Anosmia and isolated ACTH deficiency following a road traffic accident. Case report.

abstract：OBJECT:Chronic sinusitis can be a debilitating disease with significant impact on quality of life. Frontal sinusitis has a relatively low prevalence, but complications can be severe due to its anatomical location. After failure of conservative measures, typically endoscopic procedures are performed to improve the drain...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： van Dijk JM,Wagemakers M,Korsten-Meijer AG,Kees Buiter CT,van der Laan BF,Mooij JJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author describes a woman in whom an S1-2 fracture developed after L4-S1 decompression and fusion. Osteoporosis was not present, but the lesion failed to respond to conservative therapy, necessitating surgical extension of the spinal fusion. Although biomechanical complications of lumbosacral fusion are uncommon, p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bose B

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients undergoing brain tumor surgery are at high risk for the occurrence of a thromboembolic event. To identify a laboratory marker suitable for risk estimation the authors studied the perioperative time pattern of routine coagulation parameters and the specific hemostasis activation marker D-dimer in 28 consecutiv...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vukovich TC,Gabriel A,Schaeffer B,Veitl M,Matula C,Spiss CK

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Available data indicate that the concentration of prostaglandin F2alpha required to produce arterial spasm in an experimental model is approximately a thousand-fold higher than the concentration that occurs under physiological conditions. The spasmogenic platelet factor which has been previously described is shown to ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kapp JP,Robertson JT,White RP

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma manifesting clinical and radiological characteristics unusual for a meningioma are reported. The patient in Case 1 was a 22-year-old man with a 9-year history of bilateral visual disturbances and recent dyspnea. An en plaque skull base mass, which was partially resected, w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamaki T,Ikeda T,Sakamoto Y,Ohtaki M,Hashi K

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Blunt traumatic cerebrovascular injury (TCVI) represents structural injury to a vessel due to high-energy trauma. The Biffl Scale is a widely accepted grading scheme for these injuries that was developed using digital subtraction angiography. In recent years, screening CT angiography (CTA) has been used to i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Foreman PM,Griessenauer CJ,Kicielinski KP,Schmalz PGR,Rocque BG,Fusco MR,Sullivan JC 3rd,Deveikis JP,Harrigan MR

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Despite the increasing use of immunotherapy in the treatment of metastatic melanoma, the effects of this therapy on the management of patients with associated brain metastases are not completely defined. The authors undertook this study to determine the effectiveness of resection and the effects of immunotherapy...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lonser RR,Song DK,Klapper J,Hagan M,Auh S,Kerr PB,Citrin DE,Heiss JD,Camphausen K,Rosenberg SA

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Over the past 15 years stereotactic radiosurgery has become an accepted surgical option for patients with medically unresponsive trigeminal neuralgia (TN). The mechanism whereby radiosurgery causes pain relief remains unclear. METHODS:A review of recent papers on the radiosurgical management of TN reveals a cor...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pollock BE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of elevated (> or = 75%) jugular venous oxygen saturation (SjvO2) and its relationship to cerebral hemodynamic and metabolic parameters and to outcome after severe head injury. METHODS:Data from 450 severely head injured patients admitted to the Neurosurgic...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cormio M,Valadka AB,Robertson CS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe the technique used to safely identify the petrous carotid artery during expanded endonasal approaches to the skull base. A series of 20 cadaveric studies was undertaken to isolate the vidian artery and nerve and to use them as landmarks to the petrous internal carotid artery (...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kassam AB,Vescan AD,Carrau RL,Prevedello DM,Gardner P,Mintz AH,Snyderman CH,Rhoton AL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of catecholamine-secreting paragangliomas of the base of the skull are described. The patients presented with uncontrollable hypertension and, after investigation, tumors were discovered in the regions of the glomus jugulare and pterygopalatine ganglion, respectively. After cardiovascular stabilization and t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Matishak MZ,Symon L,Cheeseman A,Pamphlett R

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Of the intracranial schwannomas, those arising from the vestibular nerves are the most common. Abducens nerve (AN) schwannomas are very rare, and there is limited literature on their optimal management. Therapeutic options include surgery and/or stereotactic radiosurgery. The aim of this study was to evaluat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Prasad GL,Sharma MS,Kale SS,Agrawal D,Singh M,Sharma BS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proximal shunt obstruction or obstruction of the ventricular catheter may present with signs and symptoms of shunt failure with either no cerebrospinal fluid flow or a falsely low intracranial pressure (ICP) upon shunt tap. The author reports a technique for lowering the ICP and for measuring the pressure in patients ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Duncan CC

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Genetic alterations of the PTEN gene (also known as MMAC1 or TEP1) have frequently been identified in high-grade gliomas, indicating that inactivation of PTEN plays a crucial role in human glioma progression. The aim of this study was to assess the biological significance of PTEN inactivation in the development ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Adachi J,Ohbayashi K,Suzuki T,Sasaki T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 24 aneurysms occurring in 23 patients under the age of 18 years (mean 12 years) are analyzed. The male:female ratio was 2.8:1, and the youngest patient was 3 months old. Mycotic lesions and those associated with other vascular malformations were excluded. Forty-two percent of the aneurysms were located ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Meyer FB,Sundt TM Jr,Fode NC,Morgan MK,Forbes GS,Mellinger JF

