abstract：:In view of the high incidence of late instability during conservative treatment of cervical spine fractures, operative stabilization should be performed as soon as possible. Besides immediate decompression of the spinal cord, rapid mobilisation of the patient without external fixation is possible. We report on the res...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Kalff R,Kocks W,Grote W,Schmit-Neuerburg KP

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multimodally evoked potentials were registered in 85 patients who fulfilled the criteria for brain death. While somatosensory and visual evoked potentials have been found to be of limited value for the diagnosis of brain death, the stepwise abolition of brain stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP) confirmed brain deat...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Firsching R,Frowein RA,Wilhelms S,Buchholz F

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of "sudden infant death" after 15 minutes of successful resuscitation of cardiovascular function is presented. While apnoic cranial nerve areflexia and electrocerebral silence persisted, angiography and transcranial Doppler sonography demonstrated nearly normal cerebral perfusion, which even increased day by da...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Sanker P,Roth B,Frowein RA,Firsching R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas previously the dissection of arteries leading to the brain was thought to be a rare occurrence, this diagnosis has been found more frequently in the last years as a result of newer imaging methods. Furthermore, in contrast to earlier opinions, there is a rather good prognosis for the recanalisation of the vess...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Schulze HE,Ebner A,Besinger UA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of fourth ventricle meningioma with a combined intraventricular-intracerebellar localization, successfully removed by surgical treatment, is reported. The features of this type of meningioma as compared to the purely intra-ventricular variety are discussed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Delfini R,Capone R,Ciappetta P,Domenicucci M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1987 and 1991 we performed a unilateral or bilateral frontoorbital advancement to correct trigono- or plagiocephaly in 10 children: Three-dimensional CT provides an exact basis for operation planning. Titanium miniplates allow an already primarily rather stable osteosynthesis. The best time for this interventi...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Voth D,Schwarz M,Wagner W,von Domarus H,Henn M,Schweden F

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CSF hydrocele as a complication of migration or extrusion of the peritoneal end of the V-P shunt has rarely been reported. Here the case of a 6 month old infant, born at 28 weeks gestational age, is reported. The baby was noted to have scrotal swelling, exacerbated by crying, two months after insertion of ventriculope...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Ammar A,Ibrahim AW,Nasser M,Rashid M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients suffering from hematogenous destructive spondylodiscitis were treated with one-session spondylectomy, bone graft-fusion and halo-device stabilization. A stable osseous fusion was achieved after three months with additional antibiotic therapy. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Brenner A,Donkersloot P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of a series of 56 patients with a giant intracranial aneurysm showed that 28 presented with signs related to the mass effect and 19 with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Additional clinical signs observed were seizures, ischemia, and endocrinological disturbances. Fourty-five aneurysms involved the carotid arte...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Vorkapic P,Czech T,Pendl G,Oztürk E,Horaczek A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional activity, metabolism and blood flow are locally heterogeneous in the brain, but tightly coupled. This adjustment occurs in two different ways: 1. Short-term, dynamic coupling mediated by local vasoactive factors that ensure second-to-second regulation. 2. Long-term, static coupling apparently mediated by ca...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Kuschinsky W

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new technique for interbody lumbar spondylodesis using a new cancellous metal, plug-shaped construct was performed in 35 cases with spondylolisthesis or lumbar instability. All of these patients have had severe low-back pain for years, some with radicular symptoms and had been treated unsuccessfully for years. In a ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Stender W,Meissner HJ,Thomas W

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transformation of sensory information to movement patterns in spinal interneuronal systems is far from just being a stereotyped reflex pattern. Information from the different sensory modalities (skin-, muscle, and joint receptors) is integrated at the interneuronal level and transformed into patterns of coordinate...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Schomburg ED

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:80-90% of individuals suffering from aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) are children or adolescents. Primary ABC is a non-neoplastic lesion. Diagnostic assessment and detection of recurrence demands repeated plain x-rays or CT scans. These repeated radiographic examinations expose these young patients to large doses of ionizi...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Jansen J,Terwey B,Rama B,Markakis E

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective clinical study was made on 987 patients with lumbar disc disease treated by discectomy. All patients had been operated on in the Department of Neurosurgery (University-Hospital Mainz). 545 patients were males, and 442 females (1.2:1). Patients in the 4th decade of life were affected most often (33.5%)....

