Journal of Neurosurgery 1997: Vol 86 Table of Contents

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Journal of Neurosurgery
January 1997, Volume 86, Number 1
CLINICAL ARTICLES:
Continuous intraoperative electromyographic monitoring of cranial nerves during resection of fourth ventricular
tumors in children. PAUL A. GRABB, A. LELAND ALBRIGHT, ROBERT J. SCLABASSI, AND IAN F. POLLACK
Third ventricle colloid cysts: a consecutive 12-year series. TiiT MATHIESEN, PER GRANE, LARS LINDGREN, AND CHRISTER
LINDQUIST
Medulloblast : is the 5-year survival rate improving? A review of 80 cases from a single institution. KAROLY
M. Davipb, ADRIAN T. H. CASEY, RICHARD D. HAYWARD, WILLIAM F. J. HARKNESS, KIM PHIPPS, AND ANGIE M. WADE.
Utility of relative cerebral blood volume mapping derived from perfusion magnetic resonance imaging in the
routine follow up of brain tumors. TALI SIEGAL, RINA RUBINSTEIN, TZAHALA TZUK-SHINA, AND JOHN M. Gomori.
Lack of specificity in electrophysiological identification of lower sacral roots during selective dorsal rhizotomy.
JEFFREY G. OJEMANN, T. S. PARK, ROBERT KOMANETSKY, RICHARD A. A. DAY, AND BRUCE A. KAUFMAN
Selective dorsal rhizotomy and rates of orthopedic surgery in children with spastic cerebral palsy. MICHAEL R.
Cuicoine, T. S. PARK, AND BRUCE A. KAUFMAN .
Pathogenesis of Chiari malformation: a morphometric study of the posterior cranial fossa. MisAO NISHIKAWA,
HIROAKI SAKAMOTO, AKIRA HAKUBA, NARUHIKO NAKANISHI, AND YUICHI INOUE
Selection criteria and outcome of operative approaches for thoracolumbar burst fractures with and without
neurological deficit. CHARLES L. SCHNEE AND LEE V. ANSELI
Outcome analysis for adults with spondylolisthesis treated with posterolateral fusion and transpedicular screw
fixation. CHARLES L. SCHNEE, ANDREW FREESE, AND LEE V. ANSELL ........c.e e.ce.cec.uc.ece-cc-ecs0ee s
Modified open-door cervical expansive laminoplasty for spondylotic myelopathy: operative technique, outcome,
and predictors for gait improvement. THOMAS T. LEE, GLEN R. MANZANO, AND BARTH A. GREEN
Diagnosis of root avulsions in traumatic brachial plexus injuries: value of computerized tomography myelography
and magnetic resonance imaging. GUSTAVO ADOLPHO CARVALHO, GUIDO NIKKHAH, CORDULA MATTHIES, GOTZ
PENKERT, AND MADJID SAMII
LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS:
Toward an agreement on terminology of nuclear and subnuclear divisions of the motor thalamus. GioRGiO MACCHI
AND EDWARD G. JONES .
Utilization of type I collagen gel, demineralized bone matrix, and bone morphogenetic protein-2 to enhance
autologous bone lumbar spinal fusion. GREGorY A. HELM, JONAS M. SHEEHAN, JASON P. SHEEHAN, JOHN A. JANE,
Jr., CHARLES G. DIPIERRO, NATHAN E. SIMMONS, GEORGE T. GILLIES, DAVID F. KALLMES, AND THOMAS M. SWEENEY .
Specific repression of the preproendothelin-1 gene in intracranial arteriovenous malformations. R. L. PATRICK
RHOTEN, YOUSSEF G. COMAIR, DANIEL SHEDID, DOUGLAS CHYATTE, AND MICHAEL S. SIMONSON
Histological interaction of cultured endothelial cells and endovascular embolic materials coated with extracellular
matrix. SHINICHI TAMATANI, TSUNENORI OZAWA, TAKASHI MINAKAWA, SHIGEKAZU TAKEUCHI, TETSUO KOIKE, AND
RYUICHI TANAKA ....
Progesterone and estrogen receptors |i n meningiomas: prognostic considerations. DorA W. Hsu, Jimmy T. EFirp,
AND E. TessA HEDLEY-WHYTE
Analysis of proliferation markers and p53 expression in gliomas of astrocytic origin: relationships and prognostic
value. JULIE M. CUNNINGHAM, Davip W. KIMMEL, BERND W. SCHEITHAUER, JUDITH R. O’ FALLON, PAUL J. NOVOTNY,
A TE Se BN ooo x.0 i died ae Sikh ne0 cn k-+5'e ebb ed Lbhe enb ade ens bo Ol bet eee
Effect of hemodilution with diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin on intracranial pressure, cerebral perfusion
pressure, and fluid requirements after head injury and shock. JAMES E. CHAPPELL, STEVEN R. SHACKFORD, AND
WHITNEY J. MCBRIDE
Activation of complement by tissue plasminogen activator, but not acute cerebral ischemia, in a rabbit model
of thromboembolic stroke. MARTIN M. BEDNAR, CORDELL E. Gross, SHEILA R. RUSSELL, DAVID SHORT, AND PATRICIA
Duraplasty with biosynthetic cellulose: an experimental study. Luis RENATO MELLO, LEONIR T. FELTRIN, PAULO T.
