Transcavernous sinus pituitary gland transposition: how I do it.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intra-operative monitoring of the position of the central sulcus (CS) is indispensable to properly treat a peri-motor cortex lesion. Noninvasive preoperative studies for identification of CS are also needed for choosing the optimal operative procedure. Magneto-encephalography (MEG) has recently been introduc...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Shimamura N,Ohkuma H,Ogane K,Manabe H,Yagihashi A,Kikkawa T,Suzuki S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelium synthesizes mediators which either cause vasorelaxation or vasoconstriction. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of these mediators in the pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm. An inhibitor of endothelium-derived relaxing factor is haemoglobin; endothelium removal by triton X-100 an...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Baykaner MK

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the clinicopathology features of leptomeningeal dissemination of malignant gliomas, a total of 157 consecutive patients treated between 1978 and 1989 were analysed. Twenty-two patients (14%) were judged to have dissemination. In 20 patients, the dissemination was diagnosed antemortem. Eleven patients had...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Arita N,Taneda M,Hayakawa T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oculomotor nerve palsy due to a venous varix arising from flow anomalies caused by a dural arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is a rare phenomenon. We report a case of surgical third nerve palsy with a rare underlying AVF as the cause and discuss in detail the patho-anatomy and its significance. A tentorial dural AVF mimicki...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Mukerji N,Cahill J,Tzerakis N,Nath FP,Dervin JE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is not clear whether the pre-operative treatment of GH-secreting pituitary adenomas with Octreotide improves the surgical remission rates of acromegaly. In a prospective controlled study the results of transsphenoidal surgery in newly diagnosed GH-secreting macro-adenomas were compared in patients with (n = 11, gro...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kristof RA,Stoffel-Wagner B,Klingmüller D,Schramm J

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptomeningeal spread and hydrocephalus are increasingly recognized as late disease complications of glioblastoma with almost a quarter of patients requiring early cerebrospinal fluid shunting. The neurosurgeon is challenged with maintaining shunt patency when tumor disease progression is rapid and adjuvant oncologic ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Woo PYM,Zhuang JTF,Ho JMK,Seto A,Wong HT,Chan KY

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic subdural haematomas (cSDHs) have shown an increasing incidence in an ageing population over the last 20 years, while unacceptable recurrence rates of up to 30 % persist. The recurrence rate of cSDH seems to be related to the excessive neoangiogenesis in the parietal membrane, which is mediated via va...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Schaumann A,Klene W,Rosenstengel C,Ringel F,Tüttenberg J,Vajkoczy P

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The middle meningeal artery (MMA) is well known to function as an important collateral channel to the territory of the anterior cerebral artery in moyamoya disease. This study was aimed to evaluate whether indocyanine green (ICG) videoangiography could visualize the anterior branch of the MMA before cranioto...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Tanabe N,Yamamoto S,Kashiwazaki D,Akioka N,Kuwayama N,Noguchi K,Kuroda S

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Percutaneous radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy (RF-TR) is a well-established treatment for patients suffering from trigeminal neuralgia (TN) as a primary modality or for those refractory to medical treatment. However, few existing studies have identified intraoperative parameter or navigation technique tha...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Tsai PJ,Lee MH,Chen KT,Huang WC,Yang JT,Lin MH

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical, radiological and surgical findings of 56 patients with congenital malformations of the craniovertebral junction who underwent surgical intervention in the Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University Medical School were reviewed. The anomalies were classified according to their embryonic origin. Fort...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Erbengi A,Oge HK

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effectiveness of pallidal deep brain stimulation (GPi DBS) for cervical dystonia has been extensively described, but controversies exist about which prognostic factor is clinically useful. We previously reported that classification of tonic- or phasic-type cervical dystonia is useful for predicting clini...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Huh R,Chung M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Niravoline is a selective kappa-opioid receptor agonist. Its effect on tumour-origin brain oedema was investigated in a brain tumour model created by implantation of C6 glioma cells into the brain of Wistar rats. Five weeks after the tumour cell implantation, niravoline was administered i.v. at 1 mg/kg, a total of fou...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Takahashi H,Hamada H,Teramoto A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) are known to be highly epileptogenic lesions. A number of studies on CCM surgery deal with CCM-associated seizures and/or epilepsy. In order to counsel patients with CCM-associated epilepsy, clear results from such studies would be highly useful. This study reviews the ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： von der Brelie C,Schramm J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cranial intraparenchymal hemorrhage represents a critical complication of mechanical circulatory support requiring constant antithrombotic treatment. Surgery of intraparenchymal hemorrhage under anticoagulation represents a challenge and imposes significant risks for patients. It was the aim to analyse surgi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Krenzlin H,Rosenthal C,Wolf S,Vierecke J,Kowski A,Hetzer R,Vajkoczy P,Czabanka M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Occluding a ruptured intracranial aneurysm as early as possible may entail certain periprocedural conditions that compromise the outcome. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and clinical outcome of endovascular coiling procedures performed on an emergency bas...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Matías-Guiu JA,Avecillas-Chasín J,Barcia JA,Moreu M,López-Ibor L

