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Acta Neurochirurgica

Issue 11/2020

Content (40 Articles)

Open Access Vestibular Schwannoma Review Article - Tumor - Schwannoma

Surgical management for large vestibular schwannomas: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and consensus statement on behalf of the EANS skull base section

Daniele Starnoni, Lorenzo Giammattei, Giulia Cossu, Michael J. Link, Pierre-Hugues Roche, Ari G. Chacko, Kenji Ohata, Majid Samii, Ashish Suri, Michael Bruneau, Jan F. Cornelius, Luigi Cavallo, Torstein R. Meling, Sebastien Froelich, Marcos Tatagiba, Albert Sufianov, Dimitrios Paraskevopoulos, Idoya Zazpe, Moncef Berhouma, Emmanuel Jouanneau, Jeroen B. Verheul, Constantin Tuleasca, Mercy George, Marc Levivier, Mahmoud Messerer, Roy Thomas Daniel

Vestibular Schwannoma Original Article - Tumor - Schwannoma

Long-term prognosis of preserved useful hearing after surgery in patients with vestibular schwannoma: a study of 91 cases

Norio Ichimasu, Michihiro Kohno, Nobuyuki Nakajima, Ken Matsushima, Yujiro Tanaka, Kiyoaki Tsukahara, Taro Inagaki, Masanori Yoshino, Osamu Nagata

Open Access Air Embolism Original Article - Tumor - Schwannoma

Occurrence and management of postoperative pneumocephalus using the semi-sitting position in vestibular schwannoma surgery

Kathrin Machetanz, Felix Leuze, Kristin Mounts, Leonidas Trakolis, Isabel Gugel, Florian Grimm, Marcos Tatagiba, Georgios Naros

Meningioma Original Article - Tumor - Meningioma

Predictors of readmission after craniotomy for meningioma resection: a nationwide readmission database analysis

Michelle Lin, Elliot Min, Elliott A. Orloff, Li Ding, Kerolos S. R. Youssef, James S. Hu, Steven L. Giannotta, William J. Mack, Frank J. Attenello

Open Access Original Article - Neurosurgery general

Early unplanned readmission of neurosurgical patients after treatment of intracranial lesions: a comparison between surgical and non-surgical intervention group

Caroline Sander, Henry Oppermann, Ulf Nestler, Katharina Sander, Nikolaus von Dercks, Jürgen Meixensberger

Hydrocephalus Original Article - Neurosurgery general

The 30-day readmission rate in neurosurgery—a useful indicator for quality assessment?

Stephanie Schipmann, Eric Suero Molina, Julia Windheuser, Justin Doods, Michael Schwake, Eike Wilbers, Samer Zawy Alsofy, Nils Warneke, Walter Stummer

Glioma Original Article - Tumor - Other

Comorbid depression associated with non-routine discharge following craniotomy for low-grade gliomas and benign tumors – a nationwide readmission database analysis

Casey A. Jarvis, Michelle Lin, Li Ding, Alex Julian, Steven L. Giannotta, Gabriel Zada, William J. Mack, Frank J. Attenello

Central Nervous System Trauma Original Article - Brain trauma

The impact of hypertonic saline on cerebrovascular reactivity and compensatory reserve in traumatic brain injury: an exploratory analysis

Logan Froese, Joshua Dian, Carleen Batson, Alwyn Gomez, Bertram Unger, Frederick A. Zeiler

Open Access Central Nervous System Trauma Original Article - Brain trauma

Descriptive analysis of low versus elevated intracranial pressure on cerebral physiology in adult traumatic brain injury: a CENTER-TBI exploratory study

Frederick A. Zeiler, Ari Ercole, Manuel Cabeleira, Nino Stocchetti, Peter J. Hutchinson, Peter Smielewski, Marek Czosnyka, Audny Anke, Ronny Beer, Bo-Michael Bellander, Erta Beqiri, Andras Buki, Manuel Cabeleira, Marco Carbonara, Arturo Chieregato, Giuseppe Citerio, Hans Clusmann, Endre Czeiter, Marek Czosnyka, Bart Depreitere, Ari Ercole, Shirin Frisvold, Raimund Helbok, Stefan Jankowski, Daniel Kondziella, Lars-Owe Koskinen, Ana Kowark, David K. Menon, Geert Meyfroidt, Kirsten Moeller, David Nelson, Anna Piippo-Karjalainen, Andreea Radoi, Arminas Ragauskas, Rahul Raj, Jonathan Rhodes, Saulius Rocka, Rolf Rossaint, Juan Sahuquillo, Oliver Sakowitz, Peter Smielewski, Nino Stocchetti, Nina Sundström, Riikka Takala, Tomas Tamosuitis, Olli Tenovuo, Andreas Unterberg, Peter Vajkoczy, Alessia Vargiolu, Rimantas Vilcinis, Stefan Wolf, Alexander Younsi, Frederick A. Zeiler

