A comparative study on ventriculographic and computerized tomography-guided determinations of brain targets in functional stereotaxis.

abstract：OBJECT:The authors analyzed the role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) as a primary treatment for hydrocephalus and also as an alternative to shunt revision for malfunctioning and infected ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of clinical notes, operation records, and magnetic reso...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： O'Brien DF,Javadpour M,Collins DR,Spennato P,Mallucci CL

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE In the present study the authors aimed to determine preferred locations of meningiomas by avoiding descriptive analysis and instead using voxel-based lesion mapping and 3D image-rendering techniques. METHODS Magnetic resonance images obtained in 248 treatment-naïve meningioma patients with 260 lesions were r...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hirayama R,Kinoshita M,Arita H,Kagawa N,Kishima H,Hashimoto N,Fujimoto Y,Yoshimine T

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors have treated intractable pain, particularly cancer pain related to bone metastasis, with various protocols. Cancer pain has been treated by gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS), targeted to the pituitary gland-stalk, as an alternative new pain control method. The purpose of this study was to investigate a ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hayashi M,Taira T,Chernov M,Fukuoka S,Liscak R,Yu CP,Ho RT,Regis J,Katayama Y,Kawakami Y,Hori T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The purpose of this set of studies is to design a minimally invasive, reproducible stroke model in the gyrencephalic brain. This paper provides information on both surgical technique and methods of quantification of ischemic damage to both gray and white matter in the miniature pig. METHODS:Sixteen male miniatu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Imai H,Konno K,Nakamura M,Shimizu T,Kubota C,Seki K,Honda F,Tomizawa S,Tanaka Y,Hata H,Saito N

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure and ventricular size were determined in six patients with impairment of cerebral venous outflow caused by either sagittal sinus thrombosis or arteriovenous shunting into the sagittal sinus. None of the patients had enlargement of the ventricular system, but all six had elevate...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： d'Avella D,Greenberg RP,Mingrino S,Scanarini M,Pardatscher K

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injury to the spinal column and spinal cord occurs relatively infrequently in the pediatric population. A review of 174 pediatric patients is presented, representing 5.4% of all patients admitted with spinal injury. Spinal cord injury was present in 45% of patients. A distinct injury profile, explained by anatomical a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hamilton MG,Myles ST

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infestation of the central nervous system with sparganum, the larva of Spirometra mansoni, is rare. Only 27 cases have been reported in the literature; however, the true incidence might be underestimated. Two cases are reported that were definitively diagnosed by stereotactic biopsy techniques. Without a positive hist...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tsai MD,Chang CN,Ho YS,Wang AD

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors undertook a study to identify magnetic resonance (MR) imaging techniques that can be used reliably during gamma knife surgery (GKS) to identify the trigeminal nerve, surrounding vasculature, and areas of compression. METHODS:Preoperative visualization of the trigeminal nerve and surrounding vasculat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zerris VA,Noren GC,Shucart WA,Rogg J,Friehs GM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelomeningocele presenting as a retromediastinal mass originating from the midline defect through the fused T-4, T-5, and T-6 VBs is described. An 11-year-old boy with a completely normal systemic and neurological examination suffering pulmonary problems such as effort dyspnea and severe kyphosis was evaluated and an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Börcek AO,Ergün E,Emmez H,Kurt G,Dogulu F,Baykaner MK

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Systemic administration of 23.5% hypertonic saline enhances cerebral blood flow (CBF) in patients with poor-grade spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Whether the increment of change in CBF correlates with changes in autoregulation of CBF or outcome at discharge remains unknown. METHODS:Thirty-five patien...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tseng MY,Al-Rawi PG,Czosnyka M,Hutchinson PJ,Richards H,Pickard JD,Kirkpatrick PJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The calcium antagonist nimodipine has been shown to reduce the incidence of ischemic complications following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Although most randomized studies have been focused on the effect of the peroral administration of nimodipine, intravenous infusion is an alternative and the prefe...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kronvall E,Undrén P,Romner B,Säveland H,Cronqvist M,Nilsson OG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to compare the effects of two different treatment protocols on physiological characteristics and outcome in patients with brain trauma. One protocol was primarily oriented toward reducing intracranial pressure (ICP), and the other primarily on maintaining cerebral perfusion pressure (CP...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Howells T,Elf K,Jones PA,Ronne-Engström E,Piper I,Nilsson P,Andrews P,Enblad P

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The cerebellomedullary fissure (CMF) is a space between the cerebellum and the medulla oblongata, which often adhere to each other. The purpose of the present study was to demonstrate the importance of the unilateral CMF dissection for clipping vertebral artery (VA)-posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kawashima M,Takase Y,Matsushima T

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the risk of intracranial hemorrhage in patients with malignant gliomas who are treated with anticoagulant drugs for late postoperative venous thromboembolism, the authors retrospectively reviewed the computerized data base of all patients with primary brain tumors seen at the University of California, San...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Choucair AK,Silver P,Levin VA

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six cases of posterior cervical fusion with rib grafts in children are reported. Four of the children had sustained cervical spine injuries in accidents, and two had congenital absence of the odontoid. Three-level fusions (C1-3) were done in four children, and four-level fusions (C1-4) in two. One child died of unrela...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： McWhorter JM,Alexander E,Davis CH,Kelly L

