Frontal skull osteoblastoma with aneurysmal bone cyst-like changes associated with trauma during pregnancy: a case report.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of fluorescein sodium in predicting conclusive tissue diagnosis in stereotactic brain biopsies and to characterize features of contrast-enhancing and non-enhancing MRI lesions associated with fluorescence. METHODS:A total of 19 patients were studied, 1...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Nevzati E,Chatain GP,Hoffman J,Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK,Lillehei KO,Ormond DR

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Migration of the catheter tip of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) through a patent processus vaginalis (PV) has seldom being reported. In this series, we analyzed all cases of inguinoscrotal migration of an VPS catheter at our center. Between 1975 and 2015, 295 VPS insertions were performed. In seven infants (2.3%),...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Fernandez-Ibieta M,Villamil V,Martinez-Lage J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To analyse the intraoperative complications of a single neurosurgeon, with emphasis on devastating intraoperative incidents, and how they possibly could have been avoided. METHODS:All the patients operated upon by the author between 1986 and 2002, i.e. 252 patients with 270 craniotomies for 294 aneurysms, were...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Wester K

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:In patients with a vestibular schwannoma, some studies have reported that useful hearing preserved initially after surgery deteriorates gradually in the long term. Studies with more patients are needed to clarify the maintenance rate of postoperative hearing function and to identify prognostic of hearing fun...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ichimasu N,Kohno M,Nakajima N,Matsushima K,Tanaka Y,Tsukahara K,Inagaki T,Yoshino M,Nagata O

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Successful deep brain stimulation is mostly dependent on accurate positioning of the leads at the optimal target points. We investigated whether the identification of the subthalamic nucleus in T2-weighted 3-T MRI, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery 3-T MRI and susceptibility-weighted 3-T MRI is confirmed b...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Polanski WH,Martin KD,Engellandt K,von Kummer R,Klingelhoefer L,Fauser M,Storch A,Schackert G,Sobottka SB

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We introduce a user-friendly, standardized protocol for tractography of the major language fiber bundles. METHOD:The introduced method uses dMRI images for tractography whereas the ROI definition is based on structural T1 MPRAGE MRI templates, without normalization to MNI space. ROIs for five language-relev...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Fekonja L,Wang Z,Bährend I,Rosenstock T,Rösler J,Wallmeroth L,Vajkoczy P,Picht T

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to the high rate of shunt complications due to obstruction and infection there is a considerable number of undesirable side effects caused by excessive drainage of CSF. Four hundred shunt treated patients are analyzed for overdrainage signs: acute decompression symptoms produced by upward shifting of the b...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Faulhauer K,Schmitz P

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors review the literature and present 8 cases of extradural haematoma of the posterior fossa operated from 1979 to 1985 at the Neurosurgical Clinic of the University of Pavia. Emphasis is placed on the importance of an early diagnosis of the symptoms which are often ignored due to the absence of specific clini...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Brambilla G,Rainoldi F,Gipponi D,Paoletti P

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) with/without endovascular treatment is not as effective in atherosclerotic steno-occlusive acute ischemic stroke. Urgent superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) anastomosis is effective to some extent in progressing stroke...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kanematsu R,Kimura T,Ichikawa Y,Inoue T

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to recent findings, diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) only allows prediction of facial nerve location in relation to vestibular schwannoma (VS) with high probability. However, previous studies have not mentioned why only the facial nerve was selectively visualized. Our previous report investigate...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Yoshino M,Kin T,Ito A,Saito T,Nakagawa D,Ino K,Kamada K,Mori H,Kunimatsu A,Nakatomi H,Oyama H,Saito N

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefits of surgery for symptomatic spinal metastases have been demonstrated, largely based on series of patients undergoing debulking and instrumentation operations. However, as cancer treatments improve and overall survival lengths increase, the incidence of recurrent spinal cord compression after debu...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Depreitere B,Ricciardi F,Arts M,Balabaud L,Bunger C,Buchowski JM,Chung CK,Coppes MH,Fehlings MG,Kawahara N,Martin-Benlloch JA,Massicotte EM,Mazel C,Meyer B,Oner FC,Peul W,Quraishi N,Tokuhashi Y,Tomita K,Verlaan JJ,

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:Since surgeons sometimes encounter difficulty in keeping self- retaining soft tissue retractors in the proper position for anterior cervical spinal surgery, we have developed a new, simple soft tissue retractor system, which is fixed to the side rails of the operating table via retractor stands. All three joints of th...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Takayasu M,Shibuya M,Suzuki Y,Yoshida J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microvascular decompression (MVD) for hemifacial spasm (HFS) provides a long-term cure rate. Delayed facial palsy (DFP) is not an unusual complication, but it has only been sporadically described in the literature. The purpose of this report is to evaluate the incidence of delayed facial palsy after MVD and ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Rhee DJ,Kong DS,Park K,Lee JA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) inverse dose planning is currently far from competing effectively with the quality of dose planning developed by experienced experts. A new inverse planning (IP) method based on « efficient convex optimization algorithms » is proposed, providing high-quality dose plans in real...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Régis J,Hamdi H,Loundou A,Merly L,Castillo L,Balossier A,Spatola G

