Orbital pain and unruptured carotid-posterior communicating artery aneurysms: the role of sensory fibers of the third cranial nerve.

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:The suprameatal tubercle (SMT) may obscure the neurovascular compression (NVC) in microvascular decompression (MVD) for trigeminal neuralgia (TGN). The aim of this study is to address the necessity of resecting SMT in MVD for TGN. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed radiological findings of 461 MVDs in pati...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Inoue T,Goto Y,Prasetya M,Fukushima T

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Major artery aneurysms may be found incidentally while evaluating moyamoya disease (MMD). The purpose of this study was to delineate the prevalence and characteristics of these uncommon aneurysms with a brief mention of their management and outcomes. METHODS:We conducted a retrospective review of 249 adult ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Yeon JY,Kim JS,Hong SC

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ependymomas and tuberculomas are common paediatric posterior fossa lesions in developing countries and may be confused with each other due to some overlapping features. The distinction is important as the treatment for each is entirely different. We have described three young children in whom clinical-radiological fea...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Futane S,Salunke P,Sahoo S,Mulinani N,Vyas S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients with thalamic hemorrhage, depressed level of consciousness and/or signs of elevated intracranial pressure may be treated with neurocritical care (NCC) and external ventricular drainage (EVD) for release of cerebrospinal fluid. METHODS:Forty-three patients with thalamic hemorrhage treated with NCC...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Tsitsopoulos PP,Enblad P,Wanhainen A,Tobieson L,Hårdemark HG,Marklund N

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BAK-C is a new autostabilizing interbody cage which is implanted during an anterior cervical procedure to provide stability to the motion segment and allow fusion to occur. Special instrumentation is provided with a bone collecting reamer. The system utilizes surgical site bone graft as the osteo-inductive material wi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Matge G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, we compared the dosimetric properties between Gamma Knife (GK) and Cyberknife (CK), and investigated the clinical implications in treating brain metastases (BMs). METHODS:Between 2011 and 2013, 77 patients treated with either single-fraction GK for small BMs (n = 40) or fractionated CK for la...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Cho YH,Lee JM,Lee D,Park JH,Yoon K,Kim SO,Kwon DH,Kim JH,Kim CJ,Roh SW

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Different surgical approaches have been developed for dealing with third ventricle lesions, all aimed at obtaining a safe removal minimizing brain manipulation. The supraorbital subfrontal trans-lamina terminalis route, commonly employed only for the anterior third ventricle, could represent, in selected cas...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Iacoangeli M,Colasanti R,Esposito D,Di Rienzo A,di Somma L,Dobran M,Gladi M,Scerrati M

更新日期：2017-04-01 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: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：:The facial nerve may be damaged by trauma, surgical manipulation, inflammation or neoplastic disease. Current techniques for repair and regeneration of the damaged nerve produce suboptimal results. This review outlines the current knowledge of experimental facial nerve regeneration in vitro and in vivo to provide an i...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Choi D,Dunn LT

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:OBJECTIVE, BACKGROUND: Cerebral angiography, performed within 24 hr of aneurysmal rupture, carries an increased risk of rebleeding. We have investigated the rerupture rate during angiography procedures under deep general anesthesia and the factors that contribute to rebleeding. METHODS:We divided 69 patient...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kusumi M,Yamada M,Kitahara T,Endo M,Kan S,Iida H,Sagiuchi T,Fujii K

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen cases of large thalamic gliomas were treated by laser surgery and CUSA under X8 magnification and subsequently they were subjected to radiotherapy. More than 50% of the tumours were located in the dominant hemisphere and therefore an interhemispheric approach was carried out to avoid disturbances of speech and...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Prakash B

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the occurrence of hardware-related complications in patients with deep brain stimulation (DBS), over a long period of time. METHOD:All patients operated on with DBS at our institution between 1993 and 2002 were followed with respect to adverse events related to the implanted hardware. RESULTS:One...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Blomstedt P,Hariz MI

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When operating on a child with a large myelomeningocele and kyphosis, coverage with skin of high quality and a supporting layer of subcutaneous tissue can be difficult. The dermal circulation in the newborn is finite and an extensive mobilisation of the skin is a risky venture. Between 1988 and 2003 five children with...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Arnell K

