Successful removal of pontine haematoma due to rupture of cryptic arteriovenous malformation. Case report.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) are a unique measure of experience of patients which can help address the quality of care of the patients. OBJECTIVE:Our aim of the study is to collect quality of care outcomes with our newly navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation patient-reported experience...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Patel S,Ghimire P,Lavrador JP,Jung J,Gullan R,Ashkan K,Bhangoo R,Vergani F

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advantages of telemetric devices for long-term intracranial pressure (ICP) measurement have been mentioned several times in the literature. However, descriptions of associated complications are lacking. Therefore, the presented observational study focused on clinical and radiological findings after insertion...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Antes S,Tschan CA,Kunze G,Ewert L,Zimmer A,Halfmann A,Oertel J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intact aneurysms of the carotid siphon at the point of take-off of the posterior communicating artery may exhibit orbital pain, whether associated with oculomotor palsy or not as a warning symptom prior to rupture. In order to explain this symptom the hypothesis of a sensory pathway within the third cranial nerve, whi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Lanzino G,Andreoli A,Tognetti F,Limoni P,Calbucci F,Bortolami R,Lucchi ML,Callegari E,Testa C

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) were recorded by stimulating the median nerve at the wrist from the skin and epidural space of the 7th cervical spine in patients suffering from cervical radiculopathy or radiculomyelopathy. The patients were divided into four subgroups according to the severity of the disease. S...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Heiskari M,Tolonen U,Nyström SH

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a giant aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery (ACoA) which was treated with a STA-RA graft-A3 bonnet bypass and A3-A3 side-to-side anastomosis. A giant and partially thrombosed ACoA aneurysm was partially coated 3 years before his current presentation, its gradual increase producing visual field di...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kim K,Mizunari T,Mizutani N,Kobayashi S,Takizawa K,Kamiyama H,Murai Y,Teramoto A

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 40 postmortem specimens the cervical posterior roots were examined under the surgical microscope, and intradural communicating fibres between neighbouring segments were demonstrated. The implications of these frequent variants for the diagnosis of prolapsed cervical discs are discussed. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Perneczky A,Sunder-Plassmann M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Titanium fixation plates are routinely used for rigid fixation of bone flaps after craniotomy. In craniofacial surgery or after craniotomy involving orbitozygomatic osteotomies, these plates are occasionally removed because of infection, pain, protrusion, soft tissue erosion, and plate malfunction. However...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Gupta R,Adeeb N,Griessenauer CJ,Moore JM,Patel AS,Thomas AJ,Ogilvy CS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oculomotor nerve palsy due to a venous varix arising from flow anomalies caused by a dural arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is a rare phenomenon. We report a case of surgical third nerve palsy with a rare underlying AVF as the cause and discuss in detail the patho-anatomy and its significance. A tentorial dural AVF mimicki...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Mukerji N,Cahill J,Tzerakis N,Nath FP,Dervin JE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superficial siderosis (SS) of the central nervous system is an insidious, progressive, irreversible and debilitating neurological disorder caused by recurrent haemorrhage within the subarachnoid space. The subsequent deposition of haemorrhagic breakdown products in the spinal cord and nervous tissues leads to the loss...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Aquilina K,Kumar R,Lu J,Rawluk D

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The system consists of an inverted U-shaped frame with right angled corners, so mounted that it can be adjusted vertically, antero-posteriorly and made to rotate on an axis ("the axis of the frame") formed by its free ends. The frame carries an arc probe carrier whose probe holder slides on an arc which is centered on...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Patil AA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The medial tentorial artery (MTA) of Bernasconi-Cassinari has been associated with many neurosurgical pathologies, including tentorial and petroclival meningiomas, dural arteriovenous fistulae, hemangioblastomas, moyamoya disease, arteriovenous malformations, trigeminal neuromas, and malignant gliomas. This ves...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Tubbs RS,Nguyen HS,Shoja MM,Benninger B,Loukas M,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of repeated subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) caused by rupture of a dissecting intracranial vertebral aneurysm is reported. The clinical manifestations, angiographic findings, pre-operative assessment with neurophysiological monitoring, and surgery are presented. A review of the literature suggests that this type...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Su CC,Watanabe T,Yoshimoto T,Ogawa A,Ichige A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The literature contains investigations and discussion of the role of neutrophils and neutrophil-derived myeloperoxidase (MPO) in inflammatory processes, local ischaemia, and ischaemia-reperfusion injury models. Our aim was to determine whether the same roles existed for neutrophils and the system involving ne...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Oruckaptan HH,Caner HH,Kilinc K,Ozgen T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of primary extraosseous intradural spinal Ewing's sarcoma are reported with a review of the current literature. This rare neoplasm shares features with cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumors, complicating a correct diagnosis. Gross total resection seems to be the main treatment, although adjuvant therapie...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Pancucci G,Simal-Julian JA,Plaza-Ramirez E,García-Marcos R,Mayordomo-Aranda E,Botella-Asunción C

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The generally accepted indications for carotid endarterectomy are the clinical picture and degree of per cent stenosis of the carotid artery. Despite the fact that stenosis measurement is defined, the methods vary considerably. The correlation of particular methods, especially angiography and duplex sonograp...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Benes V,Netuka D,Mandys V,Vrabec M,Mohapl M,Benes V Jr,Kramár F

