Abscess formation within a parasagittal meningioma. Case report.

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Mineralized or desiccated colloid cysts pose some unique challenges to endoscopic removal. The extrusion of the solid matrix into the intraventricular compartment has not been previously reported and, as such, no guidance exists regarding its predilection, prevention, and fate. METHODS Postoperative imaging ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Abdel Latif AM,Souweidane MM

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Medically refractory dystonia has recently been treated using deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeting the globus pallidus internus (GPI). Outcomes have varied depending on the features of the dystonia. There has been limited literature regarding outcomes for refractory dystonia following DBS of the subthalamic nu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kleiner-Fisman G,Liang GS,Moberg PJ,Ruocco AC,Hurtig HI,Baltuch GH,Jaggi JL,Stern MB

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vision loss remains a debilitating complication of pituitary adenomas, although there is considerable variability in visual impairment before and after decompression surgery. Growing evidence suggests secondary damage to remote visual structures may contribute to vision loss in patients with chiasmatic compre...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rutland JW,Delman BN,Huang KH,Verma G,Benson NC,Villavisanis DF,Lin HM,Bederson JB,Chelnis J,Shrivastava RK,Balchandani P

更新日期：2019-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The purpose of this paper was to define the general efficacy of and morbidity associated with stereoelectroencephalography using modem methods of imaging and to particularize the risks related to specific lobes of the brain. METHODS:All patients admitted to the Montreal Neurological Institute who had undergone ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： De Almeida AN,Olivier A,Quesney F,Dubeau F,Savard G,Andermann F

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five studies of regional cerebral blood volume (rCBV), regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF), and regional cerebral oxygen utilization (rCMRO2) were performed in 30 patients undergoing diagnostic cerebral angiography for evaluation of a subarachnoid hemorrhage due to a ruptured intracranial aneurysm. Tracer method...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Grubb RL Jr,Raichle ME,Eichling JO,Gado MH

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Reconstruction after anterior cervical decompression has involved the use of tricortical iliac crest bone or fibular strut grafts, but has been associated with significant morbidity. In this study the authors evaluated the efficacy of titanium mesh cages (TMCs) for stability and fusion following anterior cervica...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Narotam PK,Pauley SM,McGinn GJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:In the course of their lives most patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease require treatment for several symptom-producing hemangioblastomas of the cerebellum, brainstem, or spinal cord. However, many tumors never produce symptoms and do not require treatment. Detection at an early stage of lesions that wil...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ammerman JM,Lonser RR,Dambrosia J,Butman JA,Oldfield EH

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of solitary dorsal intramedullary schwannoma diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging and treated surgically is reported. The authors review the previously published cases. The possible etiology of the tumor as well as some difficulties encountered in the diagnostic procedure and treatment are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Herregodts P,Vloeberghs M,Schmedding E,Goossens A,Stadnik T,D'Haens J

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2) in cranial applications. METHODS:Critical-sized calvarial defects were created bilaterally in four rhesus monkeys, and bilateral rectangular bone flaps were created in six others. Control a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sheehan JP,Sheehan JM,Seeherman H,Quigg M,Helm GA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical sacrifice of the carotid artery is a frequently anticipated event during the treatment of certain aneurysms and tumors. The ability to predict tolerance to carotid artery occlusion is therefore of benefit when planning procedures in which the carotid artery is at risk. A trial of carotid artery occlusion usin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Giller CA,Mathews D,Walker B,Purdy P,Roseland AM

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Changes in cortical representation in patients with cerebral lesions may alter the correlation between cortical anatomy and function. This is of potential clinical significance when the extent of cortical resection is based on surface anatomical landmarks. METHODS:Fifty-one patients with supratentorial lesions ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bittar RG,Olivier A,Sadikot AF,Andermann F,Reutens DC

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Insight may be gained into the physiological mechanisms of deep brain stimulation (DBS) by analyzing local and contralateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) single-unit activity during activation of previously placed DBS electrodes. Special techniques are required to perform such analysis due to the presence of a larg...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Toleikis JR,Metman LV,Pilitsis JG,Barborica A,Toleikis SC,Bakay RA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levels of protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms in eight human glioblastoma cell lines and two normal human glial cell cultures were determined. Earlier studies identified PKC-alpha and PKC-gamma in these cell lines but PKC-beta was not present. In this study, PKC-epsilon and PKC-zeta are demonstrated immunologically in the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Xiao H,Goldthwait DA,Mapstone T

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate microcirculatory disturbance and cerebral edema associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), both stereological morphometry on the intraparenchymal capillary network and microgravimetry were performed on a rabbit SAH model. Autologous arterial blood (5 ml) was injected into the cisterna magna, and the an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Johshita H,Kassell NF,Sasaki T,Ogawa H

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Pure sylvian fissure arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are vascular malformations confined to the sylvian fissure without parenchymal involvement. Because the branches of the middle cerebral artery are arteries of passage and the margins between the AVM and the insula cortex may be ill defined, many surgeons re...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zimmerman G,Lewis AI,Tew JM Jr