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This prospective observational study was undertaken to investigate the advantages, the safety, and the drawbacks of reconstructing a cervical corpectomy with a distractible corpectomy cage. According to the author's literature search, this is the second clinical report on a distractible cervical corpectomy c...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Payer M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-two patients with petroclival meningioma were operated upon by the middle fossa transpetrosal-transtentorial approaches since 1977. Half of those showed tumour extension into the middle fossa and one-third in the cavernous sinus. Seventeen (40%) had a large tumour of 40 mm in diameter or larger, and 8 of those h...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kawase T,Shiobara R,Toya S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trigeminal neuralgia has been rarely reported in association with dural arteriovenous malformations (DAVMs). We describe a case of trigeminal neuralgia resulting from compression of the trigeminal nerve at its root entry zone by a large tentorial DAVM. Surgical interruption of the draining vein at its exit from the te...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Rahme R,Ali Y,Slaba S,Samaha E

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, a brief information on factors taking role in intracranial air formation and tension pneumocephalus because of two cases epidural air formation and tension pneumocephalus following transsphenoidal operation is presented. Two cases were treated conservatively. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Yüceer N,Cakíroğlu K,Erdoğan A,Gökalp HZ,Bağdatoğlu C

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spinal epidural arachnoid cysts (EAC) are rare and may present with myelopathy, which can be completely curable with surgery. The majority of investigators believe that the repairment of dural defect is important to treat EAC. However, the necessity of excising EACs remains controversial. The purpose of this...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Lee CH,Hyun SJ,Kim KJ,Jahng TA,Kim HJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a potential risk of sacrificing the cortical vein during neurosurgical operations, particularly in the interhemispheric or subtemporal approach. An impaired cortical vein might cause cerebral venous circulatory disturbances (CVCDs) resulting in venous infarction. In this article, we have reviewed the manageme...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Nakase H,Shin Y,Nakagawa I,Kimura R,Sakaki T

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extravasation of Onyx is a rare complication during embolization of arteriovenous malformations (AVM). We present a case of embolization that was complicated by leakage of Onyx into the cerebellum which was later encountered during surgical excision of the AVM. Our goal is to report this rare event and to outline succ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Solli E,Jumah F,Narayan V,Quinoa T,Xiong Z,Gupta G,Alharfoush E,Nanda A

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient is a 44-year-old man who underwent resection of a posterior nasopharynx tumor 12 years earlier via left lateral rhinotomy approach. The final pathological analysis indicated the tumor was a craniopharyngioma, and the patient subsequently underwent focal radiation. The patient returned to medical attention ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ragel BT,Bishop FS,Couldwell WT

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:A mathematical model of cerebral blood flow and the cerebrospinal fluid circulation is described which permits the study of phenomena caused by dynamic changes in cerebrovascular autoregulatory or cerebrospinal fluid compensatory reserves. A transient decrease in cerebral perfusion pressure was produced by carotid art...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Czosnyka M,Pickard J,Whitehouse H,Piechnik S

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a large osteoblastoma arising in the frontal bone of a 20-year-old female. The lesion was first noted after a fall, and grew steadily in size following further head injury during pregnancy. Initial plain radiography demonstrated an area of radiolucency, with subsequent cross-sectional imaging rev...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Toescu SM,Alalade AF,Steele L,Bhargava D,Hunter R

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drain insertion following chronic subdural haematoma (CSDH) evacuation reduces recurrence and improves outcomes. The mechanism of this improvement is uncertain. We assessed whether drains result in improved postoperative imaging, and which radiological factors are associated with recurrence and functional ou...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Glancz LJ,Poon MTC,Hutchinson PJ,Kolias AG,Brennan PM,British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC).

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An intensive experimental spinal cord impact trauma in rabbits led, after 90 minutes, to a significant increase of serotonin content in the segments of spinal cord at the injury epicentres. Adjacent segments showed normal values. It is suggested that the existing contradictory published data concerning the serotonin c...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Nĕmecek S,Suba P,Cerman J

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraspinal nerve-sheath tumours are generally slow growing and are diagnosed after causing symptoms such as back pain and progressive neurological symptoms. We present a rare example of multiple schwannomas located in the thoracolumbar spine in a previously asymptomatic patient who developed severe neurological defic...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sharifi G,Mortaz M,Parsaei B

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00