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Diffusion and perfusion MRI in patients with ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms treated by endovascular coiling: complications, procedural results, MR findings and clinical outcome
Our purpose was to evaluate treatment safety as well as complications frequency and management in endovascular coiling of intracerebral aneurysms using MR diffusion and perfusion imaging. In this prospective s...
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Selective diagnostic cervical nerve root block – correlation with clinical symptoms and MRI-pathology
Background. The aim of this study is to describe the method of a cervical selective diagnostic nerve root block (SNRB) technique and assess its ability to correlate clinical symptoms with...
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Effects of Iso- and Hypervolemic Hemodilution on Regional Cerebral Blood Flow and Oxygen Delivery for Patients with Vasospasm after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
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Transcranial Cerebral Oximetry Related to Transcranial Doppler After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
Noninvasive methods for detecting cerebral artery vasospasm, still a serious complication following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage, are of vital interest. Up-to-date transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD)...
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Fusion or stabilization alone for acute distractive flexion injuries in the mid to lower cervical spine?
Long-term pain problems and residual restricted mobility were evaluated for patients sustaining acute distractive flexion injuries to the cervical spine. To assess which of two alternative surgical approaches ...
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SPECT with technetium-99m-HMPAO in relation to late cognitive outcome after surgery for ruptured cerebral aneurysms
Fifteen patients with a good neurological outcome after aneurysmal SAH and surgery were collected prospectively. Six months after surgery neurological examination and a SPECT study for evaluation of the three ...
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Intracerebral microdialysis of glutamate after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Increased Levels of Glutamate in Patients with Subarachnoid Haemorrhage as Measured by Intracerebral Microdialysis
Cerebral ischemia associated with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) may have severe consequences for neuronal function leading to reversible or permanent neurological deficits. The excitatory amino acid neurotran...
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Occipito-cervical fixation in rheumatoid arthritis — an analysis of surgical risk factors in 163 patients
163 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and atlanto-axial subluxation treated by posterior occipito-cervical fixation (OCF) over a period of twenty-one years (November 1970–January 1991) were followed. Com...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
In a study from 1950 [1] it was concluded that 60% of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) soon or later die from the lesion, while 20% become permanently disabled and only 20% have a chance of making a...
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Bovine bone grafting in occipito-cervical fusion for atlanto-axial instability in rheumatoid arthritis
Bovine bone chips (Surgibone®) were used in occipito-cervical fusion in nine patients with atlanto-axial instability due to rheumatoid arthritis. The patients were examined with CT 12–15 months after surgery.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Calcium Antagonist in Aneurysmal SAH
In a prospective study, with participation of five of the six neurosurgical centers in Sweden, all patients with a verified aneurysmal SAH were included. A uniform management protocol including ultra-early ref...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Calcium Channel Blockade in Cerebral Vasospasm
In aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), aside from the direct effect of the initial bleed, most of the death and disability can be traced to rebleeding and/ or ischemic deterioration (“cerebral vasospasm”...
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Recent Advances in the Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Four hundred years ago the French philosopher Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), regarding the usual attitude of the scientific world towards new ideas and achievements, noticed:
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Cerebrovascular and Cerebral Effects of Nimodipine — an Update
A survey is given on the vascular and neuronal effects of calcium antagonists under physiological and pathological conditions. Special emphasis is put on vasospasm caused by subarachnoid haemorrhage and on pos...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Intracranial aneurysms are small outpouchings from the cerebral arteries on the base of the brain. These treacherous lesions rarely give rise to symptoms before rupture. The incidence of aneurysmal subarachnoi...