Trismus in postoperative, posttraumatic and other brain stem lesions caused by paradoxical activity of masticatory muscles.

abstract：:Event related potential recording and psychometric evaluation of cognitive impairment were carried out on 21 patients with brain tumours, 21 patients with severe head injuries and 24 controls. The tumour and trauma patients who met the psychometric inclusion criteria for dementia, but not the non-demented patients, ha...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Olbrich HM,Nau HE,Zerbin D,Lanczos L,Lodemann E,Engelmeier MP,Grote W

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their experience with CT scanning ina series of 4 cases of subdural empyema, over a period of 10 months; all the patients were male, aged 16 to 25 years. A review of the literature shows that this disease, in spite of the large variety and efficacy of the available antibiotics, is marked by a signif...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hadj-Djilani M,Calliauw L

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a large osteoblastoma arising in the frontal bone of a 20-year-old female. The lesion was first noted after a fall, and grew steadily in size following further head injury during pregnancy. Initial plain radiography demonstrated an area of radiolucency, with subsequent cross-sectional imaging rev...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Toescu SM,Alalade AF,Steele L,Bhargava D,Hunter R

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effectiveness of repeated gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS) for the treatment of multiple metastatic brain tumours was evaluated. METHODS:This study included 16 patients with 242 tumours, 10 men and 6 women with a mean age of 60.3 years at initial GKS, who underwent GKS four times or more for newly develop...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Shuto T,Fujino H,Inomori S,Nagano H

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fenestrations of intracranial arteries are variants resulting from incomplete fusion of vessels during development with unknown clinical significance. They are best visualised with 3D rotational angiography (3DRA). OBJECTIVE:In a prospective consecutive series of patients with suspected aneurysms, 3DRA was ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hudák I,Lenzsér G,Lunenkova V,Dóczi T

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of intravenous nitroglycerin (NTG) combined with dopamine on intracranial pressure (ICP) and cerebral arteriovenous oxygen difference (AVDO2) were studied in 11 patients with acute subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). The study was performed on Days 1 to 3 of SAH after aneurysmal clipping. Treatment consisted o...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Iwanaga H,Okuchi K,Koshimae N,Goda K,Imanishi M,Tokunaga H,Aoki H,Boku E,Sakaki T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We present a unique example of an intra-sellar schwannoma co-existing with a growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary adenoma. METHOD AND FINDINGS:The patient presented with acromegaly and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an intra-sellar mass. The tumour was totally resected via a sub-labial trans-s...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Koutourousiou M,Seretis A,Kontogeorgos G

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Within the realm of neurosurgery, petroclival meningiomas are regarded as probably the most difficult tumour to be treated by microsurgery. This is due to the not infrequently large size of the tumours which, although predominantly located in the posterior fossa, may occupy more than one cranial compartment,...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Seifert V

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electromagnetic field focusing (EFF) probe is capable of producing well circumscribed, intense heat at the point of contact with the tissue. Experimental studies were carried out to assess this probe as a neurosurgical tool using 38 rats and 4 mice with mammary carcinoma. The study on the rats included study of th...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Patil AA,Yamanashi WS,Valentine JL,Hill D,Filip OF

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors applied a scaffold-free osteogenic three-dimensional (3D) graft made of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AMSCs) in patients undergoing minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF). METHODS:Three patients (two patients and one patient with 1 and 2 levels, respectivel...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Fomekong E,Dufrane D,Berg BV,André W,Aouassar N,Veriter S,Raftopoulos C

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adjuvant systemic chemotherapy increases survival of primary malignant glioma patients beyond 12-18 months. The only interstitial chemotherapy treatment approved for malignant glioma is Gliadel wafer containing carmustine (BCNU) placed in the resection cavity at surgery. Analysis of a large trial by Westphal ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Westphal M,Ram Z,Riddle V,Hilt D,Bortey E,Executive Committee of the Gliadel Study Group.

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pre-/postoperative pituitary endocrine deficiencies in patients with sellar/parasellar non-adenomatous lesions are poorly described and studies have not considered the effect of sellar invasion on endocrine outcome. The aim of this study was to relate the need for pituitary hormone replacement pre-/postopera...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Waqar M,Rampersad S,Bennett D,Kearney T,Gnanalingham KK

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cerebral pareses occurring in early childhood or produced subsequently by trauma or spontaneous cerebral haemorrhages, present a heterogenous symptomatic picture. In the forefront we find the spastic pareses associated with extra-pyramidal motor hyperkinesia (athetosis, dystonia, ballism). 36 C.P.-patients were su...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Mundinger F,Ostertag C

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Giant and large pituitary adenomas (PA) constitute a specific subset of PAs, with gross total resection (GTR) rates frequently not exceeding 50%. Both an anatomical inaccessibility and an inadequate tumor visualization are thought to play a role. This study analyzes risk factors for postoperative residuals a...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Peto I,Abou-Al-Shaar H,White TG,Abunimer AM,Kwan K,Zavadskiy G,Wagner K,Black K,Eisenberg M,Bruni M,Dehdashti AR

