Surgical management of atlantoaxial nonunions.

abstract：:The roles of hemoglobin (Hb) in the pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm remain a matter of discussion. Hemoglobin is known to be released from extravasated red blood cells in a variety of pathological conditions, including subarachnoid hemorrhage. These conditions are often accompanied by infiltration of inflammatory c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Suzuki S,Takenaka K,Kassell NF,Lee KS

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The avian sarcoma virus-induced glioma model in rats was used to evaluate radiation dose response (survival curves), giving fractionated treatments to the whole head. Groups of 14 to 20 rats received total doses of 2300, 4600, or 5750 rads over 2, 4, or 5 weeks, respectively. Median group survival times were compared ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Steinbok P,Mahaley MS Jr,U R,Varia MA,Lipper S,Mahaley J,Dalzell JG,Bigner DD

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The transbasal approach (TBA) is an anterior skull base approach, which provides access to the anterior skull base, sellar-suprasellar region, and clivus. The TBA typically involves a bifrontal craniotomy with orbital bar and/or nasal bone osteotomies performed in 2 separate steps. The authors explored the feasi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Effendi ST,Rao VY,Momin EN,Cruz-Navarro J,Duckworth EA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control analysis was performed to evaluate the association of 15 potential risk factors with postoperative infection in neurosurgical patients. All infections that developed postoperatively on the neurosurgical service at the University of Minnesota from January, 1970, to March, 1984, were identified. Among the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mollman HD,Haines SJ

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Growth factors such as bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) have been proven to promote spine fusion and to overcome the disadvantages of an autologous bone graft. The optimum method to deliver such growth factors remains a matter of discussion. The purpose of this study was to determine the safety and efficacy ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kandziora F,Bail H,Schmidmaier G,Schollmeier G,Scholz M,Knispel C,Hiller T,Pflugmacher R,Mittlmeier T,Raschke M,Haas NP

更新日期：2002-07-01 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 goal of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic impact of the resection of metastatic brain tumor cells infiltrating adjacent brain parenchyma. METHODS:Between July 2001 and February 2007, 94 patients (67 males and 27 females, with a mean age of 55.0 +/-12.0 years) underwent resection of a single brain m...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yoo H,Kim YZ,Nam BH,Shin SH,Yang HS,Lee JS,Zo JI,Lee SH

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Intraoperative stimulation mapping of subcortical white matter tracts during the resection of gliomas has become a valuable surgical adjunct that is used to reduce morbidity associated with tumor removal. The purpose of this retrospective analysis was to assess the morbidity and functional outcome associated wit...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Keles GE,Lundin DA,Lamborn KR,Chang EF,Ojemann G,Berger MS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macroprolactinomas rarely present with apoplexy. The authors describe a patient with a macroprolactinoma who presented with apoplexy and rapid progression of a third nerve palsy. The patient was managed expectantly with bromocriptine, and within 48 hours, the patient's third nerve palsy had completely resolved. The au...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brisman MH,Katz G,Post KD

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this paper was to investigate a possible relationship between the consumption of low-dose aspirin (LDA) and traumatic intracranial hemorrhage in an attempt to determine whether older patients receiving prophylactic LDA require special treatment following an incidence of mild-to-moderate head trauma. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Spektor S,Agus S,Merkin V,Constantini S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors conducted a study to determine the results of decompressive surgery without fusion in selected patients who presented with radicular compression syndromes caused by degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis and in whom there was no evidence of hypermobility on flexion-extension radiographs. METHODS:The ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kristof RA,Aliashkevich AF,Schuster M,Meyer B,Urbach H,Schramm J

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe vision loss in people older than age 65 years in the western world. The visual acuity loss usually results from the ingrowth of new vessels from the choroid capillaries, so called choroidal neovascularization (CNV). The aim of this pilot study...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Haas A,Papaefthymiou G,Langmann G,Schröttner O,Feigl B,Leber KA,Hanselmayer R,Pendl G

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Approximately 25% of patients exhibit cognitive dysfunction 24 hours after carotid endarterectomy (CEA). One of the purported mechanisms of early cognitive dysfunction (eCD) is hypoperfusion due to inadequate collateral circulation during cross-clamping of the carotid artery. The authors assessed whether poor co...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sussman ES,Kellner CP,Mergeche JL,Bruce SS,McDowell MM,Heyer EJ,Connolly ES

