External ventricular drain insertion accuracy: is there a need for change in practice?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To stratify the risk of embolization during the treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) by grade and to assess its impact on the overall treatment risk. METHODS:Patients with cerebral AVMs treated with embolization between 1995 and 2004 were retrospectively reviewed. Age, sex, AVM grade, loc...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kim LJ,Albuquerque FC,Spetzler RF,McDougall CG

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen studies on psychosocial aspects of back pain are reviewed. Among six studies trying to differentiate pain of organic and functional origin, only two studies claim to be able to make such a distinction. Psychological disturbance--studied with a variety of instruments--proved to be an important factor affecting...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Keel PJ

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A critical concept in brachial plexus reconstruction is the accurate assessment of functional outcomes. The current standard for motor outcome assessment is clinician-elicited, outpatient clinic-based, serial evaluation of range of motion and muscle power. However, discrepancies exist between such clinical m...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Smith BW,Chang KW,Saake SJ,Yang LJ,Chung KC,Brown SH

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Frequently, the cervicothoracic junction can be reached through a simple anterior approach. In some cases, access to this region requires a much more aggressive surgical intervention, such as manubriotomy or sternotomy. Information regarding the need for such interventions is particularly useful to have preop...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Karikari IO,Powers CJ,Isaacs RE

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate, regardless of the clinical results, the contribution of combining functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with intraoperative cortical brain mapping (iCM) as functional targeting methods for epidural chronic motor cortex stimulation (MCS) in refractory neuropathic pain. METHODS:Eighteen neu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pirotte B,Voordecker P,Neugroschl C,Baleriaux D,Wikler D,Metens T,Denolin V,Joffroy A,Massager N,Brotchi J,Levivier M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery for spinal metastases remains the mainstay treatment for pain, instability, and neurological deterioration due to tumor infiltration of the spine. However, several new therapies are emerging which may improve outcomes further, and in some cases even replace the need for surgery. We now have a better understand...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Choi D,Bilsky M,Fehlings M,Fisher C,Gokaslan Z

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a new suction device with prehensile properties that has proved itself particularly useful in the removal of certain types of tumor, especially extramedullary. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cantore G,Ciappetta P

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ALTHOUGH FUNCTIONAL SURGERY for movement disorders did not begin in Korea until after the introduction of the stereotactic apparatus in 1958, some surgeons had already begun operating on epileptic patients, psychiatric patients, and patients with pain disorders even before the Korean War broke out in 1950. The Korean ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hwang SN

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A two-stage approach using orbitozygomatic (OZ) and retrosigmoid (RS) craniotomies is one option for the management of petroclival lesions with supratentorial extension. The goal of this study was to investigate the supratentorial and infratentorial exposures of the clivus obtained through this staged approac...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Little AS,Jittapiromsak P,Crawford NR,Deshmukh P,Preul MC,Spetzler RF,Bambakidis NC

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Vascular malformations in the optic pathway are rare. Only one case of pathologically confirmed arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the optic nerve has been reported previously. We document the case of a patient with an optic nerve AVM who presented with optic apoplexy that was diagnosed with t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Muragaki Y,Ujiie H,Ohno M,Kubo O,Hori T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two nitrosourea compounds--1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) and 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea (CCNU)--have been used in the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors after operation and/or radiotherapy. Hematological and nonhematological toxicity were recorded in 272 patients treated b...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Robustelli della Cuna G,Paoletti P,Bernardo G,Knerich R,Butti G,Cuzzoni Q

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:The present article describes a rare presentation of Type I neurofibromatosis (NFI) involving adjoining intercostal plexiform neurofibromas, as well as the novel use of thoracoscopy to guide surgical resection. This presentation highlights the manner in which NFI may affect selective regions of...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Salazar F,Machado A,Murthy S,Boulis NM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients in whom the diagnosis of an intracranial arteriovenous malformation was suspected either by the history and clinical findings or by abnormal periorbital Doppler flow are discussed. Sixteen patients had only minor complaints or inconclusive signs or were clinically asymptomatic; 4 others presented with ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sommer C,Müllges W,Ringelstein EB

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) is used in tens of thousands of spinal fusions each year. A trial evaluating a high-dose BMP formulation demonstrated that its use may be associated with an increased risk of cancer. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether BMP, as commonly used today, is associated with an increased r...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lad SP,Bagley JH,Karikari IO,Babu R,Ugiliweneza B,Kong M,Isaacs RE,Bagley CA,Gottfried ON,Patil CG,Boakye M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hyperbaric oxygenation is a rarely used method of treatment for steroid-refractory radiation-induced edema after stereotactic radiosurgery. We present its successful implementation for a radiosurgical complication after the treatment of a deep, large arteriovenous malformation. We also review the literature o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lynn M,Friedman WA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Origination of the temporopolar artery (TPA) from the supraclinoid internal carotid artery (ICA) represents a rare anatomic variation, and the presence of aneurysms at this uncommon site has never before been reported. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:Two patients presented with a sudden onset of headach...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Alkadhi H,Schuknecht B,Imhof HG,Yonekawa Y

