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The Right Stuff
Many decades ago, on the occasion of my very first residency interview, Joseph Evans, the Professor and Chairman of Neurosurgery at the University of Chicago, said, “So, you want to be a neurosurgeon...
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Michael L.J. Apuzzo
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Enhancing the Utility of Surgical Simulation: From Proficiency to Automaticity
Over the past decade, surgical simulation has been promoted as an efficient way of acquiring and refining surgical skills. Although surgical simulation has been shown to improve technical proficiency ...
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Addason F.H. McCaslin,
Salah G. Aoun,
H. Hunt Batjer,
Bernard R. Bendok
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482-484
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Traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage—To Operate or Not?
When a neurosurgeon is presented with bleeding onto the brain surface (extradural or subdural hematomas), the decision about what to do is usually clear cut; however, when a patient experiences a head...
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Richard Francis,
Elise N. Rowan,
Barbara A. Gregson,
A. David Mendelow
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484-485
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Epidermal Electronics
The field of nanotechnology offers much promise for biomedical applications. One potential application of nano-scaled biomaterials is in monitoring of physiological processes. Monitoring of neurologic...
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Nikolay Martirosyan,
M. Yashar S. Kalani
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485-486
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Book review
With his book entitled Brains: How They Seem to Work, Dale Purves provides readers with an astonishing overview of the main aspects of neurobiology and of the main organ of this branch of science, th...
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Luigi Maria Cavallo,
Domenico Solari
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487-488
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Upcoming Events
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490-491
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The Visual Dimensions of Future Neurosurgical Education
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Jon H. Robertson,
Jeffrey M. Sorenson
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492-496
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Dissecting a Complex Neurosurgical Illustration: Step-by-Step Development
Modern computer graphics software has enabled the medical illustrator to render very complex anatomy by composing many different layers of drawings simultaneously. This and the author's capacity to ta...
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Ian Suk
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497-507
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Ein Heldenleben: A Life in Neurosurgery
There are many exciting and noble professions, but the gravity and concept of a life in neurosurgery is clearly in its own category of elite status. It is a life of involvement with the dramatic event...
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Michael L.J. Apuzzo
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508-515
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Avoiding (and Reporting) Complications: When Nerves Pay a Price
Skoro et al. are to be commended for publishing an unpopular but important type of report—a devastating surgical complication. They have performed a valuable service so that surgeons and patients are...
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Eric L. Zager
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516-517
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Neuroethical Principles of Deep-Brain Stimulation
Results from translational neuroscience and novel neuroimaging methods have given us unprecedented insights into the fundamental mechanisms of the human brain. This new understanding has given rise t...
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Morten L. Kringelbach,
Tipu Z. Aziz
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518-519
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Shunts and Aneurysms
Hoh et al. dredge the enormous patient numbers contained in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample to determine the incidence of ventricular shunt placement after neurosurgical clipping and endovascular coi...
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R. Loch Macdonald
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520-521
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Does Aneurysm Treatment Modality Influence the Incidence of Shunt-Dependent Hydrocephalus?
Hydrocephalus is one of the most common neurological disorders, with variable presentations in both adult and pediatric populations. Cerebrospinal fluid shunting is the single most common method for t...
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Stavropoula I. Tjoumakaris,
Robert H. Rosenwasser
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522-524
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The Necessity of Preserving Brain Functions in Glioma Surgery: The Crucial Role of Intraoperative Awake Mapping
Since several decades, the majority of series dedicated to gliomas (with the aim of studying both natural history and impact of treatments, in particular surgery) mainly focused on pure oncological c...
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Hugues Duffau
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525-527
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Surgery for Glioblastoma Multiforme: Striking a Balance
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumor in adults. GBM is composed of highly proliferative and infiltrative neoplastic cells that frequently invade eloquent areas of the ...
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Raymund L. Yong,
Russell R. Lonser
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528-530
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The National Cancer Institute's SEER Registry and Primary Malignant Osseous Spine Tumors
Malignant primary bone tumors of the spine are rare, accounting for less than 5% of all osseous neoplasms and less than 0.2% of all cancers (). Although significant advancements have been made on the...
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Narendra Nathoo,
Ehud Mendel
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531-532
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Trigeminal Neuralgia: Diagnosis and Treatment
Trigeminal neuralgia (or tic douloureux) is a unique and severe form of face pain that neurosurgeons treat when pain is intractable to medical management. Trigeminal neuralgia is a clinical syndrome ...
