Ependymoma misdiagnosed as tuberculoma, misguided by overemphasis on MR spectroscopy in endemic area.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Corrective craniosynostosis surgery is often associated with a large amount of blood loss and metabolic disturbances. In the present study, we investigated the severity, duration of metabolic disturbances, and causal risk factors in infants. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed of 36 infants who u...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ali A,Basaran B,Tanirgan G,Aydoseli A,Sabanci PA,Sencer A,Telci L,Akinci IO

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adipose lesions of nerve primarily include intra- and extraneural lipomas and lipomatosis of nerve (LN). This paper will summarize the advances that have been made in the past decade, particularly related to LN and nerve territory overgrowth that have improved our understanding of the natural history, geneti...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Marek T,Mahan MA,Carter JM,Howe BM,Bartos R,Amrami KK,Spinner RJ

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The EC-IC Bypass Study Group could not detect any benefit from surgery compared to medical management in the prevention of stroke in 1985 [15]. During the past years surgical revascularization was re-evaluated and considered as an appropriate treatment for a small subgroup of patients with recurrent focal cerebral isc...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Schick U,Zimmermann M,Stolke D

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in mice are rare due to their small size, agility, aversion to handling, and high anxiety compared to larger species. Studying DBS modulation of neural circuitry in murine models of human behavior may ensure safety, guide stimulatory parameters for clinical trials in h...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Halpern CH,Attiah MA,Tekriwal A,Baltuch GH

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term outcome in 26 patients following operation of intracranial saccular aneurysms before the age of twenty is presented. The duration of follow-up ranged from 4 to 33 years (mean 14 years). The oldest patient is now 51 years old. 19 patients (73%) made a complete or good recovery with resumption of normal li...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ostergaard JR

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Titanium fixation plates are routinely used for rigid fixation of bone flaps after craniotomy. In craniofacial surgery or after craniotomy involving orbitozygomatic osteotomies, these plates are occasionally removed because of infection, pain, protrusion, soft tissue erosion, and plate malfunction. However...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Gupta R,Adeeb N,Griessenauer CJ,Moore JM,Patel AS,Thomas AJ,Ogilvy CS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old man with genetically confirmed hyperostosis corticalis generalisata (Van Buchem disease) suffered from headache and progressive cognitive and sensibility disorders. Bone formation of the skull was ongoing, leading to narrowing of the intracranial space and foramen magnum. A large bilateral frontoparietal...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Datema M,Appelman-Dijkstra NM,Hoyng SA,Verstegen MJ,Koot RW

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 197 comatose patients transcranial magnetic evoked potentials were registered to investigate the integrity of the pyramidal tract. Findings were compared to somatosensory, visual and auditory evoked potentials. Preservation, abnormalities and absence of evoked potentials were related to survival and non-survival. T...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Firsching R,Wilhelms S,Hilgers RD

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen cases of large thalamic gliomas were treated by laser surgery and CUSA under X8 magnification and subsequently they were subjected to radiotherapy. More than 50% of the tumours were located in the dominant hemisphere and therefore an interhemispheric approach was carried out to avoid disturbances of speech and...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Prakash B

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic targeting of the postero-ventral pallidum (PVP) presents special challenges to the surgeon 1) The target is in intimate relation to the optic tract and the internal capsule. 2) Proper angulation of the trajectory is crucial to achieve optimal effects given the long craniocaudal extension of the PVP. 3) Th...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Spiegelmann R,Gofman J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pituitary adenomas (PA) are common intracranial tumors. In the context of the aging of the population, the question is whether postsurgical outcomes are comparable to the younger ones. The primary objective of the present study was to review published resection and recurrence rates after transsphenoidal re...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Tuleasca C,Ducos Y,Leroy HA,Chanson P,Knafo S,Levivier M,Aghakhani N,Parker F

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) may necessitate acute and late re-operations. Published long-term follow studies after ACDF are scarce. OBJECTIVE:Our goal was to give a detailed description of early and late re-operations after ACDF in an 11-year follow-up. METHODS:We retrospectively anal...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Saarinen T,Niemelä M,Kivisaari R,Pitkäniemi J,Pohjola J,Hernesniemi J

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Vertebral artery injury (VAI) during foraminal decompression in cervical spine surgery in the absence of repositioning or screw stabilization is rare. Without immediate recognition and treatment, it may have disastrous consequences. We aimed to describe the incidence and management of iatrogenic VAI in low-r...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Obermüller T,Wostrack M,Shiban E,Pape H,Harmening K,Friedrich B,Prothmann S,Meyer B,Ringel F

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventriculo-subgaleal shunting was used for temporary decompression of hypertensive hydrocephalus. Pre- and post-shunt computed tomography was utilized in five cases as a method for detecting complications and determining shunt function. A clear-cut clinical improvement and stabilization followed the subgaleal diversio...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Drapkin AJ,Levine ME,Yang WC

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To introduce reliable and minimally invasive virtual surgical planning for superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) bypass surgery using three-dimensional (3-D) rotational reconstruction digital subtraction angiography (DSA). METHODS:Twenty-eight consecutive patients (11 women and 17 m...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Nakagawa I,Kurokawa S,Tanisaka M,Kimura R,Nakase H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study compares the clinical outcome, as expressed by the Glasgow outcome scale, of two groups of severely head injured patients treated before (49 patients) and after (72 patients) the establishment of a neurosurgical intensive care (NIC) unit at the department of neurosurgery. Uppsala University Hospital....

