Treatment of blunt injury to the carotid artery by using endovascular stents: an early experience.

abstract：:Experience over a 2-year period with the use of porcine dermis as a dural substitute is reported. In this series, porcine dermis was used for dural repair in a total of 72 patients. In a further 28 patients, one of the authors (A.E.B.) used porcine dermis to wrap lumbar nerve roots at the time of surgery for either pr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： O'Neill P,Booth AE

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitors are currently based on fluid-filled, strain gauge, or fiberoptic technology. Capacitive sensors have minimal zero drift and energy requirements, allowing long-term implantation and telemetric interrogation; their application to neurosurgery has only occasionally been reported...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aquilina K,Thoresen M,Chakkarapani E,Pople IK,Coakham HB,Edwards RJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The molecular mechanisms behind cerebral aneurysm formation and rupture remain poorly understood. In the past decade, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to be key regulators in a host of biological processes. They are noncoding RNA molecules, approximately 21 nucleotides long, that posttranscriptionally inhi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bekelis K,Kerley-Hamilton JS,Teegarden A,Tomlinson CR,Kuintzle R,Simmons N,Singer RJ,Roberts DW,Kellis M,Hendrix DA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of medicine is replete with innovations in neurosurgery that have spurred further developments across the medical spectrum. Surgeons treating pathologies in the head and spine have broken ground with new approaches, techniques, and technologies since ancient times. Neurosurgeons occupy a vital nexus in pat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Couldwell WT,Mortimer V,Kraus KL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with glioblastoma multiforme of the brain was treated with both intravenous and oral glycerol as well as intravenous mannitol in an attempt to reduce increased intracranial pressure. After an initial lowering of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure to near normal values during continuous glycerol administr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Guisado R,Tourtellotte WW,Arieff AI,Tomiyasu U,Mishra SK,Schotz MC

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report four cases of primary intracranial choriocarcinoma, all in young males. There tumors occurred in the pineal region and one in the lateral ventricle. Besides the signs of increased intracranial pressure and ophthalmological disorders, skin pigmentation or eruption was observed in three cases and prec...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kawakami Y,Yamada O,Tabuchi K,Ohmoto T,Nishimoto A

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial extraaxial cavernous angiomas are rare vascular malformations. Their occurrence at the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve within the temporal bone is exceptional. The authors describe a 35-year-old man who developed a slowly progressing facial palsy. Initial cranial MR imaging showed no pathological ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Capelle HH,Nakamura M,Lenarz T,Brandis A,Haubitz B,Krauss JK

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:The authors report a series of 100 consecutive patients with spinal metastases causing cord or cauda equine compression, who were treated with surgical decompression. Of these, 30% (all women) had breast cancer. The most common primary neoplasm in man was prostatic carcinoma. Pain was the earliest and most prominant s...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Livingston KE,Perrin RG

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurological and neuroradiological manifestations of pediatric achondroplasia are analyzed on the basis of 10 cases. In addition to the classical symptomatology of an enlarging head, with or without increased intracranial pressure, several patients presented symptoms related to a small foramen magnum. Respiratory ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamada H,Nakamura S,Tajima M,Kageyama N

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Atypical meningioma often recurs even after resection. As a salvage modality, radiotherapy or stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is attempted for this aggressive tumor. This retrospective study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of SRS that involved Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) for atypical meningioma. METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hanakita S,Koga T,Igaki H,Murakami N,Oya S,Shin M,Saito N

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:W. James Gardner, a skillful neurosurgeon and inventor, is best remembered for his cervical tongs and hydrodynamic theory of syringomyelia. A pioneer of modern neurosurgery, Gardner trained under Charles Frazier in Philadelphia, and in 1929 he moved to Ohio where he became chief of neurosurgery at the Cleveland Clinic...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nathoo N,Mayberg MR,Barnett GH

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fat embolism syndrome (FES) is a common clinical entity that can occasionally have significant neurological sequelae. The authors report a case of cerebral fat embolism and FES that required surgical management of intracranial pressure (ICP). They also discuss the literature as well as the potential need for neurosurg...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kellogg RG,Fontes RB,Lopes DK

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the site, degree, and dynamics of mechanical compression of the spinal nerve roots, pressure was measured in 42 patients with clinical symptoms and myelographic findings indicating central lumbar spinal stenosis. Pathological pressure on the cauda equina was found in 67% of the patients. The pressure in the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Magnaes B

更新日期：1982-07-01 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：:Experimental cerebral vasospasm was produced in the canine basilar artery by an intracisternal injection of fresh autogenous arterial blood, and prostaglandins generated in spastic and nonspastic arteries were assessed by thin-layer chromatography. Prostaglandins synthesized in normal arteries were 6-keto-prostaglandi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Maeda Y,Tani E,Miyamoto T

