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Neurosurgical Review

Issue 1/2023

Content (325 Articles)

Long-term results of upfront, single-session Gamma Knife radiosurgery for large cystic vestibular schwannomas

Selcuk Peker, Yavuz Samanci, Inan Erdem Ozdemir, Henricus P. M. Kunst, Daniëlle B. P. Eekers, Yasin Temel

Transcranial Doppler and computed tomography angiography for detecting cerebral vasospasm post-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Ayaz M. Khawaja, Jack McNulty, Unnati V. Thakur, Shreya Chawla, Sharmila Devi, Aaron Liew, Shervin Mirshahi, Rose Du, Rania A. Mekary, William Gormley

Usefulness of critical flicker fusion frequency measurement and its laterality for evaluating compressive optic neuropathy due to pituitary neuroendocrine tumors

Akira Taguchi, Yasuyuki Kinoshita, Kana Tokumo, Atsushi Tominaga, Yoshiaki Kiuchi, Fumiyuki Yamasaki, Nobutaka Horie

Post-traumatic intra-orbital meningoencephalocele in adults: technical note on a rare entity and review of the literature

Giacomo Cammarata, Roberto Altieri, Francesco Certo, Luca Petrella, Angelo Basile, Aurora Pizzo, Salvatore Crimi, Salvatore Battaglia, Alberto Bianchi, Giuseppe Barbagallo

Validation of the anterior skull base questionnaire 35 in endoscopic pituitary adenoma surgery

Mendel Castle-Kirszbaum, Yi Yuen Wang, James King, Jeremy Kam, Margaret D. Y. Shi, Tony Goldschlager

Mini Review

What is the most effective method to treat indirect carotid-cavernous fistula?

Richard Voldřich, František Charvát, Vladimír Beneš, David Netuka

Meningioma Research

Male sex and presence of preoperative symptoms are associated with early recurrence of WHO grade I meningiomas after surgical resection: analysis from the nationwide Brain Tumor Registry of Japan

Soichi Oya, Fusao Ikawa, Nao Ichihara, Masahiko Wanibuchi, Yukinori Akiyama, Hirofumi Nakatomi, Nobuhiro Mikuni, Yoshitaka Narita

Methods of preoperative prediction of pituitary adenoma consistency: a systematic review

Martin Černý, Vojtěch Sedlák, Veronika Lesáková, Peter Francůz, David Netuka

Open Access Craniotomy Research

Routine postoperative admission to the neurocritical intensive care unit after microvascular decompression: necessary or can it be abandoned?

Gökce Hatipoglu Majernik, Filipe Wolff Fernandes, Shadi Al-Afif, Hans E. Heissler, Thomas Palmaers, Oday Atallah, Dirk Scheinichen, Joachim K. Krauss

Review

Learning curves in robotic neurosurgery: a systematic review

Nathan A. Shlobin, Jonathan Huang, Chengyuan Wu

Editorial

My mission is finished

Ulrich Sure, Sandra Braun, Ramazan Jabbarli

Functional and clinical outcomes after superior eyelid transorbital endoscopic approach for spheno-orbital meningiomas: illustrative case and literature review

Sergio Corvino, Matteo Sacco, Teresa Somma, Jacopo Berardinelli, Lorenzo Ugga, Antonio Colamaria, Francesco Corrivetti, Giorgio Iaconetta, Doo-Sik Kong, Matteo de Notaris

R2 advances in robotic-assisted spine surgery: comparative analysis of options, future directions, and bibliometric analysis of the literature

William Mualem, Chiduziem Onyedimma, Abdul Karim Ghaith, Sulaman Durrani, Ryan Jarrah, Rohin Singh, Cameron Zamanian, Karim Rizwan Nathani, Brett A. Freedman, Mohamad Bydon

Open Access Craniotomy Review

Augmented and virtual reality usage in awake craniotomy: a systematic review

Mohammad Mofatteh, Mohammad Sadegh Mashayekhi, Saman Arfaie, Yimin Chen, Asfand Baig Mirza, Jawad Fares, Soham Bandyopadhyay, Edy Henich, Xuxing Liao, Mark Bernstein

Laminectomy Research

Prognostic factors and surgical outcomes of spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Amisha Vastani, Asfand Baig Mirza, Abbas Khizar Khoja, James Bartram, Safwan Shaheen, Shivani Rajkumar, Musa China, Jose Pedro Lavrador, Cristina Bleil, David Bell, Nick Thomas, Irfan Malik, Gordan Grahovac

Research

Toward “bigger” data for neurosurgical anatomical research: a single centralized quantitative neurosurgical anatomy platform

Lena Mary Houlihan, David Naughton, Michael G. J. O’Sullivan, Michael T. Lawton, Mark C. Preul

Open Access Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research

Hydrocephalus, cerebral vasospasm, and delayed cerebral ischemia following non-aneurysmatic spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhages: an underestimated problem

Christina Wolfert, Christoph J. Maurer, Ansgar Berlis, Hauke Schneider, Kathrin Steininger, Stefan Motov, Philipp Krauss, Björn Sommer, Ehab Shiban

Open Access Positron Emission Tomography Research

Validation of the Berlin Grading System for moyamoya angiopathy with the use of [15O]H2O PET

R. Mertens, G. Acker, K. Kersting, C. Lange, C. Furth, D. Beyaztas, P. Truckenmueller, L. Moedl, E. D. Spruenken, M. Czabanka, P. Vajkoczy

Aneurysm Research

The impact of high-resolution cone-beam CT findings on decision-making for the treatment of unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms

Toshinori Matsushige, Yukishige Hashimoto, Taichi Ogawa, Gosuke Makimoto, Michitsura Yoshiyama, Takeshi Hara, Shohei Kobayashi, Shigeyuki Sakamoto

Open Access Glioblastoma Research

Unplanned intensive care unit readmission after surgical treatment in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma — forfeiture of surgically achieved advantages?

Felix Lehmann, Anna-Laura Potthoff, Valeri Borger, Muriel Heimann, Stefan Felix Ehrentraut, Christina Schaub, Christian Putensen, Johannes Weller, Christian Bode, Hartmut Vatter, Ulrich Herrlinger, Patrick Schuss, Niklas Schäfer, Matthias Schneider

Management principles of cranial base tumor with aneurysm

Xin Ma, Yu Zhang, Chao Zhang, Zhi-jun Yang, Pi-nan Liu

Thrombosis in Cushing’s disease; raising the flag of concern

Hossein Rabiei, Ataollah Shahbandi, Mohammadmahdi Sabahi, Mauricio Mandel, Badih Adada, Hamid Borghei-Razavi

Meningioma Research

Clinical outcomes after microsurgical resection of giant lateral ventricular meningiomas

Dan Cao, Yibo Ou, Xu Chen, Zhengqian Guo, Yong Chen, Jian Chen

Stroke Research

Posterior fossa ischemic infarction: single-center retrospective review of non-surgical and surgical cases

Nolan Winslow, Elsa Olson, Ryan Martin, Sven Ivankovic, Jonathan Garst, Andres Maldonado

Lymphoma Review

Resection versus biopsy for management of primary central nervous system lymphoma: a meta-analysis

Vito Stifano, Giuseppe M. Della Pepa, Martina Offi, Nicola Montano, Antonella Carcagnì, Roberto Pallini, Liverana Lauretti, Alessandro Olivi, Quintino Giorgio D’Alessandris

Open Access Glioma Review

Localization patterns of speech and language errors during awake brain surgery: a systematic review

Ellen Collée, Arnaud Vincent, Evy Visch-Brink, Elke De Witte, Clemens Dirven, Djaina Satoer

Lymphoma Correction

Correction to: Resection versus biopsy for management of primary central nervous system lymphoma: a meta‑analysis

Vito Stifano, Giuseppe M. Della Pepa, Martina Offi, Nicola Montano, Antonella Carcagnì, Roberto Pallini, Liverana Lauretti, Alessandro Olivi, Quintino Giorgio D’Alessandris

Dystonia Mini Review

Deep brain stimulation in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome: a systematic review

Hao Deng, Bo-tao Xiong, Yang Wu, Wei Wang

Review

Surgical management of spontaneous middle cranial fossa defects: a systematic review and meta-analysis of available reconstructive techniques and materials

Edoardo Porto, Hanyao Sun, J. Manuel Revuelta-Barbero, Ivan Pradilla, Maria A. Palacios-Ariza, Nathalia Velasquez, Tomas Garzon-Muvdi, C. Arturo Solares, Douglas E. Mattox, Esther Vivas, Gustavo Pradilla

Multiple brain arteriovenous malformations: systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis

Juan E. Basilio-Flores, Joel A. Aguilar-Melgar, Cynthia B. Zevallos, Remy Aguirre-Carbajo, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, Henry Pacheco-Fernandez Baca

