The value of electrostimulation in epileptic focus localization.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the majority of patients with minimal acute subdural hematomas (aSDHs) can be managed conservatively, some require delayed aSDH evacuation due to hematoma enlargement. This study was designed to determine the risk factors associated with delayed hematoma enlargement leading to surgery in patients wi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kim BJ,Park KJ,Park DH,Lim DJ,Kwon TH,Chung YG,Kang SH

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of primary intraspinal melanoma is presented. This is a very rarely observed lesion, as only 37 cases have been described up to now. Patient presenting with signs and symptoms of spinal cord compression after MRI and spinal angiography was operated upon. Total removal of an intraspinal cervical tumour was perfo...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Bidziński J,Kroh H,Leszczyk C,Bojarski P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oculomotor cistern extension (OMCE) of pituitary adenoma through the oculomotor triangle may be one of the major characteristics of multi-lobulated adenoma. The OMCE may be hard to remove only through the endonasal approach. METHOD:We applied the simultaneous combined supra-infrasellar approach to remove pi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Tosaka M,Shimizu T,Miyagishima T,Tanaka Y,Osawa T,Aihara M,Yamaguchi R,Yoshimoto Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effectiveness of pallidal deep brain stimulation (GPi DBS) for cervical dystonia has been extensively described, but controversies exist about which prognostic factor is clinically useful. We previously reported that classification of tonic- or phasic-type cervical dystonia is useful for predicting clini...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Huh R,Chung M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), the great impressionist-classicist composer of many popular compositions, such as the Boléro, suffered from a progressive disease and died following an exploratory craniotomy by Clovis Vincent. The history of his progressive dementia and the contribution of a car accident, following which he...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kanat A,Kayaci S,Yazar U,Yilmaz A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Establishment of a reliable and rapid diagnosis is of paramount importance in spinal tuberculosis. The available gadgetry of investigations, such as AFB smear, culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Uniplex PCR, suffers from a lack of adequate sensitivity and/or a lack of rapidity. Therefore, many times ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sharma K,Meena RK,Aggarwal A,Chhabra R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally believed that a ruptured aneurysm should be dissected from its neck to its fundus or that only the neck should be dissected. This study was conducted to clarify whether, during the acute stage, intra-operative bleeding occurs at the same site as the initial rupture point when aneurysms are dissected co...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Inagawa T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scientific research can offer the joy of discovery. For many graduating neurosurgeons, often, a seminar, class, or instructional module is their first and only formal exposure to the world of conducting research responsibly, to write down and report the results of such research. The pressure to publish scien...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Deora H,Tripathi M,Chaurasia B,Grotenhuis JA

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report on four unusual cases of chronic adult hydrocephalus extracted from a large personal series of patients with hydrocephalic dementia. A syndrome resembling that of normal pressure hydrocephalus was due to the following aetiologies in these patients: Paget's disease of the skull, unruptured cerebral a...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Lobato RD,Lamas E,Cordobés F,Muñoz MJ,Roger R

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an increasingly complex and competitive professional environment, improving methods to educate neurosurgical residents is key to ensure high-quality patient care. Electronic (e)Learning resources promise interactive knowledge acquisition. We set out to give a comprehensive overview on available eLearning ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Stienen MN,Schaller K,Cock H,Lisnic V,Regli L,Thomson S

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1976 and 1983, 251 patients underwent surgery for the treatment of cervical degenerative disc disease. Anterior microsurgical discectomy at one or more cervical segments without interbody fusion was performed in each case. 109 patients with radiculopathy and 55 patients with myelopathy were followed up clinica...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Bertalanffy H,Eggert HR

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analysed 13 patients (pts.) treated at the University of Tübingen from 1985 to 1993 to evaluate the results of radiation therapy (XRT) given as an adjuvant to totally or subtotally resected meningiomas. The overall survival was 38% at five years with a probability of relapse of 50% at this time. Rec...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hoffmann W,Mühleisen H,Hess CF,Kortmann RD,Schmidt B,Grote EH,Bamberg M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of primary cerebral abscess due to Nocardia asteroides, and its surgical removal, are described. Postoperative meningitis caused by the same fungi was succesfully cured with sulphadiazine and cycloserine. The nocardial disease, its neurological complications, and therapy are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Sáenz Lope E,Crespo Guiterrez D

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA analysis in meningiomas was performed using flow-fluorescence cytometry in 71 tumours. Three subcategories of rather small, medium-sized or clearly abnormal growth activities were evident in each of the fibroblastic, transitional and syncytial tumour types. These categories reflected grades 1, 2 or 3 of malignancy...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ahyai A,Spaar FW

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiosurgery is either a primary or an adjunctive management approach used to treat patients with vestibular schwannomas. We sought to determine outcomes measuring the potential benefits against the neurological risks in patients who underwent radiosurgery after previous microsurgical subtotal resection or recurrence ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Unger F,Walch C,Papaefthymiou G,Feichtinger K,Trummer M,Pendl G

