✓ In a consecutive series of 1930 carotid endarterectomies there were eight cases of
postoperative intracerebral hemorrhage. One of these patients was operated on 2 weeks following …

than a dozen companies are actively marketing or investigating stents in the United States.
In almost all studies directly comparing PTA and stents, the patency rate with stenting has …

Over the past 20 years, the diagnosis and management of brain abscess has been facilitated
by a number of technologic advances that have resulted in a significant reduction in …

OBJECTIVE: To conduct a pilot trial of mild intraoperative hypothermia during cerebral
aneurysm surgery. METHODS: One hundred fourteen patients undergoing cerebral aneurysm …

Object. Exogenous progesterone has been shown to reduce brain edema and ischemia-induced
cell damage and to improve physiological and neurological function during the early …

✓ Eleven patients with ankylosing spondylitis and traumatic fracture/dislocation of the spine
were identified in a retrospective review of all cases of cervical spine injury treated on the …

: Twenty-three of 538 patients undergoing elective craniotomy had a seizure within 24 hours
after operation. The lesion had been located extra-axially in 15 patients and intra-axially in …

✓ A dose-escalation study of the calcium ion entry blocking drug nicardipine was performed
using large dose infusions in 67 patients with recent aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage …

• Patients with long survival following cervical irradiation are at risk for accelerated carotid
atherosclerosis. The neurologic presentation in these patients mimics naturally occurring …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Several studies have been undertaken to validate quantitative
methods of evaluating cervical spinal stenosis. This study was performed to assess the …