Lower incidence of reoperation with longer shunt survival with adult ventriculoperitoneal shunts placed for hemorrhage-related hydrocephalus.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ion transporters play pivotal roles in cancer cell migration in general and in glioblastomas (GBMs) in particular. However, the specific role of Na/K-ATPase (the sodium pump) and, in particular, its alpha1 subunit, has remained unexplored in GBMs. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The expression of Na+/K+ -ATPase alpha1...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lefranc F,Mijatovic T,Kondo Y,Sauvage S,Roland I,Debeir O,Krstic D,Vasic V,Gailly P,Kondo S,Blanco G,Kiss R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite apparent gross total resection, olfactory groove meningiomas have a high rate of late recurrence (average, 23%). In this retrospective study, we confirmed that the sites of these recurrences are the cranial base and paranasal sinuses. We postulated that these recurrences stem from conservative handlin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Obeid F,Al-Mefty O

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors predictive of postoperative lower cranial nerve palsy (LCNP) among patients undergoing surgery for vertebral artery (VA)- posteroinferior cerebellar artery (PICA) aneurysms. The natural history of this LCNP is defined, and its effect on postoperative patient course is analyzed. No similar ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Al-khayat H,Al-Khayat H,Beshay J,Manner D,White J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Pipeline Embolization Device is a widely utilized flow diverter in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms. OBJECTIVE:To assess the incidence, clinical significance, predictors, and outcomes of in-Pipeline stenosis (IPS). METHODS:Angiographic studies in 139 patients treated between 2011 and 2013 were i...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chalouhi N,Polifka A,Daou B,Kung D,Barros G,Tjoumakaris S,Gonzalez LF,Starke RM,Hasan D,Judy B,Rosenwasser RH,Jabbour P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A stab wound to the right flank of a 24-year-old man produced immediate paralysis of both legs but spared sensation. Recovery was slow but sufficient to allow walking with a cane. Radicular artery interruption, in combination with systemic hypotension, is presumed to have caused selective watershed infarction of the s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Keane JR,Gamal R

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the regional oxygen saturation (rSO(2)) of pituitary adenomas, in comparison with that of the pituitary gland. METHODS:Microspectrophotometric (MSP) measurements of rSO(2) in adenomas and pituitary tissue were performed for a series of patients undergoing first-time transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kristof RA,Aliashkevich AF,Hans V,Haun D,Meyer B,Thees C,Schramm J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) procedure may reduce many of the risks and limitations associated with posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF). However, little is known about the biomechanical difference between PLIF and TLIF. OBJECTIVE:To determine the biomechanical difference between PL...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Xu H,Tang H,Guan X,Jiang F,Xu N,Ju W,Zhu X,Zhang X,Zhang Q,Li M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A seasonal and meteorological influence on the incidence of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has been suggested, but a consensus in the literature has yet to emerge. OBJECTIVE:This study examines the impact of weather patterns on the incidence of SAH using a geographically broad analysis of hospita...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cowperthwaite MC,Burnett MG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The author presents data to support the continued need for ablative procedures, particularly cordotomy, in the management of cancer-related pain. METHODS:Fifty-one patients with cancer-related body or face pain were treated with computed tomography-guided radiofrequency ablation of the spinothalamic tract or...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Raslan AM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a review of 147 patients with intracranial aneurysms surgically treated by one surgeon (FAD) between 1980 and 1987, 36 selected patients received intraoperative barbiturate protection with sodium thiopental during temporary arterial occlusion. Thiopental doses of 5 to 15 mg/kg were used. Twenty-nine of 36 (81%) had...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： McDermott MW,Durity FA,Borozny M,Mountain MA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The promising results of the Solitaire Flow Restoration (FR) With the Intention for Thrombectomy (SWIFT) trial recently led to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the Solitaire FR stent retriever device for recanalization of cerebral vessels in patients with acute ischemic stroke. OBJECTIVE:To re...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mokin M,Dumont TM,Veznedaroglu E,Binning MJ,Liebman KM,Fessler RD 2nd,To CY,Turner RD 4th,Turk AS,Chaudry MI,Arthur AS,Fox BD,Hanel RA,Tawk RG,Kan P,Gaughen JR Jr,Lanzino G,Lopes DK,Chen M,Moftakhar R,Billingsley

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of an arteriovenous malformation in the left motor speech area which was successfully excised without aphasia in a right-handed man. Preoperative sodium amobarbital carotid infusion testing demonstrated that the patient had right hemisphere dominance for speech. A review of the literature suggests t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Close RA,O'Keefe AM,Buchheit WA

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the treatment outcome of 17 patients with anaplastic oligodendroglioma and 17 patients with anaplastic mixed oligodendroglioma-astrocytoma. In the anaplastic oligodendroglioma group, eight patients were treated at the time of the initial admission with radiotherapy and adjuvant chemotherapy, and nine pati...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kyritsis AP,Yung WK,Bruner J,Gleason MJ,Levin VA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blister aneurysms of the internal carotid artery (ICA) are uncommon. There is a paucity of data on the long-term outcomes of patients. OBJECTIVE:To review our experience with the treatment of these lesions. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed all aneurysms treated at our institution between 1994 and 2005. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kalani MY,Zabramski JM,Kim LJ,Chowdhry SA,Mendes GA,Nakaji P,McDougall CG,Albuquerque FC,Spetzler RF