Open Access Endoscopy Review

Trapped fourth ventricle: to stent, shunt, or fenestrate—a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis

Yasmin Sadigh, Colin van Surksum, Philip H. D. Schröder, Ayca Cozar, Dalila Khandour, Lailla Talbi, Jochem K. H. Spoor, Oscar H. J. Eelkman Rooda, Victor Volovici, Marie-Lise C. van Veelen

Evolution of flash visual evoked potentials to monitor visual pathway integrity during tumor resection: illustrative cases and literature review

Zachary T. Olmsted, Justin W. Silverstein, Evan H. Einstein, Jayne Sowulewski, Priscilla Nelson, John A. Boockvar, Randy S. D’Amico

Current advances in the surgical treatment of glossopharyngeal neuralgia

Manuela Aramburu Berckemeyer, Paola Suarez-Meade, Maria Fernanda Villamonte Carcelen, Mariel Dyer Ricci, William P. Cheshire, Daniel M. Trifiletti, Erik H. Middlebrooks, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Sanjeet S. Grewal

Research

Microsurgical transcranial approaches to the posterior surface of petrosal portion of the temporal bone: quantitative analysis of surgical volumes and exposed areas

Simona Serioli, Edoardo Agosti, Barbara Buffoli, Elena Raffetti, A. Yohan Alexander, Laura Salgado-López, Lena Hirtler, Rita Rezzani, Roberto Maroldi, Riccardo Draghi, Ignazio Borghesi, Fabio Calbucci, Maria Peris-Celda, Marco Maria Fontanella, Francesco Doglietto

Open Access Research

Microanatomical study of arachnoid granulations and meningeal architecture around Meckel’s cave

Grzegorz Wysiadecki, R. Shane Tubbs, Joe Iwanaga, Maciej Radek, Jerzy Walocha, Piotr Brzeziński, Józef Kobos, Michał Polguj

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Implementation of the “No ICU – Unless” approach in postoperative neurosurgical management in times of COVID‑19

Lina‑Elisabeth Qasem, Ali Al‑Hilou, Kai Zacharowski, Moritz Funke, Ulrich Strouhal, Sarah C. Reitz, Daniel Jussen, Marie Thérèse Forster, Juergen Konczalla, Vincent Matthias Prinz, Kristin Lucia, Marcus Czabanka

Open Access Research

Predictors of future haemorrhage from cerebral cavernous malformations: a retrospective cohort study

Conor S. Gillespie, Khalifa E. Alnaham, George E. Richardson, Mohammad A. Mustafa, Basel A. Taweel, Abdurrahman I. Islim, Cathal John Hannan, Emmanuel Chavredakis

Open Access Review

Radial nerve compression: anatomical perspective and clinical consequences

Andrzej Węgiel, Piotr Karauda, Nicol Zielinska, R. Shane Tubbs, Łukasz Olewnik

Open Access Evoked Potential Research

Diagnosis and treatment of meralgia paresthetica between 2005 and 2018: a national cohort study

Benn Schönberg, Mareen Pigorsch, Doerte Huscher, Shlomo Baruchi, Jennifer Reinsch, Anna Zdunczyk, Christoph Scholz, Ann-Kathrin Uerschels, Nora F. Dengler

Open Access Meningioma Research

Prognosis and histology of sporadic synchronous and metachronous meningiomas and comparative analyses with singular lesions

Lisa Kopf, Nils Warneke, Oliver Grauer, Christian Thomas, Katharina Hess, Michael Schwake, Manoj Mannil, Burak Han Akkurt, Werner Paulus, Walter Stummer, Benjamin Brokinkel, Dorothee Cäcilia Spille

Open Access Intracranial Aneurysm Review

Imaging of intracranial aneurysms in animals: a systematic review of modalities

Anne F. Cayron, Sandrine Morel, Eric Allémann, Philippe Bijlenga, Brenda R. Kwak

Central neurocytomas: research trends, most cited papers, and scientometrics analysis to date

Sulaman Durrani, Sameer Saleem Tebha, Mohammad Aadil Qamar, Karim Rizwan Nathani, Daniel Jeremiah Harrison, Usama A. Aljameey, Ryan Jarrah, Ali Shoushtari, Mohamad Bydon

Association of the body mass index with poor outcome at discharge in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a registry study

Shinichiro Oku, Fusao Ikawa, Toshikazu Hidaka, Shingo Matsuda, Iori Ozono, Shuhei Yamaguchi, Nobutaka Horie

Review

Complications associated with subaxial placement of pedicle screws versus lateral mass screws in the cervical spine (C2–T1): systematic review and meta-analysis comprising 4,165 patients and 16,669 screws

Mohamed A. R. Soliman, Alexander O. Aguirre, Slah Khan, Cathleen C. Kuo, Nicco Ruggiero, Brandon L. Mariotti, Alexander G. Fritz, Siddharth Sharma, Anxhela Nezha, Bennett R. Levy, Asham Khan, Amany A. Salem, Patrick K. Jowdy, Qazi Zeeshan, Moleca M. Ghannam, Robert V. Starling, Kyungduk Rho, John Pollina, Jeffrey P. Mullin

Research

Suprafloccular transhorizontal fissure approach to the cerebellopontine angle: an anatomical study with case series

Pelin Kuzucu, Tolga Türkmen, Oğuz Kağan Demirtaş, Abuzer Güngör, Mesut Emre Yaman, Şükrü Aykol

Open Access Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research

Clustering of serum biomarkers involved in post-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) complications

Igor Fischer, Shafqat Rasul Chaudhry, Daniel Hänggi, Sajjad Muhammad

Correspondence

Neurosurgery 3.0?

S. Boissonneau, H. Dufour, A. Pann

Correspondence

Endoscopic transventricular-transchoroidal approach

Casado-Ruiz Julia, Hassan-Noreldeen Rasha, Ibáñez-Botella Guillermo

Fourth ventricle to spinal subarachnoid space stenting in pediatric patients with refractory syringomyelia: case series and systematic review

Pietro Spennato, Francesca Vitulli, Roberto Tafuto, Alessia Imperato, Giuseppe Mirone, Giuseppe Cinalli

Cerebral revascularization for complex middle cerebral artery aneurysms: surgical strategies and outcomes in a single center

Xingdong Wang, Guoqing Han, Hu Wang, Yanguo Shang, Minggang Shi, Xuan Wang, Jingang Bao, Zhiqiang Wang, Xiaoguang Tong

Microvascular decompression for young onset primary trigeminal neuralgia: a single-center experience

Chunran Zhu, Chengrong Jiang, Wu Xu, Jing Wang, Yulong Chong, Weibang Liang

Open Access Craniotomy Research

Multiple craniotomies in a single surgery — the resection of scattered brain metastases

Maximilian Bschorer, Franz L. Ricklefs, Thomas Sauvigny, Manfred Westphal, Lasse Dührsen

Efficacy of radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery as adjuvant or salvage treatment in atypical and anaplastic (WHO grade II and III) meningiomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Filippo Gagliardi, Pierfrancesco De Domenico, Silvia Snider, Edoardo Pompeo, Francesca Roncelli, Lina Raffaella Barzaghi, Stefania Acerno, Pietro Mortini

Angiographic factors leading to hemorrhage in AVMs: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Stefan W. Koester, Savio Batista, Raphael Bertani, Aaron Yengo-Kahn, Steven Roth, Rohan Chitale, Michael Dewan

Research

Endoscopically assisted presigmoid retrolabyrinthine approach to the lateral mesencephalic sulcus: a cadaveric study with comparison to the variant supracerebellar infratentorial approaches

Bon-Jour Lin, Da-Tong Ju, Kuan-Yin Tseng, Wei-Hsiu Liu, Chi-Tun Tang, Dueng-Yuan Hueng, Yuan-Hao Chen, Chung-Ching Hsia, Guann-Juh Chen, Hsin-I Ma, Ming-Ying Liu, Tzu-Tsao Chung

Meningioma Research

Endoscopic transorbital approach for skull base lesions: a report of 16 clinical cases

Xiaodi Han, Hongyu Yang, Zixun Wang, Longjie Li, Chenyu Li, Sheng Han, Anhua Wu

Open Access Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research

The weekend effect in aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a single centre experience and review

Daniel Murray, Abdurehman Choudhry, Daniel Rawluk, John Thornton, Alan O’Hare, Sarah Power, Matthew Crockett, Stephen MacNally, Paula Corr, Deirdre Nolan, Deirdre Coffey, Paul Brennan, Mohsen Javadpour

Comparison of temporal-to-frontal horn shunt and ventriculo-peritoneal shunt for treatment of trapped temporal horn: a retrospective cohort study

Zhiqin Lin, Dongxia Liao, Dao Zheng, Fuxin Lin, Yuanxiang Lin, Zhongli Jiang, Xiaohui Ren, Song Lin

Open Access Metastasis Research

Survival in patients with surgically treated brain metastases: does infratentorial location matter?

