Successful implantation of a deep brain stimulator for essential tremor in a patient with a preexisting cochlear implant: surgical technique: technical case report.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Neurophysiological intraoperative monitoring of the glossopharyngeal nerve has been performed only with needle electrodes inserted into the pharyngeal muscles or soft palate. We describe a noninvasive method of monitoring this cranial nerve. METHODS:A 30-year-old man who presented with headache, as well as s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Husain AM,Wright DR,Stolp BW,Friedman AH,Keifer JC

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefits of intraoperative autotransfusion of autologous blood on the conservation of allogenic blood, including cost-effectiveness and the consequences for hemoglobin level and coagulation tests. METHODS:The Hoemonetics Cell Saver 4 autotransfusion system (Hoemo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cataldi S,Bruder N,Dufour H,Lefevre P,Grisoli F,François G

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent studies of age-related effects on cognition and performance have raised concerns about the appropriate timing and regulatory surveillance of retirement for surgeons. Little is known about the practice patterns and retirement plans of aging neurosurgeons. Analyses of informed opinions on possible regula...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Scarrow AM,Linskey M,Asher AL,Anderson VC,Selden NR

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of solitary neurogenic tumors of the brachial plexus unassociated with von Recklinghausen's disease are presented. One patient had a malignant schwannoma. The lesion of the other patient was benign and was diagnosed pathologically as a plexiform neurofibroma. These uncommon neurogenic tumors of the brachial ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Richardson RR,Siqueira EB,Oi S,Nunez C

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate patients' clinical outcome, survival, and performance status, at the long-term follow-up evaluation after aggressive microsurgical resection of petroclival meningiomas. METHODS:During a 13-year period (1991-2004), 150 patients underwent 207 operative procedures for resection of petroclival mening...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Natarajan SK,Sekhar LN,Schessel D,Morita A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the bypass techniques, cranial base approaches, results of treatment, causes of failure, and lessons that are learned in patients with posterior circulation aneurysms requiring revascularization. METHODS:Retrospectively, 19 patients with posterior fossa aneurysms requiring revascularization proce...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Evans JJ,Sekhar LN,Rak R,Stimac D

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-nine patients harboring recurrent brain tumors received four cycles of infraophthalmic carotid injections of 160 mg of carmustine. Two milligrams of intravenous vincristine and 50 mg of oral procarbazine was also administered three times daily for 1 week in conjunction with each BCNU treatment. The response ra...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Watne K,Hannisdal E,Nome O,Hager B,Hirschberg H

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case involving giant and multiple aneurysms of the distal posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) is presented. Of the 130 reported cases of peripheral aneurysms of the PICA, 6 have been described as giant aneurysms and 5 have involved multiple aneurysms located on a single PICA. The occurrence of multiple aneur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dernbach PD,Sila CA,Little JR

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sitting prone position is compared with the standard laminectomy prone position and the sitting up position for posterior fossa surgery. We measured central venous pressure and airway pressure with the patient in different positions to determine the comparative efficacy of the sitting prone position. On a linear a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cook AW,Siddiqi TS,Nidzgorski F,Clarke HA

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: The Division of Neurosurgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham was formally founded in 1954 under the leadership of James Garber Galbraith. The following 60 years would see neurosurgery at the forefront of the development of a nationally recognized medical center in the heart of Birmingham, Alabama. The Dep...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Foreman PM,Markert JM,Diethelm AG,Hadley MN

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the investigation was to evaluate the effects of d-propranolol upon temporary cerebral ischemia followed by a period of reperfusion, that is, a situation analogous to major cerebral artery embolization. Twenty adult cats, lightly anesthesized with nitrous oxide, underwent 4 hours of right middle cerebra...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Latchaw JP,Little JR,Slugg RM,Lesser RP,Stowe N

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The notion of nanotechnology has evolved since its inception as a fantastic conceptual idea to its current position as a mainstream research initiative with broad applications among all divisions of science. In the first part of this series, we reviewed the structures and principles that comprise the main body of know...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Leary SP,Liu CY,Apuzzo ML

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have divided head injury into three categories based on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) (severe, 3-8; moderate, 9-12; and minor, 13-15). In a previous report, we described significant disability after minor head injury. The present report describes 199 patients with moderate head injury, 159 of whom underwent follow-u...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rimel RW,Giordani B,Barth JT,Jane JA

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Symptomatic basilar artery stenosis has a poor prognosis. Treatment options are limited. Surgical bypasses are technically demanding and of no proven benefit. Percutaneous angioplasty is associated with a significant complication rate, because of intraplaque dissection, restenosis secondary to ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lanzino G,Fessler RD,Miletich RS,Guterman LR,Hopkins LN

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatic brain injuries remain a treatment enigma with devastating late results. As terminally differentiated tissue, the brain retains little capacity to regenerate, making early attempts to preserve brain cells after brain injury essential. OBJECTIVE:To resuscitate damaged tissue by modulating edema, sol...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Argenta LC,Zheng Z,Bryant A,Tatter SB,Morykwas MJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:The presence of a residual arteriovenous malformation (AVM) on postoperative angiograms is typically an indication for prompt return to the operating room to complete resection, because of the risk of early hemorrhage. This approach, however, may involve risks of neurological deficits when the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bendok BR,Getch CC,Ali MJ,Parish T,Batjer HH

