Long-term impact of cognitive deficits and epilepsy on quality of life in patients with low-grade meningiomas.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fifty percent of implanted cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts fail within 2 years, primarily because of obstruction of the proximal catheter. Percutaneous techniques to reduce the morbidity of shunt revision are being developed. The authors describe the development of a device that uses ultrasonic cavitation to...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ginsberg HJ,Drake JM,Peterson TM,Cobbold RS

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor-associated sacral insufficiency fractures (SIF) present a significant clinical challenge. As survival increases for many malignancies, sacral fractures associated with metastases, sacral or extended pelvic radiation, and paraneoplastic osteoporosis are increasingly common and yet remain difficult to tr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Moussazadeh N,Laufer I,Werner T,Krol G,Boland P,Bilsky MH,Lis E

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:We report an unusual case of basal ganglia granulomas caused by Candida albicans that surrounded the proximal segment of a nonfunctional cerebrospinal fluid shunt in a previously healthy patient. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 22-year-old woman had undergone ventriculoatrial cerebrospinal fluid shunt...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Soto-Hernández JL,Ramírez-Crescencio MA,Moreno Estrada VM,del Valle Robles R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Spinal epidural lipomatosis, which causes symptomatic compression of neural elements, is a well known but uncommon complication of Cushing's syndrome. Spinal epidural lipomatosis has been reported frequently in association with chronic systemic corticosteroid therapy, but thus far only one case...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sandberg DI,Lavyne MH

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:As the use of flow-diverting stents (FDSs) for intracranial aneurysms expands, a small number of case reports have described the successful treatment of blister aneurysms of the internal carotid artery with flow diversion. Blister aneurysms are uncommon and fragile lesions that historically ha...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mazur MD,Taussky P,MacDonald JD,Park MS

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rat model of cortical vein occlusion by the photochemical thrombotic technique was used to evaluate whether monitoring the change in the local cerebral blood flow (LCBF) could predict brain damage after cortical vein occlusion. The cortical vein occlusion was attained by using the photochemical thrombotic technique,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nakase H,Kakizaki T,Miyamoto K,Hiramatsu K,Sakaki T

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Skull base osteosarcomas are aggressive neoplasms characterized by bony invasion and extracompartmental/extra-osseous soft tissue extension that pose obstacles to achieving complete resection. Management is further complicated by the paucity of data regarding the efficacy of surgery within the treatment para...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Raza SM,Habib A,Wang WL,Gildey PW,Conley AP,Nader ME,Hanna EY,Su SY,DeMonte F

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Animal and human studies have shown increased delivery of radiolabeled compounds across the blood-brain-tumor barrier using intra-arterial (IA) Cereport (RMP-7; Alkermes Inc., Cambridge, MA) with a radiolabeled tracer. This present study assesses the safety, tolerance, and preliminary efficacy of the IA admin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cloughesy TF,Black KL,Gobin YP,Farahani K,Nelson G,Villablanca P,Kabbinavar F,Viñeula F,Wortel CH

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reports of cervical perimedullary arteriovenous shunt (PMAVS) are limited, and treatment strategies have not been established. OBJECTIVE:To describe angioarchitecture and optimal treatment strategies for cervical PMAVS. METHODS:We treated 22 patients with cervical PMAVS between 2000 and 2012 (8 women and 1...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Endo T,Shimizu H,Sato K,Niizuma K,Kondo R,Matsumoto Y,Takahashi A,Tominaga T

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anterior microforaminotomy for spondylotic cervical myelopathy is reported with surgical results. METHODS:A retrospective study was performed for 40 patients with spondylotic cervical myelopathy who had been surgically treated with anterior microforaminotomy at the University of Pittsburgh between April 1994...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jho HD,Kim MH,Kim WK

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IN 1891, Dr. Cemil Topuzlu operated on a brain abscess that originated as a complication of a depression fracture of the cranial inner table. The patient presented with Jacksonian seizures on his left side after a sharp trauma resulting in a 15 cm-long scalp laceration and underlying linear cranial fracture in the rig...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mut M,Dinç G,Naderi S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the CCM3 gene in a population of 61 families with a positive family history of cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM), 8 of which had suggestive linkage to the CCM3 locus. METHODS:We searched for mutations within the CCM3 interval using a high-throughput screening technique, temperature-gradient ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Guclu B,Ozturk AK,Pricola KL,Bilguvar K,Shin D,O'Roak BJ,Gunel M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness of the telovelar approach with tonsillar manipulation for approaching the recesses of the fourth ventricle. METHODS:A telovelar approach was performed in 8 injected cadaveric heads. Areas of exposure were measured for the superolateral and lateral recesses. Horizontal angles were...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jittapiromsak P,Sabuncuoglu H,Deshmukh P,Spetzler RF,Preul MC

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Interhemisperic lipomas are almost always associated with hypogenesis or agenesis of the corpus callosum. These lesions are stable. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:We report a case of an interhemispheric lipoma in a 72-year-old man who had undergone myelolipomatous differentiation. INTERVENTION:Gross total excision o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Suri V,Sharma MC,Suri A,Karak AK,Garg A,Sarkar C,Jain D

