High-dose glucocorticoid treatment improves neurological recovery in head-injured mice.

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：:The presence of pneumocephalus in a patient without a history of undergoing intracranial or intrathecal procedures is a significant radiographic finding that portends a violation of the dural barrier or the presence of infection. The authors report a case of iatrogenic pneumocephalus that confounded the evaluation of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Thompson TP,Levy E,Kanal E,Lunsford LD

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Descriptions of visual dysfunction in pineal gland tumors tend to focus on upward gaze palsy alone. The authors aimed to characterize the nature, incidence, and functional significance of ophthalmological dysfunction after resection of tumors based on the pineal gland. METHODS:Review of a retrospective case ser...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hart MG,Sarkies NJ,Santarius T,Kirollos RW

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-year-old laborer presented with a 1-year history of low-back pain radiating into the posterior aspects of both thighs. Two weeks before admission, acute exacerbation resulted in signs and symptoms of compressive radiculopathy at L-5. Myelography revealed concentric constriction of the lower thecal sac due to abun...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Archer CR,Smith KR Jr

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Surgical intervention may be required if endovascular embolization is insufficient to completely obliterate intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs). The authors report their 14-year experience with 23 patients harboring diverse intracranial DAVFs that required surgical intervention. METHODS:Between 19...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Liu JK,Dogan A,Ellegala DB,Carlson J,Nesbit GM,Barnwell SL,Delashaw JB

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of giant aneurysmal bone cyst of the skull is reported. Treatment was by total excision in three-staged surgery. The patient made a good recovery. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chalapati Rao KV,Rao BS,Reddy CP,Sundareshwar B,Reddy CR

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author, while a research illustrator at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, studied two ancient skulls from the Incan period in Peru, both with trephination. Her conclusions and illustrations of the skulls are included in this paper. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Froeschner EH

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic application of barbiturate-induced coma was evaluated in a primate model of focal cerebral ischemia. A standardized regimen of pentobarbital was used, and the times of initiation of administration were varied following a 6-hour middle cerebral artery occlusion in baboons. Three groups of five animals w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Selman WR,Spetzler RF,Roski RA,Roessmann U,Crumrine R,Macko R

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique is described in which spinal fracture repositioning, decompression, and stabilization are achieved by a combination of hook-rod and pedicle screw fixation. This straightforward technique is useful for performing acute decompression in patients with partial neurological deficits and multisystem injuries. A ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Stancić MF,Mićović V,Potocnjak M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Maximum extent of resection (EOR) for lower-grade and high-grade gliomas can increase survival rates of patients. However, these infiltrative gliomas are often observed near or within eloquent regions of the brain. Awake surgery is of known benefit for the treatment of gliomas associated with eloquent region...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Motomura K,Natsume A,Iijima K,Kuramitsu S,Fujii M,Yamamoto T,Maesawa S,Sugiura J,Wakabayashi T

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A methodology for dosimetric verification of radiation therapy plans was developed and implemented. Dosimetric accuracy of clinically active intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and intensity-modulated radiosurgery (IMRS) programs was assessed using this methodology. METHODS:The methodology included several ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Agazaryan N,Ullrich W,Lee SP,Solberg TD

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Anterior capsulotomy (AC) is sometimes used as a last resort for treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Previous studies assessing neuropsychological outcomes in patients with OCD have identified several forms of cognitive dysfunction that are associated with the disease, but few have focu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gong F,Li P,Li B,Zhang S,Zhang X,Yang S,Liu H,Wang W

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (IPEH), commonly known as Masson's tumor, is a benign lesion that manifests as an excessive proliferation of endothelial cells within a vessel wall. IPEH is extremely rare in the brain, with only 36 intracranial cases previously described in the literature. It is commonl...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sankey EW,Hynes JS,Komisarow JM,Maule J,Griffin AS,Dotters-Katz SK,Mitchell CJ,Friedman AH

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The 201Tl uptake index was evaluated for its usefulness in formulating a diagnosis of hemangioblastoma. Thallium-201-single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) studies were performed in nine patients harboring hemangioblastomas in the posterior fossa and in five patients (six lesions) with gliomas in...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kondo T,Kumabe T,Maruoka S,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatosensory evoked response from the cervical skin surface over the spine (the cervical SER) was recorded, and compared with the cord dorsum potential (CDP) simultaneously recorded from the posterior epidural space at the same segment. The cervical SER evoked by segmental nerve stimulation consisted of an initially ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shimoji K,Shimizu H,Maruyama Y

