Monitoring in neurointensive care – The challenge to detect delayed cerebral ischemia in high grade aneurysmal SAH by Asita S Sarrafzadeh, Asita S Sarrafzadeh, Peter eVajkoczy, Philippe eBijlenga, Karl eSchaller

“…The latter are typically patients with a high grade on the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies scale (WFNS grade 4-5), which represent approximately 40-70 % of the patient population with ruptured aneurysms. …”
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Incidence and Epidemiology of Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations by Mehmet Zileli, Salman Sharif, Maurizio Fornari

“…The review results were discussed and voted in 2 consensus meetings of the WFNS (World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies) Spine Committee. Out of 39 studies, 15 studies have focused on thoracolumbar trauma, remaining 24 studies have looked at all spine trauma. …”
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The role of conservative treatment in lumbar disc herniations: WFNS spine committee recommendations by Onur Yaman, Artem Guchkha, Sandeep Vaishya, Mehmet Zileli, Corinna Zygourakis, Joachim Oertel

“…Screening criteria resulted in 12 final manuscripts which were summarized and presented at two international consensus meetings of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Spine Committee. …”
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Kyphosis After Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations by Onur Yaman, Mehmet Zileli, Salim Şentürk, Kemal Paksoy, Salman Sharif

“…Up-to-date information on posttraumatic kyphosis management was reviewed to reach an agreement in a consensus meeting of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Spine Committee. …”
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Predictores de vasoespasmo cerebral sintomático en la hemorragia subaracnoidea espontánea by Ezequiel López Espinosa, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés, Maira Sarmiento Matamoros

“…Low scores on the Glasgow Coma scale and high scores on the Hunt and Hess scale and the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies scale are related to the presence of symptomatic cerebral vasospasm in spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage. …”
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Predictores de vasoespasmo cerebral sintomático en la hemorragia subaracnoidea espontánea by Ezequiel López Espinosa, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés, Maira Sarmiento Matamoros

“…Low scores on the Glasgow Coma scale and high scores on the Hunt and Hess scale and the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies scale are related to the presence of symptomatic cerebral vasospasm in spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage. …”
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Notes on the Recent History of Neuroscience in Africa by Vivienne A. Russell, Vivienne A. Russell

“…Thanks to their investment, as well as that of funding agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN), World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS), World Federation of Neurology (WFN) and the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), neuroscience research is well-established in Africa today. …”
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Prediction of 60 day case-fatality after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: results from the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT). by Risselada, R, Lingsma, H, Bauer-Mehren, A, Friedrich, C, Molyneux, A, Kerr, R, Yarnold, J, Sneade, M, Steyerberg, E, Sturkenboom, M

“…In this population 153 patients (7.2%) died within 60 days. World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) grade was the most important predictor of case-fatality, followed by age, lumen size of the aneurysm and Fisher grade. …”

Seizures and Epilepsy following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Review on Incidence, Risk Factors, Outcome and Treatment by Miguel Bertelli Ramos, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo

“…Some possible risk factors were identified, such as middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysm, Hunt and Hess grade III, aneurysm clipping, thick subarachnoid clot, intracerebral hemorrhage, rebleeding, ischemic brain infarction, Fisher grade III or IV, acute hydrocephalus, hypertension history and poor World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) grade. Nevertheless, these relations are frequently uncertain. …”
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Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations by Salman Sharif, Yousuf Shaikh, Abdul Hafid Bajamal, Francesco Costa, Mehmet Zileli

“…We thereby present the consensus of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Spine Committee, which formulated the indications for lumbar spine fusion in degenerative lumbar stenosis.…”
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Prediction of two month modified Rankin Scale with an ordinal prediction model in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage by Sneade Mary, Yarnold Julia, Kerr Richard SC, Molyneux Andrew J, Lingsma Hester F, Risselada Roelof, Steyerberg Ewout W, Sturkenboom Miriam CJM

“…Multivariable proportional odds analysis identified World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) grade as the most important predictor, followed by age, sex, lumen size of the aneurysm, Fisher grade, vasospasm on angiography, and treatment modality. …”
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Lumbar disc herniation: Epidemiology, clinical and radiologic diagnosis WFNS spine committee recommendations by Mirza Pojskic, Erica Bisson, Joachim Oertel, Toshihiro Takami, Corinna Zygourakis, Francesco Costa

