Spontaneous intracerebral hematoma in carotid-cavernous fistula. Report of three cases.

abstract：:The authors describe their minimally invasive technique for performing a superficial temporal artery (STA) to middle cerebral artery (MCA) bypass, which relies on an enlarged bur hole (2-2.5 cm) rather than the standard craniotomy. They perform this procedure in a minimally invasive fashion, using CT angiography for i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Coppens JR,Cantando JD,Abdulrauf SI

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The use of intercostal nerves (ICNs) for the neurotization of the musculocutaneous nerve (MCN) in adult patients with traumatic brachial plexus palsy has been well described. However, its use for brachial plexus palsy in infants has rarely been reported. The authors surgically created 31 ICN-MCN communications f...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kawabata H,Shibata T,Matsui Y,Yasui N

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to obtain a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying cerebral plasticity. Coupled with noninvasive detection of its occurrence, such an understanding has huge potential to improve glioma therapy. The authors aimed to demonstrate the frequency of plastic reshaping, find clu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Conway N,Wildschuetz N,Moser T,Bulubas L,Sollmann N,Tanigawa N,Meyer B,Krieg SM

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Chiari malformation Type I (CM-I) is characterized by hindbrain deformity. We investigated the effects of craniocervical decompression surgery on the anatomical features of hindbrain deformity with a prospective MRI study of patients with CM-I. METHODS:A prospective longitudinal study was conducted in 48 patien...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Heiss JD,Suffredini G,Bakhtian KD,Sarntinoranont M,Oldfield EH

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE High-grade glial brain tumors are often characterized by an elevated expression of the tumorigenic epidermal growth factor receptor variant III ( EGFRvIII). The authors sought to establish a clinically adaptive protocol as a noninvasive diagnostic tool for EGFRvIII detection through serum exosomes. METHODS P...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Manda SV,Kataria Y,Tatireddy BR,Ramakrishnan B,Ratnam BG,Lath R,Ranjan A,Ray A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy are potential candidates for anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL), in which epileptogenic temporal lobe tissue is localized and surgically removed. This surgical approach can eliminate or drastically reduce seizures in the majority of patients. The authors used a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： King JT Jr,Sperling MR,Justice AC,O'Connor MJ

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has defined Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) for assessments in quality of inpatient care. The hypothesis of this study is that, in the treatment of unruptured cerebral aneurysms (UCAs), PSI events are less likely to occur in hospitals meeting the volume t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Washington CW,Taylor LI,Dambrino RJ,Clark PR,Zipfel GJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：OBJECT:The purpose of this study was to determine if magnetic source (MS) imaging could provide useful information in the planning and performance of gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS) for epilepsy. METHODS:Magnetic source imaging of interictal epileptiform dipoles was studied in 53 epilepsy surgery candidates. All patien...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Smith JR,King DW,Park YD,Lee MR,Lee GP,Jenkins PD

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is presented who had neck pain and transient episodes of visual-field defect followed by unconsciousness when he hyperextended his neck. Radiographic examination revealed atlantooccipital instability on flexion and extension views. Treatment by fusion of the occiput to C-2 resulted in relief of symptoms. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Finney HL,Roberts TS

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:True mycotic (fungal) aneurysms are distinctly uncommon. The case of a young woman with multiple intracranial aneurysms of Coccidioides immitis origin is presented. Coccidioides immitis organisms are not uncommon central nervous system pathogens and usually cause basilar meningitis and hydrocephalus. There are no prev...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hadley MN,Martin NA,Spetzler RF,Johnson PC

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the cause of the loss of endothelium-dependent relaxation observed in chronic cerebral vasospasm. A bioassay system was developed to measure the release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) from canine basilar arteries. Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) was induced in do...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kim P,Lorenz RR,Sundt TM Jr,Vanhoutte PM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chordoid meningioma is a rare meningothelial tumor characterized by chordoma-like histological features with lymphoplasmacellular infiltration. This tumor is often seen in children, but not in adults, with a systemic inflammatory syndrome (iron-resistant microcytic anemia and/or dysgammaglobulinemia) and very rarely w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Denaro L,Di Rocco F,Gessi M,Lauriola L,Lauretti L,Pallini R,Fernandez E,Maira G

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic acute subdural hematoma remains one of the most lethal of all head injuries. Since 1981, it has been strongly held that the critical factor in overall outcome from acute subdural hematoma is timing of operative intervention for clot removal; those operated on within 4 hours of injury may have mortality rates...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wilberger JE Jr,Harris M,Diamond DL

更新日期：1991-02-01 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：:The case is reported of a patient with progressive left hemiparesis due to vascular compression of the medulla oblongata. Metrizamide computerized tomography cisternography revealed that the left vertebral artery was compressing and distorting the left lateral surface of the medulla. Compression was surgically relieve...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kim P,Ishijima B,Takahashi H,Shimizu H,Yokochi M

