Extradural lipomatosis simulating an acute herniated nucleus pulposus. Case report.

abstract：:The recurrence of intracranial mature teratomas as germ cell tumors of different histological types is rarely reported. The authors describe the first case of the malignant transformation of an intracranial mature teratoma into a yolk sac tumor in a 16-year-old boy who presented with a 1-month history of anorexia and ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Utsuki S,Oka H,Sagiuchi T,Shimizu S,Suzuki S,Fujii K

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caloric expenditure and nitrogen balance were measured in 14 steroid-treated comatose head-injured patients acutely and up to 28 days after injury. During this period patients were fed with a continuous enteral infusion of a formula containing 2 Kcal/cc and 10 gm nitrogen/liter. Indirect calorimetry was carried out fo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Clifton GL,Robertson CS,Grossman RG,Hodge S,Foltz R,Garza C

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Outcomes of 1019 brachial plexus lesions in patients who underwent surgery at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center during a 30-year period are reviewed in this paper to provide management guidelines. METHODS:Causes of brachial plexus lesions included 509 stretches/contusions (50%), 161 plexus tumor...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kim DH,Cho YJ,Tiel RL,Kline DG

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Head trauma, intracerebral hematoma formation, and hemorrhagic cerebral infarction cause extravasation of the intravascular contents, red blood cell (RBC) hemolysis, hemosiderin deposition within the neuropil, and an increased incidence of epilepsy. Reports conflict regarding the efficacy of the administration of prop...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Willmore LJ,Triggs WJ

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Guglielmi detachable coil (GDC) technology is a valuable therapeutic alternative to the surgical treatment of ruptured or incidental intracranial aneurysms. The authors describe their technical and clinical experience in the use of the GDC technique in patients who underwent endovascular occlusion for the treatm...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Murayama Y,Viñuela F,Duckwiler GR,Gobin YP,Guglielmi G

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of gamma knife surgery (GKS) for the treatment of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) involving the corpus callosum. METHODS:Thirty-two patients aged from 7 to 65 years (median 25 years) with AVMs of the corpus callosum underwent GKS between 1990 ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Maruyama K,Shin M,Tago M,Kurita H,Kawamoto S,Morita A,Kirino T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-hour intensive intravenous dosing regimen with the glucocorticoid steroid methylprednisolone has recently been shown to be effective in enhancing neurological recovery in spinal cord-injured patients when initiated within 8 hours after injury. The state of knowledge concerning the neuroprotective pharmacology of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hall ED

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Analysis of the authors' experience over the last 10 years has indicated that excellent pain control has rarely been obtained by thalamic relay nucleus stimulation in patients with thalamic pain. In the present study, 11 patients with thalamic pain were treated by chronic stimulation of the precentral gyrus. In eight ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tsubokawa T,Katayama Y,Yamamoto T,Hirayama T,Koyama S

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The object of this retrospective study was to investigate the impact of targeted therapies on overall survival (OS), distant intracranial failure, local failure, and radiation necrosis among patients treated with radiation therapy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) metastases to the brain. METHODS:All patients d...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Juloori A,Miller JA,Parsai S,Kotecha R,Ahluwalia MS,Mohammadi AM,Murphy ES,Suh JH,Barnett GH,Yu JS,Vogelbaum MA,Rini B,Garcia J,Stevens GH,Angelov L,Chao ST

更新日期：2019-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of myxochondrosarcoma of the fourth ventricle. The tumor was heavily calcified and proved impossible to remove at surgery. Histological examination revealed areas of loose fibroblastic tissue, hyaline cartilage, osteoid, and bone. It is postulated that the tumor arose from the stroma of the c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Scott RM,Dickersin R,Wolpert SM,Twitchell T

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barbiturates were administered to normal dogs, establishing an isoelectric electrocorticogram. Cortical cerebral blood flows (CBF) and deeper CBF's were respectively measured by krypton-85 (85Kr) and xenon-133 (133 Xe). Following barbiturate administration, the two methods of measuring CBF showed a poor coefficient of...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Laurent JP,Lawner P,Simeone FA,Fink E

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A visual field deficit resulting from the management of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) significantly impacts a patient's quality of life. The present study was designed to investigate the clinical and radiological outcomes of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) performed for AVMs involving the postgeniculate vi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bowden G,Kano H,Caparosa E,Tonetti D,Niranjan A,Monaco EA 3rd,Flickinger J,Arai Y,Lunsford LD

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors undertook this study to identify predictors of persistent postoperative seizures in their group of 28 Dutch pediatric and adolescent patients with medically intractable epilepsy who underwent functional hemispherectomy. METHODS:The records of 28 pediatric and adolescent patients who underwent a func...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cats EA,Kho KH,Van Nieuwenhuizen O,Van Veelen CW,Gosselaar PH,Van Rijen PC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of agents have been used to coat aneurysms as an alternative to clipping. These agents were employed more frequently prior to the routine use of the operating microscope and the presently available variety of aneurysm clips. One such coating agent is methyl methacrylate. This report describes a patient with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ogilvy CS,Poletti CE

