Combined treatment of advanced stages of recurrent skin cancer of the head.

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive brain cancer with median survival of less than 2 years with current treatment. Glioblastomas exhibit extensive intratumoral and interpatient heterogeneity, suggesting that successful therapies should produce broad anticancer activities. Therefore, the natural no...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Clark PA,Bhattacharya S,Elmayan A,Darjatmoko SR,Thuro BA,Yan MB,van Ginkel PR,Polans AS,Kuo JS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Brainstem hemangioblastomas are frequently encountered in patients with von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. These tumors can cause significant morbidity, and their optimal management has not been defined. To better define the outcome and management of these tumors, the authors analyzed the long-term results in pati...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wind JJ,Bakhtian KD,Sweet JA,Mehta GU,Thawani JP,Asthagiri AR,Oldfield EH,Lonser RR

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral amyloid angiography can cause ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks (TIA's), as illustrated by this case report and literature review. It is possible that the use of anticoagulant or platelet-antiaggregant drugs in elderly patients with TIA's but no angiographic abnormalities may increase the risk of...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Smith DB,Hitchcock M,Philpott PJ

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a new and reliable technique for producing experimental noncommunicating syringomyelia. In 30 rats, 1.2 to 1.6 microliters of kaolin was microinjected into the dorsal columns and central gray matter of the spinal cord at C-6. The inoculations caused transient neurological deficits in four animals...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Milhorat TH,Nobandegani F,Miller JI,Rao C

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors experienced an intriguing phenomenon in 2 adult patients with moyamoya disease. Mouth opening caused reversible occlusion of the donor superficial temporal artery (STA), and the patients exhibited transient cerebral ischemic symptoms. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of such occlusio...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Katsuta T,Abe H,Miki K,Inoue T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:In this study the authors investigated the relationship between variations in the circle of Willis observed on magnetic resonance (MR) angiograms and locations of cerebral aneurysms, and evaluated the risk of aneurysm formation. METHODS:One hundred thirty-one patients with cerebral aneurysms were retrospectivel...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Horikoshi T,Akiyama I,Yamagata Z,Sugita M,Nukui H

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to provide epidemiological and clinical data on the management of cavernomas of the basal ganglia and brainstem from a long-term series at one institution. METHODS:All 68 patients who were referred to the authors' department between 1992 and 2000 for deep cavernomas were evaluated by ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mathiesen T,Edner G,Kihlström L

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Surgery for low-grade gliomas (LGGs) aims to achieve maximal tumor removal and maintenance of patients' functional integrity. Because extent of resection is one of the factors affecting the natural history of LGGs, surgery could be extended further than total resection toward a supratotal resection, beyond tu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rossi M,Ambrogi F,Gay L,Gallucci M,Conti Nibali M,Leonetti A,Puglisi G,Sciortino T,Howells H,Riva M,Pessina F,Navarria P,Franzese C,Simonelli M,Rudà R,Bello L

更新日期：2019-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:All patients who underwent decompressive lumbar laminectomy in the Washtenaw County, Michigan metropolitan area during a 7-year period were studied for the purpose of defining long-term outcome, clinical correlations, and the need for subsequent fusion. Outcome was determined by questionnaire and physical examination ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tuite GF,Stern JD,Doran SE,Papadopoulos SM,McGillicuddy JE,Oyedijo DI,Grube SV,Lundquist C,Gilmer HS,Schork MA

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Historically, destructive procedures for cancer pain were the main line of treatment therapy. However, the use of high-dose opioids has essentially replaced such procedures. Recognition of the limits of medical therapy to treat cancer pain effectively is growing, while conversely, in regions with limited access ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Raslan AM,Cetas JS,McCartney S,Burchiel KJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral [anterior internal] capsule/ventral striatum (VC/VS) is under investigation as an alternative to anterior capsulotomy for severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In neuroimaging studies of patients with OCD, dysfunction in the orbitofrontal and anterior cingulate c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rauch SL,Dougherty DD,Malone D,Rezai A,Friehs G,Fischman AJ,Alpert NM,Haber SN,Stypulkowski PH,Rise MT,Rasmussen SA,Greenberg BD

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriological studies were performed on 45 craniocerebral missile wounds incurred in Vietnam within 2 to 4 hours of occurrence. All missiles had penetrated into the brain. Aerobic and anaerobic cultures were taken of the skin wound, brain, and indriven bone fragments. Forty-four of the skin wounds were contaminated,...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Carey ME,Young H,Mathis JL,Forsythe J

更新日期：1971-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in plasma, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and tumor cyst fluid obtained from patients with a variety of intracranial tumors was determined by radioimmunoassay Slightly elevated levels of plasma CEA, ranging from 2.6 to 3.8 ng/ml, were noted in six (4%) of 161 patients with primary brain tumo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Suzuki Y,Tanaka R

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of spontaneous intracranial hematomas caused by unsuspected meningiomas are reported. Nine previous cases were found in the literature and the entire series of 13 cases is reviewed. Because of their unusual clinical presentation, these cases were not diagnosed correctly prior to radiological studies. Hypert...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Modesti LM,Binet EF,Collins GH

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five Sprague-Dawley rats with saphenous neuromas underwent acute microfilament recording in the proximal nerve. The effect of the potassium channel-blocking agents, tetraethylammonium bromide (TEA) and 4-aminopyridine, on spontaneous activity in A fibers terminating in the neuroma was observed. The effects of g...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Burchiel KJ,Russell LC

