abstract：:OBJECTIVE Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with a variety of negative outcomes in critically ill patients, but little focused study on the effects of hypovitaminosis D has been performed in the neurocritical care population. In this study, the authors examined the effect of vitamin D deficiency on 3-month outc...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Guan J,Karsy M,Brock AA,Eli IM,Manton GM,Ledyard HK,Hawryluk GWJ,Park MS

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEBlood vessel tortuosity may play an important role in the development of vessel abnormalities such as aneurysms. Currently, however, there are no studies analyzing the impact of brain blood vessel tortuosity on the risk of aneurysm formation. Therefore, the authors performed a computer-aided analysis of middl...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kliś KM,Krzyżewski RM,Kwinta BM,Stachura K,Moskała M,Tomaszewski KA

更新日期：2018-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The authors previously described a graded approach to skull base repair following endonasal microscopic or endoscope-assisted tumor surgery. In this paper they review their experience with skull base reconstruction in the endoscopic era. Methods:A retrospective review of a single-institution endonasal endosc...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Conger A,Zhao F,Wang X,Eisenberg A,Griffiths C,Esposito F,Carrau RL,Barkhoudarian G,Kelly DF

更新日期：2018-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVECerebrovascular bypass surgery is a challenging yet important neurosurgical procedure that is performed to restore circulation in the treatment of carotid occlusive diseases, giant/complex aneurysms, and skull base tumors. It requires advanced microsurgical skills and dedicated training in microsurgical techn...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Cikla U,Sahin B,Hanalioglu S,Ahmed AS,Niemann D,Baskaya MK

更新日期：2018-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVESince the first clinical application of the incisionless magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) technology only small series of patients have been reported, and thus only extrapolations of the procedure-related risks could be offered. In this study, the authors analyze side-effects and targetin...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gallay MN,Moser D,Jeanmonod D

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Skull base chondrosarcoma is one of the most intractable tumors because of its aggressive biological behavior and involvement of the internal carotid artery and cranial nerves (CNs). One of the most accepted treatment strategies for skull base chondrosarcoma has been surgical removal of the tumor in conjunct...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hasegawa H,Shin M,Kondo K,Hanakita S,Mukasa A,Kin T,Saito N

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Hyperperfusion syndrome (HPS) is a notable complication that causes various neurological symptoms after superficial temporal artery (STA)-middle cerebral artery (MCA) bypass surgery for moyamoya disease (MMD). The authors used intraoperative indocyanine green (ICG) videoangiography to measure the change in m...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yang T,Higashino Y,Kataoka H,Hamano E,Maruyama D,Iihara K,Takahashi JC

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE In severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), the effects of decompressive craniectomy (DC) on brain tissue oxygen pressure (PbtO2) and outcome are unclear. The authors aimed to investigate whether changes in PbtO2 after DC could be used as an independent prognostic factor. METHODS The authors conducted a retrospe...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lubillo ST,Parrilla DM,Blanco J,Morera J,Dominguez J,Belmonte F,López P,Molina I,Ruiz C,Clemente FJ,Godoy DA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEDelay in diagnosis and subsequent treatment of nonconvulsive seizures can lead to worsened outcomes. The gold standard in detecting nonconvulsive seizures is continuous video-electroencephalography (cEEG). Compared to routine, 30-minute EEG, the use of cEEG increases the likelihood of capturing intermittent n...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Freund B,Probasco JC,Ritzl EK

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Identification of risk factors for perioperative epilepsy remains crucial in the care of patients with meningioma. Moreover, associations of brain invasion with clinical and radiological variables have been largely unexplored. The authors hypothesized that invasion of the cortex and subsequent increased edema...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hess K,Spille DC,Adeli A,Sporns PB,Brokinkel C,Grauer O,Mawrin C,Stummer W,Paulus W,Brokinkel B

更新日期：2018-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The optimal margin size in postoperative stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases is unknown. Herein, the authors investigated the effect of SRS planning target volume (PTV) margin on local recurrence and symptomatic radiation necrosis postoperatively. METHODS:Records of patients who received pos...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jhaveri J,Chowdhary M,Zhang X,Press RH,Switchenko JM,Ferris MJ,Morgan TM,Roper J,Dhabaan A,Elder E,Eaton BR,Olson JJ,Curran WJ,Shu HG,Crocker IR,Patel KR

更新日期：2018-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEMeralgia paresthetica causes pain, burning, and loss of sensation in the anterolateral thigh. Surgical treatment traditionally involves neurolysis or neurectomy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN). After studying and publishing data on the anatomical feasibility of LFCN transposition, the author pre...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hanna A

更新日期：2018-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVEThe pathogenesis of dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) remains poorly defined. Prior studies on thrombophilia as a risk factor for DAVF development are limited by small sample sizes and poor generalizability.METHODSIn this longitudinal observational study, all patients with intracranial DAVFs evaluated at t...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： LaHue SC,Kim H,Pawlikowska L,Nelson J,Cooke DL,Hetts SW,Singh V

