Transient syringomyelia leading to acute neurological deterioration after repair of a lipomyelomeningocele: case report.

abstract：:Recent advances in electronics and microprocessors have enabled the development of a compact portable cerebral blood flow (CBF) machine capable of being transported to the patient's bedside. We have used such a device, the Novo Cerebrograph 2a, during the past 7 months on a regular basis in the day to day management o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rosenstein J,Suzuki M,Symon L,Redmond S

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:The present report explored the effect of electrical stimulation on the inferior thalamic peduncle in a patient with resistant major depression disorder (MDD). CLINICAL PRESENTATION:This report refers to a 49-year-old woman with a history of recurrent episodes of major depression for 20 years ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jiménez F,Velasco F,Salin-Pascual R,Hernández JA,Velasco M,Criales JL,Nicolini H

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of isolated intramedullary sarcoidosis. The patient developed progressive signs that indicated a spinal tumor, which were investigated with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging scans. Magnetic resonance imaging clearly revealed an intramedullary lesion, but the diagnosis of sarcoidosis was mad...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Levivier M,Brotchi J,Balériaux D,Pirotte B,Flament-Durand J

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical presentation, radiological features, and results of surgical treatment were analyzed in 17 cases of hydrosyringomyelia associated with a Chiari malformation, in children and adolescents younger than 20 years of age. The initial symptoms were a skeletal abnormality (71%), such as scoliosis (11 patients) or...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Isu T,Iwasaki Y,Akino M,Abe H

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical treatment of C2 tumors remains challenging. Because of the deep location and unique anatomical complexity, anterior exposure in this region is considered difficult and dangerous, and few reports concerning anterior tumor resection and reconstruction exist. OBJECTIVE:To describe a technique of seque...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yang X,Wu Z,Xiao J,Teng H,Feng D,Huang W,Chen H,Wang X,Yuan W,Jia L

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:This article describes delayed endovascular revascularization in a patient with clinical and radiographic evidence of posterior circulation hemodynamic failure in the setting of intracranial occlusive lesions. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 48-year-old man presented with a 6-week history of progress...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ogilvy CS,Khalessi AA,Hauck EF,Shannon LR 2nd,Hopkins LN,Levy EI,Siddiqui AH

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thorascopic approach for the microsurgical removal of herniated thoracic discs is described, and perioperative management is also discussed. The microsurgical techniques used for decompression of the spinal canal in the thoracic spine are presented in detail. The diagnostic imaging, surgical positioning, approach,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oskouian RJ Jr,Johnson JP,Regan JJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The complement system is thought to play a major role in initiating some of the inflammatory events that occur during reperfusion injury. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of C1 esterase inhibitor (C1-INH) on ischemic injury in the rat model of middle cerebral artery suture occlusion and reperfu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Akita N,Nakase H,Kaido T,Kanemoto Y,Sakaki T

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Occipital lobe epilepsy (OLE) is an uncommon but debilitating focal epilepsy syndrome with seizures often refractory to medical management. While surgical resection has proven a viable treatment, previous studies examining postoperative seizure freedom rates are limited by small sample size and patient heter...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Harward SC,Chen WC,Rolston JD,Haglund MM,Englot DJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine the risk of adverse outcome after contemporary surgical treatment of patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms in the United States. Patient, surgeon, and hospital characteristics were tested as potential outcome predictors, with particular attention to the surgeon's and hospital'...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barker FG 2nd,Amin-Hanjani S,Butler WE,Ogilvy CS,Carter BS

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) accumulation during positron emission tomography (PET) in patients with medulloblastoma and examined the relationship of intensity of uptake with patient outcome after the initial scan. METHODS:Magnetic resonance imaging and FDG-PET scans of brain and spine we...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gururangan S,Hwang E,Herndon JE 2nd,Fuchs H,George T,Coleman RE

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Safety and efficacy of the thrombolytic agent urokinase (URO) in the elimination of subarachnoid clot and prevention of chronic vasospasm was compared with tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) in a blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial. Twenty monkeys were randomly assigned to one of five groups of four. Eac...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hariton GB,Findlay JM,Weir BK,Kasuya H,Grace MG,Mielke BW

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Frequently, the cervicothoracic junction can be reached through a simple anterior approach. In some cases, access to this region requires a much more aggressive surgical intervention, such as manubriotomy or sternotomy. Information regarding the need for such interventions is particularly useful to have preop...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Karikari IO,Powers CJ,Isaacs RE

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An operative repair technique for crushed sciatic nerve in the rat was used to examine whether removal of the damaged tissue could be better achieved with a low wattage CO2 laser or a blade. This approach was compared to results in rats undergoing conventional end-to-end nerve anastomosis using a microsurgical approac...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： de la Torre JC,Karaca M,Merali Z,Fortin T,Richard M

