Multilevel oblique corpectomies: surgical indications and technique.

abstract：:An alcoholic man who was admitted with an acute onset of neck pain and confusion was diagnosed as suffering from a subarachnoid hemorrhage after rupture of an anterior communicating artery aneurysm. Additionally, he showed a bilateral 6th nerve palsy of variable extent. The postoperative course was complicated by pulm...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Valdueza JM,Puchner MJ,Herrmann HD

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blister aneurysms of the internal carotid artery (ICA) are uncommon. There is a paucity of data on the long-term outcomes of patients. OBJECTIVE:To review our experience with the treatment of these lesions. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed all aneurysms treated at our institution between 1994 and 2005. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kalani MY,Zabramski JM,Kim LJ,Chowdhry SA,Mendes GA,Nakaji P,McDougall CG,Albuquerque FC,Spetzler RF

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited dorsal myeloschisis (LDM) is postulated to be a result of incomplete dysjunction in primary neurulation. However, clinical experience of LDM located below the first-second sacral (S1-S2) vertebral level, which is formed from secondary neurulation (S2-coccyx), suggested that LDM may not be entirely ex...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kim JW,Wang KC,Chong S,Kim SK,Lee JY

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The diagnosis of isolated central nervous system angiitis often requires both cerebral angiography and biopsy for diagnosis. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:We present a case of gliomatosis cerebri with demonstrated angiographic changes suggestive of a central nervous system vasculitis. INTERVENTION:A 47-year-old wom...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Maramattom BV,Giannini C,Manno EM,Wijdicks EF,Campeau NG

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The dissection of cadaveric specimens is very important for a more sophisticated understanding of neurosurgical anatomic features and approaches. Teaching known approaches to residents or learning new approaches is best performed in a cadaveric laboratory. The utility of neurosurgical cadaveric dissections ca...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sanan A,Abdel Aziz KM,Janjua RM,van Loveren HR,Keller JT

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a bacterial abscess developing in the sphenoid sinus 2 weeks after transsphenoidal surgery is presented. Although abscesses within the sella turcica have been reported as rare complications of transsphenoidal surgery, this is the first reported case of the postoperative formation of an abscess of the sphenoi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Nelson PB,Hirsch BE,De Vries EJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An approach to transnasal transsphenoidal debulking of pituitary tumors using endoscopic guidance is presented. METHODS:Technical details of this approach using an endoscope inserted through one nostril and operating instruments inserted through a submucosal tunnel created via the other nostril are discussed...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rodziewicz GS,Kelley RT,Kellman RM,Smith MV

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Jugular foramen tumors are rare cranial base lesions that present diagnostic and management difficulties. With the availability of new diagnostic procedures these tumors have been more precisely studied and questions of whether, when, and how these lesions should be treated often arise. Data from 106 consecut...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ramina R,Maniglia JJ,Fernandes YB,Paschoal JR,Pfeilsticker LN,Coelho Neto M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Stereotactic radiosurgery is being used with more frequency in the management of patients with trigeminal neuralgia. To improve facial pain outcomes, many centers have increased the prescribed radiation dose to the trigeminal nerve. METHODS:Between April 1997 and December 1999, 68 patients underwent radiosur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pollock BE,Phuong LK,Foote RL,Stafford SL,Gorman DA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcomatous transformation of the enchondromas is a well-known complication of Ollier's disease, and nonsarcomatous malignancies have usually been associated with Maffucci's syndrome. Only 13 cases of multiple enchondromatosis associated with intracranial gliomas have been described, 5 of which were in patients with O...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chang S,Prados MD

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan was established as a specialty three-quarters of a century ago by Max Minor Peet. It developed under the successive leadership of Edgar Allan Kahn, Richard Coy Schneider, and Julian T. Hoff. Each has made unique contributions to the program, which has a strong tradition of te...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hoff JT,Taren JA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:The etiological factors involved in idiopathic intracranial hypertension are not easy to identify. This case of idiopathic intracranial hypertension was associated with a capillary hemangioma growing in the lumen of the superior sagittal sinus. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 10-year-old girl had expe...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Brotchi J,Baleriaux D,Kalangu KK,Morelli D,Rodesch G,Rorive S,Pirotte B

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review our experience of managing idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) during the 6-year period from 2002 to 2007, when intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring was part of the diagnostic workup. METHODS:The review includes all iNPH patients undergoing diagnostic ICP monitoring during the years 2...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Eide PK,Sorteberg W

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a review of 147 patients with intracranial aneurysms surgically treated by one surgeon (FAD) between 1980 and 1987, 36 selected patients received intraoperative barbiturate protection with sodium thiopental during temporary arterial occlusion. Thiopental doses of 5 to 15 mg/kg were used. Twenty-nine of 36 (81%) had...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： McDermott MW,Durity FA,Borozny M,Mountain MA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A stab wound to the right flank of a 24-year-old man produced immediate paralysis of both legs but spared sensation. Recovery was slow but sufficient to allow walking with a cane. Radicular artery interruption, in combination with systemic hypotension, is presumed to have caused selective watershed infarction of the s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Keane JR,Gamal R

