The treatment of childhood hydrocephalus by choroid plexus coagulation and artificial cerebrospinal fluid perfusion.

abstract：:The aim of this randomized prospective study was to compare the efficacy of endoscopic versus standard microsurgical excision of pituitary adenomas, and to evaluate the merits and demerits of each approach. Twenty patients with a pituitary adenoma were randomly divided into two groups comprising of 10 cases each. Ten ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jain AK,Gupta AK,Pathak A,Bhansali A,Bapuraj JR

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) of the posterior fossa in cases of acoustic neurinoma is very rare. The authors present the clinical, neuroradiological and histological findings of an acoustic neurinoma presenting with SAH. The literature regarding this subject is reviewed and the pathogenesis of haemorrhage from neuri...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gavra M,Thanos L,Pomoni M,Batakis N

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of plasma cell granuloma which is a rare intracranial tumour showing plasma cell infiltration. It mimics meningioma and solitary plasmacytoma clinically and radiologically. Clinical presentation, diagnostic investigations and management are discussed with a review of the literature. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Saxena A,Sinha S,Tatke M

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anterior sacral meningocele is a rare congenital condition. Among 177 individuals familial occurrence was reported only seven times. In this report a family in which five members had anterior sacral meningoceles is presented and an autosomal dominant inheritance is suggested. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Andersen C,Tange M,Bjerre P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classical presentation of a ruptured intracranial aneurysm is subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). We present a rare case of a ruptured posterior communicating artery (PcomA) aneurysm presented solely with massive intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) in a 53-year-old female. The aneurysm was coiled successfully and the o...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Anagnostopoulos C,Chamilos C,Hadjigeorgiou GF,Petsanas A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four patients with intractable partial epilepsy underwent surgery between 1969 and 1988. Localization was by non-invasive means using scalp EEG and CT. In 12 cases the focus was temporal and in eight frontal. Craniotomy was undertaken with intraoperative electrocorticography (ECoG). Ten cases had a standard tem...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Davies KG,Weeks RD

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adaptation of bungee jumping, 'bungee running', involves participants attempting to run as far as they can whilst connected to an elastic rope which is anchored to a fixed point. Usually considered a safe recreational activity, we report a potentially life-threatening head injury following a bungee running accident...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Singh P,Convery F,Watt M,Fulton A,McKinstry S,Flannery T

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and inexpensive device is described for measurement of intracranial pressure over prolonged periods. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mann KS,Yue CP

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve patients with facial nerve neurinoma have been treated at The National Hospital, Queen Square, London, during the last 20 years. Nine tumours lay in the middle fossa arising from the area of the geniculate ganglion, two lay in the posterior fossa arising from the segment of the facial nerve in the internal audi...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Symon L,Cheesman AD,Kawauchi M,Bordi L

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system of stereotactic radiosurgery using a linear accelerator is described and the experience with a variety of neurosurgical lesions including gliomas, acoustic neurinomas and arteriovenous malformations is recorded. The system is simple, inexpensive and effective and can be used with any CT scanner and linear acc...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hitchcock E,Kitchen G,Dalton E,Pope B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The previous literature on radiosurgical treatment for craniopharyngioma is sparse, because the involvement of the radiosensitive optic chiasm within the target volume (in most cases) precludes safe high single dosage. The relocatable frame, introduced at St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1989, utilizes the dosimetric adva...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Plowman PN,Wraith C,Royle N,Grossman AB

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen extraction fraction images were superimposed on cerebral blood flow images of positron emission tomography (PET) to depict the so-called misery perfusion area in two patients with moyamoya disease. The superimposed image following extra-intracranial bypass surgery was obtained in one case, which convincingly di...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Katano H,Sugiyama N,Yamada K

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction: Pituitary carcinomas are poorly understood, rare entities. They are distinguished from adenomas not by histopathological features but rather by the presence of metastases.Objective: We discuss the diagnosis, mechanism of dissemination and pathogenesis based on a review of the literature and illustrated b...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Todeschini AB,Beer-Furlan A,Montaser AS,Jamshidi AO,Ghalib L,Chavez JA,Lehman NL,Prevedello DM

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Posterior fossa decompression both with and without duraplasty are accepted treatments for symptomatic adult patients with Chiari Malformations Type 1 (CM-1). There is still debate of the superiority of one technique over the other. The purpose of this study was to determine the clinical and craniometrical...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nikoobakht M,Shojaei H,Gerszten PC,Shojaei SF,Mollahoseini R,Azar M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar discal cysts are rare entities causing radicular pain with unknown etiologies. We report a case of a 42-year-old man who developed radiculopathy secondary to a lumbar discal cyst. Our case sheds some light on anatomy, possible etiological association and clinical course which can help management. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cho N,Keith J,Pirouzmand F

