Mutism after posterior fossa surgery in children. Report of three cases.

abstract：:OBJECTIVEThe pathogenesis of dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) remains poorly defined. Prior studies on thrombophilia as a risk factor for DAVF development are limited by small sample sizes and poor generalizability.METHODSIn this longitudinal observational study, all patients with intracranial DAVFs evaluated at t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： LaHue SC,Kim H,Pawlikowska L,Nelson J,Cooke DL,Hetts SW,Singh V

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid growth and diffuse brain infiltration are hallmarks of malignant gliomas. The underlying molecular pathomechanisms of these tumors, however, remain to be determined. The authors present a novel glioma invasion model that allows researchers to monitor consecutively tumor cell proliferation and migration in an org...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Eyüpoglu IY,Hahnen E,Heckel A,Siebzehnrübl FA,Buslei R,Fahlbusch R,Blümcke I

更新日期：2005-04-01 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 avian sarcoma virus-induced glioma model in rats was used to evaluate radiation dose response (survival curves), giving fractionated treatments to the whole head. Groups of 14 to 20 rats received total doses of 2300, 4600, or 5750 rads over 2, 4, or 5 weeks, respectively. Median group survival times were compared ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Steinbok P,Mahaley MS Jr,U R,Varia MA,Lipper S,Mahaley J,Dalzell JG,Bigner DD

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Parkinson disease (PD) is often accompanied by various postural abnormalities such as camptocormia (bent spine) or Pisa syndrome (lateral flexion). The authors studied the effect of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) on postural abnormality in patients with PD. METHODS:The authors retrospectiv...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Umemura A,Oka Y,Ohkita K,Yamawaki T,Yamada K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) is a regenerative multifunctional peptide. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that Tβ4 treatment initiated 6 hours postinjury reduces brain damage and improves functional recovery in rats subjected to traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS:Traumatic brain injury was induced by con...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Xiong Y,Zhang Y,Mahmood A,Meng Y,Zhang ZG,Morris DC,Chopp M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Although craniopharyngiomas are benign intracranial tumors, their high recurrence rates and intimate associations with surrounding neurovascular structures make gross tumor resection challenging. Stereotactic radiosurgery has been introduced as a valuable adjuvant therapy for recurrent or residual craniopharyngi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lee CC,Yang HC,Chen CJ,Hung YC,Wu HM,Shiau CY,Guo WY,Pan DH,Chung WY,Liu KD

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in 28 traumatized cats showed the following acute changes after spinal cord compression in the cord segment below the trauma: 1) increase in size of the spinal cord evoked potential; 2) increase in size of the electrospinogram; and 3) increase in frequency of the electrospinogram. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Morrison G,Lorig RJ,Brodkey J,Nulsen FE

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial proton (1H) and phosphorus-31 (31P) magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy of cerebral infarction was performed in rats to assess the sensitivity of these techniques for use in clinical cerebral infarction. In this experimental chronic infarction model, 31P spectroscopy tended to return to a "normal" pattern with...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Houkin K,Kwee IL,Nakada T

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:To establish a new method for the diagnosis of central nervous system diseases, the authors visualized the cerebral cisterns and ventricles via a percutaneous lumbosacral route by using newly developed fine, flexible fiberscopes. METHODS:Fine, flexible fiberscopes, 0.9 and 1.4 mm in diameter, were introduced up...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shimoji K,Ogura M,Gamou S,Yunokawa S,Sakamoto H,Fukuda S,Morita S

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with death in critically ill patients, but this complication has not been well characterized after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of AKI after aSAH and to identify risk factors for renal dysfunction. S...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Eagles ME,Powell MF,Ayling OGS,Tso MK,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2019-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged coma following severe head injury is a serious condition because it implies a poor prognosis. In order to assess the magnitude of this phenomenon, the authors have reviewed 135 cases of posttraumatic unconsciousness lasting more than 2 weeks, from among the entire propulation of patients with severe head inj...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bricolo A,Turazzi S,Feriotti G

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors studied outcomes and complications in patients who harbored arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and underwent stereotactic radiosurgery involving the Novalis shaped beam unit. METHODS:Between January 1998 and January 2002, 83 patients were treated with radiosurgery at University of California, Los An...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pedroso AG,De Salles AA,Tajik K,Golish R,Smith Z,Frighetto L,Solberg T,Cabatan-Awang C,Selch MT

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Glioblastoma is the most aggressive malignant brain tumor, and overall patient survival has not been prolonged even by conventional therapies. Previously, the authors found that chemically synthesized glycans could be anticancer agents against growth of a series of cancer cells. In this study, the authors examin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Faried A,Arifin MZ,Ishiuchi S,Kuwano H,Yazawa S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Little attention has been given to the functional challenges of the insular approach to the resection of gliomas, despite the potential damage of essential neural networks that underlie the insula. The object of this study is to analyze the subcortical anatomy of the insular region when infiltrated by gliomas, a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Martino J,Mato D,de Lucas EM,García-Porrero JA,Gabarrós A,Fernández-Coello A,Vázquez-Barquero A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a technique involving placement of a catheter in the third ventricle in shunt systems for hydrocephalus, in order to avoid obstruction of the proximal catheter by particles of chorioid plexus. They emphasize the simplicity of the technique, lack of morbidity, and the good results they have obtained...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gutierrez-Lara F,Hakim S

