Clinical application of event related potentials in patients with brain tumours and traumatic head injuries.

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the natural history and the growth rate of spheno-orbital meningiomas (SOMs). METHODS:Ninety patients with a diagnosis of SOM were included, and patient charts and imaging were evaluated. In a subset of 32 patients, volumetric studies were performed. RESULTS:The median follow-up for the enti...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Saeed P,van Furth WR,Tanck M,Kooremans F,Freling N,Streekstra GI,Regensburg NI,van der Sprenkel JW,Peerdeman SM,van Overbeeke JJ,Mourits MP

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of incomplete adrenergic denervation and reduction in the number and caliber of the cerebral vessels in hydrocephalus is still obscure. Stretching of the blood vessels alone is far from explaining these major vascular changes. Previous studies have shown that increased lipid peroxidation produces toxic e...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Caner H,Atasever A,Kilinç K,Durgun B,Peker S,Ozcan OE

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SPECT scanning with Tl-201 and Tc-99m offers a unique, inexpensive functional imaging modality to combine with CT stereotactic craniotomy for guiding resection of necrosis and/or tumour in patients treated with escalated doses of radiation (> 6000 cGy) by either brachytherapy or radiosurgery. Thirty-two cases were ana...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Alexander E 3rd,Loeffler JS,Schwartz RB,Johnson KA,Carvalho PA,Garada BM,Zimmerman RE,Holman BL

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Separation of the posterior ring apophysis of an adjacent vertebral body can sometimes accompany lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. The condition can be both difficult to detect in conventional radiographs and is somewhat controversial to treat. Although there is general agreement on the frequent need fo...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Asazuma T,Nobuta M,Sato M,Yamagishi M,Fujikawa K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In human brain tumours the extension of peritumoural brain oedema may vary considerably. 37 brain tumours of various pathology and 2 abscesses were examined to identify the factors and mechanisms responsible for the oedema spreading. Peritumoural oedema profiles were determined towards the white matter and ventricle b...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Reulen HJ,Graber S,Huber P,Ito U

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent animal research has provided evidence that brain ischaemia is associated with a shift of energy related metabolites (lactate, adenosine, inosine, and hypoxanthine) and several transmitters from the intracellular to the extracellular fluid (ECF). These chemical changes of the ECF reflect the energy crisis of the...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hillered L,Persson L,Pontén U,Ungerstedt U

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report about the treatment and outcome of 30 patients with dural arteriovenous fistulas including the transverse and sigmoid sinuses treated between 1986 and 1995. All patients underwent panangiography for definitive diagnosis. The dAVF were supplied by the external carotid artery system alone (14 patients), both e...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Olteanu-Nerbe V,Uhl E,Steiger HJ,Yousry T,Reulen HJ

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cavum septi pellucidi (CSP) and cavum Vergae (CV) are persistent, primitive, or acquired, midline structures of adult human brain. It is customary to distinguish between the non-communicating and the communicating cava, depending on whether the cavum communicates with the cerebral ventricular system or not. Only a...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ronsin E,Grosskopf D,Perre J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the clinical presentation, diagnostic and therapeutic management and outcome of 27 cases of post-traumatic thoracic outlet syndrome (PT TOS). METHODS:Retrospective chart analysis. RESULTS:Nineteen women and eight men were included in this study. Involvement in a traffic accident was the most co...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Dubuisson A,Lamotte C,Foidart-Dessalle M,Nguyen Khac M,Racaru T,Scholtes F,Kaschten B,Lénelle J,Martin D

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As an effective treatment for post-craniotomy epidural haematomas (EDHs), a novel method of urokinase instillation using a closed suction drain is presented and the procedure feasibility and outcomes assessed. METHOD:A closed system, comprising a closed suction drain with a three-spring 200 mL evacuator, fl...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Park J,Kim GJ,Hwang SK

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The de novo development of an aneurysm in an previously normal artery is an uncommon event. We describe a patient who developed a de novo bleeding aneurysm of the basilar artery in the three weeks following the surgical removal of a large cerebellar AVM. METHOD-FINDINGS: A 48-year-old man suddenly developed ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Brock S,Giombini S,Ciceri E

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is one of the most common neurosurgical conditions. Patients diagnosed with CSDH's are often planned for subacute surgery. This means that time from diagnostic CT scan until actual surgery might often be prolonged. There are no previous studies that highlight the effect of de...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Zolfaghari S,Ståhl N,Nittby Redebrandt H

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptomeningeal cysts are commonly seen in children usually following trauma and associated with bulging leptomeninges at the site of fracture. Intradiploic leptomeningeal cyst is an important differential for an expansile lytic lesion in the bony calvarium especially in a patient with a previous history of trauma. Her...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Singh V,Shetty GS,Naik S,Behari S,Phadke RV

