Evidence for the participation of vascular endothelium originated humoral factors to cerebral vasospasm.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a critical public health and socio-economic problem throughout the world, making epidemiological monitoring of incidence, prevalence and outcome of TBI necessary. We aimed to describe the epidemiology of traumatic brain injury in Europe and to evaluate the methodology of incid...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Peeters W,van den Brande R,Polinder S,Brazinova A,Steyerberg EW,Lingsma HF,Maas AI

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intraoperative MRI (iMRI) has been established as a routine imaging modality with a remarkable impact on specific neurosurgical procedures. The technological advancement continuously extends the spectrum of iMRI, leading to an increasing number of installations. Yet, procedures in which a semi-sitting posi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Gasser T,Senft C,Rathert J,Friedrich K,Hattingen E,Gerlach R,Seifert V

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brain tumour in a newborn is rare. The incidence of congenital tumours is 0.34 per one million births. We report a case of a huge right hemispheric tumour operated upon successfully in a child 5 days old, who had a total tumoural excision and an uneventful outcome with 5 months follow up. This tumour appears to be t...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Aouad N,Vital C,Rivel J,Ramsoubramanian K,Santosh S,Chowdry O

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting is a highly effective treatment for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). However, secondary deterioration can occur at a later time. Thus, the current study aimed to evaluate the incidence rate and causes of secondary deterioration. METHODS:A retrospective anal...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kaestner S,Behrends R,Roth C,Graf K,Deinsberger W

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of a small arteriovenous angioma over a period of almost 18 years in a 20 year old patient has been proved by arteriography. This case is added to 29 cases previously published in the literature. The authors do not readily accept the theory of autochthonous growth, but prefer secondary or "pseudo-growth". I...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Szepan B

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To study the value of early (24 h) post-operative ACTH and serum cortisol as predictors of remission after transsphenoidal surgery in Cushing's disease. METHODS:We prospectively studied 44 patients who underwent transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing's disease between 1997 and 2005. The mean follow-up period of patie...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Acebes JJ,Martino J,Masuet C,Montanya E,Soler J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Too few cases of isolated abducent nerve palsy caused by neurovascular compression syndrome have been reported. We here report on a case of abducent nerve palsy caused by neurovascular compression syndrome that was successfully treated by microvascular decompression (MVD). A 46-year-old male presented with a 6-month h...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Yamazaki T,Yamamoto T,Hatayama T,Zaboronok A,Ishikawa E,Akutsu H,Matsuda M,Kato N,Matsumura A

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:Clinical presentation, diagnosis, surgical technique and results of 25 cases of intramedullary tumours in patients under 16 years of age are analyzed. Pre-operative spinal deformity was present in 9 patients. Surgery was performed in all. After multilaminectomy with preservation of the intervertebral joints, total rem...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Lunardi P,Licastro G,Missori P,Ferrante L,Fortuna A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For measurement of the cerebral blood flow (CBF) the thermal diffusion method is quite convenient and allows the chronological measurement of CBF and CO2 reactivity of cerebral vessels. We investigated the CO2 reactivity of fifteen head injury patients. The results showed that in head injury cases, the disturbance of ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Tenjin H,Yamaki T,Nakagawa Y,Kuboyama T,Ebisu T,Kobori N,Ueda S,Mizukawa N

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We compared the electrode positions of subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) estimated at the immediate postoperative period with those estimated 6 months after surgery. METHODS:Brain CT scans were taken immediately and 6 months after bilateral STN DBS in 53 patients with Parkinson's disease...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kim YH,Kim HJ,Kim C,Kim DG,Jeon BS,Paek SH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed cordectomy, a surgical technique that is infrequently used at present, for a patient with post-traumatic syringomyelia (following complete paraplegia of both lower limbs due to dislocation fracture of the 9th thoracic vertebra), yielding a favourable result. We recommend cordectomy as a surgical technique...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kasai Y,Kawakita E,Morishita K,Uchida A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal dural arterio-venous fistulae (SDAVF) are slow-flow extramedullary vascular lesions which account for 75-80% of all spinal vascular malformations. At present there is no agreed view with regard to the best therapeutic option being surgical or endovascular, and several reports favour one or other form ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Cecchi PC,Musumeci A,Faccioli F,Bricolo A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to investigate the effect at the season of the time of surgery on the survival of brain tumor patients. The population studied consisted of 101 patients (39 males and 62 females), gathered from a geographically large area in northern Finland (from 64 degrees N to 70 degrees N), aged betw...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hakko H,Räsänen P,Niemelä A,Koivukangas J,Mainio A

