J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  1983 Jun;12(2):169-182.

The Study on Experimental Brain Herniation

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2Department of Neurosurgery, Capital Armed Forces General Hospital, Korea.

Abstract

Cerebral herniations were successfully produced in experimental animals during the expansion of intracranial balloon or laminaria. Visualizing structures deep in the brain, cat's heads were instantaneously frozen with liquid nitrogen and were sectioned in the midline longitudinally. The cerebral herniations were assessed by measureing the distance between parts of various anatomical structures on the brain in mid-sagittal sectional plane. Transtentorial rostrocaudal herniation of the brain stem was evident and more marked in the group of bilateral lesions than in the groups of frontal and temporal lesions. Infratentorial lesions produced transtentorial upward herniation of a part of anterior cerebellar vermis and downward herniation of the cerebellar tonsil through the foramen magnum. The risk of brain herniation was noted to be greater in rapid expanding lesions with balloon than the more slowly developing lesions with laminaria.

Keyword

Cerebral herniations; Balloon; Laminaria

MeSH Terms

Animals
Brain Stem
Brain*
Foramen Magnum
Head
Laminaria
Nitrogen
Palatine Tonsil
Nitrogen
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