Physiological consequences of experimental cerebral missile injury and use of data analysis to predict survival.

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to examine the effect of postoperative external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) on disease-specific survival in patients with nonbenign meningiomas. METHODS:The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from 1988 to 2007 was queried for cases of resected Grades II (atyp...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Stessin AM,Schwartz A,Judanin G,Pannullo SC,Boockvar JA,Schwartz TH,Stieg PE,Wernicke AG

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated leukocytes appear to be directly involved in potentiating ischemic central nervous system (CNS) injury. Adhesion of leukocytes to endothelium is essential for their migration and requires the binding of adhesion receptors of the leukocyte (CD 18) to an intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM) on endothelium. M...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Clark WM,Madden KP,Rothlein R,Zivin JA

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors have treated intractable pain, particularly cancer pain related to bone metastasis, with various protocols. Cancer pain has been treated by gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS), targeted to the pituitary gland-stalk, as an alternative new pain control method. The purpose of this study was to investigate a ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hayashi M,Taira T,Chernov M,Fukuoka S,Liscak R,Yu CP,Ho RT,Regis J,Katayama Y,Kawakami Y,Hori T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral [anterior internal] capsule/ventral striatum (VC/VS) is under investigation as an alternative to anterior capsulotomy for severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In neuroimaging studies of patients with OCD, dysfunction in the orbitofrontal and anterior cingulate c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rauch SL,Dougherty DD,Malone D,Rezai A,Friehs G,Fischman AJ,Alpert NM,Haber SN,Stypulkowski PH,Rise MT,Rasmussen SA,Greenberg BD

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular asymmetries after shunt surgery were studied. Right and left ventricular areas from pre-and postoperative computerized tomography scans were measured with a computer digitizing technique, and the respective areas were expressed as a ratio. Measurements were made from the scans of 15 hydrocephalic children ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Linder M,Diehl JT,Sklar FH

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A classification is proposed to organize anterior cranial base fractures systematically according to their location and size. The goal of this study was to determine whether these two variables, irrespective of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea, are related to the long-term risk of posttraumatic meningitis an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sakas DE,Beale DJ,Ameen AA,Whitwell HL,Whittaker KW,Krebs AJ,Abbasi KH,Dias PS

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas have been reported to have associated areas of surrounding low density on computerized tomography (CT). These low-density areas may represent edema, widened subarachnoid spaces, loculated cerebrospinal fluid, demyelination, or adjacent tumor. Two cases are presented in which this adjacent area of low densi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Becker D,Norman D,Wilson CB

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Surgeries for CNS tumors are frequently performed by general neurosurgeons and by those who specialize in surgical neurooncology. Subspecialization in neurosurgical practice has become common and may improve patient morbidity and mortality rates. However, the potential benefits for patients of having their surge...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Khan UA,Bhavsar A,Asif H,Karabatsou K,Leggate JR,Sofat A,Kamaly-Asl ID

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The concept of selective amygdalohippocampectomy is based on pathophysiological insights into the epileptogenicity of the hippocampal region and the definition of the clinical syndrome of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). High-resolution magnetic resonance (MR) imaging allows correlation of the site of histol...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Novak K,Czech T,Prayer D,Dietrich W,Serles W,Lehr S,Baumgartner C

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2) in cranial applications. METHODS:Critical-sized calvarial defects were created bilaterally in four rhesus monkeys, and bilateral rectangular bone flaps were created in six others. Control a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sheehan JP,Sheehan JM,Seeherman H,Quigg M,Helm GA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The end of the first 100 years of any endeavor is an appropriate time to look back and peer forward. As neurosurgery celebrates its 1st century as a specialty, the increasing role of women neurosurgeons is a major theme. This article documents the early women pioneers in neurosurgery. The contributions of these trailb...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Corley J,Kim E,Philips CA,Stippler M,Parr AM,Sweet J,Rosseau G

更新日期：2020-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The first documented case of a symptomatic intrasellar hemangioblastoma is described, occurring in an 11-year-old girl with stigmata of von Hippel-Lindau disease who presented with headaches, progressive bitemporal hemianopsia, and adenohypophysial dysfunction. A subtotal resection of the lesion was achieved with two ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sawin PD,Follett KA,Wen BC,Laws ER Jr

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a new and reliable technique for producing experimental noncommunicating syringomyelia. In 30 rats, 1.2 to 1.6 microliters of kaolin was microinjected into the dorsal columns and central gray matter of the spinal cord at C-6. The inoculations caused transient neurological deficits in four animals...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Milhorat TH,Nobandegani F,Miller JI,Rao C

更新日期：1993-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the risk of bleeding from unruptured cerebral aneurysms (UCAs), previous studies have used Kaplan-Meier analyses without treating the definitive treatment as a competing risk event, which may underestimate the rupture rate. The authors analyzed the survival of patients with UCAs alongside the o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kimura T,Ochiai C,Kawai K,Morita A,Saito N

