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Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6)


ELECTRONIC TABLE OF CONTENTS

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):565-78
Treatment of tumors and metastases of the spine by minimally invasive CAVITY-coblation method (plasma field therapy)
Dzmitry DABRAVOLSKI *, Jan EßER, Andreas LAHM, Harry MERK

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):579-88
MRI-based determination of convex or concave surgical approach for lateral lumbar interbody fusion in lumbar degenerative scoliosis: a retrospective radiographic comparative analysis
Myung-Hoon SHIN, Kyeong-Sik RYU *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):589-96
Association between imaging findings and microbiological findings for image‑guided biopsies for spine infections
Waleed BRINJIKJI *, Brian M. EVERIST, John T. WALD, John I. LANE, Jonathan M. MORRIS

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):597-602
What do we know about ALARA? Is our knowledge sufficient about radiation safety?
Ibrahim B. ATCİ, Hakan YİLMAZ *, Veysel ANTAR, Nuriye G. OZDEMİR, Oguz BARAN, Sila SADİLLİOGLU, Mehmet OZEL, Okan TURK, Mehmet YAMAN, Hakan TOPACOGLU

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):603-11
Use of artificial neural networks to decision making in patients with lumbar spinal canal stenosis
Parisa AZIMI *, Hassan R. MOHAMMADI, Edward C. BENZEL, Shorab SHAHZADI, Shirzad AZHARI

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):612-30
Mapping the connectome in awake surgery for gliomas: an update
Hugues DUFFAU *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):631-9
Prognostic implications of resection extent for patients with glioblastoma multiforme: a meta-analysis
Xue-Zhen LI, Yan-Bin LI, Yang CAO, Pei-Liang LI, Bo LIANG, Ji-Dian SUN, En‑Shan FENG *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):640-51
Surgical treatment of unruptured dissecting intracranial aneurysms of vertebral-posterior inferior cerebellar artery region
Vladimir BALIK *, Yasuhiro YAMADA, Sandeep TALARI, Kei YAMASHIRO, Rile WU, Daisuke SUYAMA, Tsukasa KAWASE, Kiyoshi TAKAGI, Katsumi TAKIZAWA, Yoko KATO

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):652-64
Traumatic brain injury and gene knockout animal models: an up-to-date review
Georgios F. HADJIGEORGIOU *, Ranjodh SINGH, Efthimios DARDIOTIS, Konstantinos PATERAKIS, Georgios M. HADJIGEORGIOU, Kostas N. FOUNTAS

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):665-72
Lumbar drainage and delayed cerebral ischemia in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a systematic review
Pietro PANNI, Jennifer E. FUGATE, Alejandro A. RABINSTEIN, Giuseppe LANZINO *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):673-6
Decompressive craniectomy and hydrocephalus: proposal of a therapeutic flow chart
Simone PERAIO*, Maria Lucia CALCAGNI, Maria Vittoria MATTOLI, Giammaria MARZIALI, Pasquale DE BONIS, Angelo POMPUCCI, Carmelo ANILE, Annunziato MANGIOLA

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):677-9
Mobile lumbar spine ependymoma: case report and review of literature
Marwan NAJJAR, Elias ELIAS, Ghassan SKAF *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):680-1
IgG4-related disease presenting as a temporal lobe tumor
Benjamin W. CHAN *, Richard C. CHAN, James CUPPLES

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):681-3
Is there still a role for lesioning in functional neurosurgery? Preliminary Italian (and world-first) experience with a trans-cranial MRI-guided focused ultrasound surgery system operating at 1.5 Tesla
Domenico G. IACOPINO *, Antonella GIUGNO, Rosario MAUGERI, Cesare GAGLIARDO, Angelo FRANZINI, Carlo CATALANO, Massimo MIDIRI

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):683-6
Use of ultrasound in minimally invasive spinal instrumentation surgery
Akshay HARI, Keshava REDDY, Deshpande V. RAJAKUMAR *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):686-9
The role of diffusion tensor imaging in assessing the microstructural integrity of white matter in spinal cord concussions
Ahmed ALNEMARI, Tarek R. MANSOUR, Stephanie GREGORY, Mark BUEHLER, Daniel GAUDIN *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):689-90
Recent perspectives of metabolic alterations in neurological disorders
Ai-Ling JI, Xia ZHANG, Wei-Wei CHEN, Wen-Juan HUANG *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):690-1
Training in skull base surgery: a holistic perspective
Antonio DI IEVA *


You may also be interested in reading the following articles published online ahead of the print issue.

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 28
Ultrasound assisted awake epilepsy surgery for type IIB focal cortical dysplasia in eloquent areas
Matteo MARTINONI *, Gianluca MARUCCI, Stefano MELETTI, Lilia VOLPI, Roberto MICHELUCCI, Marco GIULIONI

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 28
Postoperative cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea in puerperal women following transcranial resection of tuberculum sella meningiomas
Ben SHOFTY *, Lior GONEN, Sarit AVRAHAM, Avraham ABERGEL, Daniel UMANSKY, Nevo MARGALIT

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 28
High resolution vessel wall imaging of three patients with Susac’s Syndrome
Vance T. LEHMAN *, James P. KLAAS, Ashima MAKOL, Waleed BRINJIKJI, Deena M. NASR, Mahmud MOSSA-BASHA, George W. PETTY, John HUSTON III

