Cerebral aspergillosis following intracranial surgery. Case report.

abstract：:A patient with findings of bilateral cortical blindness and a unilateral carotid bruit is reported. A persistent trigeminal artery allowed emboli from a unilateral ulcerated internal carotid plaque to affect the visual cortex bilaterally. The angiographic findings and a brief discussion of this anomalous artery are pr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Heeney DJ,Koo AH

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) has been shown to provide considerable benefit to children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP). The authors sought to evaluate the risks of postoperative spinal deformities in patients following SDR. METHODS:All patients who underwent SDR at McGill University between 1991 and 2001 ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Golan JD,Hall JA,O'Gorman G,Poulin C,Benaroch TE,Cantin MA,Farmer JP

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Most patients with preganglionic lesions after brachial plexus injuries suffer pain that is hard to control through medication or neuromodulation. Lesioning in the dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) is undeniably effective. Fifty-five patients who had undergone the so-called microsurgical DREZotomy (MDT) procedure we...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sindou MP,Blondet E,Emery E,Mertens P

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the relatively benign natural history of cavernous carotid artery aneurysms and based on anecdotal reports in the literature of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) or subdural hemorrhage (SDH) from these aneurysms, observation is warranted and typically recommended. In this case report, the authors describe a woman wh...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Andaluz N,Tomsick TA,Keller JT,Zuccarello M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECT The authors assessed the feasibility of the dynamic decompressive craniotomy technique using a novel cranial fixation plate with a telescopic component. Following a craniotomy in human cadaver skulls, the telescopic plates were placed to cover the bur holes. The plates allow constrained outward movement of the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Khanna R,Ferrara L

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This prospective study is based on a consecutive series of 20 patients with pineal region tumors who underwent minimally invasive preferential management. The purpose of this report is to discuss the role of neuroendoscopic procedures in the management of pineal region tumors. METHODS:If the tumor markers alpha...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Oi S,Shibata M,Tominaga J,Honda Y,Shinoda M,Takei F,Tsugane R,Matsuzawa K,Sato O

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) has been postulated to play a central role in brain tumor invasion; however, its underlying mechanism is not yet fully understood. In the present study, by assessing the effect of a specific p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor, SB203580, on the sec...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Park MJ,Park IC,Hur JH,Kim MS,Lee HC,Woo SH,Lee KH,Rhee CH,Hong SI,Lee SH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on the case of a 15-year-old boy with Crouzon syndrome (CS) who presented with headache and facial diplegia. He had undergone several craniofacial interventions and a posterior fossa decompression for tonsillar herniation caused by the CS. A ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt had been inserted for hydr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Thines L,Vinchon M,Lahlou A,Pellerin P,Dhellemmes P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors studied 31 comatose head-injured patients to assess the clinical usefulness of laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) in continuous autoregulation monitoring. The LDF probes were placed on the surface of the cerebral cortex. Data on LDF, intracranial pressure (ICP), and arterial blood pressure (ABP) were recorded a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lam JM,Hsiang JN,Poon WS

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to investigate the role of S-100 proteins in the onset of vasospasm induced by subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), which leads to severe neurological morbidity and death. It has recently been argued that modifications in the levels of expression of some intracellular signaling elements contr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lefranc F,Golzarian J,Chevalier C,DeWitte O,Pochet R,Heizman C,Decaestecker C,Brotchi J,Salmon I,Kiss R

更新日期：2002-08-01 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：:This 6-year-old boy, after recovery from prolonged coma following head trauma, exhibited the rare phenomenon of bilateral oculomotor nerve misdirection manifested by ipsilateral eyelid elevation on adduction of either eye. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Keane JR

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This study details the extent of resection and complications associated with endonasal endoscopic surgery for pituitary tumors invading the cavernous sinus (CS) using a moderately aggressive approach to maximize extent of resection through the medial CS wall while minimizing the risk of cranial neuropathy and bl...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Woodworth GF,Patel KS,Shin B,Burkhardt JK,Tsiouris AJ,McCoul ED,Anand VK,Schwartz TH

