Issue 12/2023
Content (91 Articles)
Strategies to improve surgical technical competency: a systematic review
Lauren Banko, Ruchit V. Patel, Noah Nawabi, Marcelle Altshuler, Lila Medeiros, G. Rees Cosgrove, Wenya Linda Bi
Promotion of a neurosurgical academic journal on social media: a 1-year experience
Elena L. Sorba, Victor E. Staartjes, Carlo Serra, Luca Regli, Alex Alamri, Katrin Rabiei, Laura Lippa, Claire Karekezi, Angelos Kolias, Tiit Mathiesen
Philosophy and neuroscience on consciousness – response to Felipe León and Dan Zahavi
Tobias A. Wagner-Altendorf
Clostridioides difficile infection in neurosurgical patients in a national centre over 10 years: less common but associated with longer hospital stays
Mairead Skally, Maeve Leonard, Philip J. O’Halloran, Ben Husien, Kathleen Bennett, Karen Burns, Binu Dinesh, Hilary Humphreys, Fidelma Fitzpatrick
The impact of intraoperative MRI on cranial surgical site infections—a single-center analysis
Ann-Kathrin Joerger, Xhimi Laho, Victoria Kehl, Bernhard Meyer, Sandro M. Krieg, Sebastian Ille
Surgical treatment of spondylodiscitis in critically ill septic patients
Shadi Al-Afif, Oday Atallah, Dirk Scheinichen, Thomas Palmaers, Zafer Cinibulak, Jens D. Rollnik, Joachim K. Krauss
How to reduce the complication rate of multiple burr holes surgery in moyamoya angiopathy
M. Soler-Rico, M. Di Santo, G. Vaz, V. Joris, E. Fomekong, S. Guillaume, M. Van Boven, C. Raftopoulos
The prognostic nutrition index is a predictor for long-term outcomes after revascularization in adult moyamoya disease
Xiaofan Yu, Peicong Ge, Yuanren Zhai, Wei Liu, Qian Zhang, Xun Ye, Xingju Liu, Rong Wang, Yan Zhang, Jizong Zhao, Dong Zhang
How I do it: direct pressure measurement in moyamoya bypass
Mohamed Helmy, Yujun Liao, Siliang Luo, Bin Xu
Moyamoya disease presenting with symptomatic ischemic stroke during new-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment: two illustrative cases
Hideki Nakajima, Ryota Miyake, Taku Hongo, Morio Takasaki, Yasuhiro Fujimoto, Katsuhiro Io
What are the predictors of delayed cerebral ischaemia (DCI) after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage? An up-to-date systematic review
Caed Whittle, Milo A Hollingworth, Louise Dulhanty, Hiren C. Patel
Outcomes following poor-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a prospective observational study
Jack Henry, Mohammed O. Dablouk, Dhruv Kapoor, Stavros Koustais, Paula Corr, Deirdre Nolan, Deirdre Coffey, John Thornton, Alan O’Hare, Sarah Power, Daniel Rawluk, Mohsen Javadpour
Risk factor synergism in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a cross-sectional study
Jack Henry, Michael Amoo, Mohamed O. Dablouk, Paula Corr, Deirdre Nolan, Deirdre Coffey, Mohsen Javadpour
Neurogenic pulmonary edema and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Eui-Hyun Hwang, Ja Ho Koo, Yeon Hu Lee, Ji Hye Song, Yong Cheol Lim
Intraluminal assessment of inflammatory factors in patients with intracranial aneurysms
Spyridon Boulieris, Petros Zampakis, Ioannis Panagoulias, Athanasia Mouzaki, Constantine Constantoyannis, Andreas Theofanopoulos, Vasilios Panagiotopoulos
Hemodynamic differences of posterior communicating artery aneurysms between adult and fetal types of posterior cerebral artery
Katsuhiro Tanaka, Kazuhiro Furukawa, Fujimaro Ishida, Hidenori Suzuki
Correction to: The clinical course and outcomes of non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhages in a single-center retrospective study
