Image-Guided Navigation and Robotics in Spine Surgery.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multimodal intracranial monitoring in the neurosurgical patient requires insertion of probes through multiple craniostomies. OBJECTIVE:To report our 5-year experience with a novel device allowing multimodal monitoring though a single twist-drill hole. METHODS:All devices (Hummingbird Synergy, Innerspace) w...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chohan MO,Akbik OS,Ramos-Canseco J,Ramirez PM,Murray-Krezan C,Berlin T,Olin K,Taylor CL,Yonas H

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Flow-diverting stents offer a promising treatment option for complex aneurysms. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Pipeline embolization device (PED) in the treatment of fusiform and dissecting aneurysms. METHODS:Sixty-five consecutive patients with 69 fusiform and dissecting aneurysms un...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fischer S,Perez MA,Kurre W,Albes G,Bäzner H,Henkes H

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Noninvasive observation of degenerating and regenerating peripheral nerves could improve the diagnosis and treatment of nerve injuries. We constructed a novel phased-array radiofrequency coil to permit magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) observation of the sciatic nerve and its target muscles in rats after injur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Aagaard BD,Lazar DA,Lankerovich L,Andrus K,Hayes CE,Maravilla K,Kliot M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of intradiploic epidermoid tumor is reported. In this case, a soft mass located over the parietal bone was noted shortly after birth. The mass gradually enlarged. The tumor underwent malignant change after several excisions and repeated inflammations. The patient was successfully treated with extensive...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yanai Y,Tsuji R,Ohmori S,Tatara N,Kubota S,Nagashima C

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) are the most frequent pituitary tumors. Visual symptoms from NFPAs are common and include visual field defects, loss of central vision, and motility problems resulting in diplopia. OBJECTIVE:To create evidence-based guidelines in an attempt to formulate guidance for...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Newman SA,Turbin RE,Bodach ME,Tumialan LM,Oyesiku NM,Litvack Z,Zada G,Patil CG,Aghi MK

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated somatosensory and motor interhemispheric integration in four patients who underwent transection of different portions of the anterior corpus callosum (CC) for removal of an intraventricular cyst. The study goal was to relate their performances to the topographical organization of the CC. METHODS...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Caillé S,Sauerwein HC,Schiavetto A,Villemure JG,Lassonde M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural history of postirradiation extracranial cerebrovascular disease is uncertain. Previous reported cases spanning 20 years of carotid surgery are difficult to evaluate, because patients may sometimes have unspecified symptoms, physical examinations, postoperative results, and follow-up. Also, the evolution of...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Atkinson JL,Sundt TM Jr,Dale AJ,Cascino TL,Nichols DA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After toxicity studies in dogs, a preliminary feasibility trial of the continuous intracranial infusion of a muscarinic agonist was begun in four patients with biopsy-documented Alzheimer's disease. During the last 8 months, a totally implantable infusion system has been used to deliver bethanechol chloride into the c...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Harbaugh RE,Roberts DW,Coombs DW,Saunders RL,Reeder TM

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of choroidal epithelial cyst of the prepontine region is reported. The cyst wall was studied using light and electron microscopy. Electron microscopy revealed that the lining of the cyst consisted of a single layer of epithelial cells resting on a basement membrane. The epithelial cells contained numerous club-...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fukushima T,Hirakawa T,Tanaka A,Tomonaga M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Liponeurocytomas are rare cerebellar neoplasms in adults, with benign histological features and a favorable clinical prognosis. Current clinical opinion is based on a total of less than 20 published cases and suggests that gross total resection and long-term follow-up monitoring, with possible ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jenkinson MD,Bosma JJ,Du Plessis D,Ohgaki H,Kleihues P,Warnke P,Rainov NG

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The prognosis of giant aneurysms remains poor despite recent advances in microneurosurgery. Thick-walled and partially calcified giant aneurysms with an atheromatic base are difficult to clip safely. Special techniques allowing reshaping of the base and ensuring the stability of clips are often needed. We pre...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Navratil O,Lehecka M,Lehto H,Dashti R,Kivisaari R,Niemelä M,Hernesniemi JA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reports of cervical perimedullary arteriovenous shunt (PMAVS) are limited, and treatment strategies have not been established. OBJECTIVE:To describe angioarchitecture and optimal treatment strategies for cervical PMAVS. METHODS:We treated 22 patients with cervical PMAVS between 2000 and 2012 (8 women and 1...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Endo T,Shimizu H,Sato K,Niizuma K,Kondo R,Matsumoto Y,Takahashi A,Tominaga T

