JNS: PEDS Weekly Podcast

June 29, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Primary cerebellar histiocytic sarcoma in a 17-month-old girl.

Diffuse intrinsic pontine tumors: a study of primitive neuroectodermal tumors versus the more common diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas.

Primary intracranial beta-human chorionic gonadotropin-producing leiomyosarcoma in a 2-year-old immunocompetent child.

Image-guided cerebrospinal fluid shunting in children: catheter accuracy and shunt survival.

Long-term outcome for endoscopic third ventriculostomy alone or in combination with choroid plexus cauterization for congenital aqueductal stenosis in African infants.

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JNS Weekly Podcast

June 29, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Effects of aging on behavioral assessment performance: implications for clinically relevant models of neurological disease.

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JNS: Pediatrics Weekly Podcast

June 26, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Complex Chiari malformations in children: an analysis of preoperative risk factors for occipitocervical fusion.

Limitations of fetal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging in prenatal diagnosis of congenital cerebral arteriovenous malformations with hemorrhagic onset.

Isolated hypoglossal schwannoma in a 9-year-old child.

Programmable shunt valve affected by exposure to a tablet computer.

Seizure-free and neuropsychological outcomes after temporal lobectomy with amygdalohippocampectomy in pediatric patients with hippocampal sclerosis.

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JNS:Spine Weekly Podcast

June 26, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Pedicle screw navigation: a systematic review and eta-analysis of perforation risk for computer-navigated versus freehand insertion.

Surgical decompression of thoracic spinal stenosis in achondroplasia: indication and outcome.

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June 22, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Comparative effectiveness review of treatment options for pituitary microadenomas in acromegaly

Neuronal immunoexpression and a distinct subtype of adult primary supratentorial glioblastoma with a better prognosis.

Paradoxical trends in the management of vestibular schwannoma in the United States.

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JNS: Pediatrics Weekly Podcast

June 15, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

Pediatrics June 15, 2012—click here to listen

Internal cranial expansion surgery for the treatment of refractory idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Clinical article.

Hyponatremia following endoscopic third ventriculostomy: a report of 5 cases and analysis of risk factors. Clinical article.

Craniocerebral maduromycosis. Case report.

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June 15, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Radiosurgery for melanoma brain metastases in the ipilimumab era and the possibility of longer survival. Clinical article.

Preoperative multimodal motor mapping: a comparison of magnetoencephalography imaging, navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation, and direct cortical stimulation. Clinical article.

Intraventricular hemorrhage on computed tomography and corpus callosum injury on magnetic resonance imaging in patients with isolated blunt traumatic brain injury. Clinical article.

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JNS: Pediatrics Weekly Podcast

June 8, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Stereotactic endoscopic placement of third ventricle catheter for long-term infusion of baclofen in patients with secondary generalized dystonia. Technical note.

Arachnoid cyst masquerading as obstetric brachial plexus palsy. Case report.

Complete remission of seizures after corpus callosotomy. Clinical article.

Multimodality localization of the sensorimotor cortex in pediatric patients undergoing epilepsy surgery. Clinical article.

Spontaneous resolution of invasive cerebral aspergillosis following partial resection in a medically untreated infant. Case report.

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June 8, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Seizure outcome and complications following hypothalamic hamartoma treatment in adults: endoscopic, open, and Gamma Knife procedures. Clinical article.

Endoscopic indocyanine green video angiography in aneurysm surgery: an innovative method for intraoperative assessment of blood flow in vasculature hidden from microscopic view. Technical note.

Diagnostic yield of computed tomography angiography and magnetic resonance angiography in patients with catheter angiography–negative subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical article.

Diagnostic value of the optic nerve sheath subarachnoid space in patients with intracranial hypotension syndrome. Clinical article.

Influence of hemodynamics on recanalization of totally occluded intracranial aneurysms: a patient-specific computational fluid dynamic simulation study. Laboratory investigation.

Elevated diffusion anisotropy in gray matter and the degree of brain compression. Clinical article.

Retinotopic organization of the visual cortex before and after decompression of the optic chiasm in a patient with pituitary macroadenoma. Case report.

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June 2012: Skull Base Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistulas

June 2, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

Skull base cerebrospinal fluid fistulas—click here to listen

In this podcast, topic editor Dr. Anil Nanda of LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, speaks with Dr. James Liu of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark. They discuss Dr. Liu and colleagues’ article  “Surgical Surgical nuances for the endoscopic endonasal transpterygoid approach to lateral sphenoid sinus encephaloceles,” which appears in this month’s issue.

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JNS Weekly Podcast

June 1, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Extent of tumor removal and molecular markers in cerebral glioblastoma: a combined prognostic factors study in a surgical series of 105 patients. Clinical article.

Targeted delivery of nerve growth factor via encapsulated cell biodelivery in Alzheimer disease: a technology platform for restorative neurosurgery. Clinical article.

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