Jeremias Tarkiainen, Valtteri Hovi, Liisa Pyysalo, Antti Ronkainen, Juhana Frösen
Effects of superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) anastomosis on the cerebrospinal fluid gas tensions and pH in hemodynamically compromised patients
Satoshi Kuroda, Shusuke Yamamoto, Emiko Hori, Daina Kashiwazaki, Kyo Noguchi
Aneurysmoraphy or bypass? Surgical strategy for large M1 bifurcation aneurysm involving two branches based on vessel wall high-resolution MRI and intraoperative angiography
Peixi Liu, Hongfei Zhang, Peiliang Li, Wei Zhu
How we do it? Performing a protective superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery bypass with endoscopic transnasal cavernous sinus lesion operation
Zhicheng Wang, Changzhen Jiang, Zixiao Yang, Jianping Song
Occipital artery-to-PICA bypass: how I do it
Cameron A. Rawanduzy, Alexander Winkler-Schwartz, Karol P. Budohoski, William T. Couldwell
Feasibility and safety values of activated clotting time–guided systemic heparinization in coil embolization for unruptured intracranial aneurysms
Hyuk Jang, Byung-Rae Cho, Dong-Kyu Jang, Dong-Sub Kim
Distal placement of balloon guide catheter facilitates stent-retriever mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke in the anterior circulation
In-Hyoung Lee, Sung-Kon Ha, Dong-Jun Lim, Jong-Il Choi
Transvenous embolization along with intraprocedural image fusion technique for complex intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula
Sol Hooy Oh, Jai Ho Choi, Bum Soo Kim, Yong Sam Shin
Impact of tailored multimodal treatment for unruptured brain arteriovenous malformation: comparison with a randomized trial of unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations
Taichi Ikedo, Etsuko Hattori Yamamoto, Hisae Mori, Akihiro Niwa, Saya Ozaki, Yuji Kushi, Koji Shimonaga, Eika Hamano, Kiyofumi Yamada, Hirotoshi Imamura, Koji Iihara, Hiroharu Kataoka
How we do it? The surgical resection of a medial parietal arteriovenous malformation under multimodal imaging technology-guided hybrid operation
Kai Quan, Xuanfeng Qin, Jianping Song, Wei Zhu
In-out-in technique for petrosal sinus dural arteriovenous fistula obliteration: How I Do It
Cameron A. Rawanduzy, Ramesh Grandhi, Robert C. Rennert, William T. Couldwell
Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with a Novel missense COL3A1 gene mutation present with bilateral spontaneous carotid-cavernous fistula: a case report
Kotaro Tatebayashi, Manabu Shirakawa, Soichiro Abe, Mitsugu Fujita, Shinichi Yoshimura
Closure intracranial pressure as a determinant of surgical decompression adequacy in spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral haematoma: a multicentre observational study
Jia Xu Lim, Nivedh Dinesh, Jiani Sherry Liu, Rambert Wee, Sukit Shu Kiat Chan, Julian Xinguang Han, Min Wei Chen
Surgical timing and indications for decompressive craniectomy in malignant stroke: results from a single-center retrospective analysis
Silvia Hernández-Durán, Xenia Hautmann, Veit Rohde, Christian von der Brelie, Dorothee Mielke
How we do it: the Zurich Microsurgery Lab technique for placenta preparation
Lara Maria Höbner, Victor E. Staartjes, Elisa Colombo, Martina Sebök, Luca Regli, Giuseppe Esposito
Delayed microsurgical revascularization in an acute ischemic stroke based on perfusion study
Jiri Dostal, Jan Mracek, Filip Heidenreich, Vladimir Priban
Advancing vessel wall imaging in intracranial aneurysms: a crucial step towards improved patient management?
