Environmental cue-dependent dopaminergic neuronal differentiation and functional effect of grafted neuroepithelial stem cells in parkinsonian brain.

abstract：:Reliable Assessment of the probability that a head injury patient harbors a surgical intracranial lesion is critical to both triage and treatment. The authors analyzed data from 608 patients with severe head injuries (Glasgow Coma Scale score, < or = 8) in the Traumatic Coma Data Bank to assess the reliability of pupi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chesnut RM,Gautille T,Blunt BA,Klauber MR,Marshall LE

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The snake venom disintegrin contortrostatin (CN) is able to inhibit tumor progression and angiogenesis in vivo and therefore is of considerable interest as a potential antitumor drug. CN specifically binds to certain integrins on the tumor cell and angiogenic endothelial cell surface and inhibits their intera...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schmitmeier S,Markland FS,Schönthal AH,Chen TC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This case report is presented to raise the awareness of the potential risk of reactivation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis after intracranial surgery. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:The case of an 8-year-old male patient who suffered a reactivation of HSV encephalitis after undergoing amygdalohippocampecto...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bourgeois M,Vinikoff L,Lellouch-Tubiana A,Sainte-Rose C

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the motor recovery after increasingly late nerve suture, we severed 75 rabbit peroneal nerves and reanastomosed them by microsurgical epineural technique after a delay of up to 12 months. Functional, electromyographic, and morphological parameters were used to evaluate the quality of motor function 6 months a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Richter HP

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intraoperative rupture (IOR) of an aneurysm is a known risk in the surgical management of intracranial aneurysms. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of IOR in a modern surgical series and to assess which factors bear upon it. METHODS:This study retrospectively examined 1269 patients wit...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Leipzig TJ,Morgan J,Horner TG,Payner T,Redelman K,Johnson CS

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:If patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) also have depression, this could have important clinical ramifications in assessment and management of their cognitive function and response to shunting. In many dementias, depression is overrepresented, but the prevalence of depression in shun...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Israelsson H,Allard P,Eklund A,Malm J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with a recently described tumor of neuronal origin, intraventricular neurocytoma, are presented. These tumors occur as intraventricular lesions in young patients, and the prognosis after surgical treatment is favorable. The initial pathological diagnosis of intraventricular neurocytoma may be difficult ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barbosa MD,Balsitis M,Jaspan T,Lowe J

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current neurosurgical goal for patients with malignant gliomas is maximal safe resection of the contrast-enhancing tumor. However, a complete resection of the contrast-enhancing tumor is achieved only in a minority of patients. One reason for this limitation is the difficulty in distinguishing viable tumor from no...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hadjipanayis CG,Widhalm G,Stummer W

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:Two patients presented with syringomyelia, each unusual. After neuroradiographic diagnosis with delayed metrizamide computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), an interesting diagnostic question arose. A percutaneous minidose metrizamide endomyelographic CT (PMDMECT) study clarified each situation an...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Blumenkopf B

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms employing endosaccular coiling can be associated with aneurysm perforation, coil herniation or incomplete obliteration fueling the interest to investigate novel endovascular techniques. We aimed to test a novel embolization material in experimental aneurysms in...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oechtering J,Kirkpatrick PJ,Ludolph AG,Hans FJ,Sellhaus B,Spiegelberg A,Krings T

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the association between optic glioma and neurofibromatosis is well recognized, few studies have systematically compared the outcomes of patients with optic gliomas and neurofibromatosis and patients with optic gliomas without neurofibromatosis. In the present study, patients with optic gliomas and Type 1 neur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Deliganis AV,Geyer JR,Berger MS

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combining the power of stereotactic precision with open craniotomy in a stereotactic craniotomy technique decreases surgical time, morbidity, and postoperative hospitalization. Indications for its use are deep intrinsic masses 3.5 cm or less in diameter; small, superficial lesions otherwise difficult to localize; and ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Moore MR,Black PM,Ellenbogen R,Gall CM,Eldredge E

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spread of spinal cord glioblastoma multiforme to the intracranial compartment is uncommon. This report documents a case of metastatic spread of glioblastoma multiforme from the spinal cord to an intracranial arachnoid cyst. Seeding of the cyst cavity could have occurred by direct permeation of the cyst wall by the neo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kendrick FD,Bonnin JM,Garcia JH

