December 2007 Neurosurgery Table of Contents

NeurosurgeryDecember 2007, Volume 61, Issue 6 http://www.neurosurgery-online.com

TOPIC REVIEW CHAINED LIGHTNING: PART III-EMERGING TECHNOLOGY, NOVEL THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES, AND NEW ENERGY MODALITIES FOR RADIOSURGERY.Daniel J. Hoh, M.D.; Charles Y. Liu, M.D., Ph.D.; Joseph C.T. Chen, M.D., Ph.D.; Paul G. Pagnini, M.D.; Cheng Yu, Ph.D.; Michael Y. Wang, M.D.; Michael L.J. Apuzzo, M.D. CLINICAL STUDIES CHARACTERISTICS OF NONTRAUMATIC SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2003.Alisa M. Shea, M.P.H.; Shelby D. Reed, Ph.D.; Lesley H. Curtis, Ph.D.; Michael J. Alexander, M.D.; John J. Villani, M.D., Ph.D.; Kevin A. Schulman, M.D. EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH SPONTANEOUS SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE AND NEGATIVE ANGIOGRAPHY.Andrew S. Little, M.D.; Mark Garrett, M.D.; Rasha Germain, M.D.; Nabeel Farhataziz, M.D.; Felipe C. Albuquerque, M.D.; Cameron G. McDougall, M.D.; Joseph M. Zabramski, M.D.; Peter Nakaji, M.D.; Robert F. Spetzler, M.D. ADMISSION ANGIOGRAPHIC CEREBRAL CIRCULATION TIME MAY PREDICT SUBSEQUENT ANGIOGRAPHIC VASOSPASM AFTER ANEURYSMAL SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE.Joshua D. Udoetuk, B.S.; Michael F. Stiefel, M.D., Ph.D.; Robert W. Hurst, M.D.; John B. Weigele, M.D., Ph.D.; Peter D. LeRoux, M.D.

FREE COMPLETION ANGIOGRAPHY FOR SURGICALLY TREATED CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.Sherman C. Stein, M.D.; Mark G. Burnett, M.D.; Eric L. Zager, M.D.; Howard A. Riina, M.D.; Seema S. Sonnad, Ph.D. SELECTIVE VERSUS ROUTINE INTRAOPERATIVE SHUNTING DURING CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY: A MULTIVARIATE OUTCOME ANALYSIS.Graeme F. Woodworth, M.D.; Matthew J. McGirt, M.D.; Khoi D. Than, B.A.; Judy Huang, M.D.; Bruce A. Perler, M.D.; Rafael J. Tamargo, M.D.

FREE PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF TRANSDURAL INVASION OF CRANIAL BASE MALIGNANCIES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CRANIOFACIAL RESECTION.Iman Feiz-Erfan, M.D.; Dima Suki, Ph.D.; Ehab Hanna, M.D.; Franco DeMonte, M.D.