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infratentorial supracerebellar approach via microscope still has some limitations in resection of pineal region tumors. METHODS:The authors describe a purely endoscopic infratentorial supracerebellar approach for resection of pineal region tumors with matched air-driven arm and navigation. The lateral obliq...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Gu Y,Hu F,Zhang X

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was aimed at the evaluation of the relationship between genetic polymorphisms of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) (rs4680:A > G-Val158Met, rs6269:A > G, rs4633:C > T, rs4818:C > G) and pain sensitivity after lumbar discectomy. METHODS:All patients had one-level symptomatic disc herniation from...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Rut M,Machoy-Mokrzyńska A,Ręcławowicz D,Słoniewski P,Kurzawski M,Droździk M,Safranow K,Morawska M,Białecka M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality and morbidity of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH) remain high, and prognosis is influenced by multiple non-modifiable factors such as aSAH severity. By analysing the chronology of aSAH management, we aim at identifying modifiable factors with emphasis on the occurrence of rebleeds in a se...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sorteberg A,Romundstad L,Sorteberg W

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this work was to retrospectively study the long-term reliability of the common consensus endocrinological criteria for the assessment of postoperative remission of acromegaly. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In 96 consecutive patients, surgical remission of acromegaly following transsphenoidal surgery was co...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kristof RA,Grote A,Redel L,Neuloh G,Klingmüller D,Schramm J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate gross and microscopic anatomical features of the vestibulocochlear nerve or eighth cranial nerve (CNVIII) from fresh cadavers, especially the nerve's central myelin portion (CMP) and transitional zone (TZ), and to consider any pathological implications. METHODS:Six fres...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Guclu B,Sindou M,Meyronet D,Streichenberger N,Simon E,Mertens P

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The EC-IC Bypass Study Group could not detect any benefit from surgery compared to medical management in the prevention of stroke in 1985 [15]. During the past years surgical revascularization was re-evaluated and considered as an appropriate treatment for a small subgroup of patients with recurrent focal cerebral isc...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Schick U,Zimmermann M,Stolke D

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microvascular decompression (MVD) for hemifacial spasm (HFS) has been popular, but it may take enough time to master this special operative technique and procedure. This may induce uneven distribution of the number of MVD operations in each institute, possibly resulting in an overall unsatisfactory quality o...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Fukunaga A,Shimizu K,Yazaki T,Ochiai M

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Homovanillic acid (HVA) and 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-HIAA) in ventricular CSF were determined in 19 patients (12 female 7 male) with brain tumours. No relationship was found between ventricular fluid pressure (VFP) and levels of HVA and 5-HIAA. A relationship was observed between ventricular CSF, HVA concentration...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Bareggi SR,Porta M,Collice M,Calderini G,Ferrara M,Morselli PL

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring and management form the cornerstone of treatment paradigms for sTBI in developed countries. We examine the available randomized controlled trial (RCT) data on the impact of ICP management ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Abraham P,Rennert RC,Gabel BC,Sack JA,Karanjia N,Warnke P,Chen CC

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent animal research has provided evidence that brain ischaemia is associated with a shift of energy related metabolites (lactate, adenosine, inosine, and hypoxanthine) and several transmitters from the intracellular to the extracellular fluid (ECF). These chemical changes of the ECF reflect the energy crisis of the...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hillered L,Persson L,Pontén U,Ungerstedt U

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present our clinical experience and the results of surgical management with 25 cavernomas of the CNS, treated in our hospital in the last 10 years. The location of the lesion assessed by clinical and CT scan examinations, proved to be the most significative factor determining the prognosis of cavernomas of the CNS,...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Vaquero J,Salazar J,Martínez R,Martínez P,Bravo G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and malignant brain tumor in adults. Despite therapeutic advances, almost all patients eventually experience tumor recurrence. Leptomeningeal spread (LMS) is not a rare condition of recurrence. However, the standard management protocol of LMS has not been established. Th...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Noh JH,Lee MH,Kim WS,Lim DH,Kim ST,Kong DS,Nam DH,Lee JI,Seol HJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Burr hole surgery for moyamoya disease and moyamoya syndrome is known to be an effective, versatile, and relatively simple revascularization technique. We will focus on the technical operative aspects of multiple burr hole surgery as we perform it in our center. METHODS:Periosteal flaps are prepared and pla...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Lavrysen E,Menovsky T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00