Facial paralysis caused by malignant skull base neoplasms.

abstract：:The surgical management of compressive cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) can be challenging. Traditionally, approach indications for decompression of cervical spondylotic myelopathy have been used. However, the postoperative complication profile after cervical OPLL decompression is un...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Cardoso MJ,Koski TR,Ganju A,Liu JC

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric spinal deformity results from multiple conditions including congenital anomalies, neuromuscular disorders, skeletal dysplasia, and developmental disorders (idiopathic). Pediatric spinal deformities can be progressive and cause pulmonary compromise, neurological deficits, and cardiovascular compromise. The cl...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Wiggins GC,Shaffrey CI,Abel MF,Menezes AH

更新日期：2003-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal epidural lipomatosis is most commonly observed in patients receiving long-term exogenous steroid therapy, but can also be seen in patients with endogenous steroid overproduction, obesity, or idiopathic disease. With this condition, there is hypertrophy of the epidural adipose tissue, causing a narrowing of the ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Fassett DR,Schmidt MH

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Clinoidal meningiomas remain a major neurosurgical challenge. Surgery-related outcome has been less than desirable in the past, and little attention has been directed toward improving visual deficits. The authors advocate a skull base technique for the removal of these difficult tumors and describe its advantage...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Tobias S,Kim CH,Kosmorsky G,Lee JH

更新日期：2003-06-15 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：:The use of the gallbladder as an alternative cerebrospinal fluid diversion site has been previously described in cases in which all other body cavities, such as the peritoneal cavity, right atrium, or pleural cavity, have been exhausted. Various ventriculogallbladder (VG) shunt complications have been described as wel...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Fountas KN,Kassam MA,Grigorian AA

更新日期：2007-04-15 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：:Hemivertebrae are a common cause of congenital scoliosis. Depending on their location and the magnitude of the resultant deformity, they may be asymptomatic or require treatment. In the past, treatment has focused on prevention of deformity progression in growing children. Little has been written about congenital scol...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Polly DW Jr,Rosner MK,Monacci W,Moquin RR

更新日期：2003-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroimaging is an indispensable tool in the workup and management of patients with neurological disorders. Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is an imaging modality that permits the examination of blood flow and perfusion without the need for contrast injection. Noninvasive in nature, ASL provides a feasible alternative to...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Soldozy S,Galindo J,Snyder H,Ali Y,Norat P,Yağmurlu K,Sokolowski JD,Sharifi K,Tvrdik P,Park MS,Kalani MYS

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The recognition that neurosurgeons harbor great potential to advocate for the care of individuals with neural tube defects (NTDs) globally has sounded as a clear call to action; however, neurosurgical care and training in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) present unique challenges that must be consider...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Gandy K,Castillo H,Rocque BG,Bradko V,Whitehead W,Castillo J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical removal remains one of the key treatment modalities for vestibular schwannomas. A team approach between a neurotologist and a neurosurgeon offers the patient the expertise of both specialties and maximizes the chances for an optimal outcome. Vestibular schwannomas can typically be resected through 1 of 3 main...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Chamoun R,MacDonald J,Shelton C,Couldwell WT

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritumoral cysts (those arising immediately adjacent to the tumor mass) are frequently associated with benign and malignant tumors of the brain and spinal cord (syringomyelia). The cystic component of central nervous system (CNS) tumors and associated peritumoral cysts are often the cause of clinical symptoms. Becaus...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Baggenstos MA,Butman JA,Oldfield EH,Lonser RR

更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty years before a report on the complete bitemporal lobectomy syndrome in primates, known as the Klüver-Bucy syndrome, was published, 2 talented investigators working at the University College in London, England-neurologist Sanger Brown and physiologist Edward Schäfer-also made this discovery. The title of their wo...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Vannemreddy PSSV,Stone JL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECT The relative benefit of repeat surgery for recurrent glioblastoma is unclear, in part due to the very heterogeneous nature of the patient population and the effect of clinician philosophy on the duration and aggressiveness of treatment. The authors sought to investigate the role of time to last recurrence on pa...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Sughrue ME,Sheean T,Bonney PA,Maurer AJ,Teo C

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：:Giant cerebral aneurysms may be treated through a variety of options, including aneurysm trapping with concurrent bypass. This video describes the case of a large, recurrent, left middle cerebral artery aneurysm that was treated using a high flow, radial artery bypass graft, from the external carotid artery to the lef...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Arias EJ,Zipfel GJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Robot-guided pedicle screw placement is an established technique for the placement of pedicle screws. However, most studies have focused on degenerative disease. In this paper, the authors focus on metastatic spinal disease, which is associated with osteolysis. The associated lack of dense bone may potential...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Solomiichuk V,Fleischhammer J,Molliqaj G,Warda J,Alaid A,von Eckardstein K,Schaller K,Tessitore E,Rohde V,Schatlo B

