Long-term survival of patients treated with BCNU for brain tumors.

abstract：:Temperature differences between the lower extremities were measured using a computerized thermometric scanning system in order to compare the degree of thermal asymmetry in 144 patients with low-back pain. The patients displayed highly significant thermal asymmetries, with the involved limb being cooler (p less than 0...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Uematsu S,Jankel WR,Edwin DH,Kim W,Kozikowski J,Rosenbaum A,Long DM

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Transsphenoidal surgery is advocated as the first-line management of growth hormone (GH)-secreting adenomas. Although disease control is defined by strict criteria for biochemical remission, the length of follow-up needed is not well defined in literature. In this report, the authors present their long-term r...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Asha MJ,Takami H,Velasquez C,Oswari S,Almeida JP,Zadeh G,Gentili F

更新日期：2019-10-11 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：OBJECT:The direct thrombin inhibitor dabigatran has recently been approved in the US as an alternative to warfarin. The lack of guidelines, protocols, and an established specific antidote to reverse the anticoagulation effect of dabigatran potentially increases the rates of morbidity and mortality in patients with clos...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Parra MW,Zucker L,Johnson ES,Gullett D,Avila C,Wichner ZA,Kokaram CR

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present angiographic demonstration of bilateral, congenital, total absence of the internal carotid arteries in a patient with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Angiography demonstrated complete absence of both internal carotid arteries. The intracranial blood supply had been provided by communication between a hype...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rosen IW,Mills DF,Nadel HI,Kaiserman DD

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathology of hematomyelia was examined in 35 rats following the stereotactic injection of 2 microliters blood into the dorsal columns of the thoracic spinal cord. This experimental model produced a small ball-hemorrhage without associated neurological deficits or significant tissue injury. Histological sections of...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Milhorat TH,Adler DE,Heger IM,Miller JI,Hollenberg-Sher JR

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of drains in the treatment of syringomyelia has a simple and immediate appeal and has been practiced widely since the report of Abbe and Coley over 100 years ago. Good short-term results have been claimed in the past, but long-term outcome is largely unknown. An experience in Birmingham, England is reviewed in...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sgouros S,Williams B

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 54-year-old female presented with multiple episodes of emesis, intractable headaches, worsening balance, and slowly progressive right facial weakness. Imaging demonstrated a 3-cm mass in the left internal capsule and corona radiata region with associated edema, mass effect, and midline shift concerning for high-grad...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Meier T,Hazenfield JM,Girnius S,Hagen M,Warnick RE,Kharofa J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The supplementary motor area (SMA) is a region located within each cerebral hemisphere at the posterior mesial border of the frontal lobe adjacent to the falx. The functional significance of this area has been somewhat unclear, and information regarding its influence on motor output has largely been based on evoked re...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rostomily RC,Berger MS,Ojemann GA,Lettich E

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a prospective randomized study of the efficacy of steroid therapy in patients with severe head injury. One hundred patients were randomized into two equal groups: the steroid group received 5 mg/kg/day of methylprednisolone, and the nonsteroid group received no drug. The groups were similar in their clinical f...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Saul TG,Ducker TB,Salcman M,Carro E

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barbiturates were administered to normal dogs, establishing an isoelectric electrocorticogram. Cortical cerebral blood flows (CBF) and deeper CBF's were respectively measured by krypton-85 (85Kr) and xenon-133 (133 Xe). Following barbiturate administration, the two methods of measuring CBF showed a poor coefficient of...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Laurent JP,Lawner P,Simeone FA,Fink E

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Surgery for low-grade gliomas (LGGs) aims to achieve maximal tumor removal and maintenance of patients' functional integrity. Because extent of resection is one of the factors affecting the natural history of LGGs, surgery could be extended further than total resection toward a supratotal resection, beyond tu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rossi M,Ambrogi F,Gay L,Gallucci M,Conti Nibali M,Leonetti A,Puglisi G,Sciortino T,Howells H,Riva M,Pessina F,Navarria P,Franzese C,Simonelli M,Rudà R,Bello L

更新日期：2019-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The controversy over whether to use a posterior or anterior approach for surgical treatment of soft cervical discs is still largely unsettled. However, although the posterior approach may be underutilized, it has distinct advantages when there are specific indications. Out of a large pool of cases, 53 patients present...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Aldrich F

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vessel identification during a transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound examination is usually based on well-established inferential criteria without confirmation by imaging. Part of a routine study involves taking measurements from the M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) and the A1 segment of the anterior cer...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Monsein LH,Razumovsky AY,Ackerman SJ,Nauta HJ,Hanley DF

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Posterior fossa arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are relatively uncommon and often difficult to treat. The authors present their experience with multimodality treatment of 76 posterior fossa AVMs, with an emphasis on Spetzler-Martin Grades III-V AVMs. METHODS:Seventy-six patients with posterior fossa AVMs tre...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kelly ME,Guzman R,Sinclair J,Bell-Stephens TE,Bower R,Hamilton S,Marks MP,Do HM,Chang SD,Adler JR,Levy RP,Steinberg GK

