Quantification of thermal asymmetry. Part 2: Application in low-back pain and sciatica.

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：OBJECT:Cavernomas in the occipital lobe are relatively rare. Because of the proximity to the visual cortex and incoming subcortical tracts, microsurgical removal of occipital cavernomas may be associated with a risk of visual field defects. The goal of the study was to analyze long-term outcome after operative treatmen...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kivelev J,Koskela E,Setälä K,Niemelä M,Hernesniemi J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Hemangiopericytomas (HPCs) are rare tumors widely recognized for their aggressive clinical behavior, high recurrence rates, and distant and extracranial metastases even after a gross-total resection. The authors report a large multicenter study, through the International Gamma Knife Research Foundation (IGKR...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cohen-Inbar O,Lee CC,Mousavi SH,Kano H,Mathieu D,Meola A,Nakaji P,Honea N,Johnson M,Abbassy M,Mohammadi AM,Silva D,Yang HC,Grills I,Kondziolka D,Barnett GH,Lunsford LD,Sheehan J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the level of a spinal lesion is associated with variations in anomalous brain development and neurobehavioral outcomes in children suffering from the meningomyelocele form of spina bifida and hydrocephalus (SBM-H). METHODS:Two hundred sixty-eight children with SBM-H...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fletcher JM,Copeland K,Frederick JA,Blaser SE,Kramer LA,Northrup H,Hannay HJ,Brandt ME,Francis DJ,Villarreal G,Drake JM,Laurent JP,Townsend I,Inwood S,Boudousquie A,Dennis M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 30-year-old woman with Chiari I malformation and a cervicothoracic syrinx is presented. The patient was followed clinically over a 2 1/2-year period. Spontaneous and complete resolution of the syrinx, as documented by serial magnetic resonance studies, was accompanied by only a minimal change in objectiv...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jack CR Jr,Kokmen E,Onofrio BM

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The translabyrinthine route or an extension of it was used to remove 150 acoustic nerve tumors. The mortality was 2% and the morbidity low. Preservation of the facial nerve was achieved in 100% of the small and 80% of the medium-sized tumors, but in only 20% of the large growths. The complications encountered are disc...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： King TT,Morrison AW

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Reliable animal models are an important aspect of translational research, especially for relatively uncommon clinical entities such as fusiform aneurysms. While several animal models exist, very few are tailored to cerebral fusiform aneurysms, which have unique attributes compared to abdominal fusiform aneury...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Avery MB,Alaqeel A,Bromley AB,Chen YX,Wong JH,Eesa M,Mitha AP

更新日期：2018-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct cortical response (DCR), an electrical potential recorded in the immediate vicinity of a surface cortical stimulus, shows a configuration in the primary sensory areas of animals that is different from the one observed in association cortex. This suggested the possibility that systematic study of the DCR in ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goldring S,Harding GW,Gregorie EM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The optimal margin size in postoperative stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases is unknown. Herein, the authors investigated the effect of SRS planning target volume (PTV) margin on local recurrence and symptomatic radiation necrosis postoperatively. METHODS:Records of patients who received pos...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jhaveri J,Chowdhary M,Zhang X,Press RH,Switchenko JM,Ferris MJ,Morgan TM,Roper J,Dhabaan A,Elder E,Eaton BR,Olson JJ,Curran WJ,Shu HG,Crocker IR,Patel KR

更新日期：2018-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The vascular lumen of an acutely occluded internal carotid artery (ICA) generally contains numerous thrombi. Therefore, carotid angiography on the affected side during revascularization therapy of acute ICA occlusion has a potential risk of causing distal embolization. In this study the authors propose the u...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tsuji K,Nakagawa N,Fukawa N,Miyauchi M,Furukawa K,Nakanishi K,Nakano N,Kataoka K,Kato A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In daily practice, neurosurgeons face increasing numbers of patients using aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid, ASA). While many of these patients discontinue ASA 7-10 days prior to elective intracranial surgery, there are limited data to support whether or not perioperative ASA use heightens the risk of hemorrhagi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hanalioglu S,Sahin B,Sahin OS,Kozan A,Ucer M,Cikla U,Goodman SL,Baskaya MK

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to present the authors' medium-term results, with special emphasis on complications, occlusion rate of the aneurysm sac (digital subtraction angiography [DSA] and MRI), and the fate of cortical branches and perforating arteries covered ("jailed") by the flow diverter (FD) stent. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Michelozzi C,Darcourt J,Guenego A,Januel AC,Tall P,Gawlitza M,Bonneville F,Cognard C

更新日期：2018-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:It has been demonstrated that an extensive resection (total or subtotal) may significantly increase the overall survival in patients with WHO Grade II gliomas (low-grade gliomas [LGGs]). Yet, recent data have shown that conventional MR imaging underestimates the spatial extent of LGG, since tumor cells were foun...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yordanova YN,Moritz-Gasser S,Duffau H

