Thoracolumbar Injury Classification and Severity Score in Children: A Validity Study.

abstract：:Although an association between optic glioma and neurofibromatosis is well recognized, there has been no previous analysis of cases relating the locus of tumor to the presence or absence of von Recklinghausen's disease. This paper presents the results of such an analysis as well as a description of the comparative his...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stern J,DiGiacinto GV,Housepian EM

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation tested the hypothesis that the degree of impairment to memory function caused by an anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) is inversely related to the pathological status of the resected hippocampus. Specifically, the greatest risk to postoperative memory function should be to patients with no or minimal...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hermann BP,Wyler AR,Somes G,Berry AD 3rd,Dohan FC Jr

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine the duration of cognitive impairment after sports concussion. METHODS:We conducted a study with a prospective design in which 729 athletes underwent preseason baseline testing by being administered a computerized neuropsychological test battery, followed by retesting at regular interva...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bleiberg J,Cernich AN,Cameron K,Sun W,Peck K,Ecklund PJ,Reeves D,Uhorchak J,Sparling MB,Warden DL

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Syringomyelia in association with the Dandy-Walker complex is rare and only 17 cases have been reported, mostly as autopsy findings or incidental reports in series for other conditions. We present a further case report and discuss the possible pathogenetic mechanisms of syrinx formation in the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hammond CJ,Chitnavis B,Penny CC,Strong AJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report our experience in treatment of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) using a new liquid embolic agent, Onyx (Micro Therapeutics, Inc., Irvine, CA). METHODS:Between January 1998 and May 1999, 23 patients (8 men and 15 women) were treated. The patients' average age was 40 years, with seizure being the m...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jahan R,Murayama Y,Gobin YP,Duckwiler GR,Vinters HV,Viñuela F

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though neurosurgeons exercise these enormous and versatile skills, the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the fabrics of the global neurosurgical family, jeopardizing human lives, and forcing the entire world to be locked down. We stand on the shoulders of the giants and will not forget their examples and their teachin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chaurasia B,Deora H,El-Ghandour NMF,Oyesiku NM,Chaurasia RK,Schulder M,Soriano Sanchez JA,Teo M,Hernesniemi J,Linzey JR,Schwartz TH,Cohen-Gadol AA,Lawton M,Umana G,Mura J,Grotenhuis A,Sinha AK,Schroeder HWS,Natarajan

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of traumatic craniocervical artery dissection varies in published trauma series. OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency of traumatic craniocervical artery injury in polytrauma patients by using standardized whole-body trauma computed tomography with adapted computed tomography angiography of the...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fleck SK,Langner S,Baldauf J,Kirsch M,Kohlmann T,Schroeder HW

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Robot-assisted stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) may represent a simplified, precise, and safe alternative to the more traditional SEEG techniques. OBJECTIVE:To report our clinical experience with robotic SEEG implantation and to define its utility in the management of patients with medically refractory e...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： González-Martínez J,Bulacio J,Thompson S,Gale J,Smithason S,Najm I,Bingaman W

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Silent corticotroph adenomas (SCAs) are clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) with positive staining for corticotropin (ACTH) by immunohistochemistry. Whether SCAs behave more aggressively than NFPAs without ACTH immunoreactivity (ACTH negative) remains controversial. OBJECTIVE:To compare cha...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ioachimescu AG,Eiland L,Chhabra VS,Mastrogianakis GM,Schniederjan MJ,Brat D,Pileggi AV,Oyesiku NM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:To describe the use of a new imaging tool, angiographic computed tomography, for visualization of cell opening and strut prolapse of a Neuroform 2 stent (Boston Scientific/Target, Fremont, CA) placed in curved vasculature for treatment of a basilar tip aneurysm. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 46-year...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Benndorf G,Claus B,Strother CM,Chang L,Klucznik RP

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A stab wound to the right flank of a 24-year-old man produced immediate paralysis of both legs but spared sensation. Recovery was slow but sufficient to allow walking with a cane. Radicular artery interruption, in combination with systemic hypotension, is presumed to have caused selective watershed infarction of the s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Keane JR,Gamal R

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge of the anatomic location of the deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrode in the brain is essential in quality control and judicious selection of stimulation parameters. Postoperative computed tomography (CT) imaging coregistered with preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is commonly used to d...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Thani NB,Bala A,Swann GB,Lind CR

