Giant cyst of the septum pellucidum: case report.

abstract：OBJECT:The central role of endothelin (ET)-1 in the development of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage is indicated by the successful treatment of this vasospasm in several animal models by using selective ET(A) receptor antagonists. Clazosentan is a selective ET(A) receptor antagonist that provides for th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vatter H,Zimmermann M,Tesanovic V,Raabe A,Schilling L,Seifert V

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one patients with brain lesions underwent brain biopsy using either a computerized tomography (CT)-guided stereotactic approach or an ultrasound-guided technique. The cases were selected according to location and size of the mass lesion. Lesions 15 mm or less in diameter and those in the posterior fossa were bio...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Di Lorenzo N,Esposito V,Lunardi P,Delfini R,Fortuna A,Cantore G

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although image-based human stereotaxis began with Spiegel and Wycis in 1947, the major principles of radiographic stereotaxis were formulated 50 years earlier by the French scientific photographer Gaston Contremoulins. In 1897, frustrated by the high morbidity of bullet extraction from the brain, the Parisian surgeon ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Giller CA,Mornet P,Moreau JF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrovirus-mediated herpes simplex virus-thymidine kinase (HSV-tk) gene therapy is a promising approach in the treatment of brain tumors. Previous in vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated a bystander effect in which nonmodified tumor cells in proximity to HSV-tk-modified tumor cells are killed with the modified ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vrionis FD,Wu JK,Qi P,Cano W,Cherington V

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Disturbance of cerebral phosphorus-containing metabolites occurs in many disease entities and has not been widely studied in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Pilot studies have indicated that hypermagnesemic treatment may improve outcome in patients with aneurysmal SAH, but the precise mechanism is n...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wong GK,Yeung DK,Ahuja AT,King AD,Lam CW,Chan MT,Gin T,Poon WS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical success of angioplasty for symptomatic vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) depends on early intervention and can best be achieved after the aneurysm is occluded. However, patients presenting with unsecured ruptured aneurysms and established clinical vasospasm offer a dilemma for the surgeon....

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Le Roux PD,Newell DW,Eskridge J,Mayberg MR,Winn HR

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A laboratory technique that allows strain measurements of the skull is described. Holographic interferometry allows the entire surface displacement of the skull to be mapped within 1/10 of the wavelength of light. Holographic interferometric pictures are presented following various stress applications to the skull. Th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Spetzler RF,Spetzler H

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The posterior subthalamic area (PSA) is a promising target of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for medication-refractory essential tremor (ET). This case series describes a novel adverse effect manifesting as dystonic tics in patients with ET undergoing DBS of the PSA. METHODS Six patients with ET received elect...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chandran AS,Joshi S,Thorburn M,Stell R,Lind CR

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors sought to establish whether the volume of the posterior fossa in children suffering from Chiari malformation Type I (CM-I) is smaller than normal, as has been suggested previously. They also investigated the role of syringomyelia in posterior fossa development. METHODS:Both posterior fossa volume (P...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sgouros S,Kountouri M,Natarajan K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare multiple system histiocytosis that is characterized pathologically by xanthogranulomatous infiltrates and radiologically by symmetrical sclerosis of long bones. The diagnosis is often confirmed by biopsy of bone or of orbital or retroperitoneal soft tissue. Intracranial involvem...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Oweity T,Scheithauer BW,Ching HS,Lei C,Wong KP

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinsonism caused by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) exposure was first identified in intravenous drug users. This neurotoxicant has since been used extensively in nonhuman primates to induce an experimental model of Parkinson disease (PD). In this study, the authors examined the intraoperative p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Christine CW,Langston JW,Turner RS,Starr PA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The commonest initial computerized tomography (CT) finding in head-injured children is bilateral diffuse cerebral swelling. Cerebral blood flow and CT density studies suggest that this swelling is due to cerebral hyperemia and increased blood volume, not to edema. The clinical history, course, and outcome of 63 childr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bruce DA,Alavi A,Bilaniuk L,Dolinskas C,Obrist W,Uzzell B

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two phenomena associated with malignant gliomas are: 1) the ability to metastasize systemically, and 2) the capacity to induce sarcomatous transformation within the supportive mesenchyma. An unusual case is presented of selective metastases of the sarcomatous elements of a mixed gliosarcoma. Immunohistochemical cell s...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Weaver D,Vandenberg S,Park TS,Jane JA

更新日期：1984-09-01 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：:OBJECT The human area postrema (AP) is a circumventricular organ that has only been described in cadaveric specimens and animals. Because of its position in the calamus scriptorius and the absence of surface markers on the floor of the fourth ventricle, the AP cannot be clearly localized during surgical procedures. ME...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Longatti P,Porzionato A,Basaldella L,Fiorindi A,De Caro P,Feletti A

