May 2021 Issue of Neurosurgical Focus: “Treatment of Spinal Cord and Spinal Axial Tumors”

Newswise — Charlottesville, VA (May 1, 2021). The May issue of Neurosurgical Focus (Vol. 50, No. 5 [https://thejns.org/focus/view/journals/neurosurg-focus/50/5/neurosurg-focus.50.issue-5.xml]) presents 20 articles and an editorial on treatment of spinal cord and spinal axial tumors.  

Topic editors:            Mark H. Bilsky, Ziya Gokaslan, John H. Shin, Nicolas Dea, and Fabio Ynoe de Moraes

According to the topic editors,

 “The treatment of metastatic and primary malignant and benign spine tumors is evolving at a rapid pace, with the integration of new technologies and evidence-based medicine leading to significantly improved outcomes in this very complicated patient population. This issue of Neurosurgical Focus covers major advances that have fundamentally impacted and will continue to impact international practice patterns.”

 Contents of the May issue:

• “Introduction: Treatment of spinal cord and spinal axial tumors” by Mark H. Bilsky et al. 

• “Vertebral multiple myeloma with pathological fracture: the most common etiology for emergency spine surgery in patients with no cancer diagnosis on admission” by Joshua D. Burks et al.

• “Editorial: Multiple myeloma presenting as an unknown primary disease: to operate or not to operate, that is the question” by Mark H. Bilsky and Ori Barzilai

• “Interhospital transfer status for spinal metastasis patients in the United States is associated with more severe clinical presentations and higher rates of inpatient complications” by Rafael De la Garza Ramos et al.

• “Performance assessment of the metastatic spinal tumor frailty index using machine learning algorithms: limitations and future directions” by Elie Massaad et al.

• “An analysis of tumor-related potential spinal column instability (Spine Instability Neoplastic Scores 7–12) eventually requiring surgery with a 1-year follow-up” by Enrique Vargas et al.

• “Surgical management of spinal metastases involving the cervicothoracic junction: results of a multicenter, European observational study” by Vanessa Hubertus et al.

• “Posterior vertebral column resection as a safe procedure leading to solid bone fusion in metastatic epidural spinal cord compression” by Lennart Viezens et al.

• “Single-center outcomes for percutaneous pedicle screw fixation in metastatic spinal lesions: can spontaneous facet fusion occur?” by Ahmed Meleis et al.

• “Separation surgery for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression: comparison of a minimally invasive versus open approach” by Murray Echt et al.

• “Short-segment cement-augmented fixation in open separation surgery of metastatic epidural spinal cord compression: initial experience” by William C. Newman et al.

• “Safety and efficacy of cement augmentation with fenestrated pedicle screws for tumor-related spinal instability” by Elie Massaad et al.

• “Carbon fiber–reinforced PEEK instrumentation in the spinal oncology population: a retrospective series demonstrating technique, feasibility, and clinical outcomes” by Matthew T. Neal et al.

• “Intraoperative blood loss in oncological spine surgery” by Malte Mohme et al.

• “Factors associated with adjacent-level tumor progression in patients receiving surgery followed by radiosurgery for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression” by Vikram B. Chakravarthy et al.

• “Feasibility of achieving planned surgical margins in primary spine tumor: a PTRON study” by Charlotte Dandurand et al.

• “Systematic review of charged-particle therapy for chordomas and sarcomas of the mobile spine and sacrum” by Zach Pennington et al.

• “Clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes for patients who undergo cytoreductive surgery for thoracic meningiomas: a retrospective analysis” by Leonel Ampie et al.

• “A transpedicular approach to complex ventrally situated thoracic intradural extramedullary tumors: technique, indications, and multiinstitutional case series” by Zachary R. Visco et al.

• “Functional outcome and morbidity after microsurgical resection of spinal meningiomas” by Fatma Kilinc et al.

• “Delayed variations in the diagnostic accuracy of intraoperative neuromonitoring in the resection of intramedullary spinal cord tumors” by Gil Kimchi et al.

• “Refining the treatment of spinal cord lesions: experience from 500 cases” by Manfred Westphal et al.

• “Letter to the Editor: Intraoperative ultrasound elastography applied in meningioma surgery” by Santiago Cepeda and Rosario Sarabia

• “Letter to the Editor. Diagnosis of subarachnoid neurocysticercosis” by Ivan Christian Channel et al.

Please join us in reading this month’s issue of Neurosurgical Focus.

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For additional information, please contact Ms. Jo Ann M. Eliason, Communications Manager, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group, One Morton Drive, Suite 200, Charlottesville, VA 22903; Email: [email protected] Phone 434-982-1209.

Neurosurgical Focus, an online-only, monthly, peer-reviewed journal, covers a different neurosurgery-related topic in depth each month and is available free to all readers at http://www.thejns.org. Enhanced by color images and video clips, each issue constitutes a state-of-the-art "textbook chapter" in the field of neurosurgery. Neurosurgical Focus is one of six journals published by the JNS Publishing Group, the scholarly journal division of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Other peer-reviewed journals published by the JNS Publishing Group each month include Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, Neurosurgical Focus: Video, and Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons. All six journals can be accessed at www.thejns.org.

Founded in 1931 as the Harvey Cushing Society, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) is a scientific and educational association with more than 10,000 members worldwide. The AANS is dedicated to advancing the specialty of neurological surgery in order to provide the highest quality of neurosurgical care to the public. All active members of the AANS are certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Neurosurgery) of Canada, or the Mexican Council of Neurological Surgery, AC. Neurological surgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders that affect the entire nervous system including the brain, spinal column, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. For more information, visit www.AANS.org.