Recurrent spinal cord tethering by sacral nerve root following lipomyelomeningocele surgery. Case report.

abstract：:OBJECT The authors' goal in this paper is to provide the first clinical, radiological, and genetic studies of panventriculomegaly (PaVM) defined by a wide foramen of Magendie and large cisterna magna. METHODS Clinical and brain imaging data from 28 PaVM patients (including 10 patients from 5 families) were retrospecti...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kageyama H,Miyajima M,Ogino I,Nakajima M,Shimoji K,Fukai R,Miyake N,Nishiyama K,Matsumoto N,Arai H

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant gamma-interferon (2 mg/sq m) was administered intravenously twice weekly in 8-week courses to 14 patients with recurrent gliomas. Computerized tomography (CT) evidence of response was seen in only one patient, and stabilization for 12 to 86 weeks was recorded in three. This was a disappointing result, part...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mahaley MS Jr,Bertsch L,Cush S,Gillespie GY

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Insight may be gained into the physiological mechanisms of deep brain stimulation (DBS) by analyzing local and contralateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) single-unit activity during activation of previously placed DBS electrodes. Special techniques are required to perform such analysis due to the presence of a larg...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Toleikis JR,Metman LV,Pilitsis JG,Barborica A,Toleikis SC,Bakay RA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to elucidate some of the signal transduction processes in human meningioma cells, the authors studied the effect of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and bromocriptine on inositol phospholipid hydrolysis, using low-passage human meningioma cells in culture. Epidermal growth factor is a well-studied mitogenic fact...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Todo T,Fahlbusch R

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to describe six variations of the extreme-lateral craniocervical approach, their application, and treatment results. METHODS:During a 4-year period 69 patients underwent surgery in which six variations of the extreme-lateral craniocervical approach were performed. The variations includ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Salas E,Sekhar LN,Ziyal IM,Caputy AJ,Wright DC

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachnoid cysts are commonly thought to arise from either congenital defects or trauma. In this article the authors report the spontaneous development of a suprasellar third ventricular arachnoid cyst whose origin was not clearly congenital or traumatic. At the age of 4 months, the patient presented with hypertonia, a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Struck AF,Murphy MJ,Iskandar BJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The magnetic resonance longitudinal relaxation time (T1) and transverse relaxation time (T2) of the water proton of the periventricular white and cortical gray matter were measured for 17 control patients and 21 patients with suspected normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). Of the latter group, 14 showed good response t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tamaki N,Shirakuni T,Ehara K,Matsumoto S

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Limited resuscitation following uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock (HS) has been associated with improved outcomes in various animal models, although it has not been previously studied in the setting of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and ethanol intoxication. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zink BJ,Stern SA,McBeth BD,Wang X,Mertz M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Carotid artery (CA) angioplasty with stent placement has been proposed as an alternative technique for revascularization in cases of CA stenosis. In this report the authors review the results of a multicenter Phase I study in which they evaluated the safety and feasibility of using a new self-expanding nitinol s...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Qureshi AI,Suri MF,New G,Wadsworth DC Jr,Dulin J,Hopkins LN

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Growth factors such as bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) have been proven to promote spine fusion and to overcome the disadvantages of an autologous bone graft. The optimum method to deliver such growth factors remains a matter of discussion. The purpose of this study was to determine the safety and efficacy ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kandziora F,Bail H,Schmidmaier G,Schollmeier G,Scholz M,Knispel C,Hiller T,Pflugmacher R,Mittlmeier T,Raschke M,Haas NP

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEThe aim of this study was to describe the current state of epilepsy surgery and establish estimates of seizure outcomes following surgery for medically intractable epilepsy (MIE) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).METHODSThe MEDLINE and Embase databases were searched without publication date restrict...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mansouri A,Taslimi S,Abbasian A,Badhiwala JH,Akbar MA,Alotaibi NM,Almenawer SA,Weil AG,Fallah A,Carmant L,Ibrahim GM

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aims of this study were to construct an animal model of deafferentation of the spinal cord by brachial plexus avulsion and to analyze the effects of subsequent dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) lesions in this model. To this end, the authors measured the clinical and electrophysiological effects of total deaffer...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Guenot M,Bullier J,Sindou M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed on anesthetized cats to determine whether the variability that is common in experimental spinal cord injuries produced by the weight-drop technique can be reduced if a more accurate determination of the actual intensity of the insult to the cord is measured. In addition, determinations of th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Molt JT,Nelson LR,Poulos DA,Bourke RS

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the case of a 20-year-old man who, 3 months after his initial injury, underwent repair of a 1.7-cm defect of the ulnar nerve at the wrist; repair was performed with an acellular nerve allograft. Given the absence of clinical or electrophysiological recovery at 8 months postrepair, the patient under...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Berrocal YA,Almeida VW,Levi AD

