A historical case of beaten-copper cranium.

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Disposable supplies constitute a large portion of operating room (OR) costs and are often left over at the end of a surgical case. Despite financial and environmental implications of such waste, there has been little evaluation of OR supply utilization. The goal of this study was to quantify the utilization ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zygourakis CC,Yoon S,Valencia V,Boscardin C,Moriates C,Gonzales R,Lawton MT

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:High-frequency stimulation (HFS) delivered through implanted electrodes in the subthalamic nucleus (STN) has become an established treatment for Parkinson disease (PD). The precise mechanism of action of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the STN is unknown, however. In the present study, the authors tested the hyp...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lee KH,Chang SY,Roberts DW,Kim U

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors conducted a retrospective review to examine and document the frequency, degree, and timing of the radiologically confirmed response to radiotherapy of low-grade gliomas in children. METHODS:Between 1963 and 1995, 80 patients 17 years of age or younger were referred to the London Regional Cancer Cent...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fisher BJ,Bauman GS,Leighton CE,Stitt L,Cairncross JG,Macdonald DR

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this study was to analyze the pathology of collateral vessels newly induced by indirect bypass surgery for moyamoya disease (MMD). An autopsy analysis was conducted on a 39-year-old woman with MMD who had died of a brainstem infarction. The patient had undergone bilateral indirect bypass surgeries 22 yea...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mukawa M,Nariai T,Inaji M,Tamada N,Maehara T,Matsushima Y,Ohno K,Negi M,Kobayashi D

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of craniospinal war wounds proved to be a significant driving force in the early growth of neurosurgery as a specialty. This publication explores the historical relationship between the evolution of combat methodology from antiquity through modern conflicts as it dovetails with and drives corresponding a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dowdy J,Pait TG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modification of the transseptal, transsphenoidal appraoch to the sella turcica is described; it consists of a unilateral separation of the nasal mucosa from the nasal septum. Experience with the technique in 215 cases has indicated that it is a useful, practical appraoch. The advantages are that the septum is spared...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tindall GT,Collins WF Jr,Kirchner JA

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial aneurysms in infants are rare, but are associated with a high risk of rupture and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The authors report a case of an incidentally diagnosed, probably congenital, asymptomatic giant aneurysm of the posterior communicating artery in a 9-month-old girl, which completely thrombosed follo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Krapf H,Schöning M,Petersen D,Küker W

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 17 patients acetylcholinesterase activity was used to differentiate between sensory and motor fascicles in median and ulnar nerve repair of the hand. Eleven patients received follow-up evaluation 1 to 11 years after surgery, and at that time clinical and electroneurographic examinations were performed to evaluate t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Deutinger M,Girsch W,Burggasser G,Windisch A,Mayr N,Freilinger G

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pilomyxoid astrocytomas have been identified as a more aggressive variant of pilocytic astrocytomas that occur in infants and in young children. These tumors are characterized by a perivascular arrangement of pilocytic cells that has a monomorphous architecture with uniform, elongated bipolar cells loosely ranged with...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gottfried ON,Fults DW,Townsend JJ,Couldwell WT

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, diagnosis and management of disorders involving nerves are generally undertaken without images of the nerves themselves. The authors evaluated whether direct nerve images obtained using the new technique of magnetic resonance (MR) neurography could be used to make clinically important diagnostic distinction...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Filler AG,Kliot M,Howe FA,Hayes CE,Saunders DE,Goodkin R,Bell BA,Winn HR,Griffiths JR,Tsuruda JS

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Gamma knife surgery (GKS) has been a safe and effective treatment for vestibular schwannomas in both the short and long term, although less is known about long-term outcomes in the past 10 years. The aim of this study was to clarify long-term outcomes in patients with vestibular schwannomas treated using GKS bas...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hasegawa T,Kida Y,Kobayashi T,Yoshimoto M,Mori Y,Yoshida J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Surgery in the insular region is considered challenging because of its vascular relationships, the proximity of functional structures, and its deep location in the sylvian fissure. The authors report the incidence and consequences of ischemic lesions after operculoinsular corticectomy for refractory epilepsy. M...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Finet P,Nguyen DK,Bouthillier A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Atlantoaxial rotatory fixation (AARF) is an uncommon disorder of childhood in which resolution usually occurs spontaneously or after traction therapy. In a minority of children irreducible or chronic fixation develop, and the natural history then usually involves restriction of head on neck movement, abnormal he...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Crossman JE,David K,Hayward R,Crockard HA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise intraoperative localization of retained bone fragments and foreign bodies avoids extensive brain disseciton, cerebral edema, damage to vital structures, incomplete debridement, and prolonged surgical procedures. Such localization after head trauma is often hampered by cerebral distortion, previous incomplete d...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wood JH,Parver M,Doppman JL,Ommaya AK

