In vitro study of biomechanical behavior of anterior and transforaminal lumbar interbody instrumentation techniques.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The snake venom disintegrin contortrostatin (CN) is able to inhibit tumor progression and angiogenesis in vivo and therefore is of considerable interest as a potential antitumor drug. CN specifically binds to certain integrins on the tumor cell and angiogenic endothelial cell surface and inhibits their intera...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Schmitmeier S,Markland FS,Schönthal AH,Chen TC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term remission rates from endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for acromegaly and their relationship to prognostic indicators of disease aggressiveness are not well documented. OBJECTIVE:To investigate long-term remission rates in patients with acromegaly after endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery, and cor...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Babu H,Ortega A,Nuno M,Dehghan A,Schweitzer A,Bonert HV,Carmichael JD,Cooper O,Melmed S,Mamelak AN

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysms are often considered unsuitable for endovascular coiling because of unfavorable morphological features. With improvements in endovascular techniques, several series have detailed the results and complications of endovascular treatment of MCA aneurysms. OBJECTIVE:We per...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Brinjikji W,Lanzino G,Cloft HJ,Rabinstein A,Kallmes DF

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sitting prone position is compared with the standard laminectomy prone position and the sitting up position for posterior fossa surgery. We measured central venous pressure and airway pressure with the patient in different positions to determine the comparative efficacy of the sitting prone position. On a linear a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Cook AW,Siddiqi TS,Nidzgorski F,Clarke HA

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate that amputees performing "virtual" movements of their amputated limb activate cortical areas previously devoted to their missing limb, we studied amputees with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and positron emission tomographic (PET) scans and compared the results with those of norma...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Roux FE,Lotterie JA,Cassol E,Lazorthes Y,Sol JC,Berry I

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of traumatic craniocervical artery dissection varies in published trauma series. OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency of traumatic craniocervical artery injury in polytrauma patients by using standardized whole-body trauma computed tomography with adapted computed tomography angiography of the...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fleck SK,Langner S,Baldauf J,Kirsch M,Kohlmann T,Schroeder HW

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the regional oxygen saturation (rSO(2)) of pituitary adenomas, in comparison with that of the pituitary gland. METHODS:Microspectrophotometric (MSP) measurements of rSO(2) in adenomas and pituitary tissue were performed for a series of patients undergoing first-time transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kristof RA,Aliashkevich AF,Hans V,Haun D,Meyer B,Thees C,Schramm J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Intracranial solitary fibrous tumors have been described previously, but intraventricular solitary fibrous tumors are extremely rare. We present what is, to our knowledge, the first reported case of solitary fibrous tumor in the third ventricle. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 63-year-old man presente...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Koçak A,Cayli SR,Saraç K,Aydin NE

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old boy presented with a 7-month history of headache and projectile vomiting. Computerized axial tomography revealed a large, high density lesion involving the entire left frontal lobe. At operation a 330-g, apparently encapsulated, mildly cystic neoplasm was removed from the region of the left frontal opercu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： DiTullio MV Jr,Fried H

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraoperative rupture of an intracranial aneurysm is a potentially devastating but avoidable and manageable complication of aneurysm surgery. OBJECTIVE:To describe a surgical technique that the authors have used successfully to repair a tear at the neck of an intracranial aneurysm, as well as alternative o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barrow DL,Spetzler RF

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Operations on the 4th ventricle offer the potential for injury of the brain stem, cerebellum, cranial nerves, and major cerebellar arteries and veins. Twenty-five cadaver brains were examined using 3x to 25x magnification to define the relationship of these vital structures to the 4th ventricle. The 4th ventricle has ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Matsushima T,Rhoton AL Jr,Lenkey C

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a renewed interest in manned spaceflight due to endeavors by private and government agencies. Publicized goals include manned trips to or colonization of Mars. These missions will likely be of long duration, exceeding existing records for human exposure to extra-terrestrial conditions. Participants will...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Panesar SS,Fernandez-Miranda JC,Kliot M,Ashkan K

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the impairment of autoregulation of cerebral blood flow (CBF) and its effect on the electrical activity of the brain during the development of chronic cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage, using a vasospasm model in primates. Fourteen animals were divided into two groups: a clot group (8) and a ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Takeuchi H,Handa Y,Kobayashi H,Kawano H,Hayashi M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report our experience in treatment of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) using a new liquid embolic agent, Onyx (Micro Therapeutics, Inc., Irvine, CA). METHODS:Between January 1998 and May 1999, 23 patients (8 men and 15 women) were treated. The patients' average age was 40 years, with seizure being the m...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jahan R,Murayama Y,Gobin YP,Duckwiler GR,Vinters HV,Viñuela F