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1982, we developed a new coma scale, the Glasgow-Liège scale, which combines the quantified analysis of five brain stem reflexes with the Glasgow methodology. The present study was undertaken to determine to what extent agreement exists among different raters assessing brain stem reflexes (Parameter R) and to compa...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Born JD,Hans P,Albert A,Bonnal J

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Meningiomas are the most common tumors occurring in the central nervous system, with variable recurrence rates depending on World Health Organization grading. Atypical (Grade II) meningioma has a higher rate of recurrence than benign (Grade I) meningioma. The efficacy of adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) to improve...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Garcia-Segura ME,Erickson AW,Jairath R,Munoz DG,Das S

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is often perceived as a passive membrane. However, evidence has demonstrated that the BBB plays an active role in normal homeostasis and in certain disease processes. METHODS:Approximately 300 peer-reviewed publications that discussed normal or abnormal BBB function were reviewe...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Neuwelt EA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article outlines basic concepts and pathophysiological aspects of the chemistry of oxygen free radicals in all forms of brain injury and brain edema. Recent experimental studies have demonstrated that oxygen free radicals may be important mediators of brain injury and brain edema, and pharmacological antag...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ikeda Y,Long DM

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although originally isolated from the bone marrow, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have recently been detected in other tissues. However, little is known about MSCs in the brain. OBJECTIVE:To determine the extent to which cells with the features of MSCs exist in normal brain tissue and to determine the locati...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kang SG,Shinojima N,Hossain A,Gumin J,Yong RL,Colman H,Marini F,Andreeff M,Lang FF

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is minimal detailed information regarding the sphenoparietal venous sinus found in the extant medical literature. Furthermore, there is controversy in the literature regarding drainage of the Sylvian vein into this sinus. The sphenoparietal sinus can potentially be encountered with cranial base approach...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tubbs RS,Salter EG,Wellons JC 3rd,Blount JP,Oakes WJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Iron catalyzed generation of injurious free radicals has been implicated in the pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The present study assessed the effects of the iron chelator deferiprone on cerebral vasospasm in an in vivo rabbit model of SAH. METHODS:Twenty-four rabbits ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Arthur AS,Fergus AH,Lanzino G,Mathys J,Kassell NF,Lee KS

更新日期：1997-12-01 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:Basilar cranial fractures have been associated with injury to the carotid artery. We sought to determine whether fracture through the carotid canal was a significant risk factor for carotid injury. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was performed, and 230 patients with basilar cranial fractures were identi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Resnick DK,Subach BR,Marion DW

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We measured cerebrospinal fluid flow velocity by use of cine phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging to quantitate the effectiveness of surgical decompression in patients with cervical myelopathy. METHODS:Forty-seven patients with cervical myelopathy attributable to either spondylosis or ossification of th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tominaga T,Watabe N,Takahashi T,Shimizu H,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of a chronic posttraumatic lumbar intradural arachnoid cyst causing compression of the cauda equina is reported. The etiological, pathological, and clinical features are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the importance of a correct interpretation of radiological findings. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Zuccarello M,Powers G,Tobler WD,Sawaya R,Hakim SZ

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of benign stem glioma with a 15-year survival is presented. In spite of 12 years of clinical quiescence, a focus of the tumor in the upper brain stem was found at necropsy. Morphologically, the tumor was a cystic pilocytic astrocytoma. The few previously reported similar cases in the same location were...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Soffer D,Sahar A

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this work is to present the preliminary clinical experience we acquired in using the new PoleStar generation, N20 (Medtronic Navigation, Louisville, CO), in a modified conventional operating room. METHODS:PoleStar N20 is a 0.15-T, intraoperative scanner combined with both an integrated optic...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ntoukas V,Krishnan R,Seifert V

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minimally invasive surgery procedures, including stereotactic catheter aspiration and clearance of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator hold a promise to improve outcome of supratentorial brain hemorrhage, a morbid and disabling type of stroke. A recently completed Pha...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Awad IA,Polster SP,Carrión-Penagos J,Thompson RE,Cao Y,Stadnik A,Money PL,Fam MD,Koskimäki J,Girard R,Lane K,McBee N,Ziai W,Hao Y,Dodd R,Carlson AP,Camarata PJ,Caron JL,Harrigan MR,Gregson BA,Mendelow AD,Zuccare

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, in standard hospital settings the tissue blood supply could be inferred only from indirect measures such as assessment of the clinical signs and intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring. This critical parameter can now be imaged directly with stable xenon-enhanced computed tomographic (CT) imaging. The p...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wozney P,Yonas H,Latchaw RE,Gur D,Good W

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Embolization before stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM) has been shown to negatively affect obliteration rates, but its impact on the risks of radiosurgery-induced complications and latency period hemorrhage is poorly defined. OBJECTIVE:To determine, in a case-cont...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oermann EK,Ding D,Yen CP,Starke RM,Bederson JB,Kondziolka D,Sheehan JP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00