Ventriculoperitoneal shunt procedure complicated by ureter obstruction. Case report.

abstract：:Hypophosphatemia with osteomalacia may be due to a neoplasm that produces fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23), which inhibits phosphate reabsorption in the kidneys. Most of these tumors occur in bone or soft tissue and occasionally in the head, although intracranial occurrence is very rare. This report describes a tu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mathis DA,Stehel EJ Jr,Beshay JE,Mickey BE,Folpe AL,Raisanen J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-year-old boy had a sore throat, followed in 4 weeks by acute rheumatic fever and in 6 weeks by atlanto-axial dislocation. Reduction of the dislocation by means of a halo vest relieved his pain, but the cervical spine remained unstable after 3 months of immobilization and required an occiput-C1-2 fusion and rib gr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bicknell JM,Kirsch WM,Seigel R,Orrison W

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution dynamic infrared (DIR) imaging provides intraoperative real-time physiological, anatomical, and pathological information; however, DIR imaging has rarely been used in neurosurgical patients. The authors report on their initial experience with intraoperative DIR imaging in 30 such patients. A novel, lon...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ecker RD,Goerss SJ,Meyer FB,Cohen-Gadol AA,Britton JW,Levine JA

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors report a simple method for bilateral open-door cervical expansive laminoplasty in which hydroxyapatite (HA) spacers are secured by titanium screws. A biomechanical study was also conducted to confirm the strength of the screw fixation. METHODS:A unilateral posterior approach was used to allow preser...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Takayasu M,Takagi T,Nishizawa T,Osuka K,Nakajima T,Yoshida J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large, highly ossified craniopharyngioma was diagnosed and surgically treated in a 2-year-old girl. About 20 teeth were macroscopically identified in the operative specimen, some of them totally developed, complete with crown and root. Pathological study established the diagnosis of craniopharyngioma with formation ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Alvarez-Garijo JA,Froufé A,Taboada D,Vila M

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study was designed to explore the association between facility type (academic center [AC] vs non-AC), facility volume (high-volume facility [HVF] vs low-volume facility [LVF]), and outcomes of glioblastoma (GBM) treatment. METHODS:Based on the National Cancer Database (NCDB), GBM patients were ca...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zhu P,Du XL,Zhu JJ,Esquenazi Y

更新日期：2019-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The first reported instance of identical twins with moyamoya disease is presented. The involved portions of the main intracranial arteries were similar, but the formation of the moyamoya vessels was somewhat different. The cause fo obstructive changes in large intracranial arteries remains obscure, but the frequent fa...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamada H,Nakamura S,Kageyama N

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Emergency access to the ventricular system is sometimes necessary for the treatment of raised intracranial pressure with ensuing herniation. One procedure described in the literature is a transorbital approach performed using a spinal needle. Because past publications have been case reports with minimal definiti...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tubbs RS,Loukas M,Shoja MM,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The effectiveness and safety of radiosurgery for small- to medium-sized cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) have been well established. However, the management for large cerebral AVMs remains a great challenge to neurosurgeons. In the past 5 years the authors performed preplanned staged radiosurgery to t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chung WY,Shiau CY,Wu HM,Liu KD,Guo WY,Wang LW,Pan DH

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author describes a new technique for exposure of the cervical spine laminae in which the attachments of the semispinalis cervicis and multifidus muscles to the spinous processes are left untouched. It provides a conservative exposure through which a diverse range of posterior cervical surgeries can be performed. I...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shiraishi T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) often present with impaired gait and cognition together with ventricular enlargement and normal intracranial pressure. Many have vascular risk factors as well as periventricular and deep white matter changes on MR imaging. Abnormal CSF dynamics, that ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tisell M,Tullberg M,Hellström P,Edsbagge M,Högfeldt M,Wikkelsö C

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of craniopharyngioma presenting in the right cerebellopontine angle. The tumor was removed totally. The purpose of this report is to record this very unusual localization of a craniopharyngioma. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Altinörs N,Senveli E,Erdoğan A,Arda N,Pak I

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Increasing PaO2 can increase brain tissue PO2 (PbtO2). Nevertheless, the small increase in arterial O2 content induced by hyperoxia does not increase O2 delivery much, especially when cerebral blood flow (CBF) is low, and the effectiveness of hyperoxia as a therapeutic intervention remains controversial. The...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hlatky R,Valadka AB,Gopinath SP,Robertson CS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of several calmodulin antagonists, such as N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalene-sulfonamide hydrochloride (W-7) and its dechlorinated structural analogue (W-5), on the growth and proliferation of cultured and transplanted glioma (GA-1, chemically induced from rat glioblasts) were evaluated. Under cultur...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Suzuki N,Kanno T,Nagata Y,Kato T

