Implanted continuous epidural morphine infusion system. Preliminary report.

abstract：:We are reporting a retrospective study of 62 patients whose head injury was sufficiently severe to cause a high probability of posttraumatic epilepsy. Of 50 patients treated with phenytoin, 10% developed epilepsy of late onset. Twelve patients not treated with phenytoin but who had head injuries of equal magnitude had...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wohns RN,Wyler AR

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE In severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), the effects of decompressive craniectomy (DC) on brain tissue oxygen pressure (PbtO2) and outcome are unclear. The authors aimed to investigate whether changes in PbtO2 after DC could be used as an independent prognostic factor. METHODS The authors conducted a retrospe...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lubillo ST,Parrilla DM,Blanco J,Morera J,Dominguez J,Belmonte F,López P,Molina I,Ruiz C,Clemente FJ,Godoy DA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mean hemispheric cerebral blood flow (CBF) and intracranial pressure (ICP) were measured in 19 severely head-injured patients treated with barbiturate coma. The CBF was calculated from the clearance of tracer substance monitored by extracranial scintillation detectors after intravenous administration of xenon-133. In ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nordström CH,Messeter K,Sundbärg G,Schalén W,Werner M,Ryding E

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a frame with guides to facilitate accurate correlation of the planes of brain-specimen sections with computerized axial tomography brain scans. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shipps FC,D'Agostino A,Raaf J

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors report on the surgical anatomy of the juxta-dural ring area of the internal carotid artery to add to the information available about this important structure. METHODS:Twenty sides of cadaver specimens were used in this study. The plane of the dural ring was found to incline in the posteromedial dire...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Oikawa S,Kyoshima K,Kobayashi S

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in 28 traumatized cats showed the following acute changes after spinal cord compression in the cord segment below the trauma: 1) increase in size of the spinal cord evoked potential; 2) increase in size of the electrospinogram; and 3) increase in frequency of the electrospinogram. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Morrison G,Lorig RJ,Brodkey J,Nulsen FE

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ocular complications of intracarotid infusion of drugs for brain-tumor chemotherapy may be eliminated by infusion of the chemotherapeutic agent into the carotid artery above the origin of the ophthalmic artery. The authors have developed a catheter that can negotiate the carotid siphon. This catheter is not balloo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kapp JP,Ross RL,Tucker EM

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the clinical behavior of eight patients with cerebral astrocytomas, in whom computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the brain was characterized by diffuse bilateral cerebral hemisphere tissue density abnormalities and minimal focal mass effect. Five patients were newly d...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rogers LR,Weinstein MA,Estes ML,Cairncross JG,Strachan T

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors describe the use of a systemic approach to treat dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) in the lateral sinus and the confluence of sinuses in 17 patients who presented with signs and symptoms related to intracranial hemorrhage, infarction, and diffuse brain swelling. METHODS:Angiographic examination r...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goto K,Sidipratomo P,Ogata N,Inoue T,Matsuno H

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a new headframe system, by which a variety of instruments, such as brain retractors, suction tubes, mirrors, forks, armrests, and cotton-sheet trays, can be simultaneously supported. This frame enables neurosurgeons to perform operations with greater ease and fewer problems. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tamaki N,Ehara K,Matsumoto S

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The use of nicardipine prolonged-release implants (NPRIs) is associated with a significant improvement in the therapy of patients suffering from aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) regarding the occurrence and severity of cerebral vasospasm, new infarcts, and functional outcome (FO). Because quality of lif...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Barth M,Thomé C,Schmiedek P,Weiss C,Kasuya H,Vajkoczy P

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for the formation of intracranial aneurysms (IAs) remain only partially elucidated. However, current evidence suggests a genetic component. The purpose of this study was to investigate the specific anatomical variations in the arterial complex that are associated...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bourcier R,Lenoble C,Guyomarch-Delasalle B,Daumas-Duport B,Papagiannaki C,Redon R,Desal H

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The expression of estrogen receptor-related antigen (ER-D5) has been demonstrated in many tumors, including those of the brain, but the actual role of ER-D5 in cell growth is unknown. The authors evaluated the role of ER-D5 in the growth of gliomas in vitro. METHODS:Human glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cell line...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Khalid MH,Shibata S,Furukawa K,Nadel A,Ammerman MD,Caputy AJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors aimed to determine whether differences exist in presentation and natural history when comparing Asian patients with moyamoya disease (MMD) to those of other ethnicities in North America. METHODS:A database of 137 patients with MMD presenting to their institution between 1994 and 2015 was reviewed...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Feghali J,Xu R,Yang W,Liew J,Tamargo RJ,Marsh EB,Huang J