Motaz Hamed, Anna-Laura Potthoff, Muriel Heimann, Niklas Schäfer, Valeri Borger, Alexander Radbruch, Ulrich Herrlinger, Hartmut Vatter, Matthias Schneider

Research

Emerging trends and research foci of deep learning in spine: bibliometric and visualization study

Kai Chen, Xiao Zhai, Sheng Wang, Xiaoyu Li, Zhikai Lu, Demeng Xia, Ming Li

Glioma Research

Microsurgical anatomy of the isthmic cingulum: a new white matter crossroad and neurosurgical implications in the posteromedial interhemispheric approaches and the glioma invasion patterns

Tahsin Saygi, Rashid Avyasov, Ozan Barut, Zeynep Daglar, Oguz Baran, Ozan Hasimoglu, Ayca Altinkaya, Necmettin Tanriover

Does preventive external ventricular drainage benefit patients with mild ventricular hemorrhage?

Ao Chen, JianXian Li, Hao Luo, Tao Sun, RenHui Zhou, Rong Xiang, ZhongChi Tong

The role of an open artificial intelligence platform in modern neurosurgical education: a preliminary study

Umut Tan Sevgi, Gökberk Erol, Yücel Doğruel, Osman Fikret Sönmez, Richard Shane Tubbs, Abuzer Güngor

Effects of intubation technique on intracranial pressure: a cadaveric study

Erin McCormack, Aimee Aysenne, Juan J. Cardona, Arada Chaiyamoon, Cuong J. Bui, Aaron S. Dumont, R. Shane Tubbs

Multivariate analysis of seizure outcomes after resective surgery for focal epilepsy: a single-center study on 833 patients

Qiang Meng, Yong Liu, Yutao Ren, Hao Wu, Jiale Zhang, Huanfa Li, Shan Dong, Jiangpeng Jing, Xiaofang Liu, Changwang Du, Hua Zhang

Effect of postoperative tranexamic acid on recurrence rate and complications in chronic subdural hematomas patients: preliminary results of a randomized controlled clinical trial

Marcus Vinícius Carneiro Torres de Paula, Bernardo Duarte Chamon Ribeiro, Marina Mendes Melo, Pedro Victor Vidal de Freitas, Felix Hendrik Pahl, Matheus Fernandes de Oliveira, José Marcus Rotta

Review

Do overlapping neurosurgical procedures affect patient outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Siddhant Kumarapuram, Omar Elmogazy, Pooneh Mokhtari, Ira Goldstein, Ali Tayebi Meybodi

Open Access Epidural Hematoma Research

Clinical and patient-reported outcome after patient-specific 3D printer-assisted cranioplasty

Florian Ebel, Stephan Schön, Neha Sharma, Raphael Guzman, Luigi Mariani, Florian M. Thieringer, Jehuda Soleman

Hematoma Research

Glucose-albumin ratio as new biomarker for predicting mortality after intracerebral hemorrhage

Jialing He, Yu Zhang, Tiangui Li, Haidong Deng, Peng Wang, Weelic Chong, Yang Hai, Lvlin Chen, Chao You, Lu Jia, Yezhong Wang, Fang Fang

Open Access Intracranial Aneurysm Review

Simulation training approaches in intracranial aneurysm surgery—a systematic review

Fredrick J. Joseph, Hanne E. R. Vanluchene, David Bervini

Epilepsy Review

Robot-assisted vs. manually guided stereoelectroencephalography for refractory epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Fernando Cotrim Gomes, Anna Laura Lima Larcipretti, Gabriela Nager, Caroline Serafim Dagostin, Ofonime Chantal Udoma-Udofa, Julia Pereira Muniz Pontes, Jéssica Sales de Oliveira, Justine Hellen Cavalcanti de Souza, Matheus de Andrade Bannach

Methodology

Skull base dural reflection models: tool for teaching neuroanatomy at resource-scarce centers

Deepak K. Jha, Vikas Janu, Suryanarayanan Bhaskar, Jaskaran Singh Gosal, Surajit Ghatak

Lipoma Review

Unusual causes for meralgia paresthetica: systematic review of the literature and single center experience

G. C. W. de Ruiter, J. W. A. Oosterhuis, Th. F. H. Vissers, A. Kloet

A review of the top 100 most influential articles on basilar artery aneurysms

Catherine Lei, Frank A. De Stefano, Cody Heskett, Lane Fry, Aaron Brake, Kevin Le, Jeremy Peterson, Koji Ebersole

Open Access Central Nervous System Trauma Mini Review

Can we do better at measuring patient-reported outcomes after cranioplasty? A systematic review

Taborah Z. Zaramo, Ian Zelko, Dashaun Ragland, Jude Tunyi, Manraj N. Kaur, Nojan Bajestani, Clara N. Lee, Kevin C. Chung, Kerry-Ann S. Mitchell

Open Access Spondylodiscitis Research

Postoperative prolonged mechanical ventilation in patients with surgically treated pyogenic spondylodiscitis: a surrogate endpoint for early postoperative mortality

Jasmin E. Scorzin, Anna-Laura Potthoff, Felix Lehmann, Mohammed Banat, Valeri Borger, Patrick Schuss, Christian Bode, Hartmut Vatter, Matthias Schneider

Safety and clinical outcomes in endovascular treatment for symptomatic cerebral venous thrombosis: a single-center experience with meta-analysis

Si Zhao Tang, Mingxue Jing, Cunli Yang, Leonard Litt Leong Yeo, Benjamin Yong-Qiang Tan, Bernard Poon Lap Chan, Kumar Sharma Vijay, Hock-Luen Teoh, Gopinathan Anil

Application of diffusion tensor-based tractography in treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations: a systematic review

Ataollah Shahbandi, Shahab Aldin Sattari, Maryam Haghshomar, Sakineh Shab-Bidar, Michael T. Lawton

Fully automated imaging protocol independent system for pituitary adenoma segmentation: a convolutional neural network—based model on sparsely annotated MRI

Martin Černý, Jan Kybic, Martin Májovský, Vojtěch Sedlák, Karin Pirgl, Eva Misiorzová, Radim Lipina, David Netuka

Research

Clinical application of spinal robot in cervical spine surgery: safety and accuracy of posterior pedicle screw placement in comparison with conventional freehand methods

Lu-Ping Zhou, Ren-Jie Zhang, Wen-Kui Zhang, Liang Kang, Kai-Xuan Li, Hua-Qing Zhang, Chong-Yu Jia, Yin-Shun Zhang, Cai-Liang Shen

Open Access Facial Palsy Review

Surgical management of symptomatic hemangioma of the geniculate ganglion: fascicular-sparing resection or grafting?

Alice Giotta Lucifero, Sabino Luzzi, Jessica Rabski, David Meredith, Paulo Abdo do Seixo Kadri, Ossama Al-Mefty

Clinical characteristics and individualized treatment of intracranial aneurysms in young adults: a single-center experience

Wenqiang Guo, Hu Wang, Yanguo Shang, Minggang Shi, Xuan Wang, Xingdong Wang, Jingang Bao, Zhiqiang Wang, Xiaoguang Tong

Serum interleukin-1 is a new biomarker to predict the risk of rebleeding of ruptured intracranial aneurysm after admission

Zheng Wen, Qingyuan Liu, Pengjun Jiang, Chengcheng Zhu, Jiangan Li, Jun Wu, Shuo Wang, Bo Ning

Open Access Meningioma Research

Role of risk factors, scoring systems, and prognostic models in predicting the functional outcome in meningioma surgery: multicentric study of 552 skull base meningiomas

Michaela May, Vojtech Sedlak, Ladislav Pecen, Vladimir Priban, Pavel Buchvald, Jiri Fiedler, Miroslav Vaverka, Radim Lipina, Stefan Reguli, Jozef Malik, David Netuka, Vladimir Benes

Brain stimulation for chronic pain management: a narrative review of analgesic mechanisms and clinical evidence

Michał Szymoniuk, Jia-Hsuan Chin, Łukasz Domagalski, Mateusz Biszewski, Katarzyna Jóźwik, Piotr Kamieniak

Efficacy of neoadjuvant stereotactic radiotherapy in brain metastases from solid cancer: a systematic review of literature and meta-analysis

Filippo Gagliardi, Pierfrancesco De Domenico, Silvia Snider, Maria Grazia Nizzola, Pietro Mortini

Applications of brain-computer interfaces in neurodegenerative diseases

Hossein Tayebi, Sina Azadnajafabad, Seyed Farzad Maroufi, Ahmad Pour-Rashidi, MirHojjat Khorasanizadeh, Sina Faramarzi, Konstantin V. Slavin

Predictors of postoperative epidural hematomas after custom-made porous hydroxyapatite cranioplasty: a single-center experience of 194 consecutive cases

