Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Atlantoaxial instability owing to bone erosions in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is rare. We describe the radiographic characteristics, pathology, and treatment of a patient with this rare clinical manifestation and review the literature. CASE DESCRIPTION:A 36-year-old man with an 8-year history of AS presented with progressive neck pain, low back pain, hand numbness, and limited mobility of the neck. Cervical radiography showed anterior atlantoaxial subluxation with bone erosions at the odontoid process and a mass lateral to the atlas and edge of vertebrae. AS was diagnosed according to the modified New York criteria, and the patient underwent a posterior C0-C6 occipitocervical arthrodesis surgery and C3-C6 laminectomy to reconstruct atlantoaxial stability and relieve cervical compression. The symptoms of neck pain and hand numbness improved at the 1-year follow-up, and the patient completely resumed normal activities. Imaging showed realignment of C1-2 with complete decompression of the spinal cord and fusion of the atlantooccipital joint. The internal fixation has remained stable, and progressive bone erosion changes were not found after surgery. CONCLUSIONS:Extensive cervical erosions with spontaneous atlantoaxial subluxation in AS is extremely rare. The erosive change of atlantoaxial bone may be an early feature of AS. Cervical spine radiographs are essential for patients with AS who present with neck pain. Complete decompression and internal fixation are necessary to prevent serious neurologic morbidity from spinal cord injury in such patients.
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World Neurosurgjournal_title
World neurosurgeryauthors
Liu J,Zhu L,Jiang E,Zou S,Xu Gdoi
10.1016/j.wneu.2018.10.155subject
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2019-02-01 00:00:00pages
583-589eissn
1878-8750issn
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122pub_type
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2015.05.073
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Measurements of quantitative blood flow are crucial during brain vascular surgery. Indocyanine green video angiography (ICG-VAG) is an accepted method of blood flow visualization; however, quantitative techniques have not yet been established. Thus, the aim of this study was to further develop ICG analysis f...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.04.148
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Because of the balance between achieving complete seizure freedom and minimizing the postoperative neurologic deficits, surgery for refractory epilepsy originating from the primary motor cortex is difficult. Here, we report the outcomes of surgery for magnetic resonance imaging-negative refractory epilepsy or...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.02.090
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The authors present the first reported case of a fibroblastic reticular cell tumor (FRCT) presenting with spinal cord compression. FRCTs are the rarest subset of dendritic cell tumors, a specific group of hematologic malignancies. FRCTs reportedly behave similar to low-grade sarcomas as opposed to malignant ...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type:
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.05.190
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The ideal treatment method for cranial arachnoid cysts stills controversial, each of endoscopic and microscopic techniques has its pros and cons. METHODS:We described cystocisternostomy technique for arachnoid cysts through fenestration medial to the edge of tentorium through lateral pontomesencephalic memb...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.12.108
更新日期:2020-12-29 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.156
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2016.11.037
更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Presentation of clinical cases involving successful anterior stabilization of the C1-C2 segment in patients with invaginated C2 odontoid process and Chiari malformation type I. METHODS:Clinical case description. RESULTS:Two patients with C2 odontoid processes invagination and Chiari malformation type I were...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.02.113
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) negatively affects gait and cognition abilities and urine continence in the elderly. It is associated with systemic hypertension, although the exact pathophysiology is still unknown. A correlation to increased intracranial pulsatility and decreased compliance w...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.11.007
更新日期:2020-11-09 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:VerifyNow-directed personalized antiplatelet therapy for aneurysm embolization with a Pipeline Embolization Device (PED) remains controversial. Evaluate thrombotic complications between patients who received VerifyNow-directed personalized antiplatelet therapy versus those who did not after PED flow diversio...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.03.046
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:When it comes to evacuating intracranial hemorrhagic lesions in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), neurosurgeons perform either a craniotomy or a decompressive craniectomy (DC). The aim of the present study was to estimate the impact of DC on outcomes in elderly patients. METHODS:This retrospective...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2016.01.071
更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Myelomeningocele is a defect that typically is repaired surgically within the first few days of life in developed countries to minimize the risk of meningitis. If left unrepaired, these children may survive to have their meningocele sac epithelialize. The surgical reduction and closure of an epithelialized my...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2013.01.022
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Meningiomas are mostly benign intradural tumors. Concerning the spine, some of them can extend outside the canal or even develop extradurally but their primary attach is often located in the vertebral canal. Here we present the case of an exceptional purely intraforaminal meningioma mimicking a neurogenic tumor, invol...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.10.006
更新日期:2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the noninferiority of facet joint- and nuchal ligament-sparing laminectomy (FNL) compared with conventional open-door laminoplasty. METHODS:This retrospective study analyzed 31 patients who underwent FNL (7 women; median age, 71 years) and 29 patients who underwent laminoplasty (9 women; media...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.01.187