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Ronald Brisman
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533-534
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The Putative Role of Pericytes in Tumor Angiogenesis
Hemangiopericytomas are rare tumors representing approximately 1% of all intracranial tumors and 2.4% of all tumors presumed to be meningiomas (). These tumors were initially classified as a vascular...
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Jonathan J. Russin,
Steven L. Giannotta
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535-536
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Deep Brain Stimulation and Ethics: Perspectives from a Multisite Qualitative Study of Canadian Neurosurgical Centers
Objective: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an approved neurosurgical intervention for motor disorders such as Parkinson disease. The emergence of psychiatric uses for DBS combined with the fact that i...
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Emily Bell,
Bruce Maxwell,
Mary Pat McAndrews,
Abbas Sadikot,
Eric Racine
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537-547
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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
Background: Few studies have compared the incidence of ventricular shunt placement for hydrocephalus after clipping versus coiling of cerebral aneurysms. Objective: The Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NI...
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Brian L. Hoh,
Dominic T. Kleinhenz,
Yueh-Yun Chi,
J. Mocco,
Fred G. Barker
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548-554
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Surgically Treated Brain Tumors: A Retrospective Case Series of 10,009 Cases at a Single Institution
Objective: To evaluate the chronologic trends in brain tumor surgery at a single institution over 53 years (1957–2009). Methods: Data were collected from medical records and documents (eg, daily recor...
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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
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555-563
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Long-Term 25-Year Follow-up of Surgically Treated Parasagittal Meningiomas
Background: Parasagittal meningiomas are either treated with conservative surgery or aggressive surgery with extensive vascular reconstructions to achieve radicality. The optimal management is subject...
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Jenny Pettersson-Segerlind,
Abiel Orrego,
Stefan Lönn,
Tiit Mathiesen
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564-571
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The Risk of Getting Worse: Surgically Acquired Deficits, Perioperative Complications, and Functional Outcomes After Primary Resection of Glioblastoma
Objective: Gross total resection (GTR) prolongs survival but is unfortunately not achievable in the majority of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Cytoreductive debulkings may relieve sympto...
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Sasha Gulati,
Asgeir S. Jakola,
Ulf S. Nerland,
Clemens Weber,
Ole Solheim
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572-579
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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
Background: Malignant osseous spinal neoplasms are aggressive tumors associated with poor outcomes despite aggressive multidisciplinary measures. It remains unknown whether increased local tumor invas...
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Debraj Mukherjee,
Kaisorn L. Chaichana,
Owoicho Adogwa,
Ziya Gokaslan,
Oran Aaronson,
Joseph S. Cheng,
Matthew J. McGirt
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580-585
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Long-Term Follow-up of Patients Treated with Percutaneous Balloon Compression for Trigeminal Neuralgia in Taiwan
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes and complication rates associated with percutaneous balloon compression (PBC) for trigeminal neuralgia for a 10-year follow-up period. Methods: A t...
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Jyi-Feng Chen,
Po-Hsun Tu,
Shih-Tseng Lee
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586-591
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Fenestration of Supraclinoid Internal Carotid Artery and Associated Aneurysm: Embryogenesis, Recognition, and Management
Objective: Fenestration of internal carotid artery (ICA) is extremely rare and may be associated with aneurysms arising from the fenestrated segment. Here we report two cases with successful surgical ...
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Mahua Dey,
Issam A. Awad
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592.e1-592.e5
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Large Hemangiopericytoma Associated with Arteriovenous Malformations and Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae
Background: Hemangiopericytomas are rare vascular tumors of the central nervous system. Although hemangiopericytomas have been associated with other vascular malformations, there is no report of an in...
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M. Yashar S. Kalani,
Nikolay L. Martirosyan,
Jennifer M. Eschbacher,
Peter Nakaji,
Felipe C. Albuquerque,
Robert F. Spetzler
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592.e7-592.e10
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Brainstem Tethering with Ondine's Curse
Background: Brainstem tethering is a rare disease. Case Description: We report and discuss a 20-year-old patient who experienced paroxysmal apnea (a symptom of Ondine's curse) during sleeping, causing...
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Zhan Liu,
Yanyang He,
Song Li,
Lihua Wu,
Qiangfang Jiao
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592.e11-592.e14
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An Intramedullary Tuberculous Abscess of the Conus in a 5-Year-Old Child Presenting with Urinary Dysfunction
Objective: To report a case of the primary presence of an intramedullary tuberculous abscess in the conus medullaris with neither a history of contact nor tuberculous infection elsewhere in the body. ...
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Nitin Malik,
Sanjay Behari,
Mohamad S. Ansari,
Awadhesh K. Jaiswal,
Pallav Gupta,
Manoj Jain
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592.e15-592.e18
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