Retrospective analysis of 620 cases of brain abscess in Chinese patients in a single center over a 62-year period.

abstract：OBJECT:The authors analyzed the cases of 163 patients with syringomyelia to assess the appropriate surgical procedure. METHODS:Depending on the aetiological factors and treatment considerations the series was classified into three groups. Group I were cases where there was no definite demonstrable aetiological factor;...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Goel A,Desai K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the nature of spine surgery training received by European neurosurgical trainees during their residency and the level of competence they acquire in dealing with spinal disorders. METHODS:A three-part questionnaire entailing 32 questions was devised and distributed to the neurosurgical ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Boszczyk BM,Mooij JJ,Schmitt N,Di Rocco C,Fakouri BB,Lindsay KW

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intra-operative monitoring of the position of the central sulcus (CS) is indispensable to properly treat a peri-motor cortex lesion. Noninvasive preoperative studies for identification of CS are also needed for choosing the optimal operative procedure. Magneto-encephalography (MEG) has recently been introduc...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Shimamura N,Ohkuma H,Ogane K,Manabe H,Yagihashi A,Kikkawa T,Suzuki S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twiddler syndrome occurs when a patient intentionally or unintentionally manipulates an implantable generator (usually a pacemaker) and dislodges the pacing leads, causing malfunction of the device. Though the syndrome has been described in patients with pacemakers, to our knowledge only one spontaneous case has been ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Gelabert-Gonzalez M,Relova-Quinteiro JL,Castro-García A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1984 and 1991 86 patients with single cerebral metastases underwent linear accelerator radiosurgery using the atraumatic and reproducible Greitz-Bergström head-fixation device. Routine one-month follow-up documented disappearance of the tumour in 16 patients, with resolution of the oedema and ventricular shift...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Valentino V,Mirri MA,Schinaia G,Dalle Ore G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early onset "juvenile type" Parkinson's disease is commonly associated with disabling bilateral levodopa-induced dyskinesias. We report here a successful contemporaneous bilateral postero-ventral pallidotomy performed on a 46-year-old male with juvenile type Parkinson's and associated levodopa incited symmetric dyskin...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Iacono RP,Lonser RR,Yamada S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experience with surgical management of 30 giant pituitary tumours is analysed in this report. The clinical features, anatomical spread and relationship of these tumours with the cavernous sinus and other parasellar and basal forebrain structures is analysed. The problem encountered in the surgical treatment are rev...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Goel A,Nadkarni T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracranial fracture of aneurysm clips due to stress corrosion failure is an increasingly common long term postoperative complication. To study the susceptibility of different clips to this process, we evaluated seven aneurysm clips (Mayfield, Yasargil, Vari-Angle McFadden, Scoville, Heifetz, and Pivot) in vitro....

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Dujovny M,Kossowsky R,Kossovsky N,Diaz FG,Ausman JI

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cases of primary spinal epidural Extra-osseous Ewing's sarcoma (EES) are rarely seen and a good prognosis for EES cannot be expected since a high incidence of local recurrence and metastasis frequently occur. We present a case of cervical spinal epidural EES in a 7-year-old girl with long survival after tumour resecti...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kogawa M,Asazuma T,Iso K,Koike Y,Domoto H,Aida S,Fujikawa K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The visualization of any morphological volume (i.e. CT, MRI) together with an additional second morphological volume (i.e. CT, MRI) or functional data set, which may come from SPECT or PET, is a new method for treatment planning, verification and follow-up of interstitial irradiation. METHOD:The authors pre...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Julow J,Major T,Emri M,Valálik I,Sági S,Mangel L,Németh G,Trón L,Várallyay G,Solymosi D,Hável J,Kiss T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a paucity of data concerning the safety and efficacy of surgical education for neurosurgical residents in the evacuation of chronic subdural hematomas (cSDH) by burr hole trepanation. METHODS:This is a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data on consecutive patients receiving burr hol...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Maldaner N,Sosnova M,Sarnthein J,Bozinov O,Regli L,Stienen MN

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroclival arachnoid cysts are rarely reported. A 40-year-old woman had a sudden onset of occipitocervical pain. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a cystic mass lesion located in the retroclival region and complicated with intracystic haemorrhage. At operation, by a right lateral suboccipital approach, an old...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Akyuz M,Goksu E,Aralasmak A,Tuncer R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the new spasmolytic agent HA1077, which belongs to the calciumantagonists but acts by mechanisms different from those of conventional calcium channel blockers, on the cerebral microcirculation were studied in rats using isolated and cannulated intracerebral (parenchymal) arterioles of 50 microns average...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Takayasu M,Dacey RG Jr

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally believed that a ruptured aneurysm should be dissected from its neck to its fundus or that only the neck should be dissected. This study was conducted to clarify whether, during the acute stage, intra-operative bleeding occurs at the same site as the initial rupture point when aneurysms are dissected co...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Inagawa T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the occurrence of hardware-related complications in patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS), over a long period of time. METHOD:All patients operated on with DBS at our institution between 1993 and 2002 were followed with respect to adverse events related to the implanted hardware. RESULTS:One...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Blomstedt P,Hariz MI