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the CCM3 gene in a population of 61 families with a positive family history of cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM), 8 of which had suggestive linkage to the CCM3 locus. METHODS:We searched for mutations within the CCM3 interval using a high-throughput screening technique, temperature-gradient ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Guclu B,Ozturk AK,Pricola KL,Bilguvar K,Shin D,O'Roak BJ,Gunel M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The posterior orbit contains a number of important and vulnerable structures, including the optic nerve, the ophthalmic artery and vein, and the ocular muscles and their motor nerves, which makes surgical access to the lesion in this region quite difficult. Transfrontal, transfrontal-ethmoidal, and transmaxil...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Karaki M,Kobayashi R,Mori N

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Classic surgical exposures of the infratemporal fossa region, including the adjacent intracranial space, temporal bone, and sinonasal region, require the extensive exposure associated with the transcranial, transfacial, and transmandibular approaches with their inherent neurological and cosmetic morbidities. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Theodosopoulos PV,Guthikonda B,Brescia A,Keller JT,Zimmer LA

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:A number of publications suggest that there are seasonal influences on the incidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Most series agree on a peak incidence during springtime. Meteorological influences have been assumed to be obvious explanations for seasonal variations. Furthermore, the perceived clustering ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Beseoglu K,Hänggi D,Stummer W,Steiger HJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Conflicting reports have been published with regard to the relationship between the efficacy of p53 gene therapy and the p53 status of gliomas. In this study, we evaluated whether U-87MG glioma cells harboring wild-type p53 and U251 and U-373MG glioma cells harboring mutated p53 demonstrate different sensitiv...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shinoura N,Sakurai S,Asai A,Kirino T,Hamada H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate antagonists are the most powerful neuroprotective drugs in laboratory studies of focal cerebral ischemia. Because the majority of clinical conditions in which focal brain ischemia occurs are associated with high intracranial pressure (ICP), we have used the rat acute subdural hematoma model to evaluate the e...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kuroda Y,Fujisawa H,Strebel S,Graham DI,Bullock R

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：:The authors describe the technique of magnetic stimulation from a pulsed induction coil (4.0 T) and the enhanced (5-fold) electromyogram response from hyperthenar muscles obtained when electric and magnetic stimuli are applied simultaneously. The enhancement results have been confirmed for central brain vertex stimula...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bickford RG,Guidi M,Fortesque P,Swenson M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Traumatic fracture-dislocations of the lumbosacral junction are rare, with all previously reported cases involving fracture-dislocations at a single level. No cases of multiple fracture-dislocations of contiguous spinal segments in the lumbosacral spine have been reported. A case of traumatic a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kaplan SS,Wright NM,Yundt KD,Lauryssen C

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stereotactic laser ablation offers an advantage over open surgical procedures for treatment of epileptic foci, tumors, and other brain pathology. Robot-assisted stereotactic laser ablation could offer an accurate, efficient, minimally invasive, and safe method for placement of an ablation catheter into the t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gonzalez-Martinez J,Vadera S,Mullin J,Enatsu R,Alexopoulos AV,Patwardhan R,Bingaman W,Najm I

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The treatment of residual and/or recurrent pituitary tumors, initially operated on through transsphenoidal and/or transcranial approaches, required a new single approach that would make it possible to excise the tumor from the sella and from the neighboring regions. Surgical complications, such as pneumatocep...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dolenc VV

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to investigate the anatomic relationship between neurovascular structures and the transverse carpal ligament (TCL) so as to avoid complications during an endoscopic carpal tunnel release procedure. METHODS:Fresh cadaver hands from seven men and 12 women (age range, 48-74 yr) were...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hong JT,Lee SW,Han SH,Son BC,Sung JH,Park CK,Park CK,Kang JK,Kim MC

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：:The use of allogeneic human bone, dura, and fascia has achieved an enduring and accelerating role in the augmentation of spinal fusions and the repair of skeletal and dural defects. Primary sterilization of these nonviable cadaveric tissues magnifies the potential sources and ensures the microbiological sterility of t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Prolo DJ,Pedrotti PW,White DH

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In recent years, stereotactic radiosurgery has been growing in popularity as a treatment modality for metastatic disease to the brain. The technique has advantages of reduced cost and low morbidity compared with open surgical treatment. Furthermore, it avoids the potential cognitive side effects of fractionat...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chen JC,Petrovich Z,O'Day S,Morton D,Essner R,Giannotta SL,Yu C,Apuzzo ML

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1-month-old infant with a Dandy-Walker malformation underwent the placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt to treat progressive hydrocephalus. On the initial computed tomographic scan, a subependymal cystic lesion larger than 1 cm in diameter was noted in the head of the right caudate nucleus, which enlarged to 3 c...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rabb CH,Levy ML,McComb JG,Feigenbaum JA

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A surgical approach to the skull base is described. It allows excellent exposure of the cranial base with minimal brain retraction. Deep lesions can be handled via subfrontal, transsylvian, or subtemporal routes during the same operation. This approach is most suitable for large lesions in the suprasellar, parasellar,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Al-Mefty O

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00