Anterior sacral meningocele occurring in one family. An autosomal dominantly inherited condition.

abstract：:Microdialysis enables the chemistry of extracellular fluid in body tissues to be measured. Extracellular proteases such as the cysteine protease, cathepsin S (CatS), are thought to facilitate astrocytoma invasion. Microdialysates obtained from human brain tumours in vivo were subjected to cathepsin S activity and ELIS...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Flannery T,McConnell RS,McQuaid S,McGregor G,Mirakhur M,Martin L,Scott C,Burden R,Walker B,McGoohan C,Johnston PG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old man presented with a history of fits and on initial investigation was suspected of having a left frontal parafalcine meningioma. Initial surgical procedure to excise the lesion had to be abandoned owing to the extreme vascularity of the lesion. Histology revealed it to be a haemangioendothelioma. At a se...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Golash A,Strang FA,Reid H

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the investigation was to report on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients diagnosed with skull base tumours using the Short Form Health Survey questionnaire (SF-36). Those patients suffering with vestibular schwannoma were examined to determine the effect facial nerve function had on t...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kelleher MO,Fernandes MF,Sim DW,O'Sullivan MG

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of a 35-year-old man, who suffered intermittent hydrocephalic attacks due to a large subependymoma arising within the left lateral ventricle. The sparse literature on this rare tumour is reviewed. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Iqbal Z,Sutcliffe JC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A selected series of 14 patients with lumbar disc prolapse causing sciatica have been operated successfully with outpatient (daycase) surgery. Postoperative pain has been much less than expected. This form of surgery has proved very acceptable to patients and to their family doctors. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Griffith H,Marks C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined approach for microvascular decompression of trigeminal neuralgia is reported. Arachnoid dissection of the cerebellar horizontal fissure (transhorizontal approach) allowed easy identification of the root exit zone of the trigeminal nerve. The superior semilunar lobule was pulled back rostrally so that retrac...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fujimaki T,Kirino T

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our experience with 3D customised cranioplasties for large cranial defects. They were made by casting bone cement in custom made moulds at the time of surgery. Between October 2015 and January 2018, 29 patients underwent the procedure; 25 underwent elective cranioplasties for large cranial defects and four w...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Đurić KS,Barić H,Domazet I,Barl P,Njirić N,Mrak G

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a large trigeminal neurinoma in an 18-month-old child involving the Gasserian ganglion and all three divisions in a plexiform pattern. The tumour in the ophthalmic division extended all the way to the supraorbital nerve. The child presented with proptosis which had been observed since she was 4 months of age...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goel A,Ranade D,Nagpal RD

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern cancer therapy has improved the prognosis for several tumour types. This, however, does not apply to the largest group of brain tumours, the malignant astrocytomas grades III-IV. Hence, there is need for new ideas to improve treatment. Ca2+ and the Ca(2+)-binding protein calmodulin have been shown to be involve...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aas AT,Brun A,Pero RW,Salford LG

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bilateral anterior cingulotomy is a palliative procedure occasionally used for cancer pain, and human studies suggest anterior cingulate cortex is active in dyspnoeic states. OBJECTIVES:A case of debilitating thoracic wall pain due to malignant mesothelioma relieved by bilateral anterior cingulotomy is desc...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pereira EA,Paranathala M,Hyam JA,Green AL,Aziz TZ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The operative management and early post-operative outcome of 16 consecutive cases of paediatric penetrating head injury treated by a single surgeon at a military trauma centre in Southern Afghanistan are retrospectively analysed. The majority of cases of injury were caused by fragments from exploding munitions. The ai...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mathew P,Gibbons AJ,Christie M,Eisenburg MF

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma recurring after 20 years and representing with subarachnoid haemorrhage is described. Evidence in favour of a neoplastic pathogenesis is presented. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Stapleton SR,Wilkins PR,Bell BA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an established treatment modality for chronic pain, angina pectoris, and peripheral vascular disease. This study evaluates experience with SCS over a 13-year period with emphasis on surgical complications, revisions and pain relief. It took the form of a retrospective study of medical/...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kay AD,McIntyre MD,Macrae WA,Varma TR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen patients with surgical infection of the posterior fossa are presented. There were 14 patients with cerebellar abscess, one patient with a solitary posterior fossa subdural empyema, and another with a combined cerebellar abscess and subdural empyema. Two of the cerebellar abscess patients also had supratentoria...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brydon HL,Hardwidge C

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combining previously independently established techniques our objective was to develop and evaluate a method for bedside qualitative assessment of cerebral blood flow in neurointensive care (NICU) patients. The CT-protocol was optimized using phantoms and comparing a mobile CT-scanner (Tomoscan-M, Philips) with two st...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hillman J,Sturnegk P,Yonas H,Heron J,Sandborg M,Gunnarsson T,Mellergård P

