abstract：:Previous assessments of the value of sequential computed tomographic (CT) scanning in brain tumor patients have suffered from the heterogeneous nature of the study populations in regard to (a) pathology, (b) treatment plan, and (c) time of scanning. This report is based on the first 21 of 30 consecutive cases of gliob...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Salcman M,Levine H,Rao K

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report 235 cases of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow. The treatment was simple decompression in 115 cases and anterior transposition in 120 cases. Men were affected 3 times as often as women. The average age of presentation was 54.5 years. The nondominant arm was involved more frequently. The etiology of ulna...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chan RC,Paine KW,Varughese G

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature infants weighing under 1500 g are now surviving because of technical and medical advances in the field of neonatology. Up to 70% of these babies will have intracranial hemorrhages. The management of posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in these children with multiple other medical problems has thus become quite sig...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Marlin AE

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic atlanto-occipital (A-O) dislocation is a rare injury that is associated with a high mortality rate. We are presenting the case of a 5-year-old child with this entity to illustrate the mechanism of injury, the often-confusing clinical picture, and the use of diaphragmatic fluoroscopy to localize the neurologi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pang D,Wilberger JE Jr

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Standardized Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Test Battery was used for pre- and postoperative evaluation of two patients, each of whom had a large posterior parietal arteriovenous malformation (AVM) of the left cerebral hemisphere. In both cases the AVMs, which were fed by the left anterior, middle, and posterio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Conley FK,Moses JA Jr,Helle TL

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign hemangioendothelioma is rarely included in discussions of vascular neoplasms involving the central nervous system, whereas it is a well-defined entity outside the neuraxis. We present four cases of benign hemangioendothelioma, including an infantile hemangioendothelioma with venous drainage into the transverse ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Pearl GS,Takei Y,Tindall GT,O'Brien MS,Payne NS,Hoffman JC

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new head-positioning system has been developed to hold the head firmly during the performance of a computed tomograhic scan and to position the head reproducibly during repeat scans. This can be used to maintain the head in position during long scanning sessions, to relate a lesion to landmarks on scout views, to fo...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Kaufman HH,Gildenberg PL

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different fluids used in neurosurgery were tested for the production of blood-brain barrier dysfunction by applying them to the brain surface of the cat for 3 hours. Normal saline, Ringer's solution, and Elliott's Solution B induced no obvious damage either by closed subdural perfusion or when applied to the brain sur...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Vällfors B,Hansson HA,Svensson J

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infusion of 25% mannitol into the internal carotid artery of the dog results in a reversible disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). This osmotic BBB disruption enhances the penetratin of systemically administered methotrexate (MTX) into the ipsilateral cerebral hemisphere. Brain methotexate levels were maximized...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Neuwelt EA,Frenkel EP,Rapoport S,Barnett P

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The computed tomographic (CT) scan has replaced angiography in the preoperative neurodiagnostic evaluation of the common pediatric posterior fossa tumors. This case report illustrates that rarely an atypical vascular anomaly may masquerade as a neoplasm and angiography must not be dismissed if the CT scan is any way a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Epstein N,Epstein F,Berenstein A

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligodendrogliomas occur primarily in the cerebral hemispheres of adults. A rare case of an oligodendroglioma in the cerebellum of a child is presented. The tendency for oligodendroglioma to metastasize through the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is reviewed and emphasized. A recommendation for CSF cytology and possible spi...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Holladay FP,Fruin AH

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of allogeneic human bone, dura, and fascia has achieved an enduring and accelerating role in the augmentation of spinal fusions and the repair of skeletal and dural defects. Primary sterilization of these nonviable cadaveric tissues magnifies the potential sources and ensures the microbiological sterility of t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Prolo DJ,Pedrotti PW,White DH

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a brief report of 17 histologically verified choroid plexus papillomas (CPPs). The radiological evaluation and surgical treatment are outlined. The results indicate that the surgical approach was not optimal. Radiation therapy decreasing the vascularity of tissue-proven CPPs and therefore aiding the operative ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Hawkins JC 3rd