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo experiments on the vasoactive effects of vasopressin and oxytocin on cerebral circulation were carried out in anesthetized dogs, using an electromagnetic flowmeter to measure vertebral blood flow and angiography to measure the internal diameter of the basilar artery. Direct bolus infusion of 1 pmol to 1 nmol o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Suzuki Y,Satoh S,Kimura M,Oyama H,Asano T,Shibuya M,Sugita K

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unusual pathological findings were encountered in a temporal lobectomy specimen from a 9-year-old boy with intractable complex partial seizures. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an enlarged left temporal lobe, with diffuse high signal intensity over the cortex and poor gray-white differentiation on T2-weighted imag...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jay V,Becker LE,Otsubo H,Hwang P,Hoffman HJ,Armstrong DC

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors report on their experience with a 3D virtual reality system for planning minimally invasive neurosurgical procedures. METHODS:Between October 2002 and April 2006, the authors used the Dextroscope (Volume Interactions, Ltd.) to plan neurosurgical procedures in 106 patients, including 100 with intracr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Stadie AT,Kockro RA,Reisch R,Tropine A,Boor S,Stoeter P,Perneczky A

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and their close friends and family may be excessively fearful that the patient will have a recurrence, and such fears could play a critical role in the poor recovery shown by many patients The authors examined whether these fears could account for significant variance ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Covey J,Noble AJ,Schenk T

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) is an immunotherapeutic agent with efficacy against certain advanced cancers. The penetration of rIL-2 across the blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier was studied in 12 cancer patients who had no evidence of tumor involvement of the central nervous system. At different times during...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Saris SC,Rosenberg SA,Friedman RB,Rubin JT,Barba D,Oldfield EH

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The management issues of 106 cases of pituitary tumors with a fluid level within the fluid content of the cystic part of the tumor (a "fluid-fluid" level) were reviewed. METHODS:Between 2000 and March 2009, 1660 pituitary tumors were treated neurosurgically at K.E.M. Hospital. Investigations of 106 of these cas...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goel A,Shah A,Jhawar SS,Goel NK

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study examining the possible therapeutic effects of recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha (rHuTNF-alpha) on malignant gliomas without expression of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-receptors, RG-2 glioma cells were tested in vitro as well as in a rat experimental glioma model. A growth inhibition assay reveale...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kiwit JC,Schmitz KH,Daum L,Reifenberger G,Roosen N

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccular aneurysms arising at locations other than at arterial divisions are extremely rare. The authors describe eight such aneurysms that protruded from the dorsal wall of the internal carotid artery (ICA) and were unrelated to any arterial junction. Radical surgery was performed in all eight cases. The aneurysms we...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nakagawa F,Kobayashi S,Takemae T,Sugita K

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:It is generally accepted that hemifacial spasm (HFS) is caused by pulsatile vascular compression upon the facial nerve root exit zone. This 2-3 mm area, considered synonymous with the Obersteiner-Redlich zone, is a transition zone (TZ) between central and peripheral axonal myelination that is situated at the ner...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Campos-Benitez M,Kaufmann AM

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of transverse myelitis caused by Schistosoma mansoni. Although this is a treatable disease if diagnosed in the early stage, it is very rarely seen in developed countries and can result in complications if diagnosis is delayed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ueki K,Parisi JE,Onofrio BM

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-induced protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) fluorescence is an effective surgical adjunct for the intraoperative identification of tumor tissue during resection of high-grade gliomas. The use of 5-ALA-induced PpIX fluorescence in glioblastoma (GBM) has been shown to double the extent of gro...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Almiron Bonnin DA,Havrda MC,Lee MC,Evans L,Ran C,Qian DC,Harrington LX,Valdes PA,Cheng C,Amos CI,Harris BT,Paulsen KD,Roberts DW,Israel MA

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of a patient in whom an intracranial extracerebral melanoma developed in association with a life-long nevus of Ota. Melanotic pigmentation of the skull, periosteum, and meninges beneath the nevus was found at operation. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sagar HJ,Ilgren EB,Adams CB

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paget disease is an idiopathic metabolic disease of bone that may involve the axial and appendicular skeleton. In up to one third of patients there may be pagetoid involvement of the spine, which can cause back pain and vertebral collapse, with instability or myeloradiculopathy. Although medical therapy is the mainsta...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kremer MA,Fruin A,Larson TC 3rd,Roll J,Weil RJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case in which sellar and suprasellar osteogenic sarcoma developed 10 years after radiation therapy for pituitary adenoma. The literature is reviewed and the rarity of this condition discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Amine AR,Sugar O

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00