：2018-10-01 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: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：BACKGROUND:Several studies have investigated the relation between intraoperative abnormal muscle response (AMR) findings and postoperative results in patients undergoing microvascular decompression (MVD) for hemifacial spasm (HFS). However, there is some debate over the reliability of AMR as an indicator of postoperati...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Yamashita S,Kawaguchi T,Fukuda M,Watanabe M,Tanaka R,Kameyama S

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00