abstract：:A study of computerized tomography (CT) scans was performed in a consecutive series of 100 patients with ruptured saccular cerebral aneurysms who were admitted, diagnosed, and operated on within 72 hours after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and treated with calcium antagonists. The aneurysms were in the anterior portio...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Auer LM,Schneider GH,Auer T

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of several calmodulin antagonists, such as N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalene-sulfonamide hydrochloride (W-7) and its dechlorinated structural analogue (W-5), on the growth and proliferation of cultured and transplanted glioma (GA-1, chemically induced from rat glioblasts) were evaluated. Under cultur...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Suzuki N,Kanno T,Nagata Y,Kato T

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new aneurysm clip has been developed specifically for internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms. This fenestrated clip's occluding blades deviate laterally, since the majority of ICA aneurysms protrude posterolateral to the parent artery. The clip was applied safely in seven recent patients with ICA aneurysms. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fujita S

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effect of hypocapnia (PaCO2 20 mm Hg) on cerebral metabolism and the electroencephalogram (EEG) findings in 12 dogs during nitroglycerin (NTG)-induced hypotension. Previous studies suggest that NTG is a more potent cerebral vasodilator than sodium nitroprusside or trimethaphan. It was speculate...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Artru AA,Wright K,Colley PS

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control analysis was performed to evaluate the association of 15 potential risk factors with postoperative infection in neurosurgical patients. All infections that developed postoperatively on the neurosurgical service at the University of Minnesota from January, 1970, to March, 1984, were identified. Among the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mollman HD,Haines SJ

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients with malignant glioma were treated with the lymphokine interleukin-2 (IL-2) or with lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells, and one patient received combination therapy with both LAK cells and IL-2. The LAK cells were generated by culturing recombinant IL-2 with peripheral blood lymphocytes obtained fro...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jacobs SK,Wilson DJ,Kornblith PL,Grimm EA

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), xenon-133 measurement of cerebral blood flow (CBF), and neuropsychological assessments are described in three head-injured patients. The patients were selected because they presented with intracranial hemorrh...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Langfitt TW,Obrist WD,Alavi A,Grossman RI,Zimmerman R,Jaggi J,Uzzell B,Reivich M,Patton DR

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new microclip for use on blood vessels 300 mu to 1 mm in diameter is described. This clip is suitable for either temporary or permanent occlusion and has been used in experimental applications. Potential clinical applications are described. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Andrews BT,Lutz A,Bederson JB,Pitts LH

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen cases of cerebral cavernous angiomas are reported, and their radiological and pathological features are reviewed. The clinical presentation was variable: 53.8% of patients had seizures, 30.8% intracerebral hemorrhage, and 15.4% focal neurological signs, including one unusual case that presented as a cerebello...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tagle P,Huete I,Méndez J,del Villar S

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 410 patients with refractory herniated lumbar disc disease treated with intradiscal collagenase, 82 (20%) did not respond to enzyme treatment and subsequently underwent surgery. Failure to improve in 6 to 8 weeks was the predominant cause for surgical intervention (53 patients). Increased pain (18 patients), progre...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fisher RG,Bromley JW,Becker GL,Brown M,Mooney V

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case is presented of a 38-year-old woman who suffered multiple cerebellar infarctions as a result of emboli from a vertebral artery dissection. Surgical therapy led to a satisfactory recovery. This case emphasizes the importance of an aggressive approach to such lesions. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Alexander JJ,Glagov S,Zarins CK

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a retrospective analysis of the management of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in neurosurgical patients at the Massachusetts General Hospital from January, 1978, through June, 1982. There were 44 cases of DVT and 13 cases of PE. Management modalities included observation only...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Swann KW,Black PM,Baker MF

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterotopic new bone formation, associated with head injuries, usually affects the shoulder, elbow, and hip joints. The authors present a case with an unusual involvement of the cervical spine, confirmed by bone scanning and computerized tomography. Although the etiology of heterotopic new bone formation is not well u...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Groswasser Z,Reider-Groswasser I

