Hypoglossal-facial nerve side-to-end anastomosis for preservation of hypoglossal function: results of delayed treatment with a new technique.

abstract：:The authors report a case of craniopharyngioma in a newborn infant. Marked hydrocephalus of the fetal head was recognized in the pelvimetric roentgenograms of the mother and massive suprasellar calcification was seen in the plain skull films. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Azar-Kia B,Krishnan UR,Schechter MM

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The hypogastric nerve (HGN) plays a crucial role in the primary functions of ejaculation: sperm transport through the vas deferens, secretion of prostatic fluid, and bladder neck closure. This study was undertaken to explore the possibility of restoring HGN function to the seminal tract and preserving its cross-...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kihara K,Sato K,Ishizaka K,Oshima H

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with a variety of negative outcomes in critically ill patients, but little focused study on the effects of hypovitaminosis D has been performed in the neurocritical care population. In this study, the authors examined the effect of vitamin D deficiency on 3-month outc...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Guan J,Karsy M,Brock AA,Eli IM,Manton GM,Ledyard HK,Hawryluk GWJ,Park MS

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Vanderbilt University Hospital heritage was influenced by the excellence of the Johns Hopkins era--by Osler, Halsted, Cushing, Brooks, and many others. Upon this strong origin, the neurosurgery department was built by Cobb Pilcher and perpetuated by William F. Meacham. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rish BL

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of a 45-year-old man who developed quadriplegia following a trivial motor-vehicle accident. Investigation including computerized tomography (CT) of the cervical spine revealed a large calcified lesion displacing the spinal cord and nerve roots, which proved to be a tuberculoma. The case is unusual i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Compton JS,Dorsch NW

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Operative intervention for craniovertebral junction (CVJ) instability in patients with Down syndrome has become controversial, with reports of a low incidence of associated neurological dysfunction and high surgical morbidity rates. The authors analyzed their experience in light of these poor results and attempt...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Taggard DA,Menezes AH,Ryken TC

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:Juvenile active ossifying fibroma is a rare lesion seldom seen by neurosurgeons. It originates in the paranasal sinuses during childhood, grows slowly, and encroaches on adjacent orbital and cranial compartments. In the past 3 years, four patients with this lesion were seen (three men and one woman; mean age 28 years)...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lawton MT,Heiserman JE,Coons SW,Ragsdale BD,Spetzler RF

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of a gas-containing brain abscess due to verified maduromycosis is described. Blackish material over the abscess cavity revealed the fungal elements. The pus from the abscess contained Streptococcus hemolyticus and Klebsiella organisms. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Natarajan M,Balakrishnan D,Muthu AK,Arumugham K

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When surgically removing a spinal nerve schwannoma, preservation of the involved root is attempted and may be feasible. However, in large tumors, sacrifice of the nerve root is often required to achieve total removal of the tumor, and the resection does not always result in postoperative neurological deficit. The pres...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kim P,Ebersold MJ,Onofrio BM,Quast LM

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The magnetic properties of 12 different types of aneurysm clip were investigated in order to identify which clips allow postoperative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging without risk. Clip-induced MR artifacts were also quantitatively studied using a geometrical phantom. Nonferromagnetic aneurysm clips like the Yaşargil P...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Romner B,Olsson M,Ljunggren B,Holtås S,Säveland H,Brandt L,Persson B

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Procedures for relief of coronal synostosis and metopic synostosis have resulted in some undesirable sequelae. The authors present combined neurological and plastic surgical modifications to prevent additional synostoses, forehead ridging, and lateral orbital wall step-off. They recommend bifrontal craniotomy with lat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Marsh JL,Schwartz HG

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Brainstem cavernous malformations (CMs) are challenging due to a higher symptomatic hemorrhage rate and potential morbidity associated with their resection. The authors aimed to preoperatively define the relationship of CMs to the perilesional corticospinal tracts (CSTs) by obtaining qualitative and quantitative...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Faraji AH,Abhinav K,Jarbo K,Yeh FC,Shin SS,Pathak S,Hirsch BE,Schneider W,Fernandez-Miranda JC,Friedlander RM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracranial vertebral artery and its branches are a common site of aneurysms in the posterior fossa. Ninety-four aneurysms in 86 patients were analyzed for their clinical manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment. There were three distinct varieties of aneurysm in this group: 56 (60%) saccular aneurysms, 26 (28%) d...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamaura A

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct cortical response (DCR), an electrical potential recorded in the immediate vicinity of a surface cortical stimulus, shows a configuration in the primary sensory areas of animals that is different from the one observed in association cortex. This suggested the possibility that systematic study of the DCR in ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goldring S,Harding GW,Gregorie EM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children younger than 3 years of age represent a distinct subpopulation of patients at particular risk for high cervical and craniovertebral injuries. There are few descriptions of survivors of severe craniocervical trauma among the very young, and scarce data exist regarding management after initial emergency stabili...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ghatan S,Newell DW,Grady MS,Mirza SK,Chapman JR,Mann FA,Ellenbogen RG

