Length of Stay Beyond Medical Readiness in a Neurosurgical Patient Population and Associated Healthcare Costs.

abstract：:Invasiveness is a critical event in the development of malignancy in brain tumors. A potential molecular mediator is basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). NIH-3T3 cells transfected with the bFGF gene fused with a signal peptide sequence (signal peptide bFGF) acquire an invasive phenotype as measured by in vitro assay...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gately S,Tsanaclis AM,Takano S,Klagsbrun M,Brem S

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective review of pediatric patients with pituitary tumors causing onset of symptoms by 17 years of age was done to define their pathological distribution, clinical presentation, treatment, and prognosis. Eighteen patients were evaluated and treated from 1979 to 1989. Five had Cushing's disease and 13 had p...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Haddad SF,VanGilder JC,Menezes AH

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STANDARDS:Prophylactic treatment of thromboembolism in patients with severe motor deficits due to spinal cord injury is recommended. The use of low-molecular-weight heparins, rotating beds, adjusted dose heparin, or a combination of modalities is recommended as a prophylactic treatment strategy. Low-dose heparin in com...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hadley MN,Walters BC,Grabb PA,Oyesiku NM,Przybylski GJ,Resnick DK,Ryken TC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After inoculating 9L glioma cells into the brains or into subcutaneous regions of the back of rats, we investigated splenic natural killer (NK) cell activity for 3 weeks using a 4-hour 51Cr release assay. Only rats with brain tumors showed decreased splenic NK cell activity. The spleens of these rats were morphologica...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Imaya H,Matsuura H,Kudo M,Nakazawa S

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score (TLICS) has been shown to be a valid tool for assessing the need for surgical intervention in adult patients. There is limited insight into its usefulness in children. OBJECTIVE:To assess the validity of the TLICS system in pediatric patients. METH...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dawkins RL,Miller JH,Menacho ST,Ramadan OI,Lysek MC,Kuhn EN,Tubbs RS,Walker ML,Walters BC,Agee BS,Rozzelle CJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tuberculum sellae meningiomas are classically removed through several different surgical transcranial approaches, including the pterional transsylvian route. Recently, the indications for the transsphenoidal technique, traditionally proposed only for the treatment of intrasellar lesions, have been extended to...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： de Divitiis E,Cavallo LM,Esposito F,Stella L,Messina A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:The present report explored the effect of electrical stimulation on the inferior thalamic peduncle in a patient with resistant major depression disorder (MDD). CLINICAL PRESENTATION:This report refers to a 49-year-old woman with a history of recurrent episodes of major depression for 20 years ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jiménez F,Velasco F,Salin-Pascual R,Hernández JA,Velasco M,Criales JL,Nicolini H

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Capillary telangiectasias, cavernous malformations, and developmental venous anomalies are all vascular malformations that occur on the capillary-venous side of the cerebral circulation. The associations of capillary telangiectasias with venous malformations, cavernous malformations with venous...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Clatterbuck RE,Elmací I,Rigamonti D

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal cord cavernous malformations (CMs) are associated with 2 types of angiographically occult "cryptic venous anomalies," which differ in location with respect to the spinal cord. The anatomic distinction between superficial and intramedullary is important in that the latter heighten the risks of CM resec...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pearl MS,Chen JX,Gregg L,San Millàn D,Belzberg A,Jallo G,Gailloud P

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebrovascular vasomotor reactivity reflects changes in smooth muscle tone in the arterial wall in response to changes in transmural pressure or the concentration of carbon dioxide in blood. We investigated whether slow waves in arterial blood pressure (ABP) and intracranial pressure (ICP) may be used to der...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Czosnyka M,Smielewski P,Kirkpatrick P,Laing RJ,Menon D,Pickard JD

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The snake venom disintegrin contortrostatin (CN) is able to inhibit tumor progression and angiogenesis in vivo and therefore is of considerable interest as a potential antitumor drug. CN specifically binds to certain integrins on the tumor cell and angiogenic endothelial cell surface and inhibits their intera...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schmitmeier S,Markland FS,Schönthal AH,Chen TC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An animal model was developed for studying the pharmacokinetics of antibiotics administered intraventricularly in hydrocephalus. Obstructive hydrocephalus was consistently produced in craniectomized adult rats by injecting kaolin into the cisterna magna. After induction of hydrocephalus, vancomycin was injected into t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Howard MA,Grady MS,Park TS,Scheld WM

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies have shown that the nonsteroidal antiestrogen tamoxifen can suppress deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis and cell proliferation in cultured human gliomas. This growth suppression is independent of its antiestrogenic properties. Tamoxifen may act through the inhibition of the enzyme protein kinase C, which...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Vertosick FT Jr,Selker RG,Pollack IF,Arena V

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large meningioma in the cerebellopontine angle manifested itself as a contralateral hemifacial spasm. On computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging scans, the brain stem was markedly displaced and distorted by the tumor. After total removal of the meningioma, the hemifacial spasm completely disappeared. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rhee BA,Kim TS,Kim GK,Leem WL