Aziz Bedioui, Angela Elia, Megan Still, Oumaima Aboubakr, Arthur Leclerc, Martin Planet, Giorgia Antonia Simboli, Alessandro Moiraghi, Houssem Fathallah, Eduardo Parraga, Chiara Benevello, Edouard Dezamis, Alexandre Roux, Marc Zanello, Johan Pallud

Ticagrelor Research

Ticagrelor is related to nuisance bleeding after flow diversion of unruptured intracranial aneurysms

Linfeng Liu, Lin Xu, Ning Guo, Yibing Yang, Xinman Liu, Tiewei Qi, Feng Liang

Hematoma Review

Bilateral basal ganglia hemorrhage: a systematic review of etiologies, management strategies, and clinical outcomes

Gina Watanabe, Andie Conching, Christian Ogasawara, Vishal Chavda, Othman Bin-Alamer, Ali S. Haider, Stefano M. Priola, Mayur Sharma, Samer S. Hoz, Bipin Chaurasia, Giuseppe E. Umana, Paolo Palmisciano

Craniotomy Research

Treatment outcomes between endoscopic surgery and conventional craniotomy for spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage: a randomized controlled trial

Raywat Noiphithak, Vich Yindeedej, Warot Ratanavinitkul, Gahn Duangprasert, Pree Nimmannitya, Pornchai Yodwisithsak

Impact of extent of resection and postoperative radiotherapy on survival outcomes in intracranial solitary fibrous tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sae Min Kwon, Min Kyun Na, Kyu-Sun Choi, Tae Ho Lim, Hyungoo Shin, Juncheol Lee, Heekyung Lee, Wonhee Kim, Youngsuk Cho, Jae Guk Kim, Chiwon Ahn, Bo-Hyoung Jang

Hematoma Research

A low prognostic nutritional index is associated with chronic subdural hematoma recurrence

Bingcheng Zhu, Yunwei Ou, Xufei Guo, Weiming Liu, Liang Wu

Carmustine wafer implantation for supratentorial glioblastomas, IDH-wildtype in “extreme” neurosurgical conditions

Alexandre Roux, Oumaima Aboubakr, Angela Elia, Alessandro Moiraghi, Chiara Benevello, Houssem Fathallah, Eduardo Parraga, Catherine Oppenheim, Fabrice Chretien, Edouard Dezamis, Marc Zanello, Johan Pallud

Association between higher systemic immune inflammation index (SII) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) after endovascular treatment

Yongkai Qin, Baorui Zhang, Shangfeng Zhao, Wei Wang, Siyuan Dong, Yan Miao, Songfeng Zhao, Lang Liu, ShenkunTang, Zhongxue Wu, Jun Kang, Aihua Liu

Modifiable risk factors for glioblastoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Marcia Harumy Yoshikawa, Nícollas Nunes Rabelo, João Paulo Mota Telles, Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo

Analyzing the cost-effectiveness of microvascular decompression and percutaneous radiofrequency rhizotomy for trigeminal neuralgia: the role of clinical classification

Peter Adidharma, Mustaqim Prasetya, Aji Wahyu Wardhana, Takuro Inoue, Adi Sulistyanto, Fadhil, Selfy Oswari, Ryan Rhiveldi Keswani, Muhammad Kusdiansah, Yunus Kuntawi Aji, Randy Ramadhan, Abrar Arham

Cognitive outcomes following functional neurosurgery in refractory OCD patients: a systematic review

G. Laseca-Zaballa, G. Lubrini, J. A. Periañez, V. Simón-Martínez, M. Martín Bejarano, C. Torres-Díaz, N. Martínez Moreno, J. Álvarez-Linera, R. Martínez Álvarez, M. Ríos-Lago

Aneurysm Research

Endovascular and microsurgical management of blister aneurysms: a multi-centre review

Joseph Reidy, Kenneth Faulder, Keryn Davidson, Timothy Harrington, Brendan Steinfort, Nazih Assaad, Mark Dexter, Alice Ma

Stereotactic radiosurgery outcome for deep-seated cerebral arteriovenous malformations in the brainstem and thalamus/basal ganglia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohammad Amin Dabbagh Ohadi, Arad Iranmehr, Mohammadreza Chavoshi, Mohammad Amin Fatollahi, Mir Sajjad Aleyasin, Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis

Open Access Cervical Myelopathy Review

The role of neuronal plasticity in cervical spondylotic myelopathy surgery: functional assessment and prognostic implication

Lapo Bonosi, Sofia Musso, Luigi Maria Cusimano, Massimiliano Porzio, Evier Andrea Giovannini, Umberto Emanuele Benigno, Giuseppe Roberto Giammalva, Rosa Maria Gerardi, Lara Brunasso, Roberta Costanzo, Federica Paolini, Andrea Sciortino, Benedetta Maria Campisi, Kevin Giardina, Gianluca Scalia, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, Rosario Maugeri

Two- and three-dimensional endoscopic endonasal surgery of large and giant pituitary adenomas—outcome analysis of a series of 62 patients from a single pituitary center

Denise Loeschner, Andrei Enciu, Geralf Kellner, Almuth Meyer, Henri Wallaschofski, Anna Cecilia Lawson McLean, Ruediger Gerlach

A multimodal imaging-based classification for pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas

Changcun Pan, Mingxin Zhang, Xiong Xiao, Lu Kong, Yuliang Wu, Xiaobin Zhao, Tao Sun, Peng Zhang, Yibo Geng, Pengcheng Zuo, Yi Wang, Xiaoou Li, Guocan Gu, Tian Li, Zhen Wu, Junting Zhang, Liwei Zhang

Open Access Syringomyelia Research

Surgical management of syringomyelia associated with spinal arachnoid web: strategies and outcomes

Sasan Darius Adib, Jens Schittenhelm, Peter Kurucz, Till-Karsten Hauser, Marcos Tatagiba

Open Access Glioma Review

Diffusion tensor imaging versus intraoperative subcortical mapping for glioma resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yiming Li, Jiahe Guo, Kai Zhang, Huijie Wei, Jikang Fan, Shengping Yu, Tao Li, Xuejun Yang

Open Access Metastasis Research

Incurring detriments of unplanned readmission to the intensive care unit following surgery for brain metastasis

Justus August Schweppe, Anna-Laura Potthoff, Muriel Heimann, Stefan Felix Ehrentraut, Valeri Borger, Felix Lehmann, Christina Schaub, Christian Bode, Christian Putensen, Ulrich Herrlinger, Hartmut Vatter, Niklas Schäfer, Patrick Schuss, Matthias Schneider

Sarcoma Research

Predictors of postoperative performance status after surgical management of infratemporal fossa malignancies

Patrick J. Hunt, Moran Amit, Katherine E. Kabotyanski, Mohamed Aashiq, Ehab Y. Hanna, Michael E. Kupferman, Shirley Y. Su, Paul W. Gidley, Marc-Elie Nader, Franco DeMonte, Shaan M. Raza

Meningioma Research

Nasofrontal meningiomas: retrospective series and review of literature

Ivo Peto, Molly Monsour, Keaton Piper, Gabriel Flores-Milan, Elliot Pressman, Mark Tabor, Harry van Loveren

Risk factors for lumbar disc herniation recurrence after percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy: a meta-analysis of 58 cohort studies

Mingjiang Luo, Zhongze Wang, Beijun Zhou, Gaigai Yang, Yuxin Shi, Jiang Chen, Siliang Tang, Jingshan Huang, Zhihong Xiao

The utility of PET for detecting corticotropinomas in Cushing disease: a scoping review

Megan M. J. Bauman, Jeffrey P. Graves, Daniel Jeremiah Harrison, Leslie C. Hassett, Irina Bancos, Derek R. Johnson, Jamie J. Van Gompel

Open Access Thrombosis Research

Post-operative segmental cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: risk factors, clinical implications, and therapeutic considerations

Carmelo Lucio Sturiale, Anna Maria Auricchio, Iacopo Valente, Alessandro Vacca, Giovanni Pennisi, Gabriele Ciaffi, Alessio Albanese, Alessando Olivi, Gianluca Trevisi

Research

Severe brain injury in children aged 0–5 years in urban areas: the role of socio-economic development and parental responsibility

El hadji Cheikh Ndiaye Sy, Hugues Ghislain Atakla, Maguette Mbaye, Mbaye Thioub, Mydrelle Pointeu Nguepnang, Alioune Badara Thiam, Momar Code Ba, Seydou Badiane

Open Access Vestibular Schwannoma Review

Proton beam radiation therapy for vestibular schwannomas-tumor control and hearing preservation rates: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Antonio Santacroce, Mioara- Florentina Trandafirescu, Marc Levivier, David Peters, Christoph Fürweger, Iuliana Toma-Dasu, Mercy George, Roy Thomas Daniel, Raphael Maire, Makoto Nakamura, Mohamed Faouzi, Luis Schiappacasse, Alexandru Dasu, Constantin Tuleasca