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous intracranial hypotension due to a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak in the spine is an important cause of new, daily persistent headaches. Most patients respond well to conservative treatments including epidural blood patching. Limited options for effective treatment are available for patients in whom these t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Schievink WI,Maya MM,Moser FM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The concept of the flow-diverter stent (FDS) is to induce aneurysmal thrombosis while preserving the patency of the parent vessel and any covered branches. In some circumstances, it is impossible to avoid dangerously covering small branches, such as the anterior choroidal artery (AChA), with the stent. In this p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Neki H,Caroff J,Jittapiromsak P,Benachour N,Mihalea C,Ikka L,Moret J,Spelle L

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Blunt traumatic cerebrovascular injury (TCVI) represents structural injury to a vessel due to high-energy trauma. The Biffl Scale is a widely accepted grading scheme for these injuries that was developed using digital subtraction angiography. In recent years, screening CT angiography (CTA) has been used to i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Foreman PM,Griessenauer CJ,Kicielinski KP,Schmalz PGR,Rocque BG,Fusco MR,Sullivan JC 3rd,Deveikis JP,Harrigan MR

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective study of magnetic resonance (MR) images obtained in 289 neurosurgical patients, loss of signal intensity (signal-void phenomenon, SVP) of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the mesencephalic aqueduct was observed in 77 patients. This SVP was noted in the MR studies of 12 of 14 patients with communicat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ohara S,Nagai H,Matsumoto T,Banno T

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The treatment of solitary vestibular schwannomas by performing Gamma Knife surgery is well established. It has been reported that decreasing the surface dose reduces patient morbidity, especially facial weakness and numbness. The authors of this retrospective study examine patient data from a single center to de...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hudgins WR,Antes KJ,Herbert MA,Weiner RL,DeSaloms JM,Stamos D,Barker JL,Echt GA,Nichols TD,Schwarz DE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms that give rise to ischemic brain damage have not been definitively determined, but considerable evidence exists that three major factors are involved: increases in the intercellular cytosolic calcium concentration (Ca++i), acidosis, and production of free radicals. A nonphysiological rise in Ca++i due t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Siesjö BK

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors have previously reported that the results of using cadaveric fibula and locking plate (CF/LP) fusion following anterior cervical discectomy (ACD) for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy and myelopathy are superior to those obtained using autologous iliac crest (AIC) grafts in the short term. The long-...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shapiro S,Connolly P,Donnaldson J,Abel T

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:There is increasing evidence that simulation provides high-quality, time-effective training in an era of resident duty-hour restrictions. Simulation may also permit trainees to acquire key skills in a safe environment, important in a specialty such as neurosurgery, where technical error can result in devastating...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kirkman MA,Ahmed M,Albert AF,Wilson MH,Nandi D,Sevdalis N

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Based on data from primate experiments it is known that rotational acceleration in the sagittal plane and in a forward direction is most likely to produce acute subdural hematomas due to bridging vein rupture. For protection against these lesions, knowledge of rotational acceleration tolerance levels in humans i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Depreitere B,Van Lierde C,Sloten JV,Van Audekercke R,Van der Perre G,Plets C,Goffin J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review was undertaken to determine the efficacy of using dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) lesions to treat intractable pain caused by trauma to the conus medullaris and cauda equina. Traumatic lesions of this area are unique in that both the spinal cord and the peripheral nerve roots are injured. Although DREZ lesio...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sampson JH,Cashman RE,Nashold BS Jr,Friedman AH

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute studies performed in five patients indicate that electrical stimulation of the brain could be a powerful tool for the reduction or control of intractable pain. While chronic or spontaneous pain could be relieved by stimulation of the periaqueductal gray matter, the accompanying side effects render it impossible ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Richardson DE,Akil H

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bow hunter stroke, which is characterized by transient vertebrobasilar ischemia brought on by head turning, is an unusual condition usually caused by structural abnormalities at the craniocervical junction. The authors present a case in which compression of the left vertebral artery (VA) at the C4-5 level was caused b...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vates GE,Wang KC,Bonovich D,Dowd CF,Lawton MT

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE: Intravenous infusion of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from adult bone marrow improves behavioral function in rat models of cerebral infarction. Although clinical studies are ongoing, most studies have focused on the acute or subacute phase of stroke. In the present study, MSCs derived from bone marr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Namioka T,Namioka A,Sasaki M,Kataoka-Sasaki Y,Oka S,Nakazaki M,Onodera R,Suzuki J,Sasaki Y,Nagahama H,Kocsis JD,Honmou O

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The purpose of this study was to evaluate both replication-competent and replication-restricted recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) vectors as therapeutic agents for high-grade gliomas by using an organotypic brain tissue slice-glioma coculture system. METHODS:The coculture system involved growing diff...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Duntsch CD,Zhou Q,Jayakar HR,Weimar JD,Robertson JH,Pfeffer LM,Wang L,Xiang Z,Whitt MA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00