Heterotopic new bone formation in the cervical spine following head injury. Case report.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The optimal surgical treatment for acute subdural hemorrhage (ASDH) remains controversial. The purpose of this study was to compare outcomes in patients who underwent craniotomy with those in patients who underwent decompressive craniectomy for the treatment of ASDH. METHODS:Using the Japan Trauma Data Bank,...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shibahashi K,Sugiyama K,Tomio J,Hoda H,Morita A

更新日期：2019-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A consecutive series of 32 adult patients with chronic subdural hematoma was studied in respect to postoperative cerebral reexpansion (reduction in diameter of the subdural space) after burr-hole craniostomy and closed-system drainage. Patients with high subdural pressure showed the most rapid brain expansion and clin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Markwalder TM,Steinsiepe KF,Rohner M,Reichenbach W,Markwalder H

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of computerized tomography (CT) scans was performed in a consecutive series of 100 patients with ruptured saccular cerebral aneurysms who were admitted, diagnosed, and operated on within 72 hours after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and treated with calcium antagonists. The aneurysms were in the anterior portio...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Auer LM,Schneider GH,Auer T

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The brainstem is a compact, delicate structure. The surgeon must have good anatomical knowledge of the safe entry points to safely resect intrinsic lesions. Lesions located at the lateral midbrain surface are better approached through the lateral mesencephalic sulcus (LMS). The goal of this study was to compa...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cavalcanti DD,Morais BA,Figueiredo EG,Spetzler RF,Preul MC

更新日期：2019-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with a variety of negative outcomes in critically ill patients, but little focused study on the effects of hypovitaminosis D has been performed in the neurocritical care population. In this study, the authors examined the effect of vitamin D deficiency on 3-month outc...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Guan J,Karsy M,Brock AA,Eli IM,Manton GM,Ledyard HK,Hawryluk GWJ,Park MS

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:Prolonged coma following severe head injury is a serious condition because it implies a poor prognosis. In order to assess the magnitude of this phenomenon, the authors have reviewed 135 cases of posttraumatic unconsciousness lasting more than 2 weeks, from among the entire propulation of patients with severe head inj...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bricolo A,Turazzi S,Feriotti G

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:At present, the administration of prophylactic antiepileptic medication following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is controversial, and the practice is heterogeneous. Here, the authors sought to inform clinical decision making by identifying factors associated with the occurrence of seizures following a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ibrahim GM,Fallah A,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Sedation regimens for head-injured patients are quite variable. The short-acting sedative-anesthetic agent propofol is being increasingly used in such patients, yet little is known regarding its safety and efficacy. In this multicenter double-blind trial, a titratable infusion of 2% propofol accompanied by low-d...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kelly DF,Goodale DB,Williams J,Herr DL,Chappell ET,Rosner MJ,Jacobson J,Levy ML,Croce MA,Maniker AH,Fulda GJ,Lovett JV,Mohan O,Narayan RK

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Procedures for relief of coronal synostosis and metopic synostosis have resulted in some undesirable sequelae. The authors present combined neurological and plastic surgical modifications to prevent additional synostoses, forehead ridging, and lateral orbital wall step-off. They recommend bifrontal craniotomy with lat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Marsh JL,Schwartz HG

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertebral artery dissection may be spontaneous or related to some traumatic event. Diagnosis has usually been made by angiography, an invasive procedure with certain well-known risks. The authors describe the magnetic resonance (MR) appearance (both on conventional spin-echo and on gradient refocused "flow" sequences)...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Quint DJ,Spickler EM

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of medicine is replete with innovations in neurosurgery that have spurred further developments across the medical spectrum. Surgeons treating pathologies in the head and spine have broken ground with new approaches, techniques, and technologies since ancient times. Neurosurgeons occupy a vital nexus in pat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Couldwell WT,Mortimer V,Kraus KL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The average 65-year-old patient with moderate dementia can look forward to only 1.4 quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), that is, longevity times quality of life. Some of these patients suffer from normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and respond dramatically to shunt insertion. Currently, however, NPH cannot be ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Stein SC,Burnett MG,Sonnad SS

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Despite persisting questions regarding its appropriateness, 30-day readmission is an increasingly common quality metric used to influence hospital compensation in the United States. However, there is currently insufficient evidence to identify which patients are at highest risk for readmission after aneurysm...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Greenberg JK,Guniganti R,Arias EJ,Desai K,Washington CW,Yan Y,Weng H,Xiong C,Fondahn E,Cross DT,Moran CJ,Rich KM,Chicoine MR,Dhar R,Dacey RG Jr,Derdeyn CP,Zipfel GJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A stereotaxic technique has been developed to cannulate the cerebral aqueduct in patients with hydrocephalus resulting from occlusion of the aqueduct of Sylvius. Precise placement of a 15- to 20-mm long radiopaque prosthesis between the third and fourth ventricles can reestablish the normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Backlund EO,Grepe A,Lunsford D

