Education & Publications

The AANS offers a comprehensive suite of educational opportunities, designed to support neurosurgeons at every stage of their career. From dynamic live online, live in person and on demand courses and valuable enduring materials, our resources are tailored to you.

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Endovascular-Vascular Course for Residents

This online course is an introduction to endovascular and vascular techniques for senior residents, led by course directors Adam S. Arthur, MD, MPH, FAANS and Michael T. Lawton, MD, FAANS. This […]
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2023 Pharmacology Update for APPs

Course Description:  In the 2023 Pharmacology Update for APPs course, you will learn the indications, selection and duration of prophylaxis in different neurologic conditions, focusing primarily on traumatic brain injury […]
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2025 Neurosurgical Coding and Reimbursement

The AANS Neurosurgical Coding & Reimbursement virtual course trains clinical, professional, and administrative staff to understand the impact of quality reporting and deliver the most up-to-date ICD-10 and CPT coding specific to neurosurgical practices. Through hands-on training and experience, attendees learn to accurately apply and assign CPT codes for common neurosurgical procedures. Attendees receive high quality, reliable and effective practice management content important for staying compliant with ever-changing regulations.

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Journal of Neurosurgery

Founded in 1944, the AANS’s flagship journal is recognized throughout the world by neurosurgeons and related medical specialists for its authoritative and cutting-edge clinical and laboratory research articles, case reports, technical notes, review articles and more. JNS is the most referenced journal specific to neurosurgery in publication.

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JNS Article

Mapping the global neurosurgery workforce. Part 1: Consultant neurosurgeon density

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery • Volume: 141 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 1-9

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JNS Article

Mapping the global neurosurgery workforce. Part 2: Trainee density

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery • Volume: 141 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 10-16

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JNS Article

Interactive microsurgical anatomy education using photogrammetry 3D models and an augmented reality cube

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery • Volume: 141 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 17-26

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JNS Article

The Lenticular

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery • Volume: 141 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 27-31

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JNS: Spine

First published in 1999 as a quarterly supplement to the Journal of Neurosurgery, JNS: Spine quickly grew in volume and frequency, and became an independent monthly journal in 2004. JNS: Spine provides the latest techniques and research findings in the rapidly advancing area of spine surgery.

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JNS Article

Impact of bilateral facet joint violation on radiographic degeneration of superior adjacent segments and clinical outcomes

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine • Volume: 41 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 1-8

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JNS Article

Long-term efficacy of microendoscopic laminotomy for lumbar spinal stenosis in advanced degenerative spondylolisthesis with or without dynamic spinal instability: a propensity score–matching analysis

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine • Volume: 41 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 9-16

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JNS Article

Risk factors for vascular injuries in anterior lumbar interbody fusion: a single-institution retrospective study

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine • Volume: 41 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 17-23

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JNS Article

Effect of high disease activity on spinal sagittal malalignment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine • Volume: 41 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 24-32

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JNS: Pediatrics

In 2004 this journal first appeared as a supplement to the Journal of Neurosurgery. In 2008 JNS: Peds became an independent monthly journal, and has become the foremost journal in its subspecialty, offering comprehensive coverage of pediatric neurosurgery and related fields.

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JNS Article

Overtriage of transfers to the pediatric trauma center: the importance of minor head injury

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics • Volume: 34 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 1-8

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JNS Article

Clinical, radiological, and laboratory factors associated with mortality and functional outcomes in pediatric patients presenting with intracranial gunshot wounds

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics • Volume: 34 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 9-18

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JNS Article

Analysis of bihemispheric language function in pediatric neurosurgical patients using repetitive navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics • Volume: 34 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 19-29

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JNS Article

The impact of social determinants of health on utilization of pediatric epilepsy surgery: a systematic review

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics • Volume: 34 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 30-39

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Neurosurgical Focus

This well-respected, freely accessible, online-only journal has been publishing important findings in neurosurgery since 1996. Each monthly issue covers a different topic in the field, and submissions are reviewed by experts on each topic. Continuing medical education credits are offered for many articles.

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JNS Article

Introduction. Concussion and return to play

Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus • Volume: 57 • Issue: 1 • Pages: E1

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JNS Article

History of biological, mechanistic, and clinical understanding of concussion

Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus • Volume: 57 • Issue: 1 • Pages: E2

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JNS Article

Avenues for prevention using the epidemiology of sport-related concussion from a large high school surveillance study

Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus • Volume: 57 • Issue: 1 • Pages: E3

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JNS Article

Pediatric sport and nonsport concussions presenting to emergency departments: injury circumstances, characteristics, and clinical management

Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus • Volume: 57 • Issue: 1 • Pages: E4

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Neurosurgical Focus: Video

This open-access, online-only journal presents high-definition videos of neurosurgery-related procedures, creating a unique educational experience that makes viewers feel present in the operating room. The video journal was first published in 2012 as a twice-yearly video supplement to Neurosurgical Focus. In July 2019 it became an independent quarterly journal under its new name, Neurosurgical Focus: Video.

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JNS Article

Introduction. The technical landscape of modern epilepsy surgery

Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus: Video • Volume: 11 • Issue: 1 • Pages: V1

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JNS Article

Vagus nerve stimulation in pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy: a step-by-step video

Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus: Video • Volume: 11 • Issue: 1 • Pages: V2

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JNS Article

Minipterional craniotomy for resection of epileptogenic cavernous malformation

Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus: Video • Volume: 11 • Issue: 1 • Pages: V3

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JNS Article

Stereo-electro-encephalography (SEEG) methodology: technical nuances and insights into image-guided robot-assisted electrode implantation

Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus: Video • Volume: 11 • Issue: 1 • Pages: V4

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JNS: Case Lessons

This rapid-publication, open-access, online-only journal offers reports of single cases and small case series, with a focus on the lesson that the observation or experience provides to the reader. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons commenced publication in January 2021.

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JNS Article

Aggressive giant dumbell-shaped thoracic vertebral hemangioma: illustrative case

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons • Volume: 8 • Issue: 7

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JNS Article

Collision of pituitary neuroendocrine tumor and anterior clinoid meningioma treated with a two-stage minimally invasive surgical strategy: illustrative case

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons • Volume: 8 • Issue: 7

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JNS Article

Endoscopic endonasal drainage of a middle fossa epidural abscess in conjunction with endoscopic sinus surgery: illustrative case

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons • Volume: 8 • Issue: 7

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JNS Article

Hypofractionated radiotherapy combined with bevacizumab plus low-dose ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide as second-line chemoradiotherapy for progressing spinal diffuse midline glioma, H3K27-altered: illustrative case

Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons • Volume: 8 • Issue: 7

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