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Neurosurgical Review

Issue 1/2020

Content (41 Articles)

Review

Prognostic and clinicopathological significance of long non-coding RNA in glioma

Junhong Li, Ruofei Liang, Chen Song, Yufan Xiang, Yanhui Liu

Review

Pediatric cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma presenting with spontaneous intratumoral hemorrhage

Carmine Antonio Donofrio, Filippo Gagliardi, Marcella Callea, Camillo Ferrari da Passano, Maria Rosa Terreni, Andrea Cavalli, Alfio Spina, Stefania Acerno, Michele Bailo, Samer K Elbabaa, Pietro Mortini

Review

Impact of robot-assisted spine surgery on health care quality and neurosurgical economics: A systemic review

Brian Fiani, Syed A. Quadri, Mudassir Farooqui, Alessandra Cathel, Blake Berman, Jerry Noel, Javed Siddiqi

Review

Safety and efficacy of single-fraction gamma knife radiosurgery for benign confined cavernous sinus tumors: our experience and literature review

Manjul Tripathi, Aman Batish, Narendra Kumar, Chirag Kamal Ahuja, Arun S. Oinam, Rupinder Kaur, Rajasekhar Narayanan, Jenil Gurnaani, Amanjot Kaur

Review

Histopathological and molecular predictors of growth patterns and recurrence in craniopharyngiomas: a systematic review

Josephine R. Coury, Brittany N. Davis, Christoforos P. Koumas, Giovanna S. Manzano, Amir R. Dehdashti

Teflon™ or Ivalon®: a scoping review of implants used in microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia

Elliot Pressman, R. Tushar Jha, Gleb Zavadskiy, Jay I. Kumar, Harry van Loveren, Jamie J. van Gompel, Siviero Agazzi

Glioma Short Review

Stimulation-related intraoperative seizures during awake surgery: a review of available evidences

Elena Roca, Johan Pallud, Francesco Guerrini, Pier Paolo Panciani, Marco Fontanella, Giannantonio Spena

Techniques for pneumocephalus and brain shift reduction in DBS surgery: a review of the literature

Giacomo Beggio, Fabio Raneri, Oriela Rustemi, Alba Scerrati, Giampaolo Zambon, Massimo Piacentino

Original Article

Radiofrequency denervation for treatment of sacroiliac joint pain—comparison of two different ablation techniques

Simon Heinrich Bayerl, Tobias Finger, Petra Heiden, Nazli Esfahani-Bayerl, Christopher Topar, Vincent Prinz, Johannes Woitzik, Julius Dengler, Peter Vajkoczy

Original Article

Long-term follow-up after surgical removal of meningioma of the inner third of the sphenoidal wing: outcome determinants and different strategies

Andrea Talacchi, Aurel Hasanbelliu, Alberto D’Amico, Nicolò Regge Gianas, Francesca Locatelli, Alberto Pasqualin, Michele Longhi, Antonio Nicolato

Original Article

The timing of fusion surgery for clival chordoma with occipito-cervical joint instability: before or after tumor resection?

Hun Ho Park, Jeong-Yoon Park, Dong-Kyu Chin, Kyu-Sung Lee, Chang-Ki Hong

Original Article

On-ward surgical management of wound dehiscence: report of a single neurosurgical center experience and comparison of safety and effectiveness with conventional treatment

Alessandro Di Rienzo, Roberto Colasanti, Valentina Liverotti, Roberta Benigni, Riccardo Paracino, Gianluca Bizzocchi, Massimo Scerrati, Maurizio Iacoangeli

Original Article

The effect of tumor removal via craniotomies on preoperative hydrocephalus in adult patients with intracranial tumors

Sayied Abdol Mohieb Hosainey, Benjamin Lassen, John K. Hald, Eirik Helseth, Torstein R. Meling

Original Article

High-resolution diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging of the brainstem safe entry zones

Debraj Mukherjee, Veysel Antar, Burcak Soylemez, Ulas Cikla, Bora Gürer, Mehmet A. Ekici, Aaron S. Field, M. Shahriar Salamat, Mustafa K. Başkaya

Original Article

Long-term outcome and prognostic factors of intramedullary spinal hemangioblastomas

Saravanan Sadashivam, Mathew Abraham, Krishnakumar Kesavapisharady, Suresh Narayanan Nair

Original Article

Effectiveness of intraoperative visual evoked potential in avoiding visual deterioration during endonasal transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumors

Kentaro Toyama, Masahiko Wanibuchi, Toshimi Honma, Katsuya Komatsu, Yukinori Akiyama, Takeshi Mikami, Nobuhiro Mikuni

Original Article

Novel method of intraoperative ocular movement monitoring using a piezoelectric device: experimental study of ocular motor nerve activating piezoelectric potentials (OMNAPP) and clinical application for skull base surgeries

Kiyohiko Sakata, Keiko Suematsu, Nobuyuki Takeshige, Yui Nagata, Kimihiko Orito, Naohisa Miyagi, Naoki Sakai, Tsunekazu Koseki, Motohiro Morioka

Original Article

Gray-to-white matter ratio predicts long-term recovery potential of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Achmet Ali, Burcu Bitir, Taner Abdullah, Pulat Akin Sabanci, Yavuz Aras, Aydin Aydoseli, Gamze Tanirgan, Serra Sencer, Ibrahim Ozkan Akinci