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Decompressive craniectomy is often emergently performed in an effort to reduce intracranial hypertension. After this urgent intervention, brain-injured patients often start rehabilitation programs but are left with a skull defect. Cranioplasty is often performed in these situations in order to repair this def...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Di Stefano C,Sturiale C,Trentini P,Bonora R,Rossi D,Cervigni G,Piperno R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A true human tail is a rare occurrence and is defined as a caudal, vestigial, midline protrusion with skin covering connective tissue, muscle, vessels and nerves. We report a case of true human tail in a child, which is a very rare happening in humans. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chauhan SP,Gopal NN,Jain M,Gupta A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical approaches to the posterior fossa may be complicated by pseudomeningocoele formation. We report on its natural history and risk factors for its formation, as seen on serial MRI postoperatively in children with posterior fossa tumours. In a retrospective study of 84 children undergoing surgery for posterior fo...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gnanalingham KK,Lafuente J,Thompson D,Harkness W,Hayward R

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug resistance in many cancers outside the CNS has been associated with over-expression of the multidrug resistance gene (MDR1), which codes for the transmembrane efflux pump P-glycoprotein (Pgp). To determine whether tumours of the neuroaxis over-express MDR1 and to identify the site of Pgp expression we examined 50...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Billson AL,Palmer JB,Walker DA,Lowe J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangiopericytoma is a rare mesenchymal tumor originating from capillary pericytes, known as Zimmermann pericytes. The adult form is not uncommon and generally malignant but tumor is found rarely in children. Here we describe an intracranial hemangiopericytoma in a preterm newborn whose had the tumor resected success...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yilmaz Semerci S,Demirel G,Vatansever B,Gundogdu S,Bolukbasi F,Oran G,Hazar V,Tastekin A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracic complications of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt are very rare. We report an unusual case of VP shunt intrathoracic migration, associated with symptomatic hydrothorax. The patient was successfully managed with revision. We reviewed the 10 cases reported in the literature and discussed the mechanism of shunt-t...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Akyüz M,Uçar T,Göksu E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between March 1989 and December 1993, 101 patients with inoperable arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and seven patients with inoperable angiographically occult malformations (AOVMs) have been treated with stereotactic multiple arc radiotherapy (SMART). All patients (excluding one patient with a brain stem AOVM) were ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sebag-Montefiore DJ,Doughty D,Biggs D,Plowman PN

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvascular decompression (MVD) is now recognized as an effective operation for the cure of trigeminal neuralgia (TN), and is far superior to the other surgical procedures utilized in the treatment of TN. TN is common in the elderly, but there is debate concerning MVD in 'elderly' patients. Some clinicians have a po...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ogungbo BI,Kelly P,Kane PJ,Nath FP

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal fixation provides an increased immediate stability for the craniovertebral junction; however, there is no current consensus on the optimal method of occipitocervical (OC) fusion. In this report, we present 25 cases of craniovertebral instability treated with OC fusion by plates and screws instrumentation. The...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lee SC,Chen JF,Lee ST

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During microvascular decompression procedure for trigeminal neuralgia, surgical attention is mainly focused at the neurovascular conflict at trigeminal root entry zone. However, many major complications of this surgery are often related to venous structures in the posterior fossa, including the venous sinuses and the ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Choudhari KA

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep brain stimulation is an established treatment for movement disorders. We reported 4 patients (1.3%) of post-operative occipital headache related to the placement of the connection among 309 patients from 1998 to 2008. The patients were treated successfully by repositioning the connector into a groove created in t...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yin S,Jin W,De Salles A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Ossification of ligamentum flavum (OLF) is an infrequent cause of thoracic spinal stenosis, mostly found in Japan and other East Asian countries, and uncommon in other populations. The incidence of dural ossification (DO) ranges from 11-62%. None of the previously described imaging findings can accurately dia...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Prasad GL

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a two-centre study, intrasellar pituitary tissue pressure was measured at transsphenoidal surgery in 107 patients with pituitary adenomas or intrasellar cysts. 'Normal' ISP in patients under anaesthesia with small microadenomas (< 5 mm diameter) or a partial empty sella was 12 +/- 3 mmHg. Raised ISP (> 15 mmHg) was...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lees PD,Fahlbusch R,Zrinzo A,Pickard JD

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Giant fusiform aneurysm is a rare vascular lesion which presents difficult management issues. We describe one such aneurysm in a middle cerebral artery branch (M2) that presented with subarachnoid haemorrhage and was managed operatively. Clinical, radiological and pathological presentations, as well as the different t...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： al-Yamany M,Ross IB

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Cholesterol granulomas of the petrous apex are benign cysts affecting 0.6 patients per 1 million. The pathophysiology involves cholesterol crystals and lipids that are surrounded by giant cells. The cholesterol deposits induce an inflammatory response likely from acute hemorrhage leading to the formation o...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lucke-Wold B,Fleseriu C,Calcagno H,Smith T,Levy J,Ciporen J

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00