Myxomatous cyst of the brachial plexus. Case report.

abstract：OBJECT:The authors have previously reported that the results of using cadaveric fibula and locking plate (CF/LP) fusion following anterior cervical discectomy (ACD) for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy and myelopathy are superior to those obtained using autologous iliac crest (AIC) grafts in the short term. The long-...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shapiro S,Connolly P,Donnaldson J,Abel T

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with severe postoperative hemiplegia and one with hemiplegia following a subarachnoid hemorrhage are presented. None had hematomas. All were treated with dopamine-induced hypertension, mannitol, and large quantities of intravascular fluids. All showed a remarkable degree of clinical improvement, presuma...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brown FD,Hanlon K,Mullan S

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphometric and chemical changes in the arterial wall were studied after 12 months of diet-induced atherosclerosis in rhesus monkeys treated with either bilateral surgical thoracic sympathectomy or propranolol. There was a marked reduction in the progression of atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries and a moderate r...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lichtor T,Davis HR,Johns L,Vesselinovitch D,Wissler RW,Mullan S

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fourth Editor of the Journal of Neurosurgery offers short vignettes on the Editors who preceded and succeeded him. He recounts some of the challenges that were faced and changes that were made during his time as Editor. One of the major changes was production of the Journal via computer. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Collins WF

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Thromboembolic phenomena (TEPs) continue to be a significant source of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing neurosurgery. Although the efficacy of low-dose heparin in preventing TEPs in neurosurgical patients is well established, neurosurgeons are reluctant to use it perioperatively because of concern ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Constantini S,Kanner A,Friedman A,Shoshan Y,Israel Z,Ashkenazi E,Gertel M,Even A,Shevach Y,Shalit M,Umansky F,Rappaport ZH

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The key to the successful microvascular decompression of the trigeminal nerve is the maintenance of the separation between the trigeminal nerve and the offending vessel. The authors describe a technique whereby a dural sling is fashioned from the tentorium cerebelli (the anatomy of which is briefly reviewed), which is...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Melvill RL,Baxter BL

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was fourfold: 1) to determine the incidence of traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (tSAH) in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI); 2) to verify agreement in the diagnosis of tSAH in a multicenter study; 3) to assess the incidence of tSAH on the outcome of the patient; and 4) to establi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mattioli C,Beretta L,Gerevini S,Veglia F,Citerio G,Cormio M,Stocchetti N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraventricular rupture of a colloid cyst is a rare phenomenon and has been proposed as a mechanism for sudden death in patients with colloid cysts. Imaging of a colloid cyst during rupture has been described in only one other instance. The authors report a highly unusual case of a 53-year-old man who presented with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Westwick HJ,Obaid S,Morin-Roy F,Champagne PO,Bouthillier A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Subthalamotomy is a stereotactic surgery performed in patients with disabling dyskinesias due to Parkinson disease. The authors set out to model this human condition in MPTP monkeys and determine if subthalamotomy allowed a reduction of levodopa for similar benefit. METHODS:The authors performed unilateral subt...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jourdain VA,Grégoire L,Morissette M,Morin N,Parent M,Di Paolo T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Concussion is the signature American football injury of the 21st century. Modern varsity helmets, as compared with vintage leather helmets, or "leatherheads," are widely believed to universally improve protection by reducing head impact doses and head injury risk for the 3 million young football players in the U...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bartsch A,Benzel E,Miele V,Prakash V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Verbal memory deficits remain a major complication of dominant hemisphere temporal lobectomy for epilepsy. The extent of this deficit was assessed preoperatively and 1 month and 1 year postoperatively with the Wechsler Verbal Memory Scale (WMSV) in 14 adults undergoing left temporal lobectomy. Intraoperative localizat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ojemann GA,Dodrill CB

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen patients referred for atlantoaxial fixation failures were treated surgically with revision procedures during the past decade. Of these 16 patients, atlantoaxial instability occurred because of rheumatoid arthritis in five, as odontoideum in seven, transverse ligament disruption in two, and odontoid fracture no...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dickman CA,Sonntag VK

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of patients who underwent repeated radiosurgery to treat a residual intracranial arteriovenous malformation (AVM) after an initial radiosurgical treatment failure. METHODS:The authors reviewed the cases of 52 patients who underwent repeated radiosurgery for re...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Foote KD,Friedman WA,Ellis TL,Bova FJ,Buatti JM,Meeks SL

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metrizamide computerized tomographic cisternography (MCTC) has proved 100% successful in documenting the precise anatomic location of the dural osseous defect in three patients with sphenoethmoidal rhinorrhea. In each patient, direct surgical approach to the site indicated by MCTC terminated the leakage in a single pr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Naidich TP,Moran CJ

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of moyamoya disease associated with aneurysm are reported. In three cases, the aneurysms were located at the peripheral portion of the posterior choroidal artery, and in two at the basilar artery. Based on these cases, the symptoms and mechanisms of formation of aneurysms in moyamoya disease are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kodama N,Suzuki J