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of malignant intracranial meningioma is presented. The operative management was complicated by the abrupt development of fulminant brain edema and herniation. The tumor contained areas of extramedullary hematopoiesis, a finding not previously reported. Various pathogenetic mechanisms involved in intrad...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gregorios JB,Bay JW,Dudley AW Jr

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Treatment of tentorial dural arteriovenous fistulae (DAVFs) primarily draining into the vein of Galen remains a therapeutic challenge. We present two cases of ruptured galenic DAVFs that were successfully treated with gamma knife radiosurgery. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:Patient 1, a 66-year-old wom...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shin M,Kurita H,Tago M,Kirino T

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic lesions to the midbrain are rare. They are found in 1 to 3% of autopsy series of solitary brain metastases. The consensus of opinion in the current literature is that they are inoperable lesions and should be treated by radiation therapy alone. This is the first case report of a completely excised metastati...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tobler WD,Sawaya R,Tew JM Jr

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive kyphotic deformity of the cervical spine may be a late sequela of congenital cervical anomalies, degenerative disc disease, neoplasm, cervical trauma, and surgical procedures. Of these, postsurgical kyphosis is the most common and can occur after ventral and dorsal surgeries of the cervical spine. The purp...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stewart TJ,Steinmetz MP,Benzel EC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microfascicular double ligation and interligature heat sealing has been clinically successful in relieving neuroma pain. In rats, we found that this technique had no effect on the abnormal activities (such as mechanosensitivity and spontaneous activity) of single myelinated axons from neuromas or on their conduction v...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tamas LB,Howe JF

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spine and nonspine skeletal metastases occur in more than 80% of patients with prostate cancer. OBJECTIVE:To examine the characteristics of the patient population undergoing surgery for the treatment of prostate cancer metastatic to the spine. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was performed on all patie...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chohan MO,Kahn S,Cederquist G,Reiner AS,Schwab J,Laufer I,Bilsky M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The beaten copper appearance of the cranium, as well as other cranial radiographic and computed tomographic findings in children with craniosynostosis, is often interpreted by clinicians as evidence of elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). However, a correlation between radiological findings and ICP measureme...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tuite GF,Evanson J,Chong WK,Thompson DN,Harkness WF,Jones BM,Hayward RD

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This work evaluates the potential of lipid-coated microbubbles (LCM) as a delivery vehicle for lipid-soluble antineoplastic agents. We have shown, in rats, the selective affinity of intravenously administered LCM for tumor cells. They are internalized by the tumor cells both in vitro and in vivo. The specific...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ho SY,Barbarese E,D'Arrigo JS,Smith-Slatas C,Simon RH

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Previously, we reported bypass coaptation of the C3 and C4 anterior rami to the upper trunk of the brachial plexus for restoration of the muscles denervated as a result of C5 and C6 nerve root avulsion. This procedure is thought to be superior to the transfer of individual peripheral nerve fibers to the brach...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yamada S,Lonser RR,Colohan AR,Yamada SM,Won DJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple nationwide outcome registries are utilized for quality benchmarking between institutions and individual surgeons. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether nationwide quality of care programs in the United Kingdom and United States can measure differences in neurosurgical quality. METHODS:This prospective obs...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Reponen E,Tuominen H,Korja M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used three-dimensional reconstruction magnetic resonance imaging techniques to understand the anatomic complexity of operative brain lesions and to improve preoperative surgical planning. We report our experience with 14 cases, including intra- and extra-axial tumors and a vascular malformation. In each case, ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kikinis R,Gleason PL,Moriarty TM,Moore MR,Alexander E 3rd,Stieg PE,Matsumae M,Lorensen WE,Cline HE,Black PM,Jolesz FA

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal intradural arachnoid cysts are rare causes of radiculopathy or myelopathy. Treatment options include resection, fenestration, or cyst drainage. OBJECTIVE:To classify intradural spinal arachnoid cysts and present results of their treatment. METHODS:Among 1519 patients with spinal space occupying lesi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Klekamp J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a very rare case of distal anterior choroidal artery aneurysm. A 34-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of headache and vomiting. Computed tomographic scans revealed a diffuse intraventricular hematoma and a thin subarachnoid hemorrhage. Cerebral angiography disclosed a saccular aneurysm in...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nishihara J,Kumon Y,Matsuo Y,Sakaki S

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Because of the wide dissemination of malignant glioma cells by the time that malignant glioma is diagnosed, anti-invasive strategies that are designed to limit their further spread may be of little value unless mechanisms of the invasive cascade can be used to render invasive cells susceptible to cytoreductiv...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yoshizato K,Zapf S,Westphal M,Berens ME,Giese A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of previous treatment on outcome and sensory disturbance after a retrogasserian glycerol injection for trigeminal neuralgia. Ninety-nine patients with trigeminal neuralgia underwent a retrogasserian glycerol rhizotomy. Fifty-three of those patients experienced...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bergenheim AT,Hariz MI

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of subdural hematoma, one acute and the other chronic, associated with cancer metastatic to the dura are reported. Various mechanisms of the association of hematomas with cancer are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： McKenzie CR,Rengachary SS,McGregor DH,Dixon AY,Suskind DL

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00