Current management of sacral chordoma.

abstract：OBJECT:Angiogram-negative subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) accounts for 15% of nontraumatic SAH and has been reported with low morbidity and mortality rates. We report on a large series of patients with angiogram-negative SAH who experienced an atypical nonbenign clinical course. METHODS:Between December 2001 and Novembe...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Whiting J,Reavey-Cantwell J,Velat G,Fautheree G,Firment C,Lewis S,Hoh B

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For a physician has the worth of many other warriors, both for the excision of arrows and for the administration of soothing drugs. Homer, Iliad XI.514-515 Ever since armed conflict has been used as a means to settle disputes among men, there have been those who have been tasked to mend the wounds that ravage a soldie...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Klimo P Jr,Ragel BT

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trigeminal neuropathic pain is a syndrome of severe, constant facial pain related to disease of or injury to the trigeminal nerve or ganglion. Causes of this type of pain can include injury from sinus or dental surgery, skull and/or facial trauma, or intentional destruction for therapeutic reasons (deafferentation) as...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Henderson JM,Lad SP

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that the neurosurgical procedure of cranioplasty is as ancient as its better-known counterpart, trephination. With origins in pre-Incan Peru, cranioplasty remains an important reconstructive procedure for modern craniofacial surgery teams to master. Solutions to the often challenging problem of repai...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Bonfield CM,Kumar AR,Gerszten PC

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) with the Gamma Knife and linear accelerator has revolutionized neurosurgery over the past 20 years. The most common indications for radiosurgery today are tumors and arteriovenous malformations of the brain. Functional indications such as treatment of movement disorders or intractable p...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Friehs GM,Park MC,Goldman MA,Zerris VA,Norén G,Sampath P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex posterior circulation aneurysms are formidable lesions with an abysmal natural history. Their management continues to present a challenge to both endovascular and open microsurgical approaches. Affording an expansive, combined supra- and infratentorial exposure, the petrosal approaches are well suited for thes...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Gross BA,Tavanaiepour D,Du R,Al-Mefty O,Dunn IF

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Anterior skull base meningiomas are benign lesions that cause neurological symptoms through mass effect on adjacent neurovascular structures. While traditional transcranial approaches have proven to be effective at removing these tumors, minimally invasive approaches that involve using an endoscope offer the...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Ottenhausen M,Rumalla K,Alalade AF,Nair P,La Corte E,Younus I,Forbes JA,Ben Nsir A,Banu MA,Tsiouris AJ,Schwartz TH

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of carotid artery occlusive disease interventions can be divided clinically into the treatment of asymptomatic and symptomatic diseases. Clinical trials that have studied or are currently studying asymptomatic disease include: the Carotid Artery Stenosis with Asymptomatic Narrowing Operation Versus Aspirin s...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Brennan JJ,Loftus CM

更新日期：1998-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative abdominal complications associated with spine surgery are rare. Although most known abdominal complications occur in conjunction with anterior spinal fusions, there is a paucity of reports reviewing abdominal complications occurring with posterior spinal fusions. The authors review 4 patients who experie...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Shih P,Slimack NP,Roy A,Fessler RG,Koski TR

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal laser interstitial thermal therapy has been developed as a minimally invasive modality to treat epidural spinal tumors percutaneously. The safe and effective use of this technology requires meticulous preoperative trajectory planning and an intraoperative workflow incorporating navigation and MR thermography. I...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Moussazadeh N,Evans LT,Grasu R,Rhines LD,Tatsui CE

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:This paper describes a consecutive series of skull base meningiomas resected using an endoscopic endonasal approach through various corridors at a single institution over 7 years. The impact of case selection and experience, the presence of a cortical cuff between the tumor and surrounding vessels, and brain ede...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Khan OH,Anand VK,Schwartz TH

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the publication of preliminary results from the International Study of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms in 1998 there has been a great deal of debate concerning the natural history of these lesions and their attendant risk of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Therefore, the authors reviewed a selected number ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Mocco J,Komotar RJ,Lavine SD,Meyers PM,Connolly ES,Solomon RA

更新日期：2004-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Simultaneous endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) and tumor biopsy is a widely accepted therapeutic and diagnostic procedure for patients with noncommunicating hydrocephalus secondary to a pineal region tumor. Multiple approaches have been advocated, including the use of a steerable fiberoptic or rigid lens en...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Morgenstern PF,Osbun N,Schwartz TH,Greenfield JP,Tsiouris AJ,Souweidane MM

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Despite the advances in skull base techniques, large petroclival meningiomas (PCMs) still pose a challenge to neurosurgeons. The authors' objective of this study was to describe a pretemporal trans-Meckel's cave transtentorial approach for large PCMs and to report the surgical outcomes. METHODS From 2014 to ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Liao CH,Wang JT,Lin CF,Chen SC,Lin CJ,Hsu SPC,Chen MH

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular therapy has been evaluated in small animals, subhuman primates, and now humans for the potential repair of brain injury due to stroke. Experimental striate stroke models have proven useful for the purpose of evaluating different treatment paradigms. Early clinical trials involving neuronal transplantation in ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kondziolka D,Wechsler L,Tyler-Kabara E,Achim C

