Virtual reality system for planning minimally invasive neurosurgery. Technical note.

abstract：OBJECT:Frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) is the second-most common focal epilepsy syndrome, and seizures are medically refractory in many patients. Although various studies have examined rates and predictors of seizure freedom after resection for FLE, there is significant variability in their results due to patient diversity...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Englot DJ,Wang DD,Rolston JD,Shih TT,Chang EF

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Dysfunction of distributed neural networks underlies many brain disorders. The development of neuromodulation therapies depends on a better understanding of these networks. Invasive human brain recordings have a favorable temporal and spatial resolution for the analysis of network phenomena but have generall...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Swann NC,de Hemptinne C,Miocinovic S,Qasim S,Ostrem JL,Galifianakis NB,Luciano MS,Wang SS,Ziman N,Taylor R,Starr PA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Despite persisting questions regarding its appropriateness, 30-day readmission is an increasingly common quality metric used to influence hospital compensation in the United States. However, there is currently insufficient evidence to identify which patients are at highest risk for readmission after aneurysm...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Greenberg JK,Guniganti R,Arias EJ,Desai K,Washington CW,Yan Y,Weng H,Xiong C,Fondahn E,Cross DT,Moran CJ,Rich KM,Chicoine MR,Dhar R,Dacey RG Jr,Derdeyn CP,Zipfel GJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their experience using electrolytically detachable coils for the treatment of residual cerebral aneurysms following incomplete surgical clipping. Eight patients were treated for six anterior and two posterior circulation aneurysm remnants. All patients were referred for endovascular treatment by exp...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Thielen KR,Nichols DA,Fulgham JR,Piepgras DG

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The middle clinoid process (MCP) is a bony projection that extends from the sphenoid bone near the lateral margin of the sella turcica. The varied prevalence and morphological features of the MCP in populations stratified by age, race, and sex are unknown; however, the knowledge of its anatomy and preoperati...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sharma A,Rieth GE,Tanenbaum JE,Williams JS,Ota N,Chakravarthi S,Manjila S,Kassam A,Yapicilar B

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Chronic pulmonary diseases (CPDs) are common causes of morbidity. However, their effects on the outcome of the neurosurgical patient population are unknown. In this study, the impact of CPD on length of stay (LOS) and cost of hospitalization (COH) in neurosurgical patients was evaluated. METHODS:This was a retr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Varhabhatla N,Zuo Z

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Smoking is a known risk factor for aneurysm development and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, as well as subsequent vasospasm in both untreated individuals and patients who have undergone surgical clipping of cerebrovascular aneurysms. However, there is a lack of data in the current scientific literature a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Futchko J,Starr J,Lau D,Leach MR,Roark C,Pandey AS,Thompson BG

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Shock waves have been experimentally applied to various neurosurgical treatments including fragmentation of cerebral emboli, perforation of cyst walls or tissue, and delivery of drugs into cells. Nevertheless, the application of shock waves to clinical neurosurgery remains challenging because the threshold for s...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kato K,Fujimura M,Nakagawa A,Saito A,Ohki T,Takayama K,Tominaga T

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrogen clearance method was used to measure total and focal cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the monkey before and for 5 hours after a simulated subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Some monkeys also received 0.2 to 1.0 mg/kg phentolamine intracisternally 3 hours after SAH. Results show that SAH did not change cerebrovasc...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Martins AN,Newby N,Doyle TF,Kobrine AI,Ramirez A

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphometric and chemical changes in the arterial wall were studied after 12 months of diet-induced atherosclerosis in rhesus monkeys treated with either bilateral surgical thoracic sympathectomy or propranolol. There was a marked reduction in the progression of atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries and a moderate r...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lichtor T,Davis HR,Johns L,Vesselinovitch D,Wissler RW,Mullan S

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lower-extremity pain and paresthesia have multiple origins. Early recognition of the symptoms of peripheral nerve entrapment leads to timely treatment and avoids the cost of unnecessary studies. The authors report on a case of superficial peroneal nerve syndrome resulting from nerve herniation through a fascial defect...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yang LJ,Gala VC,McGillicuddy JE

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The deep frontal pathway connecting the superior frontal gyrus to Broca's area, recently named the frontal aslant tract (FAT), is assumed to be associated with language functions, especially speech initiation and spontaneity. Injury to the deep frontal lobe is known to cause aphasia that mimics the aphasia cause...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fujii M,Maesawa S,Motomura K,Futamura M,Hayashi Y,Koba I,Wakabayashi T

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors compared detection methods for cell proliferation in human anterior pituitary adenomas using histological sections and dispersed cell culture. After tumor cells had been grown for 4 days in dispersed culture, bromodeoxyuridine (BUdR), proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), and Ki-67 were compared by do...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Atkin SL,Green VL,Hipkin LJ,Landolt AM,Foy PM,Jeffreys RV,White MC

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of trigeminal neurinoma are reviewed with particular attention to clinical signs and symptoms, lumbar puncture, electroencephalogram, brain scan, plain skull and tomographic radiographs, and angiographic and pneumoencephalographic findings. Pneumoencephalography, with special tomographic projections to iden...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Levinthal R,Benston JR

