Role of EEG monitoring and cross-clamping duration in carotid endarterectomy.

abstract：:The results of treatment of neoplastic spinal cord compression by vertebral body resection and immediate stabilization in 101 consecutive patients over a 5-year period have been analyzed. Sites of primary cancer included the lung (25 patients), kidney (15 patients), breast (14 patients), connective tissue (12 patients...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sundaresan N,Galicich JH,Lane JM,Bains MS,McCormack P

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Patients with intracranial vertebrobasilar artery (VBA) atherosclerotic occlusive disease have few therapeutic options. Unfortunately, VBA transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) herald a lethal or devastating event within 5 years in 25 to 30% of patients. The authors report their initial experience with eight patient...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rasmussen PA,Perl J 2nd,Barr JD,Markarian GZ,Katzan I,Sila C,Krieger D,Furlan AJ,Masaryk TJ

更新日期：2000-05-01 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:Previous studies have shown a relationship between a patient's stage of diffuse axonal injury (DAI) and outcome. However, few studies have assessed whether a specific lesion or type of corpus callosum injury (CCI) influences outcome in patients with DAI. The authors investigated the effect of various DAIs and CC...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Matsukawa H,Shinoda M,Fujii M,Takahashi O,Yamamoto D,Murakata A,Ishikawa R

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Intracranial germinomas commonly occur in the pineal region, the floor of the third ventricle (hypothalamus), or both, and they are often associated with diabetes insipidus (DI). The authors conducted a study to correlate preoperative DI with the endoscopic and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging evidence of tumor o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wellons JC 3rd,Reddy AT,Tubbs RS,Abdullatif H,Oakes WJ,Blount JP,Grabb PA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current management of malignant gliomas is unsatisfactory compared to that of other solid tumors; the expected median survival period is less than 1 year with the patient undergoing conventional surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy treatment. Immunological reagents could be a useful adjunct. Human monoclonal an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dan MD,Schlachta CM,Guy J,McKenzie RG,Dorscheid DR,Sandor VA,Villemure JG,Price GB

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 24 aneurysms occurring in 23 patients under the age of 18 years (mean 12 years) are analyzed. The male:female ratio was 2.8:1, and the youngest patient was 3 months old. Mycotic lesions and those associated with other vascular malformations were excluded. Forty-two percent of the aneurysms were located ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Meyer FB,Sundt TM Jr,Fode NC,Morgan MK,Forbes GS,Mellinger JF

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:It has been demonstrated that growth of cerebral meningiomas found in humans is controlled by a variety of factors, including growth factors, aminergic agents, neuropeptides, and steroids. To further our knowledge of this process, the authors investigated the presence and function of the cytokines leukemia inhib...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Schrell UM,Koch HU,Marschalek R,Schrauzer T,Anders M,Adams E,Fahlbusch R

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A micro-corrosion technique was used to demonstrate an extensive vasa vasorum network in extracranial vessels but did not reveal this system in intracranial vessels of comparable size in three species of animals. The absence of a vasa vasorum network in cerebral vessels may result in a higher level of susceptibility t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Clower BR,Sullivan DM,Smith RR

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality (SCIWORA) was defined in the era when magnetic resonance (MR) images were not popularly used as diagnostic tools. Although it is generally accepted that MR imaging can effectively illustrate the level and severity of spinal cord injury in the acute phase of tra...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Liao CC,Lui TN,Chen LR,Chuang CC,Huang YC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are diagnosed early and cured using local treatment, although a minority of cases metastasize to regional structures. In this report the authors describe an unknown feature of skin SCC, namely, distant brain metastasis. This 54-year-old man, who had undergone sur...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Salvati M,Caroli E,Paone C,Frati A,Ferrante L,Giangaspero F,Delfini R

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Telomerase activity is responsible for cell immortality. To examine the role of telomerase in the carcinogenesis of human glioblastomas multiforme (GBMs), the authors studied telomerase activity, telomerase component expression, and telomere lengths in 42 GBM samples. METHODS:In all samples, EGFR and MDM2 ampli...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Harada K,Kurisu K,Tahara H,Tahara E,Ide T,Tahara E

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pott puffy tumor is a subperiosteal abscess associated with underlying osteomyelitis, most often of the frontal bone in conjunction with frontal sinusitis. Intracranial sequelae can include epidural abscess, subdural empyema, intraparenchymal abscess, meningitis, and dural venous thrombophlebitis, all with resulta...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Davidson L,McComb JG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial extraaxial cavernous angiomas are rare vascular malformations. Their occurrence at the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve within the temporal bone is exceptional. The authors describe a 35-year-old man who developed a slowly progressing facial palsy. Initial cranial MR imaging showed no pathological ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Capelle HH,Nakamura M,Lenarz T,Brandis A,Haubitz B,Krauss JK

