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Acta Neurochirurgica

Issue 1/2024

Content (209 Articles)

Retraction Note

Retraction Note: Purine anti-metabolite attenuates nuclear factor κB and related pro-inflammatory cytokines in experimental vasospasm

Chih-Zen Chang, Shu-Chuan Wu, Chih-Long Lin, Shiuh-Lin Hwang, Aij-Lie Kwan

Duraplasty How I Do it

Laminoplasty with tented duraplasty for Hirayama disease

Steven Knafo, Nozar Aghakhani, Fabrice Parker

Artificial Intelligence Original Article

Deep learning-based video-analysis of instrument motion in microvascular anastomosis training

Taku Sugiyama, Hiroyuki Sugimori, Minghui Tang, Yasuhiro Ito, Masayuki Gekka, Haruto Uchino, Masaki Ito, Katsuhiko Ogasawara, Miki Fujimura

Laparoscopy Review Article

To assess the safety of laparoscopy in patients with CSF catheters draining distally into the abdomen

Muhammad Shahzad, Balint Borbas, Agbolahan Sofela, Samiul Muquit

Open Access Schwannoma Original Article

Conservative or surgical management of orbital schwannomas: a population-based case series

Victor Gabriel El-Hajj, Aman Singh, Cecilia Norin, Erik Edström, Elin Bohman, Adrian Elmi-Terander

CT Angiography Original Article

Comparison of IMD and ICG videoangiography in combined bypass surgery: a single-center study

Runchuan Wang, Qingdong Han, Yanhong Yan, Bai Zhang, Yabo Huang, Pinjing Hui

Open Access Mini-review (by Invitation)

A critical moment in machine learning in medicine: on reproducible and interpretable learning

Olga Ciobanu-Caraus, Anatol Aicher, Julius M. Kernbach, Luca Regli, Carlo Serra, Victor E. Staartjes

Trigeminal Neuralgia Original Article

Repeat Gamma Knife radiosurgery for recurrent trigeminal neuralgia in patients with multiple sclerosis: a single-center retrospective study

Andrea Franzini, Piero Picozzi, Ali Baram, Pierina Navarria, Marta Scorsetti, Stefano Tomatis, Federico Pessina

How I Do it

Oculomotor nerve cavernous malformation: case report and operative video

Youssef M. Zohdy, Nealen G. Laxpati, Alejandra Rodas, Brian M. Howard, Gustavo Pradilla, Tomas Garzon-Muvdi

Open Access Computed Tomography Original Article

Acute evacuation of 54 intracerebral hematomas (aICH) during the microsurgical clipping of a ruptured middle cerebral artery bifurcation aneurysm—illustration of the individual clinical courses and outcomes with a serial brain CT/MRI panel until 12 months

Anniina H. Autio, Juho Paavola, Joona Tervonen, Maarit Lång, Antti-Pekka Elomaa, Terhi J. Huuskonen, Jukka Huttunen, Virve Kärkkäinen, Mikael von Und Zu Fraunberg, Antti E. Lindgren, Timo Koivisto, Jouni Kurola, Juha E. Jääskeläinen, Olli-Pekka Kämäräinen

Electroencephalography Original Article

Boltless nylon-suture technique for stereotactic electroencephalography as a safe, effective alternative when the anchor bolt is inappropriate

Manabu Mutoh, Satoshi Maesawa, Daisuke Nakatsubo, Tomotaka Ishizaki, Takafumi Tanei, Jun Torii, Yoshiki Ito, Miki Hashida, Ryuta Saito

Eagle jugular syndrome accompanied by de novo brainstem cavernous malformation: a case-based systematic review

Yasushi Motoyama, Hiromitsu Sasaki, Tsukasa Nakajima, Hiromichi Hayami, Ryuta Matsuoka, Kenji Fukutome, Rinsei Tei, Yasushi Shin, Shuta Aketa

Open Access Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Original Article

Stereotactic radiosurgery for brain arteriovenous malformations in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Eduardo Orrego González, Sean Runge, Georgios Mantziaris, Natasha Ironside, Jason P. Sheehan

