Technique, Results, and Complications Related to Robot-Assisted Stereoelectroencephalography.

abstract：:Unilateral hydrocephalus in an adult was caused by obstruction of the left foramen of Monro by an intraventricular venous malformation. Magnetic resonance imaging of the region of the foramen of Monro demonstrated the lesion, which subsequently was confirmed to be a venous malformation by angiography and surgery. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tien R,Harsh GR 4th,Dillon WP,Wilson CB

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, only presumptive diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) can be made in living patients. We present a modality that may be instrumental to the definitive diagnosis of CTE in living patients based on brain autopsy confirmation of [F-18]FDDNP-PET findings in an American football player with CTE. [...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Omalu B,Small GW,Bailes J,Ercoli LM,Merrill DA,Wong KP,Huang SC,Satyamurthy N,Hammers JL,Lee J,Fitzsimmons RP,Barrio JR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We report our recent experience with an expanded purely endoscopic endonasal approach for the treatment of clival chordomas. METHODS:Twelve patients underwent an expanded endoscopic approach for excision of cranial base chordomas at Toronto Western Hospital. Two patients had undergone a previous craniotomy f...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dehdashti AR,Karabatsou K,Ganna A,Witterick I,Gentili F

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although real-time localization of gliomas has improved with intraoperative image guidance systems, these tools are limited by brain shift, surgical cavity deformation, and expense. OBJECTIVE:To propose a novel method to perform near-infrared (NIR) imaging during glioma resections based on preclinical and c...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lee JY,Thawani JP,Pierce J,Zeh R,Martinez-Lage M,Chanin M,Venegas O,Nims S,Learned K,Keating J,Singhal S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the potential operative morbidity in posteroventral pallidotomy (PVP) for patients with Parkinson's disease. METHODS:We designed a retrospective study that included 796 consecutive patients (mean age, 64.9 yr; male, 559; female, 237) with Parkinson's disease. All PVPs (simultaneous bilateral P...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Higuchi Y,Iacono RP

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Markers of coagulation have shown to have important value in predicting traumatic brain injury outcome. OBJECTIVE:To externally validate and investigate the role of markers of coagulation for outcome prediction by using the International Mission for Prognosis and Analysis of Clinical Trials (IMPACT) model w...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Raj R,Siironen J,Kivisaari R,Hernesniemi J,Tanskanen P,Handolin L,Skrifvars MB

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Energy production, substrate oxidation, serum protein levels, and weight change were studied in 16 non-steroid treated patients with severe head injury. Patients were evaluated during an average of 31.3 days from hospital admission to discharge. The mean measured energy expenditure (MEE) was 1.40 +/- 0.5 times predict...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Young B,Ott L,Norton J,Tibbs P,Rapp R,McClain C,Dempsey R

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with Charcot's disease of the lumbar spine presented with weakness of one extremity. Myelographic and x-ray film studies indicated stenosis and compression due to degenerative changes. Although decompression and fusion were considered, computed tomographic scans indicated the wide extent and location of the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Raynor RB

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The source of bleeding remains obscure in most cases of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) with a negative angiogram. From January 1, 1989, to July 1, 1993, 40 patients were admitted to the Massachusetts General Hospital with angiogram-negative SAH; 9 of these patients underwent surgical exploration. In seven of these expl...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tatter SB,Crowell RM,Ogilvy CS

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This report illustrates the adequacy of minimally invasive exposure for the resection of an intramedullary ependymoma. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:The patient presented with a history of upper back pain, but a lesion was found during a workup for increased back pain after a motor vehicle accident. INTERVENTION:Th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ogden AT,Fessler RG

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative socioeconomic costs of benign cranial base tumors treated with open surgery and gamma knife radiosurgery. METHODS:In a retrospective study, we studied 174 patients with benign cranial base tumors, less than 3 cm in diameter (or volume less than 30 ml), admit...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cho DY,Tsao M,Lee WY,Chang CS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We have developed a telemetric intracranial pressure sensor (OSAKA telesensor; Nagano Keiki Seisakusyo Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) and investigated the clinical usefulness of new ventriculoperitoneal shunting with an OSAKA telesensor, an on-off valve, and a programmable valve. METHODS:The OSAKA telesensor was ap...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Miyake H,Ohta T,Kajimoto Y,Matsukawa M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Venous thromboembolism is a common complication of traumatic brain injury with an estimated incidence of 25% when chemoprophylaxis is delayed. The timing of initiating prophylaxis is controversial given the concern for hemorrhage expansion. OBJECTIVE:To determine the safety of initiating venous thromboembol...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Frisoli FA,Shinseki M,Nwabuobi L,Zeng XL,Adrados M,Kanter C,Frangos SG,Huang PP

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A craniotomy with direct cortical/subcortical stimulation either awake or under general anesthesia (GA) present 2 approaches for removing eloquent region tumors. With a reported higher prevalence of intraoperative seizures occurring during awake resections of perirolandic lesions, oftentimes, surgery under G...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Eseonu CI,Rincon-Torroella J,ReFaey K,Lee YM,Nangiana J,Vivas-Buitrago T,Quiñones-Hinojosa A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the investigation was to evaluate the effects of d-propranolol upon temporary cerebral ischemia followed by a period of reperfusion, that is, a situation analogous to major cerebral artery embolization. Twenty adult cats, lightly anesthesized with nitrous oxide, underwent 4 hours of right middle cerebra...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Latchaw JP,Little JR,Slugg RM,Lesser RP,Stowe N

