Iatrogenic failure of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Case report.

abstract：:The authors describe a case of intracranial heterotopic brain located on the medial one-third of the left sphenoid ridge, and enveloped in a huge cystic cavity. The heterotopic brain was resected successfully with satisfactory clinical results. The resected brain was 8 X 4 X 3 cm in diameter, of 7 or 8 months gestatio...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Marubayashi T,Matsukado Y

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have created an experimental model of regional cerebral ischemia in gerbils that is reproducible and has a low mortality rate. In gerbils, either the posterior communicating artery (PCoA) or the middle cerebral artery (MCA) was occluded, and the distribution of cerebral ischemia from each surgical procedur...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yoshimine T,Yanagihara T

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The role of postoperative radiotherapy in patients undergoing first-time resection of WHO Grade II meningioma remains unclear as reflected by varied practices in published clinical studies and national professional surveys. Much of the relevant literature is based on pre-2000 WHO grading criteria for atypical me...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mair R,Morris K,Scott I,Carroll TA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of agents have been used to coat aneurysms as an alternative to clipping. These agents were employed more frequently prior to the routine use of the operating microscope and the presently available variety of aneurysm clips. One such coating agent is methyl methacrylate. This report describes a patient with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ogilvy CS,Poletti CE

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chiasmatic optic glioma is a rare tumor with an erratic natural history, usually seen in young children. A prior study from this institution demonstrated that these lesions were frequently lethal, despite initial clinical stabilization following radiation therapy, and that visual, intellectual, and late endocrinologic...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rosenstock JG,Packer RJ,Bilaniuk L,Bruce DA,Radcliffe JL,Savino P

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extra-abdominal cyst filled with cerebrospinal fluid was found postpartum in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. No similar complication of VP shunting has been reported before. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nugent P,Hoshek S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated nerve segments may inherently contain all of the necessary factors required to support regeneration within a silicone tube conduit placed across a nerve gap. Thirty-six adult Lewis rats each weighing approximately 250 g were randomized into three groups. A sciatic nerve gap (13-15 mm in length) was bridged by...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Francel PC,Francel TJ,Mackinnon SE,Hertl C

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study the authors examine the historical tradition as well as current features of neurosurgery in Greece and compare the available data with international standards. In particular, they describe the organizational structure of neurosurgery with reference to manpower, unit distribution, training, and qualificat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Stranjalis G,Singounas E

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable difference of opinion has arisen as to whether intravenously administered steroids affect cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) production in the acute laboratory animal undergoing ventriculocisternal perfusion. Our experiments with ventriculocisternal perfusion in dogs indicate that, when given intravenously, neithe...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vela AR,Carey ME,Thompson BM

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:To explore factors affecting the survival rate in patients with meningiomas, the authors used the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB), which includes tumors from approximately 1000 hospitals participating in the American College of Surgeons tumor registry program. METHODS:Analysis included over 9000 cases diagnose...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： McCarthy BJ,Davis FG,Freels S,Surawicz TS,Damek DM,Grutsch J,Menck HR,Laws ER Jr

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Needle biopsy of the brain utilizing computerized tomography (CT) scan data is an accepted diagnostic technique that has been performed both with and without the aid of stereotaxic frames. Experience with both techniques has resulted in a specific procedure for CT-guided free-hand biopsy which is performed in the CT s...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goldstein S,Gumerlock MK,Neuwelt EA

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Telomerase activity is responsible for cell immortality. To examine the role of telomerase in the carcinogenesis of human glioblastomas multiforme (GBMs), the authors studied telomerase activity, telomerase component expression, and telomere lengths in 42 GBM samples. METHODS:In all samples, EGFR and MDM2 ampli...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Harada K,Kurisu K,Tahara H,Tahara E,Ide T,Tahara E

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:It is unclear if there is a relationship between Chiari malformation Type I (CM-I) and body mass index (BMI). The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between BMI and cerebellar tonsil position in a random sample of people. METHODS:Cerebellar tonsil position in 2400 subjects from a cohort of patie...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Smith BW,Strahle J,Kazarian E,Muraszko KM,Garton HJ,Maher CO

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rupture of an intracranial dissecting aneurysm is a rare but dangerous event. The authors' experience with 14 cases of these lesions on the vertebrobasilar circulation suggests that these aneurysms have typical angiographic silhouettes and that, at least in the vertebral artery, they are treatable by proximal arterial...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Friedman AH,Drake CG

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical obstruction is a severe complication of ventricular catheter use. Its incidence was shown to be high in the 1960s and 1970s, with up to 41% of the catheters becoming obstructed within 10 years after surgery. The authors present what is to their knowledge the first reported case of a patient with failure of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zinn PO,Bozinov O,Burkhardt JK,Reisch R,Yaşargil MG,Bertalanffy H

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral hemorrhage occurred in this 61-year-old woman with preexisting diplopia and proptosis. Results of angiography demonstrated a persistent primitive trigeminal artery (PPTA)-cavernous sinus fistula with cortical venous reflux. Two microcatheters were introduced transarterially through the PPTA into the two ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tokunaga K,Sugiu K,Kameda M,Sakai K,Terasaka K,Higashi T,Date I