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Over the past 15 years stereotactic radiosurgery has become an accepted surgical option for patients with medically unresponsive trigeminal neuralgia (TN). The mechanism whereby radiosurgery causes pain relief remains unclear. METHODS:A review of recent papers on the radiosurgical management of TN reveals a cor...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pollock BE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal instrumentation currently allows gross-total resection and reconstruction in cases of malignancies at all levels of the spine. The authors analyzed the results in 110 patients who underwent surgery for primary and metastatic spinal tumors over a 5-year period (1989-1993) at a single institution. Major primary s...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sundaresan N,Steinberger AA,Moore F,Sachdev VP,Krol G,Hough L,Kelliher K

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Atypical meningioma often recurs even after resection. As a salvage modality, radiotherapy or stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is attempted for this aggressive tumor. This retrospective study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of SRS that involved Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) for atypical meningioma. METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hanakita S,Koga T,Igaki H,Murakami N,Oya S,Shin M,Saito N

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal dural lacerations can be a difficult part of spinal surgery. A dural tear can result in complications that include meningitis and pseudocyst formation. Appropriate treatment for these tears is generally suturing, using 4.0, 5.0, or 6.0 suture. For successful closure of dural lacerations, the authors have collab...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Levy DI,Sonntag VK

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:It remains unclear whether elderly patients with compressive cervical myelopathy can be expected to experience a promising surgery-related outcome after undergoing expansive laminoplasty. The purposes of this study were to evaluate the efficacy of expansive laminoplasty in elderly patients with cervical myelopat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Handa Y,Kubota T,Ishii H,Sato K,Tsuchida A,Arai Y

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of chronic anterior lobe cerebellar stimulation on patients with cerebral palsy have been investigated using a new method of quanitfying muscle rigidity and stretch reflexes. The ankle is oscillated sinusoidally, compliance is measured at several frequencies, and electromyographic activity of the extensor ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Penn RD,Gottlieb GL,Agarwal GC

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Functional neurosurgical interventions such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) are traditionally performed with the aid of a stereotactic frame. Although frameless techniques have been perceived as less accurate, data from a recent phantom study of a modified frameless approach demonstrated a laboratory accuracy ex...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Holloway KL,Gaede SE,Starr PA,Rosenow JM,Ramakrishnan V,Henderson JM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal cortical dysplasia type II (FCD II) is a common histopathological substrate of epilepsy surgery. Here, the authors propose a sulcus-centered resection strategy for this malformation, provide technical details, and assess the efficacy and safety of this technique. The main purpose of the sulcus-centered resection...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zhao B,Zhang C,Wang X,Wang Y,Liu C,Mo J,Zheng Z,Zhang K,Shao XQ,Hu W,Zhang J

更新日期：2020-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Patients with gliomas frequently have cognitive deficits, and surgery can exacerbate these deficits. Preoperative assessment is therefore crucial in patients undergoing surgery for glioma in eloquent areas, because the proximity of functional areas increases the risk of permanent postoperative cognitive disturba...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Satoer D,Vork J,Visch-Brink E,Smits M,Dirven C,Vincent A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Proper screening, management, and follow-up of Grade 1 and 2 blunt carotid artery injuries (BCIs) remains controversial. These low-grade BCIs were analyzed to define their natural history and establish a rational management plan based on lesion progression and cerebral infarction. METHODS:A retrospective review...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Scott WW,Sharp S,Figueroa SA,Eastman AL,Hatchette CV,Madden CJ,Rickert KL

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of diastematomyelia are described and illustrated. These and a further 60 cases from the literature are analyzed. The data corroborate the opinion that early diagnosis and treatment result in a better prognosis. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kennedy PR

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Neurosurgery is among the most competitive residencies, as evidenced by the high number of applicants for relatively few positions. Although it is important to recruit candidates who have the intellectual capacity and drive to succeed, traditional objective selection criteria, such as US Medical Licensing Ex...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lubelski D,Healy AT,Friedman A,Ferraris D,Benzel EC,Schlenk R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECT This study explored whether there were differences between the autoimmune disease prevalence rates in unilateral and bilateral moyamoya disease (MMD). METHODS The authors performed a retrospective review of data obtained from the medical records of their hospital, analyzing and comparing the clinical characteri...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chen JB,Liu Y,Zhou LX,Sun H,He M,You C

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord infarction in association with pneumococcal meningitis has not been previously recognized. The case is reported of a 5 1/2-year-old boy who had Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis complicated by the sudden onset of flaccid paraplegia and loss of all sensory modalities below the level of T-2. At operation, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Haupt HM,Kurlinski JP,Barnett NK,Epstein M

更新日期：1981-07-01 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：:Space-occupying lesions of the basal ganglia are a rare cause of extrapyramidal dysfunction in children. Metastatic pineal germinoma in both basal ganglia produced dystonia in a 12-year-old boy. The literature is reviewed. Extrapyramidal manifestations in the child are compared with previously reported cases of basal ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lins MM,McDonnell DE,Aschenbrener CA,Cancilla PA

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00