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A Dragon Rises
During the past two decades, enormous changes have been realized in the existing world order. With “flattening,” the geopolitical and economic landscape has undergone immense evolution. This climate ...
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Michael L.J. Apuzzo
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WORLD NEUROSURGERY Neurosurgeon of the Year 2012: Liangfu Zhou
03 February 2012
The growth of neurosurgery in China has been one of the most important recent developments in world neurosurgery. Dr. Liangfu Zhou, Chief of Neurosurgery at Huashan Hospital of Fudan University in Sha...
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Peter M. Black
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218
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The Neurosurgeon “Academician” in China
13 February 2012
Neurosurgery exists as a complex interplay among clinical science, basic neuroscience, and technical and operative considerations, all enabled by ever advancing technological developments but modulate...
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Charles Y. Liu
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Liangfu Zhou: Clinical Neurosurgeon, Academician, Teacher, and Friend
17 January 2012
In 2002, archaeologists found evidence of primitive trephination in the skeletal remains of Dawenkou aboriginal people that may be the earliest neurosurgical operation in China, dating to 5000 years ...
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Zhifeng Shi,
Jianping Song,
Yao Zhao,
Ying Mao
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220-225
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Neurosurgeon of the Year
28 November 2011
The Editorial Board of WORLD NEUROSURGERY has bestowed on Professor Liangfu Zhou the distinctive honor of being named Neurosurgeon of the Year 2012. It is quite fitting that such an honor and recogni...
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Fady T. Charbel
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Short comment on Professor Zhou
28 November 2011
I met Professor Zhou at the American Association for Neurological Surgeons meeting in Seattle 20 years ago. My first impression of him was of gentleness and warmth. At that time, most of the neurosur...
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Kyung Gi Cho
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226
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Neurosurgeon of the Year
28 November 2011
I met Professor Liangfu Zhou for the first time during an endoscopic symposium in Germany during February of 1998. At that time, it was very rare to meet Chinese neurosurgeons in an international mee...
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Yong-Gu Chung
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227
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Neurosurgeon of the Year
27 January 2012
I have known Professor Liangfu Zhou for the past 10 years.
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Takanori Fukushima
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227
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Zhou dynasty and the art of neurosurgery
03 November 2011
After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the development of neurosurgery started in Shanghai and Beijing. A frontal lobe glioma was removed successfully for the first time in 195...
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Juha Hernesniemi
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227-228
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An Academic Leader, Professor Liang-Fu Zhou
28 November 2011
It may be a common feeling for all the people who ever met professor Zhou that his spirit is younger than 50 years. I became acquainted with him more than 12 years ago, but my impression of him has n...
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Takeshi Kawase
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228
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Neurosurgeon of the Year
28 November 2011
Among a host of worthy candidates, the recognition of Professor Liangfu Zhou as the WORLD NEUROSURGERYNeurosurgeon of the Year can be received with warm enthusiasm. It might be too easy for an outsid...
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Peter Nakaji
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228-229
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WORLD NEUROSURGERY's “Neurosurgeon of the Year” for 2012, Liang Fu Zhou
28 November 2011
In the midst of the bustling metropolis of Shanghai is a tall lean skyscraper that would look like any building in New York City, London, or Hong Kong. Only this is one of the premiere hospitals in C...
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Anil Nanda
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Comment of Prof. Liang-Fu Zhou
15 December 2011
I was so pleased to hear that my dear friend Professor Liangfu Zhou has been selected by a senior committee of the publication as a WORLD NEUROSURGERYNeurosurgeon of the Year 2012. I am quite sure th...
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Tomio Ohta
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229-230
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Neurosurgeon of the year 2012: Liang-fu Zhou Commentary
27 January 2012
I have known Professor Liangfu Zhou since the late 1980s. A long-term relationship between the Huashan Hospital and the Prince of Wales Hospital of more than two decades has been established. As the ...
