Nerve Surgeons' Assessment of the Role of Eduard Pernkopf's Atlas of Topographic and Applied Human Anatomy in Surgical Practice.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although favorable clinical outcomes have been reported for instrumented lumbar interbody fusion (LIF), adjacent segment degeneration (ASD) has been reported as a long-term complication after LIF. OBJECTIVE:To investigate ASD after instrumented LIF performed at a single level and only for the homogeneous di...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bae JS,Lee SH,Kim JS,Jung B,Choi G

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A two-stage approach using orbitozygomatic (OZ) and retrosigmoid (RS) craniotomies is one option for the management of petroclival lesions with supratentorial extension. The goal of this study was to investigate the supratentorial and infratentorial exposures of the clivus obtained through this staged approac...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Little AS,Jittapiromsak P,Crawford NR,Deshmukh P,Preul MC,Spetzler RF,Bambakidis NC

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While the utilization of neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring with motor evoked potentials (MEPs) has become widespread in surgery for traumatic spine fractures and spinal cord injury (SCI), clinical validation of its diagnostic and therapeutic benefit has been limited. OBJECTIVE:To describe the use o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dhall SS,Haefeli J,Talbott JF,Ferguson AR,Readdy WJ,Bresnahan JC,Beattie MS,Pan JZ,Manley GT,Whetstone WD

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although previous evidence suggests that the cognitive effects of concussions are cumulative, the effect of time interval between repeat concussions is largely unknown. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of time interval between repeat concussions on the cognitive function of mice. METHODS:We used a weight-...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Meehan WP 3rd,Zhang J,Mannix R,Whalen MJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurosurgical emergencies are an important cause of disability and mortality. OBJECTIVE:To examine the nationwide burden of neurological conditions requiring emergency neurosurgery. METHODS:The Nationwide Inpatient Sample database (2002-2011) was queried to identify adult patients with a primary discharge ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： De la Garza Ramos R,Goodwin CR,Nakhla J,Nasser R,Yassari R,Flamm ES,Bydon A,Colby G,Sciubba DM

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of spinal cord injury has existed since the earliest human civilizations, with the earliest documented cases dating back to 3000 BC under the Egyptian Empire. Howevr, an understanding of this field developed slowly, with real advancements not emerging until the 20th century. Technological advancements incl...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Thakur JD,Wild E,Menger R,Hefner M,Adeeb N,Kalakoti P,Nanda A

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:A consecutive series of 100 individuals with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage were subjected to early aneurysm operation followed by subsequent intravenous administration of the calcium antagonist nimodipine during the critical period for symptomatic vasospasm. A total of 85 patients were in Hunt and Hess neurologic...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Säveland H,Ljunggren B,Brandt L,Messeter K

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The diagnostic value of cine magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) that visualizes fluid and tissue movement was evaluated in patients with spinal intradural arachnoid cysts, a rare but increasingly detected cause of spinal cord dysfunction. METHODS:Four patients with thoracic spinal intradural arachnoid cysts w...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shimizu H,Tominaga T,Takahashi A,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Internal carotid artery (ICA) injury during sellar dural opening is a potentially catastrophic complication of transsphenoidal surgery. We describe two ICA injuries that occurred early in our endonasal transsphenoidal experience. We then describe our subsequent protocol to prevent this complication in which w...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dusick JR,Esposito F,Malkasian D,Kelly DF

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a transition to using patient-reported outcome instruments (PROi) to assess surgical effectiveness. However, none of these instruments have been validated for outcomes of adult Chiari I malformation (CMI). OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the relative validity and responsivene...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Godil SS,Parker SL,Zuckerman SL,Mendenhall SK,McGirt MJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biophysical modeling of glioma is gaining more interest for clinical practice. The most popular model describes aggressivity of tumor cells by two parameters: net proliferation rate (ρ) and propensity to migrate (D). The ratio ρ/D, which can be estimated from a single preoperative magnetic resonance imaging ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Amelot A,Deroulers C,Badoual M,Polivka M,Adle-Biassette H,Houdart E,Carpentier AF,Froelich S,Mandonnet E

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hypomania accounts for approximately 4% to 13% of psychotropic adverse events during subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's disease. Diffusion of current into the inferior and medial "limbic" STN is often reported to be the cause. We suggest a different explanation, in which th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Coenen VA,Honey CR,Hurwitz T,Rahman AA,McMaster J,Bürgel U,Mädler B

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The notion of nanotechnology has evolved since its inception as a fantastic conceptual idea to its current position as a mainstream research initiative with broad applications among all divisions of science. In the first part of this series, we reviewed the structures and principles that comprise the main body of know...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Leary SP,Liu CY,Apuzzo ML