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Dei-Anang K,Kessel HA,Meinig G

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teflon is utilized in neurosurgery as well as in plastic, vascular and heart surgery. Although the effect of Teflon on different types of cells and tissues has been previously studied, we are not aware of any study in which the effect of Teflon was tested on cells of the central nervous system. We have therefore exami...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Ammar A,Lagenaur C,Jannetta P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 112 comatose patients somatosensory, visual and auditory evoked potentials were registered within 36 hours after the onset of coma or admission. Main causes of coma were head injury, and intracerebral and subarachnoid haemorrhage. The initial bilateral loss of any evoked potential was associated with a mortality of...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Firsching R,Frowein RA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Case reports and postmortem neuropathological findings of a wide spectrum of diseases affecting the vertebral arteries, in particular vasculitis, traumatic lesions, degenerative changes and congenital abnormalities, are discussed. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Busch H,Bohl J,Mattern R,Meyermann R

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six patients with oculomotor nerve palsy due to cerebral aneurysms were examined. There were six males and twenty females with a mean age of 55 years. 25 of the 26 aneurysms were located at the junction of the internal carotid and the posterior communicating artery and one was at the junction of the basilar art...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Fujiwara S,Fujii K,Nishio S,Matsushima T,Fukui M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The orbitotomy has a central importance in craniofacial surgery. It is indicated for premature craniosynostoses, malformations and tumor surgery. The aim of the treatment is to correct functional disturbances and aesthetic impairments. Anatomical structures must be respected. Functional and anatomical aspects of the o...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Mühling J,Collmann H,Reuther J,Sörensen N

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognosis after evacuation of a chronic subdural hematoma is generally good, yet occasionally post-operative complications do occur. Intracerebral hematoma following such evacuation is rare and two cases are reported. It is suggested that this complication could be due to the disturbances of intracerebral vascular...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Ramamurthi B,Ganapathi K,Ramamurthi R

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MR imaging of the brain has made tremendous progress during the last years. This technique is generally superior to computed tomography (CT) in brain tumors, due to its capability for direct imagining in various planes and its high tissue contrast. Moreover, the detectability and differentiation of extraaxial tumors, ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Higer HP,Pedrosa P,Schuth M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients with severe head injury were analysed as to whether they developed a humoral immunodeficiency syndrome. In spite of the fact that 75% developed pyogenic complications all patients showed a polyclonal humoral activation of their immune system with an increase in IgG, IgA, IgM and the complement factors....

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Maerker-Alzer G,Beckmann H,Richard KE,Frowein RA

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptors for neurotransmitters and drugs are now well characterized at the molecular level. Thanks to the development of numerous radiolabeled molecules and to the use of autoradiography it is possible to study the characteristics and distribution of these receptors with the anatomical resolution of the microscope. W...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Palacios JM,Chinaglia G,Probst A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen cases of chronic vegetative state (CVS), following severe head injury and lasting for two years or more, are reported. Vegetative state, in most instances after a period of coma, consists of a return of wakefulness accompanied by an apparent total lack of higher mental activity. A protracted period of vegetati...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Danze F,Brule JF,Haddad K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present 78 patients with spinal cord injuries. Operation is not indicated in cord contusion, extended bleeding into the spinal canal or severe fracture dislocation. However, it would seem advisable to operate on patients with vertebral fractures, particularly at the lower thoracic and lumbar levels, if intraspinal ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Köning W,Frowein RA,Thun F,Stammler A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three unusual cases of combined intraorbital-intracranial tumors of various types which were chosen from cases treated in the Clinic and Polyclinic of Neurosurgery of the University of Münster, to demonstrate the problems of surgical therapy. A list of indications for the various accesses to the orbita is worked out. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Szuwart U,Brandt M,Bennefeld H,Erlemann R