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Wai S. Poon
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Comment to professor Liangfu Zhou in China
27 January 2012
Professor Zhou is one of the most prestigious leading experts in the field of contemporary neurosurgery China. Since becoming the Chief of the Department of Neurosurgery at Huashan Hospital (affiliat...
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Renzhi Wang
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230-231
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Professor L. F Zhou
28 November 2011
Neurosurgery is undergoing an extremely rapid development in China, and Professor Liangfu Zhou is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding elites who have made great contributions to this neurosurgica...
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Shuyuan Yang
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Comments on “Neurosurgeon of the Year” for 2012
28 November 2011
Born in Fujian Province, China, Prof. Liangfu Zhou is one of the most outstanding neurosurgeons in the world. After graduating from Shanghai No.1 Medical College in 1965, he worked with Prof. Yuquan ...
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Xiang Zhang
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Neurosurgeon of the year 2012, Professor Liangfu Zhou by Professor Dingbiao Zhou
28 November 2011
I am delighted to know that Professor Liangfu Zhou was elected as Neurosurgeon of the Year 2012 by WORLD NEUROSURGERY. I have known Prof. Zhou for more than three decades. As the Chairman of Chinese ...
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Dingbiao Zhou
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Preoperative Planning for Cerebral Aneurysms Based on In Vitro Experimentation: Are We There Yet?
06 January 2012
Recent advances in sensing technology and computer hardware and software have led to remarkable new medical imaging capabilities. Those capabilities now allow us to detect many cerebral aneurysms befo...
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L. Fernando Gonzalez,
M. Haithem Babiker,
David H. Frakes
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234-235
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What Is the Best Medical Treatment for Symptomatic Intracranial Stenosis?
06 January 2012
The Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing Recurrent stroke in Intracranial Stenosis (SAMMPRIS) study () was a prospective randomized multicenter trial designed to compare intensive...
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Maxim Mokin,
Elad I. Levy
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235-237
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Glioma Stem Cells: Their Role in Chemoresistance
06 January 2012
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most commonly diagnosed primary central nervous system tumors in adults, with approximately 10,000 new cases annually in the United States. The outlook for this de...
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Ryosuke Yamada,
Ichiro Nakano
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237-240
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Cerebral Collateral Circulation: Integral to Defining Clinical Outcome in Acute Cerebral Ischemia
06 January 2012
Cerebral ischemia represents the third and second leading cause of death and disability in the United States and the world, respectively. Nearly $75 billion dollars (the value of the 59th largest econ...
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Aditya S. Pandey,
B. Gregory Thompson,
Joseph J. Gemmete,
Neeraj Chaudhary
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240-242
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Book review
09 November 2011
The second edition of the seminal textbook on meningiomas by Ossama Al-Mefty appears 20 years after the first edition's publication in 1991. In 1998, seven years after the first book, professor Al-Me...
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M. Necmettin Pamir
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Endovascular Neurosurgery in Europe and in Italy: What Is in the Future?
09 November 2011
Background: The cerebrovascular discipline has undergone dramatic changes in recent years. This has been made possible by the work of pioneers in the fields of neurosurgery and neuroradiology. Methods...
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Simone Peschillo,
Roberto Delfini
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Neurosurgery in Siberia
13 January 2012
There is archaeological evidence that the first neurosurgical procedure in what is now known as Siberia was performed in 8005 ± 100 B.C. According to signs of bone growth, perhaps more than half of th...
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Alexey L. Krivoshapkin,
Vladimir L. Zelman
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Tailor the Procedure to the Patient: About Vascular and Endovascular Neurosurgeons or Both
09 November 2011
In 1976, a neurosurgeon (Dr. Hopkins) performed the first endovascular procedure at Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital, a diagnostic cerebral angiogram with vertebral artery catheterization, whic...
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Shady Jahshan,
L. Nelson Hopkins
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257-258
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The Way to an Open and Structured Training for Neuroendovascular Therapy in Europe: What Is the Current Situation?
