Chronic adult hydrocephalus due to uncommon causes.

abstract：:A paraganglioma of cauda equina region is extremely rare and except for secreting tumour, the pre-operative diagnosis of paraganglioma is very difficult. Two cases of non-functional paragangliomas of the cauda equina region are reported, one was attached to the filum terminale and the other to a rootlet looking very m...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Aghakhani N,George B,Parker F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of small ruptured aneurysms (SRAs) remains controversial, with literature reporting difficulty with endovascular versus microsurgical approaches. This paper analyzes outcomes after endovascular coiling and microsurgical clipping among patients with SRAs prospectively enrolled in the Barrow Ruptured...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Catapano JS,Nguyen CL,Frisoli FA,Sagar S,Baranoski JF,Cole TS,Labib MA,Whiting AC,Ducruet AF,Albuquerque FC,Lawton MT

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of primary intraspinal melanoma is presented. This is a very rarely observed lesion, as only 37 cases have been described up to now. Patient presenting with signs and symptoms of spinal cord compression after MRI and spinal angiography was operated upon. Total removal of an intraspinal cervical tumour was perfo...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Bidziński J,Kroh H,Leszczyk C,Bojarski P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-operative CSF leak is the major source of morbidity following endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with post-operative CSF leak in patients undergoing this surgery and facilitate the prospective identification of patients at higher risk of this...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hannan CJ,Almhanedi H,Al-Mahfoudh R,Bhojak M,Looby S,Javadpour M

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of fibrosarcoma arising in the pineal of a 36-year-old female patient. She died at the age 43 following biopsy, radiation therapy, tumor resection, chemotherapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery. Light microscopic study of all tissues obtained, including immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy of su...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Liu Z,Salamat MS,Hafez GR,Mehta MP,Robins HI,Amoli RS,Tomic S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of acetazolamide on the cerebral blood flow was studied in gerbils with unilateral carotid ligation. According to the effect of ligation the animals were divided into three groups: first group-the reduction more than 70%, second-CBF reduction 30-70% and the third group-CBF reduction less than 30%. The effec...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Czernicki Z,Suzuki R,Nakagawa K,Hirakawa K,Endo S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with severe spasticity were evaluated according to a standardized protocol in order to be treated by intraspinal baclofen. Entry criteria in the protocol were the following: 1) Stable central nervous system lesion, 2) Severe spasticity and/or flexo-extensor spasms not controllable by oral treatment, 3) No...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sahuquillo J,Muxi T,Noguer M,Jodar R,Closa C,Rubio E,Garcia-Fernandez L,Guitart JM

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:In this study, which comprises 144 consecutive head injuries, the initial clinical assessment and the findings of the initial CT scan are related to the outcome. The mortality is related to the patient's level of consciousness and pupillary light reflex on admission. The disability rate (= number of disabled/number of...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Espersen JO,Petersen OF

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of primary cerebral abscess due to Nocardia asteroides, and its surgical removal, are described. Postoperative meningitis caused by the same fungi was succesfully cured with sulphadiazine and cycloserine. The nocardial disease, its neurological complications, and therapy are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sáenz Lope E,Crespo Guiterrez D

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a case of accidental electrocution from a high voltage current in a young worker, who was struck by the electric shock in the mid-occipital region. The case is especially interesting due to the improbability of anyone surviving after receiving a shock of more than 1000 V., and to the development o...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Iob I,Salar G,Ori C,Mattana M,Casadei A,Peserico L

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The practice of endoscopic endonasal surgery is still limited in children because of the relative rarity of sellar lesions in the paediatric population. However, such an approach is increasingly reported in the literature as an alternative option to standard sublabial microsurgery, and its surgical results a...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Massimi L,Rigante M,D'Angelo L,Paternoster G,Leonardi P,Paludetti G,Di Rocco C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Some intracranial aneurysms treated by stent-assisted coiling (SAC) with incomplete occlusion undergo progressive occlusion (PO) during follow-up period. We analyzed the predictors for the occurrence of PO. METHODS:Among 74 cerebral aneurysms treated by SAC using the Enterprise or Neuroform stents from 2010...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Nakazaki M,Nonaka T,Nomura T,Onda T,Yonemasu Y,Takahashi A,Hashimoto Y,Honda O,Oka S,Sasaki M,Daibo M,Honmou O

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lateral orbitotomy can be minimalized using contemporary endoscopy. METHODS:Anatomy of the temporal fossa/orbital wall junction is described. The attachment of the temporal fascia is cut off from the orbital rim through a 1.5 cm skin incision in the lateral orbital wrinkle. The temporal muscle is detached f...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Lyson T,Sieskiewicz A,Rogowski M,Mariak Z

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and fifty patients with trigeminal neuralgia were treated by percutaneous compression of the Gasserian ganglion (PCGG) during the last 8 years. The technique is the one described by Mullan with the balloon inflated during 6 minutes with 0,7 cc of contrast medium. Over a follow-up period ranging from 6 mont...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Abdennebi B,Bouatta F,Chitti M,Bougatene B