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors analyzed the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) and geographic variations on survival rates for adults and children with glioma, studying the data of 30,489 adults and 2940 children from the Cancer Registry in England and Wales. METHODS:The median survival time and crude survival rates for eight ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tseng MY,Tseng JH,Merchant E

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The evolution of microsurgical and endoscopic techniques has allowed the development of less invasive transcranial approaches. The authors describe a purely endoscopic transpterional port craniotomy to access lesions involving the cavernous sinus and the anterolateral skull base. METHODS:Through single- or d...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Andrade-Barazarte H,Patel K,Turel MK,Doglietto F,Agur A,Gentili F,Tymianski R,Mendes Pereira V,Tymianski M,Radovanovic I

更新日期：2019-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a novel approach to the management of high-output heart failure secondary to an intracranial high-flow dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) by using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). To the best of the authors' knowledge, this represents the first report of an embolization performed in con...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Burry M,Reig AS,Beierle EA,Chen MK,Mericle RA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of complete anatomical compartmentalization of the cavernous sinus in a patient with bilateral Type D cavernous dural arteriovenous fistulae is described. This anatomical anomaly isolated the anterior cavernous sinus and orbital venous system, which was primarily responsible for the patient's clinical ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chaloupka JC,Goller D,Goldberg RA,Duckwiler GR,Martin NA,Viñuela F

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Recently, concern has been raised that hyperventilation following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) could lead to cerebral ischemia. In acute ischemic stroke, in which the baseline metabolic rate is normal, reduction in cerebral blood flow (CBF) below a threshold of 18 to 20 ml/100 g/min is associated with ene...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Diringer MN,Videen TO,Yundt K,Zazulia AR,Aiyagari V,Dacey RG Jr,Grubb RL,Powers WJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary operations for the removal of retained bone fragments have been performed in 116 of the 1133 casualties with craniocerebral missile wounds incurred in the war in Vietnam, 1967 to 1970. Various complications developed in 19 of these 116 casualties. Dehiscence of the wound occurred in eight patients, five of w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Meirowsky AM

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The putative mechanism of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for medically refractory epilepsy is desynchronization of hippocampal and thalamocortical circuitry; however, the nature of the dose-response relationship and temporal dynamics is poorly understood. For greater elucidation, a study in a nonepileptic rat model was...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ilyas A,Toth E,Pizarro D,Riley KO,Pati S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A silver colloid staining technique for identifying nucleolar organizer region-associated proteins (Ag-NOR's) was applied to 51 human gliomas. These comprised 20 glioblastomas multiforme, 15 anaplastic astrocytomas, and 16 astrocytomas, in which the mean numbers of Ag-NOR's per cell (+/- standard error of the mean) we...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kajiwara K,Nishizaki T,Orita T,Nakayama H,Aoki H,Ito H

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome following decompressive laminectomy and spinal irradiation has been evaluated in 104 consecutive patients with epidural metastatic neoplasia, using broad criteria for successful outcome. Of patients so treated, 33% were benefited, while 23% became worse. Both tumor histology and the preoperative neurologic...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dunn RC Jr,Kelly WA,Wohns RN,Howe JF

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Insular gliomas can be resected with acceptable rates of neurological morbidity, but little is known with regard to impairment of higher-order neurocognitive functions. The frequency and functional impact of neurocognitive deficits in patients with gliomas has until recently been underappreciated. The authors th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wu AS,Witgert ME,Lang FF,Xiao L,Bekele BN,Meyers CA,Ferson D,Wefel JS

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of suppression of postischemic reactive hyperemia on the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and ischemic brain edema after temporary focal cerebral ischemia was studied in cats under ketamine and alpha-chloralose anesthesia. Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured by a thermal diffusion method and a hydroge...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kuroiwa T,Shibutani M,Okeda R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on a 57-year-old woman in whom progression to brain death occurred on day 9 after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage without evidence of significant brain edema or vasospasm. Neuromonitoring demonstrated that brain death was preceded by a series of cortical spreading depolarizations that occurred in...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Carlson AP,Shuttleworth CW,Major S,Lemale CL,Dreier JP,Hartings JA

更新日期：2018-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The author presents a follow-up review of 61 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and at least two intracranial artery aneurysms in whom only the ruptured aneurysm had been clipped. During a 10-year follow-up period, seven patients bled from a previously unruptured aneurysm; four of the hemorrhages were fatal. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Heiskanen O

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors report the 3-year results of the Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial (BRAT). The objective of this ongoing randomized trial is to compare the safety and efficacy of microsurgical clip occlusion and endovascular coil embolization for the treatment of acutely ruptured cerebral aneurysms and to compare funct...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Spetzler RF,McDougall CG,Albuquerque FC,Zabramski JM,Hills NK,Partovi S,Nakaji P,Wallace RC

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new microclip for use on blood vessels 300 mu to 1 mm in diameter is described. This clip is suitable for either temporary or permanent occlusion and has been used in experimental applications. Potential clinical applications are described. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Andrews BT,Lutz A,Bederson JB,Pitts LH

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00