Axon regeneration through blood vessel allografts after cyclosporine treatment.

abstract：:The case of General Leonard Wood is notable both for its contribution to the field of neurosurgery and its historical significance. As one of Harvey Cushing's first successful brain tumor operations in 1910, Wood's surgery was part of the case series that culminated in Cushing's monograph Meningioma. This case was imp...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ansari SF,Gianaris NG,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a case of chordoid meningioma in a 55-year-old woman who manifested headache and personality change. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and cerebral angiography demonstrated a mass in the right frontal lobe that resembled a typical convexity meningioma. However, the pathological diagnosis was ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lee DK,Kim DG,Choe G,Chi JG,Jung HW

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrathecal ossification causing progressive myelopathy or radiculopathy does not occur frequently. The majority of the reported lesions have been in the thoracic spine and seldom in the sacral canal. This report presents the occurrence of disabling low backache and sciatica from intradural periradicular ossification ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Varughese G

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors aimed to determine whether differences exist in presentation and natural history when comparing Asian patients with moyamoya disease (MMD) to those of other ethnicities in North America. METHODS:A database of 137 patients with MMD presenting to their institution between 1994 and 2015 was reviewed...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Feghali J,Xu R,Yang W,Liew J,Tamargo RJ,Marsh EB,Huang J

更新日期：2019-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukotrienes derive from arachidonic acid metabolism via the lipoxygenase pathway and modulate several cellular events. In the central nervous system, leukotrienes are mainly synthesized in the gray matter and in vascular tissues. Their production is enhanced in ischemic conditions and in experimental subarachnoid hem...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Paoletti P,Gaetani P,Grignani G,Pacchiarini L,Silvani V,Rodriguez y Baena R

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between oxyhemoglobin (oxyHb) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) was investigated in an experimental model of isolated canine internal and common carotid arteries with insertion of stainless steel cannulae. Extraluminal application of 10(-5) M oxyHb induced marked and long-lasting vasoconstriction in the i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tanaka Y,Chiba S

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Improved neuroimaging techniques have led to an increase in the reported cases of intramedullary cavernomas. The purpose of this study was to define the spectrum of presenting signs and symptoms in patients with spinal intramedullary cavernomas and to analyze the role of surgery as a treatment for these lesions....

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Deutsch H,Jallo GI,Faktorovich A,Epstein F

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors present their experience with neurosurgical procedures requiring real-time imaging feedback such as aspiration of a cystic structure or abscess cavity, decompression of hydrocephalic ventricles, management of arachnoid cysts, and installation of permanent or temporary drainage conduits, in which inte...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kollias SS,Bernays RL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on a young woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) Type IV in whom a spontaneous direct carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF) was treated by transvenous occlusion with regular and fiber-coated Guglielmi detachable coils. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first time this approach has been used in a pa...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kanner AA,Maimon S,Rappaport ZH

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author describes a woman in whom an S1-2 fracture developed after L4-S1 decompression and fusion. Osteoporosis was not present, but the lesion failed to respond to conservative therapy, necessitating surgical extension of the spinal fusion. Although biomechanical complications of lumbosacral fusion are uncommon, p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bose B

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to establish the therapeutic window during which delayed therapy with MgSO4 improves neurological motor outcome in rats that have suffered severe traumatic axonal brain injury. METHODS:Severe brain injury was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats by using the impact-acceleration model o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Heath DL,Vink R

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Surgery for low-grade gliomas (LGGs) aims to achieve maximal tumor removal and maintenance of patients' functional integrity. Because extent of resection is one of the factors affecting the natural history of LGGs, surgery could be extended further than total resection toward a supratotal resection, beyond tu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rossi M,Ambrogi F,Gay L,Gallucci M,Conti Nibali M,Leonetti A,Puglisi G,Sciortino T,Howells H,Riva M,Pessina F,Navarria P,Franzese C,Simonelli M,Rudà R,Bello L

更新日期：2019-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors conducted a study to determine the results of decompressive surgery without fusion in selected patients who presented with radicular compression syndromes caused by degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis and in whom there was no evidence of hypermobility on flexion-extension radiographs. METHODS:The ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kristof RA,Aliashkevich AF,Schuster M,Meyer B,Urbach H,Schramm J

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperature differences between the lower extremities were measured using a computerized thermometric scanning system in order to compare the degree of thermal asymmetry in 144 patients with low-back pain. The patients displayed highly significant thermal asymmetries, with the involved limb being cooler (p less than 0...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Uematsu S,Jankel WR,Edwin DH,Kim W,Kozikowski J,Rosenbaum A,Long DM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented of tentorial dural arteriovenous malformation (AVM) associated with visual hallucinations and quadrant hemianopsia. Computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging showed an ischemic region, mainly affecting the white matter of the right occipital lobe, that was defined as an area of in...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kurata A,Miyasaka Y,Yoshida T,Kunii M,Yada K,Kan S

