Spontaneous resolution of epidural hematomas. Report of two cases.

abstract：:The cases of six patients are presented to delineate the clinical profile of delayed radiation necrosis of the brain. In five the diagnosis was verified histologically. Symptoms most often begin 9 months to 2 years after radiotherapy. Progressive visual impairment and dementia are common following perisellar irradiati...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Martins AN,Johnston JS,Henry JM,Stoffel TJ,Di Chiro G

更新日期：1977-09-01 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：: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：:The neurosurgical management of intrinsic brain tumors and brain metastases mandates maximum resection with preservation of functional cortex. There have been previous reports on the use of cortical somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) for localization of functional cortex prior to resection. The identification of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Grant GA,Farrell D,Silbergeld DL

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Recurrent malignant gliomas have inherent resistance to traditional chemotherapy. Novel therapies target specific molecular mechanisms involved in abnormal signaling and resistance to apoptosis. The proteasome is a key regulator of multiple cellular functions, and its inhibition in malignant astrocytic lines cau...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bota DA,Alexandru D,Keir ST,Bigner D,Vredenburgh J,Friedman HS

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report an unusual case of a widely metastatic glioblastoma. DNA copy number microarray profile of the resected specimen revealed complex rearrangements found throughout chromosome 6, a phenomenon known as chromothripsis. Such chromothripsis pattern was not observed in 50 nonmetastatic glioblastoma specimen...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rennert RC,Hoshide RR,Signorelli JW,Amaro D,Sack JA,Brennan CW,Chen CC

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequential changes in microvascular architecture following local cold injury in rat brains were studied post mortem by scanning electron microscopy and the vascular casting method. The findings were compared with the results of immunohistochemical studies of injured endothelial cells using the bromodeoxyuridine (B...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Orita T,Nishizaki T,Kamiryo T,Harada K,Aoki H

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) is widely recognized as an effective, minimally invasive treatment for intractable trigeminal neuralgia, but the role of GKS in glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN) remains unclear. This study involved 2 patients with medically intractable GPN who were treated using GKS. One patient required 2 tr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yomo S,Arkha Y,Donnet A,Régis J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe cerebrovascular and cerebral metabolic changes in monkeys, subjected to cerebral missile injury. After injury with BB pellet at 90 m/sec, there is a rapid rise in intracranial pressure (ICP), which reaches a peak 2 to 5 minutes posttrauma, and then falls to about 20 to 30 mm Hg. This, with a fall ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Crokard HA,Brown FD,Calica AB,Johns LM,Mullan S

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unusual pathological findings were encountered in a temporal lobectomy specimen from a 9-year-old boy with intractable complex partial seizures. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an enlarged left temporal lobe, with diffuse high signal intensity over the cortex and poor gray-white differentiation on T2-weighted imag...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jay V,Becker LE,Otsubo H,Hwang P,Hoffman HJ,Armstrong DC

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Remington humane stunner was used to deliver a blow to the left side of the surgically-exposed skull in ketamine-anesthetized cats. At 15 minutes after the trauma, brain tissue was frozen in situ. In animals without visible tissue hemorrhage (Grade 0) and in those with unilateral cerebral contusions involving the ce...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wagner KR,Tornheim PA,Eichhold MK

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:There is a growing body of evidence to support the safe and effective use of spine radiosurgery. However, there is much less experience regarding the use of radiosurgery for the treatment of benign as opposed to malignant spine tumors. This study represents an evaluation of, and reporting on, the technical aspec...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gerszten PC,Chen S,Quader M,Xu Y,Novotny J Jr,Flickinger JC

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEAwake craniotomies have become a feasible tool over time to treat brain tumors located in eloquent regions. Different techniques have been applied in neurooncology centers. Both "asleep-awake-asleep" (asleep) and "conscious sedation" were used subsequently at the authors' neurosurgical department. Since 2013,...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Suero Molina E,Schipmann S,Mueller I,Wölfer J,Ewelt C,Maas M,Brokinkel B,Stummer W

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One major risk of intraoperative stimulation mapping is the production of stimulation-evoked seizures. Cold Ringer's lactate solution was applied directly to the irritated cortex in 22 patients with stimulation-induced seizures that occurred during intraoperative brain mapping procedures. The irrigation rapidly and re...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sartorius CJ,Berger MS

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Opercular glioma inferolateral to the hand/digit sensorimotor area can be resected safely using a neuronavigation system and functional brain mapping techniques. However, the surgery can still sometimes cause postoperative ischemic complications, the character of which remains unclear. The authors of this study ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kumabe T,Higano S,Takahashi S,Tominaga T