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous intracerebral hematoma associated with carotid-cavernous fistula is rare. Three new cases are presented. In each, the hemorrhage originated in the vicinity of localized intracranial venous engorgement, as demonstrated by cerebral angiography. Rupture of one or several of the distended venous channels from ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Turner DM,Vangilder JC,Mojtahedi S,Pierson EW

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current state of surgery for vestibular schwannomas (VSs) is the result of a century of step-by-step technical progress by groundbreaking surgeons who transformed the procedure from its hazardous infancy and high mortality rate to its current state of safety and low morbidity rate. Harvey Cushing advocated bilater...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Akard W,Tubbs RS,Seymour ZA,Hitselberger WE,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Intracranial stenting has improved the ability to treat wide-neck aneurysms via endovascular techniques. However, stent placement necessitates the use of antiplatelet agents, and the latter may complicate the treatment of patients with acutely ruptured aneurysms who demonstrate hydrocephalus and require ventricu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kung DK,Policeni BA,Capuano AW,Rossen JD,Jabbour PM,Torner JC,Howard MA,Hasan D

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This investigation was performed to determine the tolerance and toxicities of split-course fractionated gamma knife radiosurgery (FSRS) given in combination with conventional external-beam radiation therapy (CEBRT). METHODS:Eighteen patients with previously unirradiated, gliomas treated between March 1995 and J...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Regine WF,Patchell RA,Strottmann JM,Meigooni A,Sanders M,Young B

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanocytomas are rare tumors of the central nervous system that are believed to arise from leptomeningeal melanocytes. A young girl presented with a contrast-enhancing cystic mass in the temporal horn of the left lateral ventricle. Microsurgical resection of a black-colored vascular tumor supplied by the anterior cho...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tandon N,O'Neill TJ,Vollmer DG,Wang M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Stilbazulenyl nitrone (STAZN) is a second-generation azulenyl nitrone that has markedly enhanced antioxidant properties compared with those of conventional alpha-phenyl nitrones. In this study, the authors assessed the potential efficacy of STAZN in a rodent model of fluid-percussion brain injury, which results ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Belayev L,Becker DA,Alonso OF,Liu Y,Busto R,Ley JJ,Ginsberg MD

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelomeningoceles are routinely diagnosed prenatally by using ultrasonography. Because the level of the neural defect has been shown to correlate with functional and cognitive outcome in infants with myelomeningocele, it is of prognostic importance to identify the level prenatally. The authors report on a case in whic...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： McEwing RL,Pretorius DH,James HE,Daneshmand S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The management of massive brain swelling remains an unsolved problem in neurosurgery. Despite newly developed medical and pharmacological therapy, the rates of mortality and morbidity caused by massive brain swelling remain high. According to many recent reports, surgical decompression with dural expansion is su...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yoo DS,Kim DS,Cho KS,Huh PW,Park CK,Kang JK

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of patients with low-grade gliomas remains a subject of controversy, especially with respect to new treatment modalities such as interstitial radiosurgery (brachytherapy), radiosurgery, and stereotactic radiotherapy. In a retrospective analysis conducted between 1979 and 1991, the authors studied the res...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kreth FW,Faist M,Warnke PC,Rossner R,Volk B,Ostertag CB

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Glioblastoma is the most aggressive malignant brain tumor, and overall patient survival has not been prolonged even by conventional therapies. Previously, the authors found that chemically synthesized glycans could be anticancer agents against growth of a series of cancer cells. In this study, the authors examin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Faried A,Arifin MZ,Ishiuchi S,Kuwano H,Yazawa S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intraoperative nerve action potential (NAP) recording is a useful tool for surgeons to guide decisions on surgical approaches during nerve repair surgeries. However, current methods remain technically challenging. In particular, stimulus artifacts that contaminate or mask the NAP and therefore impair the inte...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wu G,Belzberg A,Nance J,Gutierrez-Hernandez S,Ritzl EK,Ringkamp M

更新日期：2019-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This outcome study was undertaken to investigate the long-term results obtained in surgically treated pediatric patients with lumbar disc disease by using standardized medical outcome scales and clinical follow-up examination. METHODS:Twenty nine patients 17 years of age or younger underwent surgery between 196...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Durham SR,Sun PP,Sutton LN

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Glutamate is important in the pathogenesis of brain damage after cerebral ischemia and traumatic brain injury. Notably, brain extracellular and cerebrospinal fluid as well as blood glutamate concentrations increase after experimental and clinical trauma. While neurons are one potential source of glutamate, plate...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bell JD,Thomas TC,Lass E,Ai J,Wan H,Lifshitz J,Baker AJ,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitors are currently based on fluid-filled, strain gauge, or fiberoptic technology. Capacitive sensors have minimal zero drift and energy requirements, allowing long-term implantation and telemetric interrogation; their application to neurosurgery has only occasionally been reported...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aquilina K,Thoresen M,Chakkarapani E,Pople IK,Coakham HB,Edwards RJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00