JNS Weekly Podcast

August 26, 2011 — Neurosurgical Focus

JNS August 26, 2011

Publication patterns of oral and poster presentations at the annual meetings of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Clinical article.

Postoperative outcomes following closed head injury and craniotomy for evacuation of hematoma in patients older than 80 years. Clinical article.

Diffusion tensor imaging–based fiber tracking for prediction of the position of the facial nerve in relation to large vestibular schwannomas. Clinical article.

Increasing treatment of ruptured cerebral aneurysms at high-volume centers in the United States. Clinical article.

Factors associated with hearing preservation after Gamma Knife surgery for vestibular schwannomas in patients who retain serviceable hearing. Clinical article.

Research productivity in neurosurgery: trends in globalization, scientific focus, and funding. A review.

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JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

August 19, 2011 — Neurosurgical Focus

JNS: Spine August 19, 2011

Increase of sensitivity to mechanical stimulus after transplantation of murine induced pluripotent stem cell–derived astrocytes in a rat spinal cord injury model. Laboratory Investigation.

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August 19, 2011 — Neurosurgical Focus

JNS August 19, 2011

 

Efficacy of facial nerve-sparing approach in patients with vestibular schwannomas. Clinical article.

Recruitment by SDF-1a of CD34-positive cells involved in sciatic nerve regeneration. Laboratory investigation.

Multi-institutional evaluation of deep brain stimulation targeting using probabilistic connectivity-based thalamic segmentation. Clinical article.

Bipolar duraplasty: a new technique for reducing transcranial cerebral herniation to allow for definitive cranioplasty. Technical note.

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August 12, 2011 — Neurosurgical Focus

JNS August 12, 2011

Management of large vestibular schwannoma. Part I. Planned subtotal resection followed by Gamma Knife surgery: radiological and clinical aspects. Clinical article.

Management of large vestibular schwannoma. Part II. Primary Gamma Knife surgery: radiological and clinical aspects. Clinical article.

Vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy: a meta-analysis of efficacy and predictors of response. A review.

Site of deep brain stimulation and jaw velocity in Parkinson disease. Clinical article.

Return of spinal reflex after spinal cord surgery for brachial plexus avulsion injury. Case report.

Nationwide investigation of the current status of therapeutic neuroendoscopy for ventricular and paraventricular tumors in Japan. Clinical article.

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JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

August 5, 2011 — Neurosurgical Focus

JNS: Spine August 5, 2011

Combined endovascular and neurosurgical approach to the removal of an intraaortic pedicle screw. Technical note.

Effect on clinical outcomes of patient pain expectancies and preoperative mental component summary scores from the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Clinical article.

 

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August 5, 2011 — Neurosurgical Focus

JNS August 5, 2011

Epilepsy after subarachnoid hemorrhage: the frequency of seizures after clip occlusion or coil embolization of a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. Clinical article.

Fibromatosis: a potential sequela of neuromuscular choristoma. Clinical article.

Current comprehensive management of cranial base chordomas: 10-year meta-analysis of observational studies. Clinical article.

Stridor and dysphagia associated with subthalamic nucleus stimulation in Parkinson disease. Case report.

Interobserver variability in the interpretation of computed tomography following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical article.

 

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August 2011: Craniofacial Deformity

August 1, 2011 — Neurosurgical Focus

Craniofacial Deformity

In this podcast, Dr. John Jane Jr. of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, speaks with Dr. John Persing of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut about Dr. Persing and colleague’s article “Combined metopic and sagittal craniosynostosis: is it worse than sagittal synostosis alone?” which appears in this month’s issue.

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