abstract：OBJECTIVE:Decompressive craniectomy is often emergently performed in an effort to reduce intracranial hypertension. After this urgent intervention, brain-injured patients often start rehabilitation programs but are left with a skull defect. Cranioplasty is often performed in these situations in order to repair this def...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Di Stefano C,Sturiale C,Trentini P,Bonora R,Rossi D,Cervigni G,Piperno R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the rare and first documented case of intracranial collision tumour occurrence in a previously evacuated intracerebral haematoma site. Surgery trauma could predispose to collision tumour occurrence. Research efforts should try to reveal the possible pathogenesis of this condition. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Gkekas N,Georgakoulias N,Kakiopoulos G,Seretis A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cavernous angiomas affecting the optic pathway are rare. This report describes the case of a 12-year-old girl who presented with a 10-month history of right-sided blurred vision caused by a cavernous angioma affecting the right side of the optic chiasm. The computed tomography (CT) scan demonstrated a hyperdense image...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Sun XY,Yu F

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases has been carried out at the Leeds Gamma Knife Centre since March 2009. The aim of this study was to examine the outcomes and toxicity in our initial cohort of patients. The medical records of patients with brain metastases referred to the Leeds Gamma Knife Centre be...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Banfill KE,Bownes PJ,St Clair SE,Loughrey C,Hatfield P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosrat Ollah Ameli (1913-2010) was one of the pioneers in Iranian neurosurgery. After training in England in the 1950s, Ameli returned to his country to found the Darioush Kabir Hospital, where he started the first neurosurgical ward in collaboration with Prof. E. Samiy. Here he applied his genius and innovation to de...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Alimi M,Rahimi-Movaghar V

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventriculoperitoneal shunt is a commonly performed procedure. Associated complications have been well described in the literature. This is the first case report of a splenic laceration caused by the distal catheter looping around the spleen, requiring a splenectomy. Careful study of pre-operative imaging is recommende...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ashida R,Kamat A,Vinall C,Ivanov M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive type of primary brain tumor. It is a rapidly progressive, highly recurrent, fatal intracranial neoplasm, and the demand for novel treatment is urgent. Valproic acid (VPA) is a potential anticancer agent that belongs to a class of histone deacetylase (HDAC)...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tsai HC,Wei KC,Tsai CN,Huang YC,Chen PY,Chen SM,Lu YJ,Lee ST

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aneurysms at nonbranching sites in the supraclinoid internal carotid artery (ICA), known as blood blister-like aneurysms (BBAs), are rare entities and differ from saccular aneurysms. In this study, we attempt to describe our clinical experience and the outcome of treatments for BBAs. METHOD:Thirteen of 745 ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yu-Tse L,Ho-Fai W,Cheng-Chi L,Chu-Mei K,Yi-Chou W,Tao-Chieh Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of an aneurysm-like finding of MCA with severe atherosclerosis on standard radiological evaluation, which led us to plan surgical clipping. In particular, patients, whose modalities usually performed for preoperative assessment of cerebral aneurysms, such as DSA, 3D CTA and MRA, are insufficient. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Shibahashi K,Kimura T,Morita A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two cases of symptomatic, post-lumbar surgery cauda equina compression due to formation of a dissecting subdural extra-arachnoid cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collection (hygroma) under tension. In both cases, a small inadvertent durotomy was sustained during the initial surgery. Surgical re-exploration confirm...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Singleton WG,Ramnarine D,Patel N,Wigfield C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Extra-ventricular neurocytoma (EVN) is rare, mainly described within the cerebral hemispheres or spinal cord. We report a case of sellar neurocytoma presenting with chiasmal compression. CLINICAL PRESENTATION:A 50-year-old woman presented with decreasing vision and a bitemporal field deficit. CT and MRI demo...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wang YY,Kearney T,du Plessis D,Gnanalingham KK

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adaptation of bungee jumping, 'bungee running', involves participants attempting to run as far as they can whilst connected to an elastic rope which is anchored to a fixed point. Usually considered a safe recreational activity, we report a potentially life-threatening head injury following a bungee running accident...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Singh P,Convery F,Watt M,Fulton A,McKinstry S,Flannery T

