Mycotic aneurysms of the internal carotid artery. Case report.

abstract：:The authors present a case of acoustic neuroma associated with spontaneous hemorrhage. The sudden onset of new symptoms was noted and appears to be common to all such cases. The computerized tomography appearance of the mass underwent changes consistent with the clinical, surgical, and pathological findings. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Castillo R,Watts C,Pulliam M

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraventricular rupture of a colloid cyst is a rare phenomenon and has been proposed as a mechanism for sudden death in patients with colloid cysts. Imaging of a colloid cyst during rupture has been described in only one other instance. The authors report a highly unusual case of a 53-year-old man who presented with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Westwick HJ,Obaid S,Morin-Roy F,Champagne PO,Bouthillier A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe two patients in whom tumor swelling and brain swelling (and possible tumor swelling), respectively, developed after undergoing gamma knife surgery. One had a skull defect with a palpable parasagittal tumor. One had neurofibromatosis Type 2 with multiple tumors, one of which was parasagittal. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： El Shehaby A,Ganz JC,Reda WA,Hafez A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Despite the controversy over the clinical significance of Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) for refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), the modality has attracted attention because it is less invasive than resection. The authors report long-term outcomes for 7 patients, focusing in particular on the long-term c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Usami K,Kawai K,Koga T,Shin M,Kurita H,Suzuki I,Saito N

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of implanted metals causing tissue damage by movement in patients exposed to MRI fields has produced a confusing welter of erroneous, pseudoscientific publications about magnetics, metals, medical equipment, and tissue compatibility. Quite simply, among the devices made for implantation, only those fabrica...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： McFadden JT

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood flow velocity was recorded from the middle or anterior cerebral and extracranial internal carotid arteries using transcranial Doppler sonography (TCD) in 121 unselected consecutive patients with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Recordings were made daily or every 2nd day after SAH for a 14-day per...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Grosset DG,Straiton J,McDonald I,Cockburn M,Bullock R

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors retrospectively analyzed data on brainstem gangliogliomas treated in their department and reviewed the pertinent literature to foster understanding of the preoperative characteristics, management, and clinical outcomes of this disease. METHODS:In 2006, the authors established a database of treated l...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zhang S,Wang X,Liu X,Ju Y,Hui X

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:In this paper, the authors' goals were to clarify the characteristics of growing unruptured cerebral aneurysms detected by serial MR angiography and to establish the recommended follow-up interval. METHODS:A total of 1002 patients with 1325 unruptured cerebral aneurysms were retrospectively identified. These pa...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Inoue T,Shimizu H,Fujimura M,Saito A,Tominaga T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme presenting during pregnancy presents unique challenges to the clinician. In planning treatment, potential benefits to the mother must be balanced against the risks to the fetus. In addition, evidence relating to timing of surgery and the use of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in pregnancy is limi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jayasekera BA,Bacon AD,Whitfield PC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Tyrosine kinases play an important role in the regulation of systemic vascular smooth-muscle tone. The authors studied the involvement of protein tyrosine kinase activity in erythrocyte lysate-mediated signal transduction in cerebral smooth-muscle cells. METHODS:Tyrosine kinase phosphorylation and intracellular...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Iwabuchi S,Marton LS,Zhang JH

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with hemifacial spasm, it has been said that the spasm is due to cross compression of the facial nerve by a blood vessel and that microvascular decompression (MVD) of the facial nerve is an effective treatment. The F waves, which result from backfiring of antidromically activated motor neurons of the facia...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ishikawa M,Ohira T,Namiki J,Kobayashi M,Takase M,Kawase T,Toya S

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on the case of a 28-year-old woman presenting with an intraosseous arteriovenous fistula (AVF) located in the left parietal bone. The fistula was formed by direct arteriovenous shunts connecting branches of the left middle meningeal and superficial temporal arteries with a parietal diploic vein. Dra...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Burger IM,Tamargo RJ,Broussard J,Gailloud P

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrasellar pressure has been studied in a consecutive series of 24 patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenoma. The mean intrasellar pressure for the group was 23 +/- 2.5 mm Hg (+/- standard error of the mean), with a mean pulse pressure of 3.5 +/- 1 mm Hg. The waveform partly resembled the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lees PD,Pickard JD

更新日期：1987-08-01 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：:Massive osteolysis is a type of idiopathic osteolysis in which there is spontaneous onset of bone resorption. Almost any bone in the body can be affected. The authors present the case of a 62-year-old man diagnosed with massive osteolysis of the occipital bone and the upper two cervical vertebrae. Despite extensive pn...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Khosrovi H,Ortiz O,Kaufman HH,Schochet SS Jr,Reddy GN,Simmons D