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To conduct a pilot trial of mild intraoperative hypothermia during cerebral aneurysm surgery. METHODS:One hundred fourteen patients undergoing cerebral aneurysm clipping with (n = 52) (World Federation of Neurological Surgeons score < or =III) and without (n = 62) acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SA...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hindman BJ,Todd MM,Gelb AW,Loftus CM,Craen RA,Schubert A,Mahla ME,Torner JC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We compared long-term seizure outcome and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients who underwent epilepsy surgery and matched medically treated nonsurgical controls with intractable epilepsy. METHODS:Medically treated controls were identified for patients operated on for epilepsy between January 1,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stavem K,Bjørnaes H,Langmoen IA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of giant cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) remains a challenge. OBJECTIVE:To propose hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (HSRT) as a part of staged treatment, and evaluate its effect by analyzing AVM volume changes. METHODS:From 2001 to 2007, 20 AVMs larger than 5 cm were treated...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Xiao F,Gorgulho AA,Lin CS,Chen CH,Agazaryan N,Viñuela F,Selch MT,De Salles AA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that certain prostanoids are mediators of the pathological features of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and that a reduced synthesis of prostacyclin in the vessel wall might also contribute to the cerebral vasospasm associated with this malady. The present study was performed, therefore, t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： White RP,Robertson JT

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and radiographic presentations of 3 patients with intraventricular cavernous hemangioma are described. The accumulated total of 19 cases from the literature are compared to determine whether there is a common clinical and radiographic presentation for this benign intraventricular lesion. The differential ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chadduck WM,Binet EF,Farrell FW Jr,Araoz CA,Reding DL

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial electrical recordings and stimulation of neurosurgical patients have been central to the advancement of human neuroscience. The use of these methods has rapidly expanded over the last decade due to theoretical and technical advances, as well as the growing number of neurosurgical patients undergoing funct...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chiong W,Leonard MK,Chang EF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Intracranial giant optic nerve gliomas, usually presumed as optic chiasmatic gliomas, are much less common. The architectural tumor form of optic nerve glioma without neurofibromatosis type 1 is usually the expansile-intraneural pattern. The exophytic optic nerve gliomas without neurofibromatos...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tong Z,Wanibuchi M,Uede T,Tanabe S,Hashi K

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review a single-institution's 12-year experience of treating malignant gliomas with linear accelerator-based radiosurgery. METHODS:One hundred patients were treated for malignant gliomas at the University of Florida between May 1, 1989, and June 12, 2002. Patient variables were entered into a radiosurgery...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ulm AJ 3rd,Friedman WA,Bradshaw P,Foote KD,Bova FJ

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although transarterial regional hypothermia is an attractive alternative to general hypothermia, its efficacy and underlying mechanisms remain unclear. OBJECTIVE:To confirm transarterial regional hypothermia therapeutic effects on ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury and to elucidate the mechanisms responsible...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kurisu K,Abumiya T,Nakamura H,Shimbo D,Shichinohe H,Nakayama N,Kazumata K,Shimizu H,Houkin K

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ollier disease (OD) and Maffucci syndrome are closely related, very rare syndromes, that are both associated with multiple sites of chondrodysplasia. They differ primarily with the additional association of Maffucci syndrome with vascular abnormalities, including hemangiomas. Both are associated with chondros...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ranger A,Szymczak A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of congenital lumbar stenosis producing lower extremity spasticity and bladder dysfunction in a young child is presented. Myelography demonstrated a marked stenosis of the spinal canal at L-2, L-3, and decompressive laminectomy resulted in a marked improvement in symptoms. A discussion of lumbar stenosis in gen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dauser RC,Chandler WF

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between June 1979 and May 1994, I performed 148 unilateral or bilateral sympathectomies on 247 limbs in 110 patients using a percutaneous radiofrequency technique, usually on an outpatient surgery basis. Patient ages ranged from 10 to 81 years, with 45 male and 65 female patients. Four patients had unsuccessfully unde...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wilkinson HA

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of spinal surgery is an important part of the spine-related sciences. The development of treatment strategies for spine-related disorders is acquired from the Western literature. In this article, an Eastern physician, Ibn Sina, who is known as Avicenna in the West, and his treatise, Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Naderi S,Acar F,Mertol T,Arda MN

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether adult human dorsal root ganglion neurons can be isolated and maintained in long-term tissue culture, where they would extend processes. METHODS:Dorsal root ganglia were removed from adult human organ donors within 2 hours of clamping the aorta. They were then treated with enzymes for one...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sosa IJ,Reyes O,Inserni J,Kuffler DP

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Spine deformities, notably scoliosis, are known to occur in conjunction with syringomyelia. This study aims to analyze the effect of laminectomies performed in the course of treatment of syringomyelia. It examines the incidence, severity, and type of spine deformity as it relates to the extent and location of...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Batzdorf U,Khoo LT,McArthur DL

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Vestibular schwannomas with meningioma islets have been rarely reported in the literature; they have been observed only among patients with neurofibromatosis Type II. We present a case of a sporadic mixed tumor in a patient without neurofibromatosis Type II that was not suspected before surgery...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lüdemann W,Stan AC,Tatagiba M,Samii M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00