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Prognostic factors for outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) include the clinical and pathological characteristics of the patient and hemorrhage as well as some aspects of treatment. Because treatment can vary between countries and continents, the authors used a large database of patients with S...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lipsman N,Tolentino J,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Reconstruction after anterior cervical decompression has involved the use of tricortical iliac crest bone or fibular strut grafts, but has been associated with significant morbidity. In this study the authors evaluated the efficacy of titanium mesh cages (TMCs) for stability and fusion following anterior cervica...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Narotam PK,Pauley SM,McGinn GJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:It remains unclear whether malignant glioma cells can deliver tumor antigens efficiently to major histocompatibility complex (MHC) Class I molecules. To elucidate the mechanism of antigen presentation in malignant gliomas, the authors examined the expression of the transporter associated with antigen processing ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Satoh E,Mabuchi T,Satoh H,Asahara T,Nukui H,Naganuma H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-herpetic pain was treated in 12 patients using dorsal root entry zone ( DREZ ) lesions. All patients had failed to receive adequate pain relief from conservative therapy consisting of transcutaneous nerve stimulation, carbamazepine, and/or amitriptyline. Dorsal root entry zone lesions were made to include the inv...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Friedman AH,Nashold BS Jr,Ovelmen-Levitt J

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goals of this study were to report the clinical presentation, radiographic findings, operative strategy, and outcomes among patients with temporal bone encephaloceles and cerebrospinal fluid fistulas (CSFFs) and to identify clinical variables associated with surgical outcome. METHODS:A retrospective case se...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Carlson ML,Copeland WR 3rd,Driscoll CL,Link MJ,Haynes DS,Thompson RC,Weaver KD,Wanna GB

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven patients with spasticity of spinal cord origin have been maintained for up to 2 years with continuous spinal intrathecal infusion of baclofen. Prior to treatment, all of the patients had severe rigidity in their lower limbs and most had frequent and extensive spontaneous spasms, all of which greatly interfered w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Penn RD,Kroin JS

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cases of pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) that affect the axial skeleton are rare and thus information regarding its natural history, treatment, and prognosis remains limited. To characterize this lesion more fully, the authors reviewed their experience with 12 cases of PVNS of the spine (one of which had been ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Giannini C,Scheithauer BW,Wenger DE,Unni KK

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality rate has recently been reduced to only a small percentage of patients selected for early aneurysm surgery. Despite recovery without neurological deficits, however, a diffuse encephalopathy may remain, with emotional and psychological sequelae that will interfere with rehabilitation and social reintegrati...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ljunggren B,Sonesson B,Säveland H,Brandt L

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:In an attempt to improve peripheral nerve repair, the influence of the addition of reverse end-to-side neurorrhaphy for an injured peripheral nerve was investigated in the rat sciatic nerve transection model. METHODS:Twelve Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into two groups (six rats in each group). In Group I, t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fujiwara T,Matsuda K,Kubo T,Tomita K,Hattori R,Masuoka T,Yano K,Hosokawa K

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report four cases of primary intracranial choriocarcinoma, all in young males. There tumors occurred in the pineal region and one in the lateral ventricle. Besides the signs of increased intracranial pressure and ophthalmological disorders, skin pigmentation or eruption was observed in three cases and prec...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kawakami Y,Yamada O,Tabuchi K,Ohmoto T,Nishimoto A

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excision is the treatment of choice in cases of sacral chordoma. Local recurrences, however, have often been observed even after total en bloc resection. The authors assessed outcomes in four cases of tumor recurrence in patients who underwent total en bloc S2-3 resection for sacral chordomas that were located below S...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ishii K,Chiba K,Watanabe M,Yabe H,Fujimura Y,Toyama Y

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The objective of this study was to evaluate endovascular stent therapy for carotid artery dissections (CADs). METHODS:Retrospective review of data at Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital identified 43 patients with 44 CADs (intracranial and/or extracranial) treated with carotid artery (CA) stent placement between Ja...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ohta H,Natarajan SK,Hauck EF,Khalessi AA,Siddiqui AH,Hopkins LN,Levy EI

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable difference of opinion has arisen as to whether intravenously administered steroids affect cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) production in the acute laboratory animal undergoing ventriculocisternal perfusion. Our experiments with ventriculocisternal perfusion in dogs indicate that, when given intravenously, neithe...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vela AR,Carey ME,Thompson BM

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters are able to differentiate between meningioma subtypes. The hypothesis that there is a correlation between DTI parameters and the change in tumor size after Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) was analyzed. METHODS DTI parameters were measured using MRI before GKRS in 26 ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Speckter H,Bido J,Hernandez G,Mejía DR,Suazo L,Valenzuela S,Perez-Then E,Stoeter P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECT Approximately 250 million surgical procedures are performed annually worldwide, and data suggest that major complications occur in 3%-17% of them. Many of these complications can be classified as avoidable, and previous studies have demonstrated that preoperative checklists improve operating room teamwork and d...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Laws ER,Wong JM,Smith TR,de Los Reyes K,Aglio LS,Thorne AJ,Cote DJ,Esposito F,Cappabianca P,Gawande A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Disturbance of cerebral phosphorus-containing metabolites occurs in many disease entities and has not been widely studied in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Pilot studies have indicated that hypermagnesemic treatment may improve outcome in patients with aneurysmal SAH, but the precise mechanism is n...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wong GK,Yeung DK,Ahuja AT,King AD,Lam CW,Chan MT,Gin T,Poon WS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are reporting a retrospective study of 62 patients whose head injury was sufficiently severe to cause a high probability of posttraumatic epilepsy. Of 50 patients treated with phenytoin, 10% developed epilepsy of late onset. Twelve patients not treated with phenytoin but who had head injuries of equal magnitude had...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wohns RN,Wyler AR

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00