Prospective study of zero drift in fiberoptic pressure monitors used in clinical practice.

abstract：OBJECT:Gamma knife surgery (GKS) has been a safe and effective treatment for vestibular schwannomas in both the short and long term, although less is known about long-term outcomes in the past 10 years. The aim of this study was to clarify long-term outcomes in patients with vestibular schwannomas treated using GKS bas...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hasegawa T,Kida Y,Kobayashi T,Yoshimoto M,Mori Y,Yoshida J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Although the spontaneous occurrence of an unruptured vertebral artery (VA) dissection has increasingly been recognized as a relatively common cause of stroke, and the clinical aspects of this lesion have gradually been determined, its natural course remains obscure. The main goal of this study was to clarify the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nakagawa K,Touho H,Morisako T,Osaka Y,Tatsuzawa K,Nakae H,Owada K,Matsuda K,Karasawa J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maffucci syndrome is a rare disease characterized by multiple enchondromas and soft-tissue hemangiomas. Additionally, neuroendocrine tumors including pituitary adenomas have been described in these patients. The underlying genetic etiology lies in somatic mosaicism of mutations in isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) or ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hao S,Hong CS,Feng J,Yang C,Chittiboina P,Zhang J,Zhuang Z

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Seizures are a potentially devastating complication of resection of brain tumors. Consequently, many neurosurgeons administer prophylactic antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in the perioperative period. However, it is currently unclear whether perioperative AEDs should be routinely administered to patients with brain tu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wu AS,Trinh VT,Suki D,Graham S,Forman A,Weinberg JS,McCutcheon IE,Prabhu SS,Heimberger AB,Sawaya R,Wang X,Qiao W,Hess K,Lang FF

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Gliomatosis cerebri (GC), a rare entity characterized by a widespread infiltration of brain by tumor, lacks objective and quantitative diagnostic criteria. Single-voxel spectroscopy and chemical shift imaging (two-dimensional proton magnetic resonance [MR] spectroscopy) were performed using both short (20- or 22...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Galanaud D,Chinot O,Nicoli F,Confort-Gouny S,Le Fur Y,Barrie-Attarian M,Ranjeva JP,Fuentès S,Viout P,Figarella-Branger D,Cozzone PJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to determine whether the late neuromagnetic field elicited by simple speech sounds, which is detected by magnetoencephalography, may be used to estimate hemispheric dominance for language and to guide or constrain the intraoperative search for essential language sites. If sufficiently ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Szymanski MD,Perry DW,Gage NM,Rowley HA,Walker J,Berger MS,Roberts TP

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Glioblastoma is a primary glial neoplasm with a median survival of approximately 1 year. There are anecdotal reports that postoperative infection may confer a survival advantage in patients with glioblastoma. However, only a few case reports in the literature, along with 2 retrospective cohort studies, show ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chen YR,Ugiliweneza B,Burton E,Woo SY,Boakye M,Skirboll S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health concern, especially in developing countries. Many types of neurotuberculosis have been described, but there is only one previously reported case of subdural empyema caused by tuberculous bacilli. A 1-year-old boy who had been treated for pulmonary tuberculosis was ref...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cayli SR,Onal C,Koçak A,Onmuş SH,Tekiner A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolic rate was determined in the rat brain during the immediate concussive response to standardized impact accelerations of 7 and 9 m/sec velocity. In one series, the metabolic state was determined in freeze-clamped cortical and brain-stem tissue 20 seconds after the impact. The metabolic rate was calculated f...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nilsson B,Nordström CH

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to determine whether the quantity of peritumoral brain edema displayed on computerized tomography (CT) scanning could be correlated with brain invasion and subsequent recurrence of meningiomas. METHODS:One hundred thirty-five patients who underwent resection of intracranial meningioma...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mantle RE,Lach B,Delgado MR,Baeesa S,Bélanger G

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Most patients with preganglionic lesions after brachial plexus injuries suffer pain that is hard to control through medication or neuromodulation. Lesioning in the dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) is undeniably effective. Fifty-five patients who had undergone the so-called microsurgical DREZotomy (MDT) procedure we...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sindou MP,Blondet E,Emery E,Mertens P

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At British Columbia's Children's Hospital, the criteria used in selective functional posterior rhizotomy (SFPR) evolved in three distinct phases. In Phase 1 the electrophysiological criteria for abnormality included a low threshold to a single stimulation, a sustained response to 50-Hz stimulation, and spread outside ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Steinbok P,Gustavsson B,Kestle JR,Reiner A,Cochrane DD

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors analyzed the role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) as a primary treatment for hydrocephalus and also as an alternative to shunt revision for malfunctioning and infected ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of clinical notes, operation records, and magnetic reso...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： O'Brien DF,Javadpour M,Collins DR,Spennato P,Mallucci CL