FONTES NETO, AND FERNANDO A. P. FERRAZ
Case REPORTS:
Primary endodermal sinus tumor presenting with spinal cord compression. Case report. DANIEL K. RESNICK, MARK
R. MCLAUGHLIN, AND A. LELAND ALBRIGHT
Regional parenchymal enhancement with mixed cavernous/venous malformations of the brain. Case report.
CHRISTOPHER H. COMEY, DOUGLAS KONDZIOLKA, AND HOWARD YONAS .......20 .cec.e c.ece. ce.ce. ee-e ee ee
Hyperactive pectoralis reflex as an indicator of upper cervical spinal cord compression. Report of 15 cases. JosEPH
C. WaTSON, WILLIAM C. BROADDUS, MAuRICE M. SMITH, AND WAYNE S. KUBAL
CASE ILLUSTRATION:
Tumoral calcinosis of the cervical spine in an infant. Case illustration. JAMES F. Mooney III AND STEVEN S. GLAZIER .
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Journal of Neurosurgery
February 1997, Volume 86, Number 2
CLINICAL ARTICLES:
Classification of previously unclassified cases of craniosy is. PAUL D. CHUMAS, GIUSEPPE CINALLI, ERIC ARNAUD,
DANIEL MARCHAC, AND DOMINIQUE RENIER
Skull base chordomas: a management challenge. OsSAMA AL-MEFTY AND Luis A. B. BORBA.................
Trigeminal neuralgia: a quantitative sensory perception threshold study in patients who had not undergone pre-
vious invasive procedur+s. DAVID BOWSHER, JOHN B. MILES, CAROL E. HAGGETT, AND PAUL R. ELDRIDGE .....
Sensory effects of microvascular decompression in trigeminal neuralgia. JoHN B. MILes, PAUL R. ELDRIDGE, CAROL
E. HAGGETT, AND DAVID BOWSHER
Chronic electrical stimulation of the gasserian ganglion for the relief of pain in a series of 34 patients. ETHAN
TAUB, MICHAEL MUNZ, AND RONALD R. TASKER
Hypogiossal-facial nerve side-to-end anastomosis for preservation of hypoglossal function: results of delayed treat-
ment with a new technique. YUTAKA SAWAMURA AND HIROSHI ABE ...........00. c.e c.ec.e e0ee. e0ee 0ee es
Radiosurgery for cerebral AVMs in children and adolescents: the neurobehavioral outcome. DARiA RIvA, CHIARA
PANTALEONI, MONICA Devoti, CHRISTER LINDQUIST, LADISLAU STEINER, AND CESARE GIORGI
Endovascular treatment of acutely ruptured and unruptured aneurysms of the basilar bifurcation. JEAN RAYMOND,
DANIEL Roy, MICHEL BOJANOWSKI, ROBERT MOUMDJIAN, AND GEORGES L’ESPERANCE..................-----
Reducing the risk of rebleeding before early aneurysm surgery: a possible role for antifibrinolytic therapy. THOMAS
J. LemrziG, KATHLEEN REDELMAN, AND TERRY G. HORNER
Cerebral blood flow and temporal lobe epileptogenicity. MARTIN E. WeINAND, L. PHILIP CARTER, WALEED F.
EL-SAADANY, PANAYioTis J. Sioutos, DAvip M. LABINER, AND KALARICKAL J. OOMMEN
Treatment of syringomyelia associated with arachnoid scarring caused by arachnoiditis or trauma. JORG KLEKAMP,
ULRICH BATZDORF, MADJID SAMII, AND HANS WERNER BOTHE ........ 2.2.2.2... cece cece ee eee cece eee eees
Cerebral hyperglycolysis following severe traumatic brain injury in humans: a positron emission tomography
study. MARVIN BERGSNEIDER, DAVID A. HovpA, EHUD SHALMON, DANIEL F. KELLY, PAUL M. Vespa, NEIL A. MARTIN,
MICHAEL E. PHELPS, DAvip L. MCARTHUR, MICHAEL J. CARON, JESS F. KRAUS, AND DONALD P. BECKER.......
LABORATOR’ INVESTIGATIONS:
The suboccipital cavernous sinus. KENAN I. ARNAUTOVI, OSSAMA AL-MeErTy, T. GLENN PAiT, ALI F. KRISHT, AND
MUHAMMAD M. HUusAIn ..