Open Access Vestibular Schwannoma Original Article

Predictive value of facial motor–evoked potential and electromyography for facial motor function in vestibular schwannoma surgery

Kathrin Machetanz, Martin Roegele, Marina Liebsch, Linda Oberle, Eliane Weinbrenner, Mykola Gorbachuk, Sophie S. Wang, Marcos Tatagiba, Georgios Naros

Open Access Hydrocephalus Original Article

Predictors of shunt insertion in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage—a single-centre retrospective analysis

Tenna Capion, Alexander Lilja-Cyron, Markus Harboe Olsen, Kirsten Møller, Marianne Juhler, Tiit Mathiesen

Tuberculosis Original Article

Posterior fixation, anterior debridement and bone grafting in the treatment of thoracic and lumbar tuberculosis in children younger than 3 years of age

Shutao Gao, Yakefu Abulizi, Fulati Mamat, Mardan Mamat, Weidong Liang, Hailong Guo, Chuanhui Xun, Weibin Sheng

Sarcopenia Original Article

Factors influencing slippage after microsurgical single level lumbar spinal decompression surgery - Are the psoas and multifidus muscles involved? -

Naokado Ikeda, Kunio Yokoyama, Yutaka Ito, Hidekazu Tanaka, Makoto Yamada, Akira Sugie, Toshihiro Takami, Masahiko Wanibuchi, Masahiro Kawanishi

Aneurysm Case Report

Cortical perfusion measurements with laser speckle contrast imaging during adenosine induced cardiac arrest for aneurysm clipping: a case report

Alexis Dimanche, David Bervini, David R. Miller, Andreas Schär, Johannes Goldberg, Andreas Raabe, Andrew K. Dunn

Open Access Meningioma Mini-review (by Invitation)

Grading meningioma resections: the Simpson classification and beyond

Matthias Simon, Konstantinos Gousias

Open Access Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Original Article

Evaluation of FRESH scores in predicting outcome and quality of life after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in a European patient cohort

Björn B. Hofmann, Evgenia P. Gundlach, Igor Fischer, Sajjad Muhammad, Rainer Kram, Kerim Beseoglu, Jan F. Cornelius

Intracranial Aneurysm Original Article

Irreversible postoperative cognitive impairment after unruptured intracranial aneurysm treatment in the elderly

Kokyo Sakurada, Taichi Ikedo, Yuma Hosokawa, Shin Sugasawa, Koji Shimonaga, Yuji Kushi, Akihiro Niwa, Saya Ozaki, Etsuko Yamamoto Hattori, Eika Hamano, Kiyofumi Yamada, Hirotoshi Imamura, Hisae Mori, Koji Iihara, Hiroharu Kataoka

Open Access Lumbar Disc Herniation Original Article

Inferior long-term outcomes after surgery for lumbar disc herniation in patients with prior lumbar spine surgery

Miika Roiha, Johan Marjamaa, Jari Siironen, Anniina Koski-Palkén

Open Access Vestibular Schwannoma Original Article

Quality of life in patients after vestibular schwannoma surgery

Jan Lazak, Jan Betka, Eduard Zverina, Ales Vlasak, Marketa Bonaventurova, Zuzana Balatkova, Martin Kana, Zdenek Fik

Aneurysm Original Article

Risk factors of unruptured intracranial aneurysms instability in the elderly

Simin Wang, Jiewen Geng, Yadong Wang, Wenzhi Wang, Peng Hu, Chuan He, Hongqi Zhang

Open Access Glioma Original Article

Efficacy and safety of cysto-ventricular catheter implantation for space-occupying cysts arising from glioma and brain metastasis: a retrospective study

Sebastian Niedermeyer, Nicole A. Terpolilli, Pia Nerlinger, Jonathan Weller, Michael Schmutzer-Sondergeld, Stefanie Quach, Niklas Thon

Hypotension Case Report

Management of cervical CSF-venous fistula causing acute cognitive impairment and coma

Lalani Carlton Jones, Jan Hoffmann, Saamir Mohideen, Biba Stanton, Cristina Bleil, Tom Britton, Peter J. Goadsby, Bassel Zebian

