Speech bubble: dysphasia secondary to spontaneous intraparenchymal pneumocephalus.

abstract：:Objective: Contralateral C7 nerve root transfer surgery has been successfully applied to rescue motor function of a hemiplegic upper extremity in patients with central neurological injury. This surgical technique is challenging, and limited anatomical space makes it difficult to manipulate tissues and may lead to high...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jiang S,Chen W,Shen YD,Qiu YQ,Yu AP,Xu WD

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-grade (WHO level I) meningiomas are slow-growing, benign tumours typically presenting with unspecific symptoms (e.g. headache), seizures, cranial nerve compression and neuropsychological symptoms determined by location and size of the lesion. Haemorrhagic onset and sequelae are rare, and have been described infreq...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sakowitz OW,Harting I,Kohlhof P,Unterberg AW,Steiner HH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases has been carried out at the Leeds Gamma Knife Centre since March 2009. The aim of this study was to examine the outcomes and toxicity in our initial cohort of patients. The medical records of patients with brain metastases referred to the Leeds Gamma Knife Centre be...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Banfill KE,Bownes PJ,St Clair SE,Loughrey C,Hatfield P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial penetration during attempted nasogastric intubation is a rare, often lethal occurrence. We report the inadvertent introduction of a nasogastric tube intracranially in a neonate following repair of unilateral choanal atresia. Following manual removal of the tube, the patient made a good recovery. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nathoo N,Nadvi SS

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reviewed the records of 53 patients with visual impairment secondary to pituitary macroadenomas and studied the visual outcome after surgery. After transsphenoidal procedures visual field defects improved in 89% of the patients and visual acuity improved in 82%. There were 13 cases of acute symptomatic intratu...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Peter M,De Tribolet N

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasonic aspirators are commonly used to resect brain tumours because they allow safe, rapid and accurate removal of diseased tissue. Since ultrasonic aspirators generate a spray of aerosolized irrigating fluid around the instrument tip, we questioned whether this spray might contain viable tumours cells that could ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Preston JK,Masciopinto J,Salamat MS,Badie B

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate if there are possible gender differences in relation to outcome following closed severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a predominantly Asian population. A study was conducted using our prospectively maintained TBI database of 672 patients with severe TBI admitted into ou...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ng I,Lee KK,Lim JH,Wong HB,Yan XY

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to delineate preoperative factors that may predict perforator injuries following open surgery for an unruptured middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysm. METHODS:The authors conducted a retrospective review of 85 consecutive patients who underwent surgical clipping of 91 unrupture...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yeon JY,Kim JS,Hong SC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distant intraventricular metastasis is extremely rare in childhood craniopharyngioma. Here, we report the isolated posterior ventricular recurrence of an adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma, in a child previously treated with surgery and proton beam therapy for local progression. The importance of surveillance imaging ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Carleton-Bland N,Kilday JP,Pathmanaban ON,Stivaros S,Kelsey A,Kamaly-Asl ID

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosurgical shunts occasionally act as a conduit for seeding of central nervous system tumours to the abdomen. Retrograde spread of extra-neural tumours to the central nervous system is exceedingly rare. We report the first case of an abdominal primary tumour spreading to the spinal cord via a lumbo-peritoneal shunt...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Frantzias J,Polyzoidis S,Rajagopal S,Bullock P

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous air embolism (VAE) is a potentially serious complication in neurosurgery. It occurs most commonly during craniotomy in the sitting position. Diagnosis is difficult in awake patients on spontaneous ventilation due to different clinical manifestations. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are essential. We report venou...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kumar R,Goyal V,Chauhan RS

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of chronic subdural haematoma (CSH), spanning from its possibly earliest beginnings throughout the centuries until the early 1980s, was investigated within the context of four different epochs. In the 'era of uncertainty', successful trephination, the modem method of choice for the treatment of CSH, was de...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Weigel R,Krauss JK,Schmiedek P

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients with aneurysms were studied with transcranial Doppler before, during and after endovascular treatment with Guglielmi detachable coils. Catheterization of the anterior circulation decreased middle cerebral artery velocities by 15-20%. Inserting coils into the aneurysms increased pulsatility indices mode...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rowe JG,Byrne JV,Molyneux A,Rajagopalan B

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic fungal inflammatory disease prevalent in India and Sri Lanka. Its manifestations are mostly nasal and extranasal lesions are relatively rare. Occasional atypical presentations of this disease lead to diagnostic dilemma. Herein we report on a case of nasopharyngeal rhinosporidiosis having ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dutta G,Singhal GD,Singh D,Singh H,Srivastava AK,Jagetia A