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present note, the cause of root compression in cases with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis is discussed in order to clarify the best method of surgery and to avoid iatrogenic damage of the cauda equina if a transpedicular fusion is going to be performed. The root compression is due to osteophytes growing o...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Plötz GM,Benini A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in vestibulospinal evoked potentials (VsEP) and motor evoked potentials (MEP) were examined in 10 cats before and after two different weight-dropping spinal cord injuries. In six animals somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) were also monitored. The recordings were done from epidural spinal cord electrodes. Be...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Zileli M,Taniguchi M,Cedzich C,Schramm J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The difference in the course and the lethal mechanism between intracranial, subarachnoid and epidural bleedings was studied in a dog model under varying conditions. Subarachnoid bleedings were usually shortlasting, self-restricting, and generally survivable. The epidural bleedings differed quantitatively and qualitati...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Zwetnow NN,Habash AH,Löfgren J,Häkanson S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of surgically treated non-neoplastic diseases of the sella (two arachnoid cysts and one empty sella) are reported. All three patients had visual deficits but no gross endocrine disturbances. The study of these three clinical cases and an analysis of the relevant literature suggest a possible unitary hypoth...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Benedetti A,Carbonin C,Colombo F

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal intramedullary arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) fed by an anterior spinal artery are surgically challenging vascular lesions. METHOD:We herein presented microsurgical resection techniques for an intramedullary glomus AVM located in the lateral part of the high cervical spinal cord with an operative...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Takai K,Taniguchi M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pure pineal germinomas have been rarely reported in girls. Gender incidence and differences of pure pineal germinomas are not well known. The authors report a series of pure pineal germinoma and its gender characteristic is reviewed. METHODS AND RESULTS:Of a total of 50 germ cell tumors operated on between 1...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Cuccia V,Galarza M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of cauda equina paraganglioma is described; subsequent intracranial and intraspinal metastases occurred after partial resection and adjunctive radiotherapy. Cerebrospinal fluid dissemination is a rare complication of spinal paragangliomas. Factors predictive of this unusual biological behaviour are discussed. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Roche PH,Figarella-Branger D,Regis J,Peragut JC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertrophic olivary degeneration (HOD) is a pathological phenomenon that occurs after injury to the dentato-olivary pathway. Its hallmarks include hypertrophy of the olive with increased T2 signal intensity on magnetic resonance imaging, and it often manifests with palatal tremor and oscillopsia clinically....

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hornyak M,Osborn AG,Couldwell WT

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The antithrombotic agents are usually interrupted in fear of bleeding complications before neurosurgery. However, the optimal schematic regimen of substitutive medication to prevent thromboembolic events after surgery is unsettled. METHODS:We report five complex neurosurgical cases with high risk for thromb...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Niemi T,Silvasti-Lundell M,Armstrong E,Hernesniemi J

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The axolemmal distribution and density of voltage-gated sodium channels largely determines the electrical excitability of sprouting neurites. Recent evidence suggests that accumulation of sodium channels at injured axonal tips may be responsible for ectopic axonal hyperexcitability and the resulting abnormal...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kretschmer T,Happel LT,England JD,Nguyen DH,Tiel RL,Beuerman RW,Kline DG

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pattern of disc herniation and to investigate the associated symptoms in cases of isthmic spondylolisthesis. It is well known that the pathogenesis of degenerative spondylolisthesis associates with disc degeneration, followed by facet laxity and ligamentum flavum...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kim KS,Chin DK,Park JY

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features of 6 children who are probable sufferers of "unilateral" Moyamoya disease are here reported. They showed angiographic findings which were compatible with those of Moyamoya disease, albeit only on one side. They did not, however, show any basic aetiologic factors. The age of onset, the clinical sy...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Matsushima T,Inoue T,Natori Y,Fujii K,Fukui M,Hasuo K,Kuwabara Y

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The supracerebellar infratentorial approach is a commonly used route in neurosurgery. It provides a narrow and deep corridor to the dorsal midbrain and pineal region. The authors describe a surgical technique to expand the operative corridor and the surgeon's working angles during this approach. METHODS:Thi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Rey-Dios R,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive and segmental spasm of the ophthalmic artery has been demonstrated angiographically a few hours after a car accident in a case with posttraumatic amaurosis. The possibility of a correlation between ophthalmic artery spasm and posttraumatic amaurosis has been discussed. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Brihaye J,Van-Geertruyden MB,Jeanmart L

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Parafalcine subdural empyema and those along the superior and inferior surface of the tentorium are rare entities. We present a series of 10 patients where we have attempted to describe the pathophysiology, clinical features, and management of subdural empyema. METHODS:The study group included 10 cases of falco...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Salunke PS,Malik V,Kovai P,Mukherjee KK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The external ventricular drain (EVD) placement is one of the most common neurosurgical procedures. This operation is performed by freehand technique in the majority of cases; therefore, the operator's experience plays an important role in success and possible morbidity of this procedure. OBJECTIVE:To evalua...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Pishjoo M,Khatibi K,Etemadrezaie H,Zabihyan S,Ganjeifar B,Safdari M,Baharvahdat H

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coregistration of any neuroimaging studies into treatment planning for stereotactic radiosurgery became easily applicable using the Leksell Gamma Knife 4C, a new model of gamma knife. The authors investigated the advantage of this image processing. METHOD:Since installation of the Leksell Gamma Knife 4C at ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Koga T,Maruyama K,Igaki H,Tago M,Saito N

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00