Comparison of CT-guided and stereotaxic cranial diagnostic needle biopsies.

abstract：:Fourteen cases of primary intracranial germ-cell tumors are presented. Histologically, there were eight germinomas, three teratomas, and three germ-cell tumors of more than one histological type. Immunohistochemical studies revealed alpha-fetoprotein in yolk-sac tumor components in two cases and beta human choriogonad...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shokry A,Janzer RC,Von Hochstetter AR,Yaşargil MG,Hedinger C

更新日期：1985-06-01 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：:Leiomyosarcomas (LMSs) of the central nervous system are extremely rare; however, they are becoming more prevalent in immunocompromised patients. The authors present the cases of two patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: one with LMS of the thoracic vertebral body and the other with LMS originating from th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ritter AM,Amaker BH,Graham RS,Broaddus WC,Ward JD

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Until now there has been no reliable stimulation protocol for inducing transient language disruptions while mapping Broca's area. Despite the promising data of only a few studies in which speech arrest and language disturbances have been induced, certain concerns have been raised. The purpose of this study was t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rogić M,Deletis V,Fernández-Conejero I

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with painless hypertrophy of one calf had clinical and myelographic features compatible with an S-1 radiculopathy. Electromyographic studies revealed intermittent spontaneous discharges (bizarre repetitive potentials) in the affected extremity. Several patients have previously been described with S-1 radi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cooper WH,Ringel SP,Treihaft MM,Hall KA

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Diffusely infiltrating astrocytomas are the most common primary brain tumors. As a group, they demonstrate an inherent tendency toward malignant progression. Histological grading using the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) remains the gold standard for predicting the biological behavior of these ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mott RT,Turner KC,Bigner DD,McLendon RE

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors compared and characterized several new classes of camptothecin (CPT) analogs (a total of 22 drugs) directed against human and murine glioma cell lines in vitro, trying to identify CPT analogs that can be used for local therapy in future clinical trials. Camptothecin is a naturally occurring alkaloid ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sampath P,Amundson E,Wall ME,Tyler BM,Wani MC,Alderson LM,Colvin M,Brem H,Weingart JD

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas have been reported to have associated areas of surrounding low density on computerized tomography (CT). These low-density areas may represent edema, widened subarachnoid spaces, loculated cerebrospinal fluid, demyelination, or adjacent tumor. Two cases are presented in which this adjacent area of low densi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Becker D,Norman D,Wilson CB

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Coverage of the anterior spinal artery (ASA) ostia is a source of considerable consternation regarding flow diversion (FD) in vertebral artery (VA) aneurysms due to cord supply. The authors sought to assess the association between coverage of the ASA, posterior spinal artery (PSA), or lateral spinal artery (L...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dmytriw AA,Kapadia A,Enriquez-Marulanda A,Parra-Fariñas C,Kühn AL,Nicholson PJ,Waqas M,Renieri L,Michelozzi C,Foreman PM,Phan K,Yang IH,Tutino VM,Ogilvy CS,Radovanovic I,Harrigan MR,Siddiqui AH,Levy EI,Limbucci N,Co

更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical assessment of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is important both in determining management and in predicting outcome. A previous report showed considerable observer inconsistency when patients were graded with either the Hunt and Hess or the Nishioka system. This study evaluates observer variabilit...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lindsay KW,Teasdale GM,Knill-Jones RP

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumors of the cranial nerves are uncommon, and are usually schwannomas or neurofibromas. The authors describe a case of a fibroblastic tumor involving the sixth cranial nerve. Based upon electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry, the tumor was not of nerve-sheath origin, but was comprised of fibroblasts. Clinical, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nehls DG,Sonntag VK,Murphy AR,Johnson PC,Waggener JD

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is associated with several central nervous system (CNS) diseases and abnormalities, and is often postulated as a causative factor and promising therapeutic target in these settings. The authors' goal was to reassess the contribution of VEGF to the biology and...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Merrill MJ,Oldfield EH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to determine whether the late neuromagnetic field elicited by simple speech sounds, which is detected by magnetoencephalography, may be used to estimate hemispheric dominance for language and to guide or constrain the intraoperative search for essential language sites. If sufficiently ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Szymanski MD,Perry DW,Gage NM,Rowley HA,Walker J,Berger MS,Roberts TP

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Decision-making for intracranial tumor surgery requires balancing the oncological benefit against the risk for resection-related impairment. Risk estimates are commonly based on subjective experience and generalized numbers from the literature, but even experienced surgeons overestimate functional outcome aft...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Staartjes VE,Broggi M,Zattra CM,Vasella F,Velz J,Schiavolin S,Serra C,Bartek J Jr.,Fletcher-Sandersjöö A,Förander P,Kalasauskas D,Renovanz M,Ringel F,Brawanski KR,Kerschbaumer J,Freyschlag CF,Jakola AS,Sjåvik K,Solhei

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This outcome study was undertaken to investigate the long-term results obtained in surgically treated pediatric patients with lumbar disc disease by using standardized medical outcome scales and clinical follow-up examination. METHODS:Twenty nine patients 17 years of age or younger underwent surgery between 196...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Durham SR,Sun PP,Sutton LN