“…Using the Delphi method and two rounds of voting at two separate international meetings, ten members of the WFNS (World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies) Spine Committee generated eleven final consensus statements. …”
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Indications for Nonsurgical Treatment of Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations by Nikolay Peev, Mehmet Zileli, Salman Sharif, Shahswar Arif, Zarina Brady

“…Up-to-date literature on the indications for nonoperative treatment of thoracolumbar fractures was reviewed to reach an agreement in a consensus meeting of WFNS (World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies) Spine Committee. The statements were voted and reached a positive or negative consensus using the Delphi method. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Factors Affecting Thoracolumbar Fractures Outcome: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations by Francesco Costa, Salman Sharif, Abdul Hafid Bajamal, Yousuf Shaikh, Carla D. Anania, Mehmet Zileli

“…A total of 58 papers were analyzed and WFNS (World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies) Spine Committee organized 2 consensus meetings to formulate the specific recommendations the first in Peshawar in December 2019 and in a subsequent virtual meeting in June 2020 to reach an agreement. …”
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Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio is a prognosis factor for post-operative pneumonia in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients by Yue Chen, Bao-Qiang Lian, Lei Peng, Chen-Yu Ding, Yuan-Xiang Lin, Liang-Hong Yu, Deng-Liang Wang, De-Zhi Kang, Xiu-Yuan Hao

“…Multivariate analysis revealed that NLR remained a significant factor independently associated with POP following aSAH after adjusting for possible confounding factors, including the age, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) grade, endovascular treatment, and ventilator use. …”
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Surgical Techniques for Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations by Salman Sharif, Yousuf Shaikh, Onur Yaman, Mehmet Zileli

“…WFNS (World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies) Spine Committee organized 2 consensus meeting. …”
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D-dimer may predict poor outcomes in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a retrospective study by Jun-hui Liu, Xiang-kui Li, Zhi-biao Chen, Qiang Cai, Long Wang, Ying-hu Ye, Qian-xue Chen

“…Univariate and multivariate analyses showed that high World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies grade, high serum D-dimer levels, and high neurological complications were significantly associated with poor outcomes. …”
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Neurocritical care complications and interventions influence the outcome in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage by Alexander Hammer, Frank Erbguth, Matthias Hohenhaus, Christian M. Hammer, Hannes Lücking, Markus Gesslein, Monika Killer-Oberpfalzer, Hans-Herbert Steiner, Hendrik Janssen

“…Results Decompressive craniectomy (odds ratio 21.77 / 6.17 ; p < 0.0001 / p = 0.013), sepsis (odds ratio 14.67 / 6.08 ; p = 0.037 / 0.033) and hydrocephalus (odds ratio 3.71 / 6.46 ; p = 0.010 / 0.00095) were significant predictors for poor outcome and death after one year beside “World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies” (WFNS) grade (odds ratio 3.86 / 4.67 ; p < 0.0001 / p < 0.0001) and age (odds ratio 1.06 / 1.10 ; p = 0.0030 / p < 0.0001) in our multivariate analysis (binary logistic regression model). …”
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Early Management of Cervical Spine Trauma: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations by Mehmet Zileli, Enrique Osorio-Fonseca, Nikolay Konovalov, Carlos Cardenas-Jalabe, Stanislav Kaprovoy, Sergey Mlyavykh, Artur Pogosyan

“…Up-to-date information on epidemiology of spine trauma, prevention, early emergency management, transportation, and closed reduction were reviewed and statements were produced to reach a consensus in 2 separate consensus meeting of World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) Spine Committee. …”
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Prediction of two month modified Rankin Scale with an ordinal prediction model in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage by Risselada, R, Lingsma, H, Molyneux, A, Kerr, R, Yarnold, J, Sneade, M, Steyerberg, E, Sturkenboom, M

“…Multivariable proportional odds analysis identified World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) grade as the most important predictor, followed by age, sex, lumen size of the aneurysm, Fisher grade, vasospasm on angiography, and treatment modality. …”