JNS Weekly Podcast

January 27, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Establishment and characterization of a primary human chordoma xenograft model.

Endonasal management of sellar arachnoid cysts: simple cyst obliteration technique.

Use of the histological pseudocapsule in surgery for Cushing disease: rapid postoperative cortisol decline predicting complete tumor resection.

Preoperative identification of the facial nerve in patients with large cerebellopontine angle tumors using high-density diffusion tensor imaging.

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JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

January 27, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Computed tomography–based determination of a safe trajectory for placement of transarticular facet screws in the subaxial cervical spine.

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January 20, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Long-term outcome of endovascular reconstruction with the Pipeline embolization device in the management of unruptured dissecting aneurysms of the intracranial vertebral artery.

Myxoid meningioma: a rare metaplastic meningioma variant in a patient presenting with intratumoral hemorrhage.

The paramedian supracerebellar-transtentorial approach to the entire length of the mediobasal temporal region: an anatomical and clinical study.

Growth of untreated vestibular schwannoma: a prospective study.

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JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

January 20, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Delayed onset of paralysis and slowed tumor growth following in situ placement of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 within spine tumors in a rat model of metastatic breast cancer.

Analysis of the uncinate processes of the cervical spine: an anatomical study.

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January 13, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Lateral orbital wall approach to the cavernous sinus. Laboratory investigation.

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JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

January 6, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Vertebral compression fracture risk after stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastases. Clinical article.

Spinal arteriovenous malformation associated with spinal metameric syndrome: a treatable cause of long-term paraplegia? Case report.

Postvertebroplasty instability. Report of 5 cases.

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January 6, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Endoscopic endonasal approach to cholesterol granulomas of the petrous apex: a series of 17 patients. Clinical article.

Trigeminal neuralgia caused by a fibrous ring around the nerve. Case report.

Recanalization with subsequent near-total occlusion of an internal carotid artery aneurysm after immediate thrombotic occlusion using a flow-diverting stent. Case report.

Reduction of catheter-associated urinary tract infections among patients in a neurological intensive care unit: a single institution’s success. Clinical article.

Incidence and causes of perioperative mortality after primary surgery for intracranial tumors: a national, population-based study. Clinical article.

Transnasal excerebration surgery in ancient Egypt. Historical vignette.

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January 2012: Focused Ultrasound

January 1, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

Focused Ultrasound

In this podcast, topic editor Dr. Jeff Elias of the University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, speaks with Dr. Daniel Jeanmonod of the Center of Ultrasound Functional Neurosurgery, Solothurn, Switzerland. They discuss Dr. Jeanmonod and colleagues’ article “Transcranial magnetic resonance imaging–guided focused ultrasound: noninvasive central lateral thalamotomy against chronic neuropathic pain,” which appears in this month’s issue.







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