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the late 19th century, Dr. William B. Coley introduced the theory that infections may aid in the treatment of malignancy. With the creation of Coley's toxin, reports of remission during viral illnesses for systemic malignancies soon emerged. A few decades after this initial discovery, Austrian physicians performed ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shah AH,Jusué-Torres I,Ivan ME,Komotar RJ,Kasahara N

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE High-grade glial brain tumors are often characterized by an elevated expression of the tumorigenic epidermal growth factor receptor variant III ( EGFRvIII). The authors sought to establish a clinically adaptive protocol as a noninvasive diagnostic tool for EGFRvIII detection through serum exosomes. METHODS P...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Manda SV,Kataria Y,Tatireddy BR,Ramakrishnan B,Ratnam BG,Lath R,Ranjan A,Ray A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Smoking is a known risk factor for aneurysm development and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, as well as subsequent vasospasm in both untreated individuals and patients who have undergone surgical clipping of cerebrovascular aneurysms. However, there is a lack of data in the current scientific literature a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Futchko J,Starr J,Lau D,Leach MR,Roark C,Pandey AS,Thompson BG

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Chronic neuropathic pain after peripheral nerve injury is a major clinical problem. Its management is difficult, and therapeutic approaches vary and include oral medication, neurostimulation, and surgery. The aim of this study was to assess the adequacy of surgical nerve revision in a large series of patient...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Decrouy-Duruz V,Christen T,Raffoul W

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE An effective treatment of patients in a minimally conscious state (MCS) or vegetative state (VS) caused by hypoxic encephalopathy or traumatic brain injury (TBI) is not yet available. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the thalamic reticular nuclei has been attempted as a therapeutic procedure mainly in patient...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chudy D,Deletis V,Almahariq F,Marčinković P,Škrlin J,Paradžik V

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The presence, extent, and distribution of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) have been associated with negative outcomes in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Several qualitative scores (Fisher grade, LeRoux score, and Graeb score) have been established for evaluating SAH and IVH. However, no study has...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Nguyen HS,Li L,Patel M,Kurpad S,Mueller W

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to assess longitudinal changes in the collateral channels originating from the lenticulostriate artery (LSA), posterior communicating artery (PCoA), and anterior and posterior choroidal arteries (AChA and PChA, respectively) during disease progression and/or aging. The impact of collateral ch...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamamoto S,Hori S,Kashiwazaki D,Akioka N,Kuwayama N,Kuroda S

更新日期：2018-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Gliomas are one of the most common types of primary brain tumors. Recent studies have supported the importance of key genetic alterations, including isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutations and 1p19q codeletion, in glioma prognosis. Mutant IDH produces 2-hydroxyglutarate from α-ketoglutarate, a key metabolit...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Karsy M,Guan J,Huang LE

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the level of patient satisfaction and approach-related patient complaints between a superciliary keyhole approach and a pterional approach. METHODS Patients who underwent an ipsilateral superciliary keyhole approach and a contralateral pterional approac...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Park J,Son W,Kwak Y,Ohk B

更新日期：2018-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Quantitative assessment of tumor microvascularity has the potential to improve prognostication, advance understanding of tumor biology, and help narrow potential molecular therapies. While the role of tumor microvascularity has been widely studied in meningiomas, this study examines both the role of automate...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Karsy M,Burnett B,Di Ieva A,Cusimano MD,Jensen RL

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sir Victor Horsley was a pioneering British neurosurgeon known for his numerous neurosurgical, scientific, and sociopolitical contributions. Although word of these surgical and scientific achievements quickly spread throughout Europe and North America in the late 19th century, much of modern neurosurgery's view of Hor...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lehner KR,Schulder M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Although reoperation and readmission have been used as quality metrics, there are limited data evaluating the rate of, reasons for, and predictors of reoperation and readmission after microsurgical clipping of unruptured aneurysms. METHODS Adult patients who underwent craniotomy for clipping of an unruptured...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dasenbrock HH,Smith TR,Rudy RF,Gormley WB,Aziz-Sultan MA,Du R

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Anterior capsulotomy (AC) is sometimes used as a last resort for treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Previous studies assessing neuropsychological outcomes in patients with OCD have identified several forms of cognitive dysfunction that are associated with the disease, but few have focu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gong F,Li P,Li B,Zhang S,Zhang X,Yang S,Liu H,Wang W

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Dysfunction of distributed neural networks underlies many brain disorders. The development of neuromodulation therapies depends on a better understanding of these networks. Invasive human brain recordings have a favorable temporal and spatial resolution for the analysis of network phenomena but have generall...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Swann NC,de Hemptinne C,Miocinovic S,Qasim S,Ostrem JL,Galifianakis NB,Luciano MS,Wang SS,Ziman N,Taylor R,Starr PA

