About a very rare variation of the course and width of the vertebral arteries and the hypoglossal nerve.

abstract：:Quantitative isotope ventriculography (QIV) has been suggested as a method for diagnosing hydrocephalus and predicting the results of CSF shunt insertion. However, the physiological significance of this and other tracer clearance studies is questionable. Using a simplified mathematical model for tracer clearance follo...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Stein SC

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analysed 13 patients (pts.) treated at the University of Tübingen from 1985 to 1993 to evaluate the results of radiation therapy (XRT) given as an adjuvant to totally or subtotally resected meningiomas. The overall survival was 38% at five years with a probability of relapse of 50% at this time. Rec...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hoffmann W,Mühleisen H,Hess CF,Kortmann RD,Schmidt B,Grote EH,Bamberg M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic subdural haematomas (cSDHs) have shown an increasing incidence in an ageing population over the last 20 years, while unacceptable recurrence rates of up to 30 % persist. The recurrence rate of cSDH seems to be related to the excessive neoangiogenesis in the parietal membrane, which is mediated via va...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Schaumann A,Klene W,Rosenstengel C,Ringel F,Tüttenberg J,Vajkoczy P

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The molecular mechanism of hemorrhagic stroke is unclear, and the identification of therapeutic agents for attenuating post-stroke brain damage remains an unresolved challenge. Dexamethasone (DEX) is used clinically to treat spinal cord injury and brain tumor patients by reducing edema formation, but has pro...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Yang JT,Lee TH,Lee IN,Chung CY,Kuo CH,Weng HH

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Giant and large pituitary adenomas (PA) constitute a specific subset of PAs, with gross total resection (GTR) rates frequently not exceeding 50%. Both an anatomical inaccessibility and an inadequate tumor visualization are thought to play a role. This study analyzes risk factors for postoperative residuals a...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Peto I,Abou-Al-Shaar H,White TG,Abunimer AM,Kwan K,Zavadskiy G,Wagner K,Black K,Eisenberg M,Bruni M,Dehdashti AR

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though the brain bulk has been considered to be constant in several pressure homeostasis studies, the central nervous tissue may be responsible for the accommodation of extracerebral masses exceeding the volume regulation capacity of the cerebral blood and cerebrospinal fluid. Volume buffering of the nervous tissue ma...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Dóczi T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that a canine basilar artery manifested tonic and potent, protein kinase C (PKC)-dependent contractions when nitric oxide (NO) was inhibited. We also reported a linear correlation between chronological changes in the angiographic severity of vasospasm, enhanced PKC, and attenuated guanosine, 13',1...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Nishizawa S,Yokota N,Yokoyama T,Uemura K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In defensive medicine, practice is motivated by legal rather than medical reasons. Previous studies have analyzed the correlation between perceived medico-legal risk and defensive behavior among neurosurgeons in the United States, Canada, and South Africa, but not yet in Europe. The aim of this study is to ex...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Yan SC,Hulsbergen AFC,Muskens IS,van Dam M,Gormley WB,Broekman MLD,Smith TR

更新日期：2017-12-01 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:Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH) is an acute cerebrovascular event with high socioeconomic impact as it tends to affect younger patients. The recent NCEPOD study looking into management of aSAH has recommended that neurovascular units in the United Kingdom should aim to secure cerebral aneurysms wi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Deshmukh H,Hinkley M,Dulhanty L,Patel HC,Galea JP

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN), or better named vago-glossopharyngeal neuralgia (VGPN), is a rare disorder amounting to 1 % of the incidence of trigeminal neuralgia (TN). Pain is paroxysmal, of the electrical shooting type, and mainly provoked by stimulation of the pharynx or deep throat, especially during swallowin...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Chen J,Sindou M

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:We developed a new simple therapeutic method for the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) without irrigation and drainage. This method is characterized by replacement of the hematoma with oxygen. METHODS:Seventy patients (seventy-eight sides) with CSDH were treated with this method from May 1994 to...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Takeda N,Sasaki K,Oikawa A,Aoki N,Hori T

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are conflicting opinions regarding the optimal waiting time to perform surgery after rupture of supratentorial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) to achieve the best possible outcome. OBJECTIVE:To analyze factors influencing outcomes for ruptured supratentorial AVMs after surgery, paying particular at...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hafez A,Oulasvirta E,Koroknay-Pál P,Niemelä M,Hernesniemi J,Laakso A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a body of evidence showing that various neurotrophic factors support the survival of nerve cells and stimulate axonal outgrowth, doubt remains about their optimal site of application as well as the more compelling question of what clinical benefit, if any, they would confer. Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kelleher MO,Myles LM,Al-Abri RK,Glasby MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anterior cranial fossa dural arterio-venous fistulas (DAVFs) represent 6% of all intracranial DAVFs; characteristically they show an aggressive behaviour with high risk of intracranial haemorrhage. Peculiar anatomical features, such as feeding by the ethmoidal arteries and the pattern of venous drainage (fre...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Meneghelli P,Pasqualin A,Lanterna LA,Bernucci C,Spinelli R,Dorelli G,Zampieri P

