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abstract：:The Vanderbilt University Hospital heritage was influenced by the excellence of the Johns Hopkins era--by Osler, Halsted, Cushing, Brooks, and many others. Upon this strong origin, the neurosurgery department was built by Cobb Pilcher and perpetuated by William F. Meacham. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rish BL

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and angiographic findings of 55 patients with a spinal dural arteriovenous malformation (AVM) are reviewed, and the results of surgery assessed. The symptoms of dural AVM are usually gradual in onset, and hemorrhage from this type of AVM is less common than in true spinal cord angiomas. Other clinical fea...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Symon L,Kuyama H,Kendall B

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty patients underwent anterior corpus callosotomy for treatment of generalized seizures. The patients' mean age was 18.3 years (range 4 to 53 years); the mean age at seizure onset was 5.27 years (range 0.1 to 27 years). The mean intelligence quotient (IQ) of 41 testable patients was 71.12 (range less than 30 to 11...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fuiks KS,Wyler AR,Hermann BP,Somes G

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Convection-enhanced delivery (CED) has been explored as a therapeutic strategy for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). Variables that may affect tolerance include infusate volume, infusion rate, catheter trajectory, and target position. Supratentorial approaches for catheter placement and infusate distri...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Morgenstern PF,Zhou Z,Wembacher-Schröder E,Cina V,Tsiouris AJ,Souweidane MM

更新日期：2018-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intrathecal fibrinolysis on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) absorption was investigated after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). In 11 cats, SAH was induced by intracisternal application of 1 to 4 ml of fresh autologous blood. Thirty minutes after the experimental SAH, the CSF outflow resistance was f...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brinker T,Seifert V,Stolke D

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:To provide greater accuracy in determining the epileptogenic zone during preoperative evaluation, the authors retrospectively examined 123I-iomazenil single-photon emission computed tomography (IMZ SPECT) studies obtained in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) in whom there was no evidence of an abnormali...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Umeoka S,Matsuda K,Baba K,Usui N,Tottori T,Terada K,Usui K,Nakamura F,Inoue Y,Fujiwara T,Mihara T

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of clot removal on cerebral vasospasm was studied in 104 patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The series included patients who fulfilled all of the following criteria: operation was performed by Day 3 after the ictus; the patient's preoperative clinical grade was between Grades I and IV; ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Inagawa T,Yamamoto M,Kamiya K

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Gliomatosis cerebri (GC), a rare entity characterized by a widespread infiltration of brain by tumor, lacks objective and quantitative diagnostic criteria. Single-voxel spectroscopy and chemical shift imaging (two-dimensional proton magnetic resonance [MR] spectroscopy) were performed using both short (20- or 22...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Galanaud D,Chinot O,Nicoli F,Confort-Gouny S,Le Fur Y,Barrie-Attarian M,Ranjeva JP,Fuentès S,Viout P,Figarella-Branger D,Cozzone PJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if dexamethasone administered by osmotic pump directly to brain tumors would control peritumoral edema and at the same time suppress tumor growth and prolong survival, the authors studied experimental brain tumors produced in 102 rabbits by implanting VX2 carcinoma cells. Of these, 58 animals were separat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ikeda Y,Carson BS,Lauer JA,Long DM

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of piriformis syndrome is difficult and its precise definition is highly controversial. In this article, the authors present the case of a patient who had clinical features suggestive of piriformis syndrome. During surgery the patient was found to have a rare variation in anatomical structures, in which the ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Spinner RJ,Thomas NM,Kline DG

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors tested the hypothesis in a porcine model that inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis during reduced cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) affected the relative cerebral blood flow (CBF) and the cerebrovascular resistance. METHODS:The CPP was reduced by inducing high cerebrospinal fluid pressure and hemorr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rise IR,Kirkeby OJ

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The commonest initial computerized tomography (CT) finding in head-injured children is bilateral diffuse cerebral swelling. Cerebral blood flow and CT density studies suggest that this swelling is due to cerebral hyperemia and increased blood volume, not to edema. The clinical history, course, and outcome of 63 childr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bruce DA,Alavi A,Bilaniuk L,Dolinskas C,Obrist W,Uzzell B

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the rare case of a patient with neurocutaneous vascular hamartomas mimicking Cobb syndrome. An 8-year-old boy was admitted to the authors' hospital with progressive urinary disturbance and upper back pain. Multiple skin nevi had been noted at the child's birth. Radiological examination revealed mult...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wakabayashi Y,Isono M,Shimomura T,Tajima A,Terashi H,Asada Y,Izumi T,Hori S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate microcirculatory disturbance and cerebral edema associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), both stereological morphometry on the intraparenchymal capillary network and microgravimetry were performed on a rabbit SAH model. Autologous arterial blood (5 ml) was injected into the cisterna magna, and the an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Johshita H,Kassell NF,Sasaki T,Ogawa H