Open Access Artificial Intelligence Original Article

Leveraging artificial intelligence in neurosurgery—unveiling ChatGPT for neurosurgical discharge summaries and operative reports

Daniel Dubinski, Sae-Yeon Won, Svorad Trnovec, Bedjan Behmanesh, Peter Baumgarten, Nazife Dinc, Juergen Konczalla, Alvin Chan, Joshua D. Bernstock, Thomas M. Freiman, Florian Gessler

Open Access Hydrocephalus Original Article

Evaluation of surgical treatment strategies and outcome for cerebral arachnoid cysts in children and adults

Michael Schmutzer-Sondergeld, Aylin Gencer, Sebastian Niedermeyer, Stefanie Quach, Veit M. Stoecklein, Nico Teske, Christian Schichor, Nicole Angela Terpolilli, Mathias Kunz, Niklas Thon

Original Article

Bone resorption around the annular closure device during a postoperative follow-up of 8 years

Abdugafur Sanginov, Aleksandr Krutko, Olga Leonova, Alexey Peleganchuk

A systematic review and update on diagnosis and treatment of new onset sacroiliac joint dysfunction after lumbar fusion

Helen Karimi, Rahul Rodrigues, Shrey Patel, Jainith Patel, Jacob Kosarchuk, James Kryzanski

Open Access Aneurysm Original Article

Stability of infundibular dilatations: a single center follow-up study and systematic review of the literature

Jeremias Tarkiainen, Liisa Pyysalo, Tero Hinkka, Juha-Pekka Pienimäki, Antti Ronkainen, Juhana Frösen

Carotid Endarterectomy Original Article

Local and systemic factors associated with quantitative stiffness of carotid plaque

Yuki Sakaeyama, Kosuke Kondo, Sayaka Terazono, Yutaka Fuchinoue, Shuhei Kubota, Masataka Mikai, Mitsuyoshi Abe, Nobuo Sugo, Takaaki Nagao, Masaaki Nemoto

Intraoperative ultrasonography in microsurgical resection of vestibular schwannomas via retrosigmoid approach: surgical technique and proof-of-concept illustrative case series

Alessandro Carretta, Stefanos Voglis, Christof Röösli, Diego Mazzatenta, Niklaus Krayenbühl, Alexander Huber, Luca Regli, Carlo Serra

Back Pain Original Article

Identification and decompression of superior cluneal nerve implicated in low back pain

Kenta Koketsu, Kyongsong Kim, Toyohiko Isu, Rinko Kokubo, Minoru Ideguchi, Riku Mihara, Yasuo Murai

Open Access Central Nervous System Trauma Original Article

Cerebrovascular reactivity (PRx) and optimal cerebral perfusion pressure in elderly with traumatic brain injury

Samuel Lenell, Teodor Svedung Wettervik, Timothy Howells, Anders Hånell, Anders Lewén, Per Enblad

Open Access Original Article

Critical ICP thresholds in relation to outcome: Is 22 mmHg really the answer?

Agnes C. Riparbelli, Tenna Capion, Kirsten Møller, Tiit I. Mathiesen, Markus H. Olsen, Axel Forsse

Open Access Case Report

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) as adjunct for planning laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) near eloquent structures

Ziad Rifi, Maya Harary, Patricia D. Walshaw, Andrew J. Frew, Richard G. Everson, Aria Fallah, Noriko Salamon, Won Kim

Original Article

Safety and efficacy of frameless stereotactic robot-assisted intraparenchymal brain lesion biopsies versus image-guided biopsies: a bicentric comparative study

Arthur Leclerc, Louise Deboeuf, Angela Elia, Oumaima Aboubakr, Martin Planet, Aziz Bedioui, Fréderick Rault, Maxime Faisant, Alexandre Roux, Giorgia Antonia Simboli, Alessandro Moiraghi, Thomas Gaberel, Johan Pallud, Evelyne Emery, Marc Zanello

How I Do it

O-arm guided minimally invasive resection of intrathoracic epidural schwannoma: how I do it

