Ependymoma in childhood: prognostic factors, extent of surgery, and adjuvant therapy.

abstract：:The Pott puffy tumor is a subperiosteal abscess associated with underlying osteomyelitis, most often of the frontal bone in conjunction with frontal sinusitis. Intracranial sequelae can include epidural abscess, subdural empyema, intraparenchymal abscess, meningitis, and dural venous thrombophlebitis, all with resulta...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Davidson L,McComb JG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the time Harvey Cushing entered medical school, nerve reconstruction techniques had been developed, but peripheral nerve surgery was still in its infancy. As an assistant surgical resident influenced by Dr. William Halsted, Cushing wrote a series of reports on the use of cocaine for nerve blocks. Following his resi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tubbs RS,Patel N,Nahed BV,Cohen-Gadol AA,Spinner RJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：:A silver colloid staining technique for identifying nucleolar organizer region-associated proteins (Ag-NOR's) was applied to 51 human gliomas. These comprised 20 glioblastomas multiforme, 15 anaplastic astrocytomas, and 16 astrocytomas, in which the mean numbers of Ag-NOR's per cell (+/- standard error of the mean) we...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kajiwara K,Nishizaki T,Orita T,Nakayama H,Aoki H,Ito H

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The purpose of this study was to determine if magnetic source (MS) imaging could provide useful information in the planning and performance of gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS) for epilepsy. METHODS:Magnetic source imaging of interictal epileptiform dipoles was studied in 53 epilepsy surgery candidates. All patien...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Smith JR,King DW,Park YD,Lee MR,Lee GP,Jenkins PD

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The use of focal brain cooling to eliminate epileptic discharges (EDs) has attracted increasing attention in the scientific community. In this study, the inhibitory effect of selective hippocampal cooling on experimental hippocampal seizures was investigated using a newly devised cooling system with a thermoelec...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tanaka N,Fujii M,Imoto H,Uchiyama J,Nakano K,Nomura S,Fujisawa H,Kunitsugu I,Saito T,Suzuki M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provides an objective assessment of the reliability of histological grading of astrocytoma specimens obtained using stereotactic biopsy. Pathological diagnosis of brain tumors provides an index of disease severity and guides clinical practice in their treatment. It also functions as the gold standard in ass...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mittler MA,Walters BC,Stopa EG

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraventricular rupture of a colloid cyst is a rare phenomenon and has been proposed as a mechanism for sudden death in patients with colloid cysts. Imaging of a colloid cyst during rupture has been described in only one other instance. The authors report a highly unusual case of a 53-year-old man who presented with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Westwick HJ,Obaid S,Morin-Roy F,Champagne PO,Bouthillier A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Preserving vital cerebral function while maximizing tumor resection is a principal goal in surgical neurooncology. Although functional magnetic resonance imaging has been useful in the localization of eloquent cerebral cortex, this method does not provide information about the white matter tracts that may be inv...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Witwer BP,Moftakhar R,Hasan KM,Deshmukh P,Haughton V,Field A,Arfanakis K,Noyes J,Moritz CH,Meyerand ME,Rowley HA,Alexander AL,Badie B

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of chronic anterior lobe cerebellar stimulation on patients with cerebral palsy have been investigated using a new method of quanitfying muscle rigidity and stretch reflexes. The ankle is oscillated sinusoidally, compliance is measured at several frequencies, and electromyographic activity of the extensor ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Penn RD,Gottlieb GL,Agarwal GC

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:For patients with recurrent glioblastomas multiforme (GBMs) the prognosis is poor. Although chemotherapy may provide a survival advantage, the role of the extent of tumor resection, or the volume of the residual tumor at the time of recurrence, before instituting chemotherapy, is unclear. This study was designed...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Keles GE,Lamborn KR,Chang SM,Prados MD,Berger MS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite diagnostic advances, it remains difficult to identify intrasellar and ectopic parasellar adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting microadenomas. The authors present the case of a 61-year-old woman with Cushing disease in whom a significant central-to-peripheral and lateralized right-sided ACTH gradient was...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kim LJ,Klopfenstein JD,Cheng M,Nagul M,Coons S,Fredenberg C,Brachman DG,White WL

更新日期：2003-06-01 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

abstract：:The ability of antithrombin III, an endogenous plasma glycoprotein, to reverse the arterial narrowing in a rabbit model of cerebral vasospasm was evaluated. The vasodilator activity of antithrombin III on rabbit arteries was first assessed in vitro using a myograph-arterial ring preparation. Antithrombin III (10 IU/ml...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Vollmer DG,Hongo K,Kassell NF,Ogawa H,Tsukahara T,Lehman RM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Lenticulostriate artery (LSA) aneurysms are rarely reported in the literature, making management decisions challenging. Conservative, endovascular, and surgical treatments have been described primarily through case reports and reports of individual authors' experiences. The purpose of this study is to report neu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gandhi CD,Gilad R,Patel AB,Haridas A,Bederson JB