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present three patients who, after excision and irradiation of their brain tumors, were treated with BCNU for recurrence. All three patients responded well and now are without evidence of tumor, 37, 30, and 36 months after BCNU was stopped. Although these patients represent only a small fraction of those tr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Calogero J,Crafts DC,Wilson CB,Boldrey EB,Rosenberg A,Enot KJ

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigates the hematological reaction to arterial injury during the first 10 minutes after endarterectomy in dogs to determine if heparin reversal during this early period predisposes to thrombus formation. Known platelet physiology would predict that heparinization during this early period would b...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ercius MS,Chandler WF,Ford JW,Burkel WE

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEPathology in the region of the basilar quadrifurcation, anterolateral midbrain, medial tentorium, and interpeduncular and ambient cisterns may be accessed anteriorly via an orbitozygomatic (OZ) craniotomy. In Part 1 of this series, the authors explored the anatomy of the oculomotor-tentorial triangle (OTT). I...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mascitelli JR,Gandhi S,Tayebi Meybodi A,Lawton MT

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first documented case of a symptomatic intrasellar hemangioblastoma is described, occurring in an 11-year-old girl with stigmata of von Hippel-Lindau disease who presented with headaches, progressive bitemporal hemianopsia, and adenohypophysial dysfunction. A subtotal resection of the lesion was achieved with two ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sawin PD,Follett KA,Wen BC,Laws ER Jr

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEDifferent CSF diversion procedures (ventriculoperitoneal, ventriculoatrial, and lumboperitoneal shunting) have been utilized for the treatment of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. More recently, endoscopic third ventriculostomy has been suggested as a reasonable alternative in some studies. The purpos...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Giordan E,Palandri G,Lanzino G,Murad MH,Elder BD

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis was diagnosed on computerized tomography (CT) scanning and was subsequently confirmed by angiography in two patients. Small ventricles and filling defects occurring within the sinus (the empty triangle sign) appeared to be highly suggestive of superior sagittal sinus thrombosis, and ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： d'Avella D,Russo A,Santoro G,Pandolfo N,Cafarelli F,De Blasi F,del Vivo RE

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intracranial stenting and flow diversion require the use of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) to prevent in-stent thrombosis. DAPT may significantly increase the risk of hemorrhagic complications in patients who require subsequent surgical interventions. In this study, the authors sought to investigate whether...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hudson JS,Nagahama Y,Nakagawa D,Starke RM,Dlouhy BJ,Torner JC,Jabbour P,Allan L,Derdeyn CP,Greenlee JDW,Hasan D

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality rate, risk of rebleeding, relevant subjective and objective symptoms, and daily functional capacity after a verified subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) of unknown etiology were evaluated in 44 patients treated during a 5-year period (1978 to 1983). A vascular basis for the SAH had been excluded by bilateral c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Eskesen V,Sørensen EB,Rosenørn J,Schmidt K

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The purpose of this study was to examine the widely held assumption that early-onset symptoms after gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS) are uncommon. The study was designed to include all types of morbidity and not just those that lead to neurological dysfunction. It was hoped that the results of the study could lead...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： St George EJ,Kudhail J,Perks J,Plowman PN

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granular-cell tumors are exceedingly rare neoplasms in the central nervous system. Their histogenesis has been a subject of longstanding controversy but substantial findings support the current theory of a Schwann cell origin. Other recent histopathological studies point to an astrocytic origin in those tumors which a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Carvalho GA,Lindeke A,Tatagiba M,Ostertag H,Samii M

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEIntrinsic third ventricular craniopharyngiomas (IVCs) have been reported by some authors to "pose the greatest surgical challenge" of all craniopharyngiomas (CPAs). A variety of open microsurgical approaches have historically been used for resection of these tumors. Despite increased utilization of the endosc...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Forbes JA,Ordóñez-Rubiano EG,Tomasiewicz HC,Banu MA,Younus I,Dobri GA,Phillips CD,Kacker A,Cisse B,Anand VK,Schwartz TH

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The health care needs of children with hydrocephalus continue beyond childhood and adolescence; however, pediatric hospitals and pediatric neurosurgeons are often unable to provide them care after they become adults. Each year in the US, an estimated 5000-6000 adolescents and young adults (collectively, youth) with hy...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Williams MA,van der Willigen T,White PH,Cartwright CC,Wood DL,Hamilton MG

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Patients with gliomas frequently have cognitive deficits, and surgery can exacerbate these deficits. Preoperative assessment is therefore crucial in patients undergoing surgery for glioma in eloquent areas, because the proximity of functional areas increases the risk of permanent postoperative cognitive disturba...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Satoer D,Vork J,Visch-Brink E,Smits M,Dirven C,Vincent A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) reviews formal neurosurgical training in the United States from its inception with one program in 1934 to 1984, with 94 programs and 650 residents. He reports on the 1st year's experience with a national neurosurgical residency matching plan. He...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pevehouse BC

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a newly recognized complication of lumboperitoneal (LP) shunt placement, namely, intracranial hypotension from leakage of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) through a defect in the lumbar dura created by the shunt catheter. They report on a 47-year-old obese woman with idiopathic intracranial hypertension ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Liao YJ,Dillon WP,Chin CT,McDermott MW,Horton JC

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00