09 November 2011
Endovascular neurosurgery, or interventional neuroradiology, or simply endovascular neurointervention, is a “particular qualification using percutaneous and endovascular procedures to treat patients ...
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Bernd Richling
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259-260
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Reflections on the Benefits and Pitfalls of Ultra-Early Aneurysm Treatment After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
09 December 2011
Until the publication of the International Cooperative Study on the Timing of Aneurysm Surgery, the prevailing wisdom regarding the timing of aneurysm treatment following subarachnoid hemorrhage was ...
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Peter A. Gooderham,
Gary K. Steinberg
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261-262
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Treatment of Ruptured Aneurysms: Earlier is Better
19 December 2011
Rebleeding is the primary cause of early morbidity and mortality after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) (). The efficacy of aneurysm obliteration at preventing rebleeding and improving outcom...
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Alexander G. Weil,
Ji-Zong Zhao
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263-265
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Transcranial Doppler: A Simple Way to Estimate the Effect of Radiosurgery in Arteriovenous Malformations
03 November 2011
Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) of the brain are among the most complex lesions encountered by a neurosurgeon. The reason for their treatment is to prevent neurological morbidity and even mortalit...
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Mika Niemelä,
Riku Kivisaari
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266
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Arteriovenous Malformation Radiosurgery: Now You See It, Now You Don't
09 November 2011
Stereotactic radiosurgery is an accepted management option for many patients with intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVM). The primary goal of AVM radiosurgery is complete nidus obliteration t...
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Bruce E. Pollock
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267-268
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Transcranial Ultrasound for Arteriovenous Malformations: Something Old Is New Again
09 November 2011
The concept of ionizing radiation to treat arteriovenous malformations was devised in 1914 (). At that time, Vilhelm Magnus, a neurosurgeon from Norway, used radium therapy to treat a patient with a ...
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Jason Sheehan
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269-270
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The Cost of Brain Metastasis Management
09 November 2011
During the past several decades, it has become obvious that the unconstrained cost of health care is not compatible with the long-term economic viability of developed countries. Although all would ag...
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Maya A. Babu,
Bruce E. Pollock
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271-272
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The Evolving Role of the Transsphenoidal Route in the Management of Craniopharyngiomas
09 November 2011
In the interesting article by Komotar et al., the investigators performed a well-organized and wide literature review accounting for the different surgical treatment options for craniopharyngiomas of...
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Paolo Cappabianca,
Luigi Maria Cavallo
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273-274
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Treatment Options for Refractory Trigeminal Neuralgia
09 November 2011
Over the past century, various treatment options for trigeminal neuralgia emerged. At the beginning of the 20th century, open rhizotomies were performed before anticonvulsants showed their effectiven...
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Bernhard Meyer,
Jens Lehmberg
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275-276
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The Employment of the “Sniff Test”
09 November 2011
“There are three kinds of lies—lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Variously attributed to Benjamin Disraeli, Mark Twain, and others
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Edward C. Benzel
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277-278
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Critical Evaluation of Biomechanical Stability of Craniovertebral Junction Realignment Based on an Experimental Study
03 November 2011
Posterior fixation techniques of atlantoaxial joints have greatly advanced since C1 lateral mass–C2 pedicle screw fixation was introduced by Goel and Harms (). Daniel et al. reported an excellent exp...
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Hiroshi Nakagawa,
Koji Saito,
Tohru Mitsugi
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279
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Does Ganglionectomy Still Have a Role in the Era of Neuromodulation?
09 November 2011
The greater occipital nerve is a medial branch of the posterior C2 and C3 primary sensory divisions. Along with the lesser occipital nerve, which is derived mainly from the C3 root, it emerges betwee...
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Fahd R. Khan,
Jaimie M. Henderson
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280-282
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Lumbar Textilomas: A Neurosurgical Complication Rarely Touched
09 November 2011
Lumbar textilomas are rare postoperative finding responsible for occasional morbidity and mortality after posterior lumbar spine surgery. Each year (), 1500 cases of retained foreign bodies are repor...