Goetz Benndorf
Microvascular decompression using autologous muscle graft for trigeminal neuralgia: a case series and meta-analysis
Gabriel Marinheiro dos Santos Bezerra, Paulo Roberto Lacerda Leal, Joaquim Francisco Cavalcante-Neto, André Rivera, Keven Ferreira da Ponte, Gerardo Cristino-Filho
Potential reasons for failure and recurrence in microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm
Takuro Inoue, Yukihiro Goto, Yasuaki Inoue, Peter Adidharma, Mustaqim Prasetya, Takanori Fukushima
Comparing 1.5 T and 3.0 T MR data for 3D visualization of neurovascular relationships in the posterior fossa
Peter Hastreiter, Olga Maliachova, Rudolf Fahlbusch, Arnd Doerfler, Michael Buchfelder, Ramin Naraghi
Proximal trigeminal nerve atrophy is associated with favourable outcomes and persistent facial numbness following percutaneous balloon compression for primary trigeminal neuralgia
Shuo Li, Chenlong Liao, Guo Cheng, Yiwei Wu, Wenchuan Zhang
Microsurgical posterior fossa re-exploration for recurrent trigeminal neuralgia after previous microvascular decompression: common grounds—scarring, deformation, and the “piston effect”
Gökce Hatipoglu Majernik, Filipe Wolff Fernandes, Shadi Al-Afif, Hans E. Heissler, Joachim K. Krauss
Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia: a single-center experience with 516 cases, including 32 patients with multiple sclerosis
Nicolò Castelli, Niccolò Innocenti, Paolo Ferroli, Andrea Saladino, Giovanni Broggi, Irene Tramacere, Giovanni Carone, Vincenzo Levi, Michele Rizzi, Vittoria Nazzi
TN-RS: a novel scoring system predicts Gamma Knife Radiosurgery outcome for trigeminal neuralgia patients
Alon Orlev, James Feghali, Gil Kimchi, Lian Sun, Clifford Pierre, Cristian Gragnaniello, Cristian Cotrutz, Christopher Loiselle, Sandra Vermeulen, Zachary Litvack
Effectiveness of percutaneous balloon compression (PBC) in improving physical function and quality of life in trigeminal neuralgia: a retrospective study
Peng Huang, Hong Liu, Zhenxiu Liu, Liqun Huang, Min Lu, Lina Wang, Yaqiong Yu, Xiaohong Jin
Revision and removal of vagus nerve stimulation systems: twenty-five years’ experience
Lydia Kaoutzani, Liam V. Goldman, Keaton Piper, Manish Kumar, Fernando L. Vale
3D4K exoscope in epilepsy surgery: a seminal experience
Michele Rizzi, Nicolò Castelli, Vittoria Cojazzi, Niccolò Innocenti, Vincenzo Levi, Giuseppe Didato, Gianluca Marucci, Rita Garbelli, Vittoria Nazzi
Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in severe Parkinson’s disease: relationships between dual-contact topographic setting and 1-year worsening of speech and gait
Youssef El Ouadih, Ana Marques, Bruno Pereira, Maxime Luisoni, Béatrice Claise, Jérôme Coste, Anna Sontheimer, Rémi Chaix, Bérangère Debilly, Philippe Derost, Dominique Morand, Franck Durif, Jean-Jacques Lemaire
“Suboptimal” placement of STN DBS electrodes as a novel strategy in Parkinson’s disease?
Gastón Schechtmann, Andreas Nørgaard Glud, Vincent A. Jourdain, Bo Bergholt, Jens Christian Hedemann Sørensen
Multiple univariate analysis of radiologic and clinical features on 168 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: what is the role of the erector spinae in the development of a patient’s disability?
Giuseppe Corazzelli, Mara Capece, Vincenzo Meglio, Settimio Leonetti, Valentina Pizzuti, Francesco Ricciardi, Alessandro D’Elia, Marco Santilli, Gualtiero Innocenzi
Letter: “Impact of body mass index on PROMIS outcomes following lumbar decompression”
Fatih Özden
Response to the letter to the editor entitled: “Letter: impact of body mass index on PROMIS outcomes following lumbar decompression”
Fatima N. Anwar, Andrea M. Roca, Srinath S. Medakkar, Alexandra C. Loya, Kern Singh
Robotic-assisted single-position lateral for multilevel circumferential lumbar interbody fusion: how I do it
Luis A. Robles, Sumedh Shah, Timur Urakov
How I do it? Uniportal full-endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with a complete reduction for L5 isthmic grade 2 spondylolisthesis