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 28
Prognostic factors in chronic subdural hematoma: results from a monocentric consecutive surgical series of 605 patients
Susanna BACIGALUPPI *, Fedra GUASTALLI, Nicola L. BRAGAZZI, Alberto BALESTRINO, Paolo BRUZZI, Gianluigi ZONA

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 28
Rational use of systematic postoperative CT scans after neurosurgical craniotomy
Sebastien BOISSONNEAU *, Emeline TABOURET, Thomas GRAILLON, Mikael MEYER, Lionel J. VELLY, Nadine GIRARD, Herve BRUNEL, Nicolas J. BRUDER, Stephane FUENTES, Henry DUFOUR

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 22
The changing landscape of ependymomas: diagnostic and treatment approaches
Isabelle M. GERMANO *, Ekkehard M. KASPER

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 22
Adjuvant treatments for ependymomas
E. Alton SARTOR, Patrick Y. WEN *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 22
Intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery
Andrew A. FANOUS, Dheerendra PRASAD, David MATHIEU, Andrew J. FABIANO *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 22
Surgery for posterior fossa ependymomas in adults
Yosef LAVIV *, Isabelle M. GERMANO, Anand MAHADEVAN, Ekkehard M. KASPER

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 22
Negative influence of preoperative tinnitus on hearing preservation in vestibular schwannoma surgery
Luciano MASTRONARDI *, Guglielmo CACCIOTTI, Raffaellino ROPERTO, Ettore DI SCIPIO

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 22
Radiologic characteristics of ependymomas: a case-based approach
David KHATAMI *, Ekkehard M. KASPER, Rafeeque BHADELIA, Rafael ROJAS

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 22
Decreased nitric oxide serum level after pituitary adenoma resection
Daniel BABULA, Anna HORECKA, Dorota LUCHOWSKA-KOCOT, Joanna KOCOT, Jacek KURZEPA *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 08
The role of endoscopy in anterior skull base surgery
Nickalus R. KHAN, Vincent NGUYEN, Madison MICHAEL *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 08
Epidemiology, molecular classification and WHO grading of ependymoma
Jens-Martin HÜBNER, Marcel KOOL, Stefan M. PFISTER, Kristian W. PAJTLER *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 07
Tanycytic ependymoma of the brain stem, presentations of rare cystic disease variants and review of literature
Ekkehard M. KASPER *, Franziska M. IPPEN, Georgios A. MARAGKOS, Matthew P. ANDERSON, Rafael ROJAS, Anand MAHADEVAN

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 07
Retroperitoneal hematoma after minimally invasive lumbar discectomy: is the percutaneous endoscopic approach really safe?
Giorgio GIOFFRE’ *, Antonio IMPUSINO, Leonello TACCONI

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 07
Artificial neural network predicts hemorrhagic contusions following decompressive craniotomy in traumatic brain injury
Jian-Li WANG, Guo-Liang JIN, Zi-Gang YUAN *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 07
Spinal angiolipoma: observations upon three cases
Francesco CULTRERA *, Francesco COZZI, Giorgio LOFRESE, Luca RICCIONI, Maria Lia CATALDI, Luigino TOSATTO

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 07
Factors predicting outcome of surgical treatment of spontaneous spinal hematomas: a retrospective cohort study in four tertiary reference centers
Rafael MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ *, Igor PAREDES, Natalia RAYO, Pedro DE LA ROSA, Jorge DIAZ MOLINA, Alfonso LAGARES

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 04
Treatment strategies for craniopharyngiomas
Malte OTTENHAUSEN, Kavelin RUMALLA, Emanuele LA CORTE, Andrew ALALADE, Prakash NAIR, Jonathan FORBES, Atef BEN NSIR, Theodore H. SCHWARTZ *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 04
Application of esophageal radiography technique in the treatment of herniation of cervical disc with radiofrequency thermocoagulation and target ablation
Ke JI, Suchun WANG, Wei MIAO, Jingcheng YU, Zhirong WANG *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 04
Lipoxin A4 alleviates cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury through up-regulating Nrf2
Yan GUO, Chenglong DONG, Jiao TANG, Xiaolei DENG, Guodong WANG, Weizhen WANG, Hanrong XU *

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 04
Single level anterior cervical fusion. A new method to evaluate the real need of plate augmentation
Marco AJELLO, Nicola MARENGO *, Paolo PACCA, Federico PECORARO, Francesco ZENGA, Alessandro DUCATI, Diego GARBOSSA

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 04
Quantitative analysis of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics at phase contrast cine-MRI: predictivity of neurosurgical "Shunt" responsiveness in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus
Alessandro STECCO *, Alessia CASSARÀ, Alberto ZUCCALÀ, Mihaela B. ANOAICA, Egidio GENOVESE, Pier G. CAR, Gabriele P. PANZARASA, Giuseppe GUZZARDI, Alessandro CARRIERO

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 04
Disappearance of a synovial cyst after XLIF procedure
Claudio SCHONAUER *, Pedro BERJANO, Raffaele DE FALCO, Enrico TESSITORE

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 Sep 04
Minimally invasive percutaneous approach for the management of high grade spondylolisthesis
Mohammed A. ALVI, Panagiotis KEREZOUDIS, Abdullah ALAMOUDI, Jenna MEYER, Daniel SHEPHERD, Patrick MALONEY, Mohamad BYDON *

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