更新日期：1981-11-01 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：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：OBJECT:Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is an uncommon complication of carotid endarterectomy (CEA), and carries a high rate of mortality and morbidity. Traditionally, attention has been focused on the cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (HPS) as the leading cause of ICH after CEA. Other mechanisms, such as a perioperative ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Henderson RD,Phan TG,Piepgras DG,Wijdicks EF

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring of cerebral oxygenation is considered to be of great importance in minimizing secondary hypoxic and ischemic brain damage following severe head injury. Although the threshold for cerebral hypoxia in jugular bulb oximetry (measurement of O2 saturation in the jugular vein (SjvO2)) is generally accepted to be ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kiening KL,Unterberg AW,Bardt TF,Schneider GH,Lanksch WR

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:To provide greater accuracy in determining the epileptogenic zone during preoperative evaluation, the authors retrospectively examined 123I-iomazenil single-photon emission computed tomography (IMZ SPECT) studies obtained in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) in whom there was no evidence of an abnormali...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Umeoka S,Matsuda K,Baba K,Usui N,Tottori T,Terada K,Usui K,Nakamura F,Inoue Y,Fujiwara T,Mihara T

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Chordomas and chondrosarcomas of the skull base are aggressive and locally destructive tumors with a high tendency for local progression despite treatment. The authors evaluated the effect of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) on local tumor control and survival. METHODS:Twenty-eight patients with histologically c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Martin JJ,Niranjan A,Kondziolka D,Flickinger JC,Lozanne KA,Lunsford LD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several types of adjustable clamp have been widely utilized to gradually occlude the carotid artery for the treatment of various intracranial vascular lesions. A fairly large number of patients, many of whom have not been adequately followed, have these clamps still in place. The authors report two patients, initially...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Helm GA,Simmons NE,diPierro CG,Kassell NF

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The comparative effectiveness of the 2 treatment options-surgical clipping and endovascular coiling-for unruptured cerebral aneurysms remains an issue of debate and has not been studied in clinical trials. The authors investigated the association between treatment method for unruptured cerebral aneurysms and...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bekelis K,Gottlieb DJ,Su Y,O'Malley AJ,Labropoulos N,Goodney P,Lawton MT,MacKenzie TA

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:Neurosurgery has played an important role in the development of neuroscience and the science of consciousness. In this paper, the authors reflect on some of the historical contributions of neurosurgeons to the science of consciousness and discuss the ways in which clinical neurosurgery can contribute to the science of...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hasegawa H,Jamieson GA,Ashkan K

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:It has been demonstrated that an extensive resection (total or subtotal) may significantly increase the overall survival in patients with WHO Grade II gliomas (low-grade gliomas [LGGs]). Yet, recent data have shown that conventional MR imaging underestimates the spatial extent of LGG, since tumor cells were foun...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yordanova YN,Moritz-Gasser S,Duffau H

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Over a 16-year period, 570 patients presenting with acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage were successfully treated using endosaccular coil embolization within 30 days of hemorrhage by a single surgeon. Patients were followed to assess the stability of aneurysm occlusion and its longer-term efficacy in protec...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Plowman RS,Clarke A,Clarke M,Byrne JV

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of a series of 460 patients with spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage showed that 241 had demonstrable aneurysms and 38 had multiple aneurysms. The importance of demonstrating the entire circulation following ligation of one aneurysm is emphasized. Treatment of the 38 patients with multiple aneurysms is describe...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Moyes PD

更新日期：1971-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical obstruction is a severe complication of ventricular catheter use. Its incidence was shown to be high in the 1960s and 1970s, with up to 41% of the catheters becoming obstructed within 10 years after surgery. The authors present what is to their knowledge the first reported case of a patient with failure of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zinn PO,Bozinov O,Burkhardt JK,Reisch R,Yaşargil MG,Bertalanffy H

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This study was undertaken to evaluate the association between age at diagnosis, patterns of care, and outcome among elderly individuals with anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) and glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Methods Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results database, the authors identified 1753 individual...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Barnholtz-Sloan JS,Williams VL,Maldonado JL,Shahani D,Stockwell HG,Chamberlain M,Sloan AE

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00