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrovirus-mediated herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase (HSV-tk) gene therapy is a promising approach in the treatment of brain tumors. Previous in vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated a bystander effect in which nonmodified tumor cells in proximity to HSV-tk-modified tumor cells are killed with the modified ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vrionis FD,Wu JK,Qi P,Cano W,Cherington V

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The key to the successful microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve is the maintenance of the separation between the trigeminal nerve and the offending vessel. The authors describe a technique whereby a dural sling is fashioned from the tentorium cerebelli (the anatomy of which is briefly reviewed), which is...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Melvill RL,Baxter BL

更新日期：1996-01-01 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:Cerebrospinal fluid leaks may occur as a result of trauma or following surgery, and occasionally may also be spontaneous. Leakage of CSF from the lateral sphenoid recess is rare and challenging to treat. The authors present their experience with repairs of 10 CSF leaks that were confined to the lateral sphenoid ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Forer B,Sethi DS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) represents an established tool in neurosurgery to increase patient safety. Its application, however, is controversial. Its use has been described as helpful in avoiding neurological deterioration during intracranial aneurysm surgery. Its impact on extracranial-...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dengler J,Cabraja M,Faust K,Picht T,Kombos T,Vajkoczy P

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vincent van Gogh's life, letters, and art are the framework for this existential speech about the nature of alienation, as well as its threat to humanity and to the artful practice of medicine. The honest, human voice expressed in van Gogh's art stands in opposition to alienation, which occurs when we divide the world...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pelofsky S,Pelofsky R

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a new headframe system, by which a variety of instruments, such as brain retractors, suction tubes, mirrors, forks, armrests, and cotton-sheet trays, can be simultaneously supported. This frame enables neurosurgeons to perform operations with greater ease and fewer problems. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tamaki N,Ehara K,Matsumoto S

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although image-based human stereotaxis began with Spiegel and Wycis in 1947, the major principles of radiographic stereotaxis were formulated 50 years earlier by the French scientific photographer Gaston Contremoulins. In 1897, frustrated by the high morbidity of bullet extraction from the brain, the Parisian surgeon ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Giller CA,Mornet P,Moreau JF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (IPEH), commonly known as Masson's tumor, is a benign lesion that manifests as an excessive proliferation of endothelial cells within a vessel wall. IPEH is extremely rare in the brain, with only 36 intracranial cases previously described in the literature. It is commonl...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sankey EW,Hynes JS,Komisarow JM,Maule J,Griffin AS,Dotters-Katz SK,Mitchell CJ,Friedman AH

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The commonest initial computerized tomography (CT) finding in head-injured children is bilateral diffuse cerebral swelling. Cerebral blood flow and CT density studies suggest that this swelling is due to cerebral hyperemia and increased blood volume, not to edema. The clinical history, course, and outcome of 63 childr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bruce DA,Alavi A,Bilaniuk L,Dolinskas C,Obrist W,Uzzell B

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a new technique for treating unclippable aneurysms. The method involves a modification of the traditional wrapping technique, including a clip-reinforced cotton sling. The results of this method in four patients are presented. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bederson JB,Zabramski JM,Spetzler RF

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proximal shunt obstruction or obstruction of the ventricular catheter may present with signs and symptoms of shunt failure with either no cerebrospinal fluid flow or a falsely low intracranial pressure (ICP) upon shunt tap. The author reports a technique for lowering the ICP and for measuring the pressure in patients ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Duncan CC

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suprascapular nerve entrapment (SNE) in the suprascapular notch is a rare entity that must be considered in the differential diagnosis of radicular pain, as well as that of shoulder discomfort. Over a period of 10 years (1985-1995), the authors treated 28 cases of SNE in 27 patients by surgical decompression of the ne...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Antoniadis G,Richter HP,Rath S,Braun V,Moese G

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Intracranial aneurysms of the anterior circulation might become symptomatic by causing visual deficits. The influence of treatment modality on improvement is still unclear. The objective of this study was to analyze the recovery of visual deficits caused by the mass effect of intracranial aneurysms after surgica...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Schuss P,Güresir E,Berkefeld J,Seifert V,Vatter H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have suggested that a deficiency of alpha 1-antitrypsin may be a genetic risk factor for the development of intracranial aneurysms and arterial fibromuscular dysplasia. The authors report a 16-year-old girl with a history of lung disease who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage due to the rupture of a giant i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Schievink WI,Puumala MR,Meyer FB,Raffel C,Katzmann JA,Parisi JE

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few neurosurgeons have stressed the occurrence, manifestations, and resectability of intramedullary spinal arteriovenous malformations (AVM's). In six of 17 patients in the authors' series of operable spinal AVM's, the lesions had major intramedullary components. Three of these six patients presented with subarachnoid...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cogen P,Stein BM

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors analyzed the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) and geographic variations on survival rates for adults and children with glioma, studying the data of 30,489 adults and 2940 children from the Cancer Registry in England and Wales. METHODS:The median survival time and crude survival rates for eight ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tseng MY,Tseng JH,Merchant E

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00