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a surgical technique for resection of dumbbell tumors of the spine. The transparaspinal exposure combines laminectomy and sectioning of the paraspinal muscles through a transverse incision. The procedure allows total tumor resection by means of a single posterior approach in selected patients, thus...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Onesti ST,Ashkenazi E,Michelsen WJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Neurogenesis, which is upregulated by neural injury in the adult mammalian brain, may be involved in the repair of the injured brain and functional recovery. Therefore, the authors sought to identify agents that can enhance neurogenesis after brain injury, and they report that (Z)-1-[N-(2-aminoethyl)-N-(2-ammoni...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lu D,Mahmood A,Zhang R,Copp M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The differentiation of malignant lymphomas from gliomas or malignant gliomas by conventional MRI can be difficult. The authors studied Gd-enhanced MR images to obtain a differential diagnosis between malignant lymphomas and gliomas without central necrosis or cystic changes and investigated the diagnostic value ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamasaki F,Takayasu T,Nosaka R,Amatya VJ,Doskaliyev A,Akiyama Y,Tominaga A,Takeshima Y,Sugiyama K,Kurisu K

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A growing number of published studies have recently demonstrated the role of resection in overall survival (OS) for patients with gliomas. In this retrospective study, the authors objectively investigated the role of the extent of resection (EOR) in OS in patients with low-grade gliomas (LGGs). METHODS:Between ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ius T,Isola M,Budai R,Pauletto G,Tomasino B,Fadiga L,Skrap M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors determined the landmarks and coordinates for intraoperative ventricular puncture directly from the supraorbital craniotomy opening via an eyebrow incision. Fifty magnetic resonance (MR) imaging studies were obtained from patients with no pathological cerebral characteristics or ventricular distortion. The ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Menovsky T,De Vries J,Wurzer JA,Grotenhuis JA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the authors describe two patients with recurrent hemiparesis and limb shaking that gradually progressed to hemichorea. Cerebral angiography confirmed severe unilateral internal carotid artery stenosis (95%) contralateral to the hemichorea. The cerebral blood flow, assessed using N-isopropyl-p-(iodine-123...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Morigaki R,Uno M,Suzue A,Nagahiro S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is associated with several central nervous system (CNS) diseases and abnormalities, and is often postulated as a causative factor and promising therapeutic target in these settings. The authors' goal was to reassess the contribution of VEGF to the biology and...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Merrill MJ,Oldfield EH

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to establish the therapeutic window during which delayed therapy with MgSO4 improves neurological motor outcome in rats that have suffered severe traumatic axonal brain injury. METHODS:Severe brain injury was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats by using the impact-acceleration model o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Heath DL,Vink R

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors review the cases of 60 children (aged 5 months to 18 years) with thalamic tumors who were seen at The Hospital for Sick Children between 1951 and 1983. The diagnosis of thalamic tumor was based on neuroradiological studies; 33 children were first seen in the pre-computerized tomography (CT) era and 27 sinc...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bernstein M,Hoffman HJ,Halliday WC,Hendrick EB,Humphreys RP

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This study was conducted to evaluate the value of postoperative CT scans in determining the probability of return to the operating room (OR) and the optimal time to obtain such scans to determine the effects of surgery. METHODS:Between January and December 2006 (12 months), all postoperative head CT scans obtai...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Khaldi A,Prabhu VC,Anderson DE,Origitano TC

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The head-shaking method combined with cisternal irrigation has been proposed to be effective in preventing cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) by facilitating rapid washout of the clot from the subarachnoid space. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of this method. METHODS:...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kawamoto S,Tsutsumi K,Yoshikawa G,Shinozaki MH,Yako K,Nagata K,Ueki K

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytogenetic studies of three rare childhood brain tumors were performed. Two children presented with pure rhabdoid tumors. The third child had a tumor composed of a mixture of rhabdoid elements with neuroepithelial, epithelial, and mesenchymal tissue - an atypical teratoid tumor. All three tumors demonstrated monosomy...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Biegel JA,Rorke LB,Packer RJ,Emanuel BS

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Infiltrative tumor resection is based on regional (macroscopic) imaging identification of tumorous tissue and the attempt to delineate invasive tumor margins in macroscopically normal-appearing tissue, while preserving normal brain tissue. The authors tested miniaturized confocal fiberoptic endomicroscopy by usi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Martirosyan NL,Cavalcanti DD,Eschbacher JM,Delaney PM,Scheck AC,Abdelwahab MG,Nakaji P,Spetzler RF,Preul MC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Primary and metastatic neoplasms of the lumbosacral junction frequently pose a complex problem for the surgical management and stabilization of the spine because of the anatomical and biomechanical factors of this transition zone between spine and pelvis. The authors have used a modification of the Galveston tec...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jackson RJ,Gokaslan ZL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few neurosurgeons have stressed the occurrence, manifestations, and resectability of intramedullary spinal arteriovenous malformations (AVM's). In six of 17 patients in the authors' series of operable spinal AVM's, the lesions had major intramedullary components. Three of these six patients presented with subarachnoid...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cogen P,Stein BM

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00