PATHOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL data from 56 patients operated on for craniopharyngioma
since 1981 were analyzed to determine the utility of dividing patients with this tumor into …

Object. The majority of intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCT) in children and young adults
are low-grade gliomas. Radical resection of similar tumors in the cerebral hemisphere or …

✓ Thirty-eight patients underwent surgery for an intramedullary spinal cord ependymoma. In
37 patients, postoperative magnetic resonance imaging confirmed that the tumor was totally …

Resection of intramedullary spinal cord tumors carries a high risk for surgical damage to the
motor pathways. This surgery is therefore optimal for testing the performance of …

OBJECTIVE: This is a prospective study of the methodology and clinical applications of motor
evoked potentials (MEPs) during surgery for intramedullary spinal cord tumors. METHODS: …

The records of 58 patients with gangliogliomas surgically treated between January 1, 1980,
and June 30, 1990, were retrospectively reviewed in order to determine long-term survival, …

✓ In this series, 25 adult patients with intramedullary astrocytomas were treated by radical
excision alone. Six patients proved to have anaplastic astrocytoma; five of them died within …

✓ Over a 13-year period extending from 1980 to 1993, 27 children less than 3 years of age
underwent operation for removal of an intramedullary spinal cord tumor (IMSCT). The …

Intraoperative monitoring of the functional integrity of the spinal cord during removal of
intramedullary spinal cord lesions is an aid in intraoperative decision making and a primary tool …

Early surgery for isolated craniosynostosis is designed to improve morphology, to prevent
functional disturbances, and equally important, to enhance the psychosocial development of …