Distinctions between pituicytoma and ordinary pilocytic astrocytoma. Case report.

abstract：:Symptomatic cysts of the septum pellucidum are rare. Up to 1969, 17 published cases were considered to be symptomatic. In the case report here, a 9-week-old girl was hospitalized because of disproportionate progressive enlargement of the head, lumbar myelomeningocele, and a history of generalized seizures. A giant sep...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Garza-Mercado R

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Intracranial hemorrhage associated with cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome (CHS) following carotid endarterectomy (CEA) or carotid artery stenting (CAS) is a rare but potentially devastating complication. In the present study the authors evaluated 4494 patients with carotid artery stenosis who had undergone CEA or...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ogasawara K,Sakai N,Kuroiwa T,Hosoda K,Iihara K,Toyoda K,Sakai C,Nagata I,Ogawa A,Japanese Society for Treatment at Neck in Cerebrovascular Disease Study Group.

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEDecompressive craniectomy is used for uncontrolled intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury and malignant hemispheric stroke. Subcutaneous preservation of the autologous bone flap in the abdomen is a simple, portable technique but has largely been abandoned due to perceived concerns of resorption. The ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ernst G,Qeadan F,Carlson AP

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe in detail the cortical and subcortical anatomy of the central core of the brain, defining its limits, with particular attention to the topography and relationships of the thalamus, basal ganglia, and related white matter pathways and vessels. METHODS The authors stud...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ribas EC,Yağmurlu K,de Oliveira E,Ribas GC,Rhoton A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The management issues of 106 cases of pituitary tumors with a fluid level within the fluid content of the cystic part of the tumor (a "fluid-fluid" level) were reviewed. METHODS:Between 2000 and March 2009, 1660 pituitary tumors were treated neurosurgically at K.E.M. Hospital. Investigations of 106 of these cas...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goel A,Shah A,Jhawar SS,Goel NK

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the case of a young man who suffered multiple injuries in a motor vehicle accident, the most significant of which arose in the brain, creating an unusual clinical syndrome. After experiencing an initial coma for several days, the patient was found to have a right-sided homonymous hemianopsia and a r...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： King RB,Fuller C,Collins GH

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors report a simple method for bilateral open-door cervical expansive laminoplasty in which hydroxyapatite (HA) spacers are secured by titanium screws. A biomechanical study was also conducted to confirm the strength of the screw fixation. METHODS:A unilateral posterior approach was used to allow preser...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Takayasu M,Takagi T,Nishizawa T,Osuka K,Nakajima T,Yoshida J

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the biology of thyrotropin (TSH)-producing pituitary adenomas, the authors reviewed the charts of 19 patients who underwent transsphenoidal surgery within a 15-year period at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Between 1989 and 1991, the period during which immunostaining techniques were us...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mindermann T,Wilson CB

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Telomerase activity is responsible for cell immortality. To examine the role of telomerase in the carcinogenesis of human glioblastomas multiforme (GBMs), the authors studied telomerase activity, telomerase component expression, and telomere lengths in 42 GBM samples. METHODS:In all samples, EGFR and MDM2 ampli...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Harada K,Kurisu K,Tahara H,Tahara E,Ide T,Tahara E

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Identification of risk factors for perioperative epilepsy remains crucial in the care of patients with meningioma. Moreover, associations of brain invasion with clinical and radiological variables have been largely unexplored. The authors hypothesized that invasion of the cortex and subsequent increased edema...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hess K,Spille DC,Adeli A,Sporns PB,Brokinkel C,Grauer O,Mawrin C,Stummer W,Paulus W,Brokinkel B

更新日期：2018-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Secure fixation of the sacrum is technically challenging. The bone of the dorsal sacral surface is often thin, making hook fixation tenuous. The use of bone screws in the sacral pedicles has gained popularity, but rigidity is often not achieved and screw pullout is common. Solid constructs have been achieved using ang...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Baldwin NG,Benzel EC

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia (IPEH), commonly known as Masson's tumor, is a benign lesion that manifests as an excessive proliferation of endothelial cells within a vessel wall. IPEH is extremely rare in the brain, with only 36 intracranial cases previously described in the literature. It is commonl...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sankey EW,Hynes JS,Komisarow JM,Maule J,Griffin AS,Dotters-Katz SK,Mitchell CJ,Friedman AH

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a simple, new method for removing broken pedicle screws. Under microscopic visualization a straight, narrow slot is etched in the broken surface of the pedicle screw by using a power drill with a 2-mm diamond burr. A minus screwdriver is then inserted into the slot, and the broken screw is rotated...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Miyamoto K,Shimizu K,Kouda K,Hosoe H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is reported whose hydrocephalus was controlled by diverting the ventricular cerebrospinal fluid directly into the urinary bladder. This drainage route may have a useful place in the management of the adult pressure-sensitive patient whose more conventional shunt requires frequent revision for repeated obstru...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： West CG

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report an unusual case of a traumatic aneurysm of the right superior cerebellar artery (SCA). A 22-year-old woman presented with continuous headaches that appeared 15 days after she experienced closed head trauma as a result of a cycling accident. Computerized tomography scanning performed 3 months later s...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Proust F,Callonec F,Bellow F,Laquerriere A,Hannequin D,Fréger P

