Choosing the right operation for metastatic spinal tumours is often difficult, and depends on
many factors, including life expectancy and the balance of the risk of surgery against the …

The authors’ group has developed a new surgical technique of spondylectomy (vertebrectomy)
called “total en bloc spondylectomy” (TES). This technique is different from …

Recent stem cell technology provides a strong therapeutic potential not only for acute ischemic
stroke but also for chronic progressive neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's …

The adult brain is extremely vulnerable to various insults. The recent discovery of neural
progenitors in adult mammals, however, raises the possibility of repairing damaged tissue by …

Study Design. A new surgical strategy for treatment of patients with spinal metastases was
designed, and 61 patients were treated based on this strategy. Objectives. To propose a new …

… Based on anatomic studies on cadavers, Kawahara et al 11 demonstrated that blunt dissection
is less likely to damage the thoracic aorta between T1 to T4. The artery must be carefully …

We have developed a technique for total en bloc spondylectomy through a posterior approach
and now report our experience of 20 patients with a solitary or localised metastasis in the …

… Postoperative neurologic improvement rates in Group | (one-level fusion, n = 42), Group
ll (two-level fusion, n = 52), and Group lll (three-level fusion, n = 12). Patients in Group lll …

Neonatal hypoxic/ischemic (H/I) brain injury causes neurological impairment, including
cognitive and motor dysfunction as well as seizures. However, the molecular mechanisms …

Objective: RNF213 was recently reported as a susceptibility gene for moyamoya disease (MMD).
Our aim was to clarify the correlation between the RNF213 genotype and MMD …