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The asymmetry of tonsillar ectopia, syringomyelia, and clinical manifestations, and their correlations in adult Chiari I malformation (CIM) are seldom discussed. METHODS:Clinical and imaging data of 104 consecutive adult patients with CIM and syringomyelia were retrospectively reviewed. A method was devised...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Deng X,Wang K,Wu L,Yang C,Yang T,Zhao L,Xu Y

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer system, based on IBM PC, was designed for the cerebrospinal compensatory model identification. The intracranial pressure (ICP) signal, registered during the lumbo-lumbar infusion test is analyzed by means of the spectral analysis algorithm in order to measure precisely the pulse wave amplitude. The amplitud...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Czosnyka M,Batorski L,Laniewski P,Maksymowicz W,Koszewski W,Zaworski W

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 51-year-old female who had a four-year history of Parkinson's disease with severe "on-off' and disabling progression of symptoms on chronic levodopa therapy. After obtaining FDA approval, we implanted a Medtronic deep brain stimulation lead stereotactically into the right anterior pallidum con...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Iacono RP,Lonser RR,Maeda G,Kuniyoshi S,Warner D,Mandybur G,Yamada S

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aneurysms associated with brain arteriovenous malformations (bAVMs) influence the natural history of these lesions and pose important therapeutic challenges. However, the epidemiology, natural history, and appropriate management of the aneurysms associated with bAVMs are not completely understood due to the ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Cagnazzo F,Brinjikji W,Lanzino G

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Too few cases of isolated abducent nerve palsy caused by neurovascular compression syndrome have been reported. We here report on a case of abducent nerve palsy caused by neurovascular compression syndrome that was successfully treated by microvascular decompression (MVD). A 46-year-old male presented with a 6-month h...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Yamazaki T,Yamamoto T,Hatayama T,Zaboronok A,Ishikawa E,Akutsu H,Matsuda M,Kato N,Matsumura A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the association of intracranial aneurysms and abdominal aortic aneurysms to elucidate the incidence and independent risk factors for this association. Ultrasonography of the abdominal aorta was performed in 181 patients with 224 intracranial aneurysms. Six patients had suffered subarachnoid hae...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Miyazawa N,Akiyama I,Yamagata Z

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of spontaneous temporal pneumatocoele secondarily infected by Haemophilus parainfluenzae is reported. Its relation to the lateral ventricle and to a defect in the tegmen tympani was confirmed by computerized tomography (CT). The possible aetiological mechanisms are discussed. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Cowie RA,Harris P

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the arteriovenous malformations of the posterior fossa the arterial feeders and the dural venous sinuses can be identified in anatomical terminology. The arterialised veins which do not conform to adult anatomical descriptions represent the persistent embryonic veins of the metencephalic and myelencephalic segments...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Vidyasagar C

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For gliomas, the goal of surgery is to maximise the extent of resection (EOR) while minimising the postoperative morbidity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefits of a protocol developed for the surgical management of gliomas located in language areas, where tractography-integrated navigation...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Vassal F,Schneider F,Sontheimer A,Lemaire JJ,Nuti C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hydrocephalus may present with heterogeneous signs and symptoms. The indication for its treatment and the optimal drainage in complex cases may be challenging. Telemetric intracranial pressure measurements (TICPM) may open new perspectives for those circumstances. We report our experiences using the Neuroven...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Pennacchietti V,Prinz V,Schaumann A,Finger T,Schulz M,Thomale UW

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of anterior cervical discectomy without fusion (ACD), ACD with fusion by stand-alone cage (ACDF) or with arthroplasty (ACDA) on cervical sagittal alignment is not known and is the subject of this study. METHODS:A total of 142 adult patients with single-level cervical disease were at random alloca...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Donk RD,Arnts H,Verhagen WIM,Groenewoud H,Verbeek A,Bartels RHMA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:Microvascular decompression (MVD) for hemifacial spasm (HFS) provides a long-term cure rate. Delayed facial palsy (DFP) is not an unusual complication, but it has only been sporadically described in the literature. The purpose of this report is to evaluate the incidence of delayed facial palsy after MVD and ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Rhee DJ,Kong DS,Park K,Lee JA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00