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FRANCESCO DURANTE FROM Letojanni, Sicily, was the first surgeon in the history of neurosurgery to successfully remove a cranial base meningioma. Durante was Chairman of Clinical Surgery at the Royal University of Rome (now University "La Sapienza") for 45 years, participating in the birth of the "Policlinic Umberto I,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tomasello F,Germanò A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This case report is presented to raise the awareness of the potential risk of reactivation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis after intracranial surgery. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:The case of an 8-year-old male patient who suffered a reactivation of HSV encephalitis after undergoing amygdalohippocampecto...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bourgeois M,Vinikoff L,Lellouch-Tubiana A,Sainte-Rose C

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether clinical speech deficits after brain injury are associated with functional speech reorganization. METHODS:Across an 18-year interval, 11 patients with mild-to-moderate speech deficits underwent language mapping as part of their treatment for intracta...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lucas TH 2nd,Drane DL,Dodrill CB,Ojemann GA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:If patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) also have depression, this could have important clinical ramifications in assessment and management of their cognitive function and response to shunting. In many dementias, depression is overrepresented, but the prevalence of depression in shun...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Israelsson H,Allard P,Eklund A,Malm J

更新日期：2016-02-01 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 AND IMPORTANCE:Herein we describe two cases of extracranial-intracranial vein graft bypasses for the treatment of giant intracranial aneurysms in prepubertal pediatric patients. One patient is, we think, the youngest patient reported in the literature to have been successfully treated in such a manner, with a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Zhang YJ,Barrow DL,Day AL

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Localization of the placental form of glutathione S-transferase (GST-pi) messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) in three human glioma cell lines (A172, T98G, and Tc77) was studied by in situ hybridization with digoxigenin-labeled GST-pi complementary DNA followed by immunocytochemistry with antidigoxigenin antibody. A172 g...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hara A,Sakai N,Yamada H,Niikawa S,Yoshimi N,Mori H

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several studies have shown that human gliomas contain a small population of cells with stem cell-like features. It has been proposed that these "cancer stem cells" may be uniquely responsible for glioma formation and recurrence. However, human gliomas also contain an abundance of cells that closely resemble m...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ogden AT,Waziri AE,Lochhead RA,Fusco D,Lopez K,Ellis JA,Kang J,Assanah M,McKhann GM,Sisti MB,McCormick PC,Canoll P,Bruce JN

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), a cytokine produced by astrocytes in vivo and in vitro, was tested for its effects on two malignant astrocytoma cell lines (A-172, U-87). Both lines were immunoreactive for glial fibrillary acidic protein, vimentin, Class I antigens, and interleukin-6. The lines differed in the...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chen TC,Hinton DR,Apuzzo ML,Hofman FM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We compared long-term seizure outcome and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients who underwent epilepsy surgery and matched medically treated nonsurgical controls with intractable epilepsy. METHODS:Medically treated controls were identified for patients operated on for epilepsy between January 1,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stavem K,Bjørnaes H,Langmoen IA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of intracerebral hematomas after myocardial infarction increases after thrombolysis. As noted in the case described, clots formed after the administration of thrombolytic agents may remain liquid, and this blood can be drained by a catheter. However, in this case, the patient continued to bleed locally. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kaufman HH,McAllister P,Taylor H,Schmidt S

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite advances in conventional therapy, the prognosis for most glioma patients remains dismal. This has prompted an intensive search for effective treatment alternatives. Immunotherapy, one such alternative, has long been recognized as a potentially potent cancer treatment but has been limited by an inadequ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Parney IF,Hao C,Petruk KC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to examine early effects of ex vivo-expanded bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) on focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. METHODS:EPCs were obtained from mononuclear cells of autologous bone marrow of a rat. After culture on fibronectin-coated dishes for 10 to 14 da...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ohta T,Kikuta K,Imamura H,Takagi Y,Nishimura M,Arakawa Y,Hashimoto N,Nozaki K

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tractography based on diffusion tensor imaging has become a popular tool for delineating white matter tracts for neurosurgical procedures. OBJECTIVE:To explore whether navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) might increase the accuracy of fiber tracking. METHODS:Tractography was performed accord...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Forster MT,Hoecker AC,Kang JS,Quick J,Seifert V,Hattingen E,Hilker R,Weise LM

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although coiling of intracranial aneurysms is thought to rely on obstruction of blood flow into the aneurysm and induction of intra-aneurysmal thrombosis, little data exist regarding the effect of coil deployment on hemodynamics. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of simulated coiling of a model aneurysm on ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schirmer CM,Malek AM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that the Horsley-Clarke frame was developed and first used by Robert Henry Clarke and the pioneer neurosurgeon Victor Horsley in 1906 for making lesions in the central nervous system of animals. The Horsley-Clarke frame was extensively used throughout the next 4 decades for excitation and lesion produ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jensen RL,Stone JL,Hayne RA

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00