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporoparietal fascial flap (TPFF) is a vascularized pedicle flap commonly used in head and neck reconstructions. The authors describe the use of a TPFF in repairing a large traumatic middle cranial fossa CSF fistula via a middle cranial fossa approach. During the 18-month follow-up, the patient had no further CS...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Taha M,Carroll T,McMahon J

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leiomyosarcomas (LMSs) of the central nervous system are extremely rare; however, they are becoming more prevalent in immunocompromised patients. The authors present the cases of two patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: one with LMS of the thoracic vertebral body and the other with LMS originating from th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ritter AM,Amaker BH,Graham RS,Broaddus WC,Ward JD

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelomeningocele presenting as a retromediastinal mass originating from the midline defect through the fused T-4, T-5, and T-6 VBs is described. An 11-year-old boy with a completely normal systemic and neurological examination suffering pulmonary problems such as effort dyspnea and severe kyphosis was evaluated and an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Börcek AO,Ergün E,Emmez H,Kurt G,Dogulu F,Baykaner MK

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with acute subdural hematoma was successfully treated with hemicraniectomy. He developed contralateral weakness 4 months after surgery which was reversed by cranioplasty. The presumptive mechanism is a gradient between atmospheric and intracranial pressure. Early cranioplasty is suggested to prevent this phe...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tabaddor K,LaMorgese J

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Cochlear neurons are inevitably exposed to traumatic stress during surgical removal of an acoustic neuroma; that event is an important cause of postoperative cochlear neuronal degeneration, with subsequent loss of spiral ganglion cells (SGCs). The object of this study was to investigate whether preoperative phar...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sekiya T,Shimamura N,Hatayama T,Suzuki S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1964, a 51-year-old man experienced a right abducens nerve palsy, which resolved spontaneously. In 1978, he developed painful ophthalmoplegia on the right with paresis of the right oculomotor and trigeminal nerves. Neuroradiographic evaluation was reported unremarkable, and the painful ophthalmoplegia was attribute...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kline LB,Galbraith JG

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Surgery for low-grade gliomas (LGGs) aims to achieve maximal tumor removal and maintenance of patients' functional integrity. Because extent of resection is one of the factors affecting the natural history of LGGs, surgery could be extended further than total resection toward a supratotal resection, beyond tu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rossi M,Ambrogi F,Gay L,Gallucci M,Conti Nibali M,Leonetti A,Puglisi G,Sciortino T,Howells H,Riva M,Pessina F,Navarria P,Franzese C,Simonelli M,Rudà R,Bello L

更新日期：2019-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral hemorrhage occurred in this 61-year-old woman with preexisting diplopia and proptosis. Results of angiography demonstrated a persistent primitive trigeminal artery (PPTA)-cavernous sinus fistula with cortical venous reflux. Two microcatheters were introduced transarterially through the PPTA into the two ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tokunaga K,Sugiu K,Kameda M,Sakai K,Terasaka K,Higashi T,Date I

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe their minimally invasive technique for performing a superficial temporal artery (STA) to middle cerebral artery (MCA) bypass, which relies on an enlarged bur hole (2-2.5 cm) rather than the standard craniotomy. They perform this procedure in a minimally invasive fashion, using CT angiography for i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Coppens JR,Cantando JD,Abdulrauf SI

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the authors present the first evidence that meningiomas respond to treatment with hydroxyurea. Hydroxyurea was administered as an adjunct chemotherapeutic treatment in patients with recurrent and unresectable meningiomas. Hydroxyurea was used because experimental data demonstrated that it inhibits growth...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Schrell UM,Rittig MG,Anders M,Koch UH,Marschalek R,Kiesewetter F,Fahlbusch R

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year-old girl was referred for evaluation of the deceleration in her rate of linear growth, an arrest in the progression of her pubertal maturation, and bifrontal headaches. Detailed endocrinological and radiological studies revealed the following abnormalities: partial growth hormone deficiency, prepubertal lute...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dempsey RJ,Chandler WF,Sauder SE

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old female presented with multiple episodes of emesis, intractable headaches, worsening balance, and slowly progressive right facial weakness. Imaging demonstrated a 3-cm mass in the left internal capsule and corona radiata region with associated edema, mass effect, and midline shift concerning for high-grad...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Meier T,Hazenfield JM,Girnius S,Hagen M,Warnick RE,Kharofa J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on a 57-year-old woman in whom progression to brain death occurred on day 9 after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage without evidence of significant brain edema or vasospasm. Neuromonitoring demonstrated that brain death was preceded by a series of cortical spreading depolarizations that occurred in...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Carlson AP,Shuttleworth CW,Major S,Lemale CL,Dreier JP,Hartings JA

更新日期：2018-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The head-shaking method combined with cisternal irrigation has been proposed to be effective in preventing cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) by facilitating rapid washout of the clot from the subarachnoid space. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of this method. METHODS:...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kawamoto S,Tsutsumi K,Yoshikawa G,Shinozaki MH,Yako K,Nagata K,Ueki K

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Insular gliomas remain surgically challenging cases due to complex anatomy, including surrounding vasculature and the relationship to functional structures. To define the morbidity profile associated with aggressive insular glioma removal as well as its impact on long-term outcome, the authors retrospectively ev...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sanai N,Polley MY,Berger MS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00