Ascites and abdominal pseudocysts following ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery: variations of the same theme.

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Chronic neuropathic pain after peripheral nerve injury is a major clinical problem. Its management is difficult, and therapeutic approaches vary and include oral medication, neurostimulation, and surgery. The aim of this study was to assess the adequacy of surgical nerve revision in a large series of patient...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Decrouy-Duruz V,Christen T,Raffoul W

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:In the preceding article, the authors described the Hydrocephalus Outcome Questionnaire (HOQ), a simple, reliable, and valid measure of health status in children with hydrocephalus. In the present study, they present their initial experience in using the HOQ to quantify the health status in a typical cohort of c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kulkarni AV,Drake JM,Rabin D,Dirks PB,Humphreys RP,Rutka JT

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage with development of the intracranial hypotension syndrome and acquired Chiari I malformation due to lumbar spinal CSF diversion procedures have both been well described. However, concomitant presentation of both syndromes has rarely been reported. The object o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Atkinson JL,Weinshenker BG,Miller GM,Piepgras DG,Mokri B

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A feasibility study reveals that a standard linear accelerator, with only slight modification, can function in a manner similar to Leksell's multiple cobalt radiation device. A high radiation dose can be delivered to a 1-cm or 0.5-cm volume target with insignificant radiation effect on the surrounding tissue. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Heifetz MD,Wexler M,Thompson R

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer-based system has been developed for the integration and display of computerized tomography (CT) image data in the operating microscope in the correct perspective without requiring a stereotaxic frame. Spatial registration of the CT image data is accomplished by determination of the position of the operating...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Roberts DW,Strohbehn JW,Hatch JF,Murray W,Kettenberger H

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cases of six patients are presented to delineate the clinical profile of delayed radiation necrosis of the brain. In five the diagnosis was verified histologically. Symptoms most often begin 9 months to 2 years after radiotherapy. Progressive visual impairment and dementia are common following perisellar irradiati...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Martins AN,Johnston JS,Henry JM,Stoffel TJ,Di Chiro G

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Dilations of brain perivascular spaces (PVSs), also known as Virchow-Robin spaces, are routinely identified on magnetic resonance imaging studies of the brain and recognized as benign normal variants. Giant dilations occur only rarely and can be easily misdiagnosed as central nervous system tumors. The relevant ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： House P,Salzman KL,Osborn AG,MacDonald JD,Jensen RL,Couldwell WT

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subtemporal decompression is recognized as an effective treatment for slit-ventricle syndrome; however, the effects of this procedure have not been demonstrated using both pre- and postsurgical intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring. The authors report two cases in which slit-ventricle syndrome and elevated ICP had be...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Allan R,Chaseling R

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Cochlear neurons are inevitably exposed to traumatic stress during surgical removal of an acoustic neuroma; that event is an important cause of postoperative cochlear neuronal degeneration, with subsequent loss of spiral ganglion cells (SGCs). The object of this study was to investigate whether preoperative phar...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sekiya T,Shimamura N,Hatayama T,Suzuki S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related norms for the regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) response to Diamox (acetazolamide) were based on studies of 55 normal subjects at rest and on studies of 33 of these 55 normal subjects following an intravenous injection of Diamox (22 mg/kg). After the Diamox injection, rCBF increased at all locations meas...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sullivan HG,Kingsbury TB 4th,Morgan ME,Jeffcoat RD,Allison JD,Goode JJ,McDonnell DE

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors conducted a study to determine the factors associated with right-sided language dominance in patients with cerebrovascular malformations. METHODS:Twenty-two patients with either arteriovenous malformations (AVMs [15 cases]) or cavernous malformations (7 cases) underwent functional MR (fMR) imaging s...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lee DJ,Pouratian N,Bookheimer SY,Martin NA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Disturbance of cerebral phosphorus-containing metabolites occurs in many disease entities and has not been widely studied in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Pilot studies have indicated that hypermagnesemic treatment may improve outcome in patients with aneurysmal SAH, but the precise mechanism is n...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wong GK,Yeung DK,Ahuja AT,King AD,Lam CW,Chan MT,Gin T,Poon WS

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Surgical indications for patients with pineal cysts are controversial. While the majority of patients harboring a pineal cyst require no treatment, surgery is a well-accepted option for a subset of those patients with secondary hydrocephalus or Parinaud's syndrome. The majority of pineal cysts are identified inc...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kalani MY,Wilson DA,Koechlin NO,Abuhusain HJ,Dlouhy BJ,Gunawardena MP,Nozue-Okada K,Teo C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the time Harvey Cushing entered medical school, nerve reconstruction techniques had been developed, but peripheral nerve surgery was still in its infancy. As an assistant surgical resident influenced by Dr. William Halsted, Cushing wrote a series of reports on the use of cocaine for nerve blocks. Following his resi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tubbs RS,Patel N,Nahed BV,Cohen-Gadol AA,Spinner RJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) may result in focal neurological deficits and cerebral infarction, believed to result from critical regional rather than global impairments in cerebral blood flow (CBF). However, the burden of such regional hypoperfusion has not been evaluate...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jafri H,Diringer MN,Allen M,Zazulia AR,Zipfel GJ,Dhar R