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Resection of brain tumors has been shown to increase patient survival. The extent of the possible resection, however, depends on whether the tumor has invaded brain regions important for motor, sensory, or cognitive processes and whether the brain tissue surrounding the tumor maintains its functional role. The g...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Amiez C,Kostopoulos P,Champod AS,Collins DL,Doyon J,Del Maestro R,Petrides M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supracerebellar transtentorial (SCTT) approaches have become a popular option for treatment of a variety of pathologies in the medial and basal temporal and occipital lobes and thalamus. Transtentorial approaches provide numerous advantages over transcortical approaches, including obviating the need to traverse eloque...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Baranoski JF,Bajaj A,Przybylowski CJ,Catapano JS,Frisoli FA,Lang MJ,Lawton MT

更新日期：2020-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Glutamate is important in the pathogenesis of brain damage after cerebral ischemia and traumatic brain injury. Notably, brain extracellular and cerebrospinal fluid as well as blood glutamate concentrations increase after experimental and clinical trauma. While neurons are one potential source of glutamate, plate...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bell JD,Thomas TC,Lass E,Ai J,Wan H,Lifshitz J,Baker AJ,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of leiomyosarcoma arising from the dura mater is presented. A definite histological diagnosis was based on the electron microscopic features. Extensive removal of the tumor and postoperative radiation therapy resulted in complete remission. The etiology and the origin of this tumor are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Asai A,Yamada H,Murata S,Matsuno A,Tsutsumi K,Takemura T,Matsutani M,Takakura K

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a simple technique that reduces the incidence of retained ventricular catheters and minimizes the risk of life-threatening intraventricular hemorrhage during the removal of an obstructed, adherent ventricular catheter in patients with hydrocephalus. The technique requires no special equipment and ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Whitfield PC,Guazzo EP,Pickard JD

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The use of nicardipine prolonged-release implants (NPRIs) is associated with a significant improvement in the therapy of patients suffering from aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) regarding the occurrence and severity of cerebral vasospasm, new infarcts, and functional outcome (FO). Because quality of lif...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Barth M,Thomé C,Schmiedek P,Weiss C,Kasuya H,Vajkoczy P

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for treatment of intracerebral arterial vasospasm is now being performed in selected cases. Thirty-six vascular territories in 13 patients, ranging in age from 15 to 73 years, have been treated with a new silicone microballoon device. This balloon has allowed mechanical dilatation...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Higashida RT,Halbach VV,Cahan LD,Brant-Zawadzki M,Barnwell S,Dowd C,Hieshima GB

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular immune responses to brain antigens in patients with head injury were studied by applying the leukocyte adherence inhibition (LAI) assay. The investigation was conducted in three phases. 1) In the initial phase, evaluation of a series of 22 test and 25 control cases obtained at random during a 2- to 6-week tim...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Apuzzo ML,Sheikh KM,Heiden JS,Weiss MH,Kurze T

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The nitric oxide system has been linked to the pathogenesis of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The authors performed a case-control study to investigate the association between SAH and common genetic variants within the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene (NOS3). METHODS:Three hundred thirty-three ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Staalsø JM,Edsen T,Kotinis A,Romner B,Springborg JB,Olsen NV

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The impact of FDA approval of flow-diversion technology for the treatment of supraclinoid internal carotid artery aneurysms and the publication of the Carotid Occlusion Surgery Study, both of which occurred in 2011, on the utilization of extracranial-intracranial (EC-IC) bypasses is not known. METHODS:The Na...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Alvi MA,Rinaldo L,Kerezoudis P,Rangel-Castilla L,Bydon M,Cloft H,Lanzino G

更新日期：2019-11-15 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：:Delayed cerebral vasospasm is an important determinant of the clinical outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage, but its prevention and treatment has met with limited success. Since cerebral arteries were found to be sensitive to the vasoconstrictor effect of angiotensin II, the possibility of angiotensin's contribution ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gavras H,Andrews P,Papadakis N

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one consecutive patients with supratentorial primary brain tumors (38 Grade III and IV astrocytomas, one giant-cell astrocytoma, and two cases with insufficient tissue for diagnosis) were randomly allocated within 2 weeks of surgery to one of three therapeutic groups. Group 1 (15 patients) received radiation the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Weir B,Band P,Urtasun R,Blain G,Mclean D,Wilson F,Mielke B,Grace M

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptomatic cysts of the septum pellucidum are rare. Up to 1969, 17 published cases were considered to be symptomatic. In the case report here, a 9-week-old girl was hospitalized because of disproportionate progressive enlargement of the head, lumbar myelomeningocele, and a history of generalized seizures. A giant sep...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Garza-Mercado R

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Patients with fusiform aneurysms can present with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), mass effect, ischemia, or unrelated symptoms. The absence of an aneurysm neck impedes the direct application of a clip and endovascular coil deployment. To evaluate the effects of their treatments, the authors retrospectively analyz...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Coert BA,Chang SD,Do HM,Marks MP,Steinberg GK

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00