更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The number of patients with a history of clipping of recurrent aneurysms after coil embolization has increased. The aim of this article was to report the feasibility of CT angiography using a commercial metal artifact reduction algorithm (Smart Metal Artifact Reduction [MAR]) for patients who underwent clipp...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.04.133
更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Spinal neuronavigation improves accuracy of pedicle screw placement but may increase operative time, and its use in oncologic operations remains relatively unstudied. We compared the use of two-dimensional (2D) fluoroscopy and three-dimensional (3D) spinal neuronavigation relative to operative time in instrum...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.06.016
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Anterior cervical diskectomy and fusion with plate-screw construct has been gradually applied for multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy in recent years. However, long cervical plate was associated with complications including breakage or loosening of plate and screws, trachea-esophageal injury, neurovas...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.045
更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Abnormalities of the posterior arches of the upper and middle cervical spine that can cause myelopathy are rare, and no reports of such defects at the thoracic spinal level have been published. CASE DESCRIPTION:A 29-year-old male patient reported right arm weakness and pain for 1 year. Magnetic resonance im...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2016.06.088
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Smoking is a known risk factor for inferior health outcomes. Retrospective analyses of large datasets may assess whether such risk is manifested or mitigated in clinical practice. Although many risk factor analyses use the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) and National (Nationwide) Inpati...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.11.180
更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Muscle injury is inevitable during surgical exposure of the spine. This study compared paraspinal muscle injury after 4 surgical techniques: microdiscectomy (MD), percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD), percutaneous endoscopic interlaminar discectomy (PEID), unilateral biportal endoscopic discectomy...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.05.085
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Posterior fossa arachnoid cysts are often asymptomatic, but can rarely cause postural headache, the mechanism of which remains unknown. CASE DESCRIPTION:We present a 40-year-old woman with an asymptomatic supracerebellar arachnoid cyst. Upright computed tomography (CT) showed enlargement of the arachnoid cy...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type:
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2020.09.132
更新日期:2021-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) are prone to develop multiple intracranial neoplasms, such as schwannomas of the cranial nerves and meningiomas. The aim of our study was to investigate 1) the median growth rate per year, 2) the growth-free interval, and 3) the growth patterns of NF2-associated in...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2016.10.060
更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Neuroendoscopy is increasingly being used in the management of intraventricular brain tumors. The role of endoscopy in diagnostic biopsy is well established. Expansion of these techniques may allow for definitive resection of intraventricular tumors. We report the feasibility and outcomes of endoscopic resect...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2015.11.052
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:A 63-year-old woman presented with diplopia resulting from abducens paralysis. Examination revealed a giant cavernous aneurysm supplied by the internal carotid artery (ICA) and primitive trigeminal artery (PTA) via the vertebrobasilar system. METHODS:After evaluation of balloon test occlusion (BTO) at the di...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2010.06.029
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.05.101
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We sought to assess the validity of a virtual surgical training system on lumbar pedicle screw placement for residents. METHODS:Ten inexperienced residents were randomly assigned to the simulation training (ST) group (n = 5) and control group (n = 5). The ST group performed the lumbar pedicle screw placement...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.12.015
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Atherosclerotic stenosis of the extracranial internal carotid artery accounts for 15%-20% of ischemic strokes, depending on the population studied. Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is the most frequently performed operation to prevent stroke. METHODS:Since the 1990s, several randomized controlled trials have be...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2011.05.037
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:We performed a rigorous statistical analysis of the complications and outcomes of patients with ruptured or unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Our emphasis was on the potential predictive factors when both surgical and endovascular management are offered by a team with balanced microsurgical and endovascular...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.10.094
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the stability of fusion constructs with unilateral pedicle screw (UPS) or bilateral pedicle screw (BPS) fixation with and without an interbody implant using the lateral lumbar interbody (LLIF) approach. METHODS:Standard nondestructive flexibility tests were performed on 13 cadaveric lumbar speci...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2018.02.053
更新日期:2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Idiopathic spinal cord herniation is a rare condition that involves spinal cord herniation through a defect in the ventral dura. CASE DESCRIPTION:We present a case of a 61-year-old woman who initially presented in 2016 with an approximately 1-year history of burning right lower extremity pain and gait insta...
journal_title:World neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2019.05.219
更新日期:2019-09-01 00:00:00