Surgical experience following intervertebral discolysis with collagenase.

abstract：:The presence of pneumocephalus in a patient without a history of undergoing intracranial or intrathecal procedures is a significant radiographic finding that portends a violation of the dural barrier or the presence of infection. The authors report a case of iatrogenic pneumocephalus that confounded the evaluation of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Thompson TP,Levy E,Kanal E,Lunsford LD

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The object of this study was to define caudate nucleus locations responsive to intraoperative direct electrical stimulation for tinnitus loudness modulation and relate those locations to functional connectivity maps between caudate nucleus subdivisions and auditory cortex. METHODS:Six awake study participant...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Perez PL,Wang SS,Heath S,Henderson-Sabes J,Mizuiri D,Hinkley LB,Nagarajan SS,Larson PS,Cheung SW

更新日期：2019-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:All patients who underwent decompressive lumbar laminectomy in the Washtenaw County, Michigan metropolitan area during a 7-year period were studied for the purpose of defining long-term outcome, clinical correlations, and the need for subsequent fusion. Outcome was determined by questionnaire and physical examination ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tuite GF,Stern JD,Doran SE,Papadopoulos SM,McGillicuddy JE,Oyedijo DI,Grube SV,Lundquist C,Gilmer HS,Schork MA

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The majority of sinonasal malignancies present with advanced disease, and cure rates are generally poor. Surgical extirpation remains the mainstay of treatment. In cases of sinonasal malignancy with orbital apex extension, gross-total tumor resection requires orbital exenteration and bony skull base resection ar...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sugawara T,Aoyagi M,Ogishima T,Kawano Y,Tamaki M,Yano T,Tsunoda A,Ohno K,Maehara T,Kishimoto S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Remington humane stunner was used to deliver a blow to the left side of the surgically-exposed skull in ketamine-anesthetized cats. At 15 minutes after the trauma, brain tissue was frozen in situ. In animals without visible tissue hemorrhage (Grade 0) and in those with unilateral cerebral contusions involving the ce...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wagner KR,Tornheim PA,Eichhold MK

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Identification of risk factors for perioperative epilepsy remains crucial in the care of patients with meningioma. Moreover, associations of brain invasion with clinical and radiological variables have been largely unexplored. The authors hypothesized that invasion of the cortex and subsequent increased edema...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hess K,Spille DC,Adeli A,Sporns PB,Brokinkel C,Grauer O,Mawrin C,Stummer W,Paulus W,Brokinkel B

更新日期：2018-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:In many new clinical trials of patients with malignant gliomas surgical intervention is incorporated as an integral part of tumor-directed interstitial therapies such as gene therapy, biodegradable wafer placement, and immunotherapy. Assessment of toxicity is a major component of evaluating these novel therapeut...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chang SM,Parney IF,McDermott M,Barker FG 2nd,Schmidt MH,Huang W,Laws ER Jr,Lillehei KO,Bernstein M,Brem H,Sloan AE,Berger M,Glioma Outcomes Investigators.

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors conducted a biomechanical study to evaluate pedicle screw pullout strength in osteoporotic cadaveric spines. Nonaugmented hemivertebrae were compared with pressurized polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)-augmented hemivertebrae. METHODS:Six formalin-fixed cadaveric thoracolumbar spines at least two standar...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sarzier JS,Evans AJ,Cahill DW

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The role of postoperative radiotherapy in patients undergoing first-time resection of WHO Grade II meningioma remains unclear as reflected by varied practices in published clinical studies and national professional surveys. Much of the relevant literature is based on pre-2000 WHO grading criteria for atypical me...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mair R,Morris K,Scott I,Carroll TA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9- to 12-year follow-up review was conducted in 105 of 124 patients who were treated with chymopapain chemonucleolysis for herniated lumbar disc. The data were obtained from responses to a questionnaire. Seventy-nine patients (75.2%) reported marked improvement, six (5.7%) had slight improvement, and 20 (19.0%) had ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Javid MJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Treatment with a BRAF mutation inhibitor might shrink otherwise refractory craniopharyngiomas and is a promising preoperative treatment to facilitate tumor resection. The aim of this study was to investigate the noninvasive diagnosis of BRAF-mutated craniopharyngiomas based on MRI characteristics. METHODS Fi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yue Q,Yu Y,Shi Z,Wang Y,Zhu W,Du Z,Yao Z,Chen L,Mao Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to quantify volumetrically cement fill and leakage in patients with osteoporotic and metastatic vertebral lesions undergoing percutaneous vertebroplasty and to establish whether these factors have any clinical significance at follow up. METHODS:Digital computerized tomography data wer...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mousavi P,Roth S,Finkelstein J,Cheung G,Whyne C

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although image-based human stereotaxis began with Spiegel and Wycis in 1947, the major principles of radiographic stereotaxis were formulated 50 years earlier by the French scientific photographer Gaston Contremoulins. In 1897, frustrated by the high morbidity of bullet extraction from the brain, the Parisian surgeon ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Giller CA,Mornet P,Moreau JF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report four cases of traumatic neuroma in the cervical nerve root in patients with no history of trauma. In one case the patient presented with intractable pain in the left upper extremity and motor paresis of the left shoulder, and in another case the patient suffered neuropathic pain in the left forearm....

