Check out just some of the articles in the January issues!

Print Journals

Note: all the articles listed below are freely accessible.

Journal of Neurosurgery Volume 134: Issue 1 (Jan 2021)

• Hemodynamic analysis of the recipient parasylvian cortical arteries for predicting postoperative hyperperfusion during STA-MCA bypass in adult patients with moyamoya disease
  Authors: Jianjian Zhang, Sirui Li, Miki Fujimura, Tsz Yeung Lau, Xiaolin Wu, Miao Hu, Hanpei Zheng, Haibo Xu, Wenyuan Zhao, Xiang Li, and Jincao Chen
• Sex-related differences in wall remodeling and intraluminal thrombus resolution in a rat saccular aneurysm model
  Authors: Sandrine Morel, Agnieszka Karol, Vanessa Graf, Graziano Pelli, Henning Richter, Esther Sutter, Vincent Braunersreuther, Juhana Frösen, Philippe Bijlenga, Brenda R. Kwak, and Katja M. Nuss
• Disruption of P2X4 purinoceptor and suppression of the inflammation associated with cerebral aneurysm formation
  Authors: Miyuki Fukuda, Shunichi Fukuda, Joji Ando, Kimiko Yamamoto, Naohiro Yonemoto, Takashi Suzuki, Youko Niwa, Takayuki Inoue, Noriko Satoh-Asahara, Koji Hasegawa, Akira Shimatsu, and Tetsuya Tsukahara
• Predictor of 90-day functional outcome after mechanical thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion stroke: NIHSS score of 10 or less at 24 hours
  Authors: Mirja M. Wirtz, Philipp Hendrix, Oded Goren, Lisa A. Beckett, Heather R. Dicristina, Clemens M. Schirmer, Shamsher Dalal, Gregory Weiner, Paul M. Foreman, Ramin Zand, and Christoph J. Griessenauer
• A nomogram to predict the progression-free survival of clival chordoma
  Authors: Yixuan Zhai, Jiwei Bai, Mingxuan Li, Shuai Wang, Chuzhong Li, Xinting Wei, and Yazhuo Zhang
• Incidence and impact of stroke following surgery for low-grade gliomas
  Authors: Assaf Berger, Gali Tzarfati, Matias Costa, Marga Serafimova, Akiva Korn, Irina Vendrov, Tali Alfasi, Dana Krill, Daniel Aviram, Shlomit Ben Moshe, Alon Kashanian, Zvi Ram, and Rachel Grossman
• Sagittal bending of the optic nerve at the entrance from the intracranial to the optic canal and ipsilateral visual acuity in patients with sellar and suprasellar lesions
  Authors: Rei Yamaguchi, Masahiko Tosaka, Takaaki Miyagishima, Tadashi Osawa, Keishi Horiguchi, Fumiaki Honda, and Yuhei Yoshimoto
• Deep brain stimulation versus pallidotomy for status dystonicus: a single-center case series
  Authors: Vincenzo Levi, Giovanna Zorzi, Giuseppe Messina, Luigi Romito, Irene Tramacere, Ivano Dones, Nardo Nardocci, and Angelo Franzini
• Deep brain stimulation in the caudal zona incerta in patients with essential tremor: effects on cognition 1 year after surgery
  Authors: Johanna Philipson, Patric Blomstedt, Marwan Hariz, and Marjan Jahanshahi
• Unilateral pallidotomy in the treatment of cervical dystonia: a retrospective observational study
  Authors: Shiro Horisawa, Atsushi Fukui, Kotaro Kohara, Takakazu Kawamata, and Takaomi Taira
• In-depth characterization of a long-term, resuscitated model of acute subdural hematoma–induced brain injury
  Authors: Thomas Datzmann, Thomas Kapapa, Angelika Scheuerle, Oscar McCook, Tamara Merz, Sarah Unmuth, Andrea Hoffmann, René Mathieu, Simon Mayer, Uwe Max Mauer, Stefan Röhrer, Deniz Yilmazer-Hanke, Peter Möller, Benedikt Lukas Nussbaum, Enrico Calzia, Michael Gröger, Clair Hartmann, Peter Radermacher, and Martin Wepler
• A mixed-methods needs assessment of traumatic brain injury care in a low- and middle-income country setting: building neurocritical care capacity at two major hospitals in Cambodia
  Authors: Ariana S. Barkley, Laura J. Spece, Lia M. Barros, Robert H. Bonow, Ali Ravanpay, Richard Ellenbogen, Phearum Huoy, Try Thy, Seang Sothea, Sopheak Pak, James LoGerfo, and Abhijit V. Lele
• Distal pronator teres motor branch transfer for wrist extension restoration in radial nerve paralysis
  Authors: Jayme Augusto Bertelli, Sushil Nehete, Elisa Cristiana Winkelmann Duarte, Neehar Patel, and Marcos Flávio Ghizoni
• Correlation of spontaneous and traumatic anterior skull base CSF leak flow rates with fluid pattern on early, delayed, and subtraction volumetric extended echo train T2-weighted MRI
  Authors: John W. Rutland, Satish Govindaraj, Corey M. Gill, Michael Shohet, Alfred M. C. Iloreta Jr., Joshua B. Bederson, Raj K. Shrivastava, and Bradley N. Delman
• Corpus callosotomy performed with laser interstitial thermal therapy
  Authors: Jarod L. Roland, Syed Hassan A. Akbari, Afshin Salehi, and Matthew D. Smyth