Progiessive loss of glutamic acid decarboxylase, parvalbumin, and calbindin D28K immunoreactive neurons in
the cerebral cortex and hippocampus of adult rat with experimental hydrocephalus. YUZURU TASHIRO, SHUSHOVAN
CHAKRABORTTY, JAMES M. DRAKE, AND TOSHIAKI HATTORI
Mechanisms of edema formation after intracerebral hemorrhage: effects of thrombin on cerebral blood flow,
blood-brain barrier permeability, and cell survival in a rat model. Kevin R. LEE, NoBUYUKI KAWAI, SEOUNG KIM,
OREN SAGHER, AND JULIAN T. HOFF
Case REPORTS AND TECHNICAL NOTEs:
Juvenile active ossifying fibroma. Report of four cases. MicHAEL T. LAwTon, JOSEPH E. HEISERMAN, STEPHEN W.
Coons, BrucE D. RAGSDALE, AND ROBERT F. SPETZLER
Multiple neoplasms following craniospinal irradiation for medulloblastoma in a patient with nevoid basal cell
carcinoma syndrome. Case report. SEAN O’ MALLEY, DAVID WEITMAN, MICHAEL OLDING, AND LALIGAM SEKHAR.
Disappearing cervical disk. Case report. RICHARD M. WesTMARK, KAYE D. WESTMARK, AND VOLKER K. H. SONNTAG.
Development of anterior cranial fossa dural arteriovenous malformation following head trauma. Case report.
TATSUYA ISHIKAWA, KrYOHIRO HOUKIN, KouIcH! TOKUDA, SUSUMU KAWAGUCHI, AND TAKESHI KASHIWABA
Mobilization of the internal carotid artery for basilar artery aneurysm surgery. Technical note. TAKESHI
MATSUYAMA, TAKAHIDE SHIMOMURA, YOSHINARI OKUMURA, AND TOSHISUKE SAKAKI
Decompression via microsurgical anterior foraminotomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Technical note.
HAE-DONG JHO
Waveform changes due to conduction block and their underlying mechanism in spinal somatosensory evoked,
potential: a computer simulation. Technical note. TosHikAzU TANI, TAKAHIRO UsHiDA, HIROSHI YAMAMOTO, AND
YOSHIYASU OKUHARA
CASE ILLUSTRATIONS:
Brachial plexus compression by venous aneurysms. Case illustration. Eric M. GABRIEL AND ALLAN H. FRIEDMAN.
Hydatid cyst and brain tumor in the same location. Case illustration. Jos— ENRIQUE COHEN, HOWARD J. GINSBERG,
Eve C. Tsai, MICHAEL L. SCHWARTZ, AND SERGIO PETROCELLI
NOTICES
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS:
Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, April 12-17, 1997 Program Summary .
Abstracts of Oral Presentations
Annual Meeting of the Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery, February 4-6, 1997 Program Summary ..
Abstracts and Posters
Abstracts of Oral Presentations of the Annual Meeting of the Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral
Nerves, February 19-22, 1997
Journal of Neurosurgery
March 1997, Volume 86, Number 3
CLINICAL ARTICLES:
Cerebral autoregulation following minor head injury. ELISABETH C. JUNGER, Davin W. NEWELL, GERALD A. GRANT,
ANTHONY M. AVELLINO, SAADI GHATAN, COLLEEN M. DoUVILLE, ARTHUR M. LAM, RUNE AASLID, AND H. RICHARD
Head injuries due to falls caused by seizures: a group at high risk for traumatic intracranial hematomas. THOMAS
J. ZWIMPFER, JENNIFER BROWN, IRENE SULLIVAN, AND RICHARD J. MOULTON
Monitoring of autoregulation using laser Doppler flowmetry in patients with head injury. JoseEpH M. K. Lam, JOHN
N. K. HSIANG, AND WAI S. POON
Primary intracranial germ cell tumors: a clinical analysis of 153 histologically verified cases. MASAO MATSUTANI,
KEI SANO, KINTOMO TAKAKURA, TAKAMITSU FUJIMAKI, OSAMU NAKAMURA, NOBUAKI FUNATA, AND TERUKAZU SETO.
Hearing preservation in the removal of intracanalicular acoustic neuromas via the retrosigmoid approach. DAvip
W. ROWED AND JULIAN M. NEDZELSKI
The relationship of subarachnoid hemorrhage and the need for postoperative shunting. FERNANDO L. VALE, EDWIN
L. BRADLEY, AND WINFIELD S. FISHER III
A randomized, doubie-blind, vehicle-controlled trial of tirilazad mesylate in patients with aneurysmal subarach-
noid hemorrhage: a cooperative study in North America. E. CLARKE HALEY, Jr., NEAL F. KASSELL, CAROLYN
APPERSON-HANSEN, MARIE H. MAILE, WAYNE M. ALVES, AND THE PARTICIPANTS.............-020200e0eeeee
Guglielmi detachable coil embolization of acute intracranial aneurysm: perioperative anatomical and clinical out-
come in 403 patients. FERNANDO VINUELA, GARY DUCKWILER, AND MICHEL MAWAD
LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS:
Vascular mechanisms in the pathophysiology of human spinal cord injury. CHARLES H. TATOR AND IZUMI KOYANAGI.
