Simvastatin attenuates microglial cells and astrocyte activation and decreases interleukin-1beta level after traumatic brain injury.

abstract：:Recurrent subarachnoid hemorrhage complicated a traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula in a young man. The fistula drained predominantly into the deep venous system of the brain, where the hemorrhage was thought to have occurred. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dohrmann PJ,Batjer HH,Samson D,Suss RA

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case history of a 28-year-old woman who sustained a moderately severe head injury and then developed acute bilateral arm weakness is presented. Magnetic resonance imaging studies revealed a Chiari I malformation with a large cervical syringomyelia (hydromyelia). The patient's arm weakness almost completely resolved ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Olivero WC,Dinh DH

更新日期：1992-05-01 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：:We studied the impairment of autoregulation of cerebral blood flow (CBF) and its effect on the electrical activity of the brain during the development of chronic cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage, using a vasospasm model in primates. Fourteen animals were divided into two groups: a clot group (8) and a ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Takeuchi H,Handa Y,Kobayashi H,Kawano H,Hayashi M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the unusual case of an aneurysm arising on an extracranial loop of the left posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA). The computed tomographic scan showed an isolated hemorrhage in the lateral ventricles, and the lesion was recognized 1.5 cm below the foramen magnum at the level of the atlas. The...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ruelle A,Cavazzani P,Andrioli G

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previous reports identified the presence of traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (tSAH) on admission computed tomographic (CT) scans as an independent prognostic factor in worsening outcomes. The mechanism underlying the link between tSAH and prognosis has not been clarified. The aim of this study was to investi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Servadei F,Murray GD,Teasdale GM,Dearden M,Iannotti F,Lapierre F,Maas AJ,Karimi A,Ohman J,Persson L,Stocchetti N,Trojanowski T,Unterberg A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation attempts to determine whether increased survival time seen when the F98 glioma model is treated with boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is a result of inhibition of tumor growth caused by radiation-induced alterations in endothelial cells and normal tissue components. This indirect effect of radia...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Goodman JH,McGregor JM,Clendenon NR,Gahbauer RA,Barth RF,Soloway AH,Fairchild RG

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemorrhagic infarction after vasospasm is a rare condition in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Induced hypertensive therapy is used for patients with vasospasm, but this treatment has a risk of inducing hemorrhagic infarction. A total of 221 patients whose first computed tomographic (CT) scans w...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Terada T,Komai N,Hayashi S,Moriwaki H,Hyoutani G,Uematsu Y,Karasawa J,Kikuchi H

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Atlantoaxial rotatory fixation (AARF) remains a recondite entity. Our normative study using CT motion analysis shows that there is a high degree of concordance for rotational behavior of C1 and C2 in children 0 to 18 years. C1 always crosses C2 at or near 0 degree. The predictable relationship between C1 and ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pang D

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Harvey Cushing developed an illness in the last months of World War I that made it impossible for him to operate and forced him to bed for over a month. The features of Cushing's malady included symmetrical weakness, numbness, and paresthesias of the hands and feet, areflexia, bilateral facial paresis, diplopia, and f...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Reich SG

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cadaveric fibula with locking plate internal fixation has been reported to be associated with fewer complications and better long-term results, compared with autologous iliac crest. With the knowledge that cortically dense allografts collapse less with time, new machined femoral ring allografts were developed...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shapiro S,Bindal R

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:WHO Grade I meningiomas are common, usually benign, primary brain tumors. Little is known about the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with meningiomas. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the long-term HRQOL in patients with meningiomas and its association with cognitive deficits and epilepsy. METHOD...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Waagemans ML,van Nieuwenhuizen D,Dijkstra M,Wumkes M,Dirven CM,Leenstra S,Reijneveld JC,Klein M,Stalpers LJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Few reports have been published on ruptured vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms in which the posteroinferior cerebellar artery (PICA) arises from the aneurysm wall, and there is ongoing debate as to the proper management of this type of aneurysm. This article describes two patients. CLINICAL...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yasui T,Komiyama M,Nishikawa M,Nakajima H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether clinical speech deficits after brain injury are associated with functional speech reorganization. METHODS:Across an 18-year interval, 11 patients with mild-to-moderate speech deficits underwent language mapping as part of their treatment for intracta...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lucas TH 2nd,Drane DL,Dodrill CB,Ojemann GA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical presentation, radiological features, and results of surgical treatment were analyzed in 17 cases of hydrosyringomyelia associated with a Chiari malformation, in children and adolescents younger than 20 years of age. The initial symptoms were a skeletal abnormality (71%), such as scoliosis (11 patients) or...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Isu T,Iwasaki Y,Akino M,Abe H

