abstract：OBJECT:Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) represents an established tool in neurosurgery to increase patient safety. Its application, however, is controversial. Its use has been described as helpful in avoiding neurological deterioration during intracranial aneurysm surgery. Its impact on extracranial-...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Dengler J,Cabraja M,Faust K,Picht T,Kombos T,Vajkoczy P

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors report the 3-year results of the Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial (BRAT). The objective of this ongoing randomized trial is to compare the safety and efficacy of microsurgical clip occlusion and endovascular coil embolization for the treatment of acutely ruptured cerebral aneurysms and to compare funct...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Spetzler RF,McDougall CG,Albuquerque FC,Zabramski JM,Hills NK,Partovi S,Nakaji P,Wallace RC

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because infundibular widening most commonly appears at the origins of the posterior communicating artery and anterior choroidal artery from the internal carotid artery, its occurrence in association with the anterior communicating artery (ACoA) or the A1-A2 junction can be misinterpreted as an ACoA aneurysm on angiogr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Park J,Kang DH

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) with simultaneous acute subdural hematoma (SDH) is a severe disease. The authors' objective was to analyze the incidence, prognosis, and clinical outcome of patients suffering from aneurysm-related SAH and space-occupying acute SDH. METHODS:Between June 1999 and June 2011, data fro...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Schuss P,Konczalla J,Platz J,Vatter H,Seifert V,Güresir E

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic stroke remains a leading cause of morbidity and death for which few therapeutic options are available. The development of neuroprotective agents, a once promising field of investigation, has failed to translate from bench to bedside successfully. This work reviews the ischemic cascade, agents targeting steps ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Turner RC,Dodson SC,Rosen CL,Huber JD

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Seizures are a potentially devastating complication of resection of brain tumors. Consequently, many neurosurgeons administer prophylactic antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in the perioperative period. However, it is currently unclear whether perioperative AEDs should be routinely administered to patients with brain tu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wu AS,Trinh VT,Suki D,Graham S,Forman A,Weinberg JS,McCutcheon IE,Prabhu SS,Heimberger AB,Sawaya R,Wang X,Qiao W,Hess K,Lang FF

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The authors retrospectively analyzed data on brainstem gangliogliomas treated in their department and reviewed the pertinent literature to foster understanding of the preoperative characteristics, management, and clinical outcomes of this disease. METHODS:In 2006, the authors established a database of treated l...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zhang S,Wang X,Liu X,Ju Y,Hui X

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypophosphatemia with osteomalacia may be due to a neoplasm that produces fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23), which inhibits phosphate reabsorption in the kidneys. Most of these tumors occur in bone or soft tissue and occasionally in the head, although intracranial occurrence is very rare. This report describes a tu...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mathis DA,Stehel EJ Jr,Beshay JE,Mickey BE,Folpe AL,Raisanen J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Resection of cancer and the involved artery in the neck has been applied with some success, but the indications for such an aggressive approach at the skull base are less well defined. The authors therefore evaluated the outcomes of advanced skull base malignancies in patients who were treated with bypass and re...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kalani MY,Kalb S,Martirosyan NL,Lettieri SC,Spetzler RF,Porter RW,Feiz-Erfan I

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Ventricular infection after ventriculostomy placement carries a high mortality rate. Responding to ventriculostomy infection rates, a multidisciplinary performance improvement team was formed, a comprehensive protocol for ventriculostomy placement was developed, and the efficacy was evaluated. METHODS:A best-pr...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kubilay Z,Amini S,Fauerbach LL,Archibald L,Friedman WA,Layon AJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common and disabling psychiatric illness, and in a significant proportion of patients with OCD the disease is refractory to conventional pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. For more than half a century, patients with severe, treatment-resistant OCD have been treated with s...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sheth SA,Neal J,Tangherlini F,Mian MK,Gentil A,Cosgrove GR,Eskandar EN,Dougherty DD

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Patients with trigeminal neuralgia due to multiple sclerosis (TN-MS) and idiopathic TN (ITN) who underwent glycerol rhizotomy (GR) and radiofrequency thermocoagulation with glycerol rhizotomy (RFTC-GR) were compared to investigate the effectiveness of these percutaneous ablative procedures in the TN-MS populatio...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bender MT,Pradilla G,Batra S,See AP,James C,Pardo CA,Carson BS,Lim M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The cerebellomedullary fissure (CMF) is a space between the cerebellum and the medulla oblongata, which often adhere to each other. The purpose of the present study was to demonstrate the importance of the unilateral CMF dissection for clipping vertebral artery (VA)-posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) an...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kawashima M,Takase Y,Matsushima T