Delayed cytokine expression in rat brain following experimental contusion. STAFFAN HOLMIN, MARTIN SCHALLING,
Bo HOJEBERG, ANN-CHRISTIN SANDBERG NORDQVIST, ANN-KATRIN SKEFTRUNA, AND TiIT MATHIESEN............
Regional brain tissue pressure gradients created by expanding extradural temporal mass lesion. CHRISTOPHER E.
Wee, Paes Ge. Leet, A SE IE, TONE on. a conc ea Caen s keene soe nee oncwehoweohhoanse s
Improvement of cognitive deficits and decreased cholinergic neuronal cell loss and apoptotic cell death following
neurotrophin infusion after experimental traumatic brain injury. GRANT SINSON, BRIAN R. PERRI, JOHN Q.
TROJANOWSKI, EUGENE S. FLAMM, AND TRACY K. McINTOSH
Normal perfusion pressure breakthrough: the role of capillaries. LALI H. S. SEKHON, MICHAEL K. MORGAN, AND
rerery t ee ee
Isolation and characterization of human malignant glioma cells from histologically normal brain. DANIEL L.
SILBERGELD AND MICHAEL R. CHICOINE
Nearest-neighbor classification for identification of aggressive versus nonaggressive low-grade astrocytic tumors
by means of image cytometry—generated variables. CHRISTINE DECAESTECKER, ISABELLE SALMON, OLIVIER DEWITTE,
ISABELLE CAMBY, PHILIPPE VAN HAM, JEAN-LAMBERT PASTEELS, JACQUES BROTCHI, AND ROBERT Kiss
CASE REPORTS:
Surgical interruption of a midline dorsal column visceral pain pathway. Case report and review of the literature.
HARING J. W. NAUTA, ELENA HEWITT, KARIN N. WESTLUND, AND WILLIAM D. WILLIS
Differentiating central neurocytoma. Case report. JOHN B. SCHWEITZER AND KEITH G. DAVIES................
Craniospinal dissemination of central neurocytoma. Report of two cases. DAviD Y. ENG, FRANCO DEMONTE,
LAWRENCE GINSBERG, GREGORY N. FULLER, AND KURT JAECKLE ....00..2.2 .cece. ce.ce ee.e ee.e en. eeen ees
Subdural sarcoma associated with chronic subdural hematoma. Report of two cases and review of the literature.
GIUSEPPE CINALLI, MICHEL ZERAH, MICHEL CARTERET, FRANCOIS Doz, LAURENT VINIKOFF, ARIELLE LELLOUCH-TUBIANA,
BEATRICE HUSSON, AND ALAIN PIERRE-KAHN
Intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia of the sellar region. Report of three cases and review of the lit-
erature. RUDOLF A. Kristor, DIRK VAN Roost, HELMUT K. WOLF, AND JOHANNES SCHRAMM
“Miliary” metastatic tumors in the brain. Case report. CHHABI BHUSHAN
Hypoplastic internal carotid artery mimicking a classic angiographic “string sign.”’ Case report. JASON A. HETH,
CHRISTOPHER M. Lortus, JOHN G. PIPER, AND WILLIAM YUH
CASE ILLUSTRATIONS:
Dandy-Walker malformation associated with syringomyelia. Case illustration. GIUSEPPE CINALLI, LAURENT VINIKOFF,
MICHEL ZERAH, DOMINIQUE RENIER, AND ALAIN PIERRE-KAHN
Resolution of acquired tonsillar herniation after resection of supratentorial meningioma. Case illustration. STEPHEN
T. ONesTI, ELY ASHKENAZI, ANN M. MILLER, AND W. JOST MICHELSEN...0..02. e.c ec.e .cec.e .ce.ce .ee.eee s
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NEUROSURGICAL Forum: Letters to the Editor
NOTICES
Journal of Neurosurgery
April 1997, Volume 86, Number 4
CLINICAL ARTICLES:
Mortality rates, hospital length of stay, and the cost of treating subarachnoid hemorrhage in older patients:
institutional and geographical differences. CHRISTOPHER L. TAYLOR, ZHONG YUAN, WARREN R. SELMAN, ROBERT
A. RATCHESON, AND ALFRED A. RIMM
Magnetic resonance imaging of obliterated arteriovenous malformations up to 23 years after radiosurgery. LARS
KIHLSTROM, WAN-YUO Guo, BENGT KARLSSON, CHRISTER LINDQUIST, AND MELKER LINDQVIST
Serial changes of hemostasis in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage with special reference to delayed ischemic
neurological deficits. YUKIHIKO Fusi, SHIGEKAZU TAKEUCHI, OSAMU SASAKI, TAKASHI MINAKAWA, TETSUO KOIKE, AND
RYUICHI TANAKA
Intracarotid infusion of RMP-7, a bradykinin analog, and transport of gallium-68 ethylenediamine tetraacetic
acid into human gliomas. KeirH L. BLACK, Tim CLOUGHESY, SUNG-CHENG HUANG, Y. PIERRE GOBIN, YUN ZHOU,
JouHn Grous, GILLIAN NELSON, KEYVAN FARAHANI, CARL K. HOH, AND MICHAEL PHELPS
Neuromagnetic evaluation of cortical auditory function in patients with temporal lobe tumors. NoBuKAZI
NAKASATO, TOSHIHIRO KUMABE, AKITAKE KANNO, SATORU OHTOMO, KAZUO MIZOI, AND TAKASHI YOSHIMOTO . .. .
