Quality of life in nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma patients before and after surgical treatment.

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 study was carried out in 34 rabbits which were divided into three groups (A, B, C). In group A (10 animals), a mid-laminectomy of the first lumbar (L1) vertebra was performed and the circulation in the exposed spinal cord segment was examined using both procedures, the videomicroscopy as well as the r.S.C.B.F. mea...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Karoutas G,Tsitsopoulos P,Taskos N,Karacostas D,Tzotzoras T,Liapis J,Logothetis J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:171 patients with an instability-related failed back surgery syndrome underwent internal fixation. The operative indication was based on specific diagnostic procedures such as anaesthesia of articular nerves and the trial external immobilization in a plaster jacket. Taking account of the different types of hypermobili...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Markwalder TM,Battaglia M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraoperative fluorescence angiography with indocyanine green (ICG) as a tracer has recently been introduced as a novel technique for neurosurgery. We evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of near-infrared (NIR) indocyanine green (ICG) videoangiography for patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy (CEA). ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Haga S,Nagata S,Uka A,Akagi Y,Hamada Y,Shono T

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), the great impressionist-classicist composer of many popular compositions, such as the Boléro, suffered from a progressive disease and died following an exploratory craniotomy by Clovis Vincent. The history of his progressive dementia and the contribution of a car accident, following which he...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kanat A,Kayaci S,Yazar U,Yilmaz A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The superficial middle cerebral veins (SMCVs) are large veins to drain the brain and therefore anatomical knowledge of them is important for neurosurgeons and neuroradiologists. In a patient with a ruptured blister aneurysm, we incidentally found during angiography an aberrant drainage of the SMCVs, which penetrated t...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Mizutani K,Consoli A,Di Maria F,Coskun O,Rodesch G

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：:The results of electro-oculographic recordings made after caloric vestibular stimulation (C.O.G.) in severe head injured patients are discussed. It was found that: 1. The C.O.G. correlates with the state of consciousness of the patients. 2. The rate of improvement of the C.O.G. correlates with the rate of the clinical...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Minderhoud JM,van Woerkom TC,van Weerden TW

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe an approach through the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle which proved to be useful for clipping of a large dorsal type basilar bifurcation aneurysms. It facilitates the preservation of the perforating arteries behind the aneurysm, because it gives sufficient working space to move the aneurys...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sakaki T,Matsuyama T,Yabuno T,Hashimoto H,Kurokawa S,Kawaguchi S,Morimoto T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Compressive optic neuropathy (CON) with visual loss is, apart from corneal exposure and disfigurating proptosis, the most serious clinical sign encountered in Graves' ophthalmopathy. However, numerous different approaches and operative techniques have been proposed for orbital decompression, with varying res...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Korinth MC,Ince A,Banghard W,Gilsbach JM

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:As there are many collateral pathways between venous systems, intraoperative venous injury rarely induces venous infarction. In some patients, however, venous injury during microsurgical manipulation may cause acute and/or delayed serious complications. Although intraoperative evaluation using indocyanine gr...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hardian RF,Hanaoka Y,Funato K,Agata M,Ito K,Horiuchi T

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyze a series of 44 medulloblastomas in patients aged 20 and older, listed in the Connecticut Tumor Registry. Average age was 34.1 years. Incidence was 0.058 per 100,000 per year. Headache and ataxia were the most frequent presenting complaints. Findings at diagnosis most often were papilloedema, cranial nerve p...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Farwell JR,Flannery JT

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lesions lateral to the lower brainstem in an area extending from the foraminae of Luschka to the foramen magnum are rare and include different pathologies. There is no consensus on an ideal surgical approach. METHOD:To gain access to this area, we use the midline suboccipital subtonsillar approach (STA). Th...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Herlan S,Roser F,Ebner FH,Tatagiba M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sporadic vestibular schwannoma (VS) causes unilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo and unsteadiness. In many cases, the tumour size may remain unchanged for many years following diagnosis, which is typically made by MRI. In the majority of cases the tumour is small, leaving the clinician and patient with the option...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Myrseth E,Pedersen PH,Møller P,Lund-Johansen M

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：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：:Forty-two patients with petroclival meningioma were operated upon by the middle fossa transpetrosal-transtentorial approaches since 1977. Half of those showed tumour extension into the middle fossa and one-third in the cavernous sinus. Seventeen (40%) had a large tumour of 40 mm in diameter or larger, and 8 of those h...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kawase T,Shiobara R,Toya S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a case of a post-traumatic subdural haematoma with an unusual evolution in two phases, one slow, the other very rapid. The rapidity of the evolution was caused by the rupture of a cortical dural artery, shown angiographically. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ciappetta P,Bruni P

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Juxtafacet cysts (JFCs) of the subaxial cervical spine are rare causes of neurological deficits. Their imaging characteristics, relationship to segmental instability, and potential for inducing acute symptomatic deterioration have only been described in a few case reports and small case series. The objective...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Uschold T,Panchmatia J,Fusco DJ,Abla AA,Porter RW,Theodore N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-three patients with atypical forms of spinal tuberculosis treated between 1975 and 1985, are described. All presented with signs and symptoms of compression of the spinal cord or cauda equina, ranging from paraesthesiae and increasing weakness of extremities to paraplegia and loss of sphincter control. None of ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Naim-Ur-Rahman,Al-Arabi KM,Khan FA

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：OBJECT:The authors analyzed the cases of 163 patients with syringomyelia to assess the appropriate surgical procedure. METHODS:Depending on the aetiological factors and treatment considerations the series was classified into three groups. Group I were cases where there was no definite demonstrable aetiological factor;...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Goel A,Desai K

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To explore whether segmentation and 3D modeling are more accurate in the preoperative detection of the neurovascular relationship (NVR) in patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN) compared to MRI fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition (FIESTA). METHOD:Segmentation and 3D modeling using 3D Slicer were...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Han KW,Zhang DF,Chen JG,Hou LJ

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

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：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：BACKGROUND:Cavernous angiomas are vascular malformations which rarely involve the cavities of the lateral ventricles. Knowledge of the specific clinical and neuroradiological features displayed by these lesions is limited by the scarcity of patients included in the reported series. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS:The aim of thi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Carrasco R,Pedrosa M,Pascual JM,Navas M,Liberal R,Sola RG

更新日期：2009-02-01 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