Infantile chronic subdural hematoma of the posterior fossa diagnosed by computerized tomography. Case report.

abstract：:A patient with congenital hydrocephalus and poor vision since early childhood, but with normal motor and intellectual development, suffered progressive mental deterioration during the last decade of life. At necropsy he was found to have severe hydrocephalus secondary to a lipoma of the midbrain tectum obstructing the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Halmagyi GM,Evans WA

更新日期：1978-09-01 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：:Active plasmin, available plasmin, and total plasminogen were measured by Enzo-diffusion fibirn plate techniques in 11 cases and level of tissue activator and tissue fibrinolytic activities in another 11 cases with chronic subdural hematoma. The values were too small to be measured in some instances. Anti-plasmin in t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ito H,Komai T,Yamamoto S

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to investigate the protective effects of long-term (3-14 days) mild hypothermia therapy (33-35 degrees C) on outcome in 87 patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) (Glasgow Coma Scale score < or = 8). METHODS:In 43 patients assigned to a mild hypothermia group, body temperatu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jiang J,Yu M,Zhu C

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this study was to analyze the pathology of collateral vessels newly induced by indirect bypass surgery for moyamoya disease (MMD). An autopsy analysis was conducted on a 39-year-old woman with MMD who had died of a brainstem infarction. The patient had undergone bilateral indirect bypass surgeries 22 yea...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mukawa M,Nariai T,Inaji M,Tamada N,Maehara T,Matsushima Y,Ohno K,Negi M,Kobayashi D

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosurgery has played an important role in the development of neuroscience and the science of consciousness. In this paper, the authors reflect on some of the historical contributions of neurosurgeons to the science of consciousness and discuss the ways in which clinical neurosurgery can contribute to the science of...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hasegawa H,Jamieson GA,Ashkan K

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This study was designed to evaluate the clinical and histopathological effects of long-term (3-month) intraventricular baclofen (IVB) infusion in beagle dogs. METHODS:Catheters were inserted stereotactically into the lateral ventricles of nine dogs and were connected to implanted Synchromed II pumps. Saline sol...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Albright AL

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Functional neurosurgical interventions such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) are traditionally performed with the aid of a stereotactic frame. Although frameless techniques have been perceived as less accurate, data from a recent phantom study of a modified frameless approach demonstrated a laboratory accuracy ex...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Holloway KL,Gaede SE,Starr PA,Rosenow JM,Ramakrishnan V,Henderson JM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Treatment with a BRAF mutation inhibitor might shrink otherwise refractory craniopharyngiomas and is a promising preoperative treatment to facilitate tumor resection. The aim of this study was to investigate the noninvasive diagnosis of BRAF-mutated craniopharyngiomas based on MRI characteristics. METHODS Fi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yue Q,Yu Y,Shi Z,Wang Y,Zhu W,Du Z,Yao Z,Chen L,Mao Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed nonhemorrhagic encephalopathy following mild head trauma is a rare condition with an unknown etiology. The few cases reported in the literature are in young adults, all of them in the era before computerized tomography (CT) became available, and all had a devastating clinical course with multifocal ischemia or...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ram Z,Hadani M,Spiegelman R,Tadmor R,Shacked I

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas have been reported to have associated areas of surrounding low density on computerized tomography (CT). These low-density areas may represent edema, widened subarachnoid spaces, loculated cerebrospinal fluid, demyelination, or adjacent tumor. Two cases are presented in which this adjacent area of low densi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Becker D,Norman D,Wilson CB

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare multiple system histiocytosis that is characterized pathologically by xanthogranulomatous infiltrates and radiologically by symmetrical sclerosis of long bones. The diagnosis is often confirmed by biopsy of bone or of orbital or retroperitoneal soft tissue. Intracranial involvem...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Oweity T,Scheithauer BW,Ching HS,Lei C,Wong KP

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) obliterates 65%-87% of cavernous sinus dural arteriovenous fistulas (CSDAVFs). However, the hemodynamic effect on GKS outcomes is relatively unknown. The authors thus used the classification scheme developed by Suh et al. to explore this effect. METHODS:The authors retrospectively (...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wu CA,Yang HC,Hu YS,Wu HM,Lin CJ,Luo CB,Guo WY,Lee CC,Liu KD,Chung WY

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECT This study explored whether there were differences between the autoimmune disease prevalence rates in unilateral and bilateral moyamoya disease (MMD). METHODS The authors performed a retrospective review of data obtained from the medical records of their hospital, analyzing and comparing the clinical characteri...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chen JB,Liu Y,Zhou LX,Sun H,He M,You C

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, the authors demonstrated that meningioma cells secrete platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-like molecules that stimulate their own growth in an autocrine manner. Based on that finding, a study was undertaken to examine the effect of trapidil, a drug known to have an antagonistic action against P...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Todo T,Adams EF,Fahlbusch R