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CNS lymphoma involving the trigeminal nerve is a rare condition which presents as a cavernous sinus lesion. It may mimic the radiological appearance of other lesions, and biopsy is essential before considering empirical radiotherapy for lesions in this region. We report the radiological, histopathological and operativ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Perera C,Fitt G,Kalnins R,Lee S,Gonzalvo A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical thermal clearance was used during surgery for clipping of a giant middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysm. During prolonged continuous proximal MCA occlusion thermal clearance remained normal, indicating sufficient collateral blood supply. Postoperatively the patient had no neurological deficit. This monitoring...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Choksey MS,Chambers IR,Jenkins A,Mendelow AD,Sengupta RP

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-grade (WHO level I) meningiomas are slow-growing, benign tumours typically presenting with unspecific symptoms (e.g. headache), seizures, cranial nerve compression and neuropsychological symptoms determined by location and size of the lesion. Haemorrhagic onset and sequelae are rare, and have been described infreq...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sakowitz OW,Harting I,Kohlhof P,Unterberg AW,Steiner HH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of chronic subdural haematoma (CSH), spanning from its possibly earliest beginnings throughout the centuries until the early 1980s, was investigated within the context of four different epochs. In the 'era of uncertainty', successful trephination, the modem method of choice for the treatment of CSH, was de...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Weigel R,Krauss JK,Schmiedek P

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was performed to evaluate the rate of infection in free and osteoplastic bone flaps after craniotomy. Two hundred and two craniotomies were performed in 98 cases of tumour, 35 cases of trauma and 69 cases of vascular disease. The overall incidence of infection was 6.4% (13 cases). The infectious ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rasmussen S,Ohrström JK,Westergaard L,Kosteljanetz M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39-year-old female moyamoya disease patient underwent a salvage direct bypass surgery involving anastomosis of the superficial temporal artery or STA and middle cerebral artery or MCA. This report describes a rare case of moyamoya disease that was revascularized after the previous indirect bypass surgery failed to r...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yoo M,Jin SC,Jin SJ,Choi BS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the management of 7 cases of extradural arachnoid cyst is presented. A brief review of the literature on the subject is presented. Seven cases of extradural arachnoid cysts were treated surgically between the years 1996 to 2002. These patients were analysed retrospectively. The average follow-up period was...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kulkarni AG,Goel A,Thiruppathy SP,Desai K

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the use of globus pallidus internus (Gpi) local field potentials recorded through pre-implanted deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes on a patient affected by generalized dystonia. The recordings were made both before and after radiofrequency-induced posteroventrolateral bilateral stereotactic p...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Franzini A,Cordella R,Penner F,Rosa M,Messina G,Rizzi M,Nardocci N,Priori A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a chronic encapsulated intracerebral haematoma presenting with medically intractable epilepsy is described. A tough capsule containing an old haematoma was confirmed surgically, and consisted of dense collagenous tissue with rich neovascularization. The radiological features, aetiology and treatment of ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kurita H,Ichi S,Shiokawa Y

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OCT4 expresses variably in primary intracranial germinomas. In this study, we tested our hypothesis that such variation of OCT4 is predictive of outcome in primary intracranial germinomas. Thirty-one histologically identified CNS germinoma patients were enrolled in our study. We collected medical data, immunohistochem...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wanggou S,Jiang X,Yuan X,Ren C,Zeng Y,Li G,Li Q

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nerve and muscle biopsy are common procedures often performed by junior surgical trainees. This educational review article describes the operative details of performing biopsies of muscle and nerve. Indications, pre-operative investigations and complication rates are described to aid in proper patient select...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hart MG,Santarius T,Trivedi RA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present our experience with suprabow minicraniotomy in the excision of 18 suprasellar tumours between May 2001 and September 2003. There were 14 females and four males with ages ranging from 7 to 59 years. The tumours included one epidermoid cyst, 10 meningiomas, five craniopharyngiomas and two optico-chiasmatico-h...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Joseph V,Chacko AG

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM) is a disabling condition arising from arthritic compression and consequent injury of the cervical spinal cord. Stratification of CSM severity has been useful to inform clinical practice and research analysis. In the UK the Myelopathy Disability Index (MDI) is a popular assessme...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Davies BM,Nourallah B,Venkatesh A,Ali AMS,Guilfoyle M,Francis J,Kotter MRN,Laing RJC

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial infections, pneumonia in particular, are well-known complications of traumatic brain injury (TBI), which are associated with a worse neurological outcome. This review aims to explore the role of vagus nerve activity in immunomodulation as a causative factor. A MEDLINE search revealed numerous reports publis...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hall S,Kumaria A,Belli A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the technical feasibility, and the clinical and radiological results of interbody fusion with a carbon fibre cage following anterior cervical discectomy. Nineteen consecutive patients, eight male and 11 female, with an age range from 28 to 75 years (mean 45) underwent anterior...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brooke NS,Rorke AW,King AT,Gullan RW

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00