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient is a 44-year-old man who underwent resection of a posterior nasopharynx tumor 12 years earlier via left lateral rhinotomy approach. The final pathological analysis indicated the tumor was a craniopharyngioma, and the patient subsequently underwent focal radiation. The patient returned to medical attention ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ragel BT,Bishop FS,Couldwell WT

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our understanding of the complexity of genetic abnormalities involved in the tumourigenesis of malignant gliomas is as yet rudimentary. However, we can discern distinctive patterns of loss of genetic material and amplification of chromosomal regions that characterize both the different types of gliomas as well as the ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Van de Kelft E

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The paper presents clinical evaluation of the polypropylene-polyester knit used as a cranioplasty material. MATERIAL:Between year 1980 and 2002 275 cranioplastic procedures using the polypropylene-polyester plates Codubix were carried out in the Department of Neurosurgery of the Medical University of Łódź. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Andrzejak S,Fortuniak J,Wróbel-Wiśniewska G,Zawirski M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysms are among the more challenging aneurysms for endovascular treatment. We report a contemporary 5-year experience with endovascular therapy for MCA aneurysms at a high-volume neurovascular center. METHODS:Review of prospectively maintained intracranial aneurysm database....

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Abla AA,Jahshan S,Kan P,Mokin M,Dumont TM,Eller JL,Snyder KV,Hopkins LN,Siddiqui AH,Levy EI

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality and morbidity of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH) remain high, and prognosis is influenced by multiple non-modifiable factors such as aSAH severity. By analysing the chronology of aSAH management, we aim at identifying modifiable factors with emphasis on the occurrence of rebleeds in a se...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sorteberg A,Romundstad L,Sorteberg W

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is still controversial whether an increased proliferation index is correlated with the tumor invasiveness of pituitary adenomas. A homogeneous large monocentric series of pituitary adenomas was retrospectively analyzed. The correlation between the proliferation indices (Ki-67 and p53 expression levels) an...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Grimm F,Maurus R,Beschorner R,Naros G,Stanojevic M,Gugel I,Giese S,Bier G,Bender B,Honegger J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study was conducted to determine the causative factors in the postoperative recurrence (PR) of chronic subdural haematomas (CSDHs) and to evaluate the efficacy of surgery in adults enrolled in this trial. METHODS:99 patients with 121 CSDHs, who were operated on between January 1999 and December 2001, we...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Stanisic M,Lund-Johansen M,Mahesparan R

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraoperative fluorescence angiography with indocyanine green (ICG) as a tracer has recently been introduced as a novel technique for neurosurgery. We evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of near-infrared (NIR) indocyanine green (ICG) videoangiography for patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy (CEA). ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Haga S,Nagata S,Uka A,Akagi Y,Hamada Y,Shono T

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) with/without endovascular treatment is not as effective in atherosclerotic steno-occlusive acute ischemic stroke. Urgent superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) anastomosis is effective to some extent in progressing stroke...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kanematsu R,Kimura T,Ichikawa Y,Inoue T

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modification of the previous methods of producing cerebral ischaemia in rats (Koizumi et al., Longa et al.), using an intraluminal thread technique, is described. The middle cerebral artery is occluded by introducing a simple 3-0 nylon thread (0.20-0.249 mm in diameter) through the internal carotid artery in the nec...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kawamura S,Yasui N,Shirasawa M,Fukasawa H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Rathke's cleft cysts are often difficult to differentiate from other sellar cystic lesions using conventional MR imaging. The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of single-shot fast spin-echo (SSFSE) diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) in the diagnosis of a Rathke's cleft cyst. PATIENTS A...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kunii N,Abe T,Kawamo M,Tanioka D,Izumiyama H,Moritani T

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We describe the management of osteomyelitis of the cervical spine, utilizing internal fixation with subsequent removal and culture of the implants. Four out of five patients had evidence of bacterial colonisation in close proximity to the internal fixation device. METHODS:Five consecutive patients (all fema...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Shad A,Shariff S,Fairbank J,Byren I,Teddy PJ,Cadoux-Hudson TA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevention of cerebral vasospasm with OKY-046, an imidazole derivative and a thromboxane synthetase inhibitor, was studied co-operatively at ten neurosurgical services. Intravenous administrations of 2, 5 or 10 mu/kg/minute of OKY-046 were given continuously from the earliest possible day to the 14th SAH-day to 82...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Suzuki S,Iwabuchi T,Tanaka T,Kanayama S,Ottomo M,Hatanaka M,Aihara H

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is aimed at examining the therapeutic effect of Nicorandil on chronic vasospasm using beagle dogs subjected to a "two-haemorrhage" insult, as well as its dilatory effect on the PDA [phorbol-12,13 diacetate]-induced contraction of the canine basilar artery. 1. A total of 12 animals of either sex, weig...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Matsui T,Nagafuji T,Tsutsumi K,Uchida H,Miyauchi T,Asano T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite advances in laboratory diagnostics, antibiotic regimens, and neurosurgical techniques, brain abscess (BA) remains a potentially fatal infectious disease. This study analyzed clinical and epidemiological aspects of BA in Chinese patients treated at a single center during a 62-year period. METHOD:We r...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Zhang Z,Cai X,Li J,Kang X,Wang H,Zhang L,Yan R,Gao N,Liu S,Yue S,Zhang J,Yang S,Yang X

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00