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Octreotide is a potent agonist of somatostatin that lowers the serum level of growth hormone (GH), and reduces the size of somatotropinomas. However, the detailed mechanism of shrinkage of this tumour is not known. We, therefore, evaluated 11 patients with somatotropinomas who were treated with octreotide 300 microgra...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Saitoh Y,Arita N,Ohnishi T,Ekramullah S,Takemura K,Hayakawa T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the value of electrically elicited motor evoked potentials (MEP), obtained during the initial phase of the coma, for correct prediction of the post-coma motor status. METHODS:Fifty-two patients were investigated by MEP within 72 hours after onset of the coma. It was the aim to correlate the MEP fin...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Rohde V,Irle S,Hassler WE

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analysed 13 patients (pts.) treated at the University of Tübingen from 1985 to 1993 to evaluate the results of radiation therapy (XRT) given as an adjuvant to totally or subtotally resected meningiomas. The overall survival was 38% at five years with a probability of relapse of 50% at this time. Rec...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hoffmann W,Mühleisen H,Hess CF,Kortmann RD,Schmidt B,Grote EH,Bamberg M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of distal filter protection alone is associated with a high risk of ischemic complications when vulnerable carotid stenosis is treated by carotid artery stenting (CAS). Double balloon protection, a combination of distal balloon protection and proximal balloon occlusion, can be utilized. We assessed t...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Nakazaki M,Nonaka T,Takahashi A,Yonemasu Y,Nomura T,Onda T,Honda O,Hashimoto Y,Ohnishi H,Sasaki M,Daibo M,Honmou O

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a case of cavernous angioma, a remote gyrus, which was found to contain an epileptogenic focus by intraoperative electrocorticography (ECoG), was resected simultaneously with lesionectomy. The patient was a 27-year-old male who was referred to our hospital because of frequent systemic tonic-clonic convulsions. ECoG...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kamada K,Isu T,Takahashi T,Tanaka T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is critical that traumatic intracranial pseudoaneurysms should be removed completely from the parent artery because there is a possibility of significant morbidity and mortality from the high risk of rebleeding from any remnants of the pseudoaneurysm. However, the deconstruction of the parent artery has the risk of...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Lim YC,Kang JK,Chung J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Malignant gliomas are highly infiltrative tumours with a fatal prognosis. F18-fluoroethyl-tyrosine (FET)-positron emission tomography (PET) often reveals a broader extension of these tumours compared with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Complete resection of the contrast-enhancing lesion is ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Stockhammer F,Misch M,Horn P,Koch A,Fonyuy N,Plotkin M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pure pineal germinomas have been rarely reported in girls. Gender incidence and differences of pure pineal germinomas are not well known. The authors report a series of pure pineal germinoma and its gender characteristic is reviewed. METHODS AND RESULTS:Of a total of 50 germ cell tumors operated on between 1...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Cuccia V,Galarza M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This project aimed to prepare a self complete patient satisfaction survey for patients who have undergone surgery for trigeminal neuralgia and then assess its reproducibility, validity and acceptability in one centre. METHODS:The questionnaire, for initial use in patients who had undergone posterior fossa su...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Zakrzewska JM,Lopez BC,Kim SE,Varian EA,Coakham HB

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In order to determine the reliability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis and staging of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), the most common entrapment neuropathy, the following prospective study has been performed. METHODS:We compared clinical and electrophysiological studies in 58 cases of CTS wit...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kleindienst A,Hamm B,Hildebrandt G,Klug N

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schwannomas occur sporadically or in association with neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2), an autosomal dominant disorder, which predisposes to multiple schwannomas, meningiomas and spinal ependymomas, with bilateral vestibular schwannomas as the classic hallmark. As NF2 and sporadic schwannomas differ in some respect...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Antinheimo J,Sallinen SL,Sallinen P,Haapasalo H,Helin H,Horelli-Kuitunen N,Wessman M,Sainio M,Jääskeläinen J,Carpén O

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their experience with CT scanning ina series of 4 cases of subdural empyema, over a period of 10 months; all the patients were male, aged 16 to 25 years. A review of the literature shows that this disease, in spite of the large variety and efficacy of the available antibiotics, is marked by a signif...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hadj-Djilani M,Calliauw L

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:171 patients with an instability-related failed back surgery syndrome underwent internal fixation. The operative indication was based on specific diagnostic procedures such as anaesthesia of articular nerves and the trial external immobilization in a plaster jacket. Taking account of the different types of hypermobili...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Markwalder TM,Battaglia M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a family in which two members had multiple intracranial aneurysms. This is the third reported family with more than one member affected by multiple cerebral aneurysms. The congenital nature and the patterns of inheritance of the disease are discussed. The indications for elective investigation of th...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ambrosetto P,Galassi E

更新日期：1981-01-01 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