Anterior cervical discectomy and corpectomy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric aneurysms are rare and complex to treat. Long-term angiographic and clinical data after microsurgical or endovascular therapies are lacking. OBJECTIVE:To study the clinical and radiographic outcomes in aneurysms in pediatric patients treated with microsurgery. METHODS:Between 1989 and 2005, 48 pa...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kakarla UK,Beres EJ,Ponce FA,Chang SW,Deshmukh VR,Bambakidis NC,Zabramski JM,Spetzler RF

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment of giant cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) remains a challenge. OBJECTIVE:To propose hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (HSRT) as a part of staged treatment, and evaluate its effect by analyzing AVM volume changes. METHODS:From 2001 to 2007, 20 AVMs larger than 5 cm were treated...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Xiao F,Gorgulho AA,Lin CS,Chen CH,Agazaryan N,Viñuela F,Selch MT,De Salles AA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)/vascular permeability factor (VPF) is a potent angiogenic growth factor implicated in the tumor angiogenesis/metastasis of a number of human cancers. Activation of receptors for VEGF/VPF is specifically mitogenic to endothelial cells and increases their permeability. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Provias J,Claffey K,delAguila L,Lau N,Feldkamp M,Guha A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the decrease in the number of cerebral aneurysms treated surgically and the increase of complexity of those treated surgically, there is a need for simulation-based tools to teach future neurosurgeons the operative techniques of aneurysm clipping. OBJECTIVE:To develop and evaluate the usefulness of a n...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Alaraj A,Luciano CJ,Bailey DP,Elsenousi A,Roitberg BZ,Bernardo A,Banerjee PP,Charbel FT

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bundled care payment models are becoming more prevalent in neurosurgery. Such systems place the cost of postsurgical facilities in the hands of the discharging health system. Opportunity exists to leverage prediction tools for discharge disposition by identifying patients who will not benefit from prolonged ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Berger I,Piazza M,Sharma N,Glauser G,Osiemo B,McClintock SD,Lee JYK,Schuster JM,Ali Z,Malhotra NR

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite apparent gross total resection, olfactory groove meningiomas have a high rate of late recurrence (average, 23%). In this retrospective study, we confirmed that the sites of these recurrences are the cranial base and paranasal sinuses. We postulated that these recurrences stem from conservative handlin...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Obeid F,Al-Mefty O

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the concept that endovascular angioscopy can assist surgical intracranial aneurysm clipping by providing an endoluminal view of the aneurysm-parent vessel complex. METHODS:A carotid bifurcation aneurysm was surgically created in a dog at the lingual artery origin. A balloon catheter was inflated prox...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Lanzino G,Miskolczi L,Guterman LR,Hopkins LN

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elective stenting for intracranial stenosis is under study as an effective means of reducing stroke risk. At most institutions, these procedures are performed and monitored after the induction of general anesthesia. OBJECTIVE:To report our success with elective intracranial stenting and angioplasty performe...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chamczuk AJ,Ogilvy CS,Snyder KV,Ohta H,Siddiqui AH,Hopkins LN,Levy EI

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Embolization before stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM) has been shown to negatively affect obliteration rates, but its impact on the risks of radiosurgery-induced complications and latency period hemorrhage is poorly defined. OBJECTIVE:To determine, in a case-cont...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Oermann EK,Ding D,Yen CP,Starke RM,Bederson JB,Kondziolka D,Sheehan JP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vascular remodeling via apoptotic mechanisms is an important factor in vascular diseases. c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) is a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase family and initiates apoptosis mainly via phosphorylation of the c-Jun transcription factor. We performed this study to clarify the ro...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Takagi Y,Ishikawa M,Nozaki K,Yoshimura S,Hashimoto N

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is an effective means of stroke prevention among appropriately selected patients; however, neuropsychometric testing has revealed subtle cognitive injuries in the early postoperative period. The purpose of this study was to establish whether serum levels of two biochemical markers...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Connolly ES Jr,Winfree CJ,Rampersad A,Sharma R,Mack WJ,Mocco J,Solomon RA,Todd G,Quest DO,Stern Y,Heyer EJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of combination treatment with 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) and low dose rate radiation in the 9L rat brain tumor in vivo model and the 9L multicellular tumor spheroid model. F-344 rats bearing intracerebral 9L gliosarcomas were implanted with removable 125I sources. Minimal (perip...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gutin PH,Bernstein M,Sano Y,Deen DF

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The corpus callosum is the major commissural pathway connecting the hemispheres of the human brain. It is particularly important, because various tumors and vascular lesions can be located in and around the corpus callosum, and it is a route through which pass several surgical approaches. Performing accurate ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Türe U,Yaşargil MG,Krisht AF

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A striking and diffuse hemangiomatous architecture was identified by microscopic examination of bone specimens obtained at cranial synostectomy and from the craniofacial area of a young boy with Kleeblättschadel deformity and Crouzon's syndrome. A retrospective review of the histopathological appearance of bone specim...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Alpers CE,Edwards MS

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent studies of age-related effects on cognition and performance have raised concerns about the appropriate timing and regulatory surveillance of retirement for surgeons. Little is known about the practice patterns and retirement plans of aging neurosurgeons. Analyses of informed opinions on possible regula...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Scarrow AM,Linskey M,Asher AL,Anderson VC,Selden NR