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes 60 dural specimens from patients with pituitary adenomas treated by transsphenoidal microsurgery, and attempts to define more precisely the clinical and pathological correlation of microscopic dural invasion. Analysis of the adenomas was based on four characteristics; size, surgical invasiveness ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Selman WR,Laws ER Jr,Scheithauer BW,Carpenter SM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pressure volume index (PVI) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) outflow resistance (Ro) were estimated in spontaneously breathing anestheized cats by the bolus injection test under normal conditions and also under abnormal conditions produced by slow infusion of saline into the CSF space. Bolus injections were made separate...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Takizawa H,Gabra-Sanders T,Miller JD

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 10 patients with supratentorial ependymomas, the tumors exhibited hyperdensity on computerized tomography (CT) scanning prior to contrast infusion and, with one exception, all tumors were mixed lesions with the low densities suggesting cystic or necrotic portions. Eighty percent of the tumors contained small calcif...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Centeno RS,Lee AA,Winter J,Barba D

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine patients consecutively admitted with a diagnosis of communicating hydrocephalus underwent continuous intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring; pressure-volume studies; and measurement of resistance to outflow of cerebrospinal fluid (Rout). The two latter calculations were made by the bolus injection and pres...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kosteljanetz M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the first reported case of post-craniotomy wound infection due to Pseudallescheria boydii. The patient was a 24-year-old man who sustained a direct blunt injury to the calvaria, resulting in a large subdural hematoma that was surgically evacuated. Subsequently, the surgical wound became infected w...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lazarus HS,Myers JP,Brocker RJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extra-abdominal cyst filled with cerebrospinal fluid was found postpartum in a patient with a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. No similar complication of VP shunting has been reported before. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nugent P,Hoshek S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral amyloid angiography can cause ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attacks (TIA's), as illustrated by this case report and literature review. It is possible that the use of anticoagulant or platelet-antiaggregant drugs in elderly patients with TIA's but no angiographic abnormalities may increase the risk of...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Smith DB,Hitchcock M,Philpott PJ

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chiasmatic optic glioma is a rare tumor with an erratic natural history, usually seen in young children. A prior study from this institution demonstrated that these lesions were frequently lethal, despite initial clinical stabilization following radiation therapy, and that visual, intellectual, and late endocrinologic...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rosenstock JG,Packer RJ,Bilaniuk L,Bruce DA,Radcliffe JL,Savino P

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Profound arterial hypotension is a commonly used adjunct in surgery for aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations. Hyperventilation with hypocapnia is also used in these patients to increase brain slackness. Both measures reduce cerebral blood flow (CBF). Of concern is whether CBF is reduced below ischemic thresholds ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Boarini DJ,Kassell NF,Sprowell JA,Olin JJ,Coester HC

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have previously advocated a supraorbital approach to tumors of the orbit. In this paper, they describe a technique in which they take advantage of a large frontal sinus as a means of entering the orbit without the necessity of intracranial exposure, as required by the more conventional supraorbital approac...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Colohan AR,Jane JA,Newman SA,Maggio WW

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvascular end-to-end anastomoses of rat common carotid arteries measuring 0.6 to 0.7 mm in diameter were performed using an argon surgical laser system. Vascular bonding with the argon laser was accomplished in all cases. The anastomosed carotid artery segments were evaluated both angiographically and histological...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pribil S,Powers SK

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of treatment of neoplastic spinal cord compression by vertebral body resection and immediate stabilization in 101 consecutive patients over a 5-year period have been analyzed. Sites of primary cancer included the lung (25 patients), kidney (15 patients), breast (14 patients), connective tissue (12 patients...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sundaresan N,Galicich JH,Lane JM,Bains MS,McCormack P

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-center double-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted by the National Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study Group to examine the efficacy of high-dose methylprednisolone (1000-mg bolus and 1000 mg daily thereafter for 10 days) compared with that of a standard dose (100-mg bolus and 100 mg daily for 10 days). No...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bracken MB,Shepard MJ,Hellenbrand KG,Collins WF,Leo LS,Freeman DF,Wagner FC,Flamm ES,Eisenberg HM,Goodman JH

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lymphoblastoid alpha-interferon was administered intravenously or intramuscularly to 19 patients with recurrent gliomas. Each patient had previously undergone surgery and radiation therapy. The treatment course consisted of 8 weeks of therapy with an escalating daily dosage and number of days of treatment per we...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mahaley MS Jr,Urso MB,Whaley RA,Blue M,Williams TE,Guaspari A,Selker RG

