Age-related changes in expression of transforming growth factor-beta and receptors in cells of intervertebral discs.

abstract：:The effect of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) on endothelium-dependent vasodilation of the isolated rabbit basilar artery was examined using an isometric tension recording method. The SAH was induced by injecting 5 ml of fresh arterial blood into the cisterna magna. Sixty-two rabbits were separated into four groups acco...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nakagomi T,Kassell NF,Sasaki T,Fujiwara S,Lehman RM,Johshita H,Nazar GB,Torner JC

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acellular basal lamina grafts have recently been reported to support axonal regeneration and have been used in peripheral nerve repair. The present study was designed to determine the immunogenicity of such basal lamina allografts (grafts that are genetically different) and their potential as bridging material for ner...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gulati AK,Cole GP

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The use of subdural drains after surgical evacuation of chronic subdural hematoma (CSH) decreases the risk of recurrence and has become the standard of care. Halfway through the controlled, randomized TOSCAN (Randomized Trial of Follow-up CT after Evacuation of Chronic Subdural Hematoma) trial, the authors' i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Häni L,Vulcu S,Branca M,Fung C,Z'Graggen WJ,Murek M,Raabe A,Beck J,Schucht P

更新日期：2019-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Because it has been difficult to predict the outcome of patients with head injury in the early period after admission, a clinical study was undertaken to evaluate if the fibrinolytic parameters could be reliable indicators of outcome. Seventy patients presenting with head injury without obvious trauma in other regions...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Takahashi H,Urano T,Takada Y,Nagai N,Takada A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 33-year-old woman with bilateral partial agenesis (type D) of the posterior arch of the atlas and recurrent transient quadriparesis due to contusion of the spinal cord after minor cervical trauma is described. At least some patients with type C or D congenital anomalies of the posterior arch of the atlas...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Torreman M,Verhagen IT,Sluzewski M,Kok AJ,van Rooij WJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The gold-standard surgical approach to the odontoid is via the transoral route. This approach necessitates opening of the oropharynx and is associated with risks of infection, and swallowing and breathing complications. The endoscopic endonasal approach has the potential to reduce these complications as the oral...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Goldschlager T,Härtl R,Greenfield JP,Anand VK,Schwartz TH

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Vanderbilt University Hospital heritage was influenced by the excellence of the Johns Hopkins era--by Osler, Halsted, Cushing, Brooks, and many others. Upon this strong origin, the neurosurgery department was built by Cobb Pilcher and perpetuated by William F. Meacham. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rish BL

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Over the past 15 years stereotactic radiosurgery has become an accepted surgical option for patients with medically unresponsive trigeminal neuralgia (TN). The mechanism whereby radiosurgery causes pain relief remains unclear. METHODS:A review of recent papers on the radiosurgical management of TN reveals a cor...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pollock BE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although they are excellent clinical tools, Caspar anterior cervical plates have not been studied closely with regard to their mechanisms of failure. As more extensive operations are contemplated on older, sicker patients, it is imperative to know when a plating system might be prone to failure and what the mechanism ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Paramore CG,Dickman CA,Sonntag VK

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective cochlear neurotomy for intractable tinnitus is quite difficult to perform because there is no way to approach the cochlear nerve without interfering with other neural structures. The authors successfully performed selective cochlear neurotomy in the cerebellopontine cistern in a patient with persistent intra...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ryu H,Yamamoto S,Sugiyama K,Uemura K

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The pathophysiological mechanisms responsible for the formation of intracranial aneurysms (IAs) remain only partially elucidated. However, current evidence suggests a genetic component. The purpose of this study was to investigate the specific anatomical variations in the arterial complex that are associated...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bourcier R,Lenoble C,Guyomarch-Delasalle B,Daumas-Duport B,Papagiannaki C,Redon R,Desal H

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case with two mycotic aneurysms in the cavernous portion of the internal carotid artery, presumably secondary to a transient bacteremia from pneumonia. The strikingly rapid development of the aneurysms was demonstrated by angiography. Painful total ophthalmoplegia and extophthalmos were the main c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shibuya S,Igarashi S,Amo T,Sato H,Fukumitsu T

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:A patient with glioblastoma multiforme of the brain was treated with both intravenous and oral glycerol as well as intravenous mannitol in an attempt to reduce increased intracranial pressure. After an initial lowering of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure to near normal values during continuous glycerol administr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Guisado R,Tourtellotte WW,Arieff AI,Tomiyasu U,Mishra SK,Schotz MC

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of a 59-year-old man with a spinal arachnoid cyst accompanied by spinal arachnoiditis. The patient developed symptoms after treatment for a ruptured vertebral artery aneurysm, in which fibrin glue was used for reconstruction of the suboccipital bone defect. It is believed that the fibrin glue may ha...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Taguchi Y,Suzuki R,Okada M,Sekino H

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Stereotactic radiosurgery is an increasingly used and the least invasive surgical option for patients with trigeminal neuralgia. In this study, the authors investigate the clinical outcomes in patients treated with this procedure. METHODS:Independently acquired data from 220 patients with idiopathic trigeminal ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kao MC

