Risk factors for hemorrhagic presentation in patients with dural arteriovenous fistulae.

abstract：:We have reviewed our experience with gangliogliomas treated in the post-computed tomography (CT) era at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Of 234 newly histologically verified neoplasms seen at our institution since 1975, 10 (4.3%) were gangliogliomas of the cerebral hemispheres. The presenting complaint was sei...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sutton LN,Packer RJ,Rorke LB,Bruce DA,Schut L

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Combined craniofacial resection has become the standard approach for malignant tumors involving the cribriform plate and anterior cranial fossa. Despite its widespread application, however, many surgeons agree that the procedure carries a risk of significant morbidity and even mortality. The purpose of this s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Solero CL,DiMeco F,Sampath P,Mattavelli F,Pizzi N,Salvatori P,Cantù G

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the CCM3 gene in a population of 61 families with a positive family history of cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM), 8 of which had suggestive linkage to the CCM3 locus. METHODS:We searched for mutations within the CCM3 interval using a high-throughput screening technique, temperature-gradient ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Guclu B,Ozturk AK,Pricola KL,Bilguvar K,Shin D,O'Roak BJ,Gunel M

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously described an experimental model for the production of invasive and noninvasive astrocytic series tumors and a semiquantitative assessment of their invasiveness. The tumors are produced by intracerebral inoculation of simian virus 40-transformed cells from four different brain regions. Cells of cerebral c...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Walsh JW,Zimmer SG,Oeltgen J

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Calcific cerebral emboli are rare yet pose a difficult therapeutic challenge because of their lack of response to thrombolytic therapy and their propensity for fragmentation. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 75-year-old woman developed aphasia and hemiparesis after cardiac catheterization from a near-occlusive calcif...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schirmer CM,Thaler DE,Malek AM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-L1 (UCH-L1) are promising biomarkers of traumatic brain injury (TBI). OBJECTIVE:We investigated the relation of the GFAP and UCH-L1 levels to the severity of TBI during the first week after injury. METHODS:Plasma UCH-L1 and GFAP were...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Posti JP,Takala RS,Runtti H,Newcombe VF,Outtrim J,Katila AJ,Frantzén J,Ala-Seppälä H,Coles JP,Hossain MI,Kyllönen A,Maanpää HR,Tallus J,Hutchinson PJ,van Gils M,Menon DK,Tenovuo O

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the neurosurgical literature have surged in popularity over the last decade. It is our concern that, without a renewed effort to critically interpret and appraise these studies as high or low quality, we run the risk of the quality and value of evidence-based medicine in neurosu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lu VM,Graffeo CS,Perry A,Link MJ,Meyer FB,Dawood HY,Mekary RA,Smith TR

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image guidance (IG) and robotics systems are becoming more widespread in their utilization and can be invaluable intraoperative adjuncts during spine surgery. Both are highly reliant upon stereotaxy and either pre- or intraoperative radiographic imaging. While user-operated IG systems have been commercially available ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kochanski RB,Lombardi JM,Laratta JL,Lehman RA,O'Toole JE

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：:Thirteen cases of intramedullary hemangioblastoma of the spinal cord are reported. The tumors were diagnosed with radiological studies, especially magnetic resonance imaging. Microsurgery was used to achieve gross total removal of the tumors in all cases. Signs and symptoms improved in 84.6% of the patients after surg...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Xu QW,Bao WM,Mao RL,Yang GY

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although several clinical applications of transpedicular screw fixation in the cervical spine have been documented recently, few anatomic studies concerning the cervical pedicle are available. This study was designed to evaluate the anatomy and adjacent neural relationships of the middle and lower cervical pe...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Uğur HC,Attar A,Uz A,Tekdemir I,Egemen N,Cağlar S,Genç Y

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the predictive value of a normal computed tomographic (CT) scan obtained shortly after head injury, we reviewed all cases of patients with acute closed injury seen at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital over a 42-month period for whom initial CT scanning and continuous intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Holliday PO 3rd,Kelly DL Jr,Ball M

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the pathophysiology of stroke secondary to focal cerebral ischemia. The interaction of arachidonic acid metabolites and polyamines, a class of ubiquitous ornithine-derived molecules with important membrane effects on edema, Ca++-dependent endocytosis, platelet function, and prostaglandin (PG) forma...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dempsey RJ,Roy MW,Meyer K,Tai HH,Olson JW