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four patients harbouring a colloid cyst of the 3rd ventricle were operated on endoscopically. With the "classical" monoportal technique, through a precoronal burr hole only partial removal could be achieved in the first case. As the crucial point of the procedure is the safe dissection of the cyst from the thela chori...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Horváth Z,Vetö F,Balás I,Dóczi T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tarlov cysts (TCs) are expanded nerve root sheaths that occur near the dorsal root ganglion and result from increased intraspinal hydrostatic pressure. TCs most frequently affect the lumbosacral plexus and therefore may cause specific symptoms such as perineal pain and neurogenic bladder, bowel, and sphincte...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hulens MA,Dankaerts W,Rasschaert R,Bruyninckx F,Willaert ML,Vereecke C,Vansant G

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The exact aetiology, growth and rupture of intracranial aneurysms is unclear. In this study we investigated a possible association between intracranial aneurysm rupture and polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene G894T. METHODS:Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism of 53 pat...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ozüm U,Bolat N,Gül E,Ozdemir O

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertrophic olivary degeneration (HOD) is a pathological phenomenon that occurs after injury to the dentato-olivary pathway. Its hallmarks include hypertrophy of the olive with increased T2 signal intensity on magnetic resonance imaging, and it often manifests with palatal tremor and oscillopsia clinically....

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hornyak M,Osborn AG,Couldwell WT

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The best care and management of patients in persistent vegetative state (PVS) has been the subject of sustained moral and legal debate for a number of years. However, the views of specialist doctors in Belgium involved in the care for patients in PVS are largely unknown. METHODS:A postal questionnaire was s...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Dierickx K,Schotsmans P,Grubb A,Walsh P,Lambe N

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of transsphenoidal deflation of a detachable balloon after embolization of a carotid-cavernous fistula (CCF). The patient developed complete third and sixth nerve palsies immediately after detachable balloon embolization of the CCF, which was considered to be caused by cavernous sinus (CS) compressi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Jung JY,Kim SH,Kim DJ,Kim DI

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple intracranial aneurysms (MIAs) are associated with poorer outcomes after rupture than are single intracranial aneurysms (SIAs). Although the risk factors for intracranial aneurysm rupture have been widely investigated, few studies have focused on MIAs. Thus, the present study aimed to determine wheth...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Jiang H,Weng YX,Zhu Y,Shen J,Pan JW,Zhan RY

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A personal prospective study has been carried out on 91 consecutive patients undergoing direct surgery for aneurysms of the anterior Circle of Willis. The protocol particularly involved maintaining normotension for each patient during surgery, and operating on all patients in Grades I, II, and III and on those patient...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Jeffreys RV

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an extremely rare complication after ventriculoperitoneal shunting. The peritoneal tube migrated into the stomach 8 months after the operation and patient presented with gastric bleeding. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Cheng JY,Lo WC,Liang HH,Kun IH

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old man with genetically confirmed hyperostosis corticalis generalisata (Van Buchem disease) suffered from headache and progressive cognitive and sensibility disorders. Bone formation of the skull was ongoing, leading to narrowing of the intracranial space and foramen magnum. A large bilateral frontoparietal...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Datema M,Appelman-Dijkstra NM,Hoyng SA,Verstegen MJ,Koot RW

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a period of 10 years (1977-1986) 40 cases of tumour of the pineal region have been treated at the Istituto Neurologico "C. Besta"-of Milan. Out of these 40 cases, 27 (67.5%) were in the paediatric (10-15 years) or juvenile (15-20 years) age at the time of operation. Since 1983 a specific diagnostic and therapeu...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Pluchino F,Broggi G,Fornari M,Franzini A,Solero CL,Allegranza A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 197 comatose patients transcranial magnetic evoked potentials were registered to investigate the integrity of the pyramidal tract. Findings were compared to somatosensory, visual and auditory evoked potentials. Preservation, abnormalities and absence of evoked potentials were related to survival and non-survival. T...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Firsching R,Wilhelms S,Hilgers RD

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unstable fracture dislocations due to torn ligaments, fractures of both articular processes, or detachments of entire vertebral arches from vertebral bodies still pose the problem of fixation after anterior fusion. The application of internal metal plate fixation--using the small AO (ASFI) fragment equipment--is descr...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Herrmann HD

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper deals with the possibility of applying linear control theory and the theory of statistical dynamics to the complex and quantitative analysis of electroencephalographic records. The aim is to specify signals in the brain environment, in particular sources, speed and direction of signals, and the determination...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Neuschl S,Hluchy L,Nádvornik P,Sramka M

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peripheral nerve lesions usually are associated with neuropathic pain. In the present paper, we describe a simple scale to quantify pain after brachial plexus injuries and apply this scale to a series of patients to determine initial outcomes after reconstructive surgery. METHODS:Fifty-one patients with tra...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Bonilla G,Di Masi G,Battaglia D,Otero JM,Socolovsky M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty one cases of subdural empyema treated between 1977 and 1988 at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. Chandigarh, have been analysed. The patients ranged from 9 days to 80 years of age. There were 22 children, including 11 infants. Fever, altered sensorium and seizures were the most common...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Pathak A,Sharma BS,Mathuriya SN,Khosla VK,Khandelwal N,Kak VK

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00