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of cerebral aspergillosis. This is only the fifth case following intracranial surgery noted in the literature. Pathogenesis, angiographic findings, and results of cerebrospinal fluid culture are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Galassi E,Pozzati E,Poppi M,Vinci A

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thalamic, pallidal, and hypothalamic targets were determined in 16 patients by a stereotactic computerized tomography (CT) study using a noninvasive technique with Laitinen's Stereoadapter. At surgery, the Stereoadapter was remounted to the head and the stereotactic CT coordinates were transferred to the Stereoguide w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hariz MI,Bergenheim AT

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Cooperative Study on the Timing of Aneurysm Surgery evaluated the results of surgical and medical management in 3521 patients between December, 1980, and July, 1983. At admission, 75% of patients were in good neurological condition and surgery was performed in 83%. At the 6-month evaluation, 26% of t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kassell NF,Torner JC,Haley EC Jr,Jane JA,Adams HP,Kongable GL

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The object of this study was to define caudate nucleus locations responsive to intraoperative direct electrical stimulation for tinnitus loudness modulation and relate those locations to functional connectivity maps between caudate nucleus subdivisions and auditory cortex. METHODS:Six awake study participant...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Perez PL,Wang SS,Heath S,Henderson-Sabes J,Mizuiri D,Hinkley LB,Nagarajan SS,Larson PS,Cheung SW

更新日期：2019-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The magnetic properties of 12 different types of aneurysm clip were investigated in order to identify which clips allow postoperative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging without risk. Clip-induced MR artifacts were also quantitatively studied using a geometrical phantom. Nonferromagnetic aneurysm clips like the Yaşargil P...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Romner B,Olsson M,Ljunggren B,Holtås S,Säveland H,Brandt L,Persson B

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A methodology for dosimetric verification of radiation therapy plans was developed and implemented. Dosimetric accuracy of clinically active intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and intensity-modulated radiosurgery (IMRS) programs was assessed using this methodology. METHODS:The methodology included several ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Agazaryan N,Ullrich W,Lee SP,Solberg TD

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-year-old boy had a sore throat, followed in 4 weeks by acute rheumatic fever and in 6 weeks by atlanto-axial dislocation. Reduction of the dislocation by means of a halo vest relieved his pain, but the cervical spine remained unstable after 3 months of immobilization and required an occiput-C1-2 fusion and rib gr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bicknell JM,Kirsch WM,Seigel R,Orrison W

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to compare designed scaffolds with a random-pored sponge scaffold to determine what role scaffold architecture plays in a cortical injury model. METHODS:Cylindrical scaffolds (3x3 mm) were made of a poly-(epsilon-caprolactone) polymer with 2 different molds from a 3D printer and had ei...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wong DY,Krebsbach PH,Hollister SJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation was conducted to further elucidate both the significance of a calvarial suture and the compensatory ability of the cranial vault. Four-week-old male New Zealand White rabbits were subjected to unilateral or bilateral extirpation of the coronal suture after insertion of metallic markers, and were the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Alberius P,Selvik G,Ekelund L

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Quantitative assessment of tumor microvascularity has the potential to improve prognostication, advance understanding of tumor biology, and help narrow potential molecular therapies. While the role of tumor microvascularity has been widely studied in meningiomas, this study examines both the role of automate...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Karsy M,Burnett B,Di Ieva A,Cusimano MD,Jensen RL

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a report of five cases in which a bullet penetrated the vertex of the skull and brain, apparently during its vertical descent after having been fired into the air. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hanieh A

更新日期：1971-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secure fixation of the sacrum is technically challenging. The bone of the dorsal sacral surface is often thin, making hook fixation tenuous. The use of bone screws in the sacral pedicles has gained popularity, but rigidity is often not achieved and screw pullout is common. Solid constructs have been achieved using ang...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Baldwin NG,Benzel EC

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Brain metastases from gastrointestinal cancers are rare. However, the incidence is increasing because patients with gastrointestinal carcinoma tend to live longer due to earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment of systemic disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Gamma Knife surge...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Da Silva AN,Nagayama K,Schlesinger DJ,Sheehan JP

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal epidural hematomas (SEHs) are uncommon complications of traumatic injury to the spine. Emergency surgical evacuation is the standard treatment. Although it is recognized in the literature, the possibility of nonsurgical treatment of traumatic SEH is far from being codified. The authors report excellent outcomes...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： La Rosa G,d'Avella D,Conti A,Cardali S,La Torre D,Cacciola F,Longo M,Tomasello F

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case with two mycotic aneurysms in the cavernous portion of the internal carotid artery, presumably secondary to a transient bacteremia from pneumonia. The strikingly rapid development of the aneurysms was demonstrated by angiography. Painful total ophthalmoplegia and extophthalmos were the main c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shibuya S,Igarashi S,Amo T,Sato H,Fukumitsu T

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00