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Insular gliomas can be resected with acceptable rates of neurological morbidity, but little is known with regard to impairment of higher-order neurocognitive functions. The frequency and functional impact of neurocognitive deficits in patients with gliomas has until recently been underappreciated. The authors th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wu AS,Witgert ME,Lang FF,Xiao L,Bekele BN,Meyers CA,Ferson D,Wefel JS

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic and debilitating psychiatric condition. Traditionally, anterior capsulotomy (AC) was an established procedure for treatment of patients with refractory OCD. Over recent decades, deep brain stimulation (DBS) has gained popularity. In this paper the authors review the pub...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pepper J,Hariz M,Zrinzo L

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Over the past 15 years stereotactic radiosurgery has become an accepted surgical option for patients with medically unresponsive trigeminal neuralgia (TN). The mechanism whereby radiosurgery causes pain relief remains unclear. METHODS:A review of recent papers on the radiosurgical management of TN reveals a cor...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pollock BE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The functional recovery of hand prehension after complete brachial plexus avulsion injury (BPAI) remains an unsolved problem. The authors conducted a prospective study to elucidate a new method of resolving this injury. METHODS:Three patients with BPAI underwent a new procedure during which the full-length phre...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Xu WD,Lu JZ,Qiu YQ,Jiang S,Xu L,Xu JG,Gu YD

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The variability of reflex responses during selective dorsal rhizotomy was studied in eight children between the ages of 3 and 7 years. For a given dorsal root or rootlet, the electrical reflex threshold and response varied considerably when observed over several minutes. Changes in electrode pressure, mechanical disse...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Weiss IP,Schiff SJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Herein, the authors report their experience with intraoperative stimulation mapping to locate the descending subcortical motor pathways in patients undergoing surgery for hemispheric gliomas within or adjacent to the rolandic cortex, with particular description of the morbidity and functional outcomes associa...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Han SJ,Morshed RA,Troncon I,Jordan KM,Henry RG,Hervey-Jumper SL,Berger MS

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Choroid plexus papillomas and mature human choroid plexus were studied by light and electron microscopic techniques. The mature choroid plexus has three types of cells: Type I cells are cuboidal or columnar cells and line the villi; Type II cells are flat cells lining connective tissue adjacent to neural tissue; and T...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Matsushima T

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the case of a 68-year-old man who experienced acute obstructive hydrocephalus after having suffered an infarction in the occipital lobe. Histopathological and serial neuroimaging examinations revealed that portions of a large disintegrating occipital infarct had entered the lateral ventricle and ob...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nakaguchi H,Miyamoto M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although the majority of patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) will improve with anticoagulation therapy, a portion of patients will either present in a comatose state or continue to deteriorate clinically despite early anticoagulation. In these cases, along with treating the underlying thromb...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pasarikovski CR,Ku JC,Keith J,Ramjist J,Dobashi Y,Priola SM,da Costa L,Kumar A,Yang VXD

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy may provide important clinical information in the acute stages of brain injury. For this to occur it must be ensured that intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring devices are safe to bring into the MR imaging suite. The authors tested a Codman MicroSensor ICP Transducer (Codma...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Newcombe VF,Hawkes RC,Harding SG,Willcox R,Brock S,Hutchinson PJ,Menon DK,Carpenter TA,Coles JP

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modification of a Cloward lateral cervical retractor with sharp blades is described. The purpose of the adaptation is to help prevent injuries to soft tissues of the neck and to facilitate placement during anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Leibrock LG,Berman BM

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to determine age-related differences in short-term (1-year) outcomes in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs). METHODS:Four thousand fifty-nine patients prospectively enrolled in the International Study of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms were categorized into 3 group...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mahaney KB,Brown RD Jr,Meissner I,Piepgras DG,Huston J 3rd,Zhang J,Torner JC,ISUIA Investigators.

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with large vascular carotid body tumors underwent preoperative intravascular embolization of the major arterial feeders. The tumor vascularity was reduced markedly, and complete surgical extirpation was accomplished without difficulty. The literature on carotid body tumors is briefly reviewed. The role of...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Borges LF,Heros RC,DeBrun G

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of a sacral, extradural choroid plexus papilloma involving the S1-3 level is described. This 50-year-old woman presented with a 4-month history of pain involving her right buttock, perineum, and leg. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the spine revealed a well-defined, mildly enhancin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kurtkaya-Yapicier O,Scheithauer BW,Van Peteghem KP,Sawicki JE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Direct and indirect bypass surgeries are recognized as the most effective treatments for preventing further stroke in adults with moyamoya disease (MMD). However, the risk factors for postoperative infarction after bypass surgery for MMD are not well established. Therefore, the objective of this study was to...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cho H,Jo KI,Yu J,Yeon JY,Hong SC,Kim JS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00