An alternative ultrasonographic approach to assess basilar artery flow.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:Formation of cerebral de novo aneurysms (CDNAs) is rare, and the pathogenesis remains obscure. We analyzed factors involved in formation of CDNAs and suggest guidelines for follow-up of patients. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:We retrospectively reviewed intracranial aneurysms at our institute and pub...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rahmah NN,Horiuchi T,Kusano Y,Sasaki T,Hongo K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An original stereotactic radiosurgical approach coupling a) Talairach's stereotactic methodology, b) a specially devised mechanical system, and c) a linear accelerator is detailed. The authors present their preliminary results on 66 patients with nonsurgical intracranial arteriovenous malformations. The doses delivere...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Betti OO,Munari C,Rosler R

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extreme lateral disc herniation with compression of the nerve root as it exits through the foramen has been a recognized entity for a number of years. Until recently, this diagnosis was made infrequently except at the time of operation. Reported here are 12 cases of root compression from disc herniation at the level o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Godersky JC,Erickson DL,Seljeskog EL

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that structural details that have not been described previously would be revealed in cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM) through the use of high-field magnetic resonance and confocal microscopy. The structural details of CCMs excised from patients were sought by examination with high-field ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shenkar R,Venkatasubramanian PN,Zhao JC,Batjer HH,Wyrwicz AM,Awad IA

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is an effective option in the management of brain metastases, offering improved overall survival to whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT). However, given the need for active surveillance and the possibility of repeated interventions for local/distant brain recurrences, the bala...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Warsi NM,Karmur BS,Brar K,Moraes FY,Tsang DS,Laperriere N,Kondziolka D,Mansouri A

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is general agreement that aggressive management and monitoring of the patient with closed head injury with control of intracranial pressure (ICP) will improve patient survival and eventual outcome. Conversely, there is little agreement on the value of surgical craniectomy for increasing intracranial volume and s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gower DJ,Lee KS,McWhorter JM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A neoplastic cerebral aneurysm from lung cancer is an extremely rare occurrence despite its high metastatic potential to the brain. We report a neoplastic cerebral aneurysm from small-cell lung carcinoma that caused an intracerebral hematoma. A 63-year-old man underwent an urgent craniotomy for a massive intracerebral...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Murata J,Sawamura Y,Takahashi A,Abe H,Saitoh H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a retrospective study of 107 consecutive patients with syndromic forms of craniosynostosis (craniofacial dysostosis) seen by the craniofacial team at the Hospital for Sick Children between 1986 and 1992. There were 51 patients with Crouzon's syndrome, 33 with Apert's syndrome, 8 with Pfeiffer syndrome, 11...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Siddiqi SN,Posnick JC,Buncic R,Humphreys RP,Hoffman HJ,Drake JM,Rutka JT

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Traumatic fracture-dislocations of the lumbosacral junction are rare, with all previously reported cases involving fracture-dislocations at a single level. No cases of multiple fracture-dislocations of contiguous spinal segments in the lumbosacral spine have been reported. A case of traumatic a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kaplan SS,Wright NM,Yundt KD,Lauryssen C

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A systematic follow-up of infants with an obstetric brachial plexus lesion of C5 and C6 or the superior trunk showing satisfactory spontaneous recovery of shoulder and arm function except for voluntary shoulder exorotation, who underwent an accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer to improve active shoulder ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： van Ouwerkerk WJ,Uitdehaag BM,Strijers RL,Frans N,Holl K,Fellner FA,Vandertop WP

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is a well-established surgical therapy for patients with Parkinson disease (PD). OBJECTIVE:To define the role of adjacent white matter stimulation in the effectiveness of STN-DBS. METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated 43 patients with PD who rece...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Avecillas-Chasin JM,Honey CR

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Vertebrobasilar insufficiency resulting from disease of the subclavian artery is well recognized. Usually, this occurs as the "subclavian steal" syndrome in the context of chronic subclavian stenosis and is consequently well tolerated because of collateralization. Acute disruption of the hemody...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Amar AP,Levy ML,Giannotta SL

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebral vasospasm is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients who are hospitalized because of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Recent work has suggested that activation of the complement cascade contributes to the development of cerebral vasospasm. To further examine this hypothesis,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： German JW,Gross CE,Giclas P,Watral W,Bednar MM

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This work evaluates the potential of lipid-coated microbubbles (LCM) as a delivery vehicle for lipid-soluble antineoplastic agents. We have shown, in rats, the selective affinity of intravenously administered LCM for tumor cells. They are internalized by the tumor cells both in vitro and in vivo. The specific...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ho SY,Barbarese E,D'Arrigo JS,Smith-Slatas C,Simon RH

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Today, physicians in general and neurosurgeons in particular practice in an era of fundamental change in Medicine from a profession to an industry. This change has produced erosion in the very personal physician-patient relationship. "The Morning Visit" is a poem written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., M.D., a 19th cen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ciric IS