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Up to now, navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) has been used for motor mapping in the vicinity of rolandic brain lesions. Recently, nTMS has also been suggested to be useful in mapping human language areas. The authors describe the case of a left-handed patient with a left-side glioblastoma within the...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sollmann N,Picht T,Mäkelä JP,Meyer B,Ringel F,Krieg SM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural foundations underlying visual agnosia are poorly understood. The authors present the case of a patient who underwent awake surgery for a right basal temporooccipital low-grade glioma in which direct electrostimulation was used both at the cortical and subcortical level. Brain mapping over the inferior longitudi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Fernández Coello A,Duvaux S,De Benedictis A,Matsuda R,Duffau H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Subthalamotomy is a stereotactic surgery performed in patients with disabling dyskinesias due to Parkinson disease. The authors set out to model this human condition in MPTP monkeys and determine if subthalamotomy allowed a reduction of levodopa for similar benefit. METHODS:The authors performed unilateral subt...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jourdain VA,Grégoire L,Morissette M,Morin N,Parent M,Di Paolo T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:A growing number of published studies have recently demonstrated the role of resection in overall survival (OS) for patients with gliomas. In this retrospective study, the authors objectively investigated the role of the extent of resection (EOR) in OS in patients with low-grade gliomas (LGGs). METHODS:Between ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ius T,Isola M,Budai R,Pauletto G,Tomasino B,Fadiga L,Skrap M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Helmets successfully prevent most cranial fractures and skull traumas, but traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concussions continue to occur with frightening frequency despite the widespread use of helmets on the athletic field and battlefield. Protection against such injury is needed. The object of this study was ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Turner RC,Naser ZJ,Bailes JE,Smith DW,Fisher JA,Rosen CL

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:There is a growing body of evidence to support the safe and effective use of spine radiosurgery. However, there is much less experience regarding the use of radiosurgery for the treatment of benign as opposed to malignant spine tumors. This study represents an evaluation of, and reporting on, the technical aspec...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gerszten PC,Chen S,Quader M,Xu Y,Novotny J Jr,Flickinger JC

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Little information is available on staged Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) with an interval of 3 years or more when used to treat arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) with volumes larger than 10 cm(3). The goal of this study was to increase knowledge in this area by reporting the authors' experience. METHODS:The authors...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yamamoto M,Akabane A,Matsumaru Y,Higuchi Y,Kasuya H,Urakawa Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to assess long-term clinical outcomes in patients who underwent Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) with a low margin dose-14 Gy or less-to treat vestibular schwannoma (VS) unrelated to neurofibromatosis Type II. METHODS:Between December 1994 and December 2001, 200 patients with VSs underwent GK...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sun S,Liu A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Chiari malformation Type I (CM-I) is characterized by hindbrain deformity. We investigated the effects of craniocervical decompression surgery on the anatomical features of hindbrain deformity with a prospective MRI study of patients with CM-I. METHODS:A prospective longitudinal study was conducted in 48 patien...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Heiss JD,Suffredini G,Bakhtian KD,Sarntinoranont M,Oldfield EH

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Patients with gliomas frequently have cognitive deficits, and surgery can exacerbate these deficits. Preoperative assessment is therefore crucial in patients undergoing surgery for glioma in eloquent areas, because the proximity of functional areas increases the risk of permanent postoperative cognitive disturba...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Satoer D,Vork J,Visch-Brink E,Smits M,Dirven C,Vincent A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Angiogenesis occurs after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Thrombin mediates mitogenesis and survival in endothelial cells and induces angiogenesis. The present study aimed to clarify whether thrombin is involved in triggering ICH-related angiogenesis. METHODS:In the first part of the experiment, autologous bloo...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zhou HJ,Tang T,Cui HJ,Yang AL,Luo JK,Lin Y,Yang QD,Li XQ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:CD133(+) cells have the potential to enhance histological and functional recovery from peripheral nerve injury. However, the number of CD133(+) cells safely obtained from human peripheral blood is extremely limited. To address this issue, the authors expanded CD133(+) cells derived from human peripheral blood us...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ohtsubo S,Ishikawa M,Kamei N,Kijima Y,Suzuki O,Sunagawa T,Higashi Y,Masuda H,Asahara T,Ochi M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The difference in the hemodynamics of wall shear stress (WSS) and oscillatory shear index (OSI) between ruptured and unruptured aneurysms is not well understood. The authors investigated the hemodynamic similarities and dissimilarities in ruptured and thin-walled unruptured aneurysm blebs. METHODS:Magnetic reso...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kawaguchi T,Nishimura S,Kanamori M,Takazawa H,Omodaka S,Sato K,Maeda N,Yokoyama Y,Midorikawa H,Sasaki T,Nishijima M