Research

Musculoskeletal demands in microsurgery—an explorative study comparing the ergonomics of microscope and 3D exoscope

Benjamin Steinhilber, Laura Conte, Robert Seibt, Stephan Herlan, Marcos Tatagiba, Florian H. Ebner

Research trends within aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage from 2017 to 2021: a bibliometric study

Guilherme José da Costa Borsatto, Miguel Bertelli Ramos, João Paulo Mota Telles, Nícollas Nunes Rabelo, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo

Review

A bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited articles for hemangioblastoma of the central nervous system

Abdulaziz Hamzah, Mouaz Bamsallm, Khalid A. Alshammari, Abdulaziz M. Alghamdi, Mahmoud Ali Fallatah, Mohammed Babgi, Ahmed Lary

Pneumonia Research

Blood inflammatory biomarkers predict in-hospital pneumonia after endovascular treatment of aneurysm in patients with aneurysmal subarachoid hemorrhage

Yongkai Qin, Lang Liu, Shangfeng Zhao, Wei Wang, Mingyang Han, Siyuan Dong, Yan Miao, Songfeng Zhao, Shenkun Tang, Zhongxue Wu, Baorui Zhang, Aihua Liu

Open Access Facial Palsy Mini Review

Combined petrosal approach: a systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical complications

L. Giammattei, D. Starnoni, D. Peters, M. George, M. Messerer, R. T. Daniel

Open Access Hydrocephalus Research

Diffusion tensor imaging helps identify shunt-responsive normal pressure hydrocephalus patients among probable iNPH cohort

Vojtěch Sedlák, Adéla Bubeníková, Petr Skalický, Aleš Vlasák, Helen Whitley, David Netuka, Vladimír Beneš, Vladimír Beneš III, Ondřej Bradáč

Early lateral spread response loss during microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm: its preoperative predictive factors and impact on surgical outcomes

Songshan Chai, Ji Wu, Yuankun Cai, Jingwei Zhao, Zhimin Mei, Yixuan Zhou, Yihao Wang, Hao Xu, Jiabin Zhou, Nanxiang Xiong

Combined rapid sequence MRI protocol and skull radiography as an alternative to head CT in the evaluation of abusive head trauma in children: a pilot study

Deveney Franklin, Chhitij Tiwari, Carlos Zamora, Randaline Barnett, Alice Woolard, Sheng-Che Hung, Molly Berkoff, Carolyn Quinsey

Research

Nerve to subclavius for neurotization procedures: an anatomical feasibility study

Patrick J. McCarty, Arada Chaiyamoon, Juan J. Cardona, Ana Carrera, Francisco Reina, Georgi P. Georgiev, Joe Iwanaga, Aaron S. Dumont, R. Shane Tubbs

Dural venous sinus stenting technique for idiopathic intracranial hypertension in patients with tortuous venous anatomy

Mehrnoush Gorjian, Jason E. Andrada, Kevin R. Sitko, Danielle E. Sorte, Christopher L. Taylor, Javed Khader Eliyas, Andrew P. Carlson

COVID-19 Review

Network analysis of neurosurgical literature: an increased focus on training during the COVID-19 pandemic

Siddhant Kumarapuram, Sanjeev Sreenivasan, Akanksha Mathivanan, Pranav Manchiraju, Mohammad Khuroo, Srihari Sundararajan, Anil Nanda, Sudipta Roychowdhury, Gaurav Gupta

Aneurysm Research

Supraorbital eyebrow approach and pterional approach in surgical treatment of ruptured and unruptured aneurysms: a propensity score-matched analysis

Arseniy Pichugin, Gleb Danilov, Bakhtiyar Pashaev, Nail Shayakhmetov, Valeriy Danilov, Аndrey Alekseev

Open Access Burnout Syndrome Research

How do spine surgeons cope with psychological distress: results of a cross-sectional study

Darius Kalasauskas, Malte Ottenhausen, Irene Irene, Andrea Chmitorz, Klaus Lieb, Florian Ringel

Lung Cancer Research

Survival in patients undergoing surgical resection for brain metastasis from lung cancer and utility of different prognostic scales

Fábio Pires Botta, Lilian Aline Rocha, Vanessa das Graças Pereira de Souza, Patrícia Pintor dos Reis, Estela de Oliveira Lima, Adriana Camargo Ferrasi, Adriano Yacubian Fernandes, Marco Antônio Zanini, Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho

Open Access Meningioma Review

Olfaction preservation in olfactory groove meningiomas: a systematic review

Nicholas G. Candy, Dominik Hinder, Alistair K. Jukes, Peter-John Wormald, Alkis J. Psaltis

Research

Variations in sural nerve formation and course in fetuses

Diogo Costa Garção, Maria Stephany de Souza Paiva, Karolaine Santos Corcinio

Open Access CSF Drainage Research

Noninvasive CSF shunt patency evaluation by superb microvascular imaging

D. Putzer, K. Brawanski, M. Verius, H. Oberherber, C. Thome, E. R. Gizewski, H. Gruber

Open Access Aneurysm Research

Has intraoperative neuromonitoring changed the surgery for unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms? A retrospective comparative study

Benjamin Skrap, Rina Di Bonaventura, Michele Di Domenico, Carmelo Lucio Sturiale, Anna Maria Auricchio, Rosario Maugeri, Giuseppe Roberto Giammalva, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, Alessandro Olivi, Enrico Marchese, Alessio Albanese

The current landscape of intracranial aneurysms in Africa: management outcomes, challenges, and strategies—a narrative review

Tomas Ferreira, Wireko Andrew Awuah, Joecelyn Kirani Tan, Favour Tope Adebusoye, Syed Hasham Ali, Hareesha Rishab Bharadwaj, Nicholas Aderinto, Carolina Fernandes, Muhammad Jawad Zahid, Toufik Abdul-Rahman

Real-world data of clazosentan in combination therapy for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

Shinsuke Muraoka, Takumi Asai, Takahiko Fukui, Shinji Ota, Shinji Shimato, Naoki Koketsu, Toshihisa Nishizawa, Yoshio Araki, Ryuta Saito

Meningioma Research

Decision-making tree for surgical treatment in meningioma: a geriatric cohort study

Haoyi Li, Dao Zheng, Yonggang Wang, Yuzhe Ying, Dali Sui, Song Lin, Zhongli Jiang, Huawei Huang, Guobin Zhang

Spinal cord stimulation and deep brain stimulation for disorders of consciousness: a systematic review and individual patient data analysis of 608 cases

Yang Wu, Yang-yang Xu, Hao Deng, Wei Zhang, Shu-xin Zhang, Jia-ming Li, Bo-tao Xiong, Ling-long Xiao, Deng-hui Li, Zhi-yi Ren, Yi-fan Qin, Rui-qing Yang, Wei Wang

Glioma Research

Increase in serum vimentin levels in patients with glioma and its correlation with prognosis of patients with glioblastoma

Taiichi Saito, Yoshihiro Muragaki, Asuka Komori, Masayuki Nitta, Shunsuke Tsuzuki, Shunichi Koriyama, Bunto Ro, Takakazu Kawamata

Pulmonary Edema Correspondence

Neurogenic pulmonary edema in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage — what is next?

Tijana Nastasovic, Igor Lazic, Mila Stosic, Rosanda Ilic, Aleksandra Gavrilovska Brzanov

Correction to: The current landscape of intracranial aneurysms in Africa: management outcomes, challenges, and strategies—a narrative review

Tomas Ferreira, Wireko Andrew Awuah, Joecelyn Kirani Tan, Favour Tope Adebusoye, Syed Hasham Ali, Hareesha Rishab Bharadwaj, Nicholas Aderinto, Carolina Fernandes, Muhammad Jawad Zahid, Toufik Abdul‑Rahman

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research

Benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors: an interdisciplinary diagnostic and therapeutic challenge

Anne-Kathrin Uerschels, Nora F. Dengler, Mehdi Chihi, Annika Lenkeit, Thiemo F. Dinger, Ramazan Jabbarli, Ulrich Sure, Tim Hagenacker, Karsten H. Wrede, Oliver Gembruch

Open Access Hydrocephalus Research

Enhancing the prediction for shunt-dependent hydrocephalus after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage using a machine learning approach

Dietmar Frey, Adam Hilbert, Anton Früh, Vince Istvan Madai, Tabea Kossen, Julia Kiewitz, Jenny Sommerfeld, Peter Vajkoczy, Meike Unteroberdörster, Esra Zihni, Sophie Charlotte Brune, Stefan Wolf, Nora Franziska Dengler

Open Access Correspondence

Non-fungible token integration in neurosurgery: a technical review

Aaron Lawson McLean

Craniotomy Research

Minimally invasive surgical evacuation for spontaneous cerebellar hemorrhage: a case series and systematic review