Pengcheng Xu, Baofeng Wang, Qingfang Sun, Liuguan Bian, Yuhao Sun

Open Access CSF Drainage Technical Note

Applied deep learning in neurosurgery: identifying cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt systems in hydrocephalus patients

Thomas Rhomberg, Felipe Trivik-Barrientos, Arsany Hakim, Andreas Raabe, Michael Murek

Vestibular Schwannoma Original Article

High-throughput RNA sequencing identifies the miRNA expression profile, target genes, and molecular pathways contributing to growth of sporadic vestibular schwannomas

Małgorzata Litwiniuk-Kosmala, Maria Makuszewska, Kazimierz Niemczyk, Robert Bartoszewicz, Bartosz Wojtas, Bartłomiej Gielniewski

Original Article

COMT and SCN9A gene variants do not contribute to chronic low back pain in Mexican-Mestizo patients

Tania Inés Nava-Bringas, Carlos Manuel Juaristi Manrique, Norma Celia González-Huerta, Eugenio Morales-Hernández, Antonio Miranda-Duarte

Open Access Case Report

Hirayama’s disease associated with cervical deformity and spinal cord compression: a case report from Sweden

Johan Wänman, Per Anders Persson, Lukas Bobinski

Open Access Intracranial Hypertension Original Article

Navigated bedside implantation of external ventricular drains with mobile health guidance: technical note and case series

Tarik Alp Sargut, Ulrich-Wilhelm Thomale, Matthias Schulz, Andreas Schaumann, Ulf Christoph Schneider, Simon Heinrich Bayerl, Philipp Spindler, Peter Vajkoczy, Kiarash Ferdowssian

Open Access Aphasia Original Article

Assessment of language lateralization in epilepsy patients using the super-selective Wada test

Kazuo Kakinuma, Shin-ichiro Osawa, Kazuto Katsuse, Hiroaki Hosokawa, Kazushi Ukishiro, Kazutaka Jin, Kuniyasu Niizuma, Teiji Tominaga, Hidenori Endo, Nobukazu Nakasato, Kyoko Suzuki

Aura Case Report

SEEG study of a rare male temporal lobe epilepsy with orgasmic aura originating from the right amygdala

Chunsheng Xia, Lanlan Wang, Dong Zhang, Longfei You, Yiming Zhang, Yinbao Qi, Xiang Liu, Ruobing Qian

Open Access Original Article

Two years of neurosurgical intraoperative MRI in Sweden - evaluation of use and costs

Magnus Kaijser, Henrik Frisk, Oscar Persson, Gustav Burström, Annika Suneson, Victor Gabriel El-Hajj, Michael Fagerlund, Erik Edström, Adrian Elmi-Terander

Open Access Lumbar Disc Herniation Original Article

Risk factors for prolonged length of stay after first single-level lumbar microdiscectomy

Leonard Ritter, Adrian Liebert, Thomas Eibl, Barbara Schmid, Hans-Herbert Steiner, Ghassan Kerry

Hypernatremia Original Article

Initial dysnatremia and clinical outcomes in pediatric traumatic brain injury: a multicenter observational study

Gawin Mai, Jan Hau Lee, Paula Caporal, Juan D. Roa G, Sebastián González-Dambrauskas, Yanan Zhu, Adriana Yock-Corrales, Qalab Abbas, Yasser Kazzaz, Dianna Sri Dewi, Shu-Ling Chong, Chin Seng Gan, Rujipat Samransamruajkit, Pei-Chuen Lee, Chunfeng Liu, Tao Zhang, Meixiu Ming, Hongxing Dang, Hiroshi Kurosawa, Mohannad Antar, Deborah M. Turina, Jesús A Domínguez-Rojas, Francisco J. Pilar-Orive, Willmer E. Diaz Villalobos, Ivan J. Ardila, Marisol Fonseca, Gabriela Aparicio, Juan C. Jaramillo-Bustamante, Thelma E. Teran, Nicolas Monteverde-Fernandez, María Miñambres Rodríguez, Freddy Israel Pantoja Chamorro, Deiby Lasso Noguera, Esteban Cerón, Natalia Gómez Arriola, Ruben Eduardo Lasso Palomino

