Issue 10/2019
Content (32 Articles)
Academic output of German neurosurgical residents in 35 academic neurosurgery residency programs
Fatma Kilinc, Florian Gessler, Daniel Dubinski, Sae-Yeon Won, Johanna Quick-Weller, Volker Seifert, Bedjan Behmanesh
“Neurosurgical procedures performed during residency in Europe - preliminary numbers and time trends”
Benedikt W. Burkhardt, Joachim M. Oertel, Philipp Hendrix
Response to: neurosurgical procedures performed during residency in Europe—preliminary numbers and time trends
Martin N. Stienen, Jiri Bartek Jr., Marcus A. Czabanka, Christian F. Freyschlag, Angelos Kolias, Sandro M. Krieg, Wouter Moojen, Mirjam Renovanz, Nicolas Sampron, Sasan D. Adib, Gerrit A. Schubert, Andreas K. Demetriades, Florian Ringel, Luca Regli, Karl Schaller, Torstein R. Meling
Bypass surgery of complex middle cerebral artery aneurysms—technical aspects and outcomes
Lars Wessels, Lucius Samo Fekonja, Peter Vajkoczy
Bypass strategies for common carotid artery occlusion
Nils Hecht, Lars Wessels, Lucius Fekonja, Paul von Weitzel-Mudersbach, Peter Vajkoczy
Gradual expansion of stent retriever in mechanical thrombectomy for curved middle cerebral artery: structural findings of the stent for predictable recanalization results
Dae Han Choi, Chan Jong Yoo, Cheol Wan Park, Myeong Jin Kim
Subarachnoid haemorrhage with negative initial neurovascular imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Midhun Mohan, Abdurrahman I. Islim, Fahid T. Rasul, Ola Rominiyi, Ruth-Mary deSouza, Michael T. C. Poon, Aimun A. B. Jamjoom, Angelos G. Kolias, Julie Woodfield, Krunal Patel, Aswin Chari, Ramez Kirollos
Short-term versus long-term outcomes of microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm
Jeong-A Lee, Kwan Park
The long-term effects of microvascular decompression on social phobia and health-related quality of life in patients with hemifacial spasm: a 3-year prospective study
Young Goo Kim, Won Seok Chang, Hyun Ho Jung, Jin Woo Chang
Pulse generator battery life in deep brain stimulation: out with the old… in with the less durable?
Emmanuel de Schlichting, Guillaume Coll, Julien Francisco Zaldivar-Jolissaint, Jérôme Coste, Ana Raquel Marques, Aurélien Mulliez, Franck Durif, Jean-Jacques Lemaire
Battery obsolescence, industry profit and deep brain stimulation
Marwan Hariz
Predictive potential of preoperative electroencephalogram for neuropsychological change following subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease
Maidinamu Yakufujiang, Yoshinori Higuchi, Kyoko Aoyagi, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Midori Abe, Yoji Okahara, Masaki Izumi, Osamu Nagano, Yoshitaka Yamanaka, Shigeki Hirano, Akihiro Shiina, Atsushi Murata, Yasuo Iwadate
Technical note: accuracy and precision in stereotactic stem cell transplantation
David Satzer, Peter C. Warnke
Frame-based stereotactic biopsy of deep-seated and midline structures in 511 procedures: feasibility, risk profile, and diagnostic yield
Christina A. Hamisch, Jana Minartz, Tobias Blau, Vanessa Hafkemeyer, Daniel Rueß, Alexandra Hellerbach, Stefan J. Grau, Maximilian I. Ruge
Ultrasonic aspiration in neurosurgery: comparative analysis of complications and outcome for three commonly used models
Stephanie Henzi, Niklaus Krayenbühl, Oliver Bozinov, Luca Regli, Martin N. Stienen
Intraoperative fluorescence diagnosis in the brain: a systematic review and suggestions for future standards on reporting diagnostic accuracy and clinical utility
Walter Stummer, Raphael Koch, Ricardo Diez Valle, David W. Roberts, Nadar Sanai, Steve Kalkanis, Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis, Eric Suero Molina
Spectroscopic measurement of 5-ALA-induced intracellular protoporphyrin IX in pediatric brain tumors
Michael Schwake, Sadahiro Kaneko, Eric Suero Molina, Michael Müther, Stephanie Schipmann, Michaela Köchling, Angela Brentrup, Walter Stummer
The Zurich Pituitary Score predicts utility of intraoperative high-field magnetic resonance imaging in transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma surgery
Victor E. Staartjes, Carlo Serra, Nicolai Maldaner, Giovanni Muscas, Oliver Tschopp, Michael B. Soyka, David Holzmann, Luca Regli
The use of dehydrated amniotic membrane allograft for augmentation of dural repair in transsphenoidal endoscopic endonasal resection of pituitary adenomas
Daniel G. Eichberg, Angela M. Richardson, G. Damian Brusko, Sheikh C. Ali, Simon S. Buttrick, Ashish H. Shah, Elie S. Alam, Zoukaa B. Sargi, Ricardo J. Komotar
Transcavernous sinus pituitary gland transposition: how I do it
Eugenio Cárdenas Ruiz-Valdepeñas, Ariel Kaen, Jorge Tirado Caballero
The medial safe zone for treating intraneural ganglion cysts in the tarsal tunnel: a technical note
Ross C. Puffer, Robert J. Spinner
A cadaveric study using the ultra-minimally invasive thread transection technique to decompress the superficial peroneal nerve in the lower leg
Danzhu Guo, Danqing Guo, Richard Harrison, Logan McCool, Hao Wang, Brionn Tonkin, Michel Kliot
Fluorescein-guided resection of plexiform neurofibromas: how I do it
Ignazio G. Vetrano, Veronica Saletti, Vittoria Nazzi
Surgery for degenerative cervical spine disease in Finland, 1999–2015
Anna Kotkansalo, Ville Leinonen, Merja Korajoki, Jyrki Salmenkivi, Katariina Korhonen, Antti Malmivaara
Surgical techniques for degenerative cervical spine in Finland from 1999 to 2015
Anna Kotkansalo, Antti Malmivaara, Merja Korajoki, Katariina Korhonen, Ville Leinonen
Preliminary experience with a digital robotic exoscope in cranial and spinal surgery: a review of the Synaptive Modus V system
Sajjad Muhammad, Martin Lehecka, Mika Niemelä
Augmented reality in intradural spinal tumor surgery
Barbara Carl, Miriam Bopp, Benjamin Saß, Mirza Pojskic, Christopher Nimsky
Effect of external cervical orthoses on clinical and radiological outcome of patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
A. Scerrati, Jacopo Visani, N. Norri, M. Cavallo, M. Giganti, P. De Bonis
Deep flexor sarcopenia as a predictor of poor functional outcome after anterior cervical discectomy in patients with myelopathy
Sumit Thakar, Aditya Atal Arun, Saritha Aryan, Dilip Mohan, Alangar S Hegde
Lower lumbar osteoporotic vertebral fractures with neurological symptoms might have two different pathogeneses according to early magnetic resonance images
Yosuke Oishi, Eiichiro Nakamura, Masaaki Murase, Katsumi Doi, Yoshinori Takeuchi, Jun-ichi Hamawaki, Akinori Sakai
Early decompressive surgery in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury improves neurological outcome
Mette Haldrup, Ole Søndergaard Schwartz, Helge Kasch, Mikkel Mylius Rasmussen
How I do it: total uncinatectomy during anterior diskectomy and fusion for cervical radiculopathy caused by uncovertebral joint hypertrophy
William Clifton, David Williams, Mark Pichelmann