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Intracranial germinomas commonly occur in the pineal region, the floor of the third ventricle (hypothalamus), or both, and they are often associated with diabetes insipidus (DI). The authors conducted a study to correlate preoperative DI with the endoscopic and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging evidence of tumor o...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wellons JC 3rd,Reddy AT,Tubbs RS,Abdullatif H,Oakes WJ,Blount JP,Grabb PA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-documented extravasation as an indicator of continued hemorrhage in patients with acute hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). METHODS:The authors studied 108 patients with acute hyperintensive ICH. Imaging modalities...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Murai Y,Ikeda Y,Teramoto A,Tsuji Y

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:There is no description of the change in the posterior cerebral artery (PCA) in the diagnostic criteria of moyamoya disease (MMD). However, PCAs are often involved in the clinical setting, and an understanding of the significance of PCA lesions is therefore of great importance when evaluating the disease progres...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hishikawa T,Tokunaga K,Sugiu K,Date I

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The role of functional magnetic resonance (fMR) imaging has become increasingly important in the presurgical mapping of gray matter. Neurosurgical interventions often involve fiber bundles that connect critical functional areas. Recently, diffusion-tensor (DT) imaging has enabled the visualization of fiber bundl...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hendler T,Pianka P,Sigal M,Kafri M,Ben-Bashat D,Constantini S,Graif M,Fried I,Assaf Y

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paget disease is an idiopathic metabolic disease of bone that may involve the axial and appendicular skeleton. In up to one third of patients there may be pagetoid involvement of the spine, which can cause back pain and vertebral collapse, with instability or myeloradiculopathy. Although medical therapy is the mainsta...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kremer MA,Fruin A,Larson TC 3rd,Roll J,Weil RJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Klatzo's classification of brain edema into two types, vasogenic and cytotoxic, has been in general use since 1967. The former involves overall brain swelling due to fluid entry from the vasculature because of openings in the blood-brain barrier (BBB), whereas the latter refers to cell swelling without any loss of the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kimelberg HK

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This study documents the epidemiology of head injury over the course of 22 years in the largest Level I adult trauma center in Canada. This information defines the current state, changing pattern, and relative distribution of demographic factors in a defined group of trauma patients. It will aid in hypothesis ge...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cadotte DW,Vachhrajani S,Pirouzmand F

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Because little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying the process of spondylosis, the authors examined the extent of genetic localization of several members of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and BMP receptors in chondrogenesis during the process of inducing spondylosis in their previously establish...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nakase T,Ariga K,Miyamoto S,Okuda S,Tomita T,Iwasaki M,Yonenobu K,Yoshikawa H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this prospective study was twofold: 1) to determine the sensitivity and specificity of computer-derived density spectral array in detecting analog electroencephalographic (EEG) ischemic pattern changes during carotid artery cross-clamping in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy; and 2) to assess t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kearse LA Jr,Martin D,McPeck K,Lopez-Bresnahan M

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the results of a study to evaluate the effect of stimulation of the medullary reticular formation on cerebral vasomotor tonus and intracranial pressure (ICP) after the hypothalamic dorsomedial nucleus and midbrain reticular formation were destroyed. Systemic arterial pressure (BP), ICP, and local ce...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nagao S,Nishiura T,Kuyama H,Suga M,Murota T

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) is one of the methods available to treat vestibular schwannomas (VSs), in addition to microsurgical resection; however, clear information regarding balance function outcomes and the impact of treatment on patients' quality of life over time remains an important clinical need. The purpos...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wackym PA,Hannley MT,Runge-Samuelson CL,Jensen J,Zhu YR

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigates the hematological reaction to arterial injury during the first 10 minutes after endarterectomy in dogs to determine if heparin reversal during this early period predisposes to thrombus formation. Known platelet physiology would predict that heparinization during this early period would b...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ercius MS,Chandler WF,Ford JW,Burkel WE

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of high-frequency transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) through screw electrodes placed in the skull was investigated for use in intraoperative monitoring of the motor pathways in patients who are in a state of general anesthesia during cerebral and spinal operations. Motor evoked potentials (MEPs)...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Watanabe K,Watanabe T,Takahashi A,Saito N,Hirato M,Sasaki T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 17 patients acetylcholinesterase activity was used to differentiate between sensory and motor fascicles in median and ulnar nerve repair of the hand. Eleven patients received follow-up evaluation 1 to 11 years after surgery, and at that time clinical and electroneurographic examinations were performed to evaluate t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Deutinger M,Girsch W,Burggasser G,Windisch A,Mayr N,Freilinger G

更新日期：1993-05-01 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