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebral autoregulation maintains a relatively stable cerebral blood flow over a range of perfusion pressures. During exercise, regional cerebral blood flow may be elevated in particular areas of the brain. This case report presents the impact of aerobic exercise on intracranially measured pressure and brain ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bollo RJ,Williams SC,Peskin CS,Samadani U

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axial magnetic resonance (MR) images of non-neoplastic spinal cord cavities were reviewed in 115 patients with otherwise complete neurological and neuroradiological findings. The variations in axial morphology revealed three distinct cavitary patterns. These patterns were as follows: 1) symmetrically enlarged central ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Milhorat TH,Johnson RW,Milhorat RH,Capocelli AL Jr,Pevsner PH

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:We present a unique case of an anterior cranial base von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL)-associated microcystic neoplasm. To determine the lesion's relationship with VHL and its appropriate management, we discuss its salient clinical, pathological, and molecular features. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Xu DS,Dirks MS,Quezado MM,Lubensky IA,Zhuang Z,Lonser RR,Asthagiri AR

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional brain tissue catecholamine concentrations were measured in 5 control rats and in 10 rats 72 hours after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Catecholamine levels were determined in the cerebral hemispheres, brain stem, and cerebellum of each animal using a radioenzymatic assay. Three days after SAH, th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Solomon RA,McCormack BM,Lovitz RN,Swift DM,Hegemann MT

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Median nerve neuropathy can be clinically devastating to a patient. It can be caused by compression of the median nerve anywhere along its course. We present the case of delayed median nerve neuropathy after the placement of a vascular graft in the arm. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:An arm shunt was p...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Goldstein LJ,Helfend LK,Kordestani RK

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In spinal deformity treatment, the increased utilization of 3-column (3CO) osteotomies reflects greater comfort and better training among surgeons. This study aims to evaluate the longitudinal performance and adverse events (complications or revisions) for a multicenter group following a decade of 3CO. OBJE...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Diebo BG,Lafage V,Varghese JJ,Gupta M,Kim HJ,Ames C,Kebaish K,Shaffrey C,Hostin R,Obeid I,Burton D,Hart RA,Lafage R,Schwab FJ,International Spine Study Group (ISSG) of Denver, Colorado.

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Venous thromboembolism is a common complication of traumatic brain injury with an estimated incidence of 25% when chemoprophylaxis is delayed. The timing of initiating prophylaxis is controversial given the concern for hemorrhage expansion. OBJECTIVE:To determine the safety of initiating venous thromboembol...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Frisoli FA,Shinseki M,Nwabuobi L,Zeng XL,Adrados M,Kanter C,Frangos SG,Huang PP

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Three-dimensional computed tomographic angiography (3-D-CTA) can be used to evaluate cerebrovascular disease. A potential limitation of this technology is obscuration of vascular anatomy by bone. In view of this, we developed a method for bone-free rendering using iterative relative fuzzy connectedness (IR...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Abrahams JM,Saha PK,Hurst RW,LeRoux PD,Udupa JK

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:The development of new devices, especially controlled detachable coils, has made the endovascular approach one of the modalities for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms. We describe the treatment and present the results of 35 patients treated by selective occlusion of basilar artery aneurysms in our department dur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pierot L,Boulin A,Castaings L,Rey A,Moret J

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboembolic and ischemic complications frequently occur during and after endovascular procedures, because of associated arterial injury and the thrombogenic characteristics of arterial catheters, contrast agents, and implanted devices such as coils and stents. Platelet adhesion, activation, and aggregation occurrin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Qureshi AI,Luft AR,Sharma M,Guterman LR,Hopkins LN

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients who survive aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) are at risk for delayed neurological deficits (DND) and cerebral infarction. In this exploratory cohort comparison analysis, we compared in-hospital outcomes of aSAH patients administered a low-dose intravenous heparin (LDIVH) infusion (12 U/kg/h...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kole MJ,Wessell AP,Ugiliweneza B,Cannarsa GJ,Fortuny E,Stokum JA,Shea P,Chryssikos T,Khattar NK,Crabill GA,Schreibman DL,Badjatia N,Gandhi D,Aldrich EF,James RF,Simard JM

更新日期：2020-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of hemipontine hematoma from the rupture of a cryptic vascular malformation presenting as a cerebellopontine angle tumor is reported. The clinical features of and surgical approaches to partial pontine hematomas are briefly reviewed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Russell B,Rengachary SS,McGregor D

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:OBJECTIVE AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: We present two cases of post-traumatic indirect carotid-cavernous fistulas. Trauma produces the direct type of carotid-cavernous fistula in almost all cases, and recognition that trauma may induce the indirect type has been rarely reported. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:Both patie...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jacobson BE,Nesbit GM,Ahuja A,Barnwell SL

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00