Engorged epidural venous plexus and cervical myelopathy due to cerebrospinal fluid overdrainage: a rare complication of ventricular shunts. Case report.

abstract：OBJECT:The COL1A2 gene at 7q22.1 has been shown to be associated with familial intracranial aneurysms (IAs) in the Japanese population. In the present study, the authors investigated the correlation between the presence of the rs42524 polymorphism in COL1A2 and the occurrence of sporadic IAs in Chinese patients. METHO...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zhu Y,Li W,Ge M,Xu S,Zhao G,Wang H,Qian H,Zhu N,Pang Q

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to assess longitudinal changes in the collateral channels originating from the lenticulostriate artery (LSA), posterior communicating artery (PCoA), and anterior and posterior choroidal arteries (AChA and PChA, respectively) during disease progression and/or aging. The impact of collateral ch...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamamoto S,Hori S,Kashiwazaki D,Akioka N,Kuwayama N,Kuroda S

更新日期：2018-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a rare case of pituicytoma. A dynamic magnetic resonance study performed after Gd injection revealed a markedly, homogeneously enhanced, early-phase pituitary lesion in a 32-year-old woman with a 1-year history of amenorrhea. The tumor bled easily during transsphenoidal resection. The lesion consis...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Katsuta T,Inoue T,Nakagaki H,Takeshita M,Morimoto K,Iwaki T

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) is an immunotherapeutic agent with efficacy against certain advanced cancers. The penetration of rIL-2 across the blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier was studied in 12 cancer patients who had no evidence of tumor involvement of the central nervous system. At different times during...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Saris SC,Rosenberg SA,Friedman RB,Rubin JT,Barba D,Oldfield EH

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiosurgery emerged as a neurosurgical discipline in order to utilize energy for the manipulation of brain or nerve tissue, with the goal of minimal access and safe and effective care of a spectrum of neurosurgical disorders. Perhaps no other branch of neurosurgery has been so disruptive across the entir...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kondziolka D

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Because little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying the process of spondylosis, the authors examined the extent of genetic localization of several members of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and BMP receptors in chondrogenesis during the process of inducing spondylosis in their previously establish...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nakase T,Ariga K,Miyamoto S,Okuda S,Tomita T,Iwasaki M,Yonenobu K,Yoshikawa H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Glutamate is important in the pathogenesis of brain damage after cerebral ischemia and traumatic brain injury. Notably, brain extracellular and cerebrospinal fluid as well as blood glutamate concentrations increase after experimental and clinical trauma. While neurons are one potential source of glutamate, plate...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bell JD,Thomas TC,Lass E,Ai J,Wan H,Lifshitz J,Baker AJ,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subependymomas of the fourth ventricle are generally considered incidental postmortem findings, and have received scant attention from neurosurgeons. The authors present a surgical series of 12 cases of this disorder diagnosed over a 13-year period. The clinical and radiological findings were reviewed and correlations...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jooma R,Torrens MJ,Bradshaw J,Brownell B

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective cochlear neurotomy for intractable tinnitus is quite difficult to perform because there is no way to approach the cochlear nerve without interfering with other neural structures. The authors successfully performed selective cochlear neurotomy in the cerebellopontine cistern in a patient with persistent intra...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ryu H,Yamamoto S,Sugiyama K,Uemura K

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular immune responses to brain antigens in patients with head injury were studied by applying the leukocyte adherence inhibition (LAI) assay. The investigation was conducted in three phases. 1) In the initial phase, evaluation of a series of 22 test and 25 control cases obtained at random during a 2- to 6-week tim...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Apuzzo ML,Sheikh KM,Heiden JS,Weiss MH,Kurze T

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the case of a newborn presenting at birth with macrocephaly and a large pineal region hemorrhagic cyst without neurological deficit. No neurosurgical intervention was performed, and subsequent imaging studies demonstrated complete involution of the cyst. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nimmagadda A,Sandberg DI,Ragheb J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five cases of diastematomyelia are described and illustrated. These and a further 60 cases from the literature are analyzed. The data corroborate the opinion that early diagnosis and treatment result in a better prognosis. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kennedy PR

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The application accuracy of the Neuromate neurosurgical robot has been validated in vitro but has not been evaluated in vivo for deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrode implantations. The authors conducted a study to evaluate this application accuracy in routine frame-based DBS procedures, with an independent sys...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： von Langsdorff D,Paquis P,Fontaine D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage rarely occurs in young adults. The aim of this work was to clarify the clinical characteristics of ruptured aneurysms in young adults in the third and fourth decades of life and to compare these two age groups. METHODS:The authors retrospectively investigated 2493 patients who...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

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

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Symptoms from Parkinson's disease improve after surgical ablation of the medial globus pallidus (GPm). Although, in theory, selective chemical ablation of neurons in the GPm could preserve vital structures jeopardized by surgery, the potential of this approach is limited when using traditional techniques of drug...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lieberman DM,Corthesy ME,Cummins A,Oldfield EH

