New model of reperfused stroke ...
Background The understanding of stroke has been greatly enhanced by studies employing nonhuman primate models of focal ischemia. However, devastatin ...
Bypass of the maxillary to prox ...
The authors report three cases of radial artery (RA) graft bypass from the maxillary artery (MA) to either the middle cerebral artery (MCA) or the p ...
Cooled radiofrequency applicati ...
Background The unavailability of an effective and longlasting treatment for sacroiliac-based pain has led researchers to study the efficacy of radio ...
Deep brain stimulation and fram ...
Considerable positive experience in functional radiosurgery has been reported since Leksell’s first experience in 1951, but the development of frame ...
Contribution of technological p ...
Background Outcomes of microsurgical resection for cerebral arteriovenousmalformation (AVM) largely depend on the skill and experience of the operat ...
Multidisciplinary management of ...
Giant and functional paragangliomas of the skull base are rare. Their endocrinological and surgical management is challenging. We report the case of ...
Functional outcome analysis: in ...
Purpose Although instrumented posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) has been becoming a popular and effective method for treating degenerative lu ...
Time course of heme oxygenase-1 ...
Background Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), the rate-limiting enzyme for heme catabolism and iron production, its role in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is ...
Dissection of both frontal and ...
Background Double superficial temporal artery (STA) to middle cerebral artery (MCA) bypass surgery has typically involved more than one linear incis ...
"Minimally invasive" ...
Background Minimal-access technology has evolved rapidly with WtubularW or WpercutaneousW approaches for decompression and stabilization in the lumb ...
Incidental major artery aneurys ...
Background Major artery aneurysms may be found incidentally while evaluating moyamoya disease (MMD). The purpose of this study was to delineate the ...
Intraoperative continuous monit ...
Background Preservation of facial nerve function is one of the most important goals in acoustic neuroma surgery. We have been using intraoperative c ...
Onyx embolization for the treat ...
Background Onyx has emerged in recent years for the endovascular treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). However, the role of Onyx em ...
Midline-craniotomy of the poste ...
Background Osteoplastic craniotomy in midline approaches to the posterior fossa has been proposed as an alternative to traditional osteoclastic cran ...
Near-infrared indocyanine green ...
indocyanine green (ICG) as a tracer has recently been introduced as a novel technique for neurosurgery. We evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of ...
Terminal ventriculostomy as an ...
Complex syringomyelia is multifactorial, and treatment strategies are highly individualized. In refractory cases, sectioning of the filum terminale, ...
Ischaemic stroke after acute in ...
Background We report six new cases of ischaemic stroke after cerebral haemorrhage in patients with moyamoya disease (MMD) and analyse their clinical ...
Occlusion of surgical opening o ...
Background Implantation of 1,3-bis (2-chloroethyl)-1- nitrosourea (BCNU) wafer for malignant glioma is not recommended in the case of surgical openi ...
The adverse effects of flow-div ...
Background Stent deployment across the aneurysmal neck has been established as one of the endovascular methods to treat intracranial aneurysms with ...
Treatment results for complex m ...
Background The objective was to assess the surgical results in complex middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysms. Methods From 1999 to 2009 the data of ...
Harvey Cushing’s case series of ...
Background A review of Dr. Harvey Cushing’s surgical cases at the Johns Hopkins Hospital provided insight into his early work on trigeminal neuralgi ...
A retrieval thrombectomy techni ...
Background To describe preliminary experiences and the procedural details of retrieval thrombectomy using a selfexpanding and fully retrievable Soli ...
Clinical features and surgical ...
Purpose To summarize our experience and lessons of microvascular decompression surgery for trigeminal neuralgia caused solely by venous compression. ...
Quality of postoperative course ...
Background The practice of endoscopic endonasal surgery is still limited in children because of the relative rarity of sellar lesions in the paediat ...
Stereotactic versus endoscopic ...
Object Endoscopic and stereotactic surgery have gained widespread acceptance as minimally invasive tools for the diagnosis of intracerebral patholog ...