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine Volume 34: Issue 1 (Jan 2021)

• Editorial. Postoperative pain control after spinal surgery: an opportunity
  Author: Zoher Ghogawala
• Development and validation of a clinical prediction score for poor postoperative pain control following elective spine surgery
  Authors: Michael M. H. Yang, Jay Riva-Cambrin, Jonathan Cunningham, Nathalie Jetté, Tolulope T. Sajobi, Alex Soroceanu, Peter Lewkonia, W. Bradley Jacobs, and Steven Casha
• Smart glasses display device for fluoroscopically guided minimally invasive spinal instrumentation surgery: a preliminary study
  Authors: Keitaro Matsukawa and Yoshiyuki Yato

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics Volume 27: Issue 1 (Jan 2021)

• Expansile duraplasty and obex exploration compared with bone-only decompression for Chiari malformation type I in children: retrospective review of outcomes and complications
  Authors: Chibawanye I. Ene, Anthony C. Wang, Kelly L. Collins, Robert H. Bonow, Lynn B. McGrath, Sharon J. Durfy, Jason K. Barber, and Richard G. Ellenbogen
• Fourth ventricle tumors in children: complications and influence of surgical approach
  Authors: Sebastian M. Toescu, Gargi Samarth, Hugo Layard Horsfall, Richard Issitt, Ben Margetts, Kim P. Phipps, Noor-ul-Owase Jeelani, Dominic N. P. Thompson, and Kristian Aquilina

Online-only Journals

Neurosurgical Focus

Volume 50: Issue 1 (Jan 2021): Operative Imaging and Visualization

All articles in Neurosurgical Focus are freely available.

In their introduction to this month’s issue, the topic editors — Paul Larson, Peter Nakaji, Walter Stummer and John Pollina — state:

“This issue of Neurosurgical Focus explores the next generation of operative imaging and visualization techniques. New surgical planning tools show promise for improving patient safety and surgical efficiency. Visualization techniques such as intraoperative fluorescence and advanced neuroendoscopy can provide real-time feedback during demanding intracranial and spinal procedures. Finally, the advent of augmented reality gives surgeons the potential for an environment in which imaging and direct visualization can coexist in an immersive, unobtrusive way.”

Neurosurgical Focus: Video

Volume 4: Issue 1 (Jan 2021): Posterior Fossa Arteriovenous Malformations

All articles in Neurosurgical Focus: Video are open access and freely available.

From the January issue topic editors, Mustafa K. Baskaya, Adib A. Abla, Daniel L. Barrow and Adam S. Arthur:

“We have selected 15 videos from four continents. These videos were chosen for their demonstration of state-of-the-art techniques in the treatment of posterior fossa AVMs via microsurgical resection. This collection of videos by masters in the field of neurovascular surgery illustrates surgical decision-making, technical mastery, operative nuances, technological innovations and complication avoidance, demonstrating the beauty and danger of AVMs in the posterior fossa location.

“It is our hope that this collection of videos serves as an educational tool for neurosurgical trainees in understanding these lesions, while also providing an update on the current state of surgical treatments for more experienced clinicians.”

Introducing JNS: Case Lessons

Here is a sample of what you will find in the JNSPG’s newest publication.

Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons Volume 1: Issues 1­­-3 (Jan)

All articles in JNS: Case Lessons are open access and freely available.

• Intrathecal baclofen therapy for Lesch-Nyhan disease: illustrative case
  Authors: Takeshi Satow, Masafumi Ogawa and Taro Komuro
  Validation of the newly conceived Surgical Swedish ICH grading scale for surgically treated patients with intracerebral hemorrhage: patient series
• Authors: Takeshi Satow, Masafumi Ogawa and Taro Komuro
  Validation of the newly conceived Surgical Swedish ICH grading scale for surgically treated patients with intracerebral hemorrhage: patient series
  Authors: Johan A. Haga, Frantz R. Poulsen and Axel Forsse
• The recurrent plexiform neurofibroma of the scalp in neurofibromatosis type 1: illustrative case
  Authors: Galih Indra Permana, M. Arifin Parenrengi, Wihasto Suryaningtyas, Dyah Fauziah and Muhammad Azzam
• Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for VP shunt malfunction during the third trimester of pregnancy: illustrative case
  Authors: Ahmad K. Alhaj, Tariq Al-Saadi, Marie-Noëlle Hébert-Blouin, Kevin Petrecca and Roy W. R. Dudley
• Spinal intramedullary hemangioblastoma and schwannoma collision tumor: illustrative case
  Authors: Matthew T. Neal, Alexandra E. Richards, Kara L. Curley, Kliment Donev, Mark K. Lyons and Maziyar A. Kalani
• Acute pulmonary edema due to occult air embolism detected on an automated anesthesia record: illustrative case
  Authors: Samuel Wood and Gennadiy Fuzaylov