更新日期：2011-07-01 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:Delayed posthemorrhagic vasospasm remains among the major complications after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and can result in devastating ischemic strokes. As rescue therapy, neurointerventional procedures are used for selective vasodilatation. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of intra-arteri...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hosmann A,Wang WT,Dodier P,Bavinzski G,Engel A,Herta J,Plöchl W,Reinprecht A,Gruber A

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosurgery is experiencing a period of acute change driven by 2 forces: (1) the perception that the healthcare system in the United States is wasteful and that patients are receiving low "value" care, (2) the belief that quality and long-term outcomes can be measured accurately. We believe 3 important shifts will em...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kim DH,Dagi TF,Bean JR

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used three-dimensional reconstruction magnetic resonance imaging techniques to understand the anatomic complexity of operative brain lesions and to improve preoperative surgical planning. We report our experience with 14 cases, including intra- and extra-axial tumors and a vascular malformation. In each case, ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kikinis R,Gleason PL,Moriarty TM,Moore MR,Alexander E 3rd,Stieg PE,Matsumae M,Lorensen WE,Cline HE,Black PM,Jolesz FA

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a planum sphenoidale meningioma mimicking a classic case of pituitary apoplexy is presented. A review of the apoplectiform onset of meningiomas is included. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Marano SR,Sonntag VK,Spetzler RF

更新日期：1984-12-01 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：:The computed tomographic (CT) scan has replaced angiography in the preoperative neurodiagnostic evaluation of the common pediatric posterior fossa tumors. This case report illustrates that rarely an atypical vascular anomaly may masquerade as a neoplasm and angiography must not be dismissed if the CT scan is any way a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Epstein N,Epstein F,Berenstein A

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Circumferential aneurysms, which incorporate >180 degrees of the circumference of the parent vessel, present a unique therapeutic challenge, particularly in circumstances in which a deconstructive treatment strategy is not feasible. We detail a novel technique for endovascular parent vessel reconstruction ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fiorella D,Albuquerque FC,Masaryk TJ,Rasmussen PA,McDougall CG

更新日期：2005-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:As brain temperature is reported to be extensively higher than core body temperature in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients, posttraumatic hyperthermia is of particular relevance in the injured brain. OBJECTIVE:To study the influence of prophylactic normothermia on brain temperature and the temperature gr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fischer M,Lackner P,Beer R,Helbok R,Klien S,Ulmer H,Pfausler B,Schmutzhard E,Broessner G

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of depressed and anxious mood states in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), a degenerative spine condition with symptoms of neck pain, numb clumsy hands, gait difficulties, sphincter dysfunction, and impotence. To examine the relation between mood and functional de...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stoffman MR,Roberts MS,King JT Jr

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the incidence and impact of an intracerebral hematoma (ICH) on treatment and outcome in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. METHODS:Data of 585 consecutive patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage from June 1999 to December 2005 were prospectively entered in a database. ICH was diagnose...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Güresir E,Beck J,Vatter H,Setzer M,Gerlach R,Seifert V,Raabe A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in the growth of astrocytic brain tumors, human glioblastoma cell line U-87 was stably transfected with the antisense complementary deoxyribonucleic acid encoding PKC alpha. The effect of selectively down-regulating the alpha isoform on other PKC isoforms, as well as s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ahmad S,Mineta T,Martuza RL,Glazer RI

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:Liposclerosing myxofibrous tumors (LSMFTs) are rare benign fibro-osseous tumors most frequently occurring in the proximal femur. We report the first case of this rare tumor occurring within the calvarium. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:Our patient presented with a 2-yr history of enlarging, painless, ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ploof J,Shaikh H,Melli J,Jour G,Turtz A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endovascular neurosurgical procedures are complex, requiring significant planning, foresight, and coordination. The neuroanesthetist is an integral part of these procedures, organizing efforts of the technicians and nurses and responding to the needs of the neurointerventionalist. The purpose of this article is to rev...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Armonda RA,Vo AH,Dunford J,Bell RS

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the incidence of perioperative fever and its relationship to outcome among patients enrolled in the Intraoperative Hypothermia for Aneurysm Surgery Trial. METHODS:One thousand patients with initial World Federation of Neurological Surgeons grades of I to III undergoing clipping of intracranial an...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Todd MM,Hindman BJ,Clarke WR,Torner JC,Weeks JB,Bayman EO,Shi Q,Spofford CM,IHAST Investigators.

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Iliac screw fixation is a powerful tool used by spine surgeons to achieve fusion across the lumbosacral junction for a number of indications, including deformity, tumor, and pseudarthrosis. Complications associated with screw placement are related to blind trajectory selection and excessive soft tissue disse...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shin JH,Hoh DJ,Kalfas IH

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00