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Skin closure has always been the main challenge in treating myelomeningoceles (MMCs). Most cutaneous defects can be treated with the simple undermining and primary suture of the wound edges. This is the ideal treatment, but it is not adequate in cases in which the lesions are greater than 5 cm in diameter. Numer...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： De Brito Henriques JG,Filho GP,Gusmão SN,Henriques KS,Miranda ME

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors undertook a study to identify magnetic resonance (MR) imaging techniques that can be used reliably during gamma knife surgery (GKS) to identify the trigeminal nerve, surrounding vasculature, and areas of compression. METHODS:Preoperative visualization of the trigeminal nerve and surrounding vasculat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zerris VA,Noren GC,Shucart WA,Rogg J,Friehs GM

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:A 9- to 12-year follow-up review was conducted in 105 of 124 patients who were treated with chymopapain chemonucleolysis for herniated lumbar disc. The data were obtained from responses to a questionnaire. Seventy-nine patients (75.2%) reported marked improvement, six (5.7%) had slight improvement, and 20 (19.0%) had ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Javid MJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thalamic, pallidal, and hypothalamic targets were determined in 16 patients by a stereotactic computerized tomography (CT) study using a noninvasive technique with Laitinen's Stereoadapter. At surgery, the Stereoadapter was remounted to the head and the stereotactic CT coordinates were transferred to the Stereoguide w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hariz MI,Bergenheim AT

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a single large intravenous dose of the sodium succinate esters of the glucocorticoids methylprednisolone, prednisolone, or hydrocortisone to enhance early neurological recovery after moderate to severe blunt head injury was examined in male CF-1 mice. Unanesthetized mice were restrained and subjected to...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hall ED

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The caudal zona incerta target within the posterior subthalamic area is an investigational site for deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson disease (PD) and tremor. The authors report on a patient with tremor-predominant PD who, despite excellent tremor control and an otherwise normal neurological examination, exhib...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bangash OK,Thorburn M,Garcia-Vega J,Walters S,Stell R,Starkstein SE,Lind CR

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Neurogenesis, which is upregulated by neural injury in the adult mammalian brain, may be involved in the repair of the injured brain and functional recovery. Therefore, the authors sought to identify agents that can enhance neurogenesis after brain injury, and they report that (Z)-1-[N-(2-aminoethyl)-N-(2-ammoni...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lu D,Mahmood A,Zhang R,Copp M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphomatoid granulomatosis is of uncertain etiology and poses problems with diagnosis and treatment. A case with involvement of the right temporal lobe, but associated with cystoid macular edema of the retina, is described. The unusual mode of presentation, the radiographic, operative, and pathological findings, the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kerr RS,Hughes JT,Blamires T,Teddy PJ

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to compare the effects of two different treatment protocols on physiological characteristics and outcome in patients with brain trauma. One protocol was primarily oriented toward reducing intracranial pressure (ICP), and the other primarily on maintaining cerebral perfusion pressure (CP...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Howells T,Elf K,Jones PA,Ronne-Engström E,Piper I,Nilsson P,Andrews P,Enblad P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) have been shown to have significant osteoinductive activity in numerous in vitro and in vivo assay systems, and BMP-2 and BMP-7 are currently being evaluated in human clinical studies. In the spinal region, BMPs have been shown to promote spinal arthrodesis at a higher rate tha...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Helm GA,Alden TD,Beres EJ,Hudson SB,Das S,Engh JA,Pittman DD,Kerns KM,Kallmes DF

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a modified surgical procedure for extracranial vertebral artery reconstruction. The use of the proposed technique results in access to the V3 segment of the vertebral artery between the C-1 and C-2 vertebrae through the retrojugular space without requiring bone rongeuring. A saphenous vein bypass g...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Miyamoto S,Kikuchi H,Nagata I,Akiyama Y,Itoh K,Yamagiwa O,Asahi S

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatosensory evoked response from the cervical skin surface over the spine (the cervical SER) was recorded, and compared with the cord dorsum potential (CDP) simultaneously recorded from the posterior epidural space at the same segment. The cervical SER evoked by segmental nerve stimulation consisted of an initially ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shimoji K,Shimizu H,Maruyama Y

更新日期：1978-06-01 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：:Gas myelography was carried out in 22 patients with acute cervical spinal cord injuries in whom oily contrast media seemed contraindicated. The authors believe this technique makes a valuable contribution to the basic decision regarding the surgical versus medical treatment of a specific patient with a cervical cord i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rossier AB,Berney J,Rosenbaum AE,Hachen J

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00