Silver colloid staining technique for analysis of glioma malignancy.

abstract：:A 42-year-old man suffered a head injury in a road traffic accident and subsequently developed anosmia and isolated adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency. There was no other evidence of pituitary dysfunction. No previous case of isolated ACTH deficiency following head injury has been reported. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Scoble JE,Havard CW

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Meningoencephaloceles are congenital malformations that have a high incidence in the population of Southeast Asia. Frontoethmoidal meningoencephaloceles, the most common variety, require surgical treatment. The authors combined neurosurgical and craniofacial approaches for the development of a simple technique t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pinzer T,Lauer G,Gollogly J,Schackert G

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although posterior plates are increasingly used to manage cervical spinal instability, long-term follow-up evaluation of patients with a critical analysis of efficacy and complications has not been reported. The authors have retrospectively analyzed the outcome in 44 consecutive patients (37 males and seven females, a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fehlings MG,Cooper PR,Errico TJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the case of a 78-year-old woman who developed right lower-extremity paralysis after a focal seizure. Neuroradiological studies revealed a small parasagittal meningioma, which at the time of resection was found to contain a bacterial intratumoral abscess secondary to Proteus mirabilis. This is only ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Eisenberg MB,Lopez R,Stanek AE

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique employing a Doppler ultrasound flowmeter in determining cerebrospinal fluid shunt patency is described. The technique has proven to be a valuable aid in the elevaluation of the patient in whom shunt function is in question. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Flitter MA,Buchheit WA,Murtagh F,Lapayowker MS

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artifacts are occasionally encountered on magnetic resonance imaging after operation. These may be due to minute metallic particles from neurosurgical instruments. Particles not detectable on plain x-ray films or computerized tomography scans may cause local change of magnetic resonance activity, resulting in a decept...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Firsching RP,Heindel W,Ernestus RI,Frowein RA,Bunke J

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is known to reduce motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). The effects of DBS on various nonmotor symptoms often differ from patient to patient. The factors that determine whether or not a patient will respond to treatment have not been elucida...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Khazen O,DiMarzio M,Platanitis K,Grimaudo HC,Hancu M,Shao MM,Staudt MD,Maguire L,Sukul VV,Durphy J,Hanspal EK,Adam O,Molho E,Pilitsis JG

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Detachable platinum coils are widely used in the endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms. The use of coil placement produces a higher incidence of aneurysm recurrence compared with surgical clipping. To reduce the incidence of recurrence by promoting clot organization, the authors designed a platinum co...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Toma N,Imanaka-Yoshida K,Takeuchi T,Matsushima S,Iwata H,Yoshida T,Taki W

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt failure is a common problem in neurosurgical practice. On occasion, extraperitoneal sites for CSF diversion are required when shunting to the peritoneal cavity has failed after multiple attempts. The authors report a novel minimally invasive procedure allowing cannulat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pillai A,Mathew G,Nachimuthu S,Kalavampara SV

更新日期：2017-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In the central nervous system, recurrence of intracranial Masson's vegetant intravascular hemangioendothelioma (MVIH) is rare. To the authors' knowledge, only three recurrent intracranial cases have been reported. The authors report the case of a 75-year-old woman with a recurrent left-sided cerebellopontine angle and...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Avellino AM,Grant GA,Harris AB,Wallace SK,Shaw CM

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, the authors describe three patients with malignant gliomas who experienced paroxysmal neurological symptoms triggered by standing. The symptoms were attributed to acute elevations of intracranial pressure, an uncommon phenomenon called "plateau waves." In each instance, the attacks occurred despite the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Watling CJ,Cairncross JG

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosurgery has played an important role in the development of neuroscience and the science of consciousness. In this paper, the authors reflect on some of the historical contributions of neurosurgeons to the science of consciousness and discuss the ways in which clinical neurosurgery can contribute to the science of...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hasegawa H,Jamieson GA,Ashkan K

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:For patients with recurrent glioblastomas multiforme (GBMs) the prognosis is poor. Although chemotherapy may provide a survival advantage, the role of the extent of tumor resection, or the volume of the residual tumor at the time of recurrence, before instituting chemotherapy, is unclear. This study was designed...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Keles GE,Lamborn KR,Chang SM,Prados MD,Berger MS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tail-like caudal appendages may be associated with spinal dysraphism, particularly with spinal lipomas or lipomyelomeningoceles. An unusual case is presented of a patient with a myelomeningocele and a thick filum terminale with tethered spinal cord, which presented with the external appearance of a human tail. A revie...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chakrabortty S,Oi S,Yoshida Y,Yamada H,Yamaguchi M,Tamaki N,Matsumoto S