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Stereotactic radiosurgery is a commonly used treatment method in the management of metastatic brain tumors. When lesions enlarge after radiosurgery, it may represent tumor regrowth, radiation necrosis, or both. The purpose of this study was to determine whether standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequen...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dequesada IM,Quisling RG,Yachnis A,Friedman WA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four patients who sustained direct injury to the brain after insertion of intraventricular shunts and pressure monitoring lines, which resulted in permanent neuro-ophthalmic deficits. These included hemianopsia from an optic tract lesion, esotropia and residual bilateral facial paresis from dorsal pontine in...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shults WT,Hamby S,Corbett JJ,Kardon R,Winterkorn JS,Odel JG

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of cerebellar hemorrhage complicating the postoperative course of a patient who had undergone a cervical laminectomy in the sitting position is presented. The drop in cerebrospinal fluid pressure accompanying the procedure is thought to have had some role in the development of the hemorrhage. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chadduck WM

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two unusual cases of constrictive arachnoiditis localized to thoracic levels after Pantopaque myelography and unrelated to any operation, trauma, or disc disease at these levels are presented. The pertinent literature is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barsoum AH,Cannillo KL

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Multilevel anterior decompressive procedures for cervical spondylotic myelopathy or ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament may be associated with a high incidence of neurological morbidity, construct failure, and pseudoarthrosis. We theorized that laminectomy and stabilization of the cervical spi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Houten JK,Cooper PR

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esmail Jorjani was a prominent Persian physician of the 11th and 12th centuries. We present Jorjani's descriptions of probable trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, and Bell's palsy. Additionally, on the basis of our translations of his original text, we believe that Jorjani may have been the first to implicate an a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shoja MM,Tubbs RS,Khalili M,Khodadoost K,Loukas M,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Although arachnoid cysts and intracranial aneurysms are very common lesions, their association in the same patient is rare. We present a case of a middle cerebral artery aneurysm ruptured into an arachnoid cyst. We found only six cases with intracystic hemorrhage reported in the literature. The presence of an...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Zanini MA,Faleiros AT,Rondinelli G,Gabarra RC,Resende LA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biophysical modeling of glioma is gaining more interest for clinical practice. The most popular model describes aggressivity of tumor cells by two parameters: net proliferation rate (ρ) and propensity to migrate (D). The ratio ρ/D, which can be estimated from a single preoperative magnetic resonance imaging ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Amelot A,Deroulers C,Badoual M,Polivka M,Adle-Biassette H,Houdart E,Carpentier AF,Froelich S,Mandonnet E

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Interstitial infusion, a form of local delivery that bypasses the blood-brain barrier, has been shown to afford high regional concentrations of a therapeutic molecule while avoiding systemic exposure. The distribution of monoclonal antibodies administered via interstitial infusion has not been characterized, ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Luther N,Cheung NK,Dunkel IJ,Fraser JF,Edgar MA,Gutin PH,Souweidane MM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A common finding of computed tomography in a case of normal-pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is periventricular radiolucency (PVL). We analyzed PVL for patients with hydrocephalus, using dynamic computed tomographic and xenon-computed tomographic techniques to differentiate NPH from similar diseases. METHODS:Dyn...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nakano H,Bandoh K,Miyaoka M,Sato K

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia asteroides is an uncommon human pathogen typically encountered in immunocompromised patients. Primary central nervous system (CNS) nocardiosis is rare and usually manifests as cerebritis or abscesses. The case of a young woman who presented with CNS Nocardia abscesses complicated by an infective middle cerebr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hadley MN,Spetzler RF,Martin NA,Johnson PC

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the reclosure-promoting capacity of a neural stem cell line (F3) and a human bone marrow stem cell line (B10) injected into the amniotic cavity of spinal open neural tube defects (ONTDs) of chick embryos of Hamburger and Hamilton stage 18 or 19. METHODS:Fifteen chick embryos that survived the pro...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lee DH,Phi JH,Kim SK,Cho BK,Kim SU,Wang KC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is generally considered to be a disorder of adult and geriatric patients. We report four patients who are children or young adults with chronic neurological disorders, recent deterioration of their levels of function, normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressures, and ventricular enlar...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barnett GH,Hahn JF,Palmer J

更新日期：1987-06-01 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：:We constructed and discussed a mathematical model of intracranial saccular aneurysms based on the static mechanics of hollow vessels and were able to focus on three variables that are fundamental to the process of enlargement and rupture of these lesions. They are blood pressure (P), wall strength (sigma), and total w...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Canham PB,Ferguson GG

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of hyponatremia associated with volume depletion after pituitary exploration and biopsy. The presence of clinical dehydration precluded diagnosis of the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone. The absence of a hypoadrenal state and the patient's response to volume reexpansion were...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Andrews BT,Fitzgerald PA,Tyrell JB,Wilson CB

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00