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of primary central nervous system lymphoma with chemotherapy prior to whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) has improved outcome considerably in this previously fatal disease. Complete or partial responses to intravenous methotrexate (3.5 gm/sq m with leucovorin rescue every 3 weeks for two to four cycles...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Glass J,Gruber ML,Cher L,Hochberg FH

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study examining the possible therapeutic effects of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha (rHuTNF-alpha) on malignant gliomas without expression of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-receptors, RG-2 glioma cells were tested in vitro as well as in a rat experimental glioma model. A growth inhibition assay reveale...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kiwit JC,Schmitz KH,Daum L,Reifenberger G,Roosen N

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intravenous nimodipine on the incidence of mortality and delayed ischemic neurological deficits of patients after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and surgery was studied in a prospective double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Upon admission, all of the patients were in Grades I to III according ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ohman J,Heiskanen O

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) has been shown to decrease mortality and to increase the rate of recovery in head-injured patients. However, a recent short-term animal experiment has raised concern over the potential enhancement of vasogenic edema by TPN. The experiment described here was undertaken to examine longer...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Combs DJ,Ott L,McAninch PS,Dempsey RJ,Young B

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although ventricular shunting is an effective therapy for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH), the effect of shunt valve type on the incidence of revision surgery is not well defined. To address this issue, shunt revision rates between patients with iNPH receiving a fixed-setting valve (FSV) versu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rinaldo L,Bhargav AG,Nesvick CL,Lanzino G,Elder BD

更新日期：2019-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported in which a fibrosarcoma developed 20 years after irradiation of a pituitary chromophobe adenoma. This rare lesion, like most of the other documented postirradiation pituitary sarcomas, was a combination of fibrosarcoma and pituitary adenoma. These lesions tend to behave in a characteristic fashion, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pieterse S,Dinning TA,Blumbergs PC

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients were seen who described similar rapid shot-like pains that we have called "flashing pain syndrome" and whose pain was relieved by carbamazepine. The pathology of these conditions is not uniform, but the clinical description appears to be specific for an unpleasant condition that will respond dramatically...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dunsker SB,Mayfield FH

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective cochlear neurotomy for intractable tinnitus is quite difficult to perform because there is no way to approach the cochlear nerve without interfering with other neural structures. The authors successfully performed selective cochlear neurotomy in the cerebellopontine cistern in a patient with persistent intra...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ryu H,Yamamoto S,Sugiyama K,Uemura K

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors present their experience with neurosurgical procedures requiring real-time imaging feedback such as aspiration of a cystic structure or abscess cavity, decompression of hydrocephalic ventricles, management of arachnoid cysts, and installation of permanent or temporary drainage conduits, in which inte...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kollias SS,Bernays RL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health concern, especially in developing countries. Many types of neurotuberculosis have been described, but there is only one previously reported case of subdural empyema caused by tuberculous bacilli. A 1-year-old boy who had been treated for pulmonary tuberculosis was ref...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cayli SR,Onal C,Koçak A,Onmuş SH,Tekiner A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there are many cities that can claim to have been the incubator of modern neurological surgery, the rise of this surgical subspecialty in New York City in the late 19th and early 20th century mirrors what was occurring around the world. The first confirmed brain tumor operation in the US was performed there i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Solomon RA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors sought to determine the predictors of late neurological and hospital-acquired medical complications (HACs) in patients with low-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). METHODS:The authors conducted a retrospective study of 424 patients with low-grade aSAH admitted to their institution fr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mouchtouris N,Lang MJ,Barkley K,Barros G,Turpin J,Sweid A,Starke RM,Chalouhi N,Jabbour P,Rosenwasser RH,Tjoumakaris S

更新日期：2019-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the authors present the first evidence that meningiomas respond to treatment with hydroxyurea. Hydroxyurea was administered as an adjunct chemotherapeutic treatment in patients with recurrent and unresectable meningiomas. Hydroxyurea was used because experimental data demonstrated that it inhibits growth...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Schrell UM,Rittig MG,Anders M,Koch UH,Marschalek R,Kiesewetter F,Fahlbusch R

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report of 74-year-old man with trigeminal neuralgia is presented to underscore the importance of evaluating the entire treatment plan, especially when delivering large doses where even a low percentage of the prescription dose can contribute a substantial dose to an unintended target. The patient was treated...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Peddada AV,Sceats DJ,White GA,Bulz G,Gibbs GL,Switzer B,Anderson S,Monroe AT

更新日期：2011-11-01 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