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of altering the volume and timing of hemorrhage on the severity of spasm was studied in a canine model. All animals received three cisterna magna injections of fresh unheparinized autologous arterial blood. Selective left vertebral arteriograms were obtained during the week before and exactly 7 days after t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Zabramski JM,Spetzler RF,Bonstelle C

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We measured cerebrospinal fluid flow velocity by use of cine phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging to quantitate the effectiveness of surgical decompression in patients with cervical myelopathy. METHODS:Forty-seven patients with cervical myelopathy attributable to either spondylosis or ossification of th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tominaga T,Watabe N,Takahashi T,Shimizu H,Yoshimoto T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of high-resolution three-dimensional (3D) time-of-flight (TOF) magnetic resonance (MR) angiography and gadolinium (Gad)-enhanced 3D spoiled gradient-recalled imaging in the visualization of neurovascular compression in patients with trigeminal neuralgia. METHODS:Forty-eight patients with ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Anderson VC,Berryhill PC,Sandquist MA,Ciaverella DP,Nesbit GM,Burchiel KJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FRANCESCO DURANTE FROM Letojanni, Sicily, was the first surgeon in the history of neurosurgery to successfully remove a cranial base meningioma. Durante was Chairman of Clinical Surgery at the Royal University of Rome (now University "La Sapienza") for 45 years, participating in the birth of the "Policlinic Umberto I,...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Tomasello F,Germanò A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posttraumatic syringomyelia affects approximately 28% of spinal cord injury patients, and current treatments are often ineffective. The pathogenesis of this condition remains poorly understood. Previous reports have focused on pathways and mechanisms of fluid inflow; however, disturbances of fluid outflow me...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wong J,Hemley S,Jones N,Cheng S,Bilston L,Stoodley M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After inoculating 9L glioma cells into the brains or into subcutaneous regions of the back of rats, we investigated splenic natural killer (NK) cell activity for 3 weeks using a 4-hour 51Cr release assay. Only rats with brain tumors showed decreased splenic NK cell activity. The spleens of these rats were morphologica...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Imaya H,Matsuura H,Kudo M,Nakazawa S

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Embolization before surgical resection of tumors has been demonstrated to reduce intraoperative blood loss, but the optimal time that should elapse between embolization and tumor resection has not been established. We evaluated whether immediate surgical resection (< or =24 h) after embolization or delayed su...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chun JY,McDermott MW,Lamborn KR,Wilson CB,Higashida R,Berger MS

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas have a wide range of biological potential and clinical behavior. Histological findings are helpful in recognizing the malignant potential of a given tumor, but often fail to correlate with gross features, liability of recurrence, and extent of associated cerebral edema. To find alternate approaches to impr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Crone KR,Challa VR,Kute TE,Moody DM,Kelly DL Jr

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known regarding the endovascular management of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) related to carotid artery dissection (CAD). OBJECTIVE:To report our interventional experience in AIS from CAD and to compare it with conservative treatment of CAD with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) via systematic review. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Haussen DC,Jadhav A,Jovin T,Grossberg JA,Grigoryan M,Nahab F,Obideen M,Lima A,Aghaebrahim A,Gulati D,Nogueira RG

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:OBJECTIVE AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: We present two cases of post-traumatic indirect carotid-cavernous fistulas. Trauma produces the direct type of carotid-cavernous fistula in almost all cases, and recognition that trauma may induce the indirect type has been rarely reported. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:Both patie...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Jacobson BE,Nesbit GM,Ahuja A,Barnwell SL

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of spinal surgery is an important part of the spine-related sciences. The development of treatment strategies for spine-related disorders is acquired from the Western literature. In this article, an Eastern physician, Ibn Sina, who is known as Avicenna in the West, and his treatise, Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (th...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Naderi S,Acar F,Mertol T,Arda MN

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of an intracranial hematoma in a neonate causing the release of free hemoglobin into the plasma is presented. No previous such case has been described. The relationship between hemoglobinemia and the occurrence of acute renal failure in this neonate is discussed, with comments on the possible etiological role o...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chovanes GI,Truex RC Jr

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iatrogenic dissection of the internal carotid artery (ICA) during endovascular approaches is challenging. This video illustrates a case of iatrogenic ICA dissection at the skull base during mechanical thrombectomy for M1 occlusion. This case was further complicated by post-thrombectomy M1 restenosis that did not impro...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Vakharia K,Waqas M,Munich SA,McPheeters MJ,Levy EI

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Experimental evidence has indicated the benefit of simvastatin in the treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage. However, no clinical data are available to answer whether a high-dose regimen is more effective than a normal-dose regimen, even though the biochemical actions and related neuroprotective mechanisms ar...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wong GK,Liang M,Tan H,Lee MW,Po YC,Chan KY,Poon WS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE:We report an unusual case of basal ganglia granulomas caused by Candida albicans that surrounded the proximal segment of a nonfunctional cerebrospinal fluid shunt in a previously healthy patient. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 22-year-old woman had undergone ventriculoatrial cerebrospinal fluid shunt...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Soto-Hernández JL,Ramírez-Crescencio MA,Moreno Estrada VM,del Valle Robles R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00