Open Access Glioma Original Article

Distant recurrence in the cerebellar dentate nucleus through the dentato-rubro-thalamo-cortical pathway in supratentorial glioma cases

Masayuki Kanamori, Yohei Morishita, Yoshiteru Shimoda, Eiko Yamamori, Shiho Sato, Yoshinari Osada, Shin-Ichiro Osawa, Ichiyo Shibahara, Ryuta Saito, Yukihiko Sonoda, Toshihiro Kumabe, Hidenori Endo

Pituitary Adenoma Original Article

Development and validation of a prediction model for consistency of pituitary adenoma: the PiTCon score

Alberto Acitores Cancela, Víctor Rodríguez Berrocal, Hector Pian Arias, Juan José Díez Gómez, Pedro Iglesias Lozano

Epilepsy Original Article

Frame-based versus robot-assisted stereo-electro-encephalography for drug-resistant epilepsy

Chang-Lin Han, Chien-Chen Chou, Hsin-Hung Chen, Yi-Hsiu Chen, Chun-Fu Lin, Chien Chen, Hsiang-Yu Yu, Yu-Wei Chen, Cheng-Chia Lee

Pituitary Adenoma Original Article

Improvement of metabolic syndrome and its components in patients who underwent transsphenoidal resection for pituitary adenoma

A. P. Cortés-Contreras, A. Salazar-Pigeon, J. A. González-Almazán, R. Flores-Rabasa, J. L. Navarro-Olvera, L. A. Méndez-García, J. D. Carrillo-Ruiz

Glioma Original Article

Verbal fluency predicts work resumption after awake surgery in low-grade glioma patients

Marion Barberis, Isabelle Poisson, Cécile Prévost-Tarabon, Sophie Letrange, Sébastien Froelich, Bertrand Thirion, Emmanuel Mandonnet

Open Access Original Article

Passive or active drainage system for chronic subdural haematoma—a single-center retrospective follow-up study

Paulina Majewska, Mattis A. Madsbu, Lisa Millgård Sagberg, Sasha Gulati, Asgeir Store Jakola, Ole Solheim

Open Access Dysphagia Original Article

Dysphagia, health-related quality of life, and return to work after occipitocervical fixation

Aman Singh, Ann-Christin von Vogelsang, Charles Tatter, Victor Gabriel El-Hajj, Alexander Fletcher-Sandersjöö, Paulina Cewe, Gunnar Nilsson, Simon Blixt, Paul Gerdhem, Erik Edström, Adrian Elmi-Terander

Is radiomics a useful addition to magnetic resonance imaging in the preoperative classification of PitNETs?

Sathya A, Abhijit Goyal-Honavar, Ari G Chacko, Anitha Jasper, Geeta Chacko, Devadhas Devakumar, Joshua Anand Seelam, Balu Krishna Sasidharan, Simon P Pavamani, Hannah Mary T Thomas

Open Access Original Article

NnU-Net versus mesh growing algorithm as a tool for the robust and timely segmentation of neurosurgical 3D images in contrast-enhanced T1 MRI scans

Mathijs de Boer, Tessa M. Kos, Tim Fick, Jesse A. M. van Doormaal, Elisa Colombo, Hugo J. Kuijf, Pierre A. J. T. Robe, Luca P. Regli, Lambertus W. Bartels, Tristan P. C. van Doormaal

Open Access Aneurysm Original Article

Risk factors for poor outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in patients with initial favorable neurological status

Annika Lenkeit, Marvin Darkwah Oppong, Thiemo Florin Dinger, Meltem Gümüs, Laurèl Rauschenbach, Mehdi Chihi, Yahya Ahmadipour, Anne-Kathrin Uerschels, Philipp Dammann, Cornelius Deuschl, Karsten H. Wrede, Ulrich Sure, Ramazan Jabbarli

Aneurysm Original Article

Internal carotid artery-persistent primitive anterior choroidal artery aneurysms: report of two cases and literature review

Yasuyuki Tatsuta, Hideki Endo, Tatsuya Ogino, Yohei Yamaguchi, Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiaki Osato, Hirohiko Nakamura