Changxian Chen, Chunhua Liu, Zhiqiang Wu, Jinzhi Su
Cirq® robotic assistance for percutaneous kyphoplasty of C1: report on feasibility
Mikael Meyer, Kaissar Farah, Faisal Albader, Stephane Fuentes
New minimally-invasive approach in adult for Chiari I malformation
Keyvan Mostofi, Morad Peyravi, Ali Shirbacheh
Intramedullary feeder aneurysm of a cervical epidural arteriovenous fistula causing myelopathy: a case report and literature review
Hirokuni Hashikata, Masanori Goto, Yoshinori Maki, Namiko Nishida, Mitsushige Ando, Ryota Ishibashi, Hiroki Toda, Koichi Iwasaki
Routine healthcare data for adverse events after spinal surgery
Michael T. C. Poon, Andreas K. Demetriades
The outcome of polyethylene glycol fusion augmented by electrical stimulation in a delayed setting of nerve repair following neurotmesis in a rat model
Nanda Acharya, A. M. Acharya, Anil K. Bhat, Dinesh Upadhya, Dhiren Punja, Sumalatha Suhani
Effect of antiplatelet and anticoagulant medication use on injury severity and mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury treated in the intensive care unit
Juho Vehviläinen, Jyri J. Virta, Markus B. Skrifvars, Matti Reinikainen, Stepani Bendel, Tero Ala-Kokko, Sanna Hoppu, Ruut Laitio, Jari Siironen, Rahul Raj
Degree of basal cisterns compression predicting mortality and functional outcome after craniotomy and primary decompressive craniectomy in acute subdural hematoma population
R. Juskys, R. Vilcinis, L. Piliponis, A. Tamasauskas
Factors affecting endoscopic third ventriculostomy success in adults
Aimee Goel, Luke Galloway, Suhaib Abualsaud, Yasir Chowdhury, Peter Gan, Graham Flint, Georgios Tsermoulas
Programmable (proSA®) vs. fixed (SHUNTASSISTANT®) gravitational valves in pediatric patients with hydrocephalus: a 16-year retrospective single-center comparative study with biomechanical analysis
Mohammed Issa, Filippo Paggetti, August von Hardenberg, Christoph Miethke, Andreas W. Unterberg, Ahmed El Damaty
Brain blood flow pulse analysis may help to recognize individuals who suffer from hydrocephalus
Arkadiusz Ziółkowski, Magdalena Kasprowicz, Marek Czosnyka, Zofia Czosnyka
Inadequacies in iNPH diagnosis: envisioning a paradigm shift towards integrated, multi-modal testing, and consensus-driven research for improved patient outcomes
Santhosh G. Thavarajasingam, Mahmoud El-Khatib, Kalyan V. Vemulapalli, Daniele S. C. Ramsay, Hariharan Subbiah Ponniah, Rafael T. Fernandes, Andreas Kramer, Per K. Eide
Ventricular CSF proteomic profiles and predictors of surgical treatment outcome in chronic hydrocephalus
Nina Rostgaard, Markus Harboe Olsen, Sara Diana Lolansen, Nicolas Hernandez Nørager, Peter Plomgaard, Nanna MacAulay, Marianne Juhler
Minimally invasive third ventriculostomy with stereotactic internal shunt placement for the treatment of tumor-associated noncommunicating hydrocephalus
Sebastian Niedermeyer, Nicole A. Terpolilli, Pia Nerlinger, Jonathan Weller, Michael Schmutzer, Stefanie Quach, Niklas Thon
Correction to: Robot-assisted endoscopic third ventriculostomy under intraoperative CT imaging guidance
Angela Elia, Luca Paun, Johan Pallud, Marc Zanello
The TIGR triangle of the pineal region: a virtual reality anatomic study
Miguel Saez-Alegre, Christian I. Rios-Vicil, Ana Sofia Alvarez, John Sagrati, Keaton Piper, Walter C. Jean
Editorial to accompany manuscript “The TIGR triangle of the Pineal Region: a Virtual Reality Anatomic Study”
Mario Ammirati
Angiographic evaluation of the distance from the top of the jugular bulb to the inferior petrosal sinus–internal jugular vein junction: simple classification and identification method for the orifice of the non-visualized inferior petrosal sinus during neuroendovascular surgery
Daisuke Yamamoto, Ichiyo Shibahara, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Jun Niki, Daisuke Ishima, Ryo Usui, Ayato Kimura, Jun Oikawa, Takuichiro Hide, Toshihiro Kumabe
Intraoperative application of triamcinolone — a risk factor for delayed CSF fistula formation?
