Terminal ventriculostomy for syringomyelia.

abstract：:Delayed intracranial hematomas are an important treatable cause of secondary brain injury in patients with head trauma. Early identification and treatment of these lesions, which appear or enlarge after the initial computerized tomography (CT) scan, may improve neurological outcome. Serial examinations using near-infr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gopinath SP,Robertson CS,Contant CF,Narayan RK,Grossman RG,Chance B

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Although traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and morbidity in young adults, no effective pharmaceutical treatment is available. By inhibiting glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) and histone deacetylases (HDACs), respectively, lithium and valproate (VPA) have beneficial effects in diverse ne...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yu F,Wang Z,Tanaka M,Chiu CT,Leeds P,Zhang Y,Chuang DM

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:The magnetic resonance longitudinal relaxation time (T1) and transverse relaxation time (T2) of the water proton of the periventricular white and cortical gray matter were measured for 17 control patients and 21 patients with suspected normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). Of the latter group, 14 showed good response t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tamaki N,Shirakuni T,Ehara K,Matsumoto S

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to confirm the presence of alpha-1-antitrypsin (alpha 1-AT) in human brain tumors and to attempt to elucidate its significance. Seventy-seven consecutive unselected patients with various brain tumors were entered in this study. The alpha 1-AT and alpha 2-macroglobulin contents of the tumor ex...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sawaya R,Zuccarello M,Highsmith R

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:In the course of their lives most patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease require treatment for several symptom-producing hemangioblastomas of the cerebellum, brainstem, or spinal cord. However, many tumors never produce symptoms and do not require treatment. Detection at an early stage of lesions that wil...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ammerman JM,Lonser RR,Dambrosia J,Butman JA,Oldfield EH

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical resection of neoplasms involving the petrous bone and surrounding areas in 20 patients is reported. Technical advances described include the total resection of several tumors previously considered inoperable due to involvement of dura and brain, petrous internal carotid artery (ICA), the vein of Labbé, an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sekhar LN,Pomeranz S,Janecka IP,Hirsch B,Ramasastry S

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Cochlear neurons are inevitably exposed to traumatic stress during surgical removal of an acoustic neuroma; that event is an important cause of postoperative cochlear neuronal degeneration, with subsequent loss of spiral ganglion cells (SGCs). The object of this study was to investigate whether preoperative phar...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sekiya T,Shimamura N,Hatayama T,Suzuki S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of moderate hyperventilation on intracranial pressure (ICP), jugular venous oxygen saturation ([SjvO2], an index of global cerebral perfusion), and brain tissue PO2 (an index of local cerebral perfusion). METHODS:Ninety-four tests consisting of 20-minute peri...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Imberti R,Bellinzona G,Langer M

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：OBJECT:The risk of surgical site infection (SSI) after craniotomies or craniectomies in patients in whom contaminated bone flaps have been reimplanted has not been determined. The objectives of this study were to identify the prevalence of bone flaps with positive cultures--especially those contaminated with Propioniba...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chiang HY,Steelman VM,Pottinger JM,Schlueter AJ,Diekema DJ,Greenlee JD,Howard MA 3rd,Herwaldt LA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The translabyrinthine route or an extension of it was used to remove 150 acoustic nerve tumors. The mortality was 2% and the morbidity low. Preservation of the facial nerve was achieved in 100% of the small and 80% of the medium-sized tumors, but in only 20% of the large growths. The complications encountered are disc...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： King TT,Morrison AW

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterotopic new bone formation, associated with head injuries, usually affects the shoulder, elbow, and hip joints. The authors present a case with an unusual involvement of the cervical spine, confirmed by bone scanning and computerized tomography. Although the etiology of heterotopic new bone formation is not well u...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Groswasser Z,Reider-Groswasser I

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVECerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (CHS) is a serious complication after carotid artery stenting (CAS). Staged angioplasty (SAP)-i.e., angioplasty followed by delayed CAS-has been reported as a potential CHS-avoiding procedure. The purpose of this study was to clarify the effectiveness of SAP in avoiding CHS af...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hayakawa M,Sugiu K,Yoshimura S,Hishikawa T,Yamagami H,Fukuda-Doi M,Sakai N,Iihara K,Ogasawara K,Oishi H,Ito Y,Matsumaru Y

更新日期：2019-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Methyl-2-cyanoacrylate was used to mechanically immobilize the coronal suture unilaterally in a series of New Zealand white rabbits at varying ages. The animals were separated into groups; some were sacrificed at 30 day and some at 60 days postoperatively. Amalgam markers were placed in the parietal and frontal bones ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Foley WJ,Kokich VG

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients undergoing brain tumor surgery are at high risk for the occurrence of a thromboembolic event. To identify a laboratory marker suitable for risk estimation the authors studied the perioperative time pattern of routine coagulation parameters and the specific hemostasis activation marker D-dimer in 28 consecutiv...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vukovich TC,Gabriel A,Schaeffer B,Veitl M,Matula C,Spiss CK

