Computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography in the study of brain trauma. Preliminary observations.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors performed a study to evaluate the hemorrhagic rates of cerebral dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs) and the risk factors of hemorrhage following Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS). METHODS:Data from a cohort of patients undergoing GKRS for cerebral dAVFs were compiled from the International Radiosu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Starke RM,McCarthy DJ,Chen CJ,Kano H,McShane BJ,Lee J,Patibandla MR,Mathieu D,Vasas LT,Kaufmann AM,Wang WG,Grills IS,Cifarelli CP,Paisan G,Vargo J,Chytka T,Janouskova L,Feliciano CE,Sujijantarat N,Matouk C,Chiang

更新日期：2019-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-hour intensive intravenous dosing regimen with the glucocorticoid steroid methylprednisolone has recently been shown to be effective in enhancing neurological recovery in spinal cord-injured patients when initiated within 8 hours after injury. The state of knowledge concerning the neuroprotective pharmacology of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hall ED

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Occipital neuralgia syndromes have been ascribed to a great many pathological alterations, some demonstrable and some hypothetical. Recently, occipital neuralgia has been attributed to developmental and posttraumatic lesions in the cervicocranial junction region, with the nerve roots at C-1 and C-2 considered to be th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ehni G,Benner B

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case in which sellar and suprasellar osteogenic sarcoma developed 10 years after radiation therapy for pituitary adenoma. The literature is reviewed and the rarity of this condition discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Amine AR,Sugar O

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Available data indicate that the concentration of prostaglandin F2alpha required to produce arterial spasm in an experimental model is approximately a thousand-fold higher than the concentration that occurs under physiological conditions. The spasmogenic platelet factor which has been previously described is shown to ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kapp JP,Robertson JT,White RP

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have created an experimental model of regional cerebral ischemia in gerbils that is reproducible and has a low mortality rate. In gerbils, either the posterior communicating artery (PCoA) or the middle cerebral artery (MCA) was occluded, and the distribution of cerebral ischemia from each surgical procedur...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yoshimine T,Yanagihara T

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Endothelial tight junction (TJ) expression is mostly absent in cerebral cavernous malformations (CMs), which causes increased perilesional erythrocyte and fluid oozing. However, in a subset of CM lesions, foci of preserved TJ staining are observed along endothelial cell contacts. The clinical relevance of this f...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jakimovski D,Schneider H,Frei K,Kennes LN,Bertalanffy H

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Little attention has been given to the functional challenges of the insular approach to the resection of gliomas, despite the potential damage of essential neural networks that underlie the insula. The object of this study is to analyze the subcortical anatomy of the insular region when infiltrated by gliomas, a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Martino J,Mato D,de Lucas EM,García-Porrero JA,Gabarrós A,Fernández-Coello A,Vázquez-Barquero A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial proton (1H) and phosphorus-31 (31P) magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy of cerebral infarction was performed in rats to assess the sensitivity of these techniques for use in clinical cerebral infarction. In this experimental chronic infarction model, 31P spectroscopy tended to return to a "normal" pattern with...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Houkin K,Kwee IL,Nakada T

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The variability of reflex responses during selective dorsal rhizotomy was studied in eight children between the ages of 3 and 7 years. For a given dorsal root or rootlet, the electrical reflex threshold and response varied considerably when observed over several minutes. Changes in electrode pressure, mechanical disse...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Weiss IP,Schiff SJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients undergoing brain tumor surgery are at high risk for the occurrence of a thromboembolic event. To identify a laboratory marker suitable for risk estimation the authors studied the perioperative time pattern of routine coagulation parameters and the specific hemostasis activation marker D-dimer in 28 consecutiv...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vukovich TC,Gabriel A,Schaeffer B,Veitl M,Matula C,Spiss CK

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a previously unreported malformation involving paired, bilaterally symmetrical dermal sinus tracts in the retro-auricular area, both of which passed through the asterion and posterior fossa dura mater to end intracranially. Cranial dermal sinus tracts are congenital lesions that virtually always o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nejat F,Dias MS,Eftekhar B,Roodsari NN,Hamidi S

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This study was performed to provide quantitative data on the number of surviving facial motor neurons that extend regenerated nerve fibers through the nerve-injured site and to reveal the relationship between facial function and the number of those motor neurons in which the facial nerve has been transected or r...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Higashiyama F,Fukushima N,Yokouchi K,Kawagishi K,Moriizumi T

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Knowledge of the cranium projections of the gyral structures is essential to reduce the surgical complications and to perform minimally invasive interventions in daily neurosurgical practice. Thus, in this study the authors aimed to provide detailed information on cranial projections of the eloquent cortical are...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kendir S,Acar HI,Comert A,Ozdemir M,Kahilogullari G,Elhan A,Ugur HC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Smoking is a known risk factor for aneurysm development and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, as well as subsequent vasospasm in both untreated individuals and patients who have undergone surgical clipping of cerebrovascular aneurysms. However, there is a lack of data in the current scientific literature a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Futchko J,Starr J,Lau D,Leach MR,Roark C,Pandey AS,Thompson BG

