Outcomes of surgery in 1019 brachial plexus lesions treated at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.

abstract：OBJECT:In this paper, the authors' goal was to compare the artifact induced by implanted (in vivo) adjustable shunt valves in spin echo, diffusion weighted (DW), and gradient echo MR imaging pulse sequences. METHODS:The MR images obtained in 8 patients with proGAV and 6 patients with Strata II adjustable shunt valves ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Toma AK,Tarnaris A,Grieve JP,Watkins LD,Kitchen ND

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The concept of selective amygdalohippocampectomy is based on pathophysiological insights into the epileptogenicity of the hippocampal region and the definition of the clinical syndrome of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). High-resolution magnetic resonance (MR) imaging allows correlation of the site of histol...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Novak K,Czech T,Prayer D,Dietrich W,Serles W,Lehr S,Baumgartner C

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-seven patients with medulloblastoma were treated postoperatively with procarbazine, followed by craniospinal radiation therapy in combination with hydroxyurea. The radiation dose to the posterior fossa was 55 Gy; the spinal cord received 25 Gy and the whole brain 25 to 35 Gy (mean 33 Gy). Seventeen tumors recurr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Levin VA,Rodriguez LA,Edwards MS,Wara W,Liu HC,Fulton D,Davis RL,Wilson CB,Silver P

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Primary and metastatic neoplasms of the lumbosacral junction frequently pose a complex problem for the surgical management and stabilization of the spine because of the anatomical and biomechanical factors of this transition zone between spine and pelvis. The authors have used a modification of the Galveston tec...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jackson RJ,Gokaslan ZL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extra-abdominal cyst filled with cerebrospinal fluid was found postpartum in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. No similar complication of VP shunting has been reported before. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nugent P,Hoshek S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors describe their initial results obtained using a skull-mounted trajectory guide for intraoperative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-guided brain biopsy sampling. The device was used in conjunction with a new methodology known as prospective stereotaxis for surgical trajectory alignment. METHODS:Betwee...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hall WA,Liu H,Martin AJ,Maxwell RE,Truwit CL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of prostatic carcinoma metastasis to the pituitary gland is reported. The presentation and rarity of such a lesion is addressed. The literature review yielded only isolated case reports of symptomatic brain metastases unassociated with bone disease from adenocarcinoma of the prostate. The management options of ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Couldwell WT,Chandrasoma PT,Weiss MH

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This study was conducted to determine if there is a change in intracranial arterial diameters after papaverine infusion for vasospasm and to determine whether the change occurs in proximal, intermediate, and distal arteries. METHODS:The authors measured arterial diameters retrospectively in all patients who rec...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Milburn JM,Moran CJ,Cross DT 3rd,Diringer MN,Pilgram TK,Dacey RG Jr

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a period of 3 years, 25 patients with intra- and extrasellar macroprolactinomas were pretreated with dopamine agonists for a period of 2 to 6 1/2 weeks prior to transsphenoidal microsurgical tumor resection. Dopamine agonists were administered orally to 17 patients, intramuscularly to three patients, and both o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fahlbusch R,Buchfelder M,Schrell U

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old man experienced a right occipital headache accompanied by a roaring sound, nausea, vomiting, right facial weakness, and stiff neck. Vertebral angiography revealed an aneurysm of the right anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) at the internal acoustic meatus which was later excised with favorable res...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Johnson JH Jr,Kline DG

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The goal of this study was to assess the accuracy of the routine clinical use of transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography and SPECT in predicting angiographically demonstrated vasospasm. METHODS:Following receipt of institutional review board approval, the authors reviewed the records of patients with subarac...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kincaid MS,Souter MJ,Treggiari MM,Yanez ND,Moore A,Lam AM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report their experience using electrolytically detachable coils for the treatment of residual cerebral aneurysms following incomplete surgical clipping. Eight patients were treated for six anterior and two posterior circulation aneurysm remnants. All patients were referred for endovascular treatment by exp...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Thielen KR,Nichols DA,Fulgham JR,Piepgras DG

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiographic features and long-term clinical outcome in three patients who presented at birth with a cystic suboccipital mass in direct communication with the fourth ventricle are reviewed. The pathological findings in a fourth infant who died are also discussed. All surviving infants were treated with cyst excisi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fenstermaker RA,Roessmann U,Rekate HL

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cushing's experience with the surgical treatment of pituitary adenomas and other lesions producing the chiasmal syndrome is reviewed. The conclusion is that his ultimate rejection of the transsphenoidal route was not due to his dissatisfaction with this procedure, but rather came about because of the transfrontal rout...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rosegay H

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a single large intravenous dose of the sodium succinate esters of the glucocorticoids methylprednisolone, prednisolone, or hydrocortisone to enhance early neurological recovery after moderate to severe blunt head injury was examined in male CF-1 mice. Unanesthetized mice were restrained and subjected to...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hall ED