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic instillation of absolute alcohol into the sella turcica for pituitary destruction was carried out in 29 patients divided into two groups. Seventeen with prostatic carcinoma underwent a total of 19 injections with 94% good to excellent results that persisted throughout the remainder of the patient's life-s...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Levin AB,Katz J,Benson RC,Jones AG

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of very small trigeminal neurinomas arising proximal to Meckel's cave are presented. We believe that the overlap of the symptoms and signs of these tumors with those of atypical trigeminal neuralgia strengthens the concept of the latter entity also being due to compression of the trigeminal nerve solely with...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Yonas H,Jannetta PJ

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two unusual cases of constrictive arachnoiditis localized to thoracic levels after Pantopaque myelography and unrelated to any operation, trauma, or disc disease at these levels are presented. The pertinent literature is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Barsoum AH,Cannillo KL

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracranial-intracranial arterial bypass procedures provide important augmentation of collateral circulation to cortical areas rendered potentially ischemic by therapeutic occlusion of major branches of the circle of Willis. Although the case studies reported to date in general reflect positively on this use of the b...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Samson DS,Neuwelt EA,Beyer CW,Ditmore QM

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zenker's solution is a tissue fixative containing mercuric chloride, potassium bichromate, sodium sulfate, and glacial acetic acid. In 1956, Anderson and Johnson reported its use in clinical neurosurgery. They applied the solution to the exposed dura after craniectomy. Delayed bone formation was thought to be due to t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Marlin AE,Brown WE Jr,Huntington HW,Epstein F

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selected commercially designated temporary clips (Acland, Biemer, Kleinert-Kutz, Variangle, and Yasargil) were applied for 1 hour to rat common carotid arteries. Scanning electron and light microscopic studies revealed varying degrees of endothelial damage. The authors believe that further improvements are needed in t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Dujovny M,Kossovsky N,Laha RK,Leff L,Wackenhut N,Perlin A

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the existing models of legislation and state statutes pertaining to the definition of death is presented. Twenty-four states have statutory provision for brain death. Concern still exists about the need for and the form of statutory definitions. Medical criteria are not considered in detail, but the propos...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Selby R,Selby MT

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the metastasis of a rectal carcinoid to the dura mater of the posterior fossa. The clinical presentation was unusual because of a 10-year latent period between resection of the primary rectal tumor and symptoms and signs of the posterior fossa metastasis; the radiological findings were atypical of a metastas...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Bouldin TW,Killebrew K,Boone SC,Gay RM

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 34-month period, 12 cases of delayed traumatic intracerebral hematoma (DTICH) were diagnosed among 162 consecutive prospectively studied patients admitted to the Medical College of Virginia with severe closed head injuries. All patients were unresponsive to command and unable to utter formed words at the time...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Gudeman SK,Kishore PR,Miller JD,Girevendulis AK,Lipper MH,Becker DP

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old boy presented with a 7-month history of headache and projectile vomiting. Computerized axial tomography revealed a large, high density lesion involving the entire left frontal lobe. At operation a 330-g, apparently encapsulated, mildly cystic neoplasm was removed from the region of the left frontal opercu...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： DiTullio MV Jr,Fried H

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CSF dynamics were determined as a function of intracranial pressure in patients with pseudotumor cerebri. Servocontrolled variable rate lumbar infusions were used to determine net CSF-absorptive capacities and resting pressures in 10 patients; serial studies were done in 5 of the patients. Nearly all of the patients h...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Sklar FH,Beyer CW Jr,Ramanathan M,Cooper PR,Clark WK

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples of ventricular cerebrospinal fluid, tumor cyst fluid, and subdural fluid were obtained from 30 patients at operation. The protein concentration and the specific gravity of each sample were measured and the corresponding mean absorption numbers were calculated from the numerical printout of the preoperative com...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Salcman M

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although an association between optic glioma and neurofibromatosis is well recognized, there has been no previous analysis of cases relating the locus of tumor to the presence or absence of von Recklinghausen's disease. This paper presents the results of such an analysis as well as a description of the comparative his...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Stern J,DiGiacinto GV,Housepian EM