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The malignant progression of benign tumors is well documented in gliomas and other systemic lesions. It is also well known that some meningiomas become progressively aggressive despite their original benign status. The theory of clonal evolution is widely believed to explain malignant progression in meningioma; ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Al-Mefty O,Kadri PA,Pravdenkova S,Sawyer JR,Stangeby C,Husain M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contemporary American culture, the term "brain surgeon" conjures up the image of an intensely single-minded professional, who deals with terribly complex matters of life and death. These descriptors find their personification in Harvey Cushing, because they are derived directly from him. This hypothesis was tested ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Greenblatt SH

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ommaya reservoirs are used primarily for the repeated injection of intrathecal chemotherapy for leptomeningeal metastasis from hematopoietic and solid malignancies. Insertion of this device in a relatively large nondisplaced ventricle is not a difficult task, but challenges arise when the ventricle is small and/or dis...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Al-Anazi A,Bernstein M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on a 57-year-old woman in whom progression to brain death occurred on day 9 after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage without evidence of significant brain edema or vasospasm. Neuromonitoring demonstrated that brain death was preceded by a series of cortical spreading depolarizations that occurred in...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Carlson AP,Shuttleworth CW,Major S,Lemale CL,Dreier JP,Hartings JA

更新日期：2018-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Infiltrative tumor resection is based on regional (macroscopic) imaging identification of tumorous tissue and the attempt to delineate invasive tumor margins in macroscopically normal-appearing tissue, while preserving normal brain tissue. The authors tested miniaturized confocal fiberoptic endomicroscopy by usi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Martirosyan NL,Cavalcanti DD,Eschbacher JM,Delaney PM,Scheck AC,Abdelwahab MG,Nakaji P,Spetzler RF,Preul MC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Outcome following brain tumor operations is often assessed by health professionals using various gross function scales. However, surprisingly little is known about how modern glioma surgery affects quality of life (QOL) as reported by the patients themselves. In the present study the authors aimed to assess chan...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jakola AS,Unsgård G,Solheim O

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure was recorded in 116 adult neurosurgical patients in the lateral and sitting positions. The level of zero CSF pressure while in the sitting position (ZPS) and hydrostatic indifferent point (HIP) for lateral and sitting positions were determined and referred to the craniospinal ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Magnaes B

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pituitary apoplexy has not been reported in the setting of lymphocytic hypophysitis. The authors present the case of a woman with sudden vision loss and headache. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed focal hemorrhages in a sellar lesion with suprasellar extension. The results of histopathological analysis were consiste...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lee MS,Pless M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a rare entity, an intrasellar cavernous hemangioma that on neuroimages mimicked a nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenoma in a patient with a known orbital hemangioma. Such lesions can grow extraaxially within the dural sinuses, particularly the cavernous sinus, and present like tumors. A better unde...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cobbs CS,Wilson CB

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the case of a 64-year-old woman who experienced a left hemiparesis. An initial diagnosis of subdural hematoma was made based on results of computerized tomography scanning. Subsequent magnetic resonance imaging indicated an extraaxial meningioma. Histological findings confirmed an extranodal margin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goetz P,Lafuente J,Revesz T,Galloway M,Dogan A,Kitchen N

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coccidioidomycosis is an infection originating in the San Joaquim Valley of southern California, but now seen with increasing frequency throughout southern California and the southwestern United States. Central nervous system involvement is usually manifested as meningitis. The authors present the case of a young man ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mendel E,Milefchik EN,Ahmadi J,Gruen P

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:In this study the authors investigated the relationship between variations in the circle of Willis observed on magnetic resonance (MR) angiograms and locations of cerebral aneurysms, and evaluated the risk of aneurysm formation. METHODS:One hundred thirty-one patients with cerebral aneurysms were retrospectivel...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Horikoshi T,Akiyama I,Yamagata Z,Sugita M,Nukui H

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optochiasmal arachnoiditis has been reported following treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms, particularly arising from the anterior communicating artery. It has been suggested that the accompanying loss of vision is due to a muslin-induced optic neuropathy. This paper considers five cases of this condition; th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： McFadzean RM,Hadley DM,McIlwaine GG

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to compare designed scaffolds with a random-pored sponge scaffold to determine what role scaffold architecture plays in a cortical injury model. METHODS:Cylindrical scaffolds (3x3 mm) were made of a poly-(epsilon-caprolactone) polymer with 2 different molds from a 3D printer and had ei...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wong DY,Krebsbach PH,Hollister SJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00