Multifaceted utilization of a cortical stimulator during tumor resection by Alvin Y. Chan, Sumeet Vadera

“…Background: Neurosurgeons use Ojemann cortical stimulators to map and localize cortical and subcortical regions of the brain to map functional areas intraoperatively to avoid resecting or damaging functional tissue. …”
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Neurosurgical service in Ukraine by Eugene Pedachenko, Nikolay Sapon, Andriy Huk, Anna Nikiforova

“…The availability of neurosurgical beds and neurosurgeons in Ukraine is high enough. The intensity of beds use and operating load per one neurosurgeon are low. …”
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Rate and reasons for elective ventilation in patients undergoing intracranial tumour surgery by Charu Mahajan, Girija Prasad Rath, Manish Singh Sharma, Surya Kumar Dube, Vanitha Rajagopalan, Parmod Kumar Bithal

“…The most common causes for postoperative MV were ‘not responding to commands’ (43.2%), and neurosurgeon's advice (41.8%). The mean ICU and hospital stays were 92.2 ± 134.0 hrs and 13.8 ± 16.5 days, respectively. 47.6% of patients who required postoperative MV on neurosurgeon's advice developed complications whereas it was 33.2% for those ventilated other reasons (P < 0.05). …”
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Neurofibromatosis and Acoustic Neuromas by J Gordon Millichap

“…The criteria for diagnosis, treatment, family counseling and advances in genetics of neurofibromatosis are reviewed by a neurosurgeon and epidemiologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders, Bethesda, MD.…”
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Novel Tissue Marker of Epileptic Foci in Resections by J Gordon Millichap

“…The neurosurgeon relies on the expertise of the neurologist, electoencephalographer and neuroradiologist to determine the extent of resection of brain tissue in the treatment of medically refractive childhood seizures.…”
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White cord syndrome secondary to decompressive laminectomy associated with cervical arthrodesis in a patient with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and posterior longitudina... by Juan Esteban Muñoz Montoya, Laura Catalina Martínez Camargo, Diana Paola Duarte Mora, Johann David Serrato Perdomo, Andrés Felipe Vargas Rosales, Leonardo Andrés Chacón Zambrano

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Intracranial collateral circulation and its role in neurovascular pathology by Harold E. Vasquez, B. V. Murlimanju, Adesh Shrivastava, Yeider A. Durango-Espinosa, Andrei F. Joaquim, Ezequiel Garcia-Ballestas, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, Amit Agrawal

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Biographical sketch: Jason Brice. by Shah, R, Hariz, M, Aziz, T, Pereira, E

“…This article is a biographical sketch of retired British neurosurgeon Jason Brice, who is a pioneer of deep brain stimulation and helped establish the Wessex Neurological Centre.…”

The specifics in the work of a nurse on stereotactic radiosurgery - gamma knife by Novaković Momčilo, Stojanović Svetlana, Albert Darijan, Vujadinović Biljana

“…The concept was developed in 1951 by a Swedish neurosurgeon Lars Leksell, whose idea of navigation inside a three-dimensional field was the base for the gamma knife creation in 1968. …”
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Intraoperative neuronavigation integrated high resolution 3D ultrasound for brainshift and tumor resection control by A. Giovani, F. Brehar, Narcisa Bucur, D. Martin, R. M. Gorgan

“…The link between the neurosurgeon’s knowledge and the scientific improvements made a dramatic change in the field expressed both in impressive drop in the mortality and morbidity rates that were operated in the beginning of the XXth century and in operating with high rates of success cases that were considered inoperable in the past. …”
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The colored-brain thesis by Osvaldo Pessoa Jr.

“…Pepper, (v) realism of the physical description. The “neurosurgeon argument” is presented, as to why the greenness of a visually perceived avocado, which (according to this view) is present in the brain as a physical-chemical attribute, would not be seen as green by a neurosurgeon who opens the observer’s skull. …”
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Endoscopic Excision of Symptomatic Simple Bone Cyst at Skull Base by Prashant Gunawat, Salman Tehran Shaikh, Vikram Karmarkar, Chandrashekhar Deopujari, Nishit Shah

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Morpho-metric study of the facial nerve in the Andaman and Nicobar islands population: A Cadaveric study by Sanjay Joseph Fernandes, Chandani Ashok Kumar, Amar Singh L

“…Conclusion: The present cadaveric study has clinical importance, for the ENT surgeon, neurosurgeon, neurophysician, and the radiologist.…”
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The Effect of Telemedicine Consultation on Outcomes in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage by A. M. Alasheyev, A. A. Smolkin, E. V. Prazdnichkova, A. A. Belkin

“…The first group included adult patients up to 80 years of age with a hemorrhagic stroke from 4 to 36 points according to NIHSS due to unilateral supratentorial intracerebral hematoma of non-aneurysmal genesis, who were examined by a neurosurgeon and resuscitator of the Regional Vascular Center in a ward. …”
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Conversion in a Resectable Tumor after Denosumab Neoadjuvant in a Large Dorsal Giant Cells Tumor: A Case Report and a Literature Review by María Sereno, Silvia Roa Franco, Laura de la Reina, José Luis Campo-Cañaveral de la Cruz, Marta Muñoz de Legaría, Enrique Casado Saénz

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Outcomes of ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement with or without laparoscopic assistance: An analysis of the national inpatient sample by Monica Maloney, Kevin Zhao, Patrick Hilden, Amber L. Turner, Aziz M. Merchant, Pankaj K. Agarwalla

“…Background: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) can be placed solely by a neurosurgeon often via an open-laparotomy approach, or laparoscopically as a collaborative effort between a neurosurgeon and a general surgeon. …”
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Outcome of Posterior Fossa Decompression and Duroplasty in Adult Chiari Malformation by Aurangzeb Kalhoro, Abdul Basit Sattar, Abdul Sattar M. Hashim Hashim

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Clinical Outcome and Fusion Rates after the First 30 Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusions by Gregory M. Malham, Ngaire J. Ellis, Rhiannon M. Parker, Kevin A. Seex

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The wide-spread scalping wound of the child’s head occipitotemporoparietal area by S. I. Shсhipitsyn, V. N. Shсhirov, O. N. Tarasenko

“…The patient was treated by neurosurgeon and surgeon. For large defect above skull bones closing the stage-by-stage surgical treatment was applied — aponeurosis and dermal integuments plasty with subsequent autodermoplasty.…”
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LOCAL CHAPTER OF NEUROLOGICAL SOCIETY ESTABLISHED TO ENHANCE TALENTS OF LOCAL EXPERTS by MPRC, Pusat Media & Perhubungan Awam

“…19 May 2017 The Walter Dandy Neurosurgical Society Malaysian Chapter made history when it was launched recently at Hospital Kuala Lumpur. The renowned neurosurgeon, Professor Saleem Abdulrauf, the President of the Walter Dandy Neurological Society was present for the launching.…”
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