Unenhanced and gadolinium-DTPA-enhanced MR imaging in postoperative evaluation in pediatric brain tumors.

abstract：:Obstructive hydrocephalus complicating foramen magnum decompression (FMD) for a Chiari malformation (CM) Type I is rare. Two female patients (17 and 55 years old) presented with strain-related headaches. In both cases magnetic resonance (MR) imaging studies confirmed a CM Type I, which was accompanied by syringomyelia...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Marshman LA,Benjamin JC,Chawda SJ,David KM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) from ruptured posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) aneurysms is uncommon, and long-term outcome data for patients who have suffered such hemorrhages is lacking. This study investigated in-hospital and long-term clinical data from a prospective cohort of patients with SAH from...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Williamson RW,Wilson DA,Abla AA,McDougall CG,Nakaji P,Albuquerque FC,Spetzler RF

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults and children with low-grade gliomas often present with medically refractory epilepsy. Currently, controversy exists regarding the need for intraoperative electrocorticography (ECoG) to identify and, separately, resect seizure foci versus tumor removal alone to yield maximum seizure control in this patient popul...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Berger MS,Ghatan S,Haglund MM,Dobbins J,Ojemann GA

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the technique of a transantral transsphenoidal approach to the sella turcica. The advantages and potential complications are discussed. This procedure may also be applicable when dealing with tumors of the skull base and orbits. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hoyt TE,Turnbull FM,Kusske JA

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The use of Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery (GKSRS) for the treatment of extensive intracranial metastases has been expanding due to its superior dosimetry and efficacy. However, there remains a dearth of data regarding the dose parameters in actual clinical scenarios. The authors endeavored to calculate...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bowden GN,Kim JO,Faramand A,Fallon K,Flickinger J,Lunsford LD

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Epilepsy surgery is an effective means of treating focal epilepsy associated with long-term epilepsy-associated tumors. This study evaluated a large population of surgically treated patients with childhood onset of epilepsy and a histologically confirmed diagnosis of long-term epilepsy-associated tumors. The...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pelliccia V,Deleo F,Gozzo F,Sartori I,Mai R,Cossu M,Tassi L

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and thirty-three patients with chronic subdural hematoma were treated surgically between 1943 and 1980. The patients, aged 5 to 84 years, were graded retrospectively according to the Bender scale; 28% were in Grades 3 and 4. There were 107 unilateral and 26 bilateral hematomas. The clots were removed mostl...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Robinson RG

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the various anterior surgical approaches to the spine, exposure of the upper two thoracic vertebrae remains the most challenging. An operative approach to this region is described. The major features include resection of a portion of the clavicle and the manubrium sterni. Following resection of the tumor and involv...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sundaresan N,Shah J,Foley KM,Rosen G

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance (MR) angiography offers a safe, noninvasive alternative to conventional angiography in patients with suspected carotid stenosis; however, it tends to overestimate the severity of stenosis. Loss of the MR signal with a resulting flow gap is a frequent finding in cases of high-grade stenosis. The auth...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Heiserman JE,Zabramski JM,Drayer BP,Keller PJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of a patient in whom an intracranial extracerebral melanoma developed in association with a life-long nevus of Ota. Melanotic pigmentation of the skull, periosteum, and meninges beneath the nevus was found at operation. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sagar HJ,Ilgren EB,Adams CB

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of a sacral, extradural choroid plexus papilloma involving the S1-3 level is described. This 50-year-old woman presented with a 4-month history of pain involving her right buttock, perineum, and leg. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the spine revealed a well-defined, mildly enhancin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kurtkaya-Yapicier O,Scheithauer BW,Van Peteghem KP,Sawicki JE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of a 59-year-old man with a spinal arachnoid cyst accompanied by spinal arachnoiditis. The patient developed symptoms after treatment for a ruptured vertebral artery aneurysm, in which fibrin glue was used for reconstruction of the suboccipital bone defect. It is believed that the fibrin glue may ha...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Taguchi Y,Suzuki R,Okada M,Sekino H

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This study was performed to provide quantitative data on the number of surviving facial motor neurons that extend regenerated nerve fibers through the nerve-injured site and to reveal the relationship between facial function and the number of those motor neurons in which the facial nerve has been transected or r...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Higashiyama F,Fukushima N,Yokouchi K,Kawagishi K,Moriizumi T

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Hemispheric low-grade gliomas (LGGs) have an unpredictable progression and overall survival (OS) profile. As a result, the objective in the present study was to design a preoperative scoring system to prognosticate long-term outcomes in patients with LGGs. METHODS:The authors conducted a retrospective review wi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chang EF,Smith JS,Chang SM,Lamborn KR,Prados MD,Butowski N,Barbaro NM,Parsa AT,Berger MS,McDermott MM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors demonstrate the use of cottonoid as a marker for ultrasound localization of a subcortical tumor. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Voorhies RM,Bell WO,Patterson RH Jr,Gamache FW Jr

