Current Issue December 2011, Vol. 76, No. 6

Issue Highlights

  • Deep Brain Stimulation and Ethics: Perspectives from a Multisite Qualitative Study of Canadian Neurosurgical Centers
    December 2011 (Vol. 76 | No. 6 | Pages 537-547)

    Emily Bell, Bruce Maxwell, Mary Pat McAndrews, Abbas Sadikot, Eric Racine

  • Incidence of Ventricular Shunt Placement for Hydrocephalus with Clipping versus Coiling for Ruptured and Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysms in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database: 2002 to 2007
    December 2011 (Vol. 76 | No. 6 | Pages 548-554)

    Brian L. Hoh, Dominic T. Kleinhenz, Yueh-Yun Chi, J. Mocco, Fred G. Barker

  • Surgically Treated Brain Tumors: A Retrospective Case Series of 10,009 Cases at a Single Institution
    December 2011 (Vol. 76 | No. 6 | Pages 555-563)

    Young-Hoon Kim, Sang Woo Song, Ji Yeoun Lee, Jin Wook Kim, Yong Hwy Kim, Ji Hoon Phi, Chul-Kee Park, Jeong Eun Kim, Seung-Ki Kim, Sun Ha Paek, Chun Kee Chung, Kyu-Chang Wang, Dong Gyu Kim, Hee-Won Jung

  • Surgically Treated Brain Tumors: A Retrospective Case Series of 10,009 Cases at a Single Institution
    December 2011 (Vol. 76 | No. 6 | Pages 555-563)

    Young-Hoon Kim, Sang Woo Song, Ji Yeoun Lee, Jin Wook Kim, Yong Hwy Kim, Ji Hoon Phi, Chul-Kee Park, Jeong Eun Kim, Seung-Ki Kim, Sun Ha Paek, Chun Kee Chung, Kyu-Chang Wang, Dong Gyu Kim, Hee-Won Jung

  • Association of Extent of Local Tumor Invasion and Survival in Patients with Malignant Primary Osseous Spinal Neoplasms from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Database
    December 2011 (Vol. 76 | No. 6 | Pages 580-585)

    Debraj Mukherjee, Kaisorn L. Chaichana, Owoicho Adogwa, Ziya Gokaslan, Oran Aaronson, Joseph S. Cheng, Matthew J. McGirt

  • Long-Term Follow-up of Patients Treated with Percutaneous Balloon Compression for Trigeminal Neuralgia in Taiwan
    December 2011 (Vol. 76 | No. 6 | Pages 586-591)

    Jyi-Feng Chen, Po-Hsun Tu, Shih-Tseng Lee

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(A) Three-dimensional rotational angiography shows 8.9 × 5.2 mm right middle cerebral artery (MCA) bifurcation aneurysm with 3.5-mm neck. (B and C) Inflation of a balloon across the aneurysm neck and into the M2 branch closest to the neck (B) protected the parent and branch vasculature, while facilitating complete occlusion (C) of the aneurysm.

Principles in Case-Based Aneurysm Treatment: Approaching Complex Lesions Excluded by International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT) Criteria