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of dissection of the extracranial vertebral artery with prominent occipital pain and elements of the lateral medullary syndrome. Arteriography showed a string and pearl sign. Magnetic resonance imaging allowed visualization of an intramural thrombus associated with a narrow vascular lumen. The distal...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Mabuchi S,Kamiyama H,Abe H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We used [F-18] FDG microPET imaging as part of a longitudinal study to investigate changes in the brain. METHODS:Glucose metabolism during the development of neuropathic pain after tibial and sural nerve transection (TST) model rats. MicroPET images were obtained 1 week before operation and then weekly for ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kim J,Shin J,Oh JH,Jung HH,Kim YB,Cho ZH,Chang JW

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Although functional mapping facilitates the planning of surgery in and around eloquent areas, the resection of tumors adjacent to language areas remains challenging. In this report, we took notice that the language areas (Broca's and Wernicke's) present at the perisylvian fissure. We posit that if there is non-e...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sakurada K,Sato S,Sonoda Y,Kokubo Y,Saito S,Kayama T

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the risk of recurrence in patients with chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) on antithrombotic treatment (AT, i.e., antiplatelets and anticoagulants). Secondary end points were perioperative morbidity and mortality between groups (AT vs. no-AT group) and exploration if timing of resumption of AT trea...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Fornebo I,Sjåvik K,Alibeck M,Kristiansson H,Ståhl F,Förander P,Jakola AS,Bartek J Jr

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptomeningeal spread and hydrocephalus are increasingly recognized as late disease complications of glioblastoma with almost a quarter of patients requiring early cerebrospinal fluid shunting. The neurosurgeon is challenged with maintaining shunt patency when tumor disease progression is rapid and adjuvant oncologic ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Woo PYM,Zhuang JTF,Ho JMK,Seto A,Wong HT,Chan KY

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms by which mexiletine exerts its effects in increasing myocardial circulation, and smooth muscle perfusion and alleviating diabetic neuropathic pain have been widely discussed. The purpose of this study was to examine the protective effect of this compound in ischemia/reperfusion-induced cerebral injury f...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Chang CZ,Winardi D,Loh JK,Kung SS,Howng SL,Jeng AY,Kwan AL

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of intravenous nitroglycerin (NTG) combined with dopamine on intracranial pressure (ICP) and cerebral arteriovenous oxygen difference (AVDO2) were studied in 11 patients with acute subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). The study was performed on Days 1 to 3 of SAH after aneurysmal clipping. Treatment consisted o...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Iwanaga H,Okuchi K,Koshimae N,Goda K,Imanishi M,Tokunaga H,Aoki H,Boku E,Sakaki T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coil migration following cerebral aneurysm treatment has been described and may result in stroke, recurrent aneurysm, or local mass effect. Cerebral coil embolization is also applied in arteriovenous malformations and arteriovenous fistulas, but these pathologies are relatively rare and coil migration is not as well d...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： De Boer B,See AP,Bart Brouwers H,Rinkel G,Princiotta C,Broekman MLD

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There are divergent opinions about the prognostic value of the extent of surgery and of different histological subtypes in supratentorial astrocytomas WHO grade II. METHODS:We reviewed 75 consecutive patients (36 females, 39 males) with supratentorial astrocytomas WHO grade II (59 primary and 16 recurrent tu...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Peraud A,Ansari H,Bise K,Reulen HJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with severe spasticity were evaluated according to a standardized protocol in order to be treated by intraspinal baclofen. Entry criteria in the protocol were the following: 1) Stable central nervous system lesion, 2) Severe spasticity and/or flexo-extensor spasms not controllable by oral treatment, 3) No...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sahuquillo J,Muxi T,Noguer M,Jodar R,Closa C,Rubio E,Garcia-Fernandez L,Guitart JM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In order to determine the reliability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis and staging of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), the most common entrapment neuropathy, the following prospective study has been performed. METHODS:We compared clinical and electrophysiological studies in 58 cases of CTS wit...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kleindienst A,Hamm B,Hildebrandt G,Klug N

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with symmetrical bilateral low-density areas which were the perfusion territories of Heubner's arteries are reported. The infarctions were demonstrated on computed tomography after aneurysm surgery. Two of them had an anterior communicating artery aneurysm and the other one had multiple aneurysms of bot...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Fukamachi A,Horikoshi T,Nagaseki Y,Sasaki H,Nukui H

更新日期：1987-01-01 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:In this article, we present our experience with such operations performed under local anaesthesia. METHODS:From January 1997 to November 2007, there were 387 patients operated on for asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Patient data were retrospectively evaluated. Thirty-day neurological morbidity and mortality f...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sokol D,Fiedler J,Chlouba V,Bombic M,Priban V

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA analysis in meningiomas was performed using flow-fluorescence cytometry in 71 tumours. Three subcategories of rather small, medium-sized or clearly abnormal growth activities were evident in each of the fibroblastic, transitional and syncytial tumour types. These categories reflected grades 1, 2 or 3 of malignancy...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ahyai A,Spaar FW

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00