How I Do it - Neurosurgery general

Burr hole trepanation and insertion of a subperiosteal drain for chronic subdural haematoma: how I do it

Florian Ebel, Raphael Guzman, Jehuda Soleman

Subdural Hematoma Letter to the editor - Brain trauma

Early insertion of the subdural drain during chronic subdural hematoma surgery

N. Beucler, A. Sellier, C. Joubert, N. Desse, A. Dagain

Open Access Central Nervous System Trauma Original Article -Neurosurgical intensive care

Intensive care of traumatic brain injury and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in Helsinki during the Covid-19 pandemic

Teemu Luostarinen, Jyri Virta, Jarno Satopää, Minna Bäcklund, Riku Kivisaari, Miikka Korja, Rahul Raj

Aneurysm Case Report - Vascular Neurosurgery - Other

Ruptured cerebral pseudoaneurysm in an adolescent as an early onset of COVID-19 infection: case report

Dragan Savić, Tarik M. Alsheikh, Ahmad Kh. Alhaj, Lazar Lazovic, Lamya Alsarraf, Petar Bosnjakovic, Waleed Yousef

Craniotomy Original Article - Vascular Neurosurgery - Other

Tailoring the surgical corridor to the basilar apex in the pretemporal transcavernous approach: morphometric analyses of different neurovascular mobilization maneuvers

Xiaochun Zhao, Mohamed A. Labib, Kurt V. Shaffer, Leandro Borba Moreira, Dinesh Ramanathan, Komal Naeem, Evgenii Belykh, Michael T. Lawton, Miguel A. Lopez-Gonzalez, Mark C. Preul

Aneurysm Editorial (by Invitation) - Vascular Neurosurgery - Other

Tailoring the surgical corridor to the basilar apex in the pretemporal transcavernous approach: morphometric analyses of different neurovascular mobilization maneuvers.

Timothy G White, Giyarpuram N Prashant, Prashin Unadkat, Amir R Dehdashti

Intracranial Aneurysm Original Article - Vascular Neurosurgery - Aneurysm

Treatment outcomes of large and giant intracranial aneurysms according to various treatment modalities

Jai Ho Choi, Kwan Sung Lee, Bum-soo Kim, Yong Sam Shin

Open Access Aneurysm Original Article - Vascular Neurosurgery - Aneurysm

Diagnostic reliability of the Berlin classification for complex MCA aneurysms—usability in a series of only giant aneurysms

Lars Wessels, Lucius Samo Fekonja, Johannes Achberger, Julius Dengler, Marcus Czabanka, Nils Hecht, Ulf Schneider, Dimitri Tkatschenko, Karl-Michael Schebesch, Nils Ole Schmidt, Dorothee Mielke, Henning Hosch, Oliver Ganslandt, Alexander Gräwe, Bujung Hong, Jan Walter, Erdem Güresir, Philippe Bijlenga, Julien Haemmerli, Nicolai Maldaner, Serge Marbacher, Ville Nurminen, Hynek Zitek, Ruben Dammers, Naoki Kato, Italo Linfante, Maria-Teresa Pedro, Karsten Wrede, Wei-Te Wang, Maria Wostrack, Peter Vajkoczy

Intracranial Aneurysm Original Article - Vascular Neurosurgery - Aneurysm

Development of machine learning-based preoperative predictive analytics for unruptured intracranial aneurysm surgery: a pilot study

Victor E. Staartjes, Martina Sebök, Patricia G. Blum, Carlo Serra, Menno R. Germans, Niklaus Krayenbühl, Luca Regli, Giuseppe Esposito

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage How I Do it - Vascular Neurosurgery - Aneurysm

How I do it: lateral supra-cerebellar infra-tentorial approach for P2-P3 junction cerebral aneurysms

Michel W. Bojanowski, Gilles El Hage, Chiraz Chaalala, Philippe Mercier

Trigeminal Neuralgia Original Article - History of Neurosurgery

The historical evolution of microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia: from Dandy’s discovery to Jannetta’s legacy

Smruti K. Patel, Christopher Markosian, Osamah J. Choudhry, Jeffrey T. Keller, James K. Liu

Pica Syndrome Original Article - Functional Neurosurgery - Pain

Reoperation after failed microvascular decompression for glossopharyngeal neuralgia

Bing Ni, Yongsheng Hu, Tao Du, Xiaohua Zhang, Hongwei Zhu

Original Article - Functional Neurosurgery - Pain

Flat-shaped posterior cranial fossa was associated with poor outcomes of microvascular decompression for primary hemifacial spasm