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1978 to 1988, 314 patients with malignant astrocytoma were treated by our neuro-oncology team. Twenty-five patients were excluded from further analysis because of a lack of adequate follow-up, the brain-stem location of the tumor, or an age of less than 18 years. Of the 289 remaining patients in the valid study g...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Salcman M,Scholtz H,Kaplan RS,Kulik S

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endovascular surgery is the first-line treatment for indirect cavernous carotid fistulae (CCFs). This study compares multiple treatment techniques. OBJECTIVE:To compare endovascular techniques for indirect CCF treatment. METHODS:Retrospective analysis was performed of prospectively maintained records at 4 ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Alexander MD,Halbach VV,Hallam DK,Cooke DL,Ghodke BV,Dowd CF,Amans MR,Hetts SW,Higashida RT,Meyers PM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The lateral extracavitary approach (LECA) and costotransversectomy (CTE) are 2 dorsolateral approaches that avoid entrance into the pleural cavity and facilitate ventral decompression. The indications and outcomes of each of these approaches have not been fully defined in the literature. OBJECTIVE:To assess...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lubelski D,Abdullah KG,Mroz TE,Shin JH,Alvin MD,Benzel EC,Steinmetz MP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The vicinity of carotid-ophthalmic aneurysms to the roof of the cavernous sinus, to the anterior clinoid process, and to the optic nerve or the optic chiasm requires well-defined surgical techniques. Although microsurgical techniques with ipsilateral direct approaches to these aneurysms have been described in...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fries G,Perneczky A,van Lindert E,Bahadori-Mortasawi F

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:We report an extremely rare case with mirror-site spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) at the craniocervical junction. Although multiple spinal DAVFs have been reported in the literature, complete mirror-site lesions with fistulas and feeding arteries in the symmetric position have not ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oshita J,Yamaguchi S,Ohba S,Kurisu K

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Deep-seated supratentorial intraparenchymal and intraventricular brain lesions can be difficult to access without causing significant trauma to the overlying cortex and intervening white matter tracts. Traditional brain retractors use multiple blades, which do not exert pressure in an equally distributed fash...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Greenfield JP,Cobb WS,Tsouris AJ,Schwartz TH

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two intracranial tumor volume variables have been shown to prognosticate survival of stereotactic-radiosurgery-treated brain metastasis patients: the largest intracranial tumor volume (LITV) and the cumulative intracranial tumor volume (CITV). OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the prognostic value of the Score...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hirshman BR,Wilson B,Ali MA,Proudfoot JA,Koiso T,Nagano O,Carter BS,Serizawa T,Yamamoto M,Chen CC

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a unique case of thalamic dementia caused by tentorial dural arteriovenous malformation (AVM), which was successfully treated by surgical occlusion of the straight sinus after attempts to occlude the dural AVM by endovascular procedures had failed. The tentorial dural AVM was fed by bilateral posterior menin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ito M,Sonokawa T,Mishina H,Sato K

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the usefulness of endovascular embolization for treatment of dural arteriovenous fistulae of the superior petrosal sinus. METHODS:We performed a retrospective review of 18 patients treated during a 16-year period. Transarterial and/or transvenous embolizations were performed as a preoperative ad...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ng PP,Halbach VV,Quinn R,Balousek P,Caragine LP,Dowd CF,Higashida RT,Wilson C

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-four cases of cerebellar abscess, diagnosed by computed tomographic (CT) scanning, were managed according to a standard protocol during a 4-year period. Triple high dosage intravenous antibiotics were used, open catheter drainage of the abscess was instituted, and external ventricular drainage was added if obvi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： van Dellen JR,Bullock R,Postma MH

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Interest in using the extended endonasal transsphenoidal approach for management of suprasellar lesions, with either a microscopic or endoscopic technique, has increased in recent years. The most relevant benefit is that this median approach permits the exposure and removal of suprasellar lesions without t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cavallo LM,de Divitiis O,Aydin S,Messina A,Esposito F,Iaconetta G,Talat K,Cappabianca P,Tschabitscher M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is often perceived as a passive membrane. However, evidence has demonstrated that the BBB plays an active role in normal homeostasis and in certain disease processes. METHODS:Approximately 300 peer-reviewed publications that discussed normal or abnormal BBB function were reviewe...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Neuwelt EA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Finnish saccular intracranial aneurysm (sIA) disease associates to 2q33, 8q11, and 9p21 loci and links to 19q13, Xp22, and kallikrein cluster in sIA families. Detailed phenotyping of familial and sporadic sIA disease is required for fine mapping of the Finnish sIA disease. METHODS:Eastern Finland, which is p...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Huttunen T,von und zu Fraunberg M,Frösen J,Lehecka M,Tromp G,Helin K,Koivisto T,Rinne J,Ronkainen A,Hernesniemi J,Jääskeläinen JE

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thorascopic approach for the microsurgical removal of herniated thoracic discs is described, and perioperative management is also discussed. The microsurgical techniques used for decompression of the spinal canal in the thoracic spine are presented in detail. The diagnostic imaging, surgical positioning, approach,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oskouian RJ Jr,Johnson JP,Regan JJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00