Current results of the surgical management of acoustic neuroma.

A retrospective analysis of 162 consecutive cases in 160 patients who underwent microsurgical resection of vestibular schwannomas between October 1995 and June 2001 was undertaken to compare the results with those of other treatment modalities. Patient hospital records, operative video pictures, neuroimaging studies, audiograms, and follow-up data were reviewed. The mean follow-up period was 24 months.

The history of neurosurgery at Temple University.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY'S NEUROSURGERY program has had a colorful and distinguished history since its creation in 1929. It has always functioned under challenging circumstances with limited resources but with a strong sense of mission. It was one of the 20 neurosurgical training programs in existence when the American Board of Neurosurgery was founded in 1940.

Proficiency in neurosurgery.

This evaluation of proficiency is a comparison of other high performance occupations with neurosurgeons, an attempt to understand the minimal number of cases required for proficiency during both residency training and after, and the effect of human factors.

Cerebellopontine angle lipoma: case report.

Lipomas of the cerebellopontine angle are rare, although well described in the literature. A review of the literature with an emphasis on pathogenesis and management is presented.

Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular effects of the applied Valsalva manoeuvre in anaesthetized neurosurgical patients.

We examined the effects of Valsalva's manoeuvre and its four phase on heart rate, central venous pressure (CVP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), and laser Doppler cerebellar cortical blood flow (CBF). Brief Valsalva manoeuvres increased CVP and markedly decreased MAP. Cerebral perfusion pressure significantly (P < or = 0.