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) is one of the methods available to treat vestibular schwannomas (VSs), in addition to microsurgical resection; however, clear information regarding balance function outcomes and the impact of treatment on patients' quality of life over time remains an important clinical need. The purpos...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wackym PA,Hannley MT,Runge-Samuelson CL,Jensen J,Zhu YR

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The benefits of measuring cerebral oxygenation in patients with brain injury are well accepted; however, jugular bulb oximetry, which is currently the most popular monitoring technique used has several shortcomings. The goal of this study was to validate the use of a new multiparameter sensor that measures brain...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gupta AK,Hutchinson PJ,Fryer T,Al-Rawi PG,Parry DA,Minhas PS,Kett-White R,Kirkpatrick PJ,Mathews JC,Downey S,Aigbirhio F,Clark J,Pickard JD,Menon DK

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author describes a woman in whom an S1-2 fracture developed after L4-S1 decompression and fusion. Osteoporosis was not present, but the lesion failed to respond to conservative therapy, necessitating surgical extension of the spinal fusion. Although biomechanical complications of lumbosacral fusion are uncommon, p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bose B

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:With limited studies available, the correlation between the extent of resection and tumor recurrence in vestibular schwannomas (VSs) has not been definitively established. In this prospective study, the authors evaluated 772 patients who underwent microsurgical resection of VSs to analyze the association between...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sughrue ME,Kaur R,Rutkowski MJ,Kane AJ,Kaur G,Yang I,Pitts LH,Parsa AT

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty patients underwent anterior corpus callosotomy for treatment of generalized seizures. The patients' mean age was 18.3 years (range 4 to 53 years); the mean age at seizure onset was 5.27 years (range 0.1 to 27 years). The mean intelligence quotient (IQ) of 41 testable patients was 71.12 (range less than 30 to 11...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fuiks KS,Wyler AR,Hermann BP,Somes G

更新日期：1991-04-01 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：:The authors present a case of chordoid meningioma in a 55-year-old woman who manifested headache and personality change. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and cerebral angiography demonstrated a mass in the right frontal lobe that resembled a typical convexity meningioma. However, the pathological diagnosis was ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lee DK,Kim DG,Choe G,Chi JG,Jung HW

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Oxidative stress may play a role in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), but data on oxidative burden in cerebral hemorrhage are limited, and it is not clear whether oxidative markers add predictive power regarding ICH outcome beyond that of traditional factors. The authors therefore examined redox status...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chen YC,Chen CM,Liu JL,Chen ST,Cheng ML,Chiu DT

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The purpose of this study was to analyze patient outcomes and to define the role of radiosurgery in patients who have undergone prior microsurgical resection of their vestibular schwannoma. METHODS:The authors evaluated the pre- and postoperative clinical and neuroimaging characteristics of 76 consecutive patie...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pollock BE,Lunsford LD,Flickinger JC,Clyde BL,Kondziolka D

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：:The authors report a rare case of spontaneous left vertebrovertebral fistula associated with neurofibromatosis Type 1 in a young woman. The patient had undergone previous failed surgical attempts to close the fistula and presented to the authors with recurrence of the fistula and neurological deterioration. Successful...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Patro SN,Gupta AK,Arvinda HR,Jolapara MB,Saini J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure and ventricular size were determined in six patients with impairment of cerebral venous outflow caused by either sagittal sinus thrombosis or arteriovenous shunting into the sagittal sinus. None of the patients had enlargement of the ventricular system, but all six had elevate...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： d'Avella D,Greenberg RP,Mingrino S,Scanarini M,Pardatscher K

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Concussion is the signature American football injury of the 21st century. Modern varsity helmets, as compared with vintage leather helmets, or "leatherheads," are widely believed to universally improve protection by reducing head impact doses and head injury risk for the 3 million young football players in the U...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bartsch A,Benzel E,Miele V,Prakash V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 6-year-old girl with a history of a nondisplaced skull fracture diagnosed with computerized tomography (CT) scanning 3 years previously presented with a 6-week history of headaches and decreased use of her right side. On admission CT scans, a large cystic mass was identified in the left frontal lobe region of the br...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Carter AB,Price DL Jr,Tucci KA,Lewis GK,Mewborne J,Singh HK

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This series of 228 patients with infantile non-neoplastic hydrocephalus who received either a ventriculoatrial (VA) or a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt before 2 years of age was followed for an average of 7 years, and the results with the two types of shunt were compared. Mortality and infection rates were similar fo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Keucher TR,Mealey J Jr

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A typical finding in supraclavicular exploration of infants with severe obstetric brachial plexus lesions (OBPLs) is a neuroma-in-continuity with the superior trunk and/or a root avulsion at C-5, C-6, or C-7. The operative strategy in these cases is determined by the intraoperative assessment of the severity of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pondaag W,van der Veken LP,van Someren PJ,van Dijk JG,Malessy MJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00