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Moscow Institute of Neurosurgery was established in 1932. The institute's founders were Nikolai Nilovich Burdenko, the surgeon (his name was later conferred on the institute), and Vasily Vasilyevich Kramer, the neurologist. This article presents the institute's history and its activities in different periods, incl...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Konovalov AN,Yartsev VV,Likhterman LB

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:To describe the use of a new imaging tool, angiographic computed tomography, for visualization of cell opening and strut prolapse of a Neuroform 2 stent (Boston Scientific/Target, Fremont, CA) placed in curved vasculature for treatment of a basilar tip aneurysm. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 46-year...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Benndorf G,Claus B,Strother CM,Chang L,Klucznik RP

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We subtotally removed nine pediatric central gliomas (five brain stem and four thalamic) with the Cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator (CUSA). Greater than 70% of the tumor was removed in eight of the nine cases. Evoked potentials were monitored during six of the operations. Of the six children who were operated on ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Albright AL,Sclabassi RJ

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether or not it is the frustrated growth state (no axon growth) that reduces regenerative capacity or the inability of axotomized motoneurons to remake muscle connections (axon growth-no muscle contact) that accounts for poor regenerative capacity of chronically axotomized motoneurons. METHO...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Furey MJ,Midha R,Xu QG,Belkas J,Gordon T

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated somatosensory and motor interhemispheric integration in four patients who underwent transection of different portions of the anterior corpus callosum (CC) for removal of an intraventricular cyst. The study goal was to relate their performances to the topographical organization of the CC. METHODS...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Caillé S,Sauerwein HC,Schiavetto A,Villemure JG,Lassonde M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In selected patients, extracranial-intracranial bypass remains an important treatment for the prevention of stroke. Traditionally, superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) bypass uses 1 STA branch. We have adopted a "double-barrel" technique in which both branches are joined with MCA reci...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Duckworth EA,Rao VY,Patel AJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical recovery after central nervous system (CNS) trauma or ischemia may be limited by a neural injury process that is triggered and perpetuated at the cellular level, rather than by a lesion amenable to surgical repair. It is widely thought that one such process, a fundamental pathological mechanism initiated by C...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tymianski M,Tator CH

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a transition to using patient-reported outcome instruments (PROi) to assess surgical effectiveness. However, none of these instruments have been validated for outcomes of adult Chiari I malformation (CMI). OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the relative validity and responsivene...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Godil SS,Parker SL,Zuckerman SL,Mendenhall SK,McGirt MJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Immunostaining for p53 commonly is considered a marker of neoplasia. Previous studies of nonneoplastic processes have yielded conflicting results. METHODS:To test the assumption that p53 immunoreactivity indicates neoplasia, we examined 60 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded biopsies of nonneoplastic central n...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kurtkaya-Yapicier O,Scheithauer BW,Hebrink D,James CD

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We report the design and initial characterization of the dosimetry and radiobiology of a novel device for interstitial stereotactic radiosurgery. INSTRUMENTATION:The device is lightweight, handheld, and battery-powered, and it emits x-ray radiation from the tip of a probe 3 mm in diameter by 10 cm in length....

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hakim R,Zervas NT,Hakim F,Butler WE,Beatty J,Yanch JC,Biggs PJ,Gall KP,Sliski AP

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study assessed the neuropsychological outcome of patients after surgical treatment for third ventricle brain tumors. Neuropsychological consequences of surgical intervention can have a major impact on patients' quality of life and therefore have important implications for treatment planning. METHODS:A r...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Friedman MA,Meyers CA,Sawaya R

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although originally isolated from the bone marrow, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have recently been detected in other tissues. However, little is known about MSCs in the brain. OBJECTIVE:To determine the extent to which cells with the features of MSCs exist in normal brain tissue and to determine the locati...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kang SG,Shinojima N,Hossain A,Gumin J,Yong RL,Colman H,Marini F,Andreeff M,Lang FF

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A compound of methylcellulose-silicone expanding progressively over a 1-week period by moisture absorption was implanted in the midthoracic epidural space of 17 Sprague Dawley adult rats. When the animals became paraplegic 6.3 +/- 1.6 days later, they were randomized into three groups: untreated control (n = 5), high ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Delattre JY,Arbit E,Rosenblum MK,Thaler HT,Lau N,Galicich JH,Posner JB

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate placement of a probe to the deep regions of the brain is an important part of neurosurgery. In the modern era, magnetic resonance image (MRI)-based target planning with frame-based stereotaxis is the most common technique. OBJECTIVE:To quantify the inaccuracy in MRI-guided frame-based stereotaxis a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Thani NB,Bala A,Lind CR

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that seizures induce significant and sustained elevations of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in specific extrahypothalamic rat brain regions associated with epileptic foci including amygdala, hippocampus, pyriform cortex, and anterior cortex. Seizures were induced in dogs to further study th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shapiro S,Kubek M,Sanders S,Durbin S,Goodwin S,Javed T

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00