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The comparative effectiveness of the 2 treatment options-surgical clipping and endovascular coiling-for unruptured cerebral aneurysms remains an issue of debate and has not been studied in clinical trials. The authors investigated the association between treatment method for unruptured cerebral aneurysms and...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bekelis K,Gottlieb DJ,Su Y,O'Malley AJ,Labropoulos N,Goodney P,Lawton MT,MacKenzie TA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Subthalamotomy is a stereotactic surgery performed in patients with disabling dyskinesias due to Parkinson disease. The authors set out to model this human condition in MPTP monkeys and determine if subthalamotomy allowed a reduction of levodopa for similar benefit. METHODS:The authors performed unilateral subt...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jourdain VA,Grégoire L,Morissette M,Morin N,Parent M,Di Paolo T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Gliomas are one of the most common types of primary brain tumors. Recent studies have supported the importance of key genetic alterations, including isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutations and 1p19q codeletion, in glioma prognosis. Mutant IDH produces 2-hydroxyglutarate from α-ketoglutarate, a key metabolit...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Karsy M,Guan J,Huang LE

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondrolipoangioma is a mesenchymoma primarily composed of cartilage, with adipose tissue and vascular elements present in lesser proportions. Chondrolipoangiomas have been reported to occur in the extremities, chest wall, oral soft tissues, mediastinum, uterus and its round ligament, seminal vesicles, and heart. In t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sekula RF Jr,Oh MY,Bellotte JB,Wilberger JE

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pressure-volume index (PVI) was measured in six adult cats while cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) was reduced from normal levels to below the autoregulatory range by a continuous infusion of adenosine triphosphate. Anesthesia was induced with methohexital and maintained with an N2O:O2 (70%:30%) mixture. Body temp...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gray WJ,Rosner MJ

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with malignant brain tumors who developed acute nonlymphocytic leukemia after treatment with radiation and chemotherapy are described. Both patients survived more than 2 years after diagnosis of the brain tumor. Survival following the diagnosis of leukemia was short, and both patients died of hemorrhage s...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kempin S,Sundaresan N,Shapiro WB,Arlin Z

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1925 and 1945, Walter Dandy and Kenneth McKenzie performed more than 700 posterior fossa eighth nerve sections and vestibular neurectomies to treat the intractable vertigo accompanying Ménière's disease. During the past 10 years, with the aid of microsurgical techniques and the approach to the posterior fossa ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Silverstein H,Norrell H,Rosenberg S

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This outcome study was undertaken to investigate the long-term results obtained in surgically treated pediatric patients with lumbar disc disease by using standardized medical outcome scales and clinical follow-up examination. METHODS:Twenty nine patients 17 years of age or younger underwent surgery between 196...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Durham SR,Sun PP,Sutton LN

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Twenty-nine nonimmunocompromised patients with primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma were treated with high-dose methotrexate (MTX) therapy followed by irradiation. The authors investigated the correlation of infusion schedules with MTX penetration into cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), tumor response, and surv...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hiraga S,Arita N,Ohnishi T,Kohmura E,Yamamoto K,Oku Y,Taki T,Sato M,Aozasa K,Yoshimine T

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anatomical study of three microsurgical intraorbital routes to the optic nerve and orbital apex, which can be reached through a fronto-orbital craniotomy, was conducted on cadaver specimens. The structures that could be exposed via the medial, central, or lateral approaches directed through the orbital roof were de...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Natori Y,Rhoton AL Jr

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECT The authors' goal in this paper is to provide the first clinical, radiological, and genetic studies of panventriculomegaly (PaVM) defined by a wide foramen of Magendie and large cisterna magna. METHODS Clinical and brain imaging data from 28 PaVM patients (including 10 patients from 5 families) were retrospecti...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kageyama H,Miyajima M,Ogino I,Nakajima M,Shimoji K,Fukai R,Miyake N,Nishiyama K,Matsumoto N,Arai H

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initial attempts at transcranial approaches to the pituitary gland in the late 1800s and early 1900s resulted in a mortality rate that was generally considered prohibitive. Schloffer suggested the use of a transsphenoidal route as a safer, alternative approach to the sella turcica. He reported the first successful rem...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Liu JK,Das K,Weiss MH,Laws ER Jr,Couldwell WT

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors analyzed the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) and geographic variations on survival rates for adults and children with glioma, studying the data of 30,489 adults and 2940 children from the Cancer Registry in England and Wales. METHODS:The median survival time and crude survival rates for eight ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tseng MY,Tseng JH,Merchant E

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gliomas occur in 3-4 individuals per 100,000 individuals and are one of the most common primary brain tumors. Treatment options are limited for gliomas despite the progressive nature of the disease. The authors used the Value Driven Outcomes (VDO) database to identify cost drivers and subgroups that are invol...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wilde H,Azab MA,Abunimer AM,Abou-Al-Shaar H,Karsy M,Guan J,Menacho ST,Jensen RL

更新日期：2019-03-29 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