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:The aim of this study was to examine the effect of postoperative external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) on disease-specific survival in patients with nonbenign meningiomas. METHODS:The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from 1988 to 2007 was queried for cases of resected Grades II (atyp...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Stessin AM,Schwartz A,Judanin G,Pannullo SC,Boockvar JA,Schwartz TH,Stieg PE,Wernicke AG

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) are a leading cause of death and disability in young people. Given that a major cause of death from MVAs is traumatic brain injury, and neurosurgeons hold special expertise in this area relative to other members of a trauma team, the authors hypothesized that neurosurgeon populatio...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Desai A,Bekelis K,Zhao W,Ball PA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurosurgery has played an important role in the development of neuroscience and the science of consciousness. In this paper, the authors reflect on some of the historical contributions of neurosurgeons to the science of consciousness and discuss the ways in which clinical neurosurgery can contribute to the science of...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hasegawa H,Jamieson GA,Ashkan K

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Glomus tumors are rare skull base neoplasms that frequently involve critical cerebrovascular structures and lower cranial nerves. Complete resection is often difficult and may increase cranial nerve deficits. Stereotactic radiosurgery has gained an increasing role in the management of glomus tumors. The authors ...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sheehan JP,Tanaka S,Link MJ,Pollock BE,Kondziolka D,Mathieu D,Duma C,Young AB,Kaufmann AM,McBride H,Weisskopf PA,Xu Z,Kano H,Yang HC,Lunsford LD

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Cavernomas in the occipital lobe are relatively rare. Because of the proximity to the visual cortex and incoming subcortical tracts, microsurgical removal of occipital cavernomas may be associated with a risk of visual field defects. The goal of the study was to analyze long-term outcome after operative treatmen...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kivelev J,Koskela E,Setälä K,Niemelä M,Hernesniemi J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of implanted metals causing tissue damage by movement in patients exposed to MRI fields has produced a confusing welter of erroneous, pseudoscientific publications about magnetics, metals, medical equipment, and tissue compatibility. Quite simply, among the devices made for implantation, only those fabrica...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： McFadden JT

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schwannomas of the brain parenchyma are extremely rare, occurring mostly in children and young adults. Fewer than 50 cases have been reported in the English-language literature. Isolated temporal lobe epilepsy is a rare presentation of intracerebral schwannomas, with only 2 reported cases. The authors present the case...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Guha D,Kiehl TR,Krings T,Valiante TA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:In this paper, the authors' goals were to clarify the characteristics of growing unruptured cerebral aneurysms detected by serial MR angiography and to establish the recommended follow-up interval. METHODS:A total of 1002 patients with 1325 unruptured cerebral aneurysms were retrospectively identified. These pa...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Inoue T,Shimizu H,Fujimura M,Saito A,Tominaga T

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Despite the controversy over the clinical significance of Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) for refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), the modality has attracted attention because it is less invasive than resection. The authors report long-term outcomes for 7 patients, focusing in particular on the long-term c...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Usami K,Kawai K,Koga T,Shin M,Kurita H,Suzuki I,Saito N

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme presenting during pregnancy presents unique challenges to the clinician. In planning treatment, potential benefits to the mother must be balanced against the risks to the fetus. In addition, evidence relating to timing of surgery and the use of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in pregnancy is limi...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Jayasekera BA,Bacon AD,Whitfield PC

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Thymosin β4 (Tβ4) is a regenerative multifunctional peptide. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that Tβ4 treatment initiated 6 hours postinjury reduces brain damage and improves functional recovery in rats subjected to traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS:Traumatic brain injury was induced by con...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Xiong Y,Zhang Y,Mahmood A,Meng Y,Zhang ZG,Morris DC,Chopp M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) is the second-most common focal epilepsy syndrome, and seizures are medically refractory in many patients. Although various studies have examined rates and predictors of seizure freedom after resection for FLE, there is significant variability in their results due to patient diversity...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Englot DJ,Wang DD,Rolston JD,Shih TT,Chang EF

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Insight may be gained into the physiological mechanisms of deep brain stimulation (DBS) by analyzing local and contralateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) single-unit activity during activation of previously placed DBS electrodes. Special techniques are required to perform such analysis due to the presence of a larg...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Toleikis JR,Metman LV,Pilitsis JG,Barborica A,Toleikis SC,Bakay RA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:An increasing number of patients with vestibular schwannomas (VSs) are being treated with radiosurgery. Treatment failure or secondary regrowth after radiosurgery, however, has been observed in 2%-9% of patients. In large tumors that compress the brainstem and in patients who experience rapid neurological deteri...

journal_title：Journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gerganov VM,Giordano M,Samii A,Samii M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00