Occipital neuralgia and the C1-2 arthrosis syndrome.

abstract：OBJECT:Chronic sinusitis can be a debilitating disease with significant impact on quality of life. Frontal sinusitis has a relatively low prevalence, but complications can be severe due to its anatomical location. After failure of conservative measures, typically endoscopic procedures are performed to improve the drain...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： van Dijk JM,Wagemakers M,Korsten-Meijer AG,Kees Buiter CT,van der Laan BF,Mooij JJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:An unusual instance of severe and potentially lethal depression of the bone marrow is described as a result of the administration of phenytoin for seizure prophylaxis. The patient was treated successfully by prompt cessation of phenytoin and intravenous administration of human recombinant granulocyte-macrophage colony...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rawanduzy A,Sarkis A,Rovit RL

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the case of a 35-year-old acromegalic woman who developed amenorrhea and decreased left vision, and who was found to have suprasellar and pulmonary hemangiopericytomas. Total removal of the suprasellar hemangiopericytoma resulted in normalization of the plasma human growth hormone (GH) level and a m...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yokota M,Tani E,Maeda Y,Morimura T,Kakudo K,Uematsu K

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new aneurysm clip has been developed specifically for internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms. This fenestrated clip's occluding blades deviate laterally, since the majority of ICA aneurysms protrude posterolateral to the parent artery. The clip was applied safely in seven recent patients with ICA aneurysms. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fujita S

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The use of subdural drains after surgical evacuation of chronic subdural hematoma (CSH) decreases the risk of recurrence and has become the standard of care. Halfway through the controlled, randomized TOSCAN (Randomized Trial of Follow-up CT after Evacuation of Chronic Subdural Hematoma) trial, the authors' i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Häni L,Vulcu S,Branca M,Fung C,Z'Graggen WJ,Murek M,Raabe A,Beck J,Schucht P

更新日期：2019-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Preoperative anemia may be treated with a blood transfusion. Both are associated with adverse outcomes in various surgical procedures, but this has not been clearly elucidated in surgery for cerebral aneurysms. In this study the authors assessed the association of preoperative anemia and perioperative blood tran...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Seicean A,Alan N,Seicean S,Neuhauser D,Selman WR,Bambakidis NC

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anatomical study of three microsurgical intraorbital routes to the optic nerve and orbital apex, which can be reached through a fronto-orbital craniotomy, was conducted on cadaver specimens. The structures that could be exposed via the medial, central, or lateral approaches directed through the orbital roof were de...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Natori Y,Rhoton AL Jr

更新日期：1994-07-01 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 direct cortical response (DCR), an electrical potential recorded in the immediate vicinity of a surface cortical stimulus, shows a configuration in the primary sensory areas of animals that is different from the one observed in association cortex. This suggested the possibility that systematic study of the DCR in ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goldring S,Harding GW,Gregorie EM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of hypothermia is used routinely in neurosurgical and cardiovascular operations to protect the brain from ischemic insult. However, despite a plethora of experimental evidence supporting the use of hypothermia to protect the brain from ischemia, clinical experience using deliberate hypothermia in humans has ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sagher O,Huang DL,Webb RC

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to establish the therapeutic window during which delayed therapy with MgSO4 improves neurological motor outcome in rats that have suffered severe traumatic axonal brain injury. METHODS:Severe brain injury was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats by using the impact-acceleration model o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Heath DL,Vink R

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Dysfunction of distributed neural networks underlies many brain disorders. The development of neuromodulation therapies depends on a better understanding of these networks. Invasive human brain recordings have a favorable temporal and spatial resolution for the analysis of network phenomena but have generall...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Swann NC,de Hemptinne C,Miocinovic S,Qasim S,Ostrem JL,Galifianakis NB,Luciano MS,Wang SS,Ziman N,Taylor R,Starr PA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the authors performed deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (SACC) in a patient with a history of bipolar disorder. After a right thalamic stroke, intractable depression without mood elevation or a mixed state developed in this patient. He underwent bilateral SACC DBS a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： McNab JA,Voets NL,Jenkinson N,Squier W,Miller KL,Goodwin GM,Aziz TZ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the temporal course of radiosurgical lesions, 19 cats were irradiated in an animal linear accelerator radiosurgical device. The animals were followed clinically and, at 3.5, 6, 12, 18, 23, 29, and 63 weeks, were studied with gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. They were then sacrificed...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Blatt DR,Friedman WA,Bova FJ,Theele DP,Mickle JP

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injury to the spinal column and spinal cord occurs relatively infrequently in the pediatric population. A review of 174 pediatric patients is presented, representing 5.4% of all patients admitted with spinal injury. Spinal cord injury was present in 45% of patients. A distinct injury profile, explained by anatomical a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hamilton MG,Myles ST