Nina Yoh, Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, Raviteja Bethamcharla, Justin Beiriger, Arka N. Mallela, E. Sander Connolly, Raymond F. Sekula

Open Access Neuromonitoring Correction

Correction to: Has intraoperative neuromonitoring changed the surgery for unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms? A retrospective comparative study

Benjamin Skrap, Rina Di Bonaventura, Michele Di Domenico, Carmelo Lucio Sturiale, Anna Maria Auricchio, Rosario Maugeri, Giuseppe Roberto Giammalva, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, Alessandro Olivi, Enrico Marchese, Alessio Albanese

Edema Research

Perihematomal edema after minimally invasive surgery: a matter of concern to neurosurgeons

Pan Lei, Zhiyang Li, Hangyu Wei, Ping Song, Lun Gao, Long Zhou, Li Cheng, Qiuwei Hua, Wenju Wang, Qiang Cai

Open Access Back Pain Research

Recurrent or junctional lumbar foraminal herniated disc in patients operated with trans pars microscopic approach

Matteo Monticelli, Clarissa Ann Elisabeth Gelmi, Alba Scerrati, Michele Alessandro Cavallo, Pasquale De Bonis

Open Access Hydrocephalus Research

Heidelberg ETV score to assess success of ETV in patients with occlusive hydrocephalus: a retrospective single-center study

Mohammed Issa, Alexander Younsi, Filippo Paggetti, Nikolai Miotk, Angelika Seitz, Martin Bendszus, Jeffrey H. Wisoff, Andreas Unterberg, Ahmed El Damaty

Outcomes following surgical resection of trigeminal schwannomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Constantine L. Karras, Pavlos Texakalidis, Vineeth M. Thirunavu, Khizar R. Nandoliya, Rushmin Khazanchi, Kayla Byrne, James P. Chandler, Stephen T. Magill

Open Access Glioma Review

Microsurgical resection of gliomas of the cingulate gyrus: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Simon Diaz, Nicolas Reyns, Koray Özduman, Marc Levivier, Michael Schulder, Constantin Tuleasca

Lung Cancer Research

Whole-tumor histogram analysis of multi-parametric MRI for differentiating brain metastases histological subtypes in lung cancers: relationship with the Ki-67 proliferation index

Bin Zhang, Fengyu Zhou, Qing Zhou, Caiqiang Xue, Xiaoai Ke, Peng Zhang, Tao Han, Liangna Deng, Mengyuan Jing, Junlin Zhou

Stroke Research

Association of moyamoya vasculopathy with autoimmune disease: a systematic review and pooled analysis

Rohin Singh, Megan M. J. Bauman, Andreas Seas, Daniel J. Harrison, Zach Pennington, Nolan J. Brown, Julian Gendreau, Redi Rahmani, Nathaniel Ellens, Joshua Catapano, Michael T. Lawton

Open Access Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Review

Antiplatelet therapy in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: an updated meta-analysis

Keng Siang Lee, Cheyenne Lee, Permesh S. Dhillon, Ramez Kirollos, Vincent D.W. Nga, Tseng Tsai Yeo, Hans Henkes, Adam S. Arthur, Leonard L.L. Yeo, Pervinder Bhogal

Aneurysm Research

ICGA combined with EP monitoring in microclipping of cerebral aneurysms

Bokai Yin, Xinjun Chen, Jincao Chen, Wenyuan Zhao, Zhengwei Li

Open Access Radiotherapy Research

Butterfly gliomas: a time for stratified management?

Siddharth Sinha, Adam Avnon, Andrea Perera, Jose Pedro Lavrador, Keyoumars Ashkan

The incidence and risk factors of unplanned reoperation in endoscopic endonasal surgeries: a single center study

Yingxi Wu, Yafei Xue, JianQing He, Shanqi Yuan, Junting Li, Yangyang Zhang, Yan Qu, Tianzhi Zhao

Surgical evolution in spinal dural arteriovenous fistula treatment—a 7 years monocentric experience

Antoine Devalckeneer, Philippe Bourgeois, Yohan Caudron, Laurent Estrade, Louis Obled, Xavier Leclerc, Richard Assaker, Jean-Paul Lejeune, Rabih Aboukais

Open Access Cerebral Metastase Research

Tumor size, treatment patterns, and survival in neuro-oncology patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Lydia Karamani, Aaron Lawson McLean, Marcel A. Kamp, Thomas E. Mayer, Wolf Müller, Nazife Dinc, Christian Senft

Mini Review

Failure to rescue as a patient safety indicator for neurosurgical patients: are we there yet? A systematic review

Joanna M. Roy, Kavelin Rumalla, Georgios P. Skandalakis, Syed Faraz Kazim, Meic H. Schmidt, Christian A. Bowers

Glioma Research

Awake surgery for glioma resection during pregnancy: a systematic review

Jhon E. Bocanegra-Becerra, Sávio Batista, Fernando Costa Vieitas, Rafael Takahashi, Leonardo de Barros Oliveira, Nicole M. Castillo-Huerta, Alonso Ludeña-Esquivel, Raphael Bertani

Aneurysm Research

Spontaneous middle cerebral artery dissection: a series of six cases and literature review

Yohei Nounaka, Yasuo Murai, Kazutaka Shirokane, Fumihiro Matano, Kenta Koketsu, Ryuta Nakae, Akira Watanabe, Takayuki Mizunari, Akio Morita

Open Access Intracranial Hypertension Research

Thiopental and decompressive craniectomy as last-tier ICP-treatments in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: is functional recovery within reach?

Sofie Björk, Anders Hånell, Elisabeth Ronne-Engström, Anton Stenwall, Fartein Velle, Anders Lewén, Per Enblad, Teodor Svedung Wettervik

Evaluating the state of non-invasive imaging biomarkers for traumatic brain injury

Sangami Pugazenthi, Miguel A. Hernandez-Rovira, Rida Mitha, James L. Rogers, Raj Swaroop Lavadi, Michael R. Kann, Miguel Ruiz Cardozo, Angela Hardi, Galal A. Elsayed, Jacob Joseph, Stephen N. Housley, Nitin Agarwal

Revisiting the transorbital approach for emergency external ventricular drainage: an anatomical study of relevant parameters and their effect on the effectiveness of using Tubbs’ point

Juan J. Cardona, Devendra Shekhawat, Arada Chaiyamoon, Erin McCormack, Samir Anadkat, Joe Iwanaga, Joseph Keen, Cuong J. Bui, Aaron S. Dumont, R. Shane Tubbs

A prospective cohort study on decreased serum apelin-13 levels after human aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: associations with severity and prognosis

Qun Lin, Liangzhi Ye, Junxia Dai, Zhengrong Ye, Huajun Ba, Zhiwei Li, Xiaoxiang Chen, Maohua Chen, Chuan Lu, Jun Sun, Jianyong Cai

Middle meningeal artery embolization and pediatric chronic subdural hematoma: a systematic review of the literature

Andre Marolop Pangihutan Siahaan, Suzy Indharty, Steven Tandean, Thomas Tommy, Michael Lumintang Loe, Bahagia Willibrordus Maria Nainggolan, Dimas Pangestu, Martin Susanto

Open Access Pituitary Adenoma Review

The learning curve for endoscopic endonasal pituitary surgery: a systematic review

Nicholas G. Candy, Christopher Ovenden, Alistair K. Jukes, Peter-John Wormald, Alkis J. Psaltis

Is there any risk for recurrence of a completely clipped intracranial aneurysm?