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oesophagus perforation is a possible complication of anterior cervical spine surgery, which generally occurs during the first postoperative days. Delayed perforation is very rare and its management remains controversial. We report the successful management of a delayed oesophagus perforation associated with an osteomy...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Zairi F,Tetard MC,Thines L,Assaker R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OCT4 expresses variably in primary intracranial germinomas. In this study, we tested our hypothesis that such variation of OCT4 is predictive of outcome in primary intracranial germinomas. Thirty-one histologically identified CNS germinoma patients were enrolled in our study. We collected medical data, immunohistochem...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wanggou S,Jiang X,Yuan X,Ren C,Zeng Y,Li G,Li Q

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Irrigation may elevate the intracranial pressure (ICP) during neuroendoscopic procedures. It is unlikely that rinsing the ventricles during routine endoscopic ventriculostomy causes persistent neurological impairment or damage, but procedures such as the endoscopic evacuation of intraventricular haematomas (...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Trnovec S,Halatsch ME,Putz M,Behnke-Mursch J,Mursch K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The lumbar infusion test is an invasive technique for quantifying cerebrospinal dynamics in patients with hydrocephalus. However, some patients have difficulty tolerating the duration of this procedure. Therefore, we investigated the limits of shortening the test by examining the reliability of cerebrospinal...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Piechnik SK,Ferreira VM,Cieslicki K

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral metastasis in osteosarcoma is extremely rare. A 14-year-old girl who had previously been operated upon for osteosarcoma of the femur presented with seizures and left hemiparesis. A right parietal lesion with calcification and brain oedema was found. After resection of the mass, pathology revealed an oste...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Onodera H,Yoshida Y,Sakakibara Y,Kono T,Uchida M,Tanaka Y,Hashimoto T

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rupture of cerebral aneurysm during CT angiogram is a rare occurrence. Here we present such a case where an aneurysmal re-rupture during CT angiogram was demonstrated. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Hassan MF,Mahmood S,Dhamija B,Chandran H,Whitfield PC,Adams W

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a 29-year-old farmer who developed upper limb radiculopathy followed by myelopathy in his lower limbs. MRI findings suggested cervical disc prolapse with cord changes. Despite a successful anterior cervical decompression and fusion his symptoms rapidly returned. Further investigations ultimatel...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tipper GA,Fareedi S,Harrison K,Tamam A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The placement of external ventricular drain (EVD) is a common neurosurgical procedure to drain cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in many acute neurosurgical conditions that disrupt the normal CSF absorption pathway. Infection is the primary complication with infection rates ranging between 0% and 45%, and this is ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kitchen WJ,Singh N,Hulme S,Galea J,Patel HC,King AT

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pial arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is a rare vascular lesion, with less than 120 reported cases in the English literatures (Hoh et al., Neurosurgery 2001;49(6):1351). The angio-architecture, clinical course and therapeutic options are all different from arteriovenous malformation (AVM), dural AVM or other intracranial v...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yang WH,Lu MS,Cheng YK,Wang TC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chordomas constitute <5% of vertebral column tumours and a third of these arise in the upper cervical spine and tend to be clival - usually midline, with occasional eccentric extension. We report a case of cervical chordoma presenting as a lateral neck mass and discuss its origin, diagnosis and management. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bannur U,Chawda SJ,O'Donovan DG,Kaddour H,David KM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral haemorrhage is a devastating condition lacking effective therapies, with an uncertain role for surgery in many. Early research described an ischaemic penumbra around the haematoma, representing an area of potential therapeutic intervention. This article discusses the evidence for and against the existenc...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kirkman MA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to delineate preoperative factors that may predict perforator injuries following open surgery for an unruptured middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysm. METHODS:The authors conducted a retrospective review of 85 consecutive patients who underwent surgical clipping of 91 unrupture...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Yeon JY,Kim JS,Hong SC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Confusion frequently occurs in patients with gliomas for a number of reasons. One cause is a superimposed intracerebral infection. The case of a 73-year-old man who deteriorated after debulking of a high-grade glioma is described. However, he was successfully treated for Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) diagn...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Kalsi P,Tizzard S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microsurgical suction tube with an attached ball probe has been developed. It functions as a microdissector when the ball probe is in its extended position, creating a larger working field than an ordinary sucker. When the ball probe is in the repose position, it does not interfere with the suction capacity, and the...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Boström S,Milos P,Theodorsson A,Bobinski L