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Mohamed El-Fiki
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283-284
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The Value of Teleradiology in Neurosurgery
18 November 2011
Teleradiology has been growing fast ever since its emergence in 1990s and is still a promising and effective way of remote medical service with great development potential (). Teleradiology enables r...
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Lian Chen,
Ying Mao
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285-286
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Should a Picture Ever Replace a Thousand Words? Harnessing Technology without Compromising Neurosurgical Resident Education and Patient Care
18 November 2011
In the article by Min et al. featured in the current issue of WORLD NEUROSURGERY, the authors aimed to determine the ability of junior residents (both neurosurgical and non-neurosurgical) to appropri...
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Gabriel Zada
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287-288
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The Value of Translational Models for Microvascular Anastamosis
09 November 2011
Microvascular anastomosis is a seminal skill for modern neurosurgeons. It is technically demanding but rarely used. Failure carries dire physiologic consequences. As an advanced psychomotor exercise,...
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Jonathan Russin,
Steven L. Giannotta
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289-290
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To Clip or Not to Clip, That is the Question?
18 November 2011
The issue of whether or not to remove the hair of the scalp in preparation for a clean neurosurgical procedure has never been satisfactorily resolved. This question has remained unanswered for decade...
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Walter A. Hall
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291-292
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Barber Surgeon, or Surgeon Barber?
18 November 2011
The definition of a barber (Latin barba = beard) has been given as someone, most often male, whose occupation is to shave or trim the beards of men and to cut hair. Priests and medicine men in the ve...
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James R. Van Dellen
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293-295
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Harvey Cushing and the Subject of Brain Death in 1908: An Early Neurosurgical Dilemma and Putting It All into Perspective
09 November 2011
Harvey Cushing (1869–1939) () revealed a good deal about his drive and zeal in neurosurgery in an early brain surgery case done in 1908. Cushing was early on in his career when he undertook the care o...
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James Tait Goodrich
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296-297
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Harvey Cushing and Brain Death
09 November 2011
Scientists have not yet come up with a unanimously accepted definition of “life,” which also makes it difficult to define “death” unequivocally. Life is most commonly defined as quality or characteri...
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Dirk De Ridder
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298-299
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Cross-Circulation Techniques for Endovascular Revascularization of Acute Stroke
09 November 2011
There have been remarkable advances in endovascular neurosurgery over the past decade, both in endovascular management of intracranial aneurysms and endovascular stroke care. In the following case re...
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Matthew F. Lawson,
Brian L. Hoh
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300-301
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Surgical Options for Pineal Region Tumors
09 November 2011
Pineal region tumors encompass a diverse array of histologies that include germinomas, malignant germ cell tumors and teratomas, pineal parenchymal tumors, gliomas, and meningiomas, among others. Apa...
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Ian F. Pollack
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302-303
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Corpus Callosotomy: What Is New and What Is Relevant?
09 November 2011
Van Wagenen and Herren () were the first to report on corpus callosotomy as a method for the surgical treatment of epilepsy. Surgical techniques, as well as the definition of indications, have been r...
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Karl Schaller
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304-305
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Neuroendoscopy in Diagnosis and Treatment of Hydrocephalus by Basal Meningitis
09 November 2011
The article by Rangel-Castilla et al. underlines the importance of neuroendoscopy (endoscopic neurosurgery) as a diagnostic tool, followed by or immediately combined with an effective, minimally inva...
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Michael R. Gaab
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306-308
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Can the Release of Only Few Subarachnoidal and Basal Cistern Adhesions Resolve Postinfective Hydrocephalus?
09 November 2011
In their case report, Rangel-Castilla et al. underline the importance of suspecting histoplasmosis of the central nervous system in patients with a positive clinical history and/or immunocompromise. ...