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Electrical motor cortex stimulation can relieve neuropathic pain (NP), but its use requires patients to undergo an invasive procedure. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the primary motor cortex (M1) using a figure-8 coil can relieve NP noninvasively, but its ability to relieve lower limb...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shimizu T,Hosomi K,Maruo T,Goto Y,Yokoe M,Kageyama Y,Shimokawa T,Yoshimine T,Saitoh Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acellular basal lamina grafts have recently been reported to support axonal regeneration and have been used in peripheral nerve repair. The present study was designed to determine the immunogenicity of such basal lamina allografts (grafts that are genetically different) and their potential as bridging material for ner...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gulati AK,Cole GP

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this anatomical study was to define more fully the three-dimensional (3D) relationships between the optic radiations and the temporal horn and superficial anatomy of the temporal lobe by using the Klingler white matter fiber dissection technique. These findings were correlated with established surgica...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sincoff EH,Tan Y,Abdulrauf SI

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of the study was to assess retrospectively the clinical efficacy and possible adverse effects of electrical spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for the treatment of patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD). METHODS:Twenty-three patients who suffered severe pain due to RSD were included in the study. T...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kemler MA,Barendse GA,Van Kleef M,Van Den Wildenberg FA,Weber WE

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Preserving vital cerebral function while maximizing tumor resection is a principal goal in surgical neurooncology. Although functional magnetic resonance imaging has been useful in the localization of eloquent cerebral cortex, this method does not provide information about the white matter tracts that may be inv...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Witwer BP,Moftakhar R,Hasan KM,Deshmukh P,Haughton V,Field A,Arfanakis K,Noyes J,Moritz CH,Meyerand ME,Rowley HA,Alexander AL,Badie B

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The objective of the present study was to perform a prospective evaluation of the potential efficacy and safety of intraoperative photodynamic therapy (PDT) using talaporfin sodium and irradiation using a 664-nm semiconductor laser in patients with primary malignant parenchymal brain tumors. METHODS:In 27 patie...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Muragaki Y,Akimoto J,Maruyama T,Iseki H,Ikuta S,Nitta M,Maebayashi K,Saito T,Okada Y,Kaneko S,Matsumura A,Kuroiwa T,Karasawa K,Nakazato Y,Kayama T

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In preparing this paper, the authors reviewed their experiences with four cases of T1-2 disc herniation as well as the medical literature on the subject. Intervertebral thoracic disc herniations are uncommon and high thoracic disc herniations are rare. In the upper third of the thoracic spine, T1-2 is the most common ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Morgan H,Abood C

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:The authors present the oldest historical case of a so-called beaten-copper cranium. The typical pattern was identified on a skull from a child, probably a boy, who died at approximately 6 years of age and was buried in a provisional cemetery used during the siege of Hanau, Germany, in 1635 and 1636. Morphological and...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rühli FJ,Nicklisch N,Alt KW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen patients referred for atlantoaxial fixation failures were treated surgically with revision procedures during the past decade. Of these 16 patients, atlantoaxial instability occurred because of rheumatoid arthritis in five, as odontoideum in seven, transverse ligament disruption in two, and odontoid fracture no...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dickman CA,Sonntag VK

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five full-term neonates with a posterior fossa subdural hematoma caused by birth injury are reported. All of the patients were successfully treated with surgery. They all presented with biphasic ventricular dilatation as demonstrated by serial computerized tomography (CT) scanning. The initial dilatation due to obstru...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tanaka Y,Sakamoto K,Kobayashi S,Kobayashi N,Muraoka S

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of 75 patients with surgically treated lipomyelomeningoceles, the neurological condition of six patients deteriorated 6 months to 14 years after the operation due to repeat tethering of the spinal cord. The tethering resulted from postoperative dense adhesion between the cord and the overlying dura mater. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sakamoto H,Hakuba A,Fujitani K,Nishimura S

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two patients with closed myelomeningoceles, shunted hydrocephalus, and symptomatic Arnold-Chiari malformations were studied retrospectively. Seventeen of the 22 patients were aged 6 months or younger; five patients were aged 3 to 23 years. Patients in the younger group presented with stridor, apnea, and/or feed...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bell WO,Charney EB,Bruce DA,Sutton LN,Schut L

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This Phase II study was performed to determine the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of combining nimustine (ACNU)-carboplatin-vincristine-Interferon-beta (IFNbeta) chemotherapy. METHODS:Ninety-seven patients with Karnofsky Performance Scale scores of 50 or greater were enrolled in the study. Nimustine (60 mg/...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aoki T,Takahashi JA,Ueba T,Oya N,Hiraoka M,Matsui K,Fukui T,Nakashima Y,Ishikawa M,Hashimoto N

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Keyhole approaches, namely the minipterional approach (MPTa) and the supraorbital approach (SOa), are alternatives to the standard pterional approach to treat lesions located in the anterior and middle cranial fossae. Despite their increasing popularity and acceptance, the indications and limitations of these...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Martínez-Pérez R,Albonette-Felicio T,Hardesty DA,Prevedello DM

更新日期：2020-03-13 00:00:00