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A wide variation in postoperative drainage volumes is observed during treatment of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) with twist-drill or burr-hole craniostomy and closed-system drainage. In this study the authors investigate the causes of the variation, the clinical significance thereof, and its influence on trea...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kwon TH,Park YK,Lim DJ,Cho TH,Chung YG,Chung HS,Suh JK

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：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: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：:OBJECTIVE Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) with or without whole-brain radiotherapy can be used to achieve local control (> 90%) for small brain metastases after resection. However, many brain metastases are unsuitable for SRS because of their size or previous treatment, and whole-brain radiotherapy is associated with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Raleigh DR,Seymour ZA,Tomlin B,Theodosopoulos PV,Berger MS,Aghi MK,Geneser SE,Krishnamurthy D,Fogh SE,Sneed PK,McDermott MW

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the authors describe two patients with recurrent hemiparesis and limb shaking that gradually progressed to hemichorea. Cerebral angiography confirmed severe unilateral internal carotid artery stenosis (95%) contralateral to the hemichorea. The cerebral blood flow, assessed using N-isopropyl-p-(iodine-123...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Morigaki R,Uno M,Suzue A,Nagahiro S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of patients who underwent repeated radiosurgery to treat a residual intracranial arteriovenous malformation (AVM) after an initial radiosurgical treatment failure. METHODS:The authors reviewed the cases of 52 patients who underwent repeated radiosurgery for re...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Foote KD,Friedman WA,Ellis TL,Bova FJ,Buatti JM,Meeks SL

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals in the management of patients with vestibular schwannomas have changed drastically over the past few decades, with preservation of useful hearing representing the newest challenge. The true incidence of preserved useful hearing, however, has become clouded by a lack of uniformity in reporting results. The au...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Post KD,Eisenberg MB,Catalano PJ

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with acute subdural hematoma was successfully treated with hemicraniectomy. He developed contralateral weakness 4 months after surgery which was reversed by cranioplasty. The presumptive mechanism is a gradient between atmospheric and intracranial pressure. Early cranioplasty is suggested to prevent this phe...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tabaddor K,LaMorgese J

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to elucidate the genotype-phenotype relationship in syndromic craniosynostoses by analyzing the mutations of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) gene and its clinical manifestations in patients, particularly those in atypical cases. METHODS:Twenty patients with craniosynostos...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ito S,Sekido K,Kanno H,Sato H,Tanaka M,Yamaguchi K,Yamamoto I

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there are many cities that can claim to have been the incubator of modern neurological surgery, the rise of this surgical subspecialty in New York City in the late 19th and early 20th century mirrors what was occurring around the world. The first confirmed brain tumor operation in the US was performed there i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Solomon RA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood flow for the whole spinal cord (SCBF), central cord (largely gray matter), and peripheral cord (largely white matter) has been measured at all segmental levels using radioactive microspheres in conscious sheep. Whole SCBF was greatest in the lower cervical and lumbar enlargements and least in the upper cervical ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hales JR,Yeo JD,Stabback S,Fawcett AA,Kearns R

更新日期：1981-05-01 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：:The authors report the case of a 35-year-old acromegalic woman who developed amenorrhea and decreased left vision, and who was found to have suprasellar and pulmonary hemangiopericytomas. Total removal of the suprasellar hemangiopericytoma resulted in normalization of the plasma human growth hormone (GH) level and a m...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yokota M,Tani E,Maeda Y,Morimura T,Kakudo K,Uematsu K

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) is a regenerative multifunctional peptide. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that Tβ4 treatment initiated 6 hours postinjury reduces brain damage and improves functional recovery in rats subjected to traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS:Traumatic brain injury was induced by con...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Xiong Y,Zhang Y,Mahmood A,Meng Y,Zhang ZG,Morris DC,Chopp M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2- to 15-year follow-up study is presented of a series of 35 consecutive patients treated for ruptured aneurysms of the middle cerebral artery by reinforcement with gauze wrapping. Only one patient suffered early recurrent hemorrhage in the postoperative period, and none had a late hemorrhage. The procedure carried ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Taylor JC,Choudhury AR

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The purpose of this study was to analyze patient outcomes and to define the role of radiosurgery in patients who have undergone prior microsurgical resection of their vestibular schwannoma. METHODS:The authors evaluated the pre- and postoperative clinical and neuroimaging characteristics of 76 consecutive patie...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pollock BE,Lunsford LD,Flickinger JC,Clyde BL,Kondziolka D

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00