Open Access Lumbar Disc Herniation Original Article

Unintended dural tears during unilateral biportal endoscopic lumbar surgery: incidence and risk factors

Hang Yu, Qingzhong Zhao, Jianwei Lv, Jianjun Liu, Bin Zhu, Lei Chen, Juehua Jing, Dasheng Tian

Arteriovenous Fistula Original Article

Isolated sinus dural arteriovenous fistulas: a single-center experience in 44 patients

Xin Su, Zihao Song, Tianqi Tu, Ming Ye, Hongqi Zhang, Yongjie Ma, Peng Zhang

Anticoagulant Review Article

Perioperative management of antithrombotics in elective intracranial procedures: systematic review, critical appraisal

Maria P. Ntalouka, Alexandros Brotis, Maria D. Karagianni, Christina Arvaniti, Maria Mermiri, Maria Solou, Konstantinos Stamoulis, Metaxia Bareka, Konstantinos N. Fountas, Eleni M. Arnaoutoglou

Open Access Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Original Article

Ventriculo-atrial shunt in idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Sheikh M. B. Momin, Sophie R. Mullins, Claudia L. Craven, Laurence Watkins, Ahmed K. Toma

Open Access How I Do it

Marsupialization as an alternative to reconstruction in endoscopic skull base surgery. How I do it

Luca Ferlendis, Bianca Bossi, Paolo Castelnuovo, Davide Locatelli

Metastasis Original Article

Is two-staged gamma knife surgery a reasonable management option for very large cerebellar metastases? A case series of three patients

Yu Tung Lo, Bengt Karlsson, Andrea Wong, Balamurugan A. Vellayappan, Tseng Tsai Yeo, Vincent Diong Weng Nga

Vestibular Schwannoma Original Article

Stereotactic radiosurgery for Koos grade IV vestibular schwannoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Michał Szymoniuk, Marek Kochański, Karolina Wilk, Dominika Miazga, Oliwia Kanonik, Aleksandra Dryla, Piotr Kamieniak

Open Access Glioblastoma Original Article

Mechanical characteristics of glioblastoma and peritumoral tumor-free human brain tissue

Jessica Kren, Isabelle Skambath, Patrick Kuppler, Steffen Buschschlüter, Nicolas Detrez, Sazgar Burhan, Robert Huber, Ralf Brinkmann, Matteo Mario Bonsanto

Open Access Vasculitis Case Report

Surgical and endovascular cerebral revascularization for cerebral vasculitis with inflammatory vessel stenosis: a case series

Simon Schieferdecker, Julian Caspers, Weiss Daniel, Jan Frederick Cornelius, Sajjad Muhammad

Open Access Original Article

An objective skill assessment framework for microsurgical anastomosis based on ALI scores

Soheil Gholami, Anaëlle Manon, Kunpeng Yao, Aude Billard, Torstein R. Meling

Deep Brain Stimulation Original Article

Overlapping stimulation of subthalamic nucleus and dentato-rubro-thalamic tract in Parkinson’s disease after deep brain stimulation

K. Wiśniewski, A. Gajos, K. Zaczkowski, A. Szulia, M. Grzegorczyk, A. Dąbkowska, R. Wójcik, E. J. Bobeff, K. Kwiecień, M. G. Brandel, A. Fahlström, A. Bogucki, B. Ciszek, D. J. Jaskólski

Schwannoma How I Do it

Transmaxillary approach for resection of maxillary division trigeminal schwannoma at foramen rotundum

Farshad Nassiri, Allison Liang, Guilherme J. Agnoletto, William T. Couldwell

Craniotomy How I Do it

Exo- and endoscopic lateral orbital wall approach for the medial temporal lobe glioma: how I do it

Kenichiro Iwami, Masazumi Fujii, Tadashi Watanabe, Koji Osuka

Open Access Deep Brain Stimulation Original Article

Effectiveness and reliability of hypnosis in stereotaxy: a randomized study

Sabina Catalano Chiuvé, Shahan Momjian, Adriana Wolff, Marco Vincenzo Corniola

Meningioma Original Article

Superior orbital fissure narrowing and tumor-associated pain in spheno-orbital meningiomas