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of patient-related factors, extent of surgery, and adjuvant therapy on survival in children presenting with intracranial ependymoma. METHODS:Between 1980 and 1999, 83 children (mean age 36 months) underwent surgery for intracranial ependymomas. Complete resect...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： van Veelen-Vincent ML,Pierre-Kahn A,Kalifa C,Sainte-Rose C,Zerah M,Thorne J,Renier D

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tandem internal carotid artery (ICA) origin occlusion and middle cerebral artery (MCA) thromboembolism is a life-threatening condition with poor neurological outcome. The authors report on a patient presenting with acute ischemic stroke from a tandem ICA and MCA occlusion with penumbra. Emergency MCA mechanical thromb...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Frenkel MB,Renfrow JJ,Singh J,Garg N,Wolfe SQ

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The human leukocyte antigen-A24 (HLA-A24) allele is highly expressed in Asians. This allele is expressed in 60% of the Japanese population and in a significant number of people of other ethnicities. The interleukin-13 type alpha2 receptor (IL-13Ralpha2) has been shown to be a glioma-specific antigen, and is abun...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shimato S,Natsume A,Wakabayashi T,Tsujimura K,Nakahara N,Ishii J,Ito M,Akatsuka Y,Kuzushima K,Yoshida J

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klatzo's classification of brain edema into two types, vasogenic and cytotoxic, has been in general use since 1967. The former involves overall brain swelling due to fluid entry from the vasculature because of openings in the blood-brain barrier (BBB), whereas the latter refers to cell swelling without any loss of the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kimelberg HK

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serrated suction tip with a variety of diameters and serrations has been developed for the microsurgical removal of tumors. These tips can dissect and aspirate tumor tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, or blood simultaneously, and the degree of suction can be controlled by the pressure of the tip against the tumor. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shibuya M,Suzuki Y,Nakane T

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic stroke remains a leading cause of morbidity and death for which few therapeutic options are available. The development of neuroprotective agents, a once promising field of investigation, has failed to translate from bench to bedside successfully. This work reviews the ischemic cascade, agents targeting steps ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Turner RC,Dodson SC,Rosen CL,Huber JD

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Patients with complex craniocerebral pathophysiologies such as giant cerebral aneurysms, skull base tumors, and/or carotid artery occlusive disease are candidates for a revascularization procedure to augment or preserve cerebral blood flow. However, the brain is susceptible to ischemia, and therefore the excimer...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Reinert M,Verweij BH,Schaffner T,Mihalache G,Schroth G,Seller RW,Tulleken CA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report eight cases of trigeminal neurinoma managed over the past 13 years with radical resection at a single-stage operation. Three patients were male and five were female, ranging in age from 25 to 56 years (mean 41.5 years). One had von Recklinghausen's disease. The tumors were located mainly within the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yasui T,Hakuba A,Kim SH,Nishimura S

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The key to the successful microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve is the maintenance of the separation between the trigeminal nerve and the offending vessel. The authors describe a technique whereby a dural sling is fashioned from the tentorium cerebelli (the anatomy of which is briefly reviewed), which is...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Melvill RL,Baxter BL

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:It remains unclear whether malignant glioma cells can deliver tumor antigens efficiently to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class I molecules. To elucidate the mechanism of antigen presentation in malignant gliomas, the authors examined the expression of the transporter associated with antigen processing ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Satoh E,Mabuchi T,Satoh H,Asahara T,Nukui H,Naganuma H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A growing number of published studies have recently demonstrated the role of resection in overall survival (OS) for patients with gliomas. In this retrospective study, the authors objectively investigated the role of the extent of resection (EOR) in OS in patients with low-grade gliomas (LGGs). METHODS:Between ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ius T,Isola M,Budai R,Pauletto G,Tomasino B,Fadiga L,Skrap M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of clot removal on cerebral vasospasm was studied in 104 patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The series included patients who fulfilled all of the following criteria: operation was performed by Day 3 after the ictus; the patient's preoperative clinical grade was between Grades I and IV; ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Inagawa T,Yamamoto M,Kamiya K

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied 31 comatose head-injured patients to assess the clinical usefulness of laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) in continuous autoregulation monitoring. The LDF probes were placed on the surface of the cerebral cortex. Data on LDF, intracranial pressure (ICP), and arterial blood pressure (ABP) were recorded a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lam JM,Hsiang JN,Poon WS

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of treatment of neoplastic spinal cord compression by vertebral body resection and immediate stabilization in 101 consecutive patients over a 5-year period have been analyzed. Sites of primary cancer included the lung (25 patients), kidney (15 patients), breast (14 patients), connective tissue (12 patients...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sundaresan N,Galicich JH,Lane JM,Bains MS,McCormack P

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of a patient in whom an intracranial extracerebral melanoma developed in association with a life-long nevus of Ota. Melanotic pigmentation of the skull, periosteum, and meninges beneath the nevus was found at operation. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sagar HJ,Ilgren EB,Adams CB

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00