Treatment of high numbers of brain metastases with Gamma Knife radiosurgery: a review.

abstract：:Glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN), or better named vago-glossopharyngeal neuralgia (VGPN), is a rare disorder amounting to 1 % of the incidence of trigeminal neuralgia (TN). Pain is paroxysmal, of the electrical shooting type, and mainly provoked by stimulation of the pharynx or deep throat, especially during swallowin...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Chen J,Sindou M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drain insertion following chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH) evacuation reduces recurrence and improves outcomes. The mechanism of this improvement is uncertain. We assessed whether drains result in improved postoperative imaging, and which radiological factors are associated with recurrence and functional ou...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Glancz LJ,Poon MTC,Hutchinson PJ,Kolias AG,Brennan PM,British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC).

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present a patient with a cervico-thoracic ventrally located epidural hematoma caused by dissection and subsequent bleeding of the cervical portion of the vertebral artery. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND DATA:Non traumatic epidural hematoma is a rare entity. The etiology usually is not clarified: a venous origin i...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kulcsar Z,Berentei Z,Marosfoi M,Nyary I,Szikora I

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To introduce reliable and minimally invasive virtual surgical planning for superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) bypass surgery using three-dimensional (3-D) rotational reconstruction digital subtraction angiography (DSA). METHODS:Twenty-eight consecutive patients (11 women and 17 m...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Nakagawa I,Kurokawa S,Tanisaka M,Kimura R,Nakase H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the clinicopathology features of leptomeningeal dissemination of malignant gliomas, a total of 157 consecutive patients treated between 1978 and 1989 were analysed. Twenty-two patients (14%) were judged to have dissemination. In 20 patients, the dissemination was diagnosed antemortem. Eleven patients had...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Arita N,Taneda M,Hayakawa T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to examine the relation between Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score and findings on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of patients with mild head injury presenting GCS scores between 13 and 15. METHODS:Data were collected from all consecutive patients with mi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Uchino Y,Okimura Y,Tanaka M,Saeki N,Yamaura A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Vertebral artery injury (VAI) during foraminal decompression in cervical spine surgery in the absence of repositioning or screw stabilization is rare. Without immediate recognition and treatment, it may have disastrous consequences. We aimed to describe the incidence and management of iatrogenic VAI in low-r...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Obermüller T,Wostrack M,Shiban E,Pape H,Harmening K,Friedrich B,Prothmann S,Meyer B,Ringel F

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of primary intraspinal melanoma is presented. This is a very rarely observed lesion, as only 37 cases have been described up to now. Patient presenting with signs and symptoms of spinal cord compression after MRI and spinal angiography was operated upon. Total removal of an intraspinal cervical tumour was perfo...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Bidziński J,Kroh H,Leszczyk C,Bojarski P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with intervertebral disc herniation undergo surgical removal of herniated disc material in cases of persisting symptoms and/or neurologic deficits. While motor deficits often prompt surgery, little is known about the optimal timing of surgery in these cases. The aim of this study was to prospectivel...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kögl N,Brawanski K,Girod PP,Petr O,Thomé C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional cerebral blood flow, recorded by the 133Xenon inhalation method, was measured preoperatively and over a five years postoperative period in six patients with completed stroke and stabilized neurological deficits, who had undergone omental transposition for revascularization of the ischaemic brain. Comparisons ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Goldsmith HS,Bacciu P,Cossu M,Pau A,Rodriguez G,Rosadini G,Ruju P,Sehrbundt Viale E,Turtas S,Viale GL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical spine injuries of variable severity are common among patients with an acute traumatic brain injury (TBI). We hypothesised that TBI patients with positive head computed tomography (CT) scans would have a significantly higher risk of having an associated cervical spine fracture compared to patients wi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Thesleff T,Kataja A,Öhman J,Luoto TM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report 24 patients with a traumatic acute subdural haematoma of the posterior fossa managed between 1997 and 1999 at 8 Italian neurosurgical centres. METHOD:Each centre provided data about patients' clinico-radiological findings, management, and outcomes, which were retrospectively reviewed. FINDINGS:A ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： d'Avella D,Servadei F,Scerrati M,Tomei G,Brambilla G,Massaro F,Stefini R,Cristofori L,Conti A,Cardali S,Tomasello F

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The best care and management of patients in persistent vegetative state (PVS) has been the subject of sustained moral and legal debate for a number of years. However, the views of specialist doctors in Belgium involved in the care for patients in PVS are largely unknown. METHODS:A postal questionnaire was s...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Dierickx K,Schotsmans P,Grubb A,Walsh P,Lambe N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen cases of midline vertebro-basilar trunk aneurysms were operated on by four routes of surgical approach: middle fossa anterior transpetrosal approach (ATP), presigmoid transpetrosal approach (PTP), conventional lateral suboccipital approach (LSO) or suboccipital transcondylar approach (STC). There was no morta...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kawase T,Bertalanffy H,Otani M,Shiobara R,Toya S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies on prognostic variables and the intensive care of head injuries enabled us to select 64 patients and administer a standard treatment protocol to prevent secondary brain injury. All the patients were in coma with a flexor motor pattern as the best response between 6 and 24 hours after the accident and/or...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Nordby HK,Gunnerød N