Nikolaus Kögl, Konstantin Brawanski, Claudius Thomé, Ondra Petr
Endoscopic endonasal access to the lateral recess of the sphenoid sinus
Bertrand Baussart, Stephan Gaillard
Radical resection of intracavernous chondrosarcoma using an intradural keyhole approach: how I do it
Shuhei Morita, Shinichi Numazawa, Takanori Fukushima
How I do it? Endoscopic endonasal transpterygoid repair of sphenoid lateral recess cerebrospinal fluid leak after previous unsuccessful transcranial surgery
Ming Shen, Xuefei Shou, Yongfei Wang
Intraoperative cerebrospinal fluid leakage and residual tumors in endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenoma: risk analysis and nomogram development
Bin Lu, Yu Zhang, Chenan Liu, Xin Ma, Gemingtian Liu, Zhixu Bie, Zhijun Yang, Pinan Liu
How we do it: the double keyhole micro-endoscopic combined complex pituitary adenoma surgery
Zhicheng Wang, Xiaorong Yan, Changzhen Jiang, Jianping Song
Cystic recurrence of vestibular schwannoma post-radiosurgery: an institutional experience
Arthur Hosmann, Subhashree Hari, Basant K. Misra
Operative management of trigeminal schwannomas: based on a modified classification in a study of 93 cases
Jie Yin, Yihao Wu, Zhe Zhang, Yu Zhang, Junhua He, Zhijun Yang, Bo Wang, Xinchao Wang, Gemingtian Liu, Zhixu Bie, Pinan Liu
Hydrocephalus in patients with vestibular schwannoma
Rory Fairhead, Lauren Harris, Alireza Shoakazemi, Jonathan Pollock
Predictors of recurrence after surgical resection of parafalcine and parasagittal meningiomas
Omaditya Khanna, Adam Barsouk, Arbaz A. Momin, Aria Mahtabfar, Carrie E. Andrews, Karim Hafazalla, Matthews Lan, Pious D. Patel, Michael P. Baldassari, David W. Andrews, James J. Evans, Christopher J. Farrell, Kevin D. Judy
Surgery in octogenarians with intracranial meningiomas improves functional outcome at 1 year
Aristotelis S. Filippidis, Katharine R. Phillips, Victor Lopez-Rivera, Alejandro Enriquez-Marulanda, Charles E. Mackel, Ron L. Alterman, Rafael A. Vega
A machine learning-based integrated clinical model for predicting prognosis in atypical meningioma patients
Dengpan Song, Mingchu Zhang, Chengcheng Duan, Mingkun Wei, Dingkang Xu, Yuan An, Longxiao Zhang, Fang Wang, Mengzhao Feng, Zhihong Qian, Qiang Gao, Fuyou Guo
Utility of texture analysis for objective quantitative ex vivo assessment of meningioma consistency: method proposal and validation
Martin Černý, Veronika Lesáková, Jiří Soukup, Vojtěch Sedlák, Luděk Šíma, Michaela May, David Netuka, František Štěpánek, Vladimír Beneš
Visualization of the lenticulostriate arteries, long insular arteries, and long medullary arteries on intra-arterial computed tomography angiography with ultrahigh resolution in patients with glioma
Yoshinari Osada, Masayuki Kanamori, Shin-Ichiro Osawa, Shingo Kayano, Hiroki Uchida, Yoshiteru Shimoda, Shunji Mugikura, Teiji Tominaga, Hidenori Endo
Endoscope-enhanced fluorescence-guided microsurgery increases survival in patients with glioblastoma
Christoph Bettag, Bawarjan Schatlo, Tammam Abboud, Daniel Behme, Christoph Bock, Christian von der Brelie, Veit Rohde, Dorothee Mielke
Neurophysiologic cut off values for safe resection of patients with supratentorial gliomas
E Taskiran, B Yilmaz, MY Akgun, R Kemerdere, M Uzan, C Isler
Anatomical landmarks during high-magnification microsurgery for a safe and effective resection of high-grade gliomas: how I do it
Arianna Fava, Paolo di Russo, Roberta Morace, Vincenzo Esposito
Mutation in Chek2 triggers von Hippel-Lindau hemangioblastoma growth
Jorge Cabrera-Montes, Daniel T. Aguirre, Jesús Viñas-López, Laura Lorente-Herraiz, Lucía Recio-Poveda, Virginia Albiñana, Julián Pérez-Pérez, Luisa M. Botella, Angel M. Cuesta
Socio-economic disparities influence likelihood of post-operative radiation to resection cavities of metastatic brain tumors
Ghani Haider, David Y. A. Dadey, Adrian Rodrigues, Erqi L. Pollom, John R. Adler, Anand Veeravagu
Methodological and ethical challenges in the use of focused ultrasound for blood–brain barrier disruption in neuro-oncology
Santhosh G. Thavarajasingam, John L. Kilgallon, Daniele S. C. Ramsay, Leila Motedayen Aval, Ishaan Ashwini Tewarie, Andreas Kramer, Dannis Van Vuurden, Marike L. D. Broekman
Predictors of postoperative complications and functional outcomes in pediatric patients with surgically treated fourth ventricle tumors
Kryštof Haratek, Adéla Bubeníková, Christian Joachim Entenmann, Martin Tomášek, Michal Zápotocký, David Sumerauer, Martin Kynčl, Miroslav Koblížek, Petr Libý, Michal Tichý, Ondřej Bradáč, Vladimír Beneš 3rd
Endoscopic transoral resection for an upper cervical chordoma in a pediatric patient
Yusuke Morinaga, Yasuhiro Tsunemi, Ryu Kurokawa, Hiroyoshi Akutsu
Additional imaging for newly diagnosed brain lesions suspected to be brain tumors
Thomas Mindermann