Clinical and Short-Term Radiographic Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion With Expandable Lordotic Devices.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The International Study of Intracranial Aneurysms found that for patients with no previous history of subarachnoid hemorrhage, small (< 7 mm) anterior circulation and posterior circulation aneurysms had a 0% and 2.5% risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage over 5 years, respectively. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rahman M,Ogilvy CS,Zipfel GJ,Derdeyn CP,Siddiqui AH,Bulsara KR,Kim LJ,Riina HA,Mocco J,Hoh BL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 74 cephaloceles (17 cranial meningoceles and 57 meningoencephaloceles) is reported. Infants born with large meningoencephaloceles containing recognizable cerebral tissue usually did badly despite endeavors to conserve brain function by expanding the cranial capacity (5 cases) or decompressing hydrocephalic...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Simpson DA,David DJ,White J

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who sustained a gunshot wound to the neck and subsequent blunt trauma is presented. No angiogram was performed after the initial injury. Subsequently, the patient developed a cerebral embolus from a thrombus dislodged from a pseudoaneurysm of the cervical carotid artery, resulting in complete occlusion of th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Applegate LJ,Pritz MB,Pribram HF

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Abducens nerve palsy is a rare and reversible complication associated with percutaneous radiofrequency trigeminal rhizolysis. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:An 86-year-old man developed an abducens nerve palsy immediately after undergoing percutaneous radiofrequency trigeminal rhizolysis for severe tri...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Harrigan MR,Chandler WF

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A compound of methylcellulose-silicone expanding progressively over a 1-week period by moisture absorption was implanted in the midthoracic epidural space of 17 Sprague Dawley adult rats. When the animals became paraplegic 6.3 +/- 1.6 days later, they were randomized into three groups: untreated control (n = 5), high ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Delattre JY,Arbit E,Rosenblum MK,Thaler HT,Lau N,Galicich JH,Posner JB

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the existing models of legislation and state statutes pertaining to the definition of death is presented. Twenty-four states have statutory provision for brain death. Concern still exists about the need for and the form of statutory definitions. Medical criteria are not considered in detail, but the propos...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Selby R,Selby MT

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to more precisely characterize the changes in exposure achieved by modifying the standard transoral approach by sequential mandibulotomy and mandibuloglossotomy with or without palatotomy. METHODS:A series of cadaveric dissections was performed and the operative distance and angle of ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Youssef AS,Guiot B,Black K,Sloan AE

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Immunostaining for p53 commonly is considered a marker of neoplasia. Previous studies of nonneoplastic processes have yielded conflicting results. METHODS:To test the assumption that p53 immunoreactivity indicates neoplasia, we examined 60 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded biopsies of nonneoplastic central n...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kurtkaya-Yapicier O,Scheithauer BW,Hebrink D,James CD

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The success of subthalamic nucleus (STN) surgery for Parkinson's disease depends on accuracy in target determination. The objective of this study was to determine which of the following techniques was most accurate and precise in identifying the location for stimulation in STN deep brain stimulation surgery t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Andrade-Souza YM,Schwalb JM,Hamani C,Eltahawy H,Hoque T,Saint-Cyr J,Lozano AM

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The concept of neurovascular decompression for the treatment of hemifacial spasm is now widely accepted. In this study, we report our long-term results for 145 cases treated with this procedure. METHODS:The results of 145 microvascular decompressions to treat hemifacial spasm (performed between 1980 and 1998...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Samii M,Günther T,Iaconetta G,Muehling M,Vorkapic P,Samii A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using rabbit cerebral arteries in an in vitro chamber, we examined the cerebral arterial contraction initiated by clotting whole blood. By using methysergide maleate and a novel thromboxane synthetase inhibitor, 1-carboxyheptylimidazole (1-CHI), we studied the contributions of both serotonin and the prostaglandin meta...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schumacher MA,Alksne JF

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred eighty patients affected by cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) underwent radiosurgical treatment in our department. One hundred fifty-three patients have been treated with complete irradiation of the entire AVM nidus. In 27 patients (with large and/or three-dimensional irregular target volumes), o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Colombo F,Pozza F,Chierego G,Casentini L,De Luca G,Francescon P

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radiation-induced changes (RICs) are the most common complication of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), and they appear as perinidal T2-weighted hyperintensities on magnetic resonance imaging, with or without associated neurological symptoms. OBJECTIVE:To determine...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ilyas A,Chen CJ,Ding D,Buell TJ,Raper DMS,Lee CC,Xu Z,Sheehan JP

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although originally isolated from the bone marrow, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have recently been detected in other tissues. However, little is known about MSCs in the brain. OBJECTIVE:To determine the extent to which cells with the features of MSCs exist in normal brain tissue and to determine the locati...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kang SG,Shinojima N,Hossain A,Gumin J,Yong RL,Colman H,Marini F,Andreeff M,Lang FF