ETIOPATHOLOGICAL FACTORS RELATED TO HYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATED WITH VESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA.Masafumi Fukuda, M.D., Ph.D.; Makoto Oishi, M.D., Ph.D.; Tadashi Kawaguchi, M.D.; Masatoshi Watanabe, M.D.; Tetsuro Takao, M.D.; Ryuichi Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D.; Yukihiko Fujii, M.D., Ph.D. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION GRADES II AND III MENINGIOMAS ARE RARE IN THE CRANIAL BASE AND SPINE.Burak Sade, M.D.; Ali Chahlavi, M.D.; Ajit Krishnaney, M.D.; Sean Nagel, M.D.; Eugene Choi, B.S.; Joung H. Lee, M.D. BRAINSTEM CORTICOSPINAL TRACT DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY POSTERIOR FOSSA NEOPLASMS STRATIFIED BY TUMOR TYPE: A STUDY OF ASSOCIATION WITH MOTOR WEAKNESS AND OUTCOME.Yvonne W. Lui, M.D.; Meng Law, M.D.; Jeena Chacko-Mathew, M.S.; James S. Babb, Ph.D.; Keren Tuvia, B.A.; Jeffrey C. Allen, M.D.; David Zagzag, M.D.; Glyn Johnson, Ph.D. MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHIC STUDY OF POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE STIMULATION IN PATIENTS WITH INTRACRANIAL LESIONS AROUND THE CENTRAL SULCUS.Ronald B. Willemse, M.D.; Jan C. de Munck, Ph.D.; Dennis van't Ent, Ph.D.; Peterjan Ris, M.S.; Johannes C. Baayen, M.D.; Cornelis J. Stam, M.D., Ph.D.; W. Peter Vandertop, M.D., Ph.D. THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF PATIENTS WITH CLINICALLY DIAGNOSED IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS.Per Hellström, M.Sc.; Mikael Edsbagge, M.D.; Trevor Archer, Ph.D.; Magnus Tisell, M.D., Ph.D.; Mats Tullberg, M.D., Ph.D.; Carsten Wikkelsø, M.D., Ph.D. MEASUREMENT OF HEAD IMPACTS IN COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS: AN INVESTIGATION OF POSITIONAL AND EVENT-TYPE DIFFERENCES.Jason P. Mihalik, M.S.; David R. Bell, M.Ed., A.T.C.; Stephen W. Marshall, Ph.D.; Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D. MEASUREMENT OF HEAD IMPACTS IN COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS: CLINICAL MEASURES OF CONCUSSION AFTER HIGH- AND LOW-MAGNITUDE IMPACTS.Meghan A. McCaffrey, M.A.; Jason P. Mihalik, M.S.; Dean H. Crowell, M.A.; Edgar W. Shields, Ph.D.; Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D. MEASUREMENT OF HEAD IMPACTS IN COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEAD IMPACT BIOMECHANICS AND ACUTE CLINICAL OUTCOME AFTER CONCUSSION.Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D.; Jason P. Mihalik, M.S.; Viswanathan Shankar, M.Sc.; Stephen W. Marshall, Ph.D.; Dean H. Crowell, M.A.; Scott M. Oliaro, M.A.; Mario F. Ciocca, M.D.; Daniel N. Hooker, Ph.D., P.T. FREE GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY FOR TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA: RESULTS AND POTENTIALLY PREDICTIVE PARAMETERS-PART I: IDIOPATHIC TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA.Michele Longhi, M.D.; Paolo Rizzo, M.D.; Antonio Nicolato, M.D.; Roberto Foroni, Ph.D.; Mario Reggio, Ph.D.; Massimo Gerosa, M.D. STAB INJURIES TO THE SPINAL CORD: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON CLINICAL FINDINGS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING CHANGES.Martin Jacobsohn, M.D.; Patrick Semple, M.D.; Robert Dunn, M.D.; Sally Candy, M.D. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES NERVE REGENERATION THROUGH NERVE AUTOGRAFTS AFTER LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR WITH OSMOTIC PUMPS.Bernardo Hontanilla, M.D., Ph.D.; Cristina Aubá, M.D., Ph.D.; Oscar Gorría, M.D. IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FACIAL NERVE RECONSTRUCTION ON THE RECOVERY OF MOTOR FUNCTION: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN ADULT RATS.Orlando Guntinas-Lichius, M.D.; Gregor Hundeshagen, M.D.; Thomas Paling, M.D.; Doychin N. Angelov, M.D., Ph.D. GENETIC MODIFICATION OF HUMAN SURAL NERVE SEGMENTS BY A LENTIVIRAL VECTOR ENCODING NERVE GROWTH FACTOR.Martijn R. Tannemaat, M.D.; Gerard J. Boer, Ph.D.; Joost Verhaagen, Ph.D.; Martijn J.A. Malessy, M.D., Ph.D. O-DESULFATED HEPARIN IMPROVES OUTCOME AFTER RAT CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION INJURY.J Mocco, M.D.; Corbett E. Shelton, B.A.; Paulina Sergot, M.D.; Andrew F. Ducruet, M.D.; Ricardo J. Komotar, M.D.; Marc L. Otten, M.D.; Sergei A. Sosunov, M.D.; Robert B. MacArthur, Pharm.D.; Thomas P. Kennedy, M.D.; E. Sander Connolly Jr., M.D.