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) monitoring is used during intracranial aneurysm surgery to track the effects of anesthesia, surgical manipulation, and temporary clipping. OBJECTIVE:To present the outcomes of 663 consecutive patients (691 cases) treated surgically for intracranial aneurysms who underwe...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wicks RT,Pradilla G,Raza SM,Hadelsberg U,Coon AL,Huang J,Tamargo RJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E2, thromboxane B2, and 6-oxo-prostaglandin F1 alpha were assayed in blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and from a control population. The levels found in samples obtained from patients after SAH were compared with those found in controls and were also...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： O'Neill P,Walton S,Foy PM,Shaw MD

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Calcification of the ligamentum flavum is a rare disease that occurs almost exclusively in elderly Japanese people. We report the case of a young Caucasian woman who presented with a C5-C6 disc herniation associated with a cervical calcified ligamentum flavum. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:The patient...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ugarriza LF,Cabezudo JM,Porras LF,Rodríguez-Sánchez JA

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical decision analysis is applied to the treatment decisions for four patients with unruptured familial aneurysms. The surgical treatment was uneventful in all patients except one with mild mixed aphasia and facial weakness postoperatively; these deficits disappeared in less than 2 years. In the decision analysis,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： ter Berg HW,Dippel DW,Habbema JD,Bijlsma JB,van Gijn J,Tulleken CA,Willemse J

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The results of the surgical treatment of osteomyelitis with expandable titanium cages and either allograft or autograft are presented. METHODS:Thirty-six patients with vertebral osteomyelitis are presented. There were 7 cervical, 17 thoracic, 4 thoracolumbar (involving T12-L1), 5 lumbar, and 3 lumbosacral (i...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lu DC,Wang V,Chou D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:Syringomyelia in association with the Dandy-Walker complex is rare and only 17 cases have been reported, mostly as autopsy findings or incidental reports in series for other conditions. We present a further case report and discuss the possible pathogenetic mechanisms of syrinx formation in the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hammond CJ,Chitnavis B,Penny CC,Strong AJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Meningeal hemangiopericytoma (M-HPC) is a rare entity. OBJECTIVE:To characterize our institutional experience in treating M-HPC. METHODS:We reviewed the medical records of patients with M-HPC evaluated at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center between 1979 and 2009. RESULTS:We identified 63 p...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Ghia AJ,Chang EL,Allen PK,Mahajan A,Penas-Prado M,McCutcheon IE,Brown PD

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spinal form of brucellosis is still a disabling disease in many countries outside North America and northern and central Europe. Fifteen consecutive cases of spinal brucellosis diagnosed and treated over a 20-year period were reviewed retrospectively. Six patients were farmers, while 10 patients had a history of i...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tekkök IH,Berker M,Ozcan OE,Ozgen T,Akalin E

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the effects of a combination therapy of marrow stromal cells (MSCs) and statins (atorvastatin) after traumatic brain injury in rats. METHODS:Thirty-two female Wistar rats were injured by controlled cortical impact and divided into four groups. Group I was injected with MSCs (1 x 10(6)...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mahmood A,Lu D,Qu C,Goussev A,Chopp M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the prognoses of children with medulloblastoma have improved dramatically over the last several decades, the reported survival for very young children with this tumor remains poor. We undertook a retrospective review of patients less than 36 months of age at the time of the diagnosis of a medulloblastoma who ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Geyer R,Levy M,Berger MS,Milstein J,Griffin B,Bleyer WA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the motor recovery after increasingly late nerve suture, we severed 75 rabbit peroneal nerves and reanastomosed them by microsurgical epineural technique after a delay of up to 12 months. Functional, electromyographic, and morphological parameters were used to evaluate the quality of motor function 6 months a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Richter HP

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: The Division of Neurosurgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham was formally founded in 1954 under the leadership of James Garber Galbraith. The following 60 years would see neurosurgery at the forefront of the development of a nationally recognized medical center in the heart of Birmingham, Alabama. The Dep...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Foreman PM,Markert JM,Diethelm AG,Hadley MN

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite advances in surgical techniques in the management of the brain abscess, long-term antibiotics are as crucial to cure as the initial surgical procedure itself. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy on the duration of antibiotic treatment. METHODS:Be...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kutlay M,Colak A,Yildiz S,Demircan N,Akin ON

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a review of 1808 patients admitted for the treatment of craniocerebral injuries. Eighty-four (4.6%) developed the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH). Two types of SIADH (severe and mild) were defined on the basis of laboratory findings and clinical signs. SIADH occur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dóczi T,Tarjányi J,Huszka E,Kiss J

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chiari malformations without myelodysplasia are rarely diagnosed in the pediatric age group. With current neurodiagnostic techniques, however, they are being seen more frequently. Unfortunately, the prognosis is not clear because publications have included a number of different entities, used a variety of surgical app...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dyste GN,Menezes AH

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebral vasospasm is an independent predictor of poor outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (NO-cGMP) vasodilatory pathway is strongly implicated in its pathophysiology. Preliminary studies suggest that phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5), an enzyme that degrade...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Han BH,Vellimana AK,Zhou ML,Milner E,Zipfel GJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00