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Recently, concern has been raised that hyperventilation following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) could lead to cerebral ischemia. In acute ischemic stroke, in which the baseline metabolic rate is normal, reduction in cerebral blood flow (CBF) below a threshold of 18 to 20 ml/100 g/min is associated with ene...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Diringer MN,Videen TO,Yundt K,Zazulia AR,Aiyagari V,Dacey RG Jr,Grubb RL,Powers WJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECT Current recommendations stress the need for cognitive parameters to be integrated in the evaluation of outcomes for intracranial meningioma surgery. The aim of this prospective study was to examine neurocognitive function in meningioma patients pre- and postoperatively. METHODS Patients with skull base (anterio...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Liouta E,Koutsarnakis C,Liakos F,Stranjalis G

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with hemifacial spasm, it has been said that the spasm is due to cross compression of the facial nerve by a blood vessel and that microvascular decompression (MVD) of the facial nerve is an effective treatment. The F waves, which result from backfiring of antidromically activated motor neurons of the facia...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ishikawa M,Ohira T,Namiki J,Kobayashi M,Takase M,Kawase T,Toya S

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to describe the application of a novel transarterial approach to curative embolization of complex intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs). This technique is particularly useful in patients harboring high-grade DAVFs with direct cortical venous drainage or for whom transvenous ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nelson PK,Russell SM,Woo HH,Alastra AJ,Vidovich DV

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Meningioma consistency, firmness or softness as it relates to resectability, affects the difficulty of surgery and, to some degree, the extent of resection. Preoperative knowledge of tumor consistency would affect preoperative planning and instrumentation. Several methods of prediction have been proposed, bu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Smith KA,Leever JD,Hylton PD,Camarata PJ,Chamoun RB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children younger than 3 years of age represent a distinct subpopulation of patients at particular risk for high cervical and craniovertebral injuries. There are few descriptions of survivors of severe craniocervical trauma among the very young, and scarce data exist regarding management after initial emergency stabili...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ghatan S,Newell DW,Grady MS,Mirza SK,Chapman JR,Mann FA,Ellenbogen RG

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The effectiveness and safety of radiosurgery for small- to medium-sized cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) have been well established. However, the management for large cerebral AVMs remains a great challenge to neurosurgeons. In the past 5 years the authors performed preplanned staged radiosurgery to t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chung WY,Shiau CY,Wu HM,Liu KD,Guo WY,Wang LW,Pan DH

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:There is no description of the change in the posterior cerebral artery (PCA) in the diagnostic criteria of moyamoya disease (MMD). However, PCAs are often involved in the clinical setting, and an understanding of the significance of PCA lesions is therefore of great importance when evaluating the disease progres...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hishikawa T,Tokunaga K,Sugiu K,Date I

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effect of hypocapnia (PaCO2 20 mm Hg) on cerebral metabolism and the electroencephalogram (EEG) findings in 12 dogs during nitroglycerin (NTG)-induced hypotension. Previous studies suggest that NTG is a more potent cerebral vasodilator than sodium nitroprusside or trimethaphan. It was speculate...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Artru AA,Wright K,Colley PS

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to investigate potential episodes of cerebral ischemia during surgery for large and complicated aneurysms, by examining the effects of arterial temporary clipping and the impact of confounding variables such as blood pressure and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage. METHODS:Brain tissue...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kett-White R,Hutchinson PJ,Al-Rawi PG,Czosnyka M,Gupta AK,Pickard JD,Kirkpatrick PJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Over the past 15 years stereotactic radiosurgery has become an accepted surgical option for patients with medically unresponsive trigeminal neuralgia (TN). The mechanism whereby radiosurgery causes pain relief remains unclear. METHODS:A review of recent papers on the radiosurgical management of TN reveals a cor...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pollock BE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of cervical fixed flexion deformity in ankylosing spondylitis presents a challenging problem that is traditionally managed by a corrective cervicothoracic osteotomy. The authors report a new approach to this problem that involves performing a two-level osteotomy at the level of maximum spinal curvature, ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Duff SE,Grundy PL,Gill SS

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, the authors describe the history of neurosurgery at St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto. St. Michael's has long been regarded as one of the top teaching and research hospitals in Canada. A detailed literature review of published and unpublished works was performed to formulate a succinct but i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Alotaibi NM,Guha D,Ahuja CS,Spears J,Muller PJ,Tucker WS,Hudson AR,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Emerging evidence supports the hypothesis that modulation of specific central neuronal systems contributes to the clinical efficacy of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and motor cortex stimulation (MCS). Real-time monitoring of the neurochemical output of targeted regions may therefore advance functional neurosurger...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bledsoe JM,Kimble CJ,Covey DP,Blaha CD,Agnesi F,Mohseni P,Whitlock S,Johnson DM,Horne A,Bennet KE,Lee KH,Garris PA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Although traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and morbidity in young adults, no effective pharmaceutical treatment is available. By inhibiting glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) and histone deacetylases (HDACs), respectively, lithium and valproate (VPA) have beneficial effects in diverse ne...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yu F,Wang Z,Tanaka M,Chiu CT,Leeds P,Zhang Y,Chuang DM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Insular gliomas remain surgically challenging cases due to complex anatomy, including surrounding vasculature and the relationship to functional structures. To define the morbidity profile associated with aggressive insular glioma removal as well as its impact on long-term outcome, the authors retrospectively ev...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sanai N,Polley MY,Berger MS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00