JNS Weekly Podcast

March 16, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Magnetic resonance imaging volumetric assessment of the extent of contrast enhancement and resection in oligodendroglial tumors. Clinical article.

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March 9, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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The efficacy of minimally invasive discectomy compared with open discectomy: a meta-analysis of prospective randomized controlled trials. Clinical article.

Minimally invasive lateral extracavitary corpectomy: cadaveric evaluation model and report of 3 clinical cases. Laboratory investigation.

Immunoselected STRO-3+ mesenchymal precursor cells and restoration of the extracellular matrix of degenerate intervertebral discs. Laboratory investigation.

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JNS Weekly Podcast

March 9, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Optimal entry point and trajectory for endoscopic third ventriculostomy: evaluation of 53 patients with volumetric imaging guidance. Clinical article.

Management of device-related wound complications in deep brain stimulation surgery. Clinical article.

Endoscopic balloon dilation as an adjunct to extended endoscopic approaches to the skull base. Case report.

Panacea or problem: flow diverters in the treatment of symptomatic large or giant fusiform vertebrobasilar aneurysms. Clinical article.

Mirror aneurysms: a reflection on natural history. Clinical article.

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March 6, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

JNS March 2, 2012

High-definition fiber tracking for assessment of neurological deficit in a case of traumatic brain injury: finding, visualizing, and interpreting small sites of damage. Case report.

Is aggressive treatment of traumatic brain injury cost-effective? Clinical article.

Neurosurgical complications of direct thrombin inhibitors—catastrophic hemorrhage after mild traumatic brain injury in a patient receiving dabigatran. Case report.

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JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

March 2, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

March 2, 2012—click here to listen

Asymptomatic spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas: pathomechanical considerations. Clinical article.

Nitrous oxide myelopathy posing as spinal cord injury. Case report.

Total motion generated in the unstable thoracolumbar spine during management of the typical trauma patient: a comparison of methods in a cadaver model. Laboratory investigation.

Basilar artery thrombosis after reduction of cervical spondyloptosis: a cautionary report. Case report.

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March 2012: Current Concepts in Epilepsy Management

March 1, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

Current concepts in epilepsy management—click here to listen

In this podcast, topic editor Dr. Robert Grossman of The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, speaks with Dr. Oren Sagher of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. They discuss Dr. Sagher and colleagues’ article  “Seizure outcomes and mesial resection volumes following selective amygdalohippocampectomy and temporal lobectomy” which appears in this month’s issue.

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February 24, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Spinal and paraspinal giant cervical cavernous malformation with postpartum presentation. Case report.

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February 24, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Staged resection of large vestibular schwannomas. Clinical article.

Indocyanine green fluorescence endoscopy for visual differentiation of pituitary tumor from surrounding structures. Clinical article.

The branching pattern of the middle cerebral artery: is the intermediate trunk real or not? An anatomical study correlating with simple angiography. Laboratory investigation.

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February 17, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Risk for leptomeningeal seeding after resection for brain metastases: implication of tumor location with mode of resection. Clinical article.

The occipital lobe convexity sulci and gyri. Laboratory investigation.

Use and utility of preoperative hemostatic screening and patient history in adult neurosurgical patients. Clinical article.

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JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

February 10, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas and intrathecal venous drainage: correlation between digital subtraction angiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and clinical findings. Clinical article.

Recovery from spinal cord injury using naturally occurring antiinflammatory compound curcumin. Laboratory investigation. 

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JNS Weekly Podcast

February 10, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

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Spontaneous resolution of a Chiari malformation Type I and syrinx after supratentorial craniotomy for excision of a cavernous malformation. Case report.

Improvement of neurological recovery and stimulation of neural progenitor cell proliferation by intrathecal administration of Sonic hedgehog. Laboratory investigation.

Pressure-derived versus pressure wave amplitude–derived indices of cerebrovascular pressure reactivity in relation to early clinical state and 12-month outcome following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical article.

Neuroprotective and neurorestorative effects of thymosin β4 treatment initiated 6 hours after traumatic brain injury in rats. Laboratory investigation.

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February 7, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

JNS February 3, 2012—click here to listen

Novel report of expression and function of CD97 in malignant gliomas: correlation with Wilms tumor 1 expression and glioma cell invasiveness. Laboratory investigation.

Boxing and mixed martial arts: preliminary traumatic neuromechanical injury risk analyses from laboratory impact dosage data. Laboratory investigation.

Utility of presurgical navigated transcranial magnetic brain stimulation for the resection of tumors in eloquent motor areas. Clinical article.

A novel technique of multiple-site epidural blood patch administration for the treatment of cerebrospinal fluid hypovolemia. Clinical article.

Rates and predictors of long-term seizure freedom after frontal lobe epilepsy surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical article.

Crocodile tears syndrome after vestibular schwannoma surgery. Clinical article.

Treatment and outcomes of acute intracranial vertebrobasilar artery occlusion: one institution’s experience. Clinical article. 

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February 2012: Cerebral Blood Flow

February 1, 2012 — Neurosurgical Focus

Cerebral Blood Flow-click here to listen

In this podcast, topic editor Dr. Warren Selman, with Dr. Alan Hoffer, both of University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, speak with Dr. William Freeman of the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida. They discuss Dr. Freeman and colleagues’ article  “Validation of frontal near-infrared spectroscopy as noninvasive bedside monitoring for regional cerebral blood flow in brain-injured patients” which appears in this month’s issue.

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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

JNS: Spine January 27, 2012-click here to listen

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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JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

December 23, 2011 — Neurosurgical Focus 




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 Analysis of the three United States Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption cervical arthroplasty trials. Clinical article.






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JNS Weekly Podcast

December 23, 2011 — Neurosurgical Focus 




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 Are routine repeat imaging and intensive care unit admission necessary in mild traumatic brain injury? Clinical article.


 Tandem middle cerebral artery–internal carotid artery occlusions: reduced occlusion-to-revascularization time using a trans–anterior communicating artery approach with a Penumbra device. Report of 2 cases.


 Consistent focal cerebral ischemia without posterior cerebral artery occlusion and its real-time monitoring in an intraluminal suture model in mice. Laboratory investigation.






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JNS: Spine Weekly Podcast

December 16, 2011 — Neurosurgical Focus 




JNS: Spine December 16, 2011—click here to listen


 Three-dimensional measurement of growth of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Clinical article.


 Bone morphogenetic protein–induced inflammatory cyst formation after lumbar fusion causing nerve root compression. Case report.


 Minimally invasive lateral approach for symptomatic thoracic disc herniation: initial multicenter clinical experience. Clinical article.


 Vertebral body split fracture after a single-level cervical total disc replacement. Case report.






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