Early results of surgery in patients with nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma and analysis of the risk of tumor recurrence.

abstract：OBJECT:The authors undertook this study to identify predictors of persistent postoperative seizures in their group of 28 Dutch pediatric and adolescent patients with medically intractable epilepsy who underwent functional hemispherectomy. METHODS:The records of 28 pediatric and adolescent patients who underwent a func...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cats EA,Kho KH,Van Nieuwenhuizen O,Van Veelen CW,Gosselaar PH,Van Rijen PC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Glioblastoma is a primary glial neoplasm with a median survival of approximately 1 year. There are anecdotal reports that postoperative infection may confer a survival advantage in patients with glioblastoma. However, only a few case reports in the literature, along with 2 retrospective cohort studies, show ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chen YR,Ugiliweneza B,Burton E,Woo SY,Boakye M,Skirboll S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial number of patients with coronal synostosis who undergo frontoorbital advancement still require additional surgical treatment to correct increased intracranial pressure or unsatisfactory craniofacial structure. However, frontoorbital advancement currently requires elevation of the frontal as well as the o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hirabayashi S,Sugawara Y,Sakurai A,Harii K,Park S

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 121 intracerebral aneurysms presenting at one institution between 1984 and 1989, 16 were treated by endovascular means. All 16 lesions were intradural and intracranial, and had failed either surgical or endovascular attempts at selective exclusion with parent vessel preservation. The lesions included four giant ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hodes JE,Aymard A,Gobin YP,Rüfenacht D,Bien S,Reizine D,Gaston A,Merland JJ

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, the authors demonstrated that idiopathic pituitary hyperplasia (PH) can cause complete bitemporal hemianopia and amenorrhea, even in the setting of mild anatomical compression of the optic chiasm and normal pituitary function. Furthermore, complete resolution of symptoms can be achieved with surgical d...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Raviv N,Amin A,Kenning TJ,Pinheiro-Neto CD,Jones D,Sharma V,Peris-Celda M

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The magnetic properties of 12 different types of aneurysm clip were investigated in order to identify which clips allow postoperative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging without risk. Clip-induced MR artifacts were also quantitatively studied using a geometrical phantom. Nonferromagnetic aneurysm clips like the Yaşargil P...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Romner B,Olsson M,Ljunggren B,Holtås S,Säveland H,Brandt L,Persson B

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Available data indicate that the concentration of prostaglandin F2alpha required to produce arterial spasm in an experimental model is approximately a thousand-fold higher than the concentration that occurs under physiological conditions. The spasmogenic platelet factor which has been previously described is shown to ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kapp JP,Robertson JT,White RP

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas have been reported to have associated areas of surrounding low density on computerized tomography (CT). These low-density areas may represent edema, widened subarachnoid spaces, loculated cerebrospinal fluid, demyelination, or adjacent tumor. Two cases are presented in which this adjacent area of low densi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Becker D,Norman D,Wilson CB

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A pullout strength biomechanical study was performed in 20 fresh swine vertebral bodies in which titanium expander (Group 1) and conventional screws (Group 2) were placed. METHODS:The screws were inserted into the anterosuperior portion of the anterior spine, and assessment was performed after application of lo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rassi-Neto A,Shimano A

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of patients who underwent repeated radiosurgery to treat a residual intracranial arteriovenous malformation (AVM) after an initial radiosurgical treatment failure. METHODS:The authors reviewed the cases of 52 patients who underwent repeated radiosurgery for re...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Foote KD,Friedman WA,Ellis TL,Bova FJ,Buatti JM,Meeks SL

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report results obtained in 20 severely affected patients with Parkinson's disease (Grade IV or V) who received an autotransplant of perfused adrenal medullary tissue. This study seems to indicate that these autoimplants can improve the parkinsonian symptomatology and induce amelioration in the patients' pe...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： López-Lozano JJ,Bravo G,Abascal J

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors experienced an intriguing phenomenon in 2 adult patients with moyamoya disease. Mouth opening caused reversible occlusion of the donor superficial temporal artery (STA), and the patients exhibited transient cerebral ischemic symptoms. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of such occlusio...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Katsuta T,Abe H,Miki K,Inoue T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality and asymptomatic Chiari I malformation have an unusual coincidence. A young boy who had recently fallen from his porch was transferred to the neurosurgery service with a high cervical central cord syndrome. Careful study demonstrated no radiographic abnormality and, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bondurant CP,Oró JJ

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Different surgical routes have been used over the years to achieve adequate decompression of the optic nerve in its canal including, more recently, endoscopic approaches performed either through the endonasal corridor or the transorbital one. The present study aimed to detail and quantify the amount of bone ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Di Somma A,Cavallo LM,de Notaris M,Solari D,Topczewski TE,Bernal-Sprekelsen M,Enseñat J,Prats-Galino A,Cappabianca P

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is the treatment of choice for hydrocephalus, but the outcome is dependent on the cause of this disorder, and the procedure remains principally the preserve of pediatric neurosurgeons. The role of ETV in adult patients with hydrocephalus was therefore investigated. METHODS...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jenkinson MD,Hayhurst C,Al-Jumaily M,Kandasamy J,Clark S,Mallucci CL

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Disposable supplies constitute a large portion of operating room (OR) costs and are often left over at the end of a surgical case. Despite financial and environmental implications of such waste, there has been little evaluation of OR supply utilization. The goal of this study was to quantify the utilization ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zygourakis CC,Yoon S,Valencia V,Boscardin C,Moriates C,Gonzales R,Lawton MT