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nomura H,Harimaya K,Orii H,Shiba K,Ueta T,Iwaki T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Whereas most pituitary adenomas are removable via the transsphenoidal approach, certain cases, such as dumbbell-shaped or suprasellar adenomas and recurrent and/or fibrous tumors, remain difficult to treat. The authors present their experience with the extended endoscopic endonasal approach to the suprasellar ar...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Di Maio S,Cavallo LM,Esposito F,Stagno V,Corriero OV,Cappabianca P

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors performed a retrospective analysis of a consecutive series of craniopharyngiomas and their recurrences, which were managed with surgery alone. METHODS:In the past 20 years, 37 consecutive patients with craniopharyngiomas underwent surgery without adjuvant radiotherapy. During that period there was a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Minamida Y,Mikami T,Hashi K,Houkin K

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical treatment of cerebrovascular malformations intrigued early neurosurgeons. Cushing defined vascular malformations as tumors arising from cerebral blood vessels. He successfully resected the first arteriovenous malformation 3 years after it had been irradiated. In the absence of angiography, the pathoanatom...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cohen-Gadol AA,Spencer DD

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The supplementary motor area (SMA) plays an important role in planning, initiation, and execution of motor acts. Patients with SMA lesions are impaired in various kinematic parameters, such as velocity and duration of movement. However, the relationships between neuronal activity and these parameters in the huma...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tankus A,Yeshurun Y,Flash T,Fried I

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Intraoperative bleeding often obscures the surgical field and may cause neurological damage. The irrigation fluids used during surgery might affect physiological hemostasis because they modulate the extracellular fluid composition of the bleeding area directly. The authors therefore investigated the influence of...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fujita Y,Doi K,Harada D,Kamikawa S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ocular complications of intracarotid infusion of drugs for brain-tumor chemotherapy may be eliminated by infusion of the chemotherapeutic agent into the carotid artery above the origin of the ophthalmic artery. The authors have developed a catheter that can negotiate the carotid siphon. This catheter is not balloo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kapp JP,Ross RL,Tucker EM

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Improvement in treatment outcome for patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) requires a multifaceted approach due to dysregulation of numerous signaling pathways. The murine double minute 2 (MDM2) protein may fulfill this requirement because it is involved in the regulation of growth, survival, and invas...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wang H,Cai S,Bailey BJ,Reza Saadatzadeh M,Ding J,Tonsing-Carter E,Georgiadis TM,Zachary Gunter T,Long EC,Minto RE,Gordon KR,Sen SE,Cai W,Eitel JA,Waning DL,Bringman LR,Wells CD,Murray ME,Sarkaria JN,Gelbert LM,Jon

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Outpatient craniotomy has many advantages to the psychological and physical well-being of patients, as well as benefits to the health care system. Its efficacy and safety have been well demonstrated, but barriers to its widespread adoption remain. Among the challenges is a perception that its application is ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Au K,Bharadwaj S,Venkatraghavan L,Bernstein M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Stilbazulenyl nitrone (STAZN) is a second-generation azulenyl nitrone that has markedly enhanced antioxidant properties compared with those of conventional alpha-phenyl nitrones. In this study, the authors assessed the potential efficacy of STAZN in a rodent model of fluid-percussion brain injury, which results ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Belayev L,Becker DA,Alonso OF,Liu Y,Busto R,Ley JJ,Ginsberg MD

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and their close friends and family may be excessively fearful that the patient will have a recurrence, and such fears could play a critical role in the poor recovery shown by many patients The authors examined whether these fears could account for significant variance ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Covey J,Noble AJ,Schenk T

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modification of the transseptal, transsphenoidal appraoch to the sella turcica is described; it consists of a unilateral separation of the nasal mucosa from the nasal septum. Experience with the technique in 215 cases has indicated that it is a useful, practical appraoch. The advantages are that the septum is spared...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tindall GT,Collins WF Jr,Kirchner JA

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Distal coil or stent migration is a rare, but potentially morbid complication of intracranial aneurysm embolization. At present, there is no established standard of surgical evacuation of displaced material-in particular, there is no consensus on the optimum time for such intervention. The authors report their p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Turek G,Kochanowicz J,Lewszuk A,Lyson T,Zielinska-Turek J,Chwiesko J,Mariak Z

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients underwent an anastomosis of the superficial temporal artery (STA) or a saphenous vein graft to one of the secondary trunks of the middle cerebral artery (MCA). They included five patients with giant MCA trifurcation aneurysms, four patients in whom an earlier conventional STA-MCA anastomosis had beco...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Diaz FG,Umansky F,Mehta B,Montoya S,Dujovny M,Ausman JI,Cabezudo J

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality rate, risk of rebleeding, relevant subjective and objective symptoms, and daily functional capacity after a verified subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) of unknown etiology were evaluated in 44 patients treated during a 5-year period (1978 to 1983). A vascular basis for the SAH had been excluded by bilateral c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Eskesen V,Sørensen EB,Rosenørn J,Schmidt K

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although the majority of patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) will improve with anticoagulation therapy, a portion of patients will either present in a comatose state or continue to deteriorate clinically despite early anticoagulation. In these cases, along with treating the underlying thromb...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pasarikovski CR,Ku JC,Keith J,Ramjist J,Dobashi Y,Priola SM,da Costa L,Kumar A,Yang VXD

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The management of massive brain swelling remains an unsolved problem in neurosurgery. Despite newly developed medical and pharmacological therapy, the rates of mortality and morbidity caused by massive brain swelling remain high. According to many recent reports, surgical decompression with dural expansion is su...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yoo DS,Kim DS,Cho KS,Huh PW,Park CK,Kang JK

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00