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Insight may be gained into the physiological mechanisms of deep brain stimulation (DBS) by analyzing local and contralateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) single-unit activity during activation of previously placed DBS electrodes. Special techniques are required to perform such analysis due to the presence of a larg...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Toleikis JR,Metman LV,Pilitsis JG,Barborica A,Toleikis SC,Bakay RA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE An effective treatment of patients in a minimally conscious state (MCS) or vegetative state (VS) caused by hypoxic encephalopathy or traumatic brain injury (TBI) is not yet available. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the thalamic reticular nuclei has been attempted as a therapeutic procedure mainly in patient...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chudy D,Deletis V,Almahariq F,Marčinković P,Škrlin J,Paradžik V

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of piriformis syndrome is difficult and its precise definition is highly controversial. In this article, the authors present the case of a patient who had clinical features suggestive of piriformis syndrome. During surgery the patient was found to have a rare variation in anatomical structures, in which the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Spinner RJ,Thomas NM,Kline DG

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Posterior fossa arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are relatively uncommon and often difficult to treat. The authors present their experience with multimodality treatment of 76 posterior fossa AVMs, with an emphasis on Spetzler-Martin Grades III-V AVMs. METHODS:Seventy-six patients with posterior fossa AVMs tre...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kelly ME,Guzman R,Sinclair J,Bell-Stephens TE,Bower R,Hamilton S,Marks MP,Do HM,Chang SD,Adler JR,Levy RP,Steinberg GK

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Improved neuroimaging techniques have led to an increase in the reported cases of intramedullary cavernomas. The purpose of this study was to define the spectrum of presenting signs and symptoms in patients with spinal intramedullary cavernomas and to analyze the role of surgery as a treatment for these lesions....

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Deutsch H,Jallo GI,Faktorovich A,Epstein F

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiosurgery emerged as a neurosurgical discipline in order to utilize energy for the manipulation of brain or nerve tissue, with the goal of minimal access and safe and effective care of a spectrum of neurosurgical disorders. Perhaps no other branch of neurosurgery has been so disruptive across the entir...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kondziolka D

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 10 patients with supratentorial ependymomas, the tumors exhibited hyperdensity on computerized tomography (CT) scanning prior to contrast infusion and, with one exception, all tumors were mixed lesions with the low densities suggesting cystic or necrotic portions. Eighty percent of the tumors contained small calcif...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Centeno RS,Lee AA,Winter J,Barba D

更新日期：1986-02-01 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:Oligometastatic brain metastases may be treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) alone, but no consensus exists as to when SRS alone would be appropriate. A survey was conducted at 2 radiosurgery meetings to determine which factors SRS practitioners emphasize in recommending SRS alone, and what physician cha...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Knisely JP,Yamamoto M,Gross CP,Castrucci WA,Jokura H,Chiang VL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Glioma is the most common form of brain tumor and has high lethality. The authors of this study aimed to elucidate the efficiency of preoperative inflammatory markers, including neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), derived NLR (dNLR), platelet/lymphocyte ratio (PLR), lymphocyte/monocyte ratio (LMR), and progno...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zheng SH,Huang JL,Chen M,Wang BL,Ou QS,Huang SY

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) obliterates 65%-87% of cavernous sinus dural arteriovenous fistulas (CSDAVFs). However, the hemodynamic effect on GKS outcomes is relatively unknown. The authors thus used the classification scheme developed by Suh et al. to explore this effect. METHODS:The authors retrospectively (...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wu CA,Yang HC,Hu YS,Wu HM,Lin CJ,Luo CB,Guo WY,Lee CC,Liu KD,Chung WY

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic and debilitating psychiatric condition. Traditionally, anterior capsulotomy (AC) was an established procedure for treatment of patients with refractory OCD. Over recent decades, deep brain stimulation (DBS) has gained popularity. In this paper the authors review the pub...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pepper J,Hariz M,Zrinzo L

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors studied outcomes and complications in patients who harbored arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and underwent stereotactic radiosurgery involving the Novalis shaped beam unit. METHODS:Between January 1998 and January 2002, 83 patients were treated with radiosurgery at University of California, Los An...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pedroso AG,De Salles AA,Tajik K,Golish R,Smith Z,Frighetto L,Solberg T,Cabatan-Awang C,Selch MT

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients with malignant glioma were treated with the lymphokine interleukin-2 (IL-2) or with lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells, and one patient received combination therapy with both LAK cells and IL-2. The LAK cells were generated by culturing recombinant IL-2 with peripheral blood lymphocytes obtained fro...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jacobs SK,Wilson DJ,Kornblith PL,Grimm EA

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00