Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6)

ORIGINAL ARTICLE  

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

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  

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 *

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  

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

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  

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

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE  

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

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REVIEW  

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):612-30

Mapping the connectome in awake surgery for gliomas: an update

Hugues DUFFAU *

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REVIEW  

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 *

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REVIEW  

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

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REVIEW  

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

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REVIEW  

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 *

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CASE REPORT  

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

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CASE REPORT  

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 *

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  

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

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  

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

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  

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 *

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  

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 *

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  

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 *

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR  

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences 2017 December;61(6):690-1

Training in skull base surgery: a holistic perspective

Antonio DI IEVA *

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