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is uncertainty regarding the management of unruptured Spetzler-Martin grade 3 brain arteriovenous malformations (SMG3 ubAVM). OBJECTIVE:To analyze our series of patients treated by surgery. METHODS:A single-surgeon database of consecutively enrolled bAVMs (between 1989 and 2014) was analyzed. Adverse...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Morgan MK,Assaad N,Korja M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate that malignant glioneuronal tumors comprise a large spectrum of neoplasms, without mature ganglion-like cells, that may histologically resemble any malignant glioma (World Health Organization Grade III or IV) but have a distinct biological behavior. METHODS:This series includes all tumors diag...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Varlet P,Soni D,Miquel C,Roux FX,Meder JF,Chneiweiss H,Daumas-Duport C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ocular fundus abnormalities, especially intraocular hemorrhage, may represent a clinically useful prognostic marker in patients with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). OBJECTIVE:To evaluate associations between ocular fundus abnormalities and clinical outcomes in acute SAH. METHODS:Prospective evaluation...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sharma RA,Garza PS,Biousse V,Samuels OB,Newman NJ,Bruce BB

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have reported a clinical trial of an autologous cervical sympathetic ganglion transplanted into the brain of a parkinsonian patient. A 45-year-old woman presented with bradykinesia and a gait disturbance for 8 years under L-dopa treatment. The patient underwent stereotactic transplantation of the right ste...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Itakura T,Komai N,Ryujin Y,Ooiwa Y,Nakai M,Yasui M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The surgical benefit to pseudo-occlusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) is controversial. Because the benefit of carotid endarterectomy for pseudo-occlusion of the ICA remains uncertain, we examined the use of carotid stenting as a possible alternative treatment for this condition. METHODS:Twenty cases...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Terada T,Tsuura M,Matsumoto H,Masuo O,Tsumoto T,Yamaga H,Itakura T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of a patient with two preexisting Silastic syringosubarachnoid shunt catheters who developed Enterobacter meningitis. The infection was treated successfully with systemic and intrathecal antibiotics without removal of the catheters. With careful sequential clinical and laboratory monitoring, even thi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tomaszek DE,Powers SK

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to describe a modified technique for the reduction and stabilization of unstable Jefferson fractures. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:We present the case of an isolated unstable Jefferson fracture in a 33-year-old woman. The patient was the victim of a motor vehicle accident. Her neurological examination was...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tessitore E,Momjian A,Payer M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Socioeconomic changes have imposed many administrative demands on neurosurgeons, including managing facilities such as the intensive care unit without absolute authority and maintaining referrals, marketing in an increasingly competitive environment, effecting change within stubborn hospital systems, negotiat...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Giller CA

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:Although multiple cerebral aneurysms ae well recognized, a new aneurysm has only rarely been documented after successful treatment for an aneurysm elsewhere. In our consecutive series of 986 patients with intracranial saccular arterial aneurysm collected from 1975 to 1990, nine patients who had previously unverified (...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sakaki T,Tominaga M,Miyamoto K,Tsunoda S,Hiasa Y

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neonatal germinal matrix hemorrhage/intraventricular hemorrhage is common and often results in hydrocephalus. The pathogenesis of posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus is not fully understood. OBJECTIVE:To explore the potential role of hemoglobin and iron released after hemorrhage. METHODS:Artificial cerebrospinal...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Strahle JM,Garton T,Bazzi AA,Kilaru H,Garton HJ,Maher CO,Muraszko KM,Keep RF,Xi G

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain stem hemorrhage was first recorded in 1812. Its origin has been the subject of much study and experimentation. We review the studies that stress mechanical forces because dynamic axial distortion of the brain stem is a major factor in the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Thompson RK,Salcman M

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioma imaging, used for diagnostics, treatment planning, and follow-up, is currently based on standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) modalities (T1 contrast-enhancement for gadolinium-enhancing gliomas and T2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery hyperintensity for nonenhancing gliomas). The diagnostic acc...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Verburg N,Pouwels PJ,Boellaard R,Barkhof F,Hoekstra OS,Reijneveld JC,Vandertop WP,Wesseling P,de Witt Hamer PC

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The posterior meningeal artery (PMA) normally arises from the vertebral artery; however, its origin varies considerably as the result of its embryological development. This gains clinical significance when associated with vascular pathology. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 65-year-old man presented to his local hosp...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Aronson JP,Murray PJ,Ogilvy CS

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome after single or staged stereotactic thalamotomies in 17 patients with dystonia and 2 patients with hemiballismus is reviewed. All patients were severely disabled by their movement disorders despite optimal pharmacological therapies. Eight of the patients with dystonia (47%) showed moderate improvement imme...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cardoso F,Jankovic J,Grossman RG,Hamilton WJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00