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microscopic transsphenoidal surgery (mTSS) is a well-established method to address adenomas of the pituitary gland. Endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery (eTSS) has become a viable alternative, however. Advocates suggest that the greater illumination, panoramic visualization, and angled endoscopic views afforde...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Almutairi RD,Muskens IS,Cote DJ,Dijkman MD,Kavouridis VK,Crocker E,Ghazawi K,Broekman MLD,Smith TR,Mekary RA,Zaidi HA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 12 patients syringomyelia was diagnosed using MRI. The underlying cause was a hindbrain hernia in 8 patients, a posterior fossa cyst in one case, and in 3 patients the underlying cause remained unknown. Syringo-subarachnoid shunting in 8 patients failed to decrease pain and the size of the syrinx, motor lesion and ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Firsching R,Sanker P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a body of evidence showing that various neurotrophic factors support the survival of nerve cells and stimulate axonal outgrowth, doubt remains about their optimal site of application as well as the more compelling question of what clinical benefit, if any, they would confer. Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kelleher MO,Myles LM,Al-Abri RK,Glasby MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of plasminogen activators (PAs) and their inhibitor (plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, PAI-1) in human brain tumours. The amounts of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA), tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), and the activity of u-PA a...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Arai Y,Kubota T,Nakagawa T,Kabuto M,Sato K,Kobayashi H

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mathematical model of cerebral blood flow and the cerebrospinal fluid circulation is described which permits the study of phenomena caused by dynamic changes in cerebrovascular autoregulatory or cerebrospinal fluid compensatory reserves. A transient decrease in cerebral perfusion pressure was produced by carotid art...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Czosnyka M,Pickard J,Whitehouse H,Piechnik S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our current understanding of the role of dequalinium chloride (DECA) in the progression of glioma remains very limited. This study was aimed to investigate the effect of DECA on human glioma cell lines in vitro and vivo. METHODS:The underlying molecular mechanism was analyzed for developing potential target...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Yu Y,Yang B,Yu J,Zhao G,Chen F

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The necessity of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions in neurosurgical procedures is under debate. Although detailed recommendations exist for many other surgical disciplines, there are very limited data on the probability of transfusions during neurosurgical procedures. METHODS:Three-thousand and twenty-six c...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Linsler S,Ketter R,Eichler H,Schwerdtfeger K,Steudel WI,Oertel J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate whether patients with critical emergency conditions are seeking or receiving the medical care that they require, we characterized the reality of care for patients presenting with neuro-emergencies during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS:In this observational, longitudinal coh...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hecht N,Wessels L,Werft FO,Schneider UC,Czabanka M,Vajkoczy P

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Side-to-side neurorrhaphy may protect the denervated end organ and preserve the initial connection with proximal stump. We examined the effect of protective side-to-side anastomosis on nerve and end organ regeneration in proximal nerve injury model. METHODS:The left common peroneal nerve of 24 Sprague Dawle...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Rönkkö H,Göransson H,Taskinen HS,Paavilainen P,Vahlberg T,Röyttä M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device has been increasingly used for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Still, recent major clinical trials on patient management after SAH have defined WEB embolization as an exclusion criterion. In an analysis of an unselected...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sauvigny T,Nawka MT,Schweingruber N,Mader MM,Regelsberger J,Schmidt NO,Westphal M,Czorlich P

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the study was to measure the effects of increased inspired oxygen on patients suffering severe head injury and consequent influences on the correlations between CPP and brain tissue oxygen (PtiO2) and the effects on brain microdialysate glucose and lactate. METHODS:In a prospective, observatio...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Reinert M,Barth A,Rothen HU,Schaller B,Takala J,Seiler RW

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The axolemmal distribution and density of voltage-gated sodium channels largely determines the electrical excitability of sprouting neurites. Recent evidence suggests that accumulation of sodium channels at injured axonal tips may be responsible for ectopic axonal hyperexcitability and the resulting abnormal...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kretschmer T,Happel LT,England JD,Nguyen DH,Tiel RL,Beuerman RW,Kline DG

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1984 and 1991 86 patients with single cerebral metastases underwent linear accelerator radiosurgery using the atraumatic and reproducible Greitz-Bergström head-fixation device. Routine one-month follow-up documented disappearance of the tumour in 16 patients, with resolution of the oedema and ventricular shift...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Valentino V,Mirri MA,Schinaia G,Dalle Ore G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the elderly have not received sufficient attention, given the increase in age of individuals in recent years. We therefore designed a retrospective study to clarify features of brain AVMs in this age group in comparison with their counterparts in the general popula...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hashimoto H,Iida J,Kawaguchi S,Sakaki T

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The gold-standard treatment for symptomatic anterior skull base meningiomas is surgical resection. The endoscope-assisted supraorbital "keyhole" approach (eSKA) is a promising technique for surgical resection of olfactory groove (OGM) and tuberculum sellae meningioma (TSM) but has yet to be compared with t...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Khan DZ,Muskens IS,Mekary RA,Zamanipoor Najafabadi AH,Helmy AE,Reisch R,Broekman MLD,Marcus HJ

更新日期：2020-09-05 00:00:00