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five studies of regional cerebral blood volume (rCBV), regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF), and regional cerebral oxygen utilization (rCMRO2) were performed in 30 patients undergoing diagnostic cerebral angiography for evaluation of a subarachnoid hemorrhage due to a ruptured intracranial aneurysm. Tracer method...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Grubb RL Jr,Raichle ME,Eichling JO,Gado MH

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transdural herniations of the spinal cord are rare, and those occurring acutely after a spinal cord injury (SCI) are particularly unusual. In this report, the authors present the case of acute posttraumatic spinal cord herniation in a patient who sustained severe polytraumatic injuries. The clinical manifestations wer...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Marquardt G,Weidauer S,Zanella FE,Seifert V

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case of metastatic gestational choriocarcinoma presented as intracerebral hemorrhage from an atypical distal middle cerebral artery aneurysm. Operative evacuation of the intracerebral hematoma was undertaken and histopathological examination revealed choriocarcinoma invading the vessel wall. Neoplastic cerebral a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pullar M,Blumbergs PC,Phillips GE,Carney PG

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between April, 1989, and January, 1991, a total of 19 cases of giant aneurysm were treated by the endovascular approach. The patients included seven males and 12 females aged 15 to 72 years. Detachable balloons, occlusion coils, and ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer liquid were used as embolic materials. In seven cases...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Taki W,Nishi S,Yamashita K,Sadatoh A,Nakahara I,Kikuchi H,Iwata H

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of enterogenous cyst causing compression of the spinal cord at C-1 is presented. The clinical course and radiological and histological findings are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fabinyi GC,Adams JE

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The nitric oxide system has been linked to the pathogenesis of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). The authors performed a case-control study to investigate the association between SAH and common genetic variants within the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene (NOS3). METHODS:Three hundred thirty-three ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Staalsø JM,Edsen T,Kotinis A,Romner B,Springborg JB,Olsen NV

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEThe aim of this study was to derive a clinically applicable decision rule using clinical, radiological, and laboratory data to predict the development of delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) patients.METHODSPatients presenting over a consecutive 9-year period with subar...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lee H,Perry JJ,English SW,Alkherayf F,Joseph J,Nobile S,Zhou LL,Lesiuk H,Moulton R,Agbi C,Sinclair J,Dowlatshahi D

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE WHO Grade III gliomas are relatively rare and treated with multiple modalities such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. The impact of the extent of resection (EOR) on improving survival in patients with this tumor type is unclear. Moreover, because of the heterogeneous radiological appearance of Grad...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fujii Y,Muragaki Y,Maruyama T,Nitta M,Saito T,Ikuta S,Iseki H,Hongo K,Kawamata T

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with congenital hydrocephalus and poor vision since early childhood, but with normal motor and intellectual development, suffered progressive mental deterioration during the last decade of life. At necropsy he was found to have severe hydrocephalus secondary to a lipoma of the midbrain tectum obstructing the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Halmagyi GM,Evans WA

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protection of the brain and spinal cord against ischemia is a goal of vast clinical importance. One approach to this objective is to reduce the tissue's functional activity in order to preserve energy for the metabolic processes that are essential to viability. Experiments to explore ways of reducing function-related ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zager EL,Ames A 3rd

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangiopericytoma is a vascular neoplasm consisting of capillaries outlined by an intact basement membrane that separates the endothelial cells of the capillaries from the spindle-shaped tumor cells in the extravascular area. These neoplasms are found in soft tissues but have rarely been shown to involve the spinal c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Harris DJ,Fornasier VL,Livingston KE

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatosensory evoked response from the cervical skin surface over the spine (the cervical SER) was recorded, and compared with the cord dorsum potential (CDP) simultaneously recorded from the posterior epidural space at the same segment. The cervical SER evoked by segmental nerve stimulation consisted of an initially ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shimoji K,Shimizu H,Maruyama Y

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aims of this study were to construct an animal model of deafferentation of the spinal cord by brachial plexus avulsion and to analyze the effects of subsequent dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) lesions in this model. To this end, the authors measured the clinical and electrophysiological effects of total deaffer...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Guenot M,Bullier J,Sindou M

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Insight may be gained into the physiological mechanisms of deep brain stimulation (DBS) by analyzing local and contralateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) single-unit activity during activation of previously placed DBS electrodes. Special techniques are required to perform such analysis due to the presence of a larg...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Toleikis JR,Metman LV,Pilitsis JG,Barborica A,Toleikis SC,Bakay RA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, the authors demonstrated that meningioma cells secrete platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-like molecules that stimulate their own growth in an autocrine manner. Based on that finding, a study was undertaken to examine the effect of trapidil, a drug known to have an antagonistic action against P...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Todo T,Adams EF,Fahlbusch R

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00