Intrathecal colistin for treatment of highly resistant Pseudomonas ventriculitis. Case report and review of the literature.

abstract：:The intracranial vertebral artery and its branches are a common site of aneurysms in the posterior fossa. Ninety-four aneurysms in 86 patients were analyzed for their clinical manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment. There were three distinct varieties of aneurysm in this group: 56 (60%) saccular aneurysms, 26 (28%) d...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamaura A

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the level of a spinal lesion is associated with variations in anomalous brain development and neurobehavioral outcomes in children suffering from the meningomyelocele form of spina bifida and hydrocephalus (SBM-H). METHODS:Two hundred sixty-eight children with SBM-H...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fletcher JM,Copeland K,Frederick JA,Blaser SE,Kramer LA,Northrup H,Hannay HJ,Brandt ME,Francis DJ,Villarreal G,Drake JM,Laurent JP,Townsend I,Inwood S,Boudousquie A,Dennis M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CANS supports the concept of organized neurological trauma care consisting of an appropriate amalgamation of prepared communities, institutions, and adequate numbers of committed neurosurgeons. It further supports the guidelines of the ACS regarding institutions designated to receive trauma cases. It opposes manda...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors：

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors conducted a study to determine age-related changes in expression of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1, -beta2, -beta3, and Type I and Type II receptors in various cells in the nucleus pulposus and anulus fibrosus. Immunolocalization of TGFbetas and Type I and II receptors was examined during the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Matsunaga S,Nagano S,Onishi T,Morimoto N,Suzuki S,Komiya S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A brief period of hypothermia has recently been shown to induce delayed tolerance to ischemic brain injury. This form of tolerance is initiated several hours after hypothermic preconditioning (HPC) and persists for a few days. Hypothermia-induced tolerance could provide a means for limiting cellular injury durin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yunoki M,Nishio S,Ukita N,Anzivino MJ,Lee KS

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Adhesion formation is a serious problem in peripheral nerve surgery, frequently causing dysfunction and pain. The authors aimed to develop an objective biomechanical method of quantifying nerve adhesions and to use this technique for the evaluation of the efficacy of an autocrosslinked hyaluronic acid (HA) gel a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Smit X,van Neck JW,Afoke A,Hovius SE

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chiasmatic optic glioma is a rare tumor with an erratic natural history, usually seen in young children. A prior study from this institution demonstrated that these lesions were frequently lethal, despite initial clinical stabilization following radiation therapy, and that visual, intellectual, and late endocrinologic...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rosenstock JG,Packer RJ,Bilaniuk L,Bruce DA,Radcliffe JL,Savino P

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of a patient in whom an intracranial extracerebral melanoma developed in association with a life-long nevus of Ota. Melanotic pigmentation of the skull, periosteum, and meninges beneath the nevus was found at operation. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sagar HJ,Ilgren EB,Adams CB

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a new case of combined atlantoaxial and occipitoatlantal rotatory subluxation in a 17-year-old girl. They describe the clinical and imaging features of this rare entity. An occiput-C2 arthrodesis was performed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bouillot P,Fuentes S,Dufour H,Manera L,Grisoli F

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The most frequent genetic abnormality in human malignant gliomas is loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on chromosome 10. Candidate genes on chromosome 10 that are associated with the prognosis of patients with anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) and glioblastoma (GBM) were evaluated. METHODS:The authors used 12 fluorescent m...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tada K,Shiraishi S,Kamiryo T,Nakamura H,Hirano H,Kuratsu J,Kochi M,Saya H,Ushio Y

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Over the last half century, there have been isolated case reports of purely arterial malformations. In this study, the authors report a consecutive series of patients with pure arterial malformations, emphasizing the clinical and radiological features of these lesions. METHODS Pure arterial malformations wer...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brinjikji W,Cloft HJ,Flemming KD,Comelli S,Lanzino G

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Procedures for relief of coronal synostosis and metopic synostosis have resulted in some undesirable sequelae. The authors present combined neurological and plastic surgical modifications to prevent additional synostoses, forehead ridging, and lateral orbital wall step-off. They recommend bifrontal craniotomy with lat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Marsh JL,Schwartz HG

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superior oblique myokymia (SOM) is a rare eye movement disorder presenting as uniocular rotatory microtremor due to intermittent contractions of the superior oblique muscle. Medical treatment usually fails to provide long-term benefit for the patient and has considerable side effects. Surgical alternatives including t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Samii M,Rosahl SK,Carvalho GA,Krzizok T

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVESince the first clinical application of the incisionless magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) technology only small series of patients have been reported, and thus only extrapolations of the procedure-related risks could be offered. In this study, the authors analyze side-effects and targetin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gallay MN,Moser D,Jeanmonod D

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the alteration of endothelium-dependent responses in chronic vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), experiments were carried out in the double-hemorrhage canine model. After the presence of vasospasm was confirmed by cerebral angiography on Days 0 and 7, pharmacological studies on the basilar ar...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kim P,Sundt TM Jr,Vanhoutte PM