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Significant care continuum delays between acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) and definitive surgery are associated with poor outcomes. Use of the "3 delays" model to evaluate TBI outcomes in low- and middle-income countries has not been performed. OBJECTIVE:To describe the care continuum, using the 3 delays...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Vaca SD,Kuo BJ,Nickenig Vissoci JR,Staton CA,Xu LW,Muhumuza M,Ssenyonjo H,Mukasa J,Kiryabwire J,Rice HE,Grant GA,Haglund MM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Desmoplastic infantile gangliogliomas (DIGs) are extremely rare tumors that respond well to treatment. However, their biological behavior remains to be clarified. We describe two patients whose DIGs spontaneously regressed after surgery, without adjuvant therapy. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 9-mont...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Takeshima H,Kawahara Y,Hirano H,Obara S,Niiro M,Kuratsu J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Lymphocytic hypophysitis is being recognized with increasing frequency, but the long-term course is not well known. Recurrence of lymphocytic hypophysitis after a long interval has never been reported. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 53-year-old woman presented with central diabetes insipidus. Magneti...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nishioka H,Ito H,Fukushima C

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that seizures induce significant and sustained elevations of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in specific extrahypothalamic rat brain regions associated with epileptic foci including amygdala, hippocampus, pyriform cortex, and anterior cortex. Seizures were induced in dogs to further study th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shapiro S,Kubek M,Sanders S,Durbin S,Goodwin S,Javed T

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to evaluate whether taurine detection in short-echo (20 ms) proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy contributes to the noninvasive differential diagnosis between medulloblastoma and cerebellar astrocytoma in children and young adults. These two types of tumor have very different prognoses and may be ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Moreno-Torres A,Martínez-Pérez I,Baquero M,Campistol J,Capdevila A,Arús C,Pujol J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:The extracranial venous drainage of the brain is provided mainly by the jugular veins with the variable participation of extrajugular pathways. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:Two cases of occipital sinus pericranii (SP) were observed. A 6-year-old girl presented with a progressively enlarging occipita...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Frassanito P,Massimi L,Tamburrini G,Caldarelli M,Pedicelli A,Di Rocco C

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Intracranial germinomas often disseminate via the ventricular and subarachnoid pathways, but seeding to the perioptic arachnoid space is extremely unusual. We report two cases of recurrent germinoma seeding in the optic nerve. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:Two men with pure germinoma were initially tr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nakajima T,Kumabe T,Jokura H,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invading glioma cells seem to follow distinct anatomic structures within the central nervous system. Tumor cell dissemination may occur along structures, such as the basement membranes of blood vessels or the glial limitans externa, that contain extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. Frequently, invasive glioma cells ar...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Giese A,Westphal M

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIPPOCRATIC WORKS LEND themselves still today to the modern physician for further analysis of his approach to the diagnosis and treatment of various pathological conditions. We present an attempt to systematize his methodology regarding the management of head trauma and present it in the format of a modern-era algorit...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dimopoulos VG,Machinis TG,Fountas KN,Robinson JS

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) predisposes patients to excessive natriuresis and volume contraction. We studied the effects of postoperative administration of 5% albumin solution on sodium balance and blood volume after SAH. We also sought to identify physiological variables that influence renal sodium excreti...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mayer SA,Solomon RA,Fink ME,Lennihan L,Stern L,Beckford A,Thomas CE,Klebanoff LM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We report a retrospective series of 13 patients who presented with symptoms and signs caused by cervical juxtafacet cysts. Clinical findings, radiographic features, surgical management strategies, and possible causes are reported and discussed. METHODS:We reviewed clinical histories, radiographic studies, su...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Krauss WE,Atkinson JL,Miller GM

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, neurosurgeons have responded to calls to treat new patients or address emergent, acute neurosurgical pathology in the hospitals they staff as part of their duty to the medical profession and community. Due to increasing financial pressures placed upon neurosurgical practice from hospitals and regulatory...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Babu MA,Stroink AR,Timmons SD,Orrico KO,Prall JA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A neoplastic cerebral aneurysm from lung cancer is an extremely rare occurrence despite its high metastatic potential to the brain. We report a neoplastic cerebral aneurysm from small-cell lung carcinoma that caused an intracerebral hematoma. A 63-year-old man underwent an urgent craniotomy for a massive intracerebral...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Murata J,Sawamura Y,Takahashi A,Abe H,Saitoh H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite apparent gross total resection, olfactory groove meningiomas have a high rate of late recurrence (average, 23%). In this retrospective study, we confirmed that the sites of these recurrences are the cranial base and paranasal sinuses. We postulated that these recurrences stem from conservative handlin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Obeid F,Al-Mefty O

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Falls and postural instability (PI) are major sources of morbidity in Parkinson disease (PD). Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a major therapy for PD. The effects of DBS on PI and falls remain controversial. OBJECTIVE:To study if DBS worsens PI, validated measures of PI (Timed Up and Go, Berg Balance Scale, ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Brandmeir NJ,Brandmeir CL,Carr D,Kuzma K,McInerney J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The decision for surgical intervention in hydrocephalic patients presenting with symptoms suggesting raised intracranial pressure (ICP) is challenging because radiographic ventricular size often lacks the specificity to predict abnormal ICP. An early assessment of the potential clinical usefulness of a noninv...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Glick RP,Niebruegge J,Lee SH,Egibor O,Lichtor T,Alperin N

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00