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here on congenital sphenoorbital encephalocele which could not be disclosed by computed tomography including contrast medium application or by orbital sonography. Surgery and histological examination were necessary to establish correct the diagnosis. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Bornemann A,Schwarz M,Brühl K,Goebel HH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three of 30 human cerebral cortex biopsies from infants treated for hydrocephalus by shunt operation are described. The descriptions include an account of their case history, the clinical methods, and the operational procedures. The biopsy specimens were studied in semithin and ultrathin sections. Attention is drawn t...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Glees P,Voth D

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernous hemangiomas are the most frequently found primary tumors in the orbital region. They normally appear in adults. Diagnostic features in the majority of cases include protrusio bulbi and orbital enlargement. B-Scan and computed tomography/MRI are the prime diagnostic aids. We recommend surgical removal of thes...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Herter T,Bennefeld H,Brandt M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 63 cases of clinical definite or suspected MS we compared the results of CSF analysis, VEP, BAEP, CT scanning without and after double dose contrast, in 17 cases also those of MRT. We found that CSF analysis had the highest rate of abnormal findings, followed by MRT. VEP and CT with double dose contrast showed simi...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Weitze C,Hertel G,Brittner W

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patterns of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in patients with dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease is compared with that of patients with dementia caused by multiple cerebral infarctions. A total of 47 patients were examined with 133Xenon SPECT. The results show that the global CBF correlates with the severit...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Reischies FM,Hedde JP,Gutzmann H

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topographic brain mapping of EEG and evoked potentials permits the display of spontaneous and event-related activity of the brain. This new method is superior to conventional polygraphy because of the topographic approach which delineates structural and functional brain lesions. Data from 16 to 20 scalp electrodes wer...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Maurer K,Dierks T

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of cerebral blood flow (CBF) in addition to cerebral computerized tomography (CT) and angiography is most reliable in cases of transient ischemic attacks (TIA) and prolonged reversible ischemic neurologic deficits (PRIND). Alterations of CBF can be detected in symptom-free intervals. The cerebrovascula...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Ulrich P,Heim C,Meinig G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histological, immunocytochemical, and biological features of 38 giant cell gliomas were investigated. The invasion of these tumors and its giant cells by histiocytes, lymphocytes, plasma cells, and especially by eosinophilic granulocytes is viewed as an immune response, which may explain a favorable clinical course. F...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Müller W,Slowik F,Firsching R,Afra D,Sanker P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An automated method of measuring cerebral atrophy is introduced. Using this method we studied patients with multiple sclerosis and a control group showing premature cerebral atrophy in multiple sclerosis (P = 1,32 x 10(-8) for male and P = 3,6 x 10(-14) for female). There was only a weak correlation between cerebral a...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Hageleit U,Will CH,Seidel D

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade, operative decompression of cord and cauda, internal fixation with rods, bony fusion and early ambulation, have become more popular in the management of thoracolumbar injuries with neurological deficit. Computer-tomography, CT myelography and peroperative ultrasonography provided direct evidence, th...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Braakman R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of hormone secretion by human pituitary tumours in cell or explant culture has been shown to be of value in establishing the nature of the tissue. There was complete agreement between the diagnosis reached by conventional immunocytochemical techniques and by examining the secretion of hormones in culture. ...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Adams EF,Mashiter K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This short paper summarizes the basic concept and the technology of a new computed radiographic system which uses an energy-storage phosphorus panel called "Imaging Plate" as an image sensor. The "Imaging Plate" can be used to obtain radiographs in exactly the same way as the screen-film combination is used in convent...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Kato H,Miyahara J,Takano M

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy of malignant glioma has been discussed in relation to recent advances in experimental and clinical studies. It is now obvious that chemotherapy is of increasing importance in the multidisciplinary treatment of malignant gliomas. Survival time of patients was prolonged by intensive and prolonged chemothera...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Ushio Y,Hayakawa T,Hasegawa H,Yamada K,Arita N

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The device is constructed for intra-operative angiographic studies. The main features of the unit are: semi-automatic positioning of the tube into preset coordinates, TV camera serving as receptor, reproduction of the videosignal with twice the number of lines compared with that used normally, retrieval technique perm...

journal_title：Neurosurgical review

authors： Bauer BL

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00