Serge Marbacher, Lukas Andereggen, Gerrit A. Schubert, Basil E. Grüter

The cerebellopontine angle cistern volumetric differences in trigeminal neuralgia patients with and without vertebrobasilar compression: a case-matched study

Songshan Chai, Runqi Cheng, Jingyi Yang, Lei Shen, Kai Fu, Jiabin Zhou, Zhimin Mei, Jie Zhang, Yihao Wang, Yuankun Cai, Hao Xu, Nanxiang Xiong

Collet-Sicard syndrome: a scoping review

Maria Paula Aguilera-Pena, Maria A. Castiblanco, Valentina Osejo-Arcos, Rafael Aponte-Caballero, Santiago Gutierrez-Gomez, Juan Felipe Abaunza-Camacho, Natalia Guevara-Moriones, Camilo Armando Benavides-Burbano, William M. Riveros-Castillo, Javier M. Saavedra

A nomogram for predicting post-operative hydrocephalus in children with medulloblastoma

Wentao Zhou, Heng Zhang, Xu An, Chunde Li, Jian Gong, Wei Liu, Tao Sun, Fu Zhao, Yong-ji Tian

Neck Pain Research

Treatment of the two-level degenerative cervical disk diseases based on algorithmic anterior approach: a multicenter prospective study

Vadim A. Byvaltsev, Andrei A. Kalinin, Marat A. Aliyev, Bakhyt M. Aglakov, Alexander V. Kuharev, Nurzhan O. Azhibekov

Open Access Pituitary Adenoma Review

Training models and simulators for endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery: a systematic review

Giacomo Santona, Alba Madoglio, Davide Mattavelli, Mario Rigante, Marco Ferrari, Liverana Lauretti, Pierpaolo Mattogno, Claudio Parrilla, Pasquale De Bonis, Jacopo Galli, Alessandro Olivi, Marco Maria Fontanella, Antonio Fiorentino, Mauro Serpelloni, Francesco Doglietto

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Recurrent or junctional lumbar foraminal herniated disc in patients operated with trans pars microscopic approach

Matteo Monticelli, Clarissa Ann Elisabeth Gelmi, Alba Scerrati, Michele Alessandro Cavallo, Pasquale De Bonis

Open Access Subdural Hematoma Review

Drainage versus no drainage after burr-hole evacuation of chronic subdural hematoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 1961 patients

Ahmed Aljabali, Aya Mohammed Sharkawy, Belal Jaradat, Ibrahim Serag, Nada Mostafa Al-dardery, Mariam Abdelhady, Mohamed Abouzid

Research

Long-term functional outcomes and complications of microsurgical resection of brainstem cavernous malformations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ibrahem Albalkhi, Areez Shafqat, Othman Bin-Alamer, Arka N. Mallela, Chloe Kuminkoski, Mohamed A. Labib, Michael J. Lang, Michael T. Lawton, Jacques J. Morcos, William T. Couldwell, Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar

Open Access Meningioma Mini Review

Role of Mediterranean diet in the development and recurrence of meningiomas: a narrative review

Roberta Costanzo, Irene Simonetta, Sofia Musso, Umberto Emanuele Benigno, Luigi Maria Cusimano, Evier Andrea Giovannini, Kevin Giardina, Vincenzo Abrignani, Irene Baglio, Alessio Albanese, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, Rosario Maugeri, Antonino Tuttolomondo

Open Access Nimodipine Research

Serum concentration–guided intravenous magnesium sulfate administration for neuroprotection in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a retrospective evaluation of a 12-year single-center experience

C. Wipplinger, A. Cattaneo, T. M. Wipplinger, K. Lamllari, F. Semmler, C. Geske, J. Messinger, V. Nickl, A. Beez, R.-I. Ernestus, M. Pham, T. Westermaier, J. Weiland, C. Stetter, E. Kunze

Open Access Ependymoma Research

Neurologic outcomes for adult spinal cord ependymomas stratified by tumor location: a retrospective cohort study and 2-year outlook

Keanu Chee, Grégoire P. Chatain, Michael W. Kortz, Stephanie Serva, Keshari Shrestha, Timothy H. Ung, Jens-Peter Witt, Michael Finn

Aneurysm Research

Outcomes following surgical and endovascular treatment of extracranial vertebral artery aneurysms (VAA): a systematic evaluation of the literature

Oluwatoyin Akinnusotu, Atiq Ur Rehman Bhatti, Abdul Karim Ghaith, Antonio Bon Nieves, Ryan Jarrah, Waseem Wahood, Mohamad Bydon, Bernard R Bendok

Statins Research

Comparative outcomes of middle meningeal artery embolization with statins versus embolization alone in the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Basel Musmar, Samantha Spellicy, Hamza Salim, Jihad Abdelgadir, Ali Zomorodi, Andrew Cutler, Pascal Jabbour, David Hasan

Cross-spectral analysis of cerebral autoregulation after mild traumatic brain injury

Baglan Mustafayev, Alina Mustafayeva, Askar Bakhtiyarov, Kuanysh Nikatov

Headache Review

Symptomatic intraventricular choroid plexus cysts. Illustrative case and systematic review

Artem Stanishevskiy, Gaspar Gavrilov, Dmitriy Svistov, Vladislav Cherebillo, Mariia Kurnukhina

Lymphoma Research

Primary intracranial lymphomas—incidence and survival: a population-based study

Yining Jiang, Xiangyu Zheng, Taikun Lu, Pu Gao, Yubo Wang

Aneurysm Review

Risk factors for perianeurysmal vasogenic oedema (pavo) following embolization therapy: literature review

Emmanuel O. Mensah, Abdul R. Abusellie, Catherine Pringle, Hedley Emsley, Andrew F. Alalade, Gareth A. Roberts

Metastasis Mini Review

Frailty indices in patients undergoing surgical resection of brain metastases: a systematic review

Joanna M. Roy, Ali Haider Bangash, Georgios P. Skandalakis, Christian A. Bowers

Reconstruction of orbital walls after resection of cranioorbital meningiomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data

Nikolay Lasunin, Vasiliy Cherekaev, Abdulla Abdullaev, Vadim Gadzhiagaev, Gleb Danilov, Yulia Strunina, Denis Golbin, Dmitriy Okishev

Open Access Research

Path to success: female leaders in German neurosurgery

Miriam Weiss, Rabia Dogan, Ulrike Eisenberg, Aruni Velalakan, Jutta Krüger, Ina Moritz, Dorothea Nistor-Gallo, Charlotte Flueh, Claudia Janz, Rezvan Ahmadi, Karlijn Hakvoort, Marie-Thérèse Forster

Hematoma Review

Risk factors for recurrence of chronic subdural hematoma after surgical evacuation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Seyed Farzad Maroufi, Farzin Farahbakhsh, Robert Loch Macdonald, Alireza Khoshnevisan

Aneurysm Research

Long-term outcomes of surgical clipping of saccular middle cerebral artery aneurysms: a consecutive series of 92 patients

Kaiyun Yang, Sabrina L. Begley, Daniel Lynch, Justin Turpin, Minoo Aminnejad, Forough Farrokhyar, Amir R. Dehdashti

Flow volume mismatch dramatically affects transient neurologic symptoms after direct bypass in Moyamoya disease

Yuyo Maeda, Takahito Okazaki, Shinji Kume, Reo Kawano, Komei Takauchi, Takeshi Hara, Masashi Kuwabara, Kondo Hiroshi, Ishii Daizo, Nobutaka Horie

Schwannoma Research

Surgical management of sporadic and schwannomatosis-associated pelvic schwannomas

Matthieu Peyre, Julien Gaudric, Isabelle Bernat, Arthur André, Thibault Couture, Michel Kalamarides

Aneurysm Research

Comparison of outcomes between clipping and endovascular coiling in anterior choroidal artery aneurysm: a systematic review

Asra Al Fauzi, M. Irfan Rahmatullah, Nur Setiawan Suroto, Budi Utomo, Achmad Fahmi, Abdul Hafid Bajamal, Billy Dema Justia Wahid, I Wayan Weda Wisnawa

Incision Research

Risk of postoperative scalp necrosis in the occipital artery region after posterior cranial fossa surgery

Kei Yamashiro, Kazuhide Adachi, Tatsuo Omi, Akira Wakako, Saeko Higashiguchi, Ichiro Nakahara, Motoharu Hayakawa, Akiyo Sadato, Mitsuhiro Hasegawa, Yuichi Hirose

Open Access Glioblastoma Research

Association between patient-reported cognitive function and location of glioblastoma

Stine Schei, Lisa Millgård Sagberg, Lars Eirik Bø, Ingerid Reinertsen, Ole Solheim

Aneurysm Methodology

Combined endoscopic endonasal and transcranial approach for internal carotid artery aneurysms: usefulness and safety of endonasal proximal control

Ryota Sato, Yukinori Akiyama, Takeshi Mikami, Yuka Kawata, Chie Kamada, Yusuke Kimura, Katsuya Komatsu, Nobuhiro Mikuni

Aneurysm Review

Safety and efficacy of the pipeline embolization device for treatment of small vs. large aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abdul Karim Ghaith, Elena Greco, Jorge Rios-Zermeno, Victor Gabriel El-Hajj, Carlos Perez-Vega, Marc Ghanem, Samir Kashyap, W. Christopher Fox, Thien J. Huynh, Sukhwinder S. Sandhu, Marcus Ohlsson, Adrian Elmi-Terander, Bernard R. Bendok, Mohamad Bydon, Rabih G. Tawk

Glioma Research

Confounders of intraoperative frozen section pathology during glioma surgery

Johanna Waltraud Anita Harms, Eileen Maria Susanne Streckert, Nora Maren Kiolbassa, Christian Thomas, Oliver Grauer, Michael Oertel, Hans Theodor Eich, Walter Stummer, Werner Paulus, Benjamin Brokinkel

Single fraction and hypofractionated radiosurgery for perioptic meningiomas—tumor control and visual outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

David R. Peters, Anthony Asher, Alfredo Conti, Luis Schiappacasse, Roy T. Daniel, Marc Levivier, Constantin Tuleasca