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of trigeminal neurinoma are reviewed with particular attention to clinical signs and symptoms, lumbar puncture, electroencephalogram, brain scan, plain skull and tomographic radiographs, and angiographic and pneumoencephalographic findings. Pneumoencephalography, with special tomographic projections to iden...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Levinthal R,Benston JR

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Noninvasive neuroimaging techniques are increasingly identifying unruptured intracranial arterial dissections (IADs) at examination for headache or ischemic symptoms. Approximately 3% of cases of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) are caused by IADs in Japan, but the natural history of unruptured IADs is n...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mizutani T

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Neurosurgical intervention may increase the risk of developing cerebral vein and dural sinus thrombosis (CVT). The clinical management of CVT in postoperative patients remains unclear. This retrospective study explores the disease occurrence, associated risk factors, and outcomes in patients with tumors who ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gessler F,Bruder M,Duetzmann S,Tritt S,Bernstock JD,Seifert V,Senft C

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective cochlear neurotomy for intractable tinnitus is quite difficult to perform because there is no way to approach the cochlear nerve without interfering with other neural structures. The authors successfully performed selective cochlear neurotomy in the cerebellopontine cistern in a patient with persistent intra...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ryu H,Yamamoto S,Sugiyama K,Uemura K

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrochiasmatic craniopharyngiomas are formidable cranial base tumors to resect because of their intimate relationship with neighboring critical neurovascular structures, particularly the undersurface of the optic chiasm and hypothalamus. Radical resection offers the best chance of minimizing tumor recurrence, althoug...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Liu JK,Eloy JA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old man, who had previously had a left atrial myxoma excised, developed recurrent hematomas of the left occipital lobe. Microscopic examination revealed the presence of metastatic myxoma. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ng HK,Poon WS

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelomeningoceles are routinely diagnosed prenatally by using ultrasonography. Because the level of the neural defect has been shown to correlate with functional and cognitive outcome in infants with myelomeningocele, it is of prognostic importance to identify the level prenatally. The authors report on a case in whic...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： McEwing RL,Pretorius DH,James HE,Daneshmand S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Patients with intracranial vertebrobasilar artery (VBA) atherosclerotic occlusive disease have few therapeutic options. Unfortunately, VBA transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) herald a lethal or devastating event within 5 years in 25 to 30% of patients. The authors report their initial experience with eight patient...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rasmussen PA,Perl J 2nd,Barr JD,Markarian GZ,Katzan I,Sila C,Krieger D,Furlan AJ,Masaryk TJ

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) in CSF can provide a very high diagnostic value in cases of intracranial germ cell tumors (GCTs), especially in pure germinomas, to the level of not requiring histological confirmation. Unlike other tumor markers, reliable data analysis with respect to the diagnostic valu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aihara Y,Watanabe S,Amano K,Komatsu K,Chiba K,Imanaka K,Hori T,Ohba T,Dairoku H,Okada Y,Kubo O,Kawamata T

更新日期：2018-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to establish the therapeutic window during which delayed therapy with MgSO4 improves neurological motor outcome in rats that have suffered severe traumatic axonal brain injury. METHODS:Severe brain injury was induced in male Sprague-Dawley rats by using the impact-acceleration model o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Heath DL,Vink R

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first reported instance of identical twins with moyamoya disease is presented. The involved portions of the main intracranial arteries were similar, but the formation of the moyamoya vessels was somewhat different. The cause fo obstructive changes in large intracranial arteries remains obscure, but the frequent fa...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamada H,Nakamura S,Kageyama N

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated the effects of exogenous basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in combination with intravenous methylprednisolone on neurological function and cord angiogenesis in a model of spinal cord injury. Cord injury was produced by extradural clip compression through a T-1 laminectomy. Rats were randomize...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Baffour R,Achanta K,Kaufman J,Berman J,Garb JL,Rhee S,Friedmann P

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of rats with induced arterial hypertension were studied. One group underwent section of the left common carotid artery with an end-to-side anastomosis of the proximal segment to the right common carotid artery. The second group was subjected to ligation of the left common carotid artery. The number of aneur...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Alvarez F,Roda JM

更新日期：1986-09-01 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：:The surgical indication for spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhage is not as controversial as the operative management of intracranial hemorrhage. Timing of the operation is crucial: intervening too early can produce an additional strain on the patient and an increased risk, while waiting too long to evacuate the hematoma ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mohadjer M,Eggert R,May J,Mayfrank L

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of concentrated conditioned medium from each of eight human malignant glioma cell lines on the growth of indicator cells (normal rat kidney fibroblasts (NRK), clone 14) was determined in monolayer and in soft agar assay systems. The conditioned medium from all cell lines was mitogenic in the monolayer assay...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rutka JT,Rosenblum ML,Stern R,Ralston HJ 3rd,Dougherty D,Giblin J,DeArmond S

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00