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The trigeminal nerve conducts both sensory and motor impulses. Separate superior and inferior motor roots typically emerge from the pons just anterosuperomedial to the entry point of the sensory root, but to date these two motor roots have not been adequately displayed on magnetic resonance (MR) images. The spec...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yousry I,Moriggl B,Holtmannspoetter M,Schmid UD,Naidich TP,Yousry TA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present angiographic demonstration of bilateral, congenital, total absence of the internal carotid arteries in a patient with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Angiography demonstrated complete absence of both internal carotid arteries. The intracranial blood supply had been provided by communication between a hype...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rosen IW,Mills DF,Nadel HI,Kaiserman DD

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation activates perivascular vasodilatory nerves in the ipsilateral anterior circle of Willis. This experiment tested whether stimulation of the ganglion could reverse vasospasm and improve cerebral perfusion after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in monkeys. METHODS:Thirteen cynomolg...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Takahashi M,Zhang ZD,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an observational study in head-injured patients, cerebrovascular pressure transmission was investigated using a systems analysis approach whereby the blood pressure (BP) waveform was used as a measure of an input stimulus to the cerebrovascular bed (CVB) and the intracranial pressure (ICP) waveform as the response ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Piper IR,Miller JD,Dearden NM,Leggate JR,Robertson I

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in 28 traumatized cats showed the following acute changes after spinal cord compression in the cord segment below the trauma: 1) increase in size of the spinal cord evoked potential; 2) increase in size of the electrospinogram; and 3) increase in frequency of the electrospinogram. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Morrison G,Lorig RJ,Brodkey J,Nulsen FE

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two patients with closed myelomeningoceles, shunted hydrocephalus, and symptomatic Arnold-Chiari malformations were studied retrospectively. Seventeen of the 22 patients were aged 6 months or younger; five patients were aged 3 to 23 years. Patients in the younger group presented with stridor, apnea, and/or feed...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bell WO,Charney EB,Bruce DA,Sutton LN,Schut L

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Oligometastatic brain metastases may be treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) alone, but no consensus exists as to when SRS alone would be appropriate. A survey was conducted at 2 radiosurgery meetings to determine which factors SRS practitioners emphasize in recommending SRS alone, and what physician cha...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Knisely JP,Yamamoto M,Gross CP,Castrucci WA,Jokura H,Chiang VL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors conducted a study to determine a way of overcoming the poor-quality demonstration of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) on conventional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging studies. The poor MR imaging demonstration of CNV in patients with AMD makes the use...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hayashi M,Chernov M,Usukura M,Abe K,Ono Y,Izawa M,Hori S,Hori T,Takakura K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEPituitary adenomas and the treatment required for the underlying neuropathology have frequently been associated with cognitive dysfunction. However, the mechanisms for these impairments remain the subject of much debate. The authors evaluated cognitive outcomes in patients treated with or without Gamma Knife ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tooze A,Sheehan JP

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of medicine is replete with innovations in neurosurgery that have spurred further developments across the medical spectrum. Surgeons treating pathologies in the head and spine have broken ground with new approaches, techniques, and technologies since ancient times. Neurosurgeons occupy a vital nexus in pat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Couldwell WT,Mortimer V,Kraus KL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The health care needs of children with hydrocephalus continue beyond childhood and adolescence; however, pediatric hospitals and pediatric neurosurgeons are often unable to provide them care after they become adults. Each year in the US, an estimated 5000-6000 adolescents and young adults (collectively, youth) with hy...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Williams MA,van der Willigen T,White PH,Cartwright CC,Wood DL,Hamilton MG

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic stroke remains a leading cause of morbidity and death for which few therapeutic options are available. The development of neuroprotective agents, a once promising field of investigation, has failed to translate from bench to bedside successfully. This work reviews the ischemic cascade, agents targeting steps ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Turner RC,Dodson SC,Rosen CL,Huber JD

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE A subset of patients with Chiari I malformation demonstrate patent subarachnoid spaces around the cerebellum, indicating that reduced posterior fossa volume alone does not account for tonsillar descent. The authors distinguish two subsets of Chiari I malformation patients based on the degree of "posterior fo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Taylor DG,Mastorakos P,Jane JA Jr,Oldfield EH

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical outcomes are described for 247 consecutive cases of arteriovenous malformation (AVM) treated with the gamma knife between April, 1970, and December 31, 1983. Headache resolved in 65 (66.3%) of the 98 patients presenting with this symptom and improved in an additional nine (9.2%). Of 59 patients admitted w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Steiner L,Lindquist C,Adler JR,Torner JC,Alves W,Steiner M

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first documented case of a symptomatic intrasellar hemangioblastoma is described, occurring in an 11-year-old girl with stigmata of von Hippel-Lindau disease who presented with headaches, progressive bitemporal hemianopsia, and adenohypophysial dysfunction. A subtotal resection of the lesion was achieved with two ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sawin PD,Follett KA,Wen BC,Laws ER Jr

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00