Youssef M. Zohdy, Arman Jahangiri, Ali Alawieh, Matthew Agam, Megan Cosgrove, Fadi Jacob, Edoardo Porto, Samson A. Argaw, Alejandra Rodas, Justin Maldonado, Katherine E. Chandler, J. Manuel Revuelta Barbero, Erion De Andrade, Biren Patel, Leonardo Tariciotti, Silivia Vergara, Gustavo Pradilla, Tomas Garzon-Muvdi

Open Access Duraplasty Original Article

Long-term outcome of operated Chiari I patients between 2005 and 2020 in Eastern Finland

Samir Moniruzzaman, Aku Kaipainen, Joona Tervonen, Jukka Huttunen, Henna-Kaisa Jyrkkänen, Terhi J. Huuskonen, Susanna Rantala

Hematoma Case Report

Pathological changes in the lenticulostriate artery indicate the mechanisms leading to intracranial hemorrhage in Moyamoya disease: a case report

Atsushi Hashio, Eika Hamano, Saya Ozaki, Kinta Hatyakeyama, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Akihiro Niwa, Naoto Yamada, Taichi Ikedo, Kiyofumi Yamada, Hirotoshi Imamura, Hisae Mori, Koji Iihara, Hiroharu Kataoka

The efficacy of slow-rate ventriculolumbar perfusion chemotherapy for leptomeningeal carcinomatosis: a phase II study

Soojin Jang, Ho-Shin Gwak, Jungnam Joo, Yoon-Sik Doh, Sang-Hoon Shin, Heon Yoo, Kyu-Chang Wang

Open Access Original Article

Even short-term training improves the skills of novice exoscope users: a prospective laboratory experiment

Ville Vasankari, Ahmad Hafez, Anni Pohjola, Anna Maria Auricchio, Francesco Calvanese, Tobias Rossmann, Michael Veldeman, Ines Badic, Eliisa Netti, Ilari Rautalin, Ville Nurminen, Rahul Raj, Mika Niemelä, Martin Lehecka

Central Nervous System Trauma Editorial (by Invitation)

Obituary Ronald L. Hayes

Andras Buki, Domenico d’Avella, Antonino Germanò

Craniopharyngioma Review Article

The role of endoscopic endonasal salvage surgery in recurrent or residual craniopharyngioma after a transcranial approach: a systematic review

Gurkirat Kohli, Phabinly J. Gabriel, Melanie Brady, Christina H. Fang, Jean Anderson Eloy, James K. Liu

Craniotomy Review Article

Surgical strategies in acute subdural hematoma: a meta-analysis of decompressive craniectomy vs. craniotomy

Muhammad Ashir Shafique, Muhammad Saqlain Mustafa, Brandon Luke-Wold, Aashish Kumar, Burhanuddin Sohail Rangwala, Muhammad Abdullah, Syed Muhammad Sinaan Ali, Javed Iqbal, Abdul Haseeb

How I Do it

Anterior retropharyngeal approach (ARPA) for high cervical spine

Deepak Kumar Singh, Kshitij Sinha, Vipin Kumar Chand, Neha Singh

Original Article

Lateral-PLIF for spinal arthrodesis: concept, technique, results, complications, and outcomes

Gabriele Capo, Francesco Calvanese, Alberto Vandenbulcke, Ismail Zaed, Davide Tiziano Di Carlo, Roberta Cao, Cédric Y. Barrey

Aneurysm Original Article

Sex differences in patients with and without high-risk factors associated with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Joshua S. Catapano, Ethan A. Winkler, Robert F. Rudy, Christopher S. Graffeo, Stefan W. Koester, Visish M. Srinivasan, Tyler S. Cole, Jacob F. Baranoski, Lea Scherschinski, Ruchira M. Jha, Ashutosh P. Jadhav, Andrew F. Ducruet, Felipe C. Albuquerque, Michael T. Lawton

Open Access Central Nervous System Trauma Original Article

Ventriculostomy-associated infection (VAI) in patients with acute brain injury—a retrospective study