更新日期：2019-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrocortical stimulation mapping (ESM) is the clinical standard for localizing critical sensorimotor and language functions, but other functions can be assessed with this technique as well. The authors describe an 8-year-old girl with a left frontal desmoplastic gangliocytoma and medically intractable epilepsy who ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kho KH,Rutten GJ,Leijten FS,van der Schaaf A,van Rijen PC,Ramsey NF

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic impact of the resection of metastatic brain tumor cells infiltrating adjacent brain parenchyma. METHODS:Between July 2001 and February 2007, 94 patients (67 males and 27 females, with a mean age of 55.0 +/-12.0 years) underwent resection of a single brain m...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yoo H,Kim YZ,Nam BH,Shin SH,Yang HS,Lee JS,Zo JI,Lee SH

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of leiomyosarcoma arising from the dura mater is presented. A definite histological diagnosis was based on the electron microscopic features. Extensive removal of the tumor and postoperative radiation therapy resulted in complete remission. The etiology and the origin of this tumor are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Asai A,Yamada H,Murata S,Matsuno A,Tsutsumi K,Takemura T,Matsutani M,Takakura K

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model of transient hindbrain ischemia in Mongolian gerbils is described. The vertebrobasilar junction of gerbils was exposed by a transcervical approach through the space between the atlas and occipital bone. The origin of the basilar artery was occluded by a clip, and the local cerebral blood flow (CBF) was measure...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamada K,Hayakawa T,Yoshimine T,Ushio Y

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of hemangioblastoma of the spinal cord is described in which the tumor presented in an intradural extramedullary location. The patient did not have von Hippel-Lindau's disease or metastatic seeding. It is assumed that the tumor arose in the pia, and its direction of growth was purely extramedullary. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wisoff HS,Suzuki Y,Llena JF,Fine DI

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leiomyosarcomas (LMSs) of the central nervous system are extremely rare; however, they are becoming more prevalent in immunocompromised patients. The authors present the cases of two patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: one with LMS of the thoracic vertebral body and the other with LMS originating from th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ritter AM,Amaker BH,Graham RS,Broaddus WC,Ward JD

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients with recurrent malignant glioma were treated with single high doses of BCNU ranging from 600 to 1400 mg/sq m. To prevent the characteristic late myelosuppression observed after conventional doses of BCNU, autologous bone marrow harvested just before drug treatment was infused 24 to 36 hours after thera...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hochberg FH,Parker LM,Takvorian T,Canellos GP,Zervas NT

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the first reported case of post-craniotomy wound infection due to Pseudallescheria boydii. The patient was a 24-year-old man who sustained a direct blunt injury to the calvaria, resulting in a large subdural hematoma that was surgically evacuated. Subsequently, the surgical wound became infected w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lazarus HS,Myers JP,Brocker RJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Access to the third ventricle is a veritable challenge to neurosurgeons. In this context, anatomical and morphometric studies are useful for establishing the limitations and advantages of a particular surgical approach. The transchoroidal approach is versatile and provides adequate exposure of the middle and...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vitorino Araujo JL,Veiga JCE,Wen HT,de Andrade AF,Teixeira MJ,Otoch JP,Rhoton AL Jr,Preul MC,Spetzler RF,Figueiredo EG

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Pediatric cases of infratentorial subdural empyema (SDE) are both rare and associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The goal of this study was to report patient characteristics, treatment, and outcome in an exclusively pediatric series of SDE cases. METHODS:A series of 14 pediatric cases of infrat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Venkatesh MS,Pandey P,Devi BI,Khanapure K,Satish S,Sampath S,Chandramouli BA,Sastry KV

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals of the present study were to demonstrate the ability of high-resolution ultrasonography to delineate normal nerve fascicles within or around peripheral nerve sheath tumors (NSTs). A blinded examiner evaluated 2 patients with symptomatic upper limb NSTs with high-resolution ultrasonography performed in the pe...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Simon NG,Cage T,Narvid J,Noss R,Chin C,Kliot M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemichorea-hemiballism is a rare movement disorder that has various causes. In treatment-resistant cases, both thalamic and pallidal functional procedures have been shown to yield beneficial results. Until now it has not been clarified whether the thalamus or the pallidum would yield a superior outcome. After resect...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Capelle HH,Kinfe TM,Krauss JK

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) with simultaneous acute subdural hematoma (SDH) is a severe disease. The authors' objective was to analyze the incidence, prognosis, and clinical outcome of patients suffering from aneurysm-related SAH and space-occupying acute SDH. METHODS:Between June 1999 and June 2011, data fro...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Schuss P,Konczalla J,Platz J,Vatter H,Seifert V,Güresir E

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, the authors describe a case in which the patient began to experience a supernumerary phantom arm after she received motor cortex stimulation for central pain. The patient had a history of right thalamocapsular stroke. It is speculated that the motor cortex activation triggered a response in the patient...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Canavero S,Bonicalzi V,Castellano G,Perozzo P,Massa-Micon B

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical assessment of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is important both in determining management and in predicting outcome. A previous report showed considerable observer inconsistency when patients were graded with either the Hunt and Hess or the Nishioka system. This study evaluates observer variabilit...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lindsay KW,Teasdale GM,Knill-Jones RP

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00