Surgical treatment of recurrent Cushing's disease.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We describe an innovative 1.7-mm-diameter, latex-free aspirator tip attachment (Circle Medical B.V., Wijchen, The Netherlands). This tip is designed to be used during tumor resection to avoid surgical trauma to the spinal cord surrounding an intramedullary tumor and the associated blood vessels. PATIENTS AND...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lefranc F,Brotchi J

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 34-month period, 12 cases of delayed traumatic intracerebral hematoma (DTICH) were diagnosed among 162 consecutive prospectively studied patients admitted to the Medical College of Virginia with severe closed head injuries. All patients were unresponsive to command and unable to utter formed words at the time...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gudeman SK,Kishore PR,Miller JD,Girevendulis AK,Lipper MH,Becker DP

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The posterior orbit contains a number of important and vulnerable structures, including the optic nerve, the ophthalmic artery and vein, and the ocular muscles and their motor nerves, which makes surgical access to the lesion in this region quite difficult. Transfrontal, transfrontal-ethmoidal, and transmaxil...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Karaki M,Kobayashi R,Mori N

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The incidence of reoperation for ventriculoperitoneal shunts (VPS) in adults, although lower than in pediatric patients, is not insignificant. We hypothesize that adult VPS placed for hemorrhage-related hydrocephalus have a lower incidence of reoperation than those placed for other types of hydrocephalus. ME...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hoh BL,Lang SS,Ortiz MV,Chi YY,Lewis SB,Pincus DW

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery (GK-SRS) is a safe and noninvasive treatment used as adjuvant therapy for patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Several studies have yielded conflicting results in the effectiveness of radiosurgery in GBM. This study is a retrospective review of our institutional e...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hsieh PC,Chandler JP,Bhangoo S,Panagiotopoulos K,Kalapurakal JA,Marymont MH,Cozzens JW,Levy RM,Salehi S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteogenesis imperfecta with infantile chronic subdural hematoma is extremely rare and has not been previously described in the literature. Our patient was a baby girl suffering from osteogenesis imperfecta tarda (Type I) who had an acute subdural hematoma at birth and who developed a progressive chronic subdural hema...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tokoro K,Nakajima F,Yamataki A

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiosurgery has been shown to treat successfully angiographically demonstrated arteriovenous malformations of the brain. Angiographic obliteration has represented cure and eliminated the risk of future hemorrhage. The role of radiosurgery in the treatment of angiographically occult vascular malformations...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kondziolka D,Lunsford LD,Coffey RJ,Bissonette DJ,Flickinger JC

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental brain lesions were created in the left parietooccipital cortex of the albino rabbit through the intact dura mater with high radiating carbon dioxide laser energy (40-watt impacts of 0.5-second duration for a total of 4 seconds on a 12.5-mm surface). Behavior, intracranial pressure (ICP), systolic arterial...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tiznado E,James HE,Kemper C

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven athymic nude rats had stereotactic intracerebral inoculation of cells from one of three established human glioma cell lines (A172, A1207, and A1235). The implants grew progressively in 9 of 11 instances, which led to spontaneous death of the host in 14 to 37 days. For comparison, two Sprague-Dawley normal albin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Finkelstein SD,Black P,Nowak TP,Hand CM,Christensen S,Finch PW

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Inflammatory cascades play a significant role in progressive neurological injury after transient cerebral ischemia. It has been demonstrated that heparin, a potent anticoagulant, also possesses anti-inflammatory properties that diminish postreperfusion damage after stroke. However, the potential for heparin t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mocco J,Shelton CE,Sergot P,Ducruet AF,Komotar RJ,Otten ML,Sosunov SA,Macarthur RB,Kennedy TP,Connolly ES Jr

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Improved understanding of rod fracture (RF) in adult spinal deformity could be valuable for implant design, surgical planning, and patient counseling. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate symptomatic RF after posterior instrumented fusion for adult spinal deformity. METHODS:A multicenter, retrospective review of RF in ad...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Smith JS,Shaffrey CI,Ames CP,Demakakos J,Fu KM,Keshavarzi S,Li CM,Deviren V,Schwab FJ,Lafage V,Bess S,International Spine Study Group.

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We report our recent experience with an expanded purely endoscopic endonasal approach for the treatment of clival chordomas. METHODS:Twelve patients underwent an expanded endoscopic approach for excision of cranial base chordomas at Toronto Western Hospital. Two patients had undergone a previous craniotomy f...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dehdashti AR,Karabatsou K,Ganna A,Witterick I,Gentili F

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A helpful clinical sign of ruptured cervical disc is pain relief upon arm abduction. When the disease process is spondylosis with foraminal stenosis, changing arm position does not relieve pain. Anatomical considerations are discussed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Beatty RM,Fowler FD,Hanson EJ Jr

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anatomic reorganization of the subnucleus that controls the stylohyoid muscle (the stylohyoid subnucleus) within the brain stem facial nucleus was studied after regeneration of the facial nerve in adult rats. Horseradish peroxidase was injected into the right stylohyoid muscle 3 to 21 months after transection and ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fernandez E,Pallini R,Marchese E,Lauretti L,La Marca F

