October | 2014 | The Journal of Neurosurgery Podcast Archive

JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

October 31, 2014 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Evaluation of glycerol-preserved bone allografts in cervical spine fusion: a prospective, randomized controlled trial.

Delayed cervical palsy following cervical spine fusion leads to an increase in hospital-related costs.

Factors affecting survival in 37 consecutive patients undergoing de novo stereotactic radiosurgery for contiguous sites of vertebral body metastasis from renal cell carcinoma.

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JNS: Pediatrics Weekly Podcast

October 31, 2014 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Sinus pericranii: diagnosis and management in 21 pediatric patients.

Microsurgical treatment of arteriovenous malformations in pediatric patients: the Boston Children’s Hospital experience.

Design and evaluation of a new synthetic brain simulator for endoscopic third ventriculostomy.

Long-term outcomes of resective epilepsy surgery after invasive presurgical evaluation in children with tuberous sclerosis complex and bilateral multiple lesions.

Targeted intraarterial anti-VEGF therapy for medically refractory radiation necrosis in the brain.

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JNS Weekly Podcast

October 31, 2014 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Intraoperative computed tomography for intracranial electrode implantation surgery in medically refractory epilepsy.

The natural clinical course of hemodynamically stable adult moyamoya disease.

Myelin-forming cell-specific cadherin-19 is a marker for minimally infiltrative glioblastoma stem-like cells.

Brief Pain Inventory–Facial minimum clinically important difference.

Neuroendoscopic biopsy of brain lesions: accuracy and complications.

Complications of epilepsy surgery in Sweden 1996–2010: a prospective, population-based study.

The results of a third Gamma Knife procedure for recurrent trigeminal neuralgia.

Intraoperative stereotactic injection of Indigo Carmine dye to mark ill-defined tumor margins: a prospective Phase I–II study.

Clinical, radiological, and pathological features in 43 cases of intracranial subependymoma.

In vivo measurement of the frame-based application accuracy of the Neuromate neurosurgical robot.

Moderate and severe traumatic brain injury: effect of blood alcohol concentration on Glasgow Coma Scale score and relation to computed tomography findings.

The endoscopic endonasal approach to the odontoid and its impact on early extubation and feeding.

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JNS: Pediatrics Weekly Podcast

October 24, 2014 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Effectiveness of intraoperative indocyanine green videoangiography in direct surgical treatment of pediatric intracranial pial arteriovenous fistula. Case report.

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JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

October 24, 2014 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Dorsal midline hemivertebra at the lumbosacral junction: report of 2 cases. Case report.

Spinal subdural abscess following epidural steroid injection. Case report.

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JNS Weekly Podcast

October 24, 2014 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Increases in microvascular perfusion and tissue oxygenation via pulsed electromagnetic fields in the healthy rat brain. Laboratory investigation.

Is local hypoperfusion the reason for transient neurological deficits after STA-MCA bypass for moyamoya disease? Clinical article.

Improved preservation of function during acoustic neuroma surgery. Clinical article.

Infections in patients undergoing craniotomy: risk factors associated with post-craniotomy meningitis. Clinical article.

Brainstem arteriovenous malformations: anatomical subtypes, assessment of “occlusion in situ” technique, and microsurgical results. Clinical article.

Unplanned readmissions and survival following brain tumor surgery. Clinical article.

Clival fractures in a Level I trauma center. Clinical article.

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JNS: Pediatrics Weekly Podcast

October 17, 2014 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Endoscopic disconnection of hypothalamic hamartomas: safety and feasibility of robot-assisted, thulium laser–based procedures. Technical note.

Analysis of the growth pattern of a dermoid cyst. Case report.

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JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

October 17, 2014 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Functional variability of sacral roots in bladder control. Clinical article.

The Nationwide Inpatient Sample database does not accurately reflect surgical indications for fusion. Clinical article.

Clinical outcomes and fusion rates following anterior lumbar interbody fusion with bone graft substitute i-FACTOR, an anorganic bone matrix/P-15 composite. Clinical article.

Magnetic resonance imaging localization with cod liver oil capsules for the minimally invasive approach to small intradural extramedullary tumors of the thoracolumbar spine. Clinical article.

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JNS: Pediatrics Weekly Podcast

October 10, 2014 — Neurosurgical Focus

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A patient with medulloblastoma in its early developmental stage. Case report.

Bone morphogenetic protein–associated complications in pediatric spinal fusion in the early postoperative period: an analysis of 4658 patients and review of the literature. Clinical article.

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JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

October 10, 2014 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Minimally invasive lateral interbody fusion for the treatment of rostral adjacent-segment lumbar degenerative stenosis without supplemental pedicle screw fixation. Clinical article.

Hemorrhagic onset of spinal angiolipoma. Case report.

Solid radiographic fusion with a nonconstrained device 5 years after cervical arthroplasty. Case report.

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JNS Weekly Podcast

October 10, 2014 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Tetraarsenic oxide–induced inhibition of malignant glioma cell invasion in vitro via a decrease in matrix metalloproteinase secretion and protein kinase B phosphorylation. Laboratory investigation.

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JNS Weekly Podcast

October 3, 2014 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Prognostic value of intrathecal heme oxygenate–1 concentration in patients with Fisher Grade III aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical article.

The Sport Concussion Education Project. A brief report on an educational initiative: from concept to curriculum. Special article.

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JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

October 3, 2014 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Endoscopic transnasal odontoidectomy without resection of nasal turbinates: clinical outcomes of 13 patients. Clinical article.

The impact of dynamic factors on surgical outcomes after double-door laminoplasty for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine. Clinical article.

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October 2014: Advances in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery

October 1, 2014 — Neurosurgical Focus

Advances in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery—click here to listen.

In this podcast, topic editor Dr. Ted Schwartz of Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, speaks with Dr. Daniel Prevedello of Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. They discuss Dr. Prevedello and colleagues’ article “Immediate complications associated with high flow cerebrospinal fluid egress during endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery.” which appears in this month’s issue of Neurosurgical Focus. Click here for the issue.

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