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) time-of-flight (TOF) magnetic resonance (MR) angiography and gadolinium (Gad)-enhanced 3D spoiled gradient-recalled imaging in the visualization of neurovascular compression in patients with trigeminal neuralgia. METHODS:Forty-eight patients with ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Anderson VC,Berryhill PC,Sandquist MA,Ciaverella DP,Nesbit GM,Burchiel KJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with severe cubital tunnel syndrome often have poor functional recovery with conventional surgical treatment. Postsurgical electrical stimulation (PES) has been shown to enhance axonal regeneration in animal and human studies. OBJECTIVE:To determine if PES following surgery for severe cubital tunne...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Power HA,Morhart MJ,Olson JL,Chan KM

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The five cases of atlanto-occipital dislocation reported in the world literature are reviewed, and four additional cases are presented, including two survivors. The pathological anatomy of this potentially catastrophic injury and its management are briefly discussed. Because immediate recognition of the atlanto-occip...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Powers B,Miller MD,Kramer RS,Martinez S,Gehweiler JA Jr

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An intracranial aneurysm is an important acquired cerebrovascular disease that can cause a catastrophic subarachnoid hemorrhage. Despite modern therapy, most patients die or are left disabled as a direct result of a severe initial hemorrhage. The development of more effective treatment strategies depends on u...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chyatte D,Bruno G,Desai S,Todor DR

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from an intracranial aneurysmal rupture is the most common nontraumatic etiology for SAH, but up to 15% of patients with SAH have no identifiable source. OBJECTIVE:To assess familial predisposition to spontaneous nonaneurysmal SAH (naSAH) and to evaluate whether family history ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lai PMR,Ng I,Gormley WB,Patel NJ,Frerichs KU,Aziz-Sultan MA,Du R

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endovascular coil embolization of ruptured aneurysms is performed under general anesthesia at most centers for perceived improved image quality and patient safety. OBJECTIVE:To report the feasibility of and outcomes associated with endovascular treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients with ruptur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kan P,Jahshan S,Yashar P,Orion D,Webb S,Siddiqui AH,Hopkins LN,Levy EI

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the potential operative morbidity in posteroventral pallidotomy (PVP) for patients with Parkinson's disease. METHODS:We designed a retrospective study that included 796 consecutive patients (mean age, 64.9 yr; male, 559; female, 237) with Parkinson's disease. All PVPs (simultaneous bilateral P...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Higuchi Y,Iacono RP

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Review of 1105 records patients with penetrating craniocerebral injuries incurred in the Korean War revealed 163 cases with air sinus wounds, an incidence of 14.8%. The characteristics of these wounds and their surgical management have been described. Foremost among the complications of air sinus wounds are the develo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Arendall RE,Meirowsky AM

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prototype Brown-Roberts-Welles stereotactic instrument has been used as both a diagnostic and a therapeutic surgical adjunct in cases of intracranial mass lesions. Eighty-three procedures (142 point placements) required computerized guidance stereotaxy. The unit accomplished point intracranial access with an accurac...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Apuzzo ML,Sabshin JK

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These experiments were done to develop techniques to expose and manipulate the spinal cord in fetal rats, techniques that could be used to study spinal cord regeneration and transplantation. Adequate maternal anesthesia required a mixture of acepromazine-ketamine supplemented by thiopental. Fetal rats were operated on...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Albright L

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Primary hydatid cysts of the spinal canal are very rare. The patient in the present case presented with lower cauda equina compression caused by a primary solitary hydatid cyst of the sacral spinal canal, which is a remote possibility. To the best of our knowledge, such a case has not been repo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pandey M,Chaudhari MP

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The optimal surgical treatment for symptomatic temporal arachnoid cysts is controversial. Therapeutic options include cyst shunting, endoscopic fenestration, and craniotomy for fenestration. We reviewed the results for patients who were treated primarily with craniotomy and fenestration at our institution, to...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Levy ML,Wang M,Aryan HE,Yoo K,Meltzer H

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is based on the nuclear reaction that occurs when boron-10, a stable isotope, is irradiated with low-energy thermal neutrons to yield alpha particles and recoiling lithium-7 nuclei. For BNCT to be successful, a large number of 10B atoms must be localized on or preferably within neo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barth RF,Soloway AH,Goodman JH,Gahbauer RA,Gupta N,Blue TE,Yang W,Tjarks W

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nerve transfers in cases of brachial plexus traction injuries with avulsion of spinal nerve roots or irreparable proximal lesions of spinal nerves have been attempted using a variety of donor nerves. The purpose of this study was to analyze the results of nerve transfers to the musculocutaneous and axillary n...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Samardzić M,Rasulić L,Grujicić D,Milicić B

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-five patients older than 60 years of age underwent surgical resection of intracranial meningiomas during a 10-year period at a single institution. All patients had a computed tomographic scan preoperatively, and all were followed for at least 3 months postoperatively. There were 50 patients 61 to 70 years of a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Awad IA,Kalfas I,Hahn JF,Little JR

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to investigate the use of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging as a prognostic indicator in gamma knife radiosurgery of recurrent gliomas. METHODS:Thirty-six patients with recurrent gliomas were studied with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging at the time of ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Graves EE,Nelson SJ,Vigneron DB,Chin C,Verhey L,McDermott M,Larson D,Sneed PK,Chang S,Prados MD,Lamborn K,Dillon WP

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00