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of intracranial vasa vasorum supplying the larger vessels of the circle of Willis has long been debated. Much of this debate results from contradictory findings of microanatomic studies in a variety of nonprimate species. Recently, however, a growing body of evidence seems to suggest that in certain path...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Connolly ES Jr,Huang J,Goldman JE,Holtzman RN

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1-month-old infant with a Dandy-Walker malformation underwent the placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt to treat progressive hydrocephalus. On the initial computed tomographic scan, a subependymal cystic lesion larger than 1 cm in diameter was noted in the head of the right caudate nucleus, which enlarged to 3 c...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rabb CH,Levy ML,McComb JG,Feigenbaum JA

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：:This pilot study presents a possible modification of direct cortical electrical stimulation technique for the recording of motor evoked potentials under general anesthesia. The exposed primary motor cortex was stimulated by a short train of anodal rectangular pulses at high frequency (300-500 Hz), while the compound m...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Taniguchi M,Cedzich C,Schramm J

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cavity stereotactic radiotherapy has emerged as a standard option following resection of brain metastases. However, the optimal approach with either single-fraction or hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (HSRT) remains a significant question. OBJECTIVE:To report outcomes for 5-fraction HSRT to the su...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Soliman H,Myrehaug S,Tseng CL,Ruschin M,Hashmi A,Mainprize T,Spears J,Das S,Yang V,da Costa L,Maralani P,Heyn C,Atenafu EG,Sahgal A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Ion transporters play pivotal roles in cancer cell migration in general and in glioblastomas (GBMs) in particular. However, the specific role of Na/K-ATPase (the sodium pump) and, in particular, its alpha1 subunit, has remained unexplored in GBMs. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The expression of Na+/K+ -ATPase alpha1...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lefranc F,Mijatovic T,Kondo Y,Sauvage S,Roland I,Debeir O,Krstic D,Vasic V,Gailly P,Kondo S,Blanco G,Kiss R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:As the use of flow-diverting stents (FDSs) for intracranial aneurysms expands, a small number of case reports have described the successful treatment of blister aneurysms of the internal carotid artery with flow diversion. Blister aneurysms are uncommon and fragile lesions that historically ha...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Mazur MD,Taussky P,MacDonald JD,Park MS

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a devastating complication in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). Prophylactic measures such as venous compression hose or low-dose heparin are only partially protective in reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism and are contraindicated in some patients. Because of extended...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wilson JT,Rogers FB,Wald SL,Shackford SR,Ricci MA

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article represents the first of a 2-part exploration of quantum dots (Qdots) and their application to neurological surgery. Spanning from materials science to immunology, this initial review traces the marriage of imaging physics to biochemical specificity. Qdot science now stands poised to dramatically advance t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Khalessi AA,Liu CY,Apuzzo ML

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pernkopf's atlas of Anatomy contains anatomical plates with detailed images of the peripheral nerves. Its use is controversial due to the author's association with the "Third Reich" and the potential depiction of victims of the Holocaust. The ethical implications of using this atlas for informing surgical pl...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yee A,Coombs DM,Hildebrandt S,Seidelman WE,Coert JH,Mackinnon SE

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine whether embryonic central nervous system transplants assisted cut dorsal root axons of adult rats to regenerate into the spinal cord. METHODS:Rats received transplants of embryonic spinal cord, hippocampus, or neocortex into dorsal quadrant cavities aspirated in the lum...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Itoh Y,Mizoi K,Tessler A

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrocephalus without ventriculomegaly and pseudotumor cerebri may present special problems in its treatment. Lumboperitoneal shunting, although frequently effective, is not successful in all cases. A lumbar subarachnoid to venous shunt is described as an alternative to lumboperitoneal shunting. A case illustrating it...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Friedman P,Gass HH

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The five cases of atlanto-occipital dislocation reported in the world literature are reviewed, and four additional cases are presented, including two survivors. The pathological anatomy of this potentially catastrophic injury and its management are briefly discussed. Because immediate recognition of the atlanto-occip...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Powers B,Miller MD,Kramer RS,Martinez S,Gehweiler JA Jr

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred fifteen burr hole defects were filled with sterilized human cadaver skull in 45 patients ranging in age between 10 and 88 years. One to 6 allogeneic skull discs per patient were placed in all areas of the calvaria. The length of postoperative observation ranges between 6 months and 5 years. No instances of...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Prolo DJ,Gutierrez RV,DeVine JS,Oklund SA

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE:Intraventricular hemorrhage related to arteriovenous malformation (AVM) rupture is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Intraventricular tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) has been used to treat spontaneous intraventricular hemorrhage. We demonstrate the successful application ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pollock GA,Shaibani A,Awad I,Batjer HH,Bendok BR

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Localization of internal cranial anatomy based on superficial landmarks is paramount in identifying and avoiding various important structures and, thus, decreasing surgical morbidity. We have studied external skull bony landmarks to facilitate the placement of the initial "strategic" burr hole just inferior a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tubbs RS,Loukas M,Shoja MM,Bellew MP,Cohen-Gadol AA

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00