{"title":"[Clinico-electrophysiologic studies of the spastic syndrome and its neurosurgical treatment in patients with spinal cord lesions].","authors":"A V Livshits, G M Volkov, V B Gel'fand","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors analyse the results of surgical treatment of spastics in 15 patients with spinal cord lesions. The results of a dynamic, neurological and electrophysiological examinations permit to draw several conclusions on the mechanisms of spasticity and its elimination by surgery. A restoration of reflex activity in the absence of the spastic syndrome is considered by the authors as a favourable result of the operation.</p>","PeriodicalId":76814,"journal":{"name":"Voprosy neirokhirurgii","volume":" 5","pages":"36-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12195800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Relationship between combined injuries of the skull and chest and the type of the injury].","authors":"A A Kromm","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76814,"journal":{"name":"Voprosy neirokhirurgii","volume":" 5","pages":"22-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12195793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T M Sergienko, G S Danilenko, L N Zozulia, O A Tsimeĭko, S G Dunaevskaia
{"title":"[Correlation of the angiographic, ophthalmologic and rheoencephalographic indices of the cerebral circulation in severe craniocerebral injuries].","authors":"T M Sergienko, G S Danilenko, L N Zozulia, O A Tsimeĭko, S G Dunaevskaia","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The results of a study of cerebral haemodynamisc in 54 patients with severe craniocerebral injuries in the acute period and in the course of the lesion are presented. Ophthalmological, angiographic, and theoehcephalographic examinations were conducted. Distinct cerebral blood flow disorders were revealed in various cerebral vessels, consisting in a considerable increase of their tonicity, even as high as spasm, shifts, decelerations of the blood flow. Correlations between the indices of different methods were established.</p>","PeriodicalId":76814,"journal":{"name":"Voprosy neirokhirurgii","volume":" 4","pages":"16-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12163158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Ultrastructure of the cellular patches of the arachnoid membrane of the human brain (concerning the origin of the arachnoid-endothelial cleavages of the cerebral dura mater). Electron microscopic study].","authors":"G F Dobrovol'skiĭ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The ultrastructure of cellular spots was studied--growths of the external arachnoidendothelial layer of the arachnoid membrane of the human cerebral hemispheres. The peculiarities of their ultrastructure depending on the stage of their development were revealed. \"Young\", cellular spots were formed by accumulations of osmiophobic round-shaped cells that are lined from the outside by osmiophilic cells like the whole of the arachnoid membrane surface. \"Mature\" cellular spots contain great number of oxmiophobic (viable) cells located in a immediate proximity of the subdural space, and they form the main source of viable arachnoidenodthelial cells found in the subdural fluid. The author believes that these cells penetrate together with the subdural fluid flow into the dura mater where, under specific conditions, they may become a source of arachnoidendothelial chippings.</p>","PeriodicalId":76814,"journal":{"name":"Voprosy neirokhirurgii","volume":" 4","pages":"47-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12166532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Significance of changesin the topography of the superior cerebellar artery in the angiographic diagnosis of tumors of the posterior cranial fossa (II)].","authors":"V A Baliazin, A F Savchenko, Iu V Trinitatskiĭ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Typical shifts of the superior cerebellar artery and its segments were studied in 67 vertebral angiogrammes showing 33 acoustic neurinomas, 7 meningiomas of the cerebellopontile angle, 13 cerebellar hemispheres tumours, 10 pontile tumours and 4 meningiomas of the free margin of the tentorium. The rationale of accounting for the angiographic symptom complexes typical for acoustic neurinomas with varying directions of growth were singled out.</p>","PeriodicalId":76814,"journal":{"name":"Voprosy neirokhirurgii","volume":" 4","pages":"41-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12266975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Treatment of neurogenic micturition disorders by section of the pudendal nerves in patients with spinal and spinal cord injuries].","authors":"I D Virozub, V I Chernovskiĭ","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Surgical interventions on the pudendal nerves were undertaken in 16 patients with neurogenic disorders in micturition due to spinal cord injuries on different levels of the latter. The operations were performed after careful examinations of the patients and a preliminary novacain block of the nerves in question. A modified approach to the pudendal nerves was