QUANTIFICATION OF HEMODYNAMIC CHANGES INDUCED BY VIRTUAL PLACEMENT OF MULTIPLE STENTS ACROSS A WIDE-NECKED BASILAR TRUNK ANEURYSM.Minsuok Kim, Ph.D.; Elad I. Levy, M.D.; Hui Meng, Ph.D.; L. Nelson Hopkins, M.D. SPECIAL ARTICLE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECRUITING A NEW GENERATION OF NEUROSURGEONS.Ann J. Brown, M.D., M.H.S.; Allan H. Friedman, M.D. COVER COMMENT:THE FIANCEE WITH A BLUE FACE BY MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985).Michael Salcman LEGACY:ANATOMY OF THE CRANIAL NERVES IN MEDIEVAL PERSIAN LITERATURE: ESMAIL JORJANI (AD 1042-1137) AND THE TREASURE OF THE KHWARAZM SHAH.Mohammadali M. Shoja, M.D.; R. Shane Tubbs, M.S., PA-C., Ph.D.; Mohammad R. Ardalan, M.D.; Marios Loukas, M.D., Ph.D.; Garabed Eknoyan, M.D.; E. George Salter, Ph.D.; W. Jerry Oakes, M.D. CASE REPORTS:INTRAVENTRICULAR DYSEMBRYOPLASTIC NEUROEPITHELIAL TUMOR: CASE REPORT.Nur Altinörs, M.D.; Tarkan Calisaneller, M.D.; Salih Gül_en, M.D.; Özlem Özen, M.D.; Önder Öngürü, M.D. MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR OF THE OCCIPITAL REGION: CASE REPORT.Piyush Kumar, M.D.; Shishir Jaiswal, M.S.; Tanu Agrawal, M.D.; Ashish Verma, D.N.B.; Niloy Ranjan Datta, M.D., D.N.B. SUBPIAL HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA WITH MARKED EXTRAMEDULLARY GROWTH: CASE REPORT.Daina Kashiwazaki, M.D.; Kazutoshi Hida, M.D., Ph.D.; Shunsuke Yano, M.D., Ph.D.; Toshitaka Seki, M.D., Ph.D.; Yoshinobu Iwasaki, M.D., Ph.D.

A CASE OF CRANIAL FASCIITIS ORIGINATING WITHIN THE DIPLOIC SPACE OF AN ADULT: CASE REPORT.Karen SantaCruz, M.D.; Jeff Brace, M.D.; Walter Hall, M.D. OUTCOME OF BRAIN ABSCESS BY CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS.Chaim B. Colen, M.D., Ph.D.; Mahmoud Rayes, M.D; Setti Rengachary, M.D.; Murali Guthikonda, M.D. DEPARTMENTSPDF Only TABLE OF CONTENTS BY TOPIC. Bibliographic Info THIS MONTH IN NEUROSURGERY. Bibliographic Info NEUROSURGERY'S Science Times. Bibliographic Info

CORRESPONDENCE History of Endovascular Surgery: Personal Accounts of the Evolution.Guido Guglielmi History of Endovascular Surgery: Personal Accounts of the Evolution.Charles J. Prestigiacomo The Role of Electrothrombosis in the GDC Technique.Bernd Richling Hypertension, Age, and Location Predict Rupture of Small Intracranial Aneurysms.Harold A. Wilkinson, M.D., Ph.D. Mapping of Visuospatial Functions during Brain Surgery: A New Tool to Prevent Unilateral Spatial Neglect.Paolo Bartolomeo; Michel Thiebaut de Schotten; Hugues Duffau Minimally Invasive Atlantoaxial Fixation with a Polyaxial Screw-rod Construct: Technical Case Report.Deniz Belen; Serkan Simsek Preserving the Ligamentum Flavum in Lumbar Discectomy: A New Technique that Prevents Scar Tissue Formation in the First 6 Months Postsurgery.Enrico de Divitiis; Paolo Cappabianca When the Bone Flap Hits the Floor.Mikhail Chernov

Brain Computed Tomography Angiographic Scans as the Sole Diagnostic Examination for Excluding Aneurysms in Patients with Perimesencephalic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.Raymond Turner; Nancy Obuchowski; Vivek Gonugunta; Michael Kelly; Henry H. Woo; David Fiorella E1340 Synthetic Nerve Guide Implants in Humans: A Comprehensive Survey.Marcel F. Meek; J. Henk Coert HTML PDF (1.29 M)

Synthetic Nerve Guide Implants in Humans: A Comprehensive Survey.Burkhard Schlosshauer; Lars Dreesmann; Hans-Eberhard Schaller; Nekatarios Sinis Three-Day Phenytoin Prophylaxis is Adequate after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.Kishor A. Choudhari; Chandrasekaran Kaliaperumal

Three-Day Phenytoin Prophylaxis is Adequate after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.Dong H. Kim; Ian F. Dunn Passion for One's Work.Paolo Cappabianca The Combined Transmastoid Retro- and Infralabyrinthine Transjugular Transcondylar Transtubercular High Cervical Approach for Resection of Glomus Jugulare Tumors.Mario Sanna; Sean Flanagan The Combined Transmastoid Retro- and Infralabyrinthine Transjugular Transcondylar Transtubercular High Cervical Approach for Resection of Glomus Jugulare Tumors.Takanori Fukushima; William T. Couldwell Athletic Concussion: Current Understanding as of 2007.Allan H. Ropper Athletic Concussion: Current Understanding as of 2007.Robert C. Cantu

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