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Michelangelo Gangemi,
Vincenzo Seneca
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309-310
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Ultra-Early (within 24 Hours) Aneurysm Treatment After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
03 November 2011
Background: The timing of definitive aneurysm treatment (coiling or clipping) in acute aneurysm subarachnoid hemorrhage was a subject of controversy. Although most vascular neurosurgeons agreed on ear...
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George Kwok Chu Wong,
Ronald Boet,
Stephanie Chi Ping Ng,
Matthew Chan,
Tony Gin,
Benny Zee,
Wai Sang Poon
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311-315
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Hemodynamic Changes in Arteriovenous Malformations After Radiosurgery: Transcranial Doppler Evaluation
09 November 2011
Objective: To monitor hemodynamic changes using transcranial Doppler (TCD) in patients with an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) after Gamma Knife surgery (GKS). Methods: The study comprised 22 patient...
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Kyung-Il Jo,
Jong-Soo Kim,
Seung-Chyul Hong,
Jung-Il Lee
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316-321
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The Cost-Effectiveness of Stereotactic Radiosurgery versus Surgical Resection in the Treatment of Brain Metastasis in Vietnam from the Perspective of Patients and Families
09 November 2011
Background: This study aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the treatment of brain metastasis with surgical resection (SR) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in the lower-middle-income country ...
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Duong Anh Vuong,
Dirk Rades,
Anh Ngoc Le,
Reinhard Busse
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321-328
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Endoscopic Endonasal Compared with Microscopic Transsphenoidal and Open Transcranial Resection of Craniopharyngiomas
03 November 2011
Objective: Craniopharyngiomas have traditionally represented a challenge for open transcranial or transsphenoidal microscopic neurosurgery because of their anatomical location and proximity to vital n...
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Ricardo J. Komotar,
Robert M. Starke,
Daniel M.S. Raper,
Vijay K. Anand,
Theodore H. Schwartz
et al.
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329-341
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What Bone Part Is Important to Remove in Accessing the Suprachiasmatic Region with Less Frontal Lobe Retraction in Frontotemporal Craniotomies
14 November 2011
Background: The anterolateral approach is one of the main routes for accessing suprachiasmatic lesions involving the anterior communicating artery (AComA) complex. Pterional (PT) craniotomy and its al...
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Masashi Kinoshita,
Shingo Tanaka,
Mitsutoshi Nakada,
Noriyuki Ozaki,
Jun-ichiro Hamada,
Yutaka Hayashi
et al.
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342-348
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Do Grossly Identifiable Ganglia Lie Along the Spinal Accessory Nerve? A Gross and Histologic Study with Potential Neurosurgical Significance
09 November 2011
Objective: To elucidate further the anatomy of focal enlargements that have been observed along the spinal accessory nerve (SAN) as it courses within the posterior cranial fossa. Methods: Dissection o...
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R. Shane Tubbs,
Jeffrey R. Lancaster,
Martin M. Mortazavi,
Marios Loukas,
Mohammadali M. Shoja,
Eyas M. Hattab,
Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol
et al.
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349-351
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Repeated Percutaneous Balloon Compression for Recurrent Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Long-Term Study
09 November 2011
Background: Percutaneous balloon compression (PBC) is an alternative surgical treatment for trigeminal neuralgia refractory to carbamazepine. PBC is the preferred procedure for some patients. However,...
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Jyi-Feng Chen,
Po-Hsun Tu,
Shih-Tseng Lee
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352-356
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Biomechanical Stability of a Posterior-Alone Fixation Technique After Craniovertebral Junction Realignment
09 November 2011
Objective: The aim of the current study was to investigate the biomechanical stability and fixation strength provided by a posterior approach reconstruction technique to realign the craniovertebral ju...
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Roy Thomas Daniel,
Aditya Muzumdar,
Aditya Ingalhalikar,
Mark Moldavsky,
Saif Khalil
et al.
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357-361
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