Neuropsychological deficit and emotional disturbance in head-injured patients.

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The middle clinoid process (MCP) is a bony projection that extends from the sphenoid bone near the lateral margin of the sella turcica. The varied prevalence and morphological features of the MCP in populations stratified by age, race, and sex are unknown; however, the knowledge of its anatomy and preoperati...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sharma A,Rieth GE,Tanenbaum JE,Williams JS,Ota N,Chakravarthi S,Manjila S,Kassam A,Yapicilar B

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report seven cases of thoracic spinal stenosis caused by thickening of the laminar arch and facet joints. Claudication was a prominent clinical feature of this disorder. Motor and sensory abnormalities were found in all cases with either segmental or peripheral distribution. Diagnosis was best made from th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamamoto I,Matsumae M,Ikeda A,Shibuya N,Sato O,Nakamura K

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present an unusual case in which increased intracranial pressure developed because of multiple-suture craniosynostosis and megaloencephaly in a child with a previously undiagnosed lysosomal storage disease, alpha-D-mannosidase deficiency. This 3-year-old boy presented with a history of frequent naps, heada...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Grabb PA,Albright AL,Zitelli BJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caloric expenditure and nitrogen balance were measured in 14 steroid-treated comatose head-injured patients acutely and up to 28 days after injury. During this period patients were fed with a continuous enteral infusion of a formula containing 2 Kcal/cc and 10 gm nitrogen/liter. Indirect calorimetry was carried out fo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Clifton GL,Robertson CS,Grossman RG,Hodge S,Foltz R,Garza C

更新日期：1984-04-01 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：:Four cases of spontaneous intracranial hematomas caused by unsuspected meningiomas are reported. Nine previous cases were found in the literature and the entire series of 13 cases is reviewed. Because of their unusual clinical presentation, these cases were not diagnosed correctly prior to radiological studies. Hypert...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Modesti LM,Binet EF,Collins GH

更新日期：1976-10-01 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

abstract：:In clinical follow-up studies after radiosurgery, imaging modalities such as computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are used. Accurate determination of the residual lesion volume is necessary for realistic assessment of the effects of treatment. Usually, the diameters rather than the volume o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Scheib SG,Gianolini S,Haller D,Wellis GN,Siegfried J

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the clinical behavior of eight patients with cerebral astrocytomas, in whom computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the brain was characterized by diffuse bilateral cerebral hemisphere tissue density abnormalities and minimal focal mass effect. Five patients were newly d...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rogers LR,Weinstein MA,Estes ML,Cairncross JG,Strachan T

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Medically refractory dystonia has recently been treated using deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeting the globus pallidus internus (GPI). Outcomes have varied depending on the features of the dystonia. There has been limited literature regarding outcomes for refractory dystonia following DBS of the subthalamic nu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kleiner-Fisman G,Liang GS,Moberg PJ,Ruocco AC,Hurtig HI,Baltuch GH,Jaggi JL,Stern MB

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a simple, new method for removing broken pedicle screws. Under microscopic visualization a straight, narrow slot is etched in the broken surface of the pedicle screw by using a power drill with a 2-mm diamond burr. A minus screwdriver is then inserted into the slot, and the broken screw is rotated...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Miyamoto K,Shimizu K,Kouda K,Hosoe H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients with recurrent malignant glioma were treated with single high doses of BCNU ranging from 600 to 1400 mg/sq m. To prevent the characteristic late myelosuppression observed after conventional doses of BCNU, autologous bone marrow harvested just before drug treatment was infused 24 to 36 hours after thera...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hochberg FH,Parker LM,Takvorian T,Canellos GP,Zervas NT

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A naming task has been used to spare cortical areas involved in language. In the present study, a calculation task was combined with electrostimulation mapping (awake surgery) to spare cortical areas involved in calculation in patients undergoing surgery for brain lesions. The organization of language and calcul...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Roux FE,Boukhatem L,Draper L,Sacko O,Démonet JF

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This 6-year-old boy, after recovery from prolonged coma following head trauma, exhibited the rare phenomenon of bilateral oculomotor nerve misdirection manifested by ipsilateral eyelid elevation on adduction of either eye. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Keane JR

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal in this study was to compare flat-panel detector (FD) CT with multislice (MS) CT in the visualization of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), intraventricular hemorrhage, and external ventricular drains (EVDs) to evaluate the diagnostic quality and limitations of the new FD CT ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Struffert T,Eyupoglu IY,Huttner HB,Engelhorn T,Doelken M,Saake M,Ganslandt O,Doerfler A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial extraaxial cavernous angiomas are rare vascular malformations. Their occurrence at the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve within the temporal bone is exceptional. The authors describe a 35-year-old man who developed a slowly progressing facial palsy. Initial cranial MR imaging showed no pathological ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Capelle HH,Nakamura M,Lenarz T,Brandis A,Haubitz B,Krauss JK