Meningioma Research

A nomogram for predicting the risk of major postoperative complications for patients with meningioma

Zheng-Qian Guo, Xiao-Yu Xia, Dan Cao, Xu Chen, Yue He, Bao-Feng Wang, Dong-Sheng Guo, Jian Chen

Outcomes of the early endoscopic-assisted suturectomy for treatment of multisuture craniosynostosis

Omid Yousefi, Reza Taheri, Mohammadmahdi Sabahi, Rebecca A. Reynolds, Amirmohamad Farrokhi, Sina Zoghi, Arash Jamshidi, Mohammad Ali Hoghoughi, M. Omar Iqbal, George I. Jallo, Mohammad Sadegh Masoudi

Open Access Craniotomy Review

Awake craniotomy during pregnancy: A systematic review of the published literature

Mohammad Mofatteh, Mohammad Sadegh Mashayekhi, Saman Arfaie, Hongquan Wei, Arshia Kazerouni, Georgios P. Skandalakis, Ahmad Pour-Rashidi, Abed Baiad, Lior Elkaim, Jack Lam, Paolo Palmisciano, Xiumei Su, Xuxing Liao, Sunit Das, Keyoumars Ashkan, Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol

Deep learning based identification of pituitary adenoma on surgical endoscopic images: a pilot study

Yutaro Fuse, Kazuhito Takeuchi, Noriaki Hashimoto, Yuichi Nagata, Yusuke Takagi, Tetsuya Nagatani, Ichiro Takeuchi, Ryuta Saito

Surgical treatment of carotid blowout syndrome after radiotherapy for head and neck malignant tumors: a single-center experience

Kaiming Gao, Wenqiang Guo, Yanguo Shang, Gang Liu, Xiang Zhai, Haiyan Li, Minggang Shi, Xiaoguang Tong

Role of amide proton transfer imaging in maximizing tumor resection in malignant glioma: a possibility to take the place of 11C-methionine positron emission tomography

Akihiro Inoue, Hideaki Watanabe, Kosuke Kusakabe, Masahiro Nishikawa, Yasuhiro Shiraishi, Mashio Taniwaki, Yoshihiro Takimoto, Mizusa Harada, Taichi Furumochi, Seiji Shigekawa, Riko Kitazawa, Teruhito Kido, Takanori Ohnishi, Takeharu Kunieda

Endoscopic endonasal surgery for prolactinomas: prognostic factors for disease control and management of persistent disease

Aristotelis Kalyvas, Joao Paulo Almeida, Farshad Nassiri, Ruth Lau, Philip J O’Halloran, Nilesh Mohan, Thomas Wälchli, Vincent C. Ye, Dennis M. Tang, Pranay Soni, Tamia Potter, Shereen Ezzat, Varun R. Kshettry, Gelareh Zadeh, Pablo F. Recinos, Fred Gentili

Incision Research

Frontotemporal craniotomy with skin incision along the superior temporal line outside the hairline in bald male patients with temporal gliomas

Yuri Hyakutake, Ichiyo Shibahara, Mariko Toyoda, Ryota Shigeeda, Hajime Handa, Wakiko Saruta, Sumito Sato, Takuichiro Hide, Toshihiro Kumabe

Application of diffusion tensor imaging of the facial nerve in preoperative planning for large vestibular schwannoma: a systematic review

Adéla Bubeníková, Aleš Vlasák, Zdeněk Fík, Vojtěch Sedlák, Michaela Tesařová, Ondřej Bradáč

Enhancing meningioma resection: a comprehensive study on the safety and effectiveness of Onyx™ presurgical embolization

Sávio Batista, Filipi Fim Andreão, Lucca B. Palavani, Pedro Borges, Gabriel Verly, Raphael Bertani, José Alberto Almeida Filho, Wellingson S. Paiva, Livia V. de Abreu, Bruno L. Pessoa

SARS-CoV-2 infection and spontaneous spinal hemorrhage: a systematic review

Arman Sourani, Noushin Vahdat, Colin Son, Omid R. Hariri, Majid Rezvani, Mina Foroughi, Ryan Mirza, Armin Sourani, Sadegh Baradaran Mahdavi

Safety and functional outcome analysis of ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement for hydrocephalus within the critical phase of possible delayed cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Julien N. Jost, Yasin Irmak, Basil Grüter, Angelo Tortora, Serge Marbacher, Christian Musahl, Gerrit A. Schubert, Lukas Andereggen, Stefan Wanderer

Aneurysm Research

Treatment with a flow diverter-assisted coil embolization for ruptured blood blister-like aneurysms of the internal carotid artery: a technical note and analysis of single-center experience with pooled data

Yi-Bin Zhang, Pei-Sen Yao, Hao-Jie Wang, Bing-Sen Xie, Jia-Yin Wang, Mei Zhu, Deng-Liang Wang, Liang-Hong Yu, Yuan-Xiang Lin, Bin Gao, Shu-Fa Zheng, De-Zhi Kang

Factors for predicting recurrence after burr hole drainage for chronic subdural hematoma: a retrospective study

Gi Jeong Jeon, Hyun Taek Rim, Heui Seung Lee, Jae Keun Oh, In Bok Chang, Joon Ho Song, Ji Hee Kim

Construction and validation of a predictive model of pneumonia for ICU patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Xin Geng, Hao Wu, Chenan Liu, Linrui Qi, Augustine K. Ballah, Wenqiang Che, Shuaishuai Wu, Tengyue Fu, Ning Li, Xiaocong Wei, Rui Cheng, Zhigang Pang, Hongming Ji, Yonghong Wang, Xiangyu Wang

Open Access Spinal Metastasis Research

Reevaluating age restrictions of spinal metastasis surgery in elderly groups with over 2-year follow-up

Pavlina Lenga, Philip Dao Trong, Vassilios Papakonstantinou, Karl Kiening, Andreas W. Unterberg, Basem Ishak

Headache Review

Early ambulation versus prolonged bed rest for incidental durotomies in spine procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Fernando Cotrim Gomes, Anna Laura Lima Larcipretti, Francisco Alfonso Rodriguez Elvir, Jordana Borges Camargo Diniz, Tiago Muniz Vieira de Melo, Laís Silva Santana, Helen Michaela de Oliveira, Douglas Carneiro Barroso, Allan Dias Polverini

Indocyanine green endoscopic evaluation of pituitary stalk and gland blood flow in craniopharyngiomas

Ryutaro Makino, Shingo Fujio, Jun Sugata, Masanori Yonenaga, Tomoko Hanada, Nayuta Higa, Hitoshi Yamahata, Ryosuke Hanaya

Glioma Correspondence

Letter to the Editor: Awake surgery for glioma resection during pregnancy: a systematic review

Karlos Acurio, Fritz Fidel Váscones-Román, Niels Pacheco-Barrios

Research process, recap, and prediction of Chiari malformation based on bicentennial history of nomenclature and terms misuse

Yunsen He, Mengjun Zhang, Xiaohong Qin, Caiquan Huang, Ping Liu, Ye Tao, Yishuang Wang, Lili Guo, Mingbin Bao, Hongliang Li, Zhenzhen Mao, Nanxiang Li, Zongze He, Bo Wu

Differences in invasiveness and recurrence rate among nonfunctioning pituitary neuroendocrine tumors depending on tumor subtype

Akira Taguchi, Yasuyuki Kinoshita, Vishwa Jeet Amatya, Shumpei Onishi, Yukari Go, Atsushi Tominaga, Yukio Takeshima, Fumiyuki Yamasaki, Nobutaka Horie

Predictors of mortality in chronic subdural hematoma evacuation

Rahman Sayed, Suzanne Gross, Aroosa Zamarud, Linda Nie, Gagandeep Mudhar, Matthias Eikermann, Samuel Rupp, Jinu Kim, Mustufa Babar, Mudaser Basam, Reza Yassari, Yaroslav Gelfand

The role of sphenoid bone in basilar invagination pathophysiology

Ítalo T. Oliveira Filho, Ricardo V. Botelho

Neuroendoscopic transventricular transchoroidal approach for access to the posterior zone of the third ventricle or pineal region

Laura Cerro Larrazabal, Guillermo Ibáñez Botella, Ángela Ros Sanjuán, Bienvenido Ros López, Sara Iglesias Moroño, Miguel Ángel Arráez Sánchez

Fitness-to-drive after adult civilian traumatic brain injury: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Augusto Müller Fiedler, Timoteo Almeida, Fernando De Nigris Vasconcellos, Alexis Morell, Bernardo Assumpção de Monaco, Renato Anghinah, Joacir Graciolli Cordeiro

Review

A systematic review of the power of standardization in pediatric neurosurgery

Lance M. Villeneuve, Alexander R. Evans, Ira Bowen, Joanna Gernsback, Karl Balsara, Andrew Jea, Virendra R. Desai