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is reported with a purely pial arteriovenous malformation (AVM) supplied from the posterior parietal artery. The prominent middle meningeal artery contributed to opacification of the angular branches distal to the AVM, but did not contribute to the AVM. After total removal of the AVM, the angular branches be...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Waga S,Morikawa A,Kojima T

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Cellular density is a major factor for change in the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC). The authors hypothesized that loss of tumor cells after Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) may alter the ADC value and used diffusion weighted MR imaging (DW imaging) to evaluate cellular changes in brain tumors to detect their tre...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Huang CF,Chiou SY,Wu MF,Tu HT,Liu WS,Chuang JC

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of antithrombin III, an endogenous plasma glycoprotein, to reverse the arterial narrowing in a rabbit model of cerebral vasospasm was evaluated. The vasodilator activity of antithrombin III on rabbit arteries was first assessed in vitro using a myograph-arterial ring preparation. Antithrombin III (10 IU/ml...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vollmer DG,Hongo K,Kassell NF,Ogawa H,Tsukahara T,Lehman RM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Using a database that enabled longitudinal follow-up, the authors assessed the long-term outcomes of unruptured cerebral aneurysms repaired by clipping or coiling. METHODS:An observational analysis of the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) database, which follows patients lon...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gonda DD,Khalessi AA,McCutcheon BA,Marcus LP,Noorbakhsh A,Chen CC,Chang DC,Carter BS

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes 60 dural specimens from patients with pituitary adenomas treated by transsphenoidal microsurgery, and attempts to define more precisely the clinical and pathological correlation of microscopic dural invasion. Analysis of the adenomas was based on four characteristics; size, surgical invasiveness ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Selman WR,Laws ER Jr,Scheithauer BW,Carpenter SM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors conducted a study to determine clinical, patient/family satisfaction, and financial outcomes following application of a management scheme that involves evaluation of computerized tomography (CT) scans and emergency department observation, rather than overnight admission, for children who have sustain...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dias MS,Lillis KA,Calvo C,Shaha SH,Li V

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Over the past few decades, various authors have performed open or stereotactic trigeminal nucleotractotomy for the treatment of neuropathic facial pain resistant to medical treatment. Stereotactic procedures can be performed percutaneously under local anesthesia, allowing intraoperative neurological examination ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Teixeira MJ,de Almeida FF,de Oliveira YS,Fonoff ET

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is found in approximately 40% of intracerebral hemorrhages and is associated with increased mortality and poor functional outcome. Cognitive impairment is one of the complications and occurs due to various pathological changes. Amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation and neuroinflamma...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jiang C,Zou X,Zhu R,Shi Y,Wu Z,Zhao F,Chen L

更新日期：2018-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurological and neuroradiological manifestations of pediatric achondroplasia are analyzed on the basis of 10 cases. In addition to the classical symptomatology of an enlarging head, with or without increased intracranial pressure, several patients presented symptoms related to a small foramen magnum. Respiratory ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamada H,Nakamura S,Tajima M,Kageyama N

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of traumatic femoral nerve palsy caused by a pseudoaneurysm of the iliolumbar artery and a iliacus muscle hematoma. This case report details not only the classic history and physical findings seen in patients such as this one, but also illustrates an unusual source of the hematoma and a discu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rochman AS,Vitarbo E,Levi AD

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have presented 81 children with intraspinal tumors, all less than 16 years of age. The clinical features indicated that gait disturbance, pain, and sphincter disturbance are the most prominent complaints. Reflex changes, paralysis, and sensory impairment are the most frequent physical findings. Cerebrospin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： DeSousa AL,Kalsbeck JE,Mealey J Jr,Campbell RL,Hockey A

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors assessed clinical outcomes of patients with treated spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) and investigated prognostic factors. METHODS:Thirty consecutive patients with spinal DAVFs were treated at the authors' institution during the past 15 years: seven underwent surgery; seven underwent surge...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Song JK,Vinuela F,Gobin YP,Duckwiler GR,Murayama Y,Kureshi I,Frazee JG,Martin NA

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Surgery for subdural hematoma (SDH) is a commonly performed neurosurgical procedure. This study identifies patient characteristics associated with adverse outcomes and prolonged length of stay (LOS) in patients who underwent surgical treatment for SDH. METHODS:All patients in the American College of Surgeons...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lukasiewicz AM,Grant RA,Basques BA,Webb ML,Samuel AM,Grauer JN

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:CD133(+) cells have the potential to enhance histological and functional recovery from peripheral nerve injury. However, the number of CD133(+) cells safely obtained from human peripheral blood is extremely limited. To address this issue, the authors expanded CD133(+) cells derived from human peripheral blood us...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ohtsubo S,Ishikawa M,Kamei N,Kijima Y,Suzuki O,Sunagawa T,Higashi Y,Masuda H,Asahara T,Ochi M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The facial nerve in vestibular schwannomas (VSs) is located on the ventral tumor surface in more than 90% of cases; other courses are rare. A split facial nerve course with two distinct bundles has thus far been described exclusively for medial extrameatal tumors. METHODS:Between 1996 and 2005, 16 consecutive c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Strauss C,Prell J,Rampp S,Romstöck J

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00