Spinal accessory schwannoma mimicking a tumor of the fourth ventricle: case reportRyu Kurokawa
Department of Neurological Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo 160 8582, Japan
Neurosurgery 54:510-4; discussion 514. 2004
..To our knowledge, this is the first report of a spinal accessory schwannoma mimicking a tumor of the fourth ventricle...
- Surgical treatment of temporal bone chondroblastoma
Ryu Kurokawa
Department of Neurological Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160 8582, Japan
Surg Neurol 63:265-8; discussion 268. 2005
..However, the literature provides little information regarding long-term results after wide resection of temporal bone chondroblastoma...
- Spinal arachnoid cyst causing paraplegia following skull base surgery
Ryu Kurokawa
Department of Neurological Surgery, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 46:309-12. 2006
..Neurosurgeons should be alert to the possibilities of insidious spinal lesion if the patient has progressive neurological disorder which does not match the known cranial lesion...
Limaprost alfadex, a prostaglandin E1 derivative, prevents deterioration of forced exercise capability in rats with chronic compression of the spinal cordRyu Kurokawa
Department of Neurosurgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 36:865-9. 2011
..Basic animal research...
- Myoarchitectonic spinolaminoplasty: efficacy in reconstituting the cervical musculature and preserving biomechanical function
Phyo Kim
Department of Neurosurgery, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochighi, Japan
J Neurosurg Spine 7:293-304. 2007
..The details of this technique are described, and the efficacy of the technique in conserving muscle volume, alignment, and motion, as well as in preventing postoperative musculoskeletal discomfort, is assessed...
- Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the dura mimicking petroclival meningioma--case report
Shigeo Ohba
Department of Neurosurgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 44:317-20. 2004
..The final diagnosis of the tumor depends on the histological findings. However, careful monitoring of the patient's course is very important to detect rapid growth of metastases...
- Selective intraarterial injection of ICG for fluorescence angiography as a guide to extirpate perimedullary arteriovenous fistulas
Shinji Yamamoto
Department of Neurosurgery, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 154:457-63. 2012
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- Technical advancements and utilization of spine surgery--international disparities in trend-dynamics between Japan, Korea, and the USA
Phyo Kim
Neurologic Surgery, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 50:853-8. 2010
..Medico-socioeconomic conditions underlying the variations are discussed. Adequate surgeon training has to be supplied in a matched volume, and the number of surgeons to balance the need is estimated...