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method was developed for the clinical assessment of motor function in rats after experimental spinal cord injury. The method consists of placing the animal on an inclined plane which can be adjusted to provide a slope of varying grade, and then assessing the maximum angle of the plane at which the animal can mai...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rivlin AS,Tator CH

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Neck clipping or coil embolization cannot always achieve complete neck obstruction in wide-necked basilar artery (BA) bifurcation aneurysms. Clipping of the aneurysm body, leaving a small aneurysm rest, is one clipping method used for this kind of aneurysm to maintain the patency of the posterior cerebral arteri...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tanaka Y,Kobayashi S,Hongo K,Tada T,Nagashima H,Kakizawa Y

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Irinotecan (CPT-11), a topoisomerase I inhibitor, is a cytotoxic agent with activity against malignant gliomas and other tumors. After systemic delivery, CPT-11 is converted to its active metabolite, SN-38, which displays significantly higher cytotoxic potency. However, the achievement of therapeutically effecti...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wang W,Ghandi A,Liebes L,Louie SG,Hofman FM,Schönthal AH,Chen TC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the technique of a transantral transsphenoidal approach to the sella turcica. The advantages and potential complications are discussed. This procedure may also be applicable when dealing with tumors of the skull base and orbits. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hoyt TE,Turnbull FM,Kusske JA

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective analysis of 13 patients who had bifrontal decompressive craniectomy for the management of posttraumatic cerebral edema shows a significant decrease in expected mortality, but severe morbidity in the survivors. Only one patient returned to the pretrauma level of neurological function. No correlation could...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Venes JL,Collins WF

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although in several histological studies of arteriovenous malformation (AVM) nidi the presence of compartments has been documented, no clinical study has been published. The present study was conducted to determine the presence of nidus compartments in clinical cases by using a new radiographic method. Two patients wi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kakizawa Y,Nagashima H,Oya F,Ito K,Tanaka Y,Hongo K,Kobayashi S

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterotopic new bone formation, associated with head injuries, usually affects the shoulder, elbow, and hip joints. The authors present a case with an unusual involvement of the cervical spine, confirmed by bone scanning and computerized tomography. Although the etiology of heterotopic new bone formation is not well u...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Groswasser Z,Reider-Groswasser I

更新日期：1986-03-01 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：:In this report, the authors describe a case in which the patient began to experience a supernumerary phantom arm after she received motor cortex stimulation for central pain. The patient had a history of right thalamocapsular stroke. It is speculated that the motor cortex activation triggered a response in the patient...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Canavero S,Bonicalzi V,Castellano G,Perozzo P,Massa-Micon B

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with an enhancing, completely intracanalicular mass on magnetic resonance imaging was operated on for a presumed acoustic neurilemoma, but was found at surgery to have an intracanalicular vascular malformation. This rare lesion should be distinguished from angiomatous change within an acoustic neurilemoma an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Linskey ME,Jannetta PJ,Martinez AJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernous hemangiomas of the orbit are benign vascular growths that commonly occur in adults and account for 6% of all intraorbital tumors. Multifocal intraorbital cavernous hemangiomas are quite rare. The reported incidence of arachnoid cysts accounts for only 1% of lesions that occupy intracranial space, and they ar...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tatli M,Guzel A,Keklikci U,Guzel E

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proper ventricular catheter placements are associated with improved shunt performance. When placing ventricular catheters via the posterior approach, the surgeon must determine an optimum trajectory and then pass a catheter along that trajectory. The incidence of optimal posterior catheter placements is increased by u...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Garell PC,Mirsky R,Noh MD,Loftus CM,Hitchon PW,Grady MS,Dacey RG,Howard MA 3rd

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Experience with intraarterial abciximab for the treatment of thromboembolism during endovascular coil embolization is limited. The authors report the outcome of intraarterial abciximab use, with an emphasis on fatal hemorrhagic complications. METHODS:Between March 2003 and May 2006, the authors treated 606 aneu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Park JH,Kim JE,Sheen SH,Jung CK,Kwon BJ,Kwon OK,Oh CW,Han MH,Han DH

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:Morning glory syndrome is a congenital anomaly of the optic disc in which the disc is enlarged and excavated, with white glial tissue in the center. A case is presented of morning glory syndrome associated with sphenoid encephalocele, median cleft lip, and agenesis of the corpus callosum. A 22-day-old boy was referred...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Itakura T,Miyamoto K,Uematsu Y,Hayashi S,Komai N

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) is a regenerative multifunctional peptide. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that Tβ4 treatment initiated 6 hours postinjury reduces brain damage and improves functional recovery in rats subjected to traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS:Traumatic brain injury was induced by con...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Xiong Y,Zhang Y,Mahmood A,Meng Y,Zhang ZG,Morris DC,Chopp M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00