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:To explore factors affecting the survival rate in patients with meningiomas, the authors used the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB), which includes tumors from approximately 1000 hospitals participating in the American College of Surgeons tumor registry program. METHODS:Analysis included over 9000 cases diagnose...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： McCarthy BJ,Davis FG,Freels S,Surawicz TS,Damek DM,Grutsch J,Menck HR,Laws ER Jr

更新日期：1998-05-01 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：:A previous undescribed cause of ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction is presented. Limitation of abdominal excursion by a spica cast used to correct congenital hip dislocation reduced cerebrospinal fluid flow through a shunt. This easily correctable cause of "shunt failure" nearly resulted in replacement of a workin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gerber AM

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method of regulating flow rate through cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts with the addition of a flow-regulating device (FRD) is reported. The FRD consists of a small-caliber (0.4 mm) Teflon tube placed in the usual connector. This device has the advantage of converting the original shunt valves to valves for higher-r...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamada H

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe the technique used to safely identify the petrous carotid artery during expanded endonasal approaches to the skull base. A series of 20 cadaveric studies was undertaken to isolate the vidian artery and nerve and to use them as landmarks to the petrous internal carotid artery (...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kassam AB,Vescan AD,Carrau RL,Prevedello DM,Gardner P,Mintz AH,Snyderman CH,Rhoton AL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This investigation was performed to determine the tolerance and toxicities of split-course fractionated gamma knife radiosurgery (FSRS) given in combination with conventional external-beam radiation therapy (CEBRT). METHODS:Eighteen patients with previously unirradiated, gliomas treated between March 1995 and J...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Regine WF,Patchell RA,Strottmann JM,Meigooni A,Sanders M,Young B

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrochiasmatic craniopharyngiomas are formidable cranial base tumors to resect because of their intimate relationship with neighboring critical neurovascular structures, particularly the undersurface of the optic chiasm and hypothalamus. Radical resection offers the best chance of minimizing tumor recurrence, althoug...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Liu JK,Eloy JA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The benefits of measuring cerebral oxygenation in patients with brain injury are well accepted; however, jugular bulb oximetry, which is currently the most popular monitoring technique used has several shortcomings. The goal of this study was to validate the use of a new multiparameter sensor that measures brain...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gupta AK,Hutchinson PJ,Fryer T,Al-Rawi PG,Parry DA,Minhas PS,Kett-White R,Kirkpatrick PJ,Mathews JC,Downey S,Aigbirhio F,Clark J,Pickard JD,Menon DK

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to examine the effect of postoperative external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) on disease-specific survival in patients with nonbenign meningiomas. METHODS:The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from 1988 to 2007 was queried for cases of resected Grades II (atyp...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Stessin AM,Schwartz A,Judanin G,Pannullo SC,Boockvar JA,Schwartz TH,Stieg PE,Wernicke AG

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The concept of the flow-diverter stent (FDS) is to induce aneurysmal thrombosis while preserving the patency of the parent vessel and any covered branches. In some circumstances, it is impossible to avoid dangerously covering small branches, such as the anterior choroidal artery (AChA), with the stent. In this p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Neki H,Caroff J,Jittapiromsak P,Benachour N,Mihalea C,Ikka L,Moret J,Spelle L

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of diagnosis and relative survival rates in individuals in whom a primary malignant brain tumor was diagnosed between 1973 and 1997; follow-up review of these patients continued through the end of 1999. METHODS:The study population was composed of 21,493 patient...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Barnholtz-Sloan JS,Sloan AE,Schwartz AG

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEThe goal of this study was to identify parameters from routine T1- and T2-weighted MR sequences and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) that best predict the volumetric changes in a meningioma after treatment with Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS).METHODSIn 32 patients with meningioma, routine MRI and DTI data were ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Speckter H,Bido J,Hernandez G,Rivera D,Suazo L,Valenzuela S,Miches I,Oviedo J,Gonzalez C,Stoeter P

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old man developed a spontaneous cerebellar hematoma 5 years after the implantation of cerebellar electrodes. No vascular malformations were found either intraoperatively or radiographically. The histopathological findings of the cerebellar tissue obtained at biopsy from the region surrounding the electrodes ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zuccarello M,Sawaya R,Lukin R,deCourten-Myers G

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transdural herniations of the spinal cord are rare, and those occurring acutely after a spinal cord injury (SCI) are particularly unusual. In this report, the authors present the case of acute posttraumatic spinal cord herniation in a patient who sustained severe polytraumatic injuries. The clinical manifestations wer...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Marquardt G,Weidauer S,Zanella FE,Seifert V

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transarterial embolization of direct carotid-cavernous fistulas (CCFs) using detachable balloons is the best initial option for occlusion of the fistula and preservation of the internal carotid artery. However, the long-term safety and efficacy of this treatment is unknown. The authors reviewed the long-term outcome o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lewis AI,Tomsick TA,Tew JM Jr,Lawless MA

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00