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-year-old boy had a sore throat, followed in 4 weeks by acute rheumatic fever and in 6 weeks by atlanto-axial dislocation. Reduction of the dislocation by means of a halo vest relieved his pain, but the cervical spine remained unstable after 3 months of immobilization and required an occiput-C1-2 fusion and rib gr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bicknell JM,Kirsch WM,Seigel R,Orrison W

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study of 110 cranial cavities from adult cadavers, the superior sagittal sinus was found to divide into two channels. In most cases, the division was associated with a dural partition. Essentially, the variations as observed in this study could be grouped into three types: Type 1 includes those specimens in wh...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bisaria KK

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Atorvastatin, a beta-hydroxy-beta-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitor, has pleiotropic effects, such as promoting angiogenesis, increasing fibrinolysis, and reducing inflammatory responses, and has shown promise in enhancing recovery in animals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke. The authors ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lu D,Mahmood A,Goussev A,Schallert T,Qu C,Zhang ZG,Li Y,Lu M,Chopp M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Opercular glioma inferolateral to the hand/digit sensorimotor area can be resected safely using a neuronavigation system and functional brain mapping techniques. However, the surgery can still sometimes cause postoperative ischemic complications, the character of which remains unclear. The authors of this study ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kumabe T,Higano S,Takahashi S,Tominaga T

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to evaluate the causes of treatment failure in patients with arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) who underwent radiosurgery, which is increasingly used as a treatment method for selected, surgically high-risk AVMs. Unfortunately, radiosurgical treatment fails in a small but significant p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ellis TL,Friedman WA,Bova FJ,Kubilis PS,Buatti JM

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Despite the controversy over the clinical significance of Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) for refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), the modality has attracted attention because it is less invasive than resection. The authors report long-term outcomes for 7 patients, focusing in particular on the long-term c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Usami K,Kawai K,Koga T,Shin M,Kurita H,Suzuki I,Saito N

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring of cerebral oxygenation is considered to be of great importance in minimizing secondary hypoxic and ischemic brain damage following severe head injury. Although the threshold for cerebral hypoxia in jugular bulb oximetry (measurement of O2 saturation in the jugular vein (SjvO2)) is generally accepted to be ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kiening KL,Unterberg AW,Bardt TF,Schneider GH,Lanksch WR

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined radiological and surgical technique that permits identification of appropriate recipient vessels and accurate placement of the atrial catheter in ventriculoatrial shunts is described. The procedure uses readily available radiological skills and reduces operation time and morbidity related to malpositioning ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Thompson DN,Casey AT,Hayward RD,Harkness WF

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECT This study explored whether there were differences between the autoimmune disease prevalence rates in unilateral and bilateral moyamoya disease (MMD). METHODS The authors performed a retrospective review of data obtained from the medical records of their hospital, analyzing and comparing the clinical characteri...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chen JB,Liu Y,Zhou LX,Sun H,He M,You C

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) are a leading cause of death and disability in young people. Given that a major cause of death from MVAs is traumatic brain injury, and neurosurgeons hold special expertise in this area relative to other members of a trauma team, the authors hypothesized that neurosurgeon populatio...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Desai A,Bekelis K,Zhao W,Ball PA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on two patients in whom an increased signal on T1-weighted magnetic resonance images and a high-density signal on computerized tomography scans of the striatum were demonstrated, both of which were associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia. Involuntary movements, which have been present in all previo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sorimachi T,Fujii Y,Tsuchiya N,Saito M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The objective of this study was to evaluate endovascular stent therapy for carotid artery dissections (CADs). METHODS:Retrospective review of data at Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital identified 43 patients with 44 CADs (intracranial and/or extracranial) treated with carotid artery (CA) stent placement between Ja...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ohta H,Natarajan SK,Hauck EF,Khalessi AA,Siddiqui AH,Hopkins LN,Levy EI

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This follow-up study analyzes the results of dorsal column stimulation instituted between 1972 and 1974 for the relief of pain in 84 patients, including 64 amputees. Good results decreased from 52.4% after 2 years of stimulation to 39% after 5 years. Special therapeutic problems in amputees are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Krainick JU,Thoden U,Riechert T

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannitol is widely considered the hyperosmolar therapy of choice in routine neurosurgical practice for the reduction of intracranial pressure (ICP). The authors present a unique case of a patient with a large meningioma treated with mannitol, in which mannitol accumulation within the tumor and its surrounding parenchy...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sankar T,Assina R,Karis JP,Theodore N,Preul MC

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The supplementary motor area (SMA) plays an important role in planning, initiation, and execution of motor acts. Patients with SMA lesions are impaired in various kinematic parameters, such as velocity and duration of movement. However, the relationships between neuronal activity and these parameters in the huma...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tankus A,Yeshurun Y,Flash T,Fried I

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fissure separating the motor from the sensory cortex and the substantia gelatinosa capping the posterior horn of the spinal cord are still known by the name of the Italian anatomist Rolando, Luigi Rolando was born in Turin, Italy, in 1773 and died in 1831. His life was not easy, the first of his problems being the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Caputi F,Spaziante R,de Divitiis E,Nashold BS Jr

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00