Original Article

Hemodynamic findings associated with intraoperative appearances of intracranial aneurysms

Pengjun Jiang, Qingyuan Liu, Jun Wu, Xin Chen, Maogui Li, Fan Yang, Zhengsong Li, Shuzhe Yang, Rui Guo, Bin Gao, Yong Cao, Rong Wang, Fei Di, Shuo Wang

Original Article

Factors influencing early postoperative complications following surgery for symptomatic spinal metastasis: a single-center series and multivariate analysis

Patrick Schuss, Ági Güresir, Matthias Schneider, Markus Velten, Hartmut Vatter, Erdem Güresir

Original Article

Cranioplasty following decompressive craniectomy: minor surgical complexity but still high periprocedural complication rates

Ehab Shiban, Nicole Lange, Antonia Hauser, Ann-Kathrin Jörger, Arthur Wagner, Bernhard Meyer, Jens Lehmberg

Original Article

Predictive variables for the presence of vascular malformations as the cause of basal ganglia hemorrhages

Nazife Dinc, Sae-Yeon Won, Nina Brawanski, Johanna Quick-Weller, Eva Herrmann, Volker Seifert, Gerhard Marquardt

Original Article

Intraosseous cavernous malformations of the skull: clinical characteristics and long-term surgical outcomes

Chengjun Wang, Dong Zhang, Shuo Wang, Yan Zhang, Rong Wang, Jizong Zhao

Original Article

Continuous dynamic mapping to avoid accidental injury of the facial nerve during surgery for large vestibular schwannomas

Kathleen Seidel, Matthias S. Biner, Irena Zubak, Jonathan Rychen, Jürgen Beck, Andreas Raabe

Original Article

Neuroendoscopic biopsy: analysis of a series of 80 patients

Ángela Ros-Sanjuán, Bienvenido Ros-López, Guillermo Ibáñez-Botella, Miguel Domínguez-Páez, Antonio Carrasco-Brenes, Miguel Ángel Arráez-Sánchez

Open Access Original Article

The application of nasoseptal “rescue” flap technique in endoscopic transsphenoidal pituitary adenoma resection

Chao Zhang, Ning Yang, Long Mu, Chunxiao Wu, Chao Li, Weiguo Li, Shujun Xu, Xingang Li, Xiangyu Ma

Original Article

MRI criteria of subtypes of adenomas and epithelial cysts of the pituitary gland

Stefanie Bette, Vicki M. Butenschön, Benedikt Wiestler, Alexander von Werder, Roland M. Schmid, Jens Lehmberg, Claus Zimmer, Bernhard Meyer, Jan S. Kirschke, Jens Gempt

Original Article

Prophylactic enlargement of the thecal sac volume by spinal expansion duroplasty in patients with unresectable malignant intramedullary tumors and metastases prior to radiotherapy

Ingo Fiss, C. Bettag, B. Schatlo, K. von Eckardstein, I. Tsogkas, A. Schwarz, C. von der Brelie, V. Rohde

Original Article

Overall Survival of Primary Intracranial Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor Following Multimodal Treatment: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Patient Data

Xiu-Jian Ma, Da Li, Liang Wang, Shu-Yu Hao, Li-Wei Zhang, Jun-Ting Zhang, Zhen Wu

Original Article

Finite element analysis comparing short-segment instrumentation with conventional pedicle screws and the Schanz pedicle screw in lumbar 1 fractures

Fei Zhou, Sheng Yang, Jifeng Liu, Jianmin Lu, Depeng Shang, Chao Chen, Huanhuan Wang, Jinming Ma

Meningioma Original Article

Lateral supraorbital versus pterional approach for parachiasmal meningiomas: surgical indications and esthetic benefits

Hun Ho Park, Kyoung Su Sung, Ju Hyung Moon, Eui Hyun Kim, Sun Ho Kim, Kyu-Sung Lee, Chang-Ki Hong, Jong Hee Chang

Hydrocephalus Original Article

Sinking flap syndrome revisited: the who, when and why

Alessandro Di Rienzo, Roberto Colasanti, Maurizio Gladi, Angelo Pompucci, Martina Della Costanza, Riccardo Paracino, Domenic Esposito, Maurizio Iacoangeli

Stroke Case Report

Inferolateral thalamic ischemia secondary to PCA P2 perforator occlusion mimics MCA stroke syndrome

Andrew S. Griffin, Rowena Mariano, Soeren K. Hauck, Erik F. Hauck

Computed Tomography Technical Note

Surgical workflow for fully navigated high sacral amputation in sacral chordoma

Johannes Goldberg, Simon Heinrich Bayerl, Christian Witzel, Felix Aigner, Christopher P. Ames, Peter Vajkoczy

Metastasis Technical Note

Transpedicular 3D endoscope-assisted thoracic corpectomy for separation surgery in spinal metastases: feasibility of the technique and preliminary results of a promising experience

Fabio Cofano, Giuseppe Di Perna, Nicola Marengo, Marco Ajello, Antonio Melcarne, Francesco Zenga, Diego Garbossa

Craniotomy Technical Note

The extradural minipterional approach for the treatment of paraclinoid aneurysms: a cadaver stepwise dissection and clinical case series

Rafael Martinez-Perez, Holger Joswig, Asterios Tsimpas, Tomas Poblete, Pablo Albiña, Ivan Perales, Jorge M. Mura