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The known cytoprotective properties of MgSO4 led the authors to study its effects on infarct size in rats when administered intraarterially before reversible focal ischemia. Following an intracarotid infusion of MgSO4 in the amount of 30 mg/kg (24 animals), 90 mg/kg (18 animals), or an equal volume of vehicle (23 anim...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Marinov MB,Harbaugh KS,Hoopes PJ,Pikus HJ,Harbaugh RE

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Recurrent malignant gliomas have inherent resistance to traditional chemotherapy. Novel therapies target specific molecular mechanisms involved in abnormal signaling and resistance to apoptosis. The proteasome is a key regulator of multiple cellular functions, and its inhibition in malignant astrocytic lines cau...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bota DA,Alexandru D,Keir ST,Bigner D,Vredenburgh J,Friedman HS

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first documented case of a symptomatic intrasellar hemangioblastoma is described, occurring in an 11-year-old girl with stigmata of von Hippel-Lindau disease who presented with headaches, progressive bitemporal hemianopsia, and adenohypophysial dysfunction. A subtotal resection of the lesion was achieved with two ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sawin PD,Follett KA,Wen BC,Laws ER Jr

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypophosphatemia with osteomalacia may be due to a neoplasm that produces fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23), which inhibits phosphate reabsorption in the kidneys. Most of these tumors occur in bone or soft tissue and occasionally in the head, although intracranial occurrence is very rare. This report describes a tu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mathis DA,Stehel EJ Jr,Beshay JE,Mickey BE,Folpe AL,Raisanen J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive hydrocephalus complicating foramen magnum decompression (FMD) for a Chiari malformation (CM) Type I is rare. Two female patients (17 and 55 years old) presented with strain-related headaches. In both cases magnetic resonance (MR) imaging studies confirmed a CM Type I, which was accompanied by syringomyelia...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Marshman LA,Benjamin JC,Chawda SJ,David KM

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral protection from an ischemic/hypoxic insult implies that tissue injury can be controlled or even prevented by certain therapeutic maneuvers. For example, physiological thresholds may be altered so that tissue vulnerability to the insult is reduced, or the intensity of an insult may be blunted by enhancing brai...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hoff JT

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of hypothermia is used routinely in neurosurgical and cardiovascular operations to protect the brain from ischemic insult. However, despite a plethora of experimental evidence supporting the use of hypothermia to protect the brain from ischemia, clinical experience using deliberate hypothermia in humans has ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sagher O,Huang DL,Webb RC

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T-13 spinal cord segment of dogs was compressed both acutely and chronically by means of a balloon catheter. The vascular permeability to protein was assessed using Evans blue albumin (EBA), and the dorsal column evoked potential recorded to monitor conduction failure. With acute compression sufficient to cause co...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Griffiths IR

更新日期：1975-02-01 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：:Adults and children with low-grade gliomas often present with medically refractory epilepsy. Currently, controversy exists regarding the need for intraoperative electrocorticography (ECoG) to identify and, separately, resect seizure foci versus tumor removal alone to yield maximum seizure control in this patient popul...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Berger MS,Ghatan S,Haglund MM,Dobbins J,Ojemann GA

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suprascapular nerve entrapment (SNE) in the suprascapular notch is a rare entity that must be considered in the differential diagnosis of radicular pain, as well as that of shoulder discomfort. Over a period of 10 years (1985-1995), the authors treated 28 cases of SNE in 27 patients by surgical decompression of the ne...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Antoniadis G,Richter HP,Rath S,Braun V,Moese G

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) in CSF can provide a very high diagnostic value in cases of intracranial germ cell tumors (GCTs), especially in pure germinomas, to the level of not requiring histological confirmation. Unlike other tumor markers, reliable data analysis with respect to the diagnostic valu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aihara Y,Watanabe S,Amano K,Komatsu K,Chiba K,Imanaka K,Hori T,Ohba T,Dairoku H,Okada Y,Kubo O,Kawamata T

更新日期：2018-09-28 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：OBJECTIVE:Although ventricular shunting is an effective therapy for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH), the effect of shunt valve type on the incidence of revision surgery is not well defined. To address this issue, shunt revision rates between patients with iNPH receiving a fixed-setting valve (FSV) versu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rinaldo L,Bhargav AG,Nesvick CL,Lanzino G,Elder BD

更新日期：2019-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a series of 100 consecutive patients with spinal metastases causing cord or cauda equine compression, who were treated with surgical decompression. Of these, 30% (all women) had breast cancer. The most common primary neoplasm in man was prostatic carcinoma. Pain was the earliest and most prominant s...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Livingston KE,Perrin RG

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Dissections were performed in 100 fresh cadaver palms to determine the frequency with which superficial palmar communication between the median and ulnar nerves occurs and to what extent it might incur iatrogenic injury during endoscopic carpal tunnel release. METHODS:Superficial palmar communication between th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Stancić MF,Mićović V,Potocnjak M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00