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Acta Neurochirurgica

Issue 5/2018

Content (31 Articles)

Original Article - Neurosurgical technique evaluation

A randomised controlled trial comparing autologous cranioplasty with custom-made titanium cranioplasty: long-term follow-up

Stephen Honeybul, David Anthony Morrison, Kwok M. Ho, Christopher R. P. Lind, Elizabeth Geelhoed

Original Article - Brain Injury

Prevalence of and risk factors for recurrence of chronic subdural hematoma

Wendong You, Yuanrun Zhu, Yadong Wang, Wenchao Liu, Hao Wang, Liang Wen, Xiaofeng Yang

Original Article - Neurosurgery Training

Burr hole trepanation for chronic subdural hematomas: is surgical education safe?

Nicolai Maldaner, Marketa Sosnova, Johannes Sarnthein, Oliver Bozinov, Luca Regli, Martin N. Stienen

Case Report - Brain Injury

Traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage related to ophthalmic artery avulsion: a case report

Alessandro Prior, Luca Allegretti, Ilaria Melloni, Marta Bovio, Francesco Laganà, Marco Ceraudo, Gianluigi Zona

Letter to the editor - Neurosurgical intensive care

Microdialysis as a useful tool to detect cerebral metabolic crises

Marcelo de-Lima-Oliveira, Fernando Paschoal Junior, Edson Bor-Seng-Shu

Letter to the Editor (by Invitation) - Brain trauma

Response: microdialysis as a useful tool to detect cerebral metabolic crises

F. A. Zeiler, D. K. Menon

Original Article - Spine

Longitudinal brain activation changes related to electrophysiological findings in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy before and after spinal cord decompression: an fMRI study

Lumír Hrabálek, Pavel Hok, Petr Hluštík, Eva Čecháková, Tomáš Wanek, Pavel Otruba, Miroslav Vaverka, Petr Kaňovský

Editorial (by Invitation) - Spine - Other

Early cervical spondylotic myelopathy and longitudinal brain activation changes

Andreas K. Demetriades

Original Article - Spine

The value of short-term pain relief in predicting the long-term outcome of ‘indirect’ cervical epidural steroid injections

Holger Joswig, Armin Neff, Christina Ruppert, Gerhard Hildebrandt, Martin Nikolaus Stienen

How I Do it - Spine

Intradural disc herniation: how I do it

Víctor Rodrigo, Marta Claramonte, Mónica Martín, Juan B. Calatayud

Original Article - Spine

Association of ischemic stroke with ankylosing spondylitis: a nationwide longitudinal cohort study

Dong Hyun Lee, Yoon Jin Choi, In-bo Han, Je Beom Hong, Kyung Do Han, Jung Min Choi, Seil Sohn

Correction

Correction to: Association of ischemic stroke with ankylosing spondylitis: a nationwide longitudinal cohort study

Dong Hyun Lee, Yoon Jin Choi, In-bo Han, Je Beom Hong, Kyung Do Han, Jung Min Choi, Seil Sohn

Original Article - Neurosurgical Techniques

The timing of stereotactic radiosurgery for medically refractory trigeminal neuralgia: the evidence from diffusion tractography images

Cheng-Chia Lee, Shin Tai Chong, Ching-Jen Chen, Sheng-Che Hung, Huai-Che Yang, Chung-Jung Lin, Chih-Chun Wu, Wen-Yuh Chung, Wan-Yuo Guo, David Hung-Chi Pan, Hsiu-Mei Wu, Jason P. Sheehan, Ching-Po Lin

Original Article - Functional

Upfront Gamma Knife surgery for facial nerve schwannomas: retrospective case series analysis and systematic review

Jean-Nicolas Comps, Constantin Tuleasca, Beatrice Goncalves-Matoso, Luis Schiappacasse, Maud Marguet, Marc Levivier

Open Access Original Article - Brain Tumors

Clinical features of brain metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma using gamma knife surgery

Akiyoshi Ogino, Tatsuo Hirai, Toru Serizawa, Atsuo Yoshino

Review Article - Brain Tumors

Gross total resection of pituitary adenomas after endoscopic vs. microscopic transsphenoidal surgery: a meta-analysis

Reem D. Almutairi, Ivo S. Muskens, David J. Cote, Mark D. Dijkman, Vasileios K. Kavouridis, Erin Crocker, Kholoud Ghazawi, Marike L. D. Broekman, Timothy R. Smith, Rania A. Mekary, Hasan A. Zaidi

Open Access Case Report - Brain Tumors

Ectopic Cushing’s syndrome secondary to olfactory neuroblastoma

Kenny Yu, Federico Roncaroli, Tara Kearney, David Ewins, Deepa Beeharry, Thomas Naylor, David Ray, Rajiv Bhalla, Kanna Gnanalingham

Review Article - Pituitaries

Post-operative imaging assessment of non-functioning pituitary adenomas

Kunal S. Patel, Sanjay Dhawan, Renzhi Wang, Bob S. Carter, James Y. Chen, Clark C. Chen

Letter to the editor - History of Neurosurgery

Awake craniotomy for vestibular schwannoma. Is it a novel or a first report?

Klaus Novak

Original Article - Brain Tumors

Glioma surgery with intraoperative mapping—balancing the onco-functional choice

Jannick Brennum, Christina M. Engelmann, Johanne Asperud Thomsen, Jane Skjøth-Rasmussen

Original Article - Brain Tumors

Patients’ reported outcome measures and clinical scales in brain tumor surgery: results from a prospective cohort study

Silvia Schiavolin, Alberto Raggi, Chiara Scaratti, Matilde Leonardi, Alberto Cusin, Sergio Visintini, Francesco Acerbi, Marco Schiariti, Costanza Zattra, Morgan Broggi, Paolo Ferroli

Original Article - Brain Tumors

Frequency and treatment of hydrocephalus prior to and after posterior fossa tumor surgery in adult patients

Sascha Marx, Maresa Reinfelder, Marc Matthes, Henry W. S. Schroeder, Joerg Baldauf

Case Report - Brain Tumors

Intraventricular urokinase to treat a blocked ventriculoperitoneal shunt in a glioblastoma patient with leptomeningeal spread

Peter Y. M. Woo, James T. F. Zhuang, Jason M. K. Ho, Andrew Seto, Hoi-Tung Wong, Kwong-Yau Chan

Original Article - Neurosurgical Techniques

Cisterna magna arachnoid membrane suturing decreases incidence of pseudomeningocele formation and incisional CSF leakage

David Pitskhelauri, Elina Kudieva, Dmitrii Moshchev, Evgeny Ananev, Michail Shifrin, Gleb Danilov, Tatiana Melnikova-Pitskhelauri, Igor Kachkov, Andrey Bykanov, Alexander Sanikidze

Original Article - Infection

Recurrent sampling and ventriculostomy-associated infections: a case-control study

Daniel Roan Thompson, Savvas Vlachos, Sabina Patel, Simeon Innocent, Christos Tolias, Konstantinos Barkas

Original Article - Neurosurgery Training

Validation of Davson’s equation in patients suffering from idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus

Afroditi-Despina Lalou, Virginia Levrini, Matthew Garnett, Eva Nabbanja, Dong-Joo Kim, Laurent Gergele, Anna Bjornson, Zofia Czosnyka, Marek Czosnyka