Experience with a shunt system using the third ventricle. Technical note.

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes following macrodiscectomy and microsurgery for one-level one-sided lumbar disc excision. METHODS:The authors prospectively studied 114 consecutive patients who underwent microdiscectomy (Group A, 63 patients [36 men, 27 women]) and macrodiscectomy (Group B, 51 p...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Türeyen K

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged coma afterhead trauma is associated with depletion of 3', 5' cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Because cAMP has previously been implicated in neurorendocrine secretion, this study examines the pituitay-hypothalamic function in 15 adult male patients (to exclude the effec...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fleischer AS,Rudman DR,Payne NS,Tindall GT

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report unanticipated intraoperative intracranial hemorrhaging in two pediatric neurosurgical patients. Both children were undergoing elective craniotomies with the aid of intraoperative magnetic resonance (iMR) imaging. In both cases, the ability of iMR imaging to aid in diagnosis allowed prompt and defini...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： McClain CD,Soriano SG,Goumnerova LC,Black PM,Rockoff MA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The factors that contribute to periprocedural complications following cranioplasty, including patient-specific and surgery-specific factors, need to be thoroughly assessed. The aim of this study was to evaluate risk factors that predispose patients to an increased risk of cranioplasty complications and death. M...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zanaty M,Chalouhi N,Starke RM,Clark SW,Bovenzi CD,Saigh M,Schwartz E,Kunkel ES,Efthimiadis-Budike AS,Jabbour P,Dalyai R,Rosenwasser RH,Tjoumakaris SI

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorus magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy allows noninvasive measurement of phosphate-containing compounds and pH within brain cells. The authors obtained localized phosphorus MR spectra from 10 normal brains, four low-grade astrocytomas, six glioblastomas, four meningiomas, and three pituitary adenomas and foun...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Arnold DL,Emrich JF,Shoubridge EA,Villemure JG,Feindel W

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the first reported case of dissecting aneurysm presenting with hemifacial spasm. The patient was a 58-year-old woman with left hemifacial spasm of 2 years' duration. Cranial nerve examination was otherwise normal and no other clinical symptoms were observed. Vertebral angiography revealed a fusifo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Matsumoto K,Saijo T,Kuyama H,Asari S,Nishimoto A

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental cysts lined by neuroepithelium are a distinctive form of neural tube dysgenesis. Neuropathological study of fourth ventricular cysts that caused symptomatic hydrocephalus indicated its neuroepithelial origin. The cyst arose from the ventral surface of cerebellar vermis. Evagination of the rhombencephalic...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sharpe JA,Deck JH

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii has been reported to be the most common cause of focal brain lesions in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). A case of intramedullary toxoplasmosis of the conus medullaris is reported in a patient with hemophilia A-associated AIDS. The diagnosis is discussed, with particular empha...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kayser C,Campbell R,Sartorious C,Bartlett M

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Meningioma consistency, firmness or softness as it relates to resectability, affects the difficulty of surgery and, to some degree, the extent of resection. Preoperative knowledge of tumor consistency would affect preoperative planning and instrumentation. Several methods of prediction have been proposed, bu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Smith KA,Leever JD,Hylton PD,Camarata PJ,Chamoun RB

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active plasmin, available plasmin, and total plasminogen were measured by Enzo-diffusion fibirn plate techniques in 11 cases and level of tissue activator and tissue fibrinolytic activities in another 11 cases with chronic subdural hematoma. The values were too small to be measured in some instances. Anti-plasmin in t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ito H,Komai T,Yamamoto S

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors sought to establish whether the volume of the posterior fossa in children suffering from Chiari malformation Type I (CM-I) is smaller than normal, as has been suggested previously. They also investigated the role of syringomyelia in posterior fossa development. METHODS:Both posterior fossa volume (P...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sgouros S,Kountouri M,Natarajan K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Unlike their malignant counterparts, low-grade gliomas are associated with prolonged survival. However, these tumors have a propensity to progress after resection and ultimately undergo malignant degeneration. The factors associated with recurrence and malignant degeneration remain relatively unknown. The author...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chaichana KL,McGirt MJ,Laterra J,Olivi A,Quiñones-Hinojosa A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a new surgical technique to improve the results of conventional hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis that does not necessitate the use of nerve grafts or hemihypoglossal nerve splitting. Using this technique, the mastoid process is partially resected to open the stylomastoid foramen and the desce...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sawamura Y,Abe H

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVM's) have been classified as pure pial, pure dural, and mixed pial and dural. Dural AVM's are relatively uncommon, with 377 cases documented up to 1990. These lesions were believed to be situated within the walls of the sinuses, but during the last decade researchers discove...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Malik GM,Mahmood A,Mehta BA

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of his exceptional and pioneering contributions to the understanding and treatment of neurosurgical conditions, Walter Dandy is considered to be one of the founders of both neurosurgery and neuroradiology. In the field of hydrocephalus, Dandy developed revolutionary research models, imaging modalities, and ope...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Blitz AM,Ahmed AK,Rigamonti D