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-nine cases of vertebral hemangioma were seen at the Mayo Clinic between 1980 and 1990. Vertebral hemangiomas were discovered incidentally in 35 patients, while pain was the presenting complaint in 13 patients. Five patients presented directly with progressive neurological deficit requiring surgery, and six patie...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fox MW,Onofrio BM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The roles of hemoglobin (Hb) in the pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm remain a matter of discussion. Hemoglobin is known to be released from extravasated red blood cells in a variety of pathological conditions, including subarachnoid hemorrhage. These conditions are often accompanied by infiltration of inflammatory c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Suzuki S,Takenaka K,Kassell NF,Lee KS

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality and asymptomatic Chiari I malformation have an unusual coincidence. A young boy who had recently fallen from his porch was transferred to the neurosurgery service with a high cervical central cord syndrome. Careful study demonstrated no radiographic abnormality and, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bondurant CP,Oró JJ

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral sinus thrombosis, although uncommon, can be lethal if not recognized and treated quickly. Systemic heparin has become the treatment standard of care; however, some patients' conditions continue to deteriorate even while taking heparin. Endovascular techniques for thrombolysis have continued to evolve. The aut...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rickert KL,Purdy PD,Welch BG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of General Leonard Wood is notable both for its contribution to the field of neurosurgery and its historical significance. As one of Harvey Cushing's first successful brain tumor operations in 1910, Wood's surgery was part of the case series that culminated in Cushing's monograph Meningioma. This case was imp...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ansari SF,Gianaris NG,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tenascin is an extracellular matrix glycoprotein expressed during both normal development and neoplastic growth in both neural and nonneural tissues. During development of the central nervous system (CNS), tenascin is synthesized by glial cells, in particular by immature astrocytes, and is concentrated in transient bo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brodkey JA,Laywell ED,O'Brien TF,Faissner A,Stefansson K,Dörries HU,Schachner M,Steindler DA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Big data has transformed into a trend phrase in healthcare and neurosurgery, becoming a pervasive and inescapable phrase in everyday life. The upsurge in big data applications is a direct consequence of the drastic boom in information technology as well as the growing number of internet-connected devices called the In...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Raju B,Jumah F,Ashraf O,Narayan V,Gupta G,Sun H,Hilden P,Nanda A

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Cochlear neurons are inevitably exposed to traumatic stress during surgical removal of an acoustic neuroma; that event is an important cause of postoperative cochlear neuronal degeneration, with subsequent loss of spiral ganglion cells (SGCs). The object of this study was to investigate whether preoperative phar...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sekiya T,Shimamura N,Hatayama T,Suzuki S

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：OBJECT:In the preceding article, the authors described the Hydrocephalus Outcome Questionnaire (HOQ), a simple, reliable, and valid measure of health status in children with hydrocephalus. In the present study, they present their initial experience in using the HOQ to quantify the health status in a typical cohort of c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kulkarni AV,Drake JM,Rabin D,Dirks PB,Humphreys RP,Rutka JT

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:Intrathecal ossification causing progressive myelopathy or radiculopathy does not occur frequently. The majority of the reported lesions have been in the thoracic spine and seldom in the sacral canal. This report presents the occurrence of disabling low backache and sciatica from intradural periradicular ossification ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Varughese G

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury occurs after anterior cervical spine procedures. In this study the authors used intraoperative electromyographic (EMG) monitoring of the posterior pharynx as a surrogate for RLN function and monitored endotracheal tube (ET) cuff pressure to determine if there was an associa...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jellish WS,Jensen RL,Anderson DE,Shea JF

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite diagnostic advances, it remains difficult to identify intrasellar and ectopic parasellar adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting microadenomas. The authors present the case of a 61-year-old woman with Cushing disease in whom a significant central-to-peripheral and lateralized right-sided ACTH gradient was...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kim LJ,Klopfenstein JD,Cheng M,Nagul M,Coons S,Fredenberg C,Brachman DG,White WL

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:Saccular aneurysms arising at locations other than at arterial divisions are extremely rare. The authors describe eight such aneurysms that protruded from the dorsal wall of the internal carotid artery (ICA) and were unrelated to any arterial junction. Radical surgery was performed in all eight cases. The aneurysms we...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nakagawa F,Kobayashi S,Takemae T,Sugita K

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Insight may be gained into the physiological mechanisms of deep brain stimulation (DBS) by analyzing local and contralateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) single-unit activity during activation of previously placed DBS electrodes. Special techniques are required to perform such analysis due to the presence of a larg...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Toleikis JR,Metman LV,Pilitsis JG,Barborica A,Toleikis SC,Bakay RA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00