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship of pain relief from a recently presented CT-guided indirect cervical nerve root injection with local anesthetics and steroids to surgical decompression as a treatment for single-level cervical radiculopathy is not clear. This retrospective study aimed to compare the immediate and 6-week post...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Antoniadis A,Dietrich TJ,Farshad M

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to investigate the effect at the season of the time of surgery on the survival of brain tumor patients. The population studied consisted of 101 patients (39 males and 62 females), gathered from a geographically large area in northern Finland (from 64 degrees N to 70 degrees N), aged betw...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hakko H,Räsänen P,Niemelä A,Koivukangas J,Mainio A

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH) is an acute cerebrovascular event with high socioeconomic impact as it tends to affect younger patients. The recent NCEPOD study looking into management of aSAH has recommended that neurovascular units in the United Kingdom should aim to secure cerebral aneurysms wi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Deshmukh H,Hinkley M,Dulhanty L,Patel HC,Galea JP

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A treatment protocol for a controlled open study in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) from cerebral aneurysms is presented, applying acute surgery and pharmacological prevention of symptomatic vasospasm: In patients clinically graded I-III (Hunt and Hess), operation is performed within 48 to 72 hours. After...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Auer LM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of primary extraosseous intradural spinal Ewing's sarcoma are reported with a review of the current literature. This rare neoplasm shares features with cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumors, complicating a correct diagnosis. Gross total resection seems to be the main treatment, although adjuvant therapie...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Pancucci G,Simal-Julian JA,Plaza-Ramirez E,García-Marcos R,Mayordomo-Aranda E,Botella-Asunción C

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Separation of the posterior ring apophysis of an adjacent vertebral body can sometimes accompany lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. The condition can be both difficult to detect in conventional radiographs and is somewhat controversial to treat. Although there is general agreement on the frequent need fo...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Asazuma T,Nobuta M,Sato M,Yamagishi M,Fujikawa K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Giant intracranial aneurysms of the posterior circulation (GPCirA) are rare entities compressing the brainstem and adjacent structures. Previous evidence has shown that the amount of brainstem shift away from the cranial base is not associated with neurological deficits. This raises the question whether othe...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Haemmerli J,Lenga P,Hong B,Kursumovic A,Maldaner N,Burkhardt JK,Bijlenga P,Rüfenacht DA,Schmidt NO,Vajkoczy P,Dengler J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an alternative to the gauze often used on scalp incisions, we prepared a pad made of non-woven sheets, coated with adhesive on one side. Unlike conventional gauze, the pad did not slip away from the incision line or become entangled with the scalp clips, thus demonstrating its high usefulness for this purpose. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ohta T,Kuroiwa T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Operative skills are key to neurosurgical resident training. They should be acquired in a structured manner and preferably starting early in residency. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the outcome and complication rate of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with or without instrument...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Stienen MN,Joswig H,Jucker D,Hildebrandt G,Schaller K,Gautschi OP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To report the incidence, treatment and outcome of occipital condyle fractures (OCFs) based on the experience of a single neurosurgical department over a period of two years. MATERIAL AND METHODS:From April 1999 to April 2001, ten cases of OCFs were identified in 110 cervical traumas observed over a period...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Capuano C,Costagliola C,Shamsaldin M,Maleci A,Di Lorenzo N

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the natural history and the growth rate of spheno-orbital meningiomas (SOMs). METHODS:Ninety patients with a diagnosis of SOM were included, and patient charts and imaging were evaluated. In a subset of 32 patients, volumetric studies were performed. RESULTS:The median follow-up for the enti...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Saeed P,van Furth WR,Tanck M,Kooremans F,Freling N,Streekstra GI,Regensburg NI,van der Sprenkel JW,Peerdeman SM,van Overbeeke JJ,Mourits MP

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a body of evidence showing that various neurotrophic factors support the survival of nerve cells and stimulate axonal outgrowth, doubt remains about their optimal site of application as well as the more compelling question of what clinical benefit, if any, they would confer. Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kelleher MO,Myles LM,Al-Abri RK,Glasby MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The supracerebellar infratentorial approach is a commonly used route in neurosurgery. It provides a narrow and deep corridor to the dorsal midbrain and pineal region. The authors describe a surgical technique to expand the operative corridor and the surgeon's working angles during this approach. METHODS:Thi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Rey-Dios R,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lateral approaches to the brain stem for the resection of the cavernous malformations are preferred in order to avoid the structures within the floor of the fourth ventricle. The entry behind the pyramidal tract (PT) is usually carried out through the posterolateral surface of the brain stem. The more straig...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Steňo J,Bízik I,Steňová J,Timárová G

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on the results obtained on a series of 325 patients operated on for single brain metastasis at the Institute of Neurosurgery of the University of Rome during the period 1951-1979. After analyzing the results vis-à-vis the site of the brain metastasis, the site of the primitive tumour and the surgica...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Gagliardi FM,Mercuri S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00