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Surgical or endovascular occlusion of the parent artery proximal to an aneurysm has been recommended for treatment of dissecting aneurysms of the intracranial posterior circulation. However, dissecting aneurysms may rupture even after proximal occlusion because distal progression of thrombus is necessary to occl...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamaura I,Tani E,Yokota M,Nakano A,Fukami M,Kaba K,Matsumoto T

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their experience in successfully treating a 15-week-old child who became comatose following a spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. It was initially believed that a tumor in the right frontal lobe caused the hemorrhage. Coagulation studies revealed abnormal results on presentation, and the problem w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Thachil JV,Caswell M,Keenan R,Hayhurst C,Crooks DA,May PL,O'Brien DF

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a new surgical technique to improve the results of conventional hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis that does not necessitate the use of nerve grafts or hemihypoglossal nerve splitting. Using this technique, the mastoid process is partially resected to open the stylomastoid foramen and the desce...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sawamura Y,Abe H

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring as well as the significance of the period of cross clamping in carotid endarterectomy have not been completely defined. In particular, the clinical importance of major EEG changes has not been fully investigated and some recent studies seem to indicate that th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Collice M,Arena O,Fontana RA,Mola M,Galbiati N

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECT The human area postrema (AP) is a circumventricular organ that has only been described in cadaveric specimens and animals. Because of its position in the calamus scriptorius and the absence of surface markers on the floor of the fourth ventricle, the AP cannot be clearly localized during surgical procedures. ME...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Longatti P,Porzionato A,Basaldella L,Fiorindi A,De Caro P,Feletti A

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several types of adjustable clamp have been widely utilized to gradually occlude the carotid artery for the treatment of various intracranial vascular lesions. A fairly large number of patients, many of whom have not been adequately followed, have these clamps still in place. The authors report two patients, initially...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Helm GA,Simmons NE,diPierro CG,Kassell NF

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mongrel dogs with experimental spinal cord injury were treated with the carotenoid compound crocetin. It has been shown that crocetin increases the diffusion speed of oxygen through plasma, and should provide a net increase in oxygen at the level of the capillary endothelial cell. The treated animals showed a signific...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gainer JV Jr

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:W. James Gardner, a skillful neurosurgeon and inventor, is best remembered for his cervical tongs and hydrodynamic theory of syringomyelia. A pioneer of modern neurosurgery, Gardner trained under Charles Frazier in Philadelphia, and in 1929 he moved to Ohio where he became chief of neurosurgery at the Cleveland Clinic...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nathoo N,Mayberg MR,Barnett GH

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thalamic, pallidal, and hypothalamic targets were determined in 16 patients by a stereotactic computerized tomography (CT) study using a noninvasive technique with Laitinen's Stereoadapter. At surgery, the Stereoadapter was remounted to the head and the stereotactic CT coordinates were transferred to the Stereoguide w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hariz MI,Bergenheim AT

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Maximum extent of resection (EOR) for lower-grade and high-grade gliomas can increase survival rates of patients. However, these infiltrative gliomas are often observed near or within eloquent regions of the brain. Awake surgery is of known benefit for the treatment of gliomas associated with eloquent region...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Motomura K,Natsume A,Iijima K,Kuramitsu S,Fujii M,Yamamoto T,Maesawa S,Sugiura J,Wakabayashi T

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors retrospectively analyzed data on brainstem gangliogliomas treated in their department and reviewed the pertinent literature to foster understanding of the preoperative characteristics, management, and clinical outcomes of this disease. METHODS:In 2006, the authors established a database of treated l...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zhang S,Wang X,Liu X,Ju Y,Hui X

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) in CSF can provide a very high diagnostic value in cases of intracranial germ cell tumors (GCTs), especially in pure germinomas, to the level of not requiring histological confirmation. Unlike other tumor markers, reliable data analysis with respect to the diagnostic valu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aihara Y,Watanabe S,Amano K,Komatsu K,Chiba K,Imanaka K,Hori T,Ohba T,Dairoku H,Okada Y,Kubo O,Kawamata T

更新日期：2018-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors compared detection methods for cell proliferation in human anterior pituitary adenomas using histological sections and dispersed cell culture. After tumor cells had been grown for 4 days in dispersed culture, bromodeoxyuridine (BUdR), proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), and Ki-67 were compared by do...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Atkin SL,Green VL,Hipkin LJ,Landolt AM,Foy PM,Jeffreys RV,White MC

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The controversy over whether to use a posterior or anterior approach for surgical treatment of soft cervical discs is still largely unsettled. However, although the posterior approach may be underutilized, it has distinct advantages when there are specific indications. Out of a large pool of cases, 53 patients present...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aldrich F

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00