更新日期：2019-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on two patients in whom an increased signal on T1-weighted magnetic resonance images and a high-density signal on computerized tomography scans of the striatum were demonstrated, both of which were associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia. Involuntary movements, which have been present in all previo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sorimachi T,Fujii Y,Tsuchiya N,Saito M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This 32-year-old man had noticed right leg pain for 4 years and developed classic right sciatica after heavy lifting, followed by episodes of buckling of both legs 1 month prior to admission. His medical history included congenital left abducens palsy. Examination revealed a right Lasègue's sign and Fajersztajn's sign...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Holtzman RN,Jormark SC

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for the origin of the commonly held principle in current neurosurgery regarding the resectability of the anterior one third of the superior sagittal sinus unravels the many fascinating developments that occurred in neurosurgery during the early 20th century. All these occurrences can be traced back to, and ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shrivastava RK,Segal S,Camins MB,Sen C,Post KD

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors compared the histological appearance and proliferation potential of 35 meningiomas in patients with neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) and 30 sporadic meningiomas in age- and gender-matched patients without NF2. The NF2 meningiomas showed more mitotic figures (p < 0.001) and nuclear pleomorphism (p = 0.003) than th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Antinheimo J,Haapasalo H,Haltia M,Tatagiba M,Thomas S,Brandis A,Sainio M,Carpen O,Samii M,Jääskeläinen J

更新日期：1997-10-01 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：: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 various terms used to describe subdural fluid collection--"external hydrocephalus", "subdural hygroma", "subdural effusion", "benign subdural collection", and "extraventricular obstructive hydrocephalus"-reflect the confusion surrounding the diagnoses of these diseases. Differentiating external hydrocephalus...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Huh PW,Yoo DS,Cho KS,Park CK,Kang SG,Park YS,Kim DS,Kim MC

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:In this paper, the authors' goals were to clarify the characteristics of growing unruptured cerebral aneurysms detected by serial MR angiography and to establish the recommended follow-up interval. METHODS:A total of 1002 patients with 1325 unruptured cerebral aneurysms were retrospectively identified. These pa...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Inoue T,Shimizu H,Fujimura M,Saito A,Tominaga T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eighty-one patients with single aneurysms involving the anterior circulation were treated either by wrapping (60 cases) or clipping (121 cases), and 96.1% of them were followed for 10 years. The rate of early rebleeding (less than 6 months) from wrapped aneurysms was 8.6% (confidence interval 1.4% to 1...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Todd NV,Tocher JL,Jones PA,Miller JD

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The health care needs of children with hydrocephalus continue beyond childhood and adolescence; however, pediatric hospitals and pediatric neurosurgeons are often unable to provide them care after they become adults. Each year in the US, an estimated 5000-6000 adolescents and young adults (collectively, youth) with hy...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Williams MA,van der Willigen T,White PH,Cartwright CC,Wood DL,Hamilton MG

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if dexamethasone administered by osmotic pump directly to brain tumors would control peritumoral edema and at the same time suppress tumor growth and prolong survival, the authors studied experimental brain tumors produced in 102 rabbits by implanting VX2 carcinoma cells. Of these, 58 animals were separat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ikeda Y,Carson BS,Lauer JA,Long DM

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Preserving vital cerebral function while maximizing tumor resection is a principal goal in surgical neurooncology. Although functional magnetic resonance imaging has been useful in the localization of eloquent cerebral cortex, this method does not provide information about the white matter tracts that may be inv...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Witwer BP,Moftakhar R,Hasan KM,Deshmukh P,Haughton V,Field A,Arfanakis K,Noyes J,Moritz CH,Meyerand ME,Rowley HA,Alexander AL,Badie B

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intracranial stenting and flow diversion require the use of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) to prevent in-stent thrombosis. DAPT may significantly increase the risk of hemorrhagic complications in patients who require subsequent surgical interventions. In this study, the authors sought to investigate whether...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hudson JS,Nagahama Y,Nakagawa D,Starke RM,Dlouhy BJ,Torner JC,Jabbour P,Allan L,Derdeyn CP,Greenlee JDW,Hasan D

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six cases of posterior cervical fusion with rib grafts in children are reported. Four of the children had sustained cervical spine injuries in accidents, and two had congenital absence of the odontoid. Three-level fusions (C1-3) were done in four children, and four-level fusions (C1-4) in two. One child died of unrela...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： McWhorter JM,Alexander E,Davis CH,Kelly L

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Distal coil or stent migration is a rare, but potentially morbid complication of intracranial aneurysm embolization. At present, there is no established standard of surgical evacuation of displaced material-in particular, there is no consensus on the optimum time for such intervention. The authors report their p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Turek G,Kochanowicz J,Lewszuk A,Lyson T,Zielinska-Turek J,Chwiesko J,Mariak Z

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old man developed a spontaneous cerebellar hematoma 5 years after the implantation of cerebellar electrodes. No vascular malformations were found either intraoperatively or radiographically. The histopathological findings of the cerebellar tissue obtained at biopsy from the region surrounding the electrodes ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zuccarello M,Sawaya R,Lukin R,deCourten-Myers G

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00