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Victor M Lu, Joacir Graciolli Cordeiro, Timur Urakov, Ronald J Benveniste, Allan D Levi, Ricardo J Komotar
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March 24, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Konstantin V Slavin
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March 24, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Clare M Wieland, Katherine G Holste, Bela Selzer, Hugh J L Garton, Karin M Muraszko, Cormac O Maher
BACKGROUND: Currently, there is no consensus recommendation regarding the safety of sports participation for pediatric patients with Chiari I malformation (CM-I). OBJECTIVE: To prospectively survey the treated and untreated patients with CM-I to define the risk of sports-associated neurological injury. METHODS: A prospective survey was administered to 744 pediatric patients at one neurosurgery clinic between 2010 and 2021. Data were recorded on demographic information, imaging characteristics, treatment, sports participation, and presence of sports-related neurological injury...
March 24, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Mohammad Mofatteh, Mohammad Sadegh Mashayekhi, Saman Arfaie, Amos Olufemi Adeleye, Edward Olaoluwa Jolayemi, Nathalie C Ghomsi, Nathan A Shlobin, Ahmed A Morsy, Ignatius N Esene, Tsegazeab Laeke, Ahmed K Awad, Jason J Labuschagne, Richard Ruan, Yared Nigusie Abebe, John Nute Jabang, Abiodun Idowu Okunlola, Umaru Barrie, Hervé Monka Lekuya, Ehanga Idi Marcel, Kantenga Dieu Merci Kabulo, Nourou Dine Adeniran Bankole, Idara J Edem, Chibuikem A Ikwuegbuenyi, Stephane Nguembu, Yvan Zolo, Mark Bernstein
BACKGROUND: Awake craniotomy (AC) is a common neurosurgical procedure for the resection of lesions in eloquent brain areas, which has the advantage of avoiding general anesthesia to reduce associated complications and costs. A significant resource limitation in low- and middle-income countries constrains the usage of AC. OBJECTIVE: To review the published literature on AC in African countries, identify challenges, and propose pragmatic solutions by practicing neurosurgeons in Africa...
March 24, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Raffaele Falsaperla, Manuela Lo Bianco, Antonio Palmeri, Pasqua Betta, Roberto Altieri, Giuseppe Maria Barbagallo, Martino Ruggieri
BACKGROUND: Different temporizing neurosurgical procedures are available for the management of posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in preterm newborns. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the short efficacy of the external ventricular drains (EVDs) and the ventriculosubgaleal (VSG) shunt. METHODS: This is a Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology-conformed retrospective cohort study. The inclusion criteria were (1) gestational age <37 weeks, (2) birth weight <1500 g, (3) posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus because of intraventricular hemorrhage grade II/III, and (4) EVD or VSG shunt procedure before ventriculoperitoneal (VP)-definite shunt...
March 22, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Raj Singh, Greg Bowden, David Mathieu, Haley K Perlow, Joshua D Palmer, Shahed Elhamdani, Matthew Shepard, Yun Liang, Ahmed M Nabeel, Wael A Reda, Sameh R Tawadros, Khaled Abdelkarim, Amr M N El-Shehaby, Reem M Emad, Ahmed Hesham Elazzazi, Ronald E Warnick, Yair M Gozal, Megan Daly, Brendan McShane, Marcel Addis-Jackson, Gokul Karthikeyan, Sian Smith, Piero Picozzi, Andrea Franzini, Tehila Kaisman-Elbaz, Huai-Che Yang, Zhishuo Wei, Andrew Legarreta, Judith Hess, Kelsey Templeton, Stylianos Pikis, Georgios Mantziaris, Gabriela Simonova, Roman Liscak, Selcuk Peker, Yavuz Samanci, Veronica Chiang, Ajay Niranjan, Charles R Kersh, Cheng-Chia Lee, Daniel M Trifiletti, L Dade Lunsford, Jason P Sheehan
BACKGROUND: There are limited data regarding outcomes for patients with gastrointestinal (GI) primaries and brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). OBJECTIVE: To examine clinical outcomes after SRS for patients with brain metastases from GI primaries and evaluate potential prognostic factors. METHODS: The International Radiosurgery Research Foundation centers were queried for patients with brain metastases from GI primaries managed with SRS...
March 21, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Rohaid Ali, Oliver Y Tang, Krisztina Moldovan, Radmehr Torabi, Karen Furie, G Dean Roