Congenital malformations of the craniovertebral junction: classification and surgical treatment.

abstract：:The authors have reviewed the literature concerning measures for cerebral protection during carotid endarterectomy, with particular reference to the controversy regarding the use of an intraluminar shunt. The authors use preoperative EEG analysis during the carotid compression test as well as intraoperative EEG monito...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Wassmann H,Fischdick G,Jain KK

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During intracranial tumor resection, the delayed kinking of a major encased vessel has never been described in literature. We present a case which required urgent endovascular treatment performed through a stent positioning. A patient was hospitalized with symptomatic sphenoid meningioma in the left middle cranial fos...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Simonato D,Gabrieli JD,Cester G,Della Puppa A,Causin F

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) has for the last decades been an established treatment option for patients with small- or medium-sized vestibular schwannomas (VS), although little data is reported on long-term outcome regarding quality of life (QOL) and tumour control in this patient category. The objectiv...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Wangerid T,Bartek J Jr,Svensson M,Förander P

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monostotic manifestation of fibrous dysplasia in the spine is exceedingly rare. We report the case of a 30 year-old woman suffering from slowly increasing low back pain. Radiologically a polycyclic, slightly gadolinium-enhancing, solitary lesion within the first lumbar vertebral body was detected. The lesion was remov...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hertel F,Hopf T,Feiden W,Bettag M,Walter C,Delling G

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their experience with CT scanning ina series of 4 cases of subdural empyema, over a period of 10 months; all the patients were male, aged 16 to 25 years. A review of the literature shows that this disease, in spite of the large variety and efficacy of the available antibiotics, is marked by a signif...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hadj-Djilani M,Calliauw L

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) with/without endovascular treatment is not as effective in atherosclerotic steno-occlusive acute ischemic stroke. Urgent superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) anastomosis is effective to some extent in progressing stroke...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kanematsu R,Kimura T,Ichikawa Y,Inoue T

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diagnostic protocol for patients with suspected instability and irritative state of a "lumbar motion segment" following lumbar disc surgery is presented and the results of internal fixation are analyzed. In this group of patients the clinical picture and physical signs may be quite distinct and suggestive of instabi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Markwalder TM,Reulen HJ

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN), or better named vago-glossopharyngeal neuralgia (VGPN), is a rare disorder amounting to 1 % of the incidence of trigeminal neuralgia (TN). Pain is paroxysmal, of the electrical shooting type, and mainly provoked by stimulation of the pharynx or deep throat, especially during swallowin...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Chen J,Sindou M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:General aspects of glioblastomas are considered such as preoperative diagnosis, stereotactic punctures for tissue samples, location and tumour size, interference with CSF circulation. The operative risk and different approaches to treatment are discussed, and the results are compared. The described combined treatment ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Diemath HE

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a seventeen-years-old girl suffering from partial seizures with complex symptomatology. The neuroradiological studies demonstrated a slow-growing glial tumour seated deeply in the right temporo-occipital region. Scalp EEG demonstrated a bilateral asynchronous temporal focus without definite latera...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Marossero F,Ettorre G,Franzini A,Motti DF

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The operative technique of limited approaches to extramedullary spinal tumours is described. The results after unilateral approaches are as satisfying as after standard laminectomies. The rationale of attempting an unilateral approach is to avoid damage to the dorsal static structures of the vertebral column. Access g...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Eggert HR,Scheremet R,Seeger W,Gaitzsch J

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH) is an acute cerebrovascular event with high socioeconomic impact as it tends to affect younger patients. The recent NCEPOD study looking into management of aSAH has recommended that neurovascular units in the United Kingdom should aim to secure cerebral aneurysms wi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Deshmukh H,Hinkley M,Dulhanty L,Patel HC,Galea JP

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:171 patients with an instability-related failed back surgery syndrome underwent internal fixation. The operative indication was based on specific diagnostic procedures such as anaesthesia of articular nerves and the trial external immobilization in a plaster jacket. Taking account of the different types of hypermobili...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Markwalder TM,Battaglia M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring and management form the cornerstone of treatment paradigms for sTBI in developed countries. We examine the available randomized controlled trial (RCT) data on the impact of ICP management ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Abraham P,Rennert RC,Gabel BC,Sack JA,Karanjia N,Warnke P,Chen CC

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasingly, biomarkers have been identified that correlate with improved overall and progression-free survival (OS and PFS) in glioblastoma, including MGMT methylation status and mutations in the IDH1 gene. In this study, we investigated the clinical and biological factors associated with long-term surviva...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Millward CP,Brodbelt AR,Haylock B,Zakaria R,Baborie A,Crooks D,Husband D,Shenoy A,Wong H,Jenkinson MD