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical treatment of cerebrovascular malformations intrigued early neurosurgeons. Cushing defined vascular malformations as tumors arising from cerebral blood vessels. He successfully resected the first arteriovenous malformation 3 years after it had been irradiated. In the absence of angiography, the pathoanatom...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cohen-Gadol AA,Spencer DD

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 14 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage after carotid endarterectomy is reviewed. This complication occurred in 0.6% of 2362 consecutive carotid endarterectomies performed at the Mayo Clinic from 1972 through 1986. All hemorrhages occurred within the first 2 weeks after operation and were ipsilateral to ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Piepgras DG,Morgan MK,Sundt TM Jr,Yanagihara T,Mussman LM

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors of this paper describe two patients with achondroplasia in whom triventricular hydrocephalus has been successfully treated using endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV). The authors performed ETVs in two children with achondroplasia involving a moderate macrocranium and enlarged lateral and third ventricles...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Etus V,Ceylan S

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:One of the goals in this study was to set up a semiautomatic method to estimate blood-brain barrier disruption obtained in patients with glioblastoma by using an implantable, unfocused, ultrasound device. Another goal was to correlate the probability of significant ultrasound-induced signal enhancement (SUISE...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Asquier N,Bouchoux G,Canney M,Martin C,Law-Ye B,Leclercq D,Chapelon JY,Lafon C,Idbaih A,Carpentier A

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Pure sylvian fissure arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are vascular malformations confined to the sylvian fissure without parenchymal involvement. Because the branches of the middle cerebral artery are arteries of passage and the margins between the AVM and the insula cortex may be ill defined, many surgeons re...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zimmerman G,Lewis AI,Tew JM Jr

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors' initial experience with the endoscopic extradural supraorbital approach to the temporal pole and adjacent area is reported. Fully endoscopic surgery using the extradural space via a supraorbital keyhole was performed for tumors in or around the temporal pole, including temporal pole cavernous angioma, sph...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Komatsu F,Imai M,Shigematsu H,Aoki R,Oda S,Shimoda M,Matsumae M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The transbasal approach (TBA) is an anterior skull base approach, which provides access to the anterior skull base, sellar-suprasellar region, and clivus. The TBA typically involves a bifrontal craniotomy with orbital bar and/or nasal bone osteotomies performed in 2 separate steps. The authors explored the feasi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Effendi ST,Rao VY,Momin EN,Cruz-Navarro J,Duckworth EA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:With limited studies available, the correlation between the extent of resection and tumor recurrence in vestibular schwannomas (VSs) has not been definitively established. In this prospective study, the authors evaluated 772 patients who underwent microsurgical resection of VSs to analyze the association between...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sughrue ME,Kaur R,Rutkowski MJ,Kane AJ,Kaur G,Yang I,Pitts LH,Parsa AT

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although the majority of patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) will improve with anticoagulation therapy, a portion of patients will either present in a comatose state or continue to deteriorate clinically despite early anticoagulation. In these cases, along with treating the underlying thromb...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pasarikovski CR,Ku JC,Keith J,Ramjist J,Dobashi Y,Priola SM,da Costa L,Kumar A,Yang VXD

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe an experimental model that allows dynamic studies of blood flow in the pituitary gland. Twenty-eight male Wistar rats were anesthetized and the pituitary gland was exposed using a parapharyngeal approach. Teflon-coated platinum wire electrodes were placed in the adenohypophysis near the midline an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kemeny AA,Jakubowski JA,Jefferson AA,Pasztor E

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present the case of a 20-year-old man who, 3 months after his initial injury, underwent repair of a 1.7-cm defect of the ulnar nerve at the wrist; repair was performed with an acellular nerve allograft. Given the absence of clinical or electrophysiological recovery at 8 months postrepair, the patient under...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Berrocal YA,Almeida VW,Levi AD

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Glutamate is important in the pathogenesis of brain damage after cerebral ischemia and traumatic brain injury. Notably, brain extracellular and cerebrospinal fluid as well as blood glutamate concentrations increase after experimental and clinical trauma. While neurons are one potential source of glutamate, plate...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bell JD,Thomas TC,Lass E,Ai J,Wan H,Lifshitz J,Baker AJ,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to assess the effects of median nerve injury and regeneration on neuronal activation in the somatosensory cortex by means of functional magnetic resonance (fMR) imaging and somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs). METHODS:Ten injured male patients (mean age 26 years) were examined 15 t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hansson T,Brismar T

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Galectin-1 is highly expressed in motile cell lines. The authors investigated whether galectin-1 actually modulates the migration and invasion of human glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cell lines, and whether its expression with respect to invasion and prognosis is attributable to certain glioma subgroups. METHODS...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jung TY,Jung S,Ryu HH,Jeong YI,Jin YH,Jin SG,Kim IY,Kang SS,Kim HS

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to describe the application of a novel transarterial approach to curative embolization of complex intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs). This technique is particularly useful in patients harboring high-grade DAVFs with direct cortical venous drainage or for whom transvenous ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nelson PK,Russell SM,Woo HH,Alastra AJ,Vidovich DV

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00