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with chronic spinal subdural hematomas are described. Both had a fluctuating clinical course, not previously documented in the literature. Surgical evacuation resulted in almost complete recovery. The pathogenesis of spinal subdural hematoma is discussed and the pertinent literature is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Khosla VK,Kak VK,Mathuriya SN

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plateau waves, characterized by acute transient rises of the intracranial pressure (ICP), are accompanied by a marked decrease of the cerebral perfusion pressure. Patients with plateau waves, however, often show no clinical symptoms of ischemia of the brain stem, such as vasopressor response or impairment of conscious...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hayashi M,Kobayashi H,Handa Y,Kawano H,Kabuto M

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case of metastatic gestational choriocarcinoma presented as intracerebral hemorrhage from an atypical distal middle cerebral artery aneurysm. Operative evacuation of the intracerebral hematoma was undertaken and histopathological examination revealed choriocarcinoma invading the vessel wall. Neoplastic cerebral a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pullar M,Blumbergs PC,Phillips GE,Carney PG

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with symptomatic arteriovenous malformations (AVM's) underwent embolization with isobutyl 2-cyanoacrylate (Bucrylate) delivered via a mini-balloon catheter according to the protocol of George and Pevsner. These patients underwent surgical removal of their embolized AVM, and surgical specimens were evaluat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Klara PM,George ED,McDonnell DE,Pevsner PH

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cases of 127 consecutive patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), in whom cerebral panangiography revealed no cause for the bleeding nor any sign of an intraparenchymatous hemorrhage, were reviewed in a study of the long-term prognosis and the possible prognostic factors in this condition. Data for all 127 pat...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Brismar J,Sundbärg G

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery of melatonin approximately 25 years ago, there has been intense study regarding the details of the structure and function of the pineal gland. This work is reviewed, with particular emphasis on those aspects of importance to human physiology and disease. ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Erlich SS,Apuzzo ML

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five Sprague-Dawley rats with saphenous neuromas underwent acute microfilament recording in the proximal nerve. The effect of the potassium channel-blocking agents, tetraethylammonium bromide (TEA) and 4-aminopyridine, on spontaneous activity in A fibers terminating in the neuroma was observed. The effects of g...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Burchiel KJ,Russell LC

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary leptomeningeal gliomatosis is rare, and the diffuse form is even rarer with only three cases reported in the literature. A fourth case is described in this report. Computerized tomography (CT) findings showed hydrocephalus with enhancement of the cerebral cisterns, and analysis of cerebrospinal fluid obtained ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kitahara M,Katakura R,Wada T,Namiki T,Suzuki J

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiograms obtained prior to treatment in 53 cases of deep-seated cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM's) were retrospectively analyzed with particular attention to the topography of the AVM nidus and the venous drainage. The location of the lesion was determined by a combination of angiography and computerized t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Viñuela F,Nombela L,Roach MR,Fox AJ,Pelz DM

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Remington humane stunner was used to deliver a blow to the left side of the surgically-exposed skull in ketamine-anesthetized cats. At 15 minutes after the trauma, brain tissue was frozen in situ. In animals without visible tissue hemorrhage (Grade 0) and in those with unilateral cerebral contusions involving the ce...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wagner KR,Tornheim PA,Eichhold MK

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen patients underwent an anastomosis of the superficial temporal artery (STA) or a saphenous vein graft to one of the secondary trunks of the middle cerebral artery (MCA). They included five patients with giant MCA trifurcation aneurysms, four patients in whom an earlier conventional STA-MCA anastomosis had beco...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Diaz FG,Umansky F,Mehta B,Montoya S,Dujovny M,Ausman JI,Cabezudo J

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe an experimental model that allows dynamic studies of blood flow in the pituitary gland. Twenty-eight male Wistar rats were anesthetized and the pituitary gland was exposed using a parapharyngeal approach. Teflon-coated platinum wire electrodes were placed in the adenohypophysis near the midline an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kemeny AA,Jakubowski JA,Jefferson AA,Pasztor E

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a single large intravenous dose of the sodium succinate esters of the glucocorticoids methylprednisolone, prednisolone, or hydrocortisone to enhance early neurological recovery after moderate to severe blunt head injury was examined in male CF-1 mice. Unanesthetized mice were restrained and subjected to...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hall ED

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00