The use of the nasoseptal flap to reduce the rate of post-operative cerebrospinal fluid leaks following endoscopic trans-sphenoidal surgery for pituitary disease.

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：:Endosaccular packing of inoperable aneurysms with electrolytic platinum coils was performed in 50 patients. Complete embolization of the aneurysms was achieved in 100% of small, 95% of large and 85% of giant aneurysms, with combined procedural and periprocedural morbidity and mortality rates of 6 and 4%, respectively....

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Byrne JV,Adams CB,Kerr RS,Molyneux AJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four patients having an extremely rare and hitherto unreported clinical condition of spondyloptosis of the atlas over axis. Between the year 1999 and 2004, four patients with spondyloptosis were retrospectively analysed. The age of the patients ranged from 12 to 31 years. In three patients, the aetiology of ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goel A,Muzumdar D,Dange N

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 72-year-old woman previously operated for a sphenoid-ridge meningioma, now presented with double vision. Histology showed a secretory meningioma with an epithelial-appearing, malignant component. Malignant transformation in a secretory meningioma is not known. This is the first report of such an occurrence. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shivane AG,Chakrabarty A,Baborie A,Thiryayi W,Donaldson MH,Ross S

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:Since 1976, 133 patients treated by posterior fossa microvascular decompression (MVD) for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) have been followed-up prospectively to determine the incidence of recurrent TN. The follow-up period was between 6 months and 15 years, with 60 patients having been follow-up for more than 5 years. Of th...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mendoza N,Illingworth RD

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Stereotactic mesencephalotomy is an ablative procedure which lesions the pain pathways (spinothalamic and trigeminothalamic tracts) at the midbrain level to treat medically refractory, nociceptive, contralateral pain. Sparsely reported in contemporary English language literature, this operation is at risk...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ivanishvili Z,Pujara S,Honey CM,Chang S,Honey CR

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:High-grade spondylolysthesis and spondyloptosis management have various options. There were no large series reported to support any particular treatment modality. The aim of surgery is to get solid bony fusion to get relief of instability and its symptoms as well as relief of neurological symptoms. There are ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gollapudi PR,Kotakadira S,Nandigama PK,Karla R,Maila SK,Bugude NN

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A subgaleal collection of blood or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is commonly encountered after craniotomy. In spite of the placement of subgaleal drains by many neurosurgeons, a collection at this site is frequent and occasionally can result in complications. 'Tenting' scalp stitches are described. Three to four (or more)...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goel A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the rare and first documented case of intracranial collision tumour occurrence in a previously evacuated intracerebral haematoma site. Surgery trauma could predispose to collision tumour occurrence. Research efforts should try to reveal the possible pathogenesis of this condition. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gkekas N,Georgakoulias N,Kakiopoulos G,Seretis A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pial arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is a rare vascular lesion, with less than 120 reported cases in the English literatures (Hoh et al., Neurosurgery 2001;49(6):1351). The angio-architecture, clinical course and therapeutic options are all different from arteriovenous malformation (AVM), dural AVM or other intracranial v...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yang WH,Lu MS,Cheng YK,Wang TC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the technical feasibility, and the clinical and radiological results of interbody fusion with a carbon fibre cage following anterior cervical discectomy. Nineteen consecutive patients, eight male and 11 female, with an age range from 28 to 75 years (mean 45) underwent anterior...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brooke NS,Rorke AW,King AT,Gullan RW

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventriculoperitoneal shunt is a commonly performed procedure. Associated complications have been well described in the literature. This is the first case report of a splenic laceration caused by the distal catheter looping around the spleen, requiring a splenectomy. Careful study of pre-operative imaging is recommende...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ashida R,Kamat A,Vinall C,Ivanov M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous pneumocephalus is exceptionally rare, with few published cases in the literature. We describe a patient presenting with dysphasia, right facial weakness, headache and confusion who was subsequently found to have pneumocephalus due to an encephalocoele herniating into a tegmen tympani defect. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mitra R,Kumaria A,Harrisson S,Cahill J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:With an increasingly ageing population, the number of elderly people diagnosed with pituitary tumours continues to rise. There is a concern that with increasing age and comorbidities, there is higher anaesthetic risk, as well as peri-operative morbidity and mortality from pituitary surgery. This study aimed to a...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pereira EA,Plaha P,Chari A,Paranathala M,Haslam N,Rogers A,Korevaar T,Tran D,Olarinde R,Karavitaki N,Grossman AB,Cudlip SA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:True posterior communicating artery (PCoA) aneurysm is an aneurysm that originates from the PCoA, and large or giant true PCoA aneurysms are rare. We report a case of a large true PCoA aneurysm successfully clipped after anterior clinoidectomy and discuss the diagnostic pitfalls associated with this rare clinical enti...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nagatani K,Otani N,Seno S,Takeuchi S,Wada K,Mori K