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Wärme PE,Bergström R,Persson L

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively compare the demonstration of the intracranial optic pathway in patients with sellar/juxtasellar tumours and with clinical evidence of visual disturbance using either spoiled gradient recalled acquisition in steady state (SPGR) or conventional spin echo (CSE) T1-weighted imaging. MATERIALS AN...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sumida M,Arita K,Migita K,Iida K,Kurisu K,Uozumi T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An uncommon cause of progressive dysphagia may be large cervical osteophytes impinging upon the cervical esophagus. Dysphagia may be due to the mechanical mass effect of a large anterior osteophyte, trapping the esophagus opposite a fixed point such as the cricoid cartilage, or a local inflammatory reaction resulting ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Papadopoulos SM,Chen JC,Feldenzer JA,Bucci MN,McGillicuddy JE

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We used an assembly of electrodes C3 and C4-Cz in order to activate the motor cortical area of the corticobulbar tract to elucidate the motor-evoked potential of the contralateral mentalis muscle. METHOD:We compared this setup to that of an assembly with electrodes C5 or C6-Cz using a train of electrical pul...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Verst SM,Chung TM,Sucena AC,Maldaun MV,Aguiar PH

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Computer-assisted design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) techniques have been implemented in craniosynostosis surgery to facilitate cranial remodeling. However, until now, computed tomography (CT) scans with ionizing radiation were necessary to plan the procedure and create guiding templates. The purpose of this...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Lethaus B,Gruichev D,Gräfe D,Bartella AK,Hahnel S,Yovev T,Pausch NC,Krause M

更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Toward the end of the nineteenth century, it was Gowers, Horsley and Macewen who first reported successful surgical procedures for the treatment of subdural extramedullary tumors. Following this, Church and Eisendrath as well as Putnam and Warren reported unsuccessful attempts to treat subpial spinal patho...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hildebrandt G,Stienen MN,Surbeck W,Tröhler U

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To present the combined treatment of fusiform basilar artery aneurysms consisting of a surgical posterior fossa decompressive craniectomy and ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt operation at the same sitting, before the endovascular procedure with telescopic stenting of the aneurysmatic vessel segment in four ca...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kizilkilic O,Kayadibi Y,Sanus GZ,Koçer N,Islak C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of dumbbell-shaped hypoglossal neurinoma with intra- and extracranial extension is reported. The tumour was surgically completely removed in a one-stage operation via a dorsolateral sub-occipital transcondylar approach. Clinical presentation and the role of high-resolution CT-scan, MRI and angio-MRI in diagnosi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Spinnato S,Talacchi A,Musumeci A,Turazzi S,Bricolo A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coregistration of any neuroimaging studies into treatment planning for stereotactic radiosurgery became easily applicable using the Leksell Gamma Knife 4C, a new model of gamma knife. The authors investigated the advantage of this image processing. METHOD:Since installation of the Leksell Gamma Knife 4C at ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Koga T,Maruyama K,Igaki H,Tago M,Saito N

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The practice of endoscopic endonasal surgery is still limited in children because of the relative rarity of sellar lesions in the paediatric population. However, such an approach is increasingly reported in the literature as an alternative option to standard sublabial microsurgery, and its surgical results a...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Massimi L,Rigante M,D'Angelo L,Paternoster G,Leonardi P,Paludetti G,Di Rocco C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an extremely rare example of Ewing's sarcoma (ES)/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour (pPNET) originating from the jugular foramen. The patient was a 10-year-old boy who presented with progressive symptoms due to right lower cranial nerve palsies. Computed tomographic (CT) scan and magnetic resonan...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kobayashi H,Terasaka S,Yamaguchi S,Kubota K,Iwasaki Y

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Convection-enhanced delivery (CED) is a technique allowing local infusion of therapeutic agents into the central nervous system, circumventing the blood-brain or spinal cord barrier. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the utility of nimustine hydrochloride (ACNU) CED in controlling tumor progression in an experimental s...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ogita S,Endo T,Sugiyama S,Saito R,Inoue T,Sumiyoshi A,Nonaka H,Kawashima R,Sonoda Y,Tominaga T

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we found that the neurological outcome in patients anaesthetized for early clipping (up to 72 h after SAH) of a ruptured aneurysm and treated with cyclosporine A was significantly better than the neurological state of control patients without immuno-suppressive treatment. The results justify the p...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ryba M,Pastuszko M,Iwanska K,Bidzinski J,Dziewiecki C

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were inoculated with staphylococcus aureus to produce cerebral abscesses and treated with either antibiotic or dexamethasone and with antibiotic plus dexamethasone at sequential stages of abscess formation. Antibiotic alone shortened the cerebritis stage, accelerated the encapsulation and affected the bacterial c...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Yildizhan A,Paşaoğlu A,Kandemir B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cavernous angiomas are vascular malformations which rarely involve the cavities of the lateral ventricles. Knowledge of the specific clinical and neuroradiological features displayed by these lesions is limited by the scarcity of patients included in the reported series. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS:The aim of thi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Carrasco R,Pedrosa M,Pascual JM,Navas M,Liberal R,Sola RG

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00