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pipeline embolization device (PED) has become a very important tool in the treatment of nonruptured cerebral aneurysms. However, a patient's difficult anatomy or vascular stenosis may affect the device delivery. The purpose of this article was to describe an alternate technique for PED deployment when ipsilateral ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Valle-Giler EP,Atallah E,Tjoumakaris S,Rosenwasser RH,Jabbour P

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Quality Outcomes Database (QOD), formerly known as the National Neurosurgery Quality Outcomes Database (N2QOD), was established by the NeuroPoint Alliance (NPA) in collaboration with relevant national stakeholders and experts. The overarching goal of this project was to develop a centralized, nationally coordinate...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Asher AL,Knightly J,Mummaneni PV,Alvi MA,McGirt MJ,Yolcu YU,Chan AK,Glassman SD,Foley KT,Slotkin JR,Potts EA,Shaffrey ME,Shaffrey CI,Haid RW,Fu KM,Wang MY,Park P,Bisson EF,Harbaugh RE,Bydon M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable financial and human resources have been directed toward the emerging field of comparative effectiveness research (CER) in the US. Fundamentally, the concept of CER is so logical as to be almost self-evident; namely, that research regarding therapeutic strategies should go beyond efficacy and examine objec...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Marko NF,Weil RJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Chordomas have a high propensity for local recurrence and progression, as well as for systemic and cerebrospinal fluid metastasis. The authors identified and analyzed a series of patients with chordomas, focusing on an underrecognized entity--surgical seeding. METHODS:In a retrospective analysis of 82 patients ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Arnautović KI,Al-Mefty O

更新日期：2001-03-15 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：:The widespread use of fusion procedures in the management of spinal disorders has led investigators to explore the use of growth and differentiation factors in such procedures. As an adjuvant to allograft bone or as a replacement for harvested autograft, bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) appear to improve fusion rate...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Subach BR,Haid RW,Rodts GE,Kaiser MG

更新日期：2001-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) are developmental malformations associated with a range of neurological problems, including intractable seizures. There is increasing evidence of the epileptogenicity of the hamartoma and of the inhomogeneous distribution of the epileptic abnormalities within the malformation. The managem...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Marras CE,Rizzi M,Villani F,Messina G,Deleo F,Cordella R,Franzini A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to standard management for the treatment of the acute phase of spinal cord injury (SCI), implementation of novel neuroprotective interventions offers the potential for significant reductions in morbidity and long-term health costs. A better understanding of the systemic changes after SCI could provide insi...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Wallace DJ,Sayre NL,Patterson TT,Nicholson SE,Hilton D,Grandhi R

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors aimed to compare the efficacy of lumbar vertebral body Hounsfield units (HUs) and pedicle HUs at predicting pedicle screw loosening. METHODS:The authors retrospectively assessed 143 patients with L3-5 instrumentation. The patients were classified into one of two groups based on the status of thei...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Xu F,Zou D,Li W,Sun Z,Jiang S,Zhou S,Li Z

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present three cases of iatrogenic paracervical abscesses caused by infiltration therapy of pain medications used in conservative treatment in patients with chronic cervicobrachialgia. All three patients had received this therapy several times before presenting with clinical signs of a local infection. The ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Schütze M,Piek J

更新日期：2004-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Frailty has been recognized as a predictor of adverse surgical outcomes across multiple surgical disciplines, but until now the relationship between frailty and intracranial meningioma surgery has not been studied. The goal of the present study was to determine the relationship between increasing frailty (det...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Theriault BC,Pazniokas J,Adkoli AS,Cho EK,Rao N,Schmidt M,Cole C,Gandhi C,Couldwell WT,Al-Mufti F,Bowers CA

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors undertook a study to compare two intraoperative imaging modalities, low-field magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and a prototype of a three-dimensional (3D)-navigated ultrasonography in terms of imaging quality in lesion detection and intraoperative resection control. METHODS:Low-field MR imaging was u...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Tronnier VM,Bonsanto MM,Staubert A,Knauth M,Kunze S,Wirtz CR

更新日期：2001-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Resorbable polymer implants have become a compelling option in the treatment of acquired and congenital craniofacial deformities. In particular, the resorbable polylactide and polyglycolide polymers have demonstrated excellent safety profiles in multiple in vitro, animal, and clinical studies and are currently b...

journal_title：Neurosurgical focus

authors： Cohen SR,Holmes RE,Meltzer HS,Levy ML,Beckett MZ

更新日期：2004-03-15 00:00:00