更新日期：2018-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE:Hypertensive spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages (ICH) cause significant morbidity and mortality. In this study, we aimed to investigate the association between calcium level at admission and outcome in hypertensive ICH patients. METHODS:658 hypertensive ICH patients were enrolled from January 2...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mao J,Jiang W,Liu G,Jiang B

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernous sinus meningiomas (CSM) are complex skull base lesions that, due to their particular anatomical location, render surgical management difficult. Their symptomatology is versatile, and the clinical outcome is difficult to predict. We present the case of a 57-year old female patient who experienced phantosmia -...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Morosanu CO,Clamp PJ,Teo MK

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of cranial fascitis presenting as an incidental finding. A 2 1/2-year-old girl had skull radiographs performed after sustaining a minor head injury, which revealed a lytic skull lesion. We describe the salient features of the case and review the current literature of this rare benign inflammatory co...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Boddie DE,Distante S,Blaiklock CT

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients presented with nocardial brain abscesses, one as secondary to overwhelming pulmonary infection following a thoracic empyema, the second as a primary abscess. Both patients had immunopression. Such an infection should be considered early in any patient who is immunocompromised. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Buxton N,McIntosh J

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to analyse all cases of spinal osteosarcoma (OS) treated in a regional bone tumour unit over the last 27 years. We were primarily interested in overall survival following tumour surgery, and if there is a difference in the survival of patients undergoing en bloc resection versus no...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bhatia R,Beckles V,Fox Z,Tirabosco R,Rezajooi K,Casey AT

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A subdural empyema with a Salmonella species as the likely causative organism is presented. We believe that this is the first reported case of such an infection in an HIV positive patient. The difficulties in treatment and diagnosis are discussed. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： J Parker S P Harland A S Protheroe P

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: When treating intracranial aneurysms with open microsurgery, rare cases arise in which an ipsilateral approach leads to poor visualization, lack of proximal control, or potential damage to nearby vital structures due to the anatomy of the aneurysm. Case Description: We describe a patient with a small, unru...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nussbaum ES,Kallmes KM

更新日期：2019-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A selected series of 14 patients with lumbar disc prolapse causing sciatica have been operated successfully with outpatient (daycase) surgery. Postoperative pain has been much less than expected. This form of surgery has proved very acceptable to patients and to their family doctors. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Griffith H,Marks C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three patients treated for cervical radiculopathy by anterior cervical discectomy and BOP grafting. Because of recurrent symptoms re-exploration was carried out 30 months later in the first case, 10 months in second and 8 months in the third case. At reoperation the grafts were disrupted into easily separabl...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hafez RF,Crockard HA

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results from the Danish model of acoustic neuroma surgery are presented. In the period from 1976 to 1985, 300 patients with acoustic neuromas were operated upon using the translabyrinthine procedure. Only one small intrameatal tumour was encountered; 96 tumours were medium sized and 203 were larger than 25 mm. Of ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Thomsen J,Tos M,Harmsen A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course of 21 patients who underwent syringopleural shunting for syringomyelia is summarised. All the patients were continuing to deteriorate at the time of the operation. Objective improvement was seen in nine patients following the procedure but three subsequently deteriorated. Contralateral syrinx sympt...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Williams B,Page N

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 510 patients with proven aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is reported. The incidence of recurrent haemorrhage during the period awaiting surgery was 13.7%. There was no significant difference in incidence between good and poor grade patients. Following rebleeding there was an immediate mortality o...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： O'Neill P,West CR,Chadwick DW,Conway M,Foy PM,Maloney P,Pickard JD,Spillane JA,Shaw MD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernous angiomas affecting the optic pathway are rare. This report describes the case of a 12-year-old girl who presented with a 10-month history of right-sided blurred vision caused by a cavernous angioma affecting the right side of the optic chiasm. The computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrated a hyperdense image...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sun XY,Yu F

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) lead revision due to suboptimal therapy is common but there is no standardised protocol. We describe a novel technique using iMRI to perform concurrent new Globus Pallidus Internus (GPi) DBS lead implantation and old lead removal in a dystonia patient. Case-description: A 60-year...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hwang BY,Mampre D,Mills K,Courtney P,Kim MJ,Butala AA,Anderson WS

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: The purpose of this study was to validate the cauda scale (TCS) in an external population. TCS was proposed as a tool to be used to predict the likelihood of cauda equina compression.Methods: We analysed the presenting condition of consecutive patients attending the emergency department undergoing a magnetic ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Angus M,Berg A,Carrasco R,Horner D,Leach J,Siddique I

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliomatosis cerebri (GC), which mainly consists of oligodendroglial tumour cells, is rare and six cases have been documented to date. We present a new case of oligodendroglial gliomatosis cerebri with a favourable response to combination treatment using surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fukushima Y,Nakagawa H,Tamura M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00