更新日期：2002-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vein of Galen malformations are rare congenital intracranial vascular malformations. Based on reports in the literature, spontaneous thrombosis or regression of these lesions is rare. Patients have variable outcomes from an asymptomatic course to death. The reasons behind spontaneous thrombosis are not entirely unders...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Moftakhar P,Danielpour M,Maya M,Alexander MJ

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Cerebrovascular pressure reactivity is the ability of cerebral vessels to respond to changes in transmural pressure. A cerebrovascular pressure reactivity index (PRx) can be determined as the moving correlation coefficient between mean intracranial pressure (ICP) and mean arterial blood pressure. METHODS:The au...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Zweifel C,Lavinio A,Steiner LA,Radolovich D,Smielewski P,Timofeev I,Hiler M,Balestreri M,Kirkpatrick PJ,Pickard JD,Hutchinson P,Czosnyka M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a key tool in the treatment of patients with medically refractory epilepsy. Although the mechanism of action of VNS remains poorly understood, this modality is now the most widely used nonpharmacological treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy. The goal of this work is to review the hist...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Lulic D,Ahmadian A,Baaj AA,Benbadis SR,Vale FL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Some patients develop communicating hydrocephalus after meningioma surgery, and this can develop into a serious clinical condition. However, this has rarely been addressed in the literature. Therefore, the authors sought to determine predictive patient variables for the occurrence of postoperative hydrocephalus ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Burkhardt JK,Zinn PO,Graenicher M,Santillan A,Bozinov O,Kasper EM,Krayenbühl N

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The authors describe their results using an endoscope as an adjunct to microsurgical resection of inferior vestibular schwannomas (VSs) with extension into the fundus of the internal auditory canal below the transverse crest. METHODS All patients who had undergone middle fossa craniotomy for VSs performed by...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Master AN,Roberts DS,Wilkinson EP,Slattery WH,Lekovic GP

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Minimally invasive lumbar discectomy is a refinement of the standard open microsurgical discectomy technique. Proponents of the minimally invasive technique suggest that it improves patient outcome, shortens hospital stay, and decreases hospital costs. Despite these claims there is little support in the literatu...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： German JW,Adamo MA,Hoppenot RG,Blossom JH,Nagle HA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foramen magnum meningiomas (FMMs) are slow growing, most often intradural and extramedullary tumors that pose significant challenges to the skull base neurosurgeon. The indolent clinical course of FMMs and their insidious onset of symptoms are important factors that contribute to delayed diagnosis and relative large s...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Flores BC,Boudreaux BP,Klinger DR,Mickey BE,Barnett SL

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex encephalitis is a common viral encephalitis associated with significant morbidity and mortality if not diagnosed and treated early. Neurosurgery may be an impetus for viral reactivation, either from direct nerve manipulation or high-dose steroids often administered during cases. The authors present the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： McLaughlin DC,Achey RL,Geertman R,Grossman J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis is a common condition affecting middle-aged and elderly people. Significant controversy exists concerning the appropriate indications for fusion following decompressive surgery. The purpose of this report is to compare the clinical outcomes of patients who were and were not treated ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Fox MW,Onofrio BM

更新日期：1997-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniosynostosis is the premature fusion of one or more cranial sutures. When a cranial suture fuses prematurely, skull growth is altered and the head takes on a characteristic pathological shape determined by the suture(s) that fuses. Numerous treatment options have been proposed, but until recently there were no par...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Szpalski C,Weichman K,Sagebin F,Warren SM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Indocyanine green (ICG) videoangiography (VA) in cerebral aneurysm surgery allows confirmation of blood flow in parent, branching, and perforating vessels as well as assessment of remnant aneurysm parts after clip application. A retrospective analysis and review of the literature were conducted to determine the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Roessler K,Krawagna M,Dörfler A,Buchfelder M,Ganslandt O

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute traumatic subdural hematoma (atSDH) can be a life-threatening neurosurgical emergency that necessitates immediate evacuation. The elderly population can be particularly vulnerable to tearing bridging veins. The aim of this study was to evaluate inpatient morbidity and mortality, as well as predictors of...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Kerezoudis P,Goyal A,Puffer RC,Parney IF,Meyer FB,Bydon M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent technical advances have revolutionized the fields of surgical endoscopy, laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, and microsurgical spinal endoscopy. The authors discuss the rich history and recent evolution of these techniques. Thoracoscopy had been widely used for the treatment of pleural conditions associated with tubercu...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Das K,Rothberg M

更新日期：2000-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The DIAM is a polyester-encased silicone interspinous dynamic stabilization device that can unload the anterior column and reestablish the functional integrity of the posterior column. METHODS:The DIAM was implanted in 104 patients between May 1, 2001 and October 30, 2001. A retrospective evaluation was perform...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Taylor J,Pupin P,Delajoux S,Palmer S

更新日期：2007-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Shunt systems with differential pressure valves are prone to the complications of overdrainage. A programmable valve permits adjustment of the opening pressure of the valve. In this paper the authors report the incidence of subdural fluid collections in a randomized trial of programmable compared with conventional val...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Carmel PW,Albright AL,Adelson PD,Canady A,Black P,Boydston W,Kneirim D,Kaufman B,Walker M,Luciano M,Pollack IF,Manwaring K,Heilbrun MP,Abbott IR,Rekate H

更新日期：1999-10-15 00:00:00