Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition for arterial hypertension reduces the risk of recurrence in patients with chronic subdural hematoma possibly by an antiangiogenic mechanism.

abstract：:A case of bilateral ophthalmic artery aneurysm of traumatic origin is discussed. The patient presented with progressive loss of vision, memory deficit, and expressive aphasia. A computed tomographic scan revealed enhancing lesions near the region of the optic chiasm. The diagnosis of cerebral aneurysm was confirmed by...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hahn YS,McLone DG

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historical observations and interpretations regarding the treatment of components of the nervous system can be found in the writings of the Bible and Talmud. A review of topics germane to modern neuroanatomy, neurology, and neurosurgery from these early, rich writings is presented herein. These historic writings provi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tubbs RS,Loukas M,Shoja MM,Cohen-Gadol AA,Wellons JC 3rd,Oakes WJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of spinal surgery is an important part of the spine-related sciences. The development of treatment strategies for spine-related disorders is acquired from the Western literature. In this article, an Eastern physician, Ibn Sina, who is known as Avicenna in the West, and his treatise, Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Naderi S,Acar F,Mertol T,Arda MN

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Classification of middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysms is sometimes difficult because the identification of the main MCA bifurcation, the key for accurate classification of MCA aneurysms, is inconsistent and somewhat subjective. OBJECTIVE:To use the meeting point of the M1 and M2 trunks as an objective, g...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Elsharkawy A,Lehečka M,Niemelä M,Billon-Grand R,Lehto H,Kivisaari R,Hernesniemi J

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of ruptured distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysm associated with neurogenic pulmonary edema is presented. It is suggested that this association should not be accepted as a "taboo" for radical intervention followed by a proper management of ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure to maintain the an...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yabumoto M,Kuriyama T,Iwamoto M,Kinoshita T

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies have shown that subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) improves tremor in Parkinson disease (PD). However, the patients included in those studies were unselected for tremor severity. OBJECTIVE:We specifically assessed the effect of STN DBS on tremor in selected PD patients w...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kim HJ,Jeon BS,Paek SH,Lee JY,Kim HJ,Kim CK,Kim DG

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Liponeurocytomas are rare cerebellar neoplasms in adults, with benign histological features and a favorable clinical prognosis. Current clinical opinion is based on a total of less than 20 published cases and suggests that gross total resection and long-term follow-up monitoring, with possible ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jenkinson MD,Bosma JJ,Du Plessis D,Ohgaki H,Kleihues P,Warnke P,Rainov NG

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve the localization of stereotactic targets, somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) were recorded from the thalamus and subthalamic area using a specially designed semimicroelectrode in 61 patients and a conventional "macroelectrode" in 17 patients. By means of the semimicroelectrode, median nerve stimulation ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shima F,Morioka T,Tobimatsu S,Kavaklis O,Kato M,Fukui M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Asian populations, moyamoya disease has a well-defined phenotype including a bimodal age of presentation with children typically presenting with ischemic phenomena and adults presenting with hemorrhage. Studies have provided evidence that moyamoya disease in the United States may exhibit a different pheno...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Starke RM,Crowley RW,Maltenfort M,Jabbour PM,Gonzalez LF,Tjoumakaris SI,Randazzo CG,Rosenwasser RH,Dumont AS

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebral revascularization is an important part of the treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms that require deliberate occlusion of a parent artery. In situ bypass brings together intracranial donor and recipient arteries that lie parallel and in close proximity to one another rather than using an extracr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Quiñones-Hinojosa A,Lawton MT

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual association of a meningioma and an arteriovenous malformation is reported. A 68-year-old man developed left homonymous hemianopsia, left hemiparesis, and gaze palsy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a right occipital mass lesion containing multiple signal-void areas with tubular and honeycomb appearance, s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sawamura Y,Janzer RC,Fankhauser H,de Tribolet N

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal visualization in utero can be routinely accomplished using noninvasive ultrasound techniques that do not administer ionizing radiation. Image resolution with real time sonography is sufficient to demonstrate details of possible congenital central nervous system malformations before delivery. The case reported il...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Weinstein P,Weinstein L,Dotters D,Bedrick A,Anderson C

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental evidence has indicated the benefit of simvastatin in the treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage. However, no clinical data are available to answer whether a high-dose regimen is more effective than a normal-dose regimen, even though the biochemical actions and related neuroprotective mechanisms ar...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wong GK,Liang M,Tan H,Lee MW,Po YC,Chan KY,Poon WS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine if the expression of receptor tyrosine kinases would distinguish astrocytosis from astrocytoma. Because the expression of this family of receptor proteins is greater in higher-grade tumors, a graded series of both reactive and neoplastic astrocytic lesions in humans was evalu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kristt DA,Reedy E,Yarden Y

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern medical education in the Ottoman Empire began with the founding of the School of Medicine and Surgery in 1827. This was a military school established to provide military physicians for the army. The first neurosurgical interventions at this school were initiated by Cemil Pasha in 1889. This school has gradually...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Timurkaynak E,Izci Y,Acar F