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an extremely rare example of Ewing's sarcoma (ES)/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour (pPNET) originating from the jugular foramen. The patient was a 10-year-old boy who presented with progressive symptoms due to right lower cranial nerve palsies. Computed tomographic (CT) scan and magnetic resonan...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kobayashi H,Terasaka S,Yamaguchi S,Kubota K,Iwasaki Y

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvascular decompression (MVD) has come to stay as an effective way of treating hemifacial spasm. But it remains to be seen how much each of the electrophysiological monitoring techniques (intra-operative) are contributing to its increased efficacy. Their role as indicators for re-exploration or recurrence is to be...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Kiya N,Bannur U,Yamauchi A,Yoshida K,Kato Y,Kanno T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thoracic disc herniation (TDH) is a rare condition with severe neurological sequelae. Surgical management is still a matter of debate and challenging. METHOD:We present a modification of the transdural approach for TDH. The approach has been described in a stepwise fashion, analysing pre-, peri-, and postop...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Mandelli C,Spina A,Calvanese F,Mortini P

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The exact aetiology, growth and rupture of intracranial aneurysms is unclear. In this study we investigated a possible association between intracranial aneurysm rupture and polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene G894T. METHODS:Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism of 53 pat...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ozüm U,Bolat N,Gül E,Ozdemir O

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Serum atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) that is elevated after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) causes diuresis and natriuresis (cerebral salt wasting) and might exacerbate delayed ischemic neurological deficit (DIND). We investigated relationships among hyponatremia, serum ANP elevation, and the onset o...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Nakagawa I,Kurokawa S,Nakase H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In anaesthetized artificially ventilated dogs, the effect of graded arterial hypoxaemia on cerebral blood flow (CBF) and on the oxidative carbohydrate metabolism of the brain was tested. It is shown that the hypoxic vasodilatory influence on cerebral vessels is present even at moderate systemic hypoxaemia, provide tha...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Hamer J,Hoyer S,Alberti E,Weinhardt F

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This experimental study presents the ultrastructure of regenerating sciatic nerve of the rabbit, after transection and immediate end to end anastomosis, using perineural fascicular nerve autograft, in a sterile environment. Twenty-four hours, 1, 2, and 6 weeks after the anastomosis, the treated sciatic nerves were exp...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Achparaki-Alvanou A,Manthos A,Kontopoulos V,Kerameos-Foroglou C,Foroglou G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-mediated cytotoxicity (CTX) of meningioma patients towards meningioma cells and fibroblasts was studied in vitro before and after surgery, using the 3H-proline microcytotoxicity test. When incubated with allogeneic target cells before surgery, lymphocytes from three out of seven donors showed a specific destructi...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Pees HW

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 41 out of 130 encapsulated chronic subdural haematomas erythroblasts were found. As there were no skull fractures and no erythroblasts were found in peripheral blood smears, it is concluded, that these colonies of erythroblasts originate from the granulation tissue during the formation of membranes. The actual outp...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Müller W,Zimmermann E,Firsching R

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This prospective observational study was undertaken to investigate the advantages, the safety, and the drawbacks of reconstructing a cervical corpectomy with a distractible corpectomy cage. According to the author's literature search, this is the second clinical report on a distractible cervical corpectomy c...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Payer M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite advances in laboratory diagnostics, antibiotic regimens, and neurosurgical techniques, brain abscess (BA) remains a potentially fatal infectious disease. This study analyzed clinical and epidemiological aspects of BA in Chinese patients treated at a single center during a 62-year period. METHOD:We r...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Zhang Z,Cai X,Li J,Kang X,Wang H,Zhang L,Yan R,Gao N,Liu S,Yue S,Zhang J,Yang S,Yang X

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many approaches for clipping anterior communicating artery (ACoA) aneurysms are reported in the literature. We describe here a new approach called "low anterior interhemispheric approach" for clipping of ACoA aneurysms. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A low anterior interhemispheric approach utilizing a unilateral fr...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： El-Noamany H,Nakagawa F,Hongo K,Kakizawa Y,Kobayashi S

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An Afghani man presented to a U.S. military facility in Afghanistan with a 3-month history of clear fluid from his left naris and frequent sinusitis. Eleven years earlier, he had been struck in the forehead by an object falling from the sky. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Neurologic examination revealed decreased se...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Ragel BT,McCafferty RR

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral chylothorax following anterior cervical spine surgery is very rare. This report documents the first case of chylothorax after anterior cervical spine surgery through a right-side surgical approach. Unidentified chyle leakage can easily remain unrecognized and, thus, is difficult to treat. For early diagnosis...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Bae JS,Park JH,Jang IT

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 12 patients syringomyelia was diagnosed using MRI. The underlying cause was a hindbrain hernia in 8 patients, a posterior fossa cyst in one case, and in 3 patients the underlying cause remained unknown. Syringo-subarachnoid shunting in 8 patients failed to decrease pain and the size of the syrinx, motor lesion and ...

journal_title：Acta neurochirurgica

authors： Firsching R,Sanker P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00