更新日期：2019-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Factors determining choice of an academic career in neurological surgery are unclear. This study seeks to evaluate the graduates of medical schools and US residency programs to determine those programs that produce a high number of graduates remaining within academic programs and the contribution of these gradua...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Campbell PG,Awe OO,Maltenfort MG,Moshfeghi DM,Leng T,Moshfeghi AA,Ratliff JK

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the case of a 20-year-old man who, 3 months after his initial injury, underwent repair of a 1.7-cm defect of the ulnar nerve at the wrist; repair was performed with an acellular nerve allograft. Given the absence of clinical or electrophysiological recovery at 8 months postrepair, the patient under...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Berrocal YA,Almeida VW,Levi AD

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Coverage of the anterior spinal artery (ASA) ostia is a source of considerable consternation regarding flow diversion (FD) in vertebral artery (VA) aneurysms due to cord supply. The authors sought to assess the association between coverage of the ASA, posterior spinal artery (PSA), or lateral spinal artery (L...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dmytriw AA,Kapadia A,Enriquez-Marulanda A,Parra-Fariñas C,Kühn AL,Nicholson PJ,Waqas M,Renieri L,Michelozzi C,Foreman PM,Phan K,Yang IH,Tutino VM,Ogilvy CS,Radovanovic I,Harrigan MR,Siddiqui AH,Levy EI,Limbucci N,Co

更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This prospective study is based on a consecutive series of 20 patients with pineal region tumors who underwent minimally invasive preferential management. The purpose of this report is to discuss the role of neuroendoscopic procedures in the management of pineal region tumors. METHODS:If the tumor markers alpha...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Oi S,Shibata M,Tominaga J,Honda Y,Shinoda M,Takei F,Tsugane R,Matsuzawa K,Sato O

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic impact of the resection of metastatic brain tumor cells infiltrating adjacent brain parenchyma. METHODS:Between July 2001 and February 2007, 94 patients (67 males and 27 females, with a mean age of 55.0 +/-12.0 years) underwent resection of a single brain m...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yoo H,Kim YZ,Nam BH,Shin SH,Yang HS,Lee JS,Zo JI,Lee SH

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors reviewed the clinical findings, radiological evaluation, and operative therapy of 39 patients with syringomyelia. Syringoperitoneal (SP) shunting was used in 15 patients and other procedures were used in 24 patients. Follow-up periods ranged from 1 1/2 to 12 years. During the period of this study, metrizam...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Barbaro NM,Wilson CB,Gutin PH,Edwards MS

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of antithrombin III, an endogenous plasma glycoprotein, to reverse the arterial narrowing in a rabbit model of cerebral vasospasm was evaluated. The vasodilator activity of antithrombin III on rabbit arteries was first assessed in vitro using a myograph-arterial ring preparation. Antithrombin III (10 IU/ml...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vollmer DG,Hongo K,Kassell NF,Ogawa H,Tsukahara T,Lehman RM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tumor proximity to the ventricle and ventricular entry (VE) during surgery have both been associated with worse prognoses; however, the interaction between these two factors is poorly understood. Given the benefit of maximal tumor resection, it is imperative for surgical planning and technique to know if VE h...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Young JS,Gogos AJ,Pereira MP,Morshed RA,Li J,Barkovich MJ,Hervey-Jumper SL,Berger MS

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of migration of a distal catheter from a subdural atrial shunt into the pulmonary arteries is presented. The indication for surgical treatment is briefly discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Carbonin G

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the case of progressive thoracic myelopathy caused by the extensive ossification of the arachnoid membrane and associated intramedullary syrinx. Based on their findings and results of the literature search, they describe a pathological basis for this rare condition, discuss its incidence and sympto...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Slavin KV,Nixon RR,Nesbit GM,Burchiel KJ

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical results of an extra-intracranial arterial bypass (EIAB) procedure for cerebral ischemia are assessed in 65 patients. The 5-year-study suggests that the EIAB procedure has a protective effect against further clinically significant cerebrovascular accidents in properly selected patients. Correlation with angiog...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gratzl O,Schmiedek P,Spetzler R,Steinhoff H,Marguth F

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The second lumbar vertebra was surgically removed from 10 dogs, and the shortened vertebral column was stabilized by internal fixation with two types of plastic plates. Shortening of the spinal column was usually not associated with detectable loss of function or neurological deficit. Histological lesions, however, in...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yturraspe DJ,Lumb WV,Young S,Gorman HA

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with pineal tumors, clinical symptoms are due to direct compression of adjacent structures. The most common signs include increased intracranial pressure (80%) caused by obstruction of the sylvian aqueduct, and Parinaud syndrome (50%) caused by direct compression of the superior colliculi. Hearing loss is ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gaspar N,Verschuur A,Mercier G,Couanet D,Sainte-Rose C,Brugières L

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A stereotaxic technique has been developed to cannulate the cerebral aqueduct in patients with hydrocephalus resulting from occlusion of the aqueduct of Sylvius. Precise placement of a 15- to 20-mm long radiopaque prosthesis between the third and fourth ventricles can reestablish the normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Backlund EO,Grepe A,Lunsford D

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between April, 1989, and January, 1991, a total of 19 cases of giant aneurysm were treated by the endovascular approach. The patients included seven males and 12 females aged 15 to 72 years. Detachable balloons, occlusion coils, and ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer liquid were used as embolic materials. In seven cases...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Taki W,Nishi S,Yamashita K,Sadatoh A,Nakahara I,Kikuchi H,Iwata H

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00