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of multiple brain lesions in which the preoperative computerized tomographic (CT) scan suggested the presence of brain abscesses rather than metastatic tumors. The patient presented with symptoms of left frontal and right cerebellar mass lesions, confirmed by carotid and vertebral arteriography and a...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Rosenblum ML,Rosegay H

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a meningioma situated in the trigone of the left lateral ventricle was excised by the transcallosal approach of Kempe and Blaylock, a right-handed musician with a right hemianopsia developed alexia without agraphia. In contrast to previously reported cases of this syndrome arising from other etiologies, he was u...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Levin HS,Rose JE

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The five cases of atlanto-occipital dislocation reported in the world literature are reviewed, and four additional cases are presented, including two survivors. The pathological anatomy of this potentially catastrophic injury and its management are briefly discussed. Because immediate recognition of the atlanto-occip...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Powers B,Miller MD,Kramer RS,Martinez S,Gehweiler JA Jr

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of solitary neurogenic tumors of the brachial plexus unassociated with von Recklinghausen's disease are presented. One patient had a malignant schwannoma. The lesion of the other patient was benign and was diagnosed pathologically as a plexiform neurofibroma. These uncommon neurogenic tumors of the brachial ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Richardson RR,Siqueira EB,Oi S,Nunez C

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) developed approximately 7 days after a spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage in a 63-year-old woman with an anterior cerebral artery aneurysm. The hyponatremia associated with this syndrome resulted in a deterioration of the patient's clinical conditio...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Wise BL

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review the authors discuss three immunologically unique aspects of the central nervous system (CNS). The first relates to whether the CNS is really an immunologically privileged site. Although still somewhat controversial, the answer to that question is that the CNS is, to a large extent, an immunologically pr...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Neuwelt EA,Clark WK

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A successfully managed case of posterior fossa subdural hematoma occurring in a hemophiliac is reported, and the rarity of this lesion is mentioned. The management of the hemophiliac who is a victim of craniocerebral trauma is discussed, with emphasis on the use of computerized tomographic scanning to obtain rapid dia...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Raggio JF,Fleischer AS,Corley CC

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a review of published experience with intracranial-extracranial arterial bypass grafting. The procedure is technically feasible and has a relatively low morbidity and mortality when performed by experienced microvascular surgeons. However, its therapeutic value is still unproven. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Samson DS,Boone S

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with occlusive cerebrovascular disease were evaluated for possible extracranial-intracranial arterial anastomosis. Cerebral angiography repeated at a later date revealed disappearance of the initial vascular stenosis or occlusion and development of extensive collateral circulation. It was concluded in t...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Fox JL

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total scalp replantation was performed after a complete traumatic avulsion of the scalp with skull fracture. Multiple arterial and venous anastomoses were required. Satisfactory healing occurred, and the patient has had a subsequent uneventful cranioplasty to fill a bony defect, with normal scalp healing. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Chater NL,Buncke H,Brownstein M

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A right common carotid to distal middle cerebral artery bypass utilizing a saphenous vein graft was performed in a patient with episodic cerebral ischemia and reversible ischemic neurological deficit. The patient was relieved of his symptoms, and there was improved motor function in the left hand. Postoperative angiog...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Story JL,Brown WE Jr,Eidelberg E,Arom KV,Stewart JR

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doppler ultrasonic cardiac monitoring of patients undergoing trans-sphenoidal pituitary operations in the semisitting position has revealed the occurrence of venous air embolism in 3 of 31 consecutive cases. One such case is presented. Air may be drawn into the venous system whenever a gradient exists between the site...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Newfield P,Albin MS,Chestnut JS,Maroon J

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial pressure sensors and subdural and subgaleal sensing tambours were used to measure the pressure difference between the intracranial and subgaleal spaces in two monkeys. The pressure differential was transmitted to fluid bathing a piston, to which an isotope source (145Pm) was attached. The radiation signal...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Meyer GA,Millis RM,Budzinski J

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory problems occur commonly in association with severe head injury. Seven easily measured parameters for the diagnosis of respiratory insufficiency are outlined. Certain central and peripheral causes of insufficient ventilation are analyzed, including head trauma and drug overdose as central sources and aspira...

journal_title：Neurosurgery

authors： Frost EA

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00