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Treatment of wide-necked intracranial aneurysms is associated with higher recanalization and complication rates; however, the most commonly used methods are not specifically designed to work in bifurcation lesions. To address these issues, the authors describe the evolution in the design and use of the eCLIP...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Chiu AH,De Vries J,O'Kelly CJ,Riina H,McDougall I,Tippett J,Wan M,de Oliveira Manoel AL,Marotta TR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Neurosurgical intervention may increase the risk of developing cerebral vein and dural sinus thrombosis (CVT). The clinical management of CVT in postoperative patients remains unclear. This retrospective study explores the disease occurrence, associated risk factors, and outcomes in patients with tumors who ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gessler F,Bruder M,Duetzmann S,Tritt S,Bernstock JD,Seifert V,Senft C

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Mutations in the isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) genes are of proven diagnostic and prognostic significance for cerebral gliomas. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical feasibility of using a recently described method for determining IDH mutation status by using magnetic resonance spectrosco...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tietze A,Choi C,Mickey B,Maher EA,Parm Ulhøi B,Sangill R,Lassen-Ramshad Y,Lukacova S,Østergaard L,von Oettingen G

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Meige syndrome is characterized by blepharospasm and varied subphenotypes of craniocervical dystonia. Current literature on pallidal surgery for Meige syndrome is limited to case reports and a few small-scale studies. The authors investigated the clinical outcomes of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the globu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Horisawa S,Ochiai T,Goto S,Nakajima T,Takeda N,Kawamata T,Taira T

更新日期：2018-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a movement disorder characterized by involuntary spasms of the facial muscles, and it can negatively impact quality of life (QOL). This retrospective study and systematic review with meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the QOL in patients with HFS following intervention with ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Lawrence JD,Frederickson AM,Chang YF,Weiss PM,Gerszten PC,Sekula RF

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVERebleeding remains a frequent and catastrophic event leading to poor outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Reduced platelet function after the initial bleed is associated with higher risk of early rebleeding. Desmopressin (DDAVP) is a well-known hemostatic agent, and recent guidelines already suggest i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Francoeur CL,Roh D,Schmidt JM,Mayer SA,Falo MC,Agarwal S,Connolly ES,Claassen J,Elkind MSV,Park S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, the authors describe the history of neurosurgery at St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto. St. Michael's has long been regarded as one of the top teaching and research hospitals in Canada. A detailed literature review of published and unpublished works was performed to formulate a succinct but i...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Alotaibi NM,Guha D,Ahuja CS,Spears J,Muller PJ,Tucker WS,Hudson AR,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although image-based human stereotaxis began with Spiegel and Wycis in 1947, the major principles of radiographic stereotaxis were formulated 50 years earlier by the French scientific photographer Gaston Contremoulins. In 1897, frustrated by the high morbidity of bullet extraction from the brain, the Parisian surgeon ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Giller CA,Mornet P,Moreau JF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Patients with poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) (World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Grade IV or V) are often considered for decompressive craniectomy (DC) as a rescue therapy for refractory intracranial hypertension. The authors performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to a...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Alotaibi NM,Elkarim GA,Samuel N,Ayling OGS,Guha D,Fallah A,Aldakkan A,Jaja BNR,de Oliveira Manoel AL,Ibrahim GM,Macdonald RL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Electrical motor cortex stimulation can relieve neuropathic pain (NP), but its use requires patients to undergo an invasive procedure. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of the primary motor cortex (M1) using a figure-8 coil can relieve NP noninvasively, but its ability to relieve lower limb...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shimizu T,Hosomi K,Maruo T,Goto Y,Yokoe M,Kageyama Y,Shimokawa T,Yoshimine T,Saitoh Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Epilepsy surgery is an effective means of treating focal epilepsy associated with long-term epilepsy-associated tumors. This study evaluated a large population of surgically treated patients with childhood onset of epilepsy and a histologically confirmed diagnosis of long-term epilepsy-associated tumors. The...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Pelliccia V,Deleo F,Gozzo F,Sartori I,Mai R,Cossu M,Tassi L

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) may cause blindness due to elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). Venous sinus stenosis has been identified in select patients, leading to stenting as a potential treatment, but its effects on global ICP have not been completely defined. The purpose of this pilot stu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Liu KC,Starke RM,Durst CR,Wang TR,Ding D,Crowley RW,Newman SA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to obtain a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying cerebral plasticity. Coupled with noninvasive detection of its occurrence, such an understanding has huge potential to improve glioma therapy. The authors aimed to demonstrate the frequency of plastic reshaping, find clu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Conway N,Wildschuetz N,Moser T,Bulubas L,Sollmann N,Tanigawa N,Meyer B,Krieg SM

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00