Comparison of C1-2 posterior fusion and decompression of the vertebral artery in the treatment of bow hunter’s
stroke. TAKESHI MATSUYAMA, TETSUYA MORIMOTO, AND TOSHISUKE SAKAKI
Progressive posttraumatic myelomalacic myelopathy: treatment with untethering and expansive duraplasty.
THOMAS T. Lee, Jose M. ARIAS, HEATHER L. ANDRUS, ROBERT M. QUENCER, STEVEN F. FALCONE, AND BARTH A. GREEN .
Acute hydrocephalus in posterior fossa injury. HIDEHARU KARASAWA, HAJIME FURUYA, HIROMICHI NAITO, KEN
SUGIYAMA, JUNJI UENO, AND HIROSHI KIN
Cerebral blood flow as a predictor of outcome following -raumatic brain injury. DANIEL F. KeLLy, NEIL A. MARTIN,
ROUZBEH KORDESTANI, GEORGE COUNELIS, DAavip A. HOVDA, MARVIN BERGSNEIDER, EHUD SHALMON, DUNCAN Q.
McBripe, DENA HERMAN, AND DONALD P. BECKER......
Tremor control after pallidotomy in patients with Parkinson’s disease: correlation with microrecording findings.
JAMAL M. TAHA, JACQUES FAVRE, THOMAS K. BAUMANN, AND KIM J. BURCHIEL ....................-200005-
Peripheral selective neurotomy of the brachial plexus collateral branches for the treatment of the spastic shoulder:
anatomical study and clinical results in five patients. PHiLippE Deco, PAUL FiLipetti, ANNAIK FEVE, MICHEL
DsINDJIAN, AKIM SARAOUI, AND YVES KERAVEL ...............----.
Electrophysiological investigation of hemifacial spasm after microvascular decompression: F waves of the facial
muscles, blink reflexes, and abnormal muscle responses. MAMI ISHIKAWA, TAKAYUKI OHIRA, JUN NAMIKI, MASATO
KOBAYASHI, MORIICHIRO TAKASE, TAKESHI KAWASE, AND SHIGEO TOYA.........020. c.ee. ee.e e.ee. ee. e.eee e
Improvement of limb circulation in peripheral vascular disease using epidural spinal cord stimulation: a
prospective study. KRISHNA KUMAR, Cory ToTH, RAHUL K. NATH, ASHOK K. VERMA, AND JOHN J. BURGESS... .
LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS:
Toward an agreement on terminology of nuclear and subnuclear divisions of the motor thalamus. GioRGIO MACCHI
AND EDWARD G. JONES
Arterial pulsation—dependent perivascular cerebrospinal fluid flow into the central canal in the sheep spinal cord.
Marcus A. STOoDLEY, SALLY A. BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J. BROWN, AND NIGEL R. JONES
Correlation between venous stump pressure and brain damage after cortical vein occlusion: an experimental study.
YUHEI YOSHIMOTO, MASARU ENDO, TAKASHI Mori, AND SUSUMU WAKAI. .
Case REPORTS AND TECHNICAL NOTES:
Mixed arteriovenous malformation and capillary telangiectasia: a rare subset of mixed vascular malformations.
Case report. STEVEN D. CHANG, GARY K. STEINBERG, MARSHAL ROSARIO, REBECCA S. CROWLEY, AND ROBERT F.
HEVNER ..
Isolated straight sinus ‘and deep cerebral venous thrombosis: successful treatment with local infusion of urokinase.
Case report. CHAD A. HOLDER, D. ANTONIO BELL, ANDREA L. LUNDELL, JOHN L. ULMER, AND STEVEN S. GLAZIER.
Diagnosis of brain abscess by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Report of two cases. IRENE MART{NEZ-PEREZ, ANGEL
Moreno, JuLi ALonso, Jesis AGUAS, GERARD CONESA, ANTONI CAPDEVILA, AND CARLES ARUS
Secondary multiple intracranial hydatid cysts caused by intracerebral embolism of cardiac echinococcosis: an
exceptional case of hydatidosis. Case report. MEHMET TURGUT, KEMAL BENLi, AND MUZAFFER ERYILMAZ .... .
Dural inversion procedure for moyamoya disease. Technical note. ROBERT C. DAUSER, GERALD F. TUITE, AND CHARLES
W. McCLUGGAGE
Balloon-assisted coil placement in wide-necked aneurysms. Technical note. Davip I. Levy AND ANDREW KU .
Repositioning of the vertebral artery as treatment for neurovascular compression syndromes. Technical note.