Pernille Nielsen, Markus Harboe Olsen, Rasmus Stanley Willer-Hansen, John Hauerberg, Helle Krogh Johansen, Aase Bengaard Andersen, Jenny Dahl Knudsen, Kirsten Møller

Open Access Intracranial Aneurysm Original Article

Flow diversion of ruptured intracranial aneurysms: a single-center study with a standardized antithrombotic treatment protocol

Anni Rantamo, Camille Gallé, Jussi Numminen, Jyri Virta, Päivi Tanskanen, Ann-Christine Lindroos, Julio Resendiz-Nieves, Martin Lehecka, Mika Niemelä, Roel Haeren, Rahul Raj

Open Access Facial Fracture Original Article

The association between head injury and facial fracture treatment: an observational study of hospitalized bicyclists from a level 1 trauma centre

Pål Galteland, Mats Døving, Ingar Næss, Amer Sehic, Tor Paaske Utheim, Torsten Eken, Nils Oddvar Skaga, Eirik Helseth, Jon Ramm-Pettersen

Open Access Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Original Article

Cisternal nicardipine for prevention of delayed cerebral ischemia in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a comparative retrospective cohort study

Alberto Vandenbulcke, Mahmoud Messerer, Marta Garvayo Navarro, David R. Peters, Daniele Starnoni, Lorenzo Giammattei, Nawfel Ben-Hamouda, Francesco Puccinelli, Guillaume Saliou, Giulia Cossu, Roy T. Daniel

Disc Herniation Technical Note

Alexis retractor efficacy in transthoracic thoracoscopically assisted discectomy for thoracic disc herniations

Barry Ting Sheen Kweh, Boyuan Khoo, Mina Asaid, Christopher Donaldson, Jeremy Kam, Stephen Barnett, Siven Seevanayagam, Augusto Carlos Gonzalvo

Open Access Gene Therapy in Oncology Review Article

Taking the knife to neurodegeneration: a review of surgical gene therapy delivery to the CNS

Andrea Perera, Olivier Brock, Aminul Ahmed, Chris Shaw, Keyoumars Ashkan

Open Access Anticoagulant Original Article

Pretreatment with a dual antiplatelet and anticoagulant (APAC) reduces ischemia–reperfusion injury in a mouse model of temporary middle cerebral artery occlusion—implications for neurovascular procedures

Frederik Denorme, Juhana Frösen, Annukka Jouppila, Antti Lindgren, Julio C. Resendiz-Nieves, Hannu Manninen, Simon F. De Meyer, Riitta Lassila

Open Access Glioblastoma Original Article

Multiple surgical resections for progressive IDH wildtype glioblastoma—is it beneficial?

Susan Isabel Honeyman, William J. Owen, Juan Mier, Katya Marks, Sohani N. Dassanyake, Matthew J. Wood, Rory Fairhead, Pablo Martinez-Soler, Hussain Jasem, Ananya Yarlagadda, Joy R. Roach, Alexandros Boukas, Richard Stacey, Vasileios Apostolopoulos, Puneet Plaha

Open Access Hypertension Case Report

Lateral medullary vascular compression manifesting as paroxysmal hypertension

L. Giammattei, G. Wuerzner, K. Theiler, P. Vollenweider, V. Dunet, M. Al Barajraji, J. W. Squair, J. Bloch, R. T. Daniel

Meningioma Original Article

Factors influencing postoperative visual improvement in 208 patients with tuberculum sellae meningiomas

Chengcheng Duan, Dengpan Song, Fang Wang, Youjun Wang, Mingkun Wei, Junhao Fang, Tingting Zhai, Yuan An, Yuchao Zuo, Yan Hu, Guihong Li, Zhiyun Yu, Fuyou Guo

Aneurysm Original Article

Basilar artery perforator aneurysms: a comparison with non-perforator saccular aneurysms

Antony Kaldas, Ardalan Zolnourian, Frederick Ewbank, Ronneil Digpal, Ana Narata, Adam Ditchfield, Jason Macdonald, Diederik Bulters

Back Pain Original Article

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