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 30-year-old man with a spinal extradural meningeal cyst in the thoracolumbar region is reported. Operative findings revealed a dural defect that allowed communication between the extradural cyst cavity and the subarachnoid space. Application of the Valsalva maneuver made the cerebrospinal fluid flow into...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Uemura K,Yoshizawa T,Matsumura A,Asakawa H,Nakamagoe K,Nose T

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged coma afterhead trauma is associated with depletion of 3', 5' cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Because cAMP has previously been implicated in neurorendocrine secretion, this study examines the pituitay-hypothalamic function in 15 adult male patients (to exclude the effec...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fleischer AS,Rudman DR,Payne NS,Tindall GT

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Neurointensivists are specialists trained to manage all aspects of the intensive care unit (ICU) stay of neurologically ill patients. No study to date has examined the role of neurointensivists specifically in subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) management. This study examined the use of a team-based neurointensivist ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Josephson SA,Douglas VC,Lawton MT,English JD,Smith WS,Ko NU

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience over a 2-year period with the use of porcine dermis as a dural substitute is reported. In this series, porcine dermis was used for dural repair in a total of 72 patients. In a further 28 patients, one of the authors (A.E.B.) used porcine dermis to wrap lumbar nerve roots at the time of surgery for either pr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： O'Neill P,Booth AE

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The purpose of this set of studies is to design a minimally invasive, reproducible stroke model in the gyrencephalic brain. This paper provides information on both surgical technique and methods of quantification of ischemic damage to both gray and white matter in the miniature pig. METHODS:Sixteen male miniatu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Imai H,Konno K,Nakamura M,Shimizu T,Kubota C,Seki K,Honda F,Tomizawa S,Tanaka Y,Hata H,Saito N

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial hypertension following traumatic brain injury is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Hemorrhagic hypovolemia commonly coexists with head injury in this population of patients. Therapy directed at correcting hypovolemic shock includes vigorous volume expansion with crystalloid solutions. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hariri RJ,Firlick AD,Shepard SR,Cohen DS,Barie PS,Emery JM 3rd,Ghajar JB

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occipital neuralgia syndromes have been ascribed to a great many pathological alterations, some demonstrable and some hypothetical. Recently, occipital neuralgia has been attributed to developmental and posttraumatic lesions in the cervicocranial junction region, with the nerve roots at C-1 and C-2 considered to be th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ehni G,Benner B

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary intracerebral squamous cell carcinoma is a rare sequela of benign cerebral epidermoid cysts. A case of presumed malignant transformation in a lateral ventricular epidermoid cyst is described, in which squamous cell carcinoma arose 33 years after the surgical resection of a benign epidermoid cyst. Three years a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goldman SA,Gandy SE

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The posterior spinal vein was occluded with silicone in seven rhesus monkeys, and locally resected in one. There were no neurological findings associated with acute venous obstruction of the cord. Follow-up arteriography revealed diversion of venous outflow into the anterior spinal venous system. Histology revealed gl...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Doppman JL,Girton M,Popovsky MA

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Because little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying the process of spondylosis, the authors examined the extent of genetic localization of several members of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and BMP receptors in chondrogenesis during the process of inducing spondylosis in their previously establish...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nakase T,Ariga K,Miyamoto S,Okuda S,Tomita T,Iwasaki M,Yonenobu K,Yoshikawa H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the technique of a transantral transsphenoidal approach to the sella turcica. The advantages and potential complications are discussed. This procedure may also be applicable when dealing with tumors of the skull base and orbits. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hoyt TE,Turnbull FM,Kusske JA

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the outcome of stereotactic biopsy and radiotherapy in 35 consecutive adult patients with nonanaplastic, nonpilocytic astrocytomas who were diagnosed between 1982 and 1992. The median patient age at presentation was 32 years. All received fractionated external-beam radiation therapy (median do...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lunsford LD,Somaza S,Kondziolka D,Flickinger JC

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrogen clearance method was used to measure total and focal cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the monkey before and for 5 hours after a simulated subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Some monkeys also received 0.2 to 1.0 mg/kg phentolamine intracisternally 3 hours after SAH. Results show that SAH did not change cerebrovasc...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Martins AN,Newby N,Doyle TF,Kobrine AI,Ramirez A

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because it has been difficult to predict the outcome of patients with head injury in the early period after admission, a clinical study was undertaken to evaluate if the fibrinolytic parameters could be reliable indicators of outcome. Seventy patients presenting with head injury without obvious trauma in other regions...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Takahashi H,Urano T,Takada Y,Nagai N,Takada A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of reports have shown that epidural or intrathecal administration of morphine provides pain relief. Since February, 1981, the authors have used an implantable pump and epidural catheter for continuous epidural morphine infusion in patients with chronic pain. This system has functioned well, without respirator...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Harbaugh RE,Coombs DW,Saunders RL,Gaylor M,Pageau M

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00