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEParaclinoid aneurysms represent approximately 5% of intracranial aneurysms (Drake et al. [1968]). Visual impairment, which occurs in 16%-40% of patients, is among the most common presentations of these aneurysms (Day [1990], Lai and Morgan [2013], Sahlein et al. [2015], and Silva et al. [2017]). Flow-divertin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Silva MA,See AP,Khandelwal P,Mahapatra A,Frerichs KU,Du R,Patel NJ,Aziz-Sultan MA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial number of patients with coronal synostosis who undergo frontoorbital advancement still require additional surgical treatment to correct increased intracranial pressure or unsatisfactory craniofacial structure. However, frontoorbital advancement currently requires elevation of the frontal as well as the o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hirabayashi S,Sugawara Y,Sakurai A,Harii K,Park S

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:One hundred fifty-two intracranial gliomas of various types were reviewed in order to correlate the histopathological features with the proliferative potential of each tumor as reflected by the bromodeoxyuridine (BUdR) labeling index (LI). Patients undergoing surgical removal of gliomas were given a 30-minute intraven...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Germano IM,Ito M,Cho KG,Hoshino T,Davis RL,Wilson CB

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Remington humane stunner was used to deliver blows to the skulls of anesthetized cats. Alternate animals were post-treated with either dexamethasone (4 mg/kg/day) or a comparable volume of saline. Each animal was tested for cerebral edema 48 hours after impact by measurement of the change in density of white matter ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tornheim PA,McLaurin RL

更新日期：1978-02-01 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:The calcium antagonist nimodipine has been shown to reduce the incidence of ischemic complications following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Although most randomized studies have been focused on the effect of the peroral administration of nimodipine, intravenous infusion is an alternative and the prefe...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kronvall E,Undrén P,Romner B,Säveland H,Cronqvist M,Nilsson OG

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Three patients with severe postoperative hemiplegia and one with hemiplegia following a subarachnoid hemorrhage are presented. None had hematomas. All were treated with dopamine-induced hypertension, mannitol, and large quantities of intravascular fluids. All showed a remarkable degree of clinical improvement, presuma...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brown FD,Hanlon K,Mullan S

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of concentrated conditioned medium from each of eight human malignant glioma cell lines on the growth of indicator cells (normal rat kidney fibroblasts (NRK), clone 14) was determined in monolayer and in soft agar assay systems. The conditioned medium from all cell lines was mitogenic in the monolayer assay...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rutka JT,Rosenblum ML,Stern R,Ralston HJ 3rd,Dougherty D,Giblin J,DeArmond S

更新日期：1989-12-01 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：:Vincent van Gogh's life, letters, and art are the framework for this existential speech about the nature of alienation, as well as its threat to humanity and to the artful practice of medicine. The honest, human voice expressed in van Gogh's art stands in opposition to alienation, which occurs when we divide the world...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pelofsky S,Pelofsky R

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Chronic pulmonary diseases (CPDs) are common causes of morbidity. However, their effects on the outcome of the neurosurgical patient population are unknown. In this study, the impact of CPD on length of stay (LOS) and cost of hospitalization (COH) in neurosurgical patients was evaluated. METHODS:This was a retr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Varhabhatla N,Zuo Z

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five studies of regional cerebral blood volume (rCBV), regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF), and regional cerebral oxygen utilization (rCMRO2) were performed in 30 patients undergoing diagnostic cerebral angiography for evaluation of a subarachnoid hemorrhage due to a ruptured intracranial aneurysm. Tracer method...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Grubb RL Jr,Raichle ME,Eichling JO,Gado MH

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Meige syndrome is characterized by blepharospasm and varied subphenotypes of craniocervical dystonia. Current literature on pallidal surgery for Meige syndrome is limited to case reports and a few small-scale studies. The authors investigated the clinical outcomes of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Horisawa S,Ochiai T,Goto S,Nakajima T,Takeda N,Kawamata T,Taira T

更新日期：2018-01-19 00:00:00