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical outcomes are described for 247 consecutive cases of arteriovenous malformation (AVM) treated with the gamma knife between April, 1970, and December 31, 1983. Headache resolved in 65 (66.3%) of the 98 patients presenting with this symptom and improved in an additional nine (9.2%). Of 59 patients admitted w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Steiner L,Lindquist C,Adler JR,Torner JC,Alves W,Steiner M

更新日期：1992-07-01 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 majority of sinonasal malignancies present with advanced disease, and cure rates are generally poor. Surgical extirpation remains the mainstay of treatment. In cases of sinonasal malignancy with orbital apex extension, gross-total tumor resection requires orbital exenteration and bony skull base resection ar...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sugawara T,Aoyagi M,Ogishima T,Kawano Y,Tamaki M,Yano T,Tsunoda A,Ohno K,Maehara T,Kishimoto S

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：OBJECT:Little has been written about the appropriate diagnosis, investigation, and management of subarachnoid-pleural fistula (SPF). The authors report a series of patients with SPF that developed after resection of spinal tumor and discuss the diagnosis and treatment of this entity. METHODS:Between 1993 and 2002, nin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hentschel SJ,Rhines LD,Wong FC,Gokaslan ZL,McCutcheon IE

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECT The objective of this study was to compare the cost of deep brain stimulation (DBS) performed awake versus asleep at a single US academic health center and to compare costs across the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) Clinical Database. METHODS Inpatient and outpatient demographic and hospital financial ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jacob RL,Geddes J,McCartney S,Burchiel KJ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although it is known that intersurgeon variability in offering elective surgery can have major consequences for patient morbidity and healthcare spending, data addressing variability within neurosurgery are scarce. The authors performed a prospective peer review study of randomly selected neurosurgery cases i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ramayya AG,Chen HI,Marcotte PJ,Brem S,Zager EL,Osiemo B,Piazza M,Sharma N,McClintock SD,Schuster JM,Ali ZS,Connolly P,Heuer GG,Grady MS,Kung DK,Ozturk AK,O'Rourke DM,Malhotra NR

更新日期：2019-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Hemangiopericytomas (HPCs) are rare tumors widely recognized for their aggressive clinical behavior, high recurrence rates, and distant and extracranial metastases even after a gross-total resection. The authors report a large multicenter study, through the International Gamma Knife Research Foundation (IGKR...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cohen-Inbar O,Lee CC,Mousavi SH,Kano H,Mathieu D,Meola A,Nakaji P,Honea N,Johnson M,Abbassy M,Mohammadi AM,Silva D,Yang HC,Grills I,Kondziolka D,Barnett GH,Lunsford LD,Sheehan J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the successful staged stenting and coil embolization of a large vertebral artery-posterior inferior cerebellar artery (VA-PICA) aneurysm using the contralateral VA for access. A 67-year-old woman presented with a large ruptured VA-PICA aneurysm. Initial attempts to stent the wide-necked aneurysm fro...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ecker RD,Hanel RA,Levy EI,Hopkins LN

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is presented who had neck pain and transient episodes of visual-field defect followed by unconsciousness when he hyperextended his neck. Radiographic examination revealed atlantooccipital instability on flexion and extension views. Treatment by fusion of the occiput to C-2 resulted in relief of symptoms. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Finney HL,Roberts TS

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:An approach toward the treatment of intracranial gliomas was developed in a rat experimental model. The authors investigated the ability of "professional" antigen-presenting cells (dendritic cells) to enhance host antitumor immune responses when injected as a vaccine into tumor-bearing animals. METHODS:Dendriti...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Liau LM,Black KL,Prins RM,Sykes SN,DiPatre PL,Cloughesy TF,Becker DP,Bronstein JM

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two episodes of massive bleeding from a sutured arteriotomy were observed within 30 hours after carotid endarterectomy. The patient had received anticoagulation therapy with heparin for 72 hours prior to surgery. A platelet count of 93,000/cu mm was demonstrated following the second hemorrhage. The potential problem o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rogers LA

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leiomyosarcomas (LMSs) of the central nervous system are extremely rare; however, they are becoming more prevalent in immunocompromised patients. The authors present the cases of two patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: one with LMS of the thoracic vertebral body and the other with LMS originating from th...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ritter AM,Amaker BH,Graham RS,Broaddus WC,Ward JD

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Despite persisting questions regarding its appropriateness, 30-day readmission is an increasingly common quality metric used to influence hospital compensation in the United States. However, there is currently insufficient evidence to identify which patients are at highest risk for readmission after aneurysm...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Greenberg JK,Guniganti R,Arias EJ,Desai K,Washington CW,Yan Y,Weng H,Xiong C,Fondahn E,Cross DT,Moran CJ,Rich KM,Chicoine MR,Dhar R,Dacey RG Jr,Derdeyn CP,Zipfel GJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00