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of craniospinal war wounds proved to be a significant driving force in the early growth of neurosurgery as a specialty. This publication explores the historical relationship between the evolution of combat methodology from antiquity through modern conflicts as it dovetails with and drives corresponding a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dowdy J,Pait TG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective cochlear neurotomy for intractable tinnitus is quite difficult to perform because there is no way to approach the cochlear nerve without interfering with other neural structures. The authors successfully performed selective cochlear neurotomy in the cerebellopontine cistern in a patient with persistent intra...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ryu H,Yamamoto S,Sugiyama K,Uemura K

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extraaxial cerebellopontine angle (CPA) medulloblastomas and other primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are rare tumors. The authors report on two patients with PNETs who presented with progressive audiovestibular symptoms. In each case magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed an extraaxial lesion that filled the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kalamarides M,Dewolf E,Couvelard A,Shahidi A,Bouccara D,Cyna-Gorse F,Rey A,Sterkers O

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with pineal tumors, clinical symptoms are due to direct compression of adjacent structures. The most common signs include increased intracranial pressure (80%) caused by obstruction of the sylvian aqueduct, and Parinaud syndrome (50%) caused by direct compression of the superior colliculi. Hearing loss is ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gaspar N,Verschuur A,Mercier G,Couanet D,Sainte-Rose C,Brugières L

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, the authors demonstrated that meningioma cells secrete platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-like molecules that stimulate their own growth in an autocrine manner. Based on that finding, a study was undertaken to examine the effect of trapidil, a drug known to have an antagonistic action against P...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Todo T,Adams EF,Fahlbusch R

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Neurostimulation to treat chronic pain includes approved and investigational therapies directed at the spinal cord, thalamus, periaqueductal or periventricular gray matter, motor cortex, and peripheral nerves. Persistent pain after surgery and work-related or neural injuries are common indications for such treat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Coffey RJ,Lozano AM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Cushing's disease is a challenging neuroendocrine disorder. Although resection remains the primary treatment option for most patients, the disease persists if there is residual or recurrent tumor. Stereotactic radiosurgery has been used to treat patients with persistent Cushing's disease after a prior resection....

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sheehan JP,Xu Z,Salvetti DJ,Schmitt PJ,Vance ML

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernous hemangiomas of the orbit are benign vascular growths that commonly occur in adults and account for 6% of all intraorbital tumors. Multifocal intraorbital cavernous hemangiomas are quite rare. The reported incidence of arachnoid cysts accounts for only 1% of lesions that occupy intracranial space, and they ar...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tatli M,Guzel A,Keklikci U,Guzel E

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Microangiopathy associated with hypertension is a notable cause of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), including deep intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and lacunar infarct. Dotlike low-intensity spots (dotlike hemosiderin spots: dotHSs) on T2*-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images have been histologically diagno...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Imaizumi T,Horita Y,Hashimoto Y,Niwa J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of severe unilateral hemispheric edema and localized hemorrhage associated with seizures following endarterectomy of an ipsilateral high-grade carotid stenosis. Imaging studies including angiography, computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging/angiography, and xenon-CT, suggested postop...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Penn AA,Schomer DF,Steinberg GK

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Physicians are often solicited by patients or colleagues for clinical recommendations they would make for themselves if faced by a clinical situation. The act of making a recommendation can alter the clinical course being taken. The authors sought to understand this dynamic across different neurosurgical scenari...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tanweer O,Wilson TA,Kalhorn SP,Golfinos JG,Huang PP,Kondziolka D

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Patients with intracranial vertebrobasilar artery (VBA) atherosclerotic occlusive disease have few therapeutic options. Unfortunately, VBA transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) herald a lethal or devastating event within 5 years in 25 to 30% of patients. The authors report their initial experience with eight patient...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rasmussen PA,Perl J 2nd,Barr JD,Markarian GZ,Katzan I,Sila C,Krieger D,Furlan AJ,Masaryk TJ

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the temporal course of radiosurgical lesions, 19 cats were irradiated in an animal linear accelerator radiosurgical device. The animals were followed clinically and, at 3.5, 6, 12, 18, 23, 29, and 63 weeks, were studied with gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. They were then sacrificed...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Blatt DR,Friedman WA,Bova FJ,Theele DP,Mickle JP

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of CSF hypovolemia remains controversial. The primary diagnostic factor relies on confirmation of leakage of the CSF based on reduced spinal fluid pressure. Determining the specific leakage site is the most important issue for effective treatment but remains a difficult task. Although CT myelography, rad...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nakai E,Takemura M,Nonaka M,Kawanishi Y,Masahira N,Ueba T

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00