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Microangiopathy associated with hypertension is a notable cause of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD), including deep intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and lacunar infarct. Dotlike low-intensity spots (dotlike hemosiderin spots: dotHSs) on T2*-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) images have been histologically diagno...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Imaizumi T,Horita Y,Hashimoto Y,Niwa J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Surgical or endovascular occlusion of the parent artery proximal to an aneurysm has been recommended for treatment of dissecting aneurysms of the intracranial posterior circulation. However, dissecting aneurysms may rupture even after proximal occlusion because distal progression of thrombus is necessary to occl...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamaura I,Tani E,Yokota M,Nakano A,Fukami M,Kaba K,Matsumoto T

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The combined petrosal approach is a suitable technique for the resection of medium-to-large petroclival meningiomas (PCMs). Multiple technical modifications have been reported to increase the surgical corridor, including the method of dural and tentorial opening. The authors describe their method of dural openin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kusumi M,Fukushima T,Mehta AI,Aliabadi H,Nonaka Y,Friedman AH,Fujii K

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachnoid cysts are commonly thought to arise from either congenital defects or trauma. In this article the authors report the spontaneous development of a suprasellar third ventricular arachnoid cyst whose origin was not clearly congenital or traumatic. At the age of 4 months, the patient presented with hypertonia, a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Struck AF,Murphy MJ,Iskandar BJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the authors describe two patients with recurrent hemiparesis and limb shaking that gradually progressed to hemichorea. Cerebral angiography confirmed severe unilateral internal carotid artery stenosis (95%) contralateral to the hemichorea. The cerebral blood flow, assessed using N-isopropyl-p-(iodine-123...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Morigaki R,Uno M,Suzue A,Nagahiro S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artifacts are occasionally encountered on magnetic resonance imaging after operation. These may be due to minute metallic particles from neurosurgical instruments. Particles not detectable on plain x-ray films or computerized tomography scans may cause local change of magnetic resonance activity, resulting in a decept...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Firsching RP,Heindel W,Ernestus RI,Frowein RA,Bunke J

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When surgically removing a spinal nerve schwannoma, preservation of the involved root is attempted and may be feasible. However, in large tumors, sacrifice of the nerve root is often required to achieve total removal of the tumor, and the resection does not always result in postoperative neurological deficit. The pres...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kim P,Ebersold MJ,Onofrio BM,Quast LM

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A naming task has been used to spare cortical areas involved in language. In the present study, a calculation task was combined with electrostimulation mapping (awake surgery) to spare cortical areas involved in calculation in patients undergoing surgery for brain lesions. The organization of language and calcul...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Roux FE,Boukhatem L,Draper L,Sacko O,Démonet JF

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Neurogenesis continues throughout the life of mammals in the subventricular zone (SVZ) of the lateral ventricles and the dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus. The authors tested the potential of the neuropeptide substance P (SP) acting via the neurokinin-1 receptor (NK1R) in promoting the proliferation of adult...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Park SW,Yan YP,Satriotomo I,Vemuganti R,Dempsey RJ

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cranial and spinal trauma resulted in disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in a 78-year-old man, causing widespread bleeding and incoagulable blood. Traumatized brain tissue was found in the lumina of dural venous sinuses. The mechanisms of DIC are reviewed. It is suggested that intravascular release of potent...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Clark JA,Finelli RE,Netsky MG

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The caudal zona incerta target within the posterior subthalamic area is an investigational site for deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson disease (PD) and tremor. The authors report on a patient with tremor-predominant PD who, despite excellent tremor control and an otherwise normal neurological examination, exhib...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bangash OK,Thorburn M,Garcia-Vega J,Walters S,Stell R,Starkstein SE,Lind CR

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a report of five cases in which a bullet penetrated the vertex of the skull and brain, apparently during its vertical descent after having been fired into the air. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hanieh A

更新日期：1971-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Guglielmi detachable coil (GDC) technology is a valuable therapeutic alternative to the surgical treatment of ruptured or incidental intracranial aneurysms. The authors describe their technical and clinical experience in the use of the GDC technique in patients who underwent endovascular occlusion for the treatm...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Murayama Y,Viñuela F,Duckwiler GR,Gobin YP,Guglielmi G

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe vision loss in people older than age 65 years in the western world. The visual acuity loss usually results from the ingrowth of new vessels from the choroid capillaries, so called choroidal neovascularization (CNV). The aim of this pilot study...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Haas A,Papaefthymiou G,Langmann G,Schröttner O,Feigl B,Leber KA,Hanselmayer R,Pendl G

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Thromboembolic phenomena (TEPs) continue to be a significant source of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing neurosurgery. Although the efficacy of low-dose heparin in preventing TEPs in neurosurgical patients is well established, neurosurgeons are reluctant to use it perioperatively because of concern ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Constantini S,Kanner A,Friedman A,Shoshan Y,Israel Z,Ashkenazi E,Gertel M,Even A,Shevach Y,Shalit M,Umansky F,Rappaport ZH

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00