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author looks back on his more than 70 years of familiarity with Americans involved in warfare, noting their loyal support for our country's objectives. Drawing on the Einstein equation, his own visits to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and current literature, he, as a physician, belatedly concurs with those who look on th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Evans JP

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The angle of arteries at bifurcations, as well as the blood flow, are factors of hemodynamic stress on the apical region, where aneurysms often develop. Using images obtained with three-dimensional computed tomographic angiography, we sought to determine the angles between the A1 and A2 segments of the anteri...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kasuya H,Shimizu T,Nakaya K,Sasahara A,Hori T,Takakura K

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between June 1979 and May 1994, I performed 148 unilateral or bilateral sympathectomies on 247 limbs in 110 patients using a percutaneous radiofrequency technique, usually on an outpatient surgery basis. Patient ages ranged from 10 to 81 years, with 45 male and 65 female patients. Four patients had unsuccessfully unde...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wilkinson HA

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs) are the most frequent pituitary tumors. Visual symptoms from NFPAs are common and include visual field defects, loss of central vision, and motility problems resulting in diplopia. OBJECTIVE:To create evidence-based guidelines in an attempt to formulate guidance for...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Newman SA,Turbin RE,Bodach ME,Tumialan LM,Oyesiku NM,Litvack Z,Zada G,Patil CG,Aghi MK

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Internal carotid artery (ICA) injury during sellar dural opening is a potentially catastrophic complication of transsphenoidal surgery. We describe two ICA injuries that occurred early in our endonasal transsphenoidal experience. We then describe our subsequent protocol to prevent this complication in which w...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dusick JR,Esposito F,Malkasian D,Kelly DF

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Treatment of tentorial dural arteriovenous fistulae (DAVFs) primarily draining into the vein of Galen remains a therapeutic challenge. We present two cases of ruptured galenic DAVFs that were successfully treated with gamma knife radiosurgery. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:Patient 1, a 66-year-old wom...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Shin M,Kurita H,Tago M,Kirino T

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurosurgical tradition at Jefferson Medical College began in the 19th century with Samuel Gross. In his textbook entitled A System of Surgery, Gross revealed his knowledge of the disorders of the nervous system at a time when innovations were practically inexistent. Gross' work paved the way for William Williams ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chalouhi N,Osterholm J,Jabbour P,Dumont AS,Gonzalez LF,Harrop J,Sharan A,Rosenwasser R,Tjoumakaris S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite apparent gross total resection, olfactory groove meningiomas have a high rate of late recurrence (average, 23%). In this retrospective study, we confirmed that the sites of these recurrences are the cranial base and paranasal sinuses. We postulated that these recurrences stem from conservative handlin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Obeid F,Al-Mefty O

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to test, in rabbits, the tightness of seven dural substitution materials commonly used in neurosurgery, i.e., Lyodura (B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, Germany), Tutoplast dura (Tutogen Medical, Inc., Parsippany, NJ), Tutoplast fascia lata (Tutogen Medical, Inc.), autologous per...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Filippi R,Derdilopoulos A,Heimann A,Krummenauer F,Perneczky A,Kempski O

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rat model of cortical vein occlusion by the photochemical thrombotic technique was used to evaluate whether monitoring the change in the local cerebral blood flow (LCBF) could predict brain damage after cortical vein occlusion. The cortical vein occlusion was attained by using the photochemical thrombotic technique,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nakase H,Kakizaki T,Miyamoto K,Hiramatsu K,Sakaki T

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain stem hemorrhage was first recorded in 1812. Its origin has been the subject of much study and experimentation. We review the studies that stress mechanical forces because dynamic axial distortion of the brain stem is a major factor in the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Thompson RK,Salcman M

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Various methods have been used to report the tumor diameter of vestibular schwannomas. To clarify the most appropriate method to represent the tumor volume, tumor diameters according to various measuring methods were statistically compared with the actual tumor volume. METHODS:Tumor volume was measured by th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

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

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in neurosurgical planning allows identification of white matter tracts and has been associated with a reduction in postoperative functional deficits. Objective:This study explores the relationship between the lesion-to-tract distance (LTD) and postoperative morbidity and...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Meyer EJ,Gaggl W,Gilloon B,Swan B,Greenstein M,Voss J,Hussain N,Holdsworth RL,Nair VA,Meyerand ME,Kuo JS,Baskaya MK,Field AS,Prabhakaran V

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of lymphocytic hypophysitis are reported, in which hypothalamic involvement causing diabetes insipidus was a prominent clinical feature. In one case, a man had clinical and radiological evidence of the involvement of the cavernous sinus. This represents the second reported case of a man with lymphocytic hypo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nussbaum CE,Okawara SH,Jacobs LS

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurophysiological monitoring is routinely used during neurosurgical procedures. Use of neurophysiological monitoring has extended to neuroendovascular procedures, but evidence of its impact on clinical outcome in this arena is limited. OBJECTIVE:To report the incidence of significant intraoperative somatos...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Phillips JL,Chalouhi N,Jabbour P,Starke RM,Bovenzi CD,Rosenwasser RH,Wilent WB,Romo VM,Tjoumakaris SI

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00