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an extremely rare example of Ewing's sarcoma (ES)/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour (pPNET) originating from the jugular foramen. The patient was a 10-year-old boy who presented with progressive symptoms due to right lower cranial nerve palsies. Computed tomographic (CT) scan and magnetic resonan...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kobayashi H,Terasaka S,Yamaguchi S,Kubota K,Iwasaki Y

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pituitary adenomas (PA) are common intracranial tumors. In the context of the aging of the population, the question is whether postsurgical outcomes are comparable to the younger ones. The primary objective of the present study was to review published resection and recurrence rates after transsphenoidal re...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Tuleasca C,Ducos Y,Leroy HA,Chanson P,Knafo S,Levivier M,Aghakhani N,Parker F

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the case of a 66-year-old female who developed progressive pulsating exophthalmos, a bruit, and conjunctival chemosis 7 months after a head injury. These symptoms, though highly suspicious of carotid cavernous fistula, were caused by an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) between the inferolateral trunk (I...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Horie N,Morikawa M,So G,Hayashi K,Suyama K,Nagata I

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This prospective observational study was undertaken to investigate the advantages, the safety, and the drawbacks of reconstructing a cervical corpectomy with a distractible corpectomy cage. According to the author's literature search, this is the second clinical report on a distractible cervical corpectomy c...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Payer M

更新日期：2006-11-01 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:The BrainIT group works collaboratively on developing standards for collection and analyses of data from brain-injured patients and to facilitate a more efficient infrastructure for assessing new health care technology with the primary objective of improving patient care. European Community (EC) funding supp...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Piper I,Chambers I,Citerio G,Enblad P,Gregson B,Howells T,Kiening K,Mattern J,Nilsson P,Ragauskas A,Sahuquillo J,Donald R,Sinnott R,Stell A,BrainIT Group.

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:Three hundred and sixty-four patients who suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage from an aneurysm at either the anterior (ACA) or posterior (PCA) communicating artery location and who were not surgically treated have been followed for up to 21 years in order to study the late morbidity and mortality. For the 213 patients...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Winn HR,Richardson AE,Jane JA

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Titanium fixation plates are routinely used for rigid fixation of bone flaps after craniotomy. In craniofacial surgery or after craniotomy involving orbitozygomatic osteotomies, these plates are occasionally removed because of infection, pain, protrusion, soft tissue erosion, and plate malfunction. However...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Gupta R,Adeeb N,Griessenauer CJ,Moore JM,Patel AS,Thomas AJ,Ogilvy CS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Octreotide is a potent agonist of somatostatin that lowers the serum level of growth hormone (GH), and reduces the size of somatotropinomas. However, the detailed mechanism of shrinkage of this tumour is not known. We, therefore, evaluated 11 patients with somatotropinomas who were treated with octreotide 300 microgra...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Saitoh Y,Arita N,Ohnishi T,Ekramullah S,Takemura K,Hayakawa T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A paraganglioma of cauda equina region is extremely rare and except for secreting tumour, the pre-operative diagnosis of paraganglioma is very difficult. Two cases of non-functional paragangliomas of the cauda equina region are reported, one was attached to the filum terminale and the other to a rootlet looking very m...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Aghakhani N,George B,Parker F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebrovascular anomalies remain an issue of controversy regarding diagnosis, classification, and treatment. We report the first case of total and asymptomatic regression and disappearance of a vein of Galen malformation associated with a posterior fossa venous pouch. Different aspects of the vein of Galen are discuss...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Tawk RG,Mohasseb G,Charbel FT,Debrun GM

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Common primary bone tumors include osteosarcomas (OSC) and Ewing sarcomas (EWS). The skull is a rare site, and literature about their treatment and survival is scarce. Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database, this study aims to assess the treatment and survival of skull OSC and ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Martin E,Senders JT,Ter Wengel PV,Smith TR,Broekman MLD

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to recent findings, diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) only allows prediction of facial nerve location in relation to vestibular schwannoma (VS) with high probability. However, previous studies have not mentioned why only the facial nerve was selectively visualized. Our previous report investigate...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Yoshino M,Kin T,Ito A,Saito T,Nakagawa D,Ino K,Kamada K,Mori H,Kunimatsu A,Nakatomi H,Oyama H,Saito N

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics and morphology in Chiari I malformation (CMI) and assess the response to surgery of the posterior cranial fossa, we examined midsagittal imaging along with anterior cervical 2-3 (AC2-3), posterior cervical 2-3 (PC2-3), and aqueduct CSF flow hydrodynamics in axi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Wang CS,Wang X,Fu CH,Wei LQ,Zhou DQ,Lin JK

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intervertebral disc herniation is an important health problem from both the social and economic aspect. It is often accompanied by a decrease in the content of water and proteoglycan (PG). The present study was undertaken to elucidate the effect of neodymium-yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser on degenerated disc t...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Turgut M,Açikgöz B,Kilinç K,Ozcan OE,Erbengi A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00