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:OBJECTIVE Dysfunction of distributed neural networks underlies many brain disorders. The development of neuromodulation therapies depends on a better understanding of these networks. Invasive human brain recordings have a favorable temporal and spatial resolution for the analysis of network phenomena but have generall...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Swann NC,de Hemptinne C,Miocinovic S,Qasim S,Ostrem JL,Galifianakis NB,Luciano MS,Wang SS,Ziman N,Taylor R,Starr PA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Cooperative Study on the Timing of Aneurysm Surgery evaluated the results of surgical and medical management in 3521 patients between December, 1980, and July, 1983. At admission, 75% of patients were in good neurological condition and surgery was performed in 83%. At the 6-month evaluation, 26% of t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kassell NF,Torner JC,Haley EC Jr,Jane JA,Adams HP,Kongable GL

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The controversy over whether to use a posterior or anterior approach for surgical treatment of soft cervical discs is still largely unsettled. However, although the posterior approach may be underutilized, it has distinct advantages when there are specific indications. Out of a large pool of cases, 53 patients present...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aldrich F

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive brain cancer with median survival of less than 2 years with current treatment. Glioblastomas exhibit extensive intratumoral and interpatient heterogeneity, suggesting that successful therapies should produce broad anticancer activities. Therefore, the natural no...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Clark PA,Bhattacharya S,Elmayan A,Darjatmoko SR,Thuro BA,Yan MB,van Ginkel PR,Polans AS,Kuo JS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Irinotecan (CPT-11), a topoisomerase I inhibitor, is a cytotoxic agent with activity against malignant gliomas and other tumors. After systemic delivery, CPT-11 is converted to its active metabolite, SN-38, which displays significantly higher cytotoxic potency. However, the achievement of therapeutically effecti...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wang W,Ghandi A,Liebes L,Louie SG,Hofman FM,Schönthal AH,Chen TC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Treatment with a BRAF mutation inhibitor might shrink otherwise refractory craniopharyngiomas and is a promising preoperative treatment to facilitate tumor resection. The aim of this study was to investigate the noninvasive diagnosis of BRAF-mutated craniopharyngiomas based on MRI characteristics. METHODS Fi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yue Q,Yu Y,Shi Z,Wang Y,Zhu W,Du Z,Yao Z,Chen L,Mao Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe an experimental model that allows dynamic studies of blood flow in the pituitary gland. Twenty-eight male Wistar rats were anesthetized and the pituitary gland was exposed using a parapharyngeal approach. Teflon-coated platinum wire electrodes were placed in the adenohypophysis near the midline an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kemeny AA,Jakubowski JA,Jefferson AA,Pasztor E

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Surgical mortality is a frequent outcome measure in studies of volume-outcome relationships, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has endorsed surgical mortality after craniotomies as an Inpatient Quality Indicator. Still, the frequency and causes of 30-day mortality after neurosurgical procedures ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Solheim O,Jakola AS,Gulati S,Johannesen TB

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEThe aim of this study was to derive a clinically applicable decision rule using clinical, radiological, and laboratory data to predict the development of delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) patients.METHODSPatients presenting over a consecutive 9-year period with subar...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lee H,Perry JJ,English SW,Alkherayf F,Joseph J,Nobile S,Zhou LL,Lesiuk H,Moulton R,Agbi C,Sinclair J,Dowlatshahi D

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Skin closure has always been the main challenge in treating myelomeningoceles (MMCs). Most cutaneous defects can be treated with the simple undermining and primary suture of the wound edges. This is the ideal treatment, but it is not adequate in cases in which the lesions are greater than 5 cm in diameter. Numer...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： De Brito Henriques JG,Filho GP,Gusmão SN,Henriques KS,Miranda ME

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) was recently introduced as treatment for movement disorders such as essential tremor and advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). Although deep brain target lesions are successfully generated in most patients, the target area temperature fails to increas...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chang WS,Jung HH,Zadicario E,Rachmilevitch I,Tlusty T,Vitek S,Chang JW

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) causes significant morbidity in a delayed fashion. The authors recently published a new scale that grades the maximum thickness of SAH on axial CT and is predictive of vasospasm incidence. In this study, the authors further investigate whether different ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Abla AA,Wilson DA,Williamson RW,Nakaji P,McDougall CG,Zabramski JM,Albuquerque FC,Spetzler RF

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Treatment of wide-necked intracranial aneurysms is associated with higher recanalization and complication rates; however, the most commonly used methods are not specifically designed to work in bifurcation lesions. To address these issues, the authors describe the evolution in the design and use of the eCLIP...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chiu AH,De Vries J,O'Kelly CJ,Riina H,McDougall I,Tippett J,Wan M,de Oliveira Manoel AL,Marotta TR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00