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term outcome of 78 patients with spinal meningiomas operated on over 20 years at a single neurosurgical unit was analysed. Age, sex and tumour location were similar to those reported by others. Overall, 95% of our patents were independently mobile postoperatively, despite 25% of the group being unable to walk...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： King AT,Sharr MM,Gullan RW,Bartlett JR

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 14-year-old boy with cavernous malformation of the optic chiasm. He had a 2-year history of gradually worsening visual disturbance. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a suprasellar mass, findings compatible with craniopharyngioma. The mass was biopsied and histological e...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Muta D,Nishi T,Koga K,Yamashiro S,Fujioka S,Kuratsu J

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a chronic encapsulated intracerebral haematoma presenting with medically intractable epilepsy is described. A tough capsule containing an old haematoma was confirmed surgically, and consisted of dense collagenous tissue with rich neovascularization. The radiological features, aetiology and treatment of ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kurita H,Ichi S,Shiokawa Y

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to delineate preoperative factors that may predict perforator injuries following open surgery for an unruptured middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysm. METHODS:The authors conducted a retrospective review of 85 consecutive patients who underwent surgical clipping of 91 unrupture...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yeon JY,Kim JS,Hong SC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied 139 cases of intracranial germ cell tumours up to the beginning of 1993, 63.3% of which showed monotypic histological patterns and 36.7% were shown to be mixed tumours. All these cases underwent surgery followed by radiation and/or chemotherapy. All cases of choriocarcinoma died within 2 years. Cases o...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sano K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the changes of a series of cytokines before and after percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty (PKP) and prognostic markers for response to PKP. METHODS:From 1 January 2019 to 31 May 2019, all single-level lumbar osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF) patients diagnosed by MRI who matched the ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zhang J,Xu Y,Lu W,Sun F,Li H

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A 33-year-old man presented with a history of fits and on initial investigation was suspected of having a left frontal parafalcine meningioma. Initial surgical procedure to excise the lesion had to be abandoned owing to the extreme vascularity of the lesion. Histology revealed it to be a haemangioendothelioma. At a se...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Golash A,Strang FA,Reid H

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of the surgical management of 41 cerebellopontine angle (CPA) meningiomas was performed. All patients were treated by a single surgeon (TTK) over a 25 year period (1967-1992). There were 13 males, 28 females with a median age of 53.5 years. The median follow-up after surgery was 9 years (range 2-...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Thomas NW,King TT

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of recurrent vago-glossopharyngeal neuralgia after previous surgery, treated successfully with microvascular decompression using intra-operative neurophysiology monitoring. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Price SA,Davies O,Walsh P,Patel N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coexistence of cerebral aneurysm and untreated craniopharyngioma is extremely rare. We present an extremely rare case of anterior cerebral artery dissecting aneurysm associated with untreated craniopharyngioma, and discuss the relationship between these two lesions. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Takeuchi S,Wada K,Sakakibara F,Nawashiro H,Mori K

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a previously undescribed complication of long-term epidural catheter placement for the administration of analgesia in terminal malignancy. Spinal cord compression resulted from a drug-related precipitate forming around the epidural catheter tip, which was successfully treated by surgical decompression. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Johnston MK,Harland SP

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas has been introduced as an alternative to transsphenoidal microsurgery. This is the first Australian study to evaluate a single surgeon's experience by comparing our results with other series and attempting to identify a learning curve. Retrospective analysis wa...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bokhari AR,Davies MA,Diamond T

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have demonstrated an association between arterial hypertension (AH) and an increased morbidity and mortality from both cardiovascular diseases and stroke (including subarachnoid haemorrhage, SAH). Among the functional disturbances implicated in hypertension much interest has been focused on the calcium...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brandt L,Säveland H,Romner B,Ryman T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous air embolism (VAE) is a potentially serious complication in neurosurgery. It occurs most commonly during craniotomy in the sitting position. Diagnosis is difficult in awake patients on spontaneous ventilation due to different clinical manifestations. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are essential. We report venou...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kumar R,Goyal V,Chauhan RS

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00