GHASSAN K. BEJJANI AND LALIGAM N. SEKHAR
CASE AND TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATIONS:
Proximal long fenestration associated with an internal carotid artery aneurysm. Case illustration. KIRSTEN
SCHMIEDER, MARKUS HARDENACK, AND ALBRECHT HARDERS.....0.0 c.e c.ec.e c.e c.ece.c .cec.e .eec.ec.ece s
Movable oil in the brain: intracranial ruptured dermoid tumors. Case illustration. Kosi YosHiMoTO, SHUNJI NISHIO,
SATOSHI SUZUKI, MASASHI FUKUI, AND KANEHIRO HASUO
Fluoroscopy of programmable cerebrospinal fluid shunt valve settings. Technical illustration. BRUCE A. KAUFMAN,
CHRISTOPHER J. MORAN, AND JAMES SCHLESINGER
Book REVIEWS
Journal of Neurosurgery
May 1997, Volume 86, Number 5
CLINICAL ARTICLES:
Carboplatin and vincristine chemotherapy for children with newly diagnosed progressive low-grade gliomas. ROGER J. PACKER,
JOANNE ATER, JEFFREY ALLEN, PETER PHILLIPS, RUSSELL Geyer, H. STACY NICHOLSON, REGINA JAKACKI, ELIZABETH KURCZYNSKI,
MICHAEL NEEDLE, JONATHAN FINLAY, GREGORY REAMAN, AND JAMES M. BoyYeTT
Prediction of posterior fossa tumor type in children by means of magnetic resonance image properties, spectroscopy, and nouvel
networks. JEFFREY E. ARLE, CRAIG Morriss, ZHIYUE J. WANG, ROBERT A. ZIMMERMAN, PETER G. PHILLIPS, AND LESLIE N. SUTTON.
Ultrasound-tailored functional hemispherectomy for surgical control of seizures in children. PAUL M. KANEV, CATHERINE M. FOLEY,
AND DAN MILES :
Fibrinolytic parameters as an odututen srupeeits enter of ar injury in patients who talk ont detectuante. HIROSHI
TAKAHASHI, TETSUME! URANO, YUMIKO TAKADA, NOBUO NAGAI, AND AKIKAZU TAKADA
Evaluation of the transient hyperemic response test in head-injured patients. PiioTR SMIELEWSKI, MiranK CZOSNYKA, PETER KIRK-
PATRICK, AND JOHN D. PICKARD
Intravenous insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF- 1 iinn a mimatetnenen head injury: a Phase Il safety and efficacy trial. Jimmi
HATTON, ROBERT P. RAPP, KENNETH A. Kupsk, REx O. Brown, MARK S. Luer, JULIE G. BUKAR, SHARON A. CHEN, CRAG J.M CCLAIN,
Nei. GESUNDHEIT, ROBERT J. DEMPSEY, AND BYRON YOUNG ;
Results of surgery for head and neck tumors that involve the carotid artery at the skull base. MicHAeL H. BRISMAN, CHANDRANATH
SEN, AND PETER CATALANO
Long-term prognosis for atypical _ maflaneete meningiomas: a naly of n coped cases. LUCIO PALMA, PAOLO CELLI, CARMINE
FRANCO, LuiGi CERVONI, AND GIAMPAOLO CANTORE :
Surgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformation: risks related to lenticulostriate arterial super. MICHAEL K. Mannan, KATHARINE
J. DRUMMOND, VERITY GRINNELL, AND WILLIAM SORBY
Hemodynamic and metabolic disturbances in patients with ttvensaniel auntea rteriovenous fistulas: gudieen emission tomog-
raphy evaluation before and after treatment. Toru IwAMA, NoBuo HASHIMOTO, YASUSHI TAKAGI, MICHIHIRO TANAKA, SATOSHI
YAMAMOTO, SHOGO NISHI, AND KOHEI HAYASHIDA
The widened retrolabyrinthine approach: a new concept in acoustic neuroma surgery. VINCENT on ZET, JEAN GUERIN, NAAMAN
AOQUAD, JAROMIR DUTKIEWICZ, ALEXANDER W. BLAYNEY, AND JEAN-PIERRE BEBEAR wide’
Petrous apex cholesterol granulomas: evolution and management. Mark B. EISENBERG, GEORGE yanoen, AND OSSAMA AL-MEFTY .
Effect of transluminal angioplasty on cerebral blood flow in the management of symptomatic vasospasm following aneurysmal
subarachnoid hemorrhage. ANDREW D. FiRLIik, ANTHONY M. KAUFMANN, CHARLES A. JUNGREIS, AND HOWARD YONAS.......
Hydroxyurea for treatment of unresectable and recurrent meningiomas. II. Decrease in the size of meningiomas in patients
treated with hydroxyurea. Uwe M. H. SCHRELL, MICHAEL G. RiTTIG, MARC ANDERS, Uwe H. Kocu, ROLF MARSCHALEK, FRANKLIN
KIESEWETTER, AND RUDOLF FAHLBUSCH .. .
LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS:
Hydroxyurea for treatment of unresectable and recurrent meningiomas. I. Inhibition of primary human meningioma cells in
culture and in meningioma transplants by induction of the apoptotic pathway. Uwe M. H. SCHRELL, MICHAEL G. RITTIG, MARC
ANDERS, FRANKLIN KIESEWETTER, ROLF MARSCHALECK, Uwe H. KocH, AND RUDOLF FAHLBUSCH .
Clonality of multiple meningiomas. ARMIN P. STANGL, RUTH WELLENREUTHER, Doris LENARTZ, JURGEN A. —_A us, ANIL G. MENON,
JOHANNES SCHRAMM, OTMAR D. WIESTLER, AND ANDREAS VON DEIMLING
Effects of intraluminal or extraluminal endothelin on perfused rabbit basilar arteries. SHUJI KAZUKI, ‘RasoOuma, RYUSUKE OGAWA,
MaSAo Tsusi, You! TAMURA, YASUSHI YOSHIZAKI, AND TAKASHI TAKASE .............
Spatial pattern of type I collagen expression in injured peripheral nerve. RAHUL K. NATH, SUSAN E. MACKINNON, Jom N. inant,
AND WILLIAM C. PARKS
Potential efficacy of basic fibroblast musth factor tennapnnnedt in biodegradable hydrogels for skull bone aaentien, KEISUKE
YAMADA, YASUHIKO TABATA, KAZUO YAMAMOTO, SUSUMU MIYAMOTO, IZUMI NAGATA, HARUHIKO KIKUCHI, AND YOSHITO IKADA.
Paradoxical effects of acute ethanolism in experimental brain injury. DANIEL F. KELLY, STEFAN M. Lee, PATTY A. PINANONG, AND
Davip A. HovDa
Case REPORTS AND TECHNICAL NOTE:
Epstein-Barr virus—associated dural leiomyosarcoma in a man infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Case report. SUSAN
MORGELLO, ANGELIKI KOTSIANTI, JEFFREY P. GUMPRECHT, AND FRANK MOORE..............2-000000000000 s
Erdheim—Chester disease of the central nervous system. Report of two cases. RAMESH P. BABU, THOMAS A. LANSEN, AMY CHADBURN,
AND SAMUEL S. KASOFF
Bilateral superior ophthalmic vein enlargement associated with diffuse content ondiieg, —— of 11 cases. Ronit K. KHANNA,
CHRISTOPHER J. PHAM, GHAUS M. MALIK, Eric M. SpiCKLER, BHARAT MEHTA, AND MARK L. ROSENBLUM
Lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma with clinical resemblance to inflammatory pseudotumor. Report of two cases. TOSHIAKI
YAMAKI, TATSURU IKEDA, YASUO SAKAMOTO, MASAFUMI OHTAKI, AND KAZUO HASHI
A burr hole button to secure the electrode cable in depth electrode placement. Technical note. TosHiFUMI KAMIRYO AND EDWARD
R. Laws, Jr. ..
CASE ILLUSTRATION:
Syringomyelia associated with a posterior fossa cyst. Illustration of two cases. TOMOO TOKIME, SHINICHIRO OKAMOTO, SEN YAMAGATA,
AND TSUNEKI KONISHI .
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Journal of Neurosurgery
June 1997, Volume 86, Number 6
CLINICAL ARTICLES:
Stereotactic biopsy of nonpolar tumors in the dominant hemisphere: a prospective study of effects on praueed functions. ANN-
MARIE THOMSON, ROBERT TAYLOR, DIANE FRASER, AND IAN R. WHITTLE . .
Prospective study of zero drift in fiberoptic pressure monitors used in clinical practice. Ses BAveTTA, JOHN S. Nenam, “Mic HELLE
Wyatt, Joun C. SUTCLIFFE, AND PETER J. HAMLYN
Long-term improvement in patients with severe Parkinson’s Gun afteri mplantation of fetal ventral sesneneusiaiie tissue
in a cavity of the caudate nucleus: 5-year follow up in 10 patients. Juan J. LOpez-LozaNno, GONZALO BRAVO, BEGONA BRERA,
ISABEL MILLAN, Jose DARGALLO, JAVIER SALMEAN, Jose UriA, JOSE INSAUSTI, AND THE CLINICA PUERTA DE HiERRO NEURAL TRANS-
PLANTATION GROUP
Anaplastic ependymoma: treatment of pediatric patients with or without craniospinal radiation therapy. THOMAS E banc HANT,
Tont HaipA, MING-Hst—EN WANG, JONATHAN FINLAY, AND STEVEN A. LEIBEL . .
Basilar invagination in osteogenesis imperfecta and related RRC KranNn medical and ——- management. PAUL
D. SAWIN AND ARNOLD H. MENEZES ;
Radiological and anatomical evaluation of the atlantoaxial ommestinden screw fixation entndape. At! ABou MADAWI, ADRIAN
T. H. Casey, Guirish A. SOLANKI, GERALD Turre, ROBERT VERES, AND H. ALAN CROCKARD. are wen
Revision of anterior cervical pseudarthrosis with anterior ieee fusion and plating. DomAGos Coric, CHARLES L. BRANCH,
Jr., AND JEFFREY D. JENKINS ;
Management of postoperative infections after spinal instrumentation. ALLAN D. O. Levi, cU RTIS A. Be KMAN, AND VOLKER K.