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different fluids used in neurosurgery were tested for the production of blood-brain barrier dysfunction by applying them to the brain surface of the cat for 3 hours. Normal saline, Ringer's solution, and Elliott's Solution B induced no obvious damage either by closed subdural perfusion or when applied to the brain sur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Vällfors B,Hansson HA,Svensson J

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial electrical recordings and stimulation of neurosurgical patients have been central to the advancement of human neuroscience. The use of these methods has rapidly expanded over the last decade due to theoretical and technical advances, as well as the growing number of neurosurgical patients undergoing funct...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chiong W,Leonard MK,Chang EF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The most common postoperative complication of the transsphenoidal approach is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea. If the dura is widely opened beyond the sellar floor and massive intraoperative CSF leakage is encountered, then the conventional packing method, in which the sella turcica is filled with pieces...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kitano M,Taneda M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current surgical management guidelines for pediatric spondylolisthesis (PS) are reliant on data from single-center cohorts. OBJECTIVE:To analyze national trends and predictors of short-term outcomes in spinal fusion surgery for PS by performing a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of the Kids' Inpatient...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rumalla K,Yarbrough CK,Pugely AJ,Dorward IG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five consecutive adults with Chiari malformation and progressive symptoms underwent surgical treatment at a single institution over a 3-year period. All patients underwent magnetic resonance imaging scan before and after surgery. Images of the craniovertebral junction confirmed tonsillar herniation in all cases...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pillay PK,Awad IA,Little JR,Hahn JF

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the use of a specific shape and a navigating method of microcatheters are suitable for placement at paraclinoid aneurysms. METHODS:The clinical data from 122 patients with 132 paraclinoid aneurysms that underwent endovascular treatments during a 2.5-year period were retrospectively revie...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kwon BJ,Im SH,Park JC,Cho YD,Kang HS,Kim JE,Han MH

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraoperative electrocorticography (ECoG) has been utilized in patients with tumor-associated seizures; however, its effectiveness for seizure control remains controversial. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate clinical outcomes in pediatric patients undergoing lesionectomy with or without ECoG. METHODS:Patients undergo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Robertson FC,Ullrich NJ,Manley PE,Al-Sayegh H,Ma C,Goumnerova LC

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated quality of life in 78 patients with closed head injury (CHI) 2 to 4 years postinjury. Using both interview data and mean data from the Sickness Impact Profile questionnaire, impaired quality of life was observed in the areas of psychosocial functioning, social role functioning, leisure activities,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Klonoff PS,Snow WG,Costa LD

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) outflow resistance (Ro) using a bolus injection method was carried out under normal conditions and in a state of artificially increased elastance produced by saline loading into the CSF space. These values of Ro were compared with Ro estimated by the steady state infusion method...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Takizawa H,Gabra-Sanders T,Miller JD

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery (GK-SRS) is a safe and noninvasive treatment used as adjuvant therapy for patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Several studies have yielded conflicting results in the effectiveness of radiosurgery in GBM. This study is a retrospective review of our institutional e...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hsieh PC,Chandler JP,Bhangoo S,Panagiotopoulos K,Kalapurakal JA,Marymont MH,Cozzens JW,Levy RM,Salehi S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of choroidal epithelial cyst of the prepontine region is reported. The cyst wall was studied using light and electron microscopy. Electron microscopy revealed that the lining of the cyst consisted of a single layer of epithelial cells resting on a basement membrane. The epithelial cells contained numerous club-...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fukushima T,Hirakawa T,Tanaka A,Tomonaga M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumbar degenerative scoliosis is a relatively common problem, and is being treated more frequently due to the confluence of an aging population and an increased capacity and willingness to manage difficult problems in older patients. Lumbar degenerative scoliosis is a complex pathology as it often involves the interse...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Glassman SD,Berven SH,Shaffrey CI,Mummaneni PV,Polly DW

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Delayed cerebral ischemia resulting from vasospasm is a major cause of morbidity and death in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Milrinone, because it inhibits Type IV cyclic adenosine monophosphate-specific phosphodiesterase enzyme in both cardiac and vascular smooth muscle, is a powerful inot...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Khajavi K,Ayzman I,Shearer D,Jones SC,Levy JH,Prayson RA,Skibinski CI,Hahn JF,Chyatte D

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first half of the 20th century witnessed the rapid emergence of neurological surgery as a surgical subspecialty. Only few surgeons made a name for themselves equally in general surgery and neurological surgery. One of them was the Swiss surgeon Theodor Kocher (1841-1917). He was honored with the Nobel Prize for hi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schültke E

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goals of treating Koos grade IV vestibular schwannomas are to relieve brainstem compression, preserve or restore neurological function, and achieve long-term tumor control while minimizing tumor- and treatment-related morbidity. OBJECTIVE:To propose a treatment paradigm involving the intentional near-to...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Zumofen DW,Guffi T,Epple C,Westermann B,Krähenbühl AK,Zabka S,Taub E,Bodmer D,Mariani L

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00