employed. Satisfactory results were achieved in 14 patients: spontaneous micturition was restored, the volume of residual urine was significantly reduced. A stable good result in the late follow-up period was observed in 12 patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":76814,"journal":{"name":"Voprosy neirokhirurgii","volume":" 4","pages":"6-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12166537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Debatable questions concerning the surgery of lumbar osteochondrosis].","authors":"A I Osna","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Three tendencies exist at present in the surgical management of lumbar osteochondrosis: orthopedic treatment aimed at stabilizing the vertebral segment (the procedure of choice being anterior total disectomy with vertebral intercorporal spondilodesis), neurosurgical treatment striving to decompress the nervous structures clinched by the disc, osteal growth, scars, and a combined management achieving both of the above purposes. Proceeding from an analysis of two thousand operations performed within 20 years the author concludes that each of the mentioned methods has its merits and indications depending on the stage of osteochondrosis. The neurosurgical procedures appear to be most often used.</p>","PeriodicalId":76814,"journal":{"name":"Voprosy neirokhirurgii","volume":" 4","pages":"3-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12163155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Neuro-ophthalmologic and otoneurologic sequelae of injuries to the skull and brain].","authors":"I I Kamalov, Iu E Batmanov","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An examination was conducted in 310 persons surviving injuries of the scull and brain of varying severity. In 146 patients the acuity of vision, pupil reactions, the oculomotor function of the nerves, visual fields and ocular fundus were examined, employing florescent angiography in some cases: and in 164 patients the state of the acoustic and vestibular analyzers was studied. The neuro-ophthalmological sequelae of scull and brain injuries manifested themselves mainly in disorders of the acuity of vision and in alterations of the fields of vision, those of the ocular fundus being less distinct. Injuries of different levels of the acoustic and vestibular analyzers depended on the nature of the injury of the scull bones.</p>","PeriodicalId":76814,"journal":{"name":"Voprosy neirokhirurgii","volume":" 4","pages":"21-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12166533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Meningo-cerebral adhesions and the possibility of prevention during plastic replacement of meningeal defects (experimental study)].","authors":"N Sh Meskhiia","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A study of the causes and conditions of formation of meningeal adhesions, as well as of the possibilities of their prevention by replacement of the meningeal defects with cold-preserved homografts of fresh auto- and homografts, and synthetic film \"Fluoroplast-4\", as practised in 50 experiments in 46 dogs, has demonstrated that the adhesive process depends on the presence and intensity of brain and meningeal injuries. The possibility of preventing the formation of adhesions was shown to be independent of the type of the plastic material used. The adhesive processes are equally manifest in all methods of plastic repair. Neither do they depend on the method of connecting the transplant with the edges of the meningeal defect. The employment of the \"Cyacrine\" tissue adhesive causes grosser adhesions. Alloplastic repair is inferior to homoplastic with suturing the margin of the meningeal defect to the transplant, since it does not permit a tight closure of the subdural space.</p>","PeriodicalId":76814,"journal":{"name":"Voprosy neirokhirurgii","volume":" 4","pages":"37-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12166535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Stereotaxic surgery of temporal lobe epilepsy].","authors":"V V Skriabin, B N Beĭn, E V Ivanov","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Forty patients with temporal epilepsy were operated on with a stereotaxic technique. Eleven patients had a unilateral localization of the epileptic focus, and in 29 bitemporal foci were diagnosed. In evaluating the results of the treatment the dynamics of the epileptic fits, the peculiarities of changes in the mental status, and the degree of social adaptation were taken into consideration. A postoperative improvement was achieved in 73% of the patients with monotemporal lesions, while in those with bitemporal epilepsy and distinct persistent mental disorders the state was improved in 44% of the cases. Indications for the choice of the zone of destruction depending on the clinical peculiarities of the lesion are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":76814,"journal":{"name":"Voprosy neirokhirurgii","volume":" 4","pages":"9-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1976-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12166543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}