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) are the most frequent pituitary tumors. Visual symptoms from NFPAs are common and include visual field defects, loss of central vision, and motility problems resulting in diplopia. OBJECTIVE:To create evidence-based guidelines in an attempt to formulate guidance for...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Newman SA,Turbin RE,Bodach ME,Tumialan LM,Oyesiku NM,Litvack Z,Zada G,Patil CG,Aghi MK

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:During a 34-month period, 12 cases of delayed traumatic intracerebral hematoma (DTICH) were diagnosed among 162 consecutive prospectively studied patients admitted to the Medical College of Virginia with severe closed head injuries. All patients were unresponsive to command and unable to utter formed words at the time...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gudeman SK,Kishore PR,Miller JD,Girevendulis AK,Lipper MH,Becker DP

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An intracranial aneurysm is an important acquired cerebrovascular disease that can cause a catastrophic subarachnoid hemorrhage. Despite modern therapy, most patients die or are left disabled as a direct result of a severe initial hemorrhage. The development of more effective treatment strategies depends on u...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chyatte D,Bruno G,Desai S,Todor DR

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the indications for, efficacy of, and safety of depth electrode placement using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided stereotactic surgery in patients with intractable epilepsy. METHODS:We analyzed retrospectively the results of depth electrode usage in 50 consecutive patients at the Universit...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ross DA,Brunberg JA,Drury I,Henry TR

更新日期：1996-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Cavity stereotactic radiotherapy has emerged as a standard option following resection of brain metastases. However, the optimal approach with either single-fraction or hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (HSRT) remains a significant question. OBJECTIVE:To report outcomes for 5-fraction HSRT to the su...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Soliman H,Myrehaug S,Tseng CL,Ruschin M,Hashmi A,Mainprize T,Spears J,Das S,Yang V,da Costa L,Maralani P,Heyn C,Atenafu EG,Sahgal A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a meningioma situated in the trigone of the left lateral ventricle was excised by the transcallosal approach of Kempe and Blaylock, a right-handed musician with a right hemianopsia developed alexia without agraphia. In contrast to previously reported cases of this syndrome arising from other etiologies, he was u...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Levin HS,Rose JE

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Maximizing extent of resection (EOR) improves outcomes in adults with World Health Organization (WHO) grade II low-grade gliomas (LGG). However, recent studies demonstrate that LGGs bearing a mutation in the isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) gene are a distinct molecular and clinical entity. It remains uncle...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Patel T,Bander ED,Venn RA,Powell T,Cederquist GY,Schaefer PM,Puchi LA,Akhmerov A,Ogilvie S,Reiner AS,Moussazadeh N,Tabar V

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We compared long-term seizure outcome and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients who underwent epilepsy surgery and matched medically treated nonsurgical controls with intractable epilepsy. METHODS:Medically treated controls were identified for patients operated on for epilepsy between January 1,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stavem K,Bjørnaes H,Langmoen IA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between July 1975 and July 1985, 20 patients with 24 congenital distal anterior cerebral artery (DACA) aneurysms were admitted to our institution and underwent microsurgical clipping of their aneurysms. This group composes 4% of the 588 aneurysms managed surgically during this period. The clinical presentations includ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wisoff JH,Flamm ES

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was undertaken to determine how frequently angiographic vasospasm occurs outside the normal access range of transcranial Doppler ultrasound in patients who have suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Vasospasm located in the basal vessels is readily identifiable using transcranial Doppler ultrasound whereas spasm...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Newell DW,Grady MS,Eskridge JM,Winn HR

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although various strategies for prevention of brain disease have been implemented, no substance has been found to be advantageous for prophylaxis against brain injury. OBJECTIVE:While previous work in our laboratory and others have shown positive effects using the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DH...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mills JD,Hadley K,Bailes JE

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Myofibroblastic tumors are members of a diverse spectrum of neoplastic and quasineoplastic lesions that occur most commonly during childhood and typically involve soft tissues. We present a case of a congenital reactive myofibroblastic tumor of the petrous bone (i.e., cranial fasciitis) that wa...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pollack IF,Hamilton RL,Fitz C,Kassam A,Snyderman CH

更新日期：2001-02-01 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