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aims to define the role and indication of surgical intervention in cases of malignant cerebral edema in consequence to cortical venous thrombosis (CVT). METHODS:A retrospective study of 13 patients who underwent decompressive craniectomies for malignant CVT is presented. All patients had supra-tent...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mohindra S,Umredkar A,Singla N,Bal A,Gupta SK

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a young woman who developed brain swelling during an ultrasound-guided craniotomy for tumour. A contralateral acute extradural haematoma was identified with the ultrasound and removed. No cause for the extradural was found. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Tsermoulas G,Mitchell P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke like episodes can occur by cortical compression due to changes in intracranial pressure. We report a patient after left hemicraniectomy who presented transient speech arrest after sleeping on the left side. We propose that mechanical compression of the left inferior or superior frontal gyrus led to this episode...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Wojtecki L,Schnitzler A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Up to a fifth of Accident and Emergency admissions are head-injury related. Alcohol is involved in a large proportion of adult head injuries and although the incidence of death due to head injury (HI) is relatively low, long-term sequelae including cognitive disturbance are frequent. Contrecoup contusions (CCs) have b...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ratnaike TE,Hastie H,Gregson B,Mitchell P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The determination of language lateralisation is important for patients with medically intractable epilepsy or a brain tumour near the language areas to avoid the risk of post-surgical language deficits. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to ident...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ota T,Kamada K,Kawai K,Yumoto M,Aoki S,Saito N

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of cervical spine, tracheal and oesophageal trauma from a go-karting injury caused by the patient's scarf catching in the vehicle's wheel. We discuss the significance of the pre-hospital and operative management of this potentially life-threatening injury by a multi-specialty surgical team. The import...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Ahmad M,Sinha P,Al-Tamimi YZ,Sylvester D,Dezso A,Timothy J

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present this unusual case of a 60-year-old gentleman who presented with meningism and reduced conscious level. Imaging demonstrated a perforated sigmoid colon with retroperitoneal air associated with pneumorrhachis and pneumocranium. He required a Hartmann's procedure and broad spectrum intra-thecal antibiotics whi...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Amit A,Toll EC,Siddique S,Nelson RJ

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess surgical results and quality of life after removal of tumours causing ventral compression of the brainstem using the presigmoid or combined presigmoid/retrosigmoid approaches. METHODS:A review of all our patients operated on with removal of tumours causing ventral compression of the brainstem in wh...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Frič R,Eide PK

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huge calcified chronic subdural hematoma is quite rare. We reported a such case in a old man. The intraoperative photographs of the case fully demonstrated the morphology of the calcified chronic subdural hematoma. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Rao Z,Li J,Yin H,You C

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this manuscript is to review the current state of knowledge regarding C-reactive protein (CRP) kinetics after standard neurosurgical procedures, and to determine the value of CRP as a screening test for early post-operative infectious complications as opposed to other more commonly used tests, and as a m...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Al-Jabi Y,El-Shawarby A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraosseous schwannomas (IOS) of non-sacral vertebra are extremely rare; only 14 cases were reported previously. We described a case of IOS involving a cervical vertebral body, successfully treated by surgical resection, with a review of the literature and discussion of this extremely rare tumour. ...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Mizutani A,Yokota N,Kawaji H,Yamaguchi-Okada M,Miyagawa T,Namba H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to compare quality of life (QoL) after surgical decompression of the thoracic outlet versus non-operative therapy in patients with neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (N-TOS). DESIGN AND METHODS:We retrospectively identified 46 patients, diagnosed with N-TOS between 1999 and 2008. Twenty-four opera...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Bosma J,Van Engeland MI,Leijdekkers VJ,Vahl AC,Wisselink W

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECT:Animal models provide a basis for clarifying the complex pathogenesis of delayed cerebral vasospasm (DCVS) and for screening of potential therapeutic approaches. Arbitrary use of experimental parameters in current models can lead to results of uncertain relevance. The aim of this work was to identify and analyze...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Marbacher S,Fandino J,Kitchen ND

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Solitary Fibrous Tumour (SFT) is a rare tumour occurring mainly in the pleural cavity, with less than 100 cases reported in the Central Nervous System, where it typically presents as a meningeal-based lesion. We describe the case of a SFT located in the fourth ventricle and briefly review the pertinent liter...

journal_title：British journal of neurosurgery

authors： Montano N,Doglietto F,Lauriola L,Signorelli F,Pallini R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00