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 | Kestle, John R. W.; Walker, Marion L. | Noncommunicating spinal extradural arachnoid cyst causing spinal cord compression in a child | Extradural arachnoid cysts in the spine are relatively uncommon causes of spinal cord compression in the pediatric population that are thought to arise from congenital defects in the dura mater. Most reports describe such cysts communicating with the intrathecal subarachnoid space through a small de... | 2006 | |
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 | Kestle, John R. W. | Response to editorial: summer shunting | We thank Dr. Scott for his review and comments about our report of shunt surgery complications in the summer. He makes two very good points. Clearly, different databases are suited for different purposes, and the NIS database used in the study by Smith and colleagues is well suited to evaluating t... | 2006 | |
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 | Kestle, John R. W.; Walker, Marion L. | Retained peritoneal shunt tubing causing hematuria | This 14-year-old boy with congenital hydrocephalus underwent initial shunt placement shortly after birth. During his first 6 years of life, multiple ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt revisions were performed to address seven shunt malfunctions and one shunt infection (Staphylococcus epidermidis). Dur... | 2006 | |
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 | Kestle, John R. W. | Sporadic osteochondroma of the cervical spine | Osteochondroma is the most common benign tumor of bone, but axial skeleton involvement is uncommon and usually indicates a hereditary cause such as osteochondromatosis (hereditary multiple exostosis). 1 Approximately 7% of hereditary osteochondromas occur along the vertebral column, which is double... | 2006 | |
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 | Couldwell, William T.; Apfelbaum, Ronald I. | Decompression of cavernous sinus meningioma for preservation and improvement of cranial nerve function | Meningiomas are the most common tumors affecting the cavernous sinus (CS). Despite advances in microsurgery and radiosurgery, treatment of CS meningiomas remains difficult and controversial. As in cases of other meningiomas, the goal of treatment for CS meningioma is long-term growth control and pre... | 2006-07 | |
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 | Couldwell, William T. | Photophobia in a blind patient: an alternate visual pathway | Photophobia is a common neurological and ophthalmological symptom that has been associated with a growing number of neurosurgical conditions, especially compressive lesions. The exact signaling pathways and neurophysiological features of the disorder are not well understood; however, data from mult... | 2006-11 | |
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 | Couldwell, William T. | Pituitary apoplexy in the magnetic resonance imaging era: clinical significance of sphenoid sinus mucosal thickening | Object. The authors report their experience with pituitary apoplexy and evaluate the clinical significance of sphenoid sinus mucosal thickening found on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Methods. The cases of 28 patients (19 males and nine females) with pituitary apoplexy were reviewed retrospectiv... | 2006-06 |
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