Kai Zhao, Junwen Wang, Weihua Liu, Jiaxuan Zhang, Kai Shu, Ting Lei

Trigeminal Neuralgia Original Article - Functional Neurosurgery - Pain

Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia caused by vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia: interposition technique versus transposition technique

Songshan Chai, Hao Xu, Qiangping Wang, Junjun Li, Jiajing Wang, Yihao Wang, Hendrik Pool, Minhua Lin, Nanxiang Xiong

Intense Pulsed Light Original Article - Neurosurgical technique evaluation

Predictive values of maximum changes of brainstem auditory evoked potentials during microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm

Yulian Zhang, Hongxiang Ren, Ge Jia, Li Zhang, Guohui Fan, Qingling Bi, Yanbing Yu

Pica Syndrome How I Do it - Neurosurgical technique evaluation

How I do it: endoscopic microvascular decompression for glossopharyngeal neuralgia

Fuminari Komatsu, Kislay Kishore, Robin Sengupta

Cranial Surgery Original Article - Neurosurgical intensive care

A cross-sectional analysis of variables associated with morbidity and mortality in postoperative neurosurgical patients diagnosed with sepsis

Juliana Rotter, Ehsan Dowlati, Kelsey Cobourn, Christopher Kalhorn

Open Access Craniotomy Original Article - Infection

Preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis regimen in brain tumour surgery in Sweden: a quasi-experimental study

Simon Skyrman, Jiri Bartek Jr, Maryam Haghighi, Ida Fornebo, Tomas Skoglund, Asgeir Store Jakola, Ann-Christin von Vogelsang, Petter Förander

Antibiotic Original Article - Infection

Reduction in the infection rate of cranioplasty with a tailored antibiotic prophylaxis: a nonrandomized study

Igor Paredes, Alfonso Lagares, Rafael San-Juan, Ana María Castaño-León, Pedro-Antonio Gómez, Luis Jimenez-Roldán, Irene Panero, Carla Eiriz, Daniel García-Perez, Luis Miguel Moreno, Angel Perez-Nuñez, Pedro Gonzalez-León, José Antonio F. Alén

Brain Abscess Original Article - Infection

New perspectives in the endoscopic treatment of brain purulent collections: targets, techniques, results in a case series, and overview of the literature

Alessandro Fiorindi, Elisabetta Marton, Giorgio Gioffrè, Antonio Biroli, Luca Basaldella, Marco Maria Fontanella, Pierluigi Longatti

Tuberculosis Original Article - Infection

Management of CVJ tuberculosis: the changing paradigm

Sandeep Mohindra, Manjul Tripathi, Aman Batish, Satyawati Mohindra, Shaurya Mahendru

Open Access Spondylodiscitis Original Article - Infection

Early surgery may lower mortality in patients suffering from severe spinal infection

Sara Lener, Christoph Wipplinger, Anna Stocsits, Sebastian Hartmann, Anja Hofer, Claudius Thomé

Neurological Status Original Article - Spine - Other

Intraspinal epidermoid and dermoid cysts—tumor resection with multimodal intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring and long-term outcome

Sebastian Siller, Rupert Egensperger, Andrea Szelenyi, Joerg-Christian Tonn, Stefan Zausinger, Christian Schichor

Open Access Laminectomy Original Article - Spine - Other

Incidence and predictors of kyphotic deformity following resection of cervical intradural tumors in adults: a population-based cohort study

Charles Tatter, Alexander Fletcher-Sandersjöö, Oscar Persson, Gustav Burström, Per Grane, Erik Edström, Adrian Elmi-Terander

Meningioma Original Article - Tumor - Other

Clinical features and long-term surgical outcomes of pure spinal epidural cavernous hemangioma—report of 23 cases

Liang Zhang, Guangyu Qiao, Aijia Shang, Xinguang Yu

Shouldice Letter to the editor - Neurosurgical technique evaluation

The battle against an invisible enemy

Manjul Tripathi, Sandeep Mohindra

Open Access Chiari Malformation Letter to the Editor (by Invitation) - Spine - Other

Chiari malformation type I and basilar invagination originating from atlantoaxial instability: a literature review and critical analysis

Bernhard Meyer, Arthur Wagner, Lukas Grassner, Nikolaus Kögl, Sebastian Hartmann, Claudius Thomé, Maria Wostrack

Open Access Case Report - Spine - Other

Kyphotic deformity of the lumbar spine due to a monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the second lumbar vertebra: a case report and its surgical management

Anna Stocsits, Sara Lener, Pierre Pascal Girod, Anto Abramovič, Claudius Thomé, Sebastian Hartmann

Magnetic Resonance Imaging How I Do it - Spine degenerative

Navigation assisted tubular resection of lumbar osteoid osteoma: how I do it

Gianpaolo Jannelli, Alessandro Moiraghi, Karl Schaller, Enrico Tessitore