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microvascular decompression (MVD) is a documented effective treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (TN). Lately, reports on endoscopy-assisted microvascular decompression (eaMVD) with better outcome and less risk have emerged. This study was undertaken to verify under which circumstances the endoscope proved esse...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sandell T,Ringstad GA,Eide PK

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In surgical treatment of acute subdural hematoma (ASDH), neurosurgeons frequently encounter bleeding from cortical arteries, which is usually controlled with bipolar coagulation. However, bipolar coagulation is associated with a risk of sacrificing the cortical artery, which may affect the prognosis of neuro...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Uneda A,Hirashita K,Yabuno S,Kanda T,Suzuki K,Matsumoto A,Yunoki M,Yoshino K

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pattern of disc herniation and to investigate the associated symptoms in cases of isthmic spondylolisthesis. It is well known that the pathogenesis of degenerative spondylolisthesis associates with disc degeneration, followed by facet laxity and ligamentum flavum...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kim KS,Chin DK,Park JY

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An intracranial in situ side to side posterior circulation procedure is performed infrequently. The scope of treatment modalities of vertebral artery-PICA aneurysms and vertebral dissections is limited due to the lack of many representations of this procedure's technical nuances. METHODS:To demonstrate the ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Dehdashti AR

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-six patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage underwent serial measurement of regional cerebral blood flow throughout the period of their treatment over the period of 5 years (1983 to 1988). A portable bedside xenon cerebral blood flow machine was used in this study and the initial slope index (ISI) val...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kotb MM,Symon L,Compton J,Rosenstein J,Jabre A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present note, the cause of root compression in cases with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis is discussed in order to clarify the best method of surgery and to avoid iatrogenic damage of the cauda equina if a transpedicular fusion is going to be performed. The root compression is due to osteophytes growing o...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Plötz GM,Benini A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cardiopulmonary bypass with profound hypothermia and circulatory arrest has seen a resurgence as an adjunct technique in neurological surgery. We report our experience with this technique in treating seven complex vertebro-basilar aneurysms. METHODS:Skull base approaches were used in all cases, providing exc...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sullivan BJ,Sekhar LN,Duong DH,Mergner G,Alyano D

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main aim in the surgery of the canalicular and extracanalicular lumbar disc herniation is to remove safely the hidden fragment without complete destruction of the normal facet joint, without damage to the nerve root and with minimal compromise of the stability of the spinal column. This report describes a lateral ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Reulen HJ,Pfaundler S,Ebeling U

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanning would prove useful for lesions that are not visualized on computed tomography (CT) scan or are better defined on MRI scan. The problem of reference marker visualization can be overcome by coating them with mineral oil or by placing paramagnetic fluid filled rods on them. The u...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Patil AA,Yamanashi WS,Ross-Duggan JW,Lester PD

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate characteristic clinical and radiological features of extradural arachnoid cysts (EDACs) in the thoracolumbar region, a retrospective review of medical records and imaging studies was performed. EDACs are well known but relatively rare lesions in the thoracolumbar spinal canal. The most common ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Oh JK,Lee DY,Kim TY,Yi S,Ha Y,Kim KN,Shin H,Kim DS,Yoon DH

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lateral approaches to the brain stem for the resection of the cavernous malformations are preferred in order to avoid the structures within the floor of the fourth ventricle. The entry behind the pyramidal tract (PT) is usually carried out through the posterolateral surface of the brain stem. The more straig...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Steňo J,Bízik I,Steňová J,Timárová G

更新日期：2011-10-01 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:Chronic subdural haematoma (cSDH) is a common disease in neurosurgical practise, especially in elderly patients. This is of growing importance as the number of elderly people in the population is increasing steadily. There are scarce data focussing especially on elderly patients with cSDH. This study intende...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Borger V,Vatter H,Oszvald Á,Marquardt G,Seifert V,Güresir E

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Entrapped fourth ventricle is the result of both inlet aqueduct and outlet fourth ventricular midline and lateral foraminae obstruction. It occurs as a sequalae of intracranial hemorrhagic or inflammatory disease condition. Usually it presents after previous shunting for communicating hydrocephalus with a pe...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Raouf A,Zidan I

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA analysis in meningiomas was performed using flow-fluorescence cytometry in 71 tumours. Three subcategories of rather small, medium-sized or clearly abnormal growth activities were evident in each of the fibroblastic, transitional and syncytial tumour types. These categories reflected grades 1, 2 or 3 of malignancy...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ahyai A,Spaar FW

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00