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticosteroids are frequently used in the treatment of spinal trauma, although neither experimental nor clinical evidence to support their use is persuasive. Recently there have been claims that extremely high doses ("megadoses") of corticosteroids (equivalent to 15 to 30 mg/kg of methylprednisolone) improve neurolog...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Faden AI,Jacobs TP,Patrick DH,Smith MT

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological variables were monitored in dogs and sheep after exposure of the brain to a pressure wave produced by a fluid-percussion device. Mean systemic arterial pressure (SAP), mean pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP), and pulmonary wedge pressure (PWP) were recorded prior to and following trauma. Lung lymph flows ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Millen JE,Glauser FL,Fairman RP

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A stereotaxic technique has been developed to cannulate the cerebral aqueduct in patients with hydrocephalus resulting from occlusion of the aqueduct of Sylvius. Precise placement of a 15- to 20-mm long radiopaque prosthesis between the third and fourth ventricles can reestablish the normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Backlund EO,Grepe A,Lunsford D

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:CD133(+) cells have the potential to enhance histological and functional recovery from peripheral nerve injury. However, the number of CD133(+) cells safely obtained from human peripheral blood is extremely limited. To address this issue, the authors expanded CD133(+) cells derived from human peripheral blood us...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ohtsubo S,Ishikawa M,Kamei N,Kijima Y,Suzuki O,Sunagawa T,Higashi Y,Masuda H,Asahara T,Ochi M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-seven patients with medulloblastoma were treated postoperatively with procarbazine, followed by craniospinal radiation therapy in combination with hydroxyurea. The radiation dose to the posterior fossa was 55 Gy; the spinal cord received 25 Gy and the whole brain 25 to 35 Gy (mean 33 Gy). Seventeen tumors recurr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Levin VA,Rodriguez LA,Edwards MS,Wara W,Liu HC,Fulton D,Davis RL,Wilson CB,Silver P

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large, highly ossified craniopharyngioma was diagnosed and surgically treated in a 2-year-old girl. About 20 teeth were macroscopically identified in the operative specimen, some of them totally developed, complete with crown and root. Pathological study established the diagnosis of craniopharyngioma with formation ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Alvarez-Garijo JA,Froufé A,Taboada D,Vila M

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:After complete resection and radiation therapy, the 10-year overall survival rates for adult patients with posterior fossa ependymomas approach 85%. This favorable outcome profile emphasizes the critical importance of functional preservation to this patient population. Here, the authors identify predictors of fu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mirzadeh Z,Bina R,Kusne Y,Coons SW,Spetzler RF,Sanai N

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEDecompressive craniectomy is used for uncontrolled intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury and malignant hemispheric stroke. Subcutaneous preservation of the autologous bone flap in the abdomen is a simple, portable technique but has largely been abandoned due to perceived concerns of resorption. The ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ernst G,Qeadan F,Carlson AP

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Detachable platinum coils are widely used in the endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms. The use of coil placement produces a higher incidence of aneurysm recurrence compared with surgical clipping. To reduce the incidence of recurrence by promoting clot organization, the authors designed a platinum co...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Toma N,Imanaka-Yoshida K,Takeuchi T,Matsushima S,Iwata H,Yoshida T,Taki W

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cavernous sinus meningiomas are complex tumors that offer a perpetual challenge to skull base surgeons. The senior author has employed a management strategy for these lesions aimed at maximizing tumor control while minimizing neurological morbidity. This approach emphasizes combining "safe" tumor resection an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gozal YM,Alzhrani G,Abou-Al-Shaar H,Azab MA,Walsh MT,Couldwell WT

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Smoking is a known risk factor for aneurysm development and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, as well as subsequent vasospasm in both untreated individuals and patients who have undergone surgical clipping of cerebrovascular aneurysms. However, there is a lack of data in the current scientific literature a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Futchko J,Starr J,Lau D,Leach MR,Roark C,Pandey AS,Thompson BG

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Patients with Parkinson disease (PD) who undergo subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) often develop a deterioration in speech performance, but there is no clear consensus on the specific effects seen or the mechanism involved and little description of the impact of DBS on conversational spe...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fenoy AJ,McHenry MA,Schiess MC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a new and reliable technique for producing experimental noncommunicating syringomyelia. In 30 rats, 1.2 to 1.6 microliters of kaolin was microinjected into the dorsal columns and central gray matter of the spinal cord at C-6. The inoculations caused transient neurological deficits in four animals...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Milhorat TH,Nobandegani F,Miller JI,Rao C

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Historically, destructive procedures for cancer pain were the main line of treatment therapy. However, the use of high-dose opioids has essentially replaced such procedures. Recognition of the limits of medical therapy to treat cancer pain effectively is growing, while conversely, in regions with limited access ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Raslan AM,Cetas JS,McCartney S,Burchiel KJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00