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Gamma knife surgery (GKS) has been a safe and effective treatment for vestibular schwannomas in both the short and long term, although less is known about long-term outcomes in the past 10 years. The aim of this study was to clarify long-term outcomes in patients with vestibular schwannomas treated using GKS bas...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hasegawa T,Kida Y,Kobayashi T,Yoshimoto M,Mori Y,Yoshida J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution dynamic infrared (DIR) imaging provides intraoperative real-time physiological, anatomical, and pathological information; however, DIR imaging has rarely been used in neurosurgical patients. The authors report on their initial experience with intraoperative DIR imaging in 30 such patients. A novel, lon...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ecker RD,Goerss SJ,Meyer FB,Cohen-Gadol AA,Britton JW,Levine JA

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suprascapular nerve entrapment (SNE) in the suprascapular notch is a rare entity that must be considered in the differential diagnosis of radicular pain, as well as that of shoulder discomfort. Over a period of 10 years (1985-1995), the authors treated 28 cases of SNE in 27 patients by surgical decompression of the ne...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Antoniadis G,Richter HP,Rath S,Braun V,Moese G

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intraoperative nerve action potential (NAP) recording is a useful tool for surgeons to guide decisions on surgical approaches during nerve repair surgeries. However, current methods remain technically challenging. In particular, stimulus artifacts that contaminate or mask the NAP and therefore impair the inte...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wu G,Belzberg A,Nance J,Gutierrez-Hernandez S,Ritzl EK,Ringkamp M

更新日期：2019-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The current state of surgery for vestibular schwannomas (VSs) is the result of a century of step-by-step technical progress by groundbreaking surgeons who transformed the procedure from its hazardous infancy and high mortality rate to its current state of safety and low morbidity rate. Harvey Cushing advocated bilater...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Akard W,Tubbs RS,Seymour ZA,Hitselberger WE,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Orbital tumors are often surgically challenging because they require an extensive fronto-temporo-orbital zygomatic approach (FTOZ) and a multidisciplinary team approach to provide the best outcomes. Recently, minimally invasive endoscopic techniques via a transorbital superior eyelid approach (ETOA) or endosc...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jeon C,Hong SD,Woo KI,Seol HJ,Nam DH,Lee JI,Kong DS

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage rarely occurs in young adults. The aim of this work was to clarify the clinical characteristics of ruptured aneurysms in young adults in the third and fourth decades of life and to compare these two age groups. METHODS:The authors retrospectively investigated 2493 patients who...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Horiuchi T,Tanaka Y,Hongo K,Kobayashi S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVECerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (CHS) is a serious complication after carotid artery stenting (CAS). Staged angioplasty (SAP)-i.e., angioplasty followed by delayed CAS-has been reported as a potential CHS-avoiding procedure. The purpose of this study was to clarify the effectiveness of SAP in avoiding CHS af...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hayakawa M,Sugiu K,Yoshimura S,Hishikawa T,Yamagami H,Fukuda-Doi M,Sakai N,Iihara K,Ogasawara K,Oishi H,Ito Y,Matsumaru Y

更新日期：2019-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A naming task has been used to spare cortical areas involved in language. In the present study, a calculation task was combined with electrostimulation mapping (awake surgery) to spare cortical areas involved in calculation in patients undergoing surgery for brain lesions. The organization of language and calcul...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Roux FE,Boukhatem L,Draper L,Sacko O,Démonet JF

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The severity of neurological impairment following traumatic brain injury (TBI) is exacerbated by several endogenous processes, including hyperglycemia, hypotension, and the generation of glutamate. However, in addition to controlling hyperglycemia, insulin has pleiotropic effects on tissue metabolism, which incl...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fanne RA,Nassar T,Mazuz A,Waked O,Heyman SN,Hijazi N,Goelman G,Higazi AA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Although a number of studies have assessed the surgical treatment of paraclinoid-segment carotid artery aneurysms and resulting visual complications, less attention has been given to the results with respect to the superior hypophyseal artery (SHA). The authors evaluated the relationship between the aneurysm, th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Horiuchi T,Goto T,Tanaka Y,Kodama K,Tsutsumi K,Ito K,Hongo K

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECT Approximately 250 million surgical procedures are performed annually worldwide, and data suggest that major complications occur in 3%-17% of them. Many of these complications can be classified as avoidable, and previous studies have demonstrated that preoperative checklists improve operating room teamwork and d...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Laws ER,Wong JM,Smith TR,de Los Reyes K,Aglio LS,Thorne AJ,Cote DJ,Esposito F,Cappabianca P,Gawande A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of reports have shown that epidural or intrathecal administration of morphine provides pain relief. Since February, 1981, the authors have used an implantable pump and epidural catheter for continuous epidural morphine infusion in patients with chronic pain. This system has functioned well, without respirator...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Harbaugh RE,Coombs DW,Saunders RL,Gaylor M,Pageau M

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anatomical study of the vascularization of the hippocampus was performed on 30 hemispheres. There were a total of 140 arteries supplying the hippocampi, for an average of 4.7 arteries per hemisphere (range three to seven arteries). Based on the origin and caliber of the arteries supplying the hippocampus, the hemis...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Erdem A,Yaşargil G,Roth P

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00