H. SONNTAG =~ ;
Primary reconstruction for spinal infections. DONALD D. Die TZE, la, RicH ARD G. FESSLER, AND R. PATRICK laces .
Multilevel anterior cervical corpectomy and fibular allograft fusion for cervical myelopathy. R. Loc MACDONALD, MICHAEL
G. FeHLincs, CHARLES H. TaTtor, ANDRES LOZANO, J. Ross FLEMING, FRED GENTILI, MARK BERNSTEIN, M. CHRIS WALLACE, AND
RONALD R. TASKER
.ABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS:
Chymopapain-induced reduction of proinflammatory phospholipase A, activity and amelioration of neuropathic behavioral
changes in an in vivo model ofa cute sciatica. PauL D. Sawin, VINCENT C. TRAYNELIS, GRETCHEN Rich, BRUCE A. SMITH, TIMOTHY
J. MAvesS, KENNETH A. FOLLETT, AND STEVEN A. Moort
Reduction of spinal cord injury by administration of iloprost, a stablep usnatinandie en Yust TAOKA, KENJI OKAJIMA, MITSUHIRO
UcnHIBA, KAZUNORI MURAKAMI, NAOAKI HARADA, MASAYOSHI JOHNO, MASAKUNI NARUO, HIROAKI OKABE, AND KIYOSHI TAKATSUKI.
Development of a dural substitute from synthetic bioabsorbable polymers. KeEisuKE YAMADA, SUSUMU MiyAMorTo, IZUMI NAGATA,
HARUHIKO KIKUCHI, YOSHITO IKADA, Hiroo IWATA, AND KAZUO YAMAMOTO
“ASE REPORTS AND TECHNICAL NOTES:
Inadequate PAX-/ gene expression as a cause of agenesis of the thoracolumbar won with failure of ie Case report.
BENJAMIN C. LOPEZ, KAROLY M. DAvip, AND H. ALAN CROCKARD. .
Calcium carbonate apatite deposition in the cervical spine with associated vertebral \doatreaiien, |Ca se report. JEFFREY G. OJEMANN,
Rosert L. Gruss, MICHAEL KYRIAKOS, AND Kim B. BAKER cad
Synovial cyst and degeneration of the transverse ligament: an unusual cause eof high cunteed myelopathy. Case sates PATRICK
FRANSEN, GIAN PAOLO PizZOLATO, PHILIPPE OTTEN, ALAIN REVERDIN, RENE LAGIER, AND NICOLAS DE TRIBOLET
Rotational occlusion of the vertebral artery caused by transverse process hyperrotation and unilateral apophyseal joint sub-
luxation. Case report. TEeTSURO KAWAGUCHI, SHIGEKIYO FusiTa, KOHKICHI Hosopa, Yusi SHIBATA, MASAKI IWAKURA, AND NoRIHIKO
TAMAKI
Saphenous vein graft bypass of the sigmoid sinus a came bulb Gute the mamal of cum Stun tumors. Reportoo f
two cases. LALIGAM N. SEKHAR, Fotios N. Tzortzipis, GHASSAN K. BEJJANI, AND DAviD A. SCHESSEI ;
Multifocal noninfectious granulomatous encephalitis in a child. Case report. Topp M. Lasner, Lestie N. SuTTON, AND Lucy B.
RORKE
Craniopharyngioma arising de novo in middle age. Case oneet Marc S. ARGINTEANU, KARIN HAGUE, ROBERT
ZIMMERMAN, MARK J. KUPERSMITH, JOHN H. SHAIU, JOHN SCHAEFFER, AND KALMON D. Post.
Solitary fibrous tumor of the meninges. Case report and review of the literature. RICHARD A. PRAYSON, JAMES T. MCMAHON,
AND GENE H. BARNETT
Selective cochlear neurotomy in the cerebellopontine cistern using5 decteegigutinaiet nines ina outlet with intractable
tinnitus. Case report. HirosHi Ryu, Seui YAMAMOTO, KENJI SUGIYAMA, AND KENICHI UEMURA.
Direct brainstem recording of auditory evoked potentials during vestibular schwannoma resection: nuclear BAE P P recording
Technical note and preliminary results. CoRDULA MATTHIES AND MApsip SAMI
Ventriculofemoroatrial shunt: a viable alternative for the treatment of hydrocephalus. Technical note. MATTHEW F. PHILIPs,
STEVEN B. SCHWARTZ, ALEXANDER D. SOUTTER, AND LESLIE N. SUTTON
Case ILLUSTRATION:
Serial magnetic resonance imaging of delayed radiation necrosis treated with dexamethasone. Case illustration. Eui TADA, KENGO
MATSUMOTO, MINORU NAKAGAWA, TAKASHI TAMIYA, TOMOHISA FURUTA, AND TAKASHI OHMOTO .
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