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A helpful clinical sign of ruptured cervical disc is pain relief upon arm abduction. When the disease process is spondylosis with foraminal stenosis, changing arm position does not relieve pain. Anatomical considerations are discussed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Beatty RM,Fowler FD,Hanson EJ Jr

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there are several large-species animal models for saccular aneurysms, there is a need for a simple, reproducible saccular aneurysm model in mice. OBJECTIVE:To develop a murine saccular aneurysm model, which replicates key characteristics that occur in the formation of human cerebral aneurysms. MET...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hoh BL,Velat GJ,Wilmer EN,Hosaka K,Fisher RC,Scott EW

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We undertook a prospective study of 43 wrists in 32 patients who had been clinically diagnosed as having carpal tunnel syndrome (study group) and 5 wrists in people who had no symptoms (control group), correlating the clinical, electrodiagnostic, intraoperative, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. MRI of th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Britz GW,Haynor DR,Kuntz C,Goodkin R,Gitter A,Kliot M

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of flow diverters such as the pipeline embolization device (PED) for treatment of intracranial aneurysms carries the risk of side branch occlusion. OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence and clinical outcomes associated with supraclinoid internal carotid artery (ICA) branch occlusion after deployment ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Vedantam A,Rao VY,Shaltoni HM,Mawad ME

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although most adult brachial plexus injuries result from high-speed mechanisms, no laboratory model has been created to mimic rapid-stretch nerve injuries. Understanding the biomechanical response of nerves to rapid stretch is essential to understanding clinical injury patterns and developing models that mim...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mahan MA,Yeoh S,Monson K,Light A

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Circumferential aneurysms, which incorporate >180 degrees of the circumference of the parent vessel, present a unique therapeutic challenge, particularly in circumstances in which a deconstructive treatment strategy is not feasible. We detail a novel technique for endovascular parent vessel reconstruction ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fiorella D,Albuquerque FC,Masaryk TJ,Rasmussen PA,McDougall CG

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nerve transfers in cases of brachial plexus traction injuries with avulsion of spinal nerve roots or irreparable proximal lesions of spinal nerves have been attempted using a variety of donor nerves. The purpose of this study was to analyze the results of nerve transfers to the musculocutaneous and axillary n...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Samardzić M,Rasulić L,Grujicić D,Milicić B

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic atlanto-occipital (A-O) dislocation is a rare injury that is associated with a high mortality rate. We are presenting the case of a 5-year-old child with this entity to illustrate the mechanism of injury, the often-confusing clinical picture, and the use of diaphragmatic fluoroscopy to localize the neurologi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pang D,Wilberger JE Jr

更新日期：1980-11-01 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:To determine the effects of a postoperative early isolated lumbar extension muscle-strengthening program on pain, disability, return to work, and power of back muscle after operation for herniated lumbar disc. METHODS:Seventy-five patients were randomized into an exercise group (20 men, 15 women) and a contr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Choi G,Raiturker PP,Kim MJ,Chung DJ,Chae YS,Lee SH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Markers of coagulation have shown to have important value in predicting traumatic brain injury outcome. OBJECTIVE:To externally validate and investigate the role of markers of coagulation for outcome prediction by using the International Mission for Prognosis and Analysis of Clinical Trials (IMPACT) model w...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Raj R,Siironen J,Kivisaari R,Hernesniemi J,Tanskanen P,Handolin L,Skrifvars MB

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the Cloward technique of cervical discectomy and fusion increases immediate postoperative stiffness of single cervical motion segment after application of interbody dowel bone graft. METHODS:We measured and compared the stiffness of single-motion segments in cadaveric cervical spines bef...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Maciejczak A,Ciach M,Radek M Jr,Radek A,Awrejcewicz J

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred fifteen burr hole defects were filled with sterilized human cadaver skull in 45 patients ranging in age between 10 and 88 years. One to 6 allogeneic skull discs per patient were placed in all areas of the calvaria. The length of postoperative observation ranges between 6 months and 5 years. No instances of...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Prolo DJ,Gutierrez RV,DeVine JS,Oklund SA

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Craniopagus parasiticus is an extremely rare condition. The first attempt to separate such twins was performed in the Dominican Republic in 2004. The infant died 7 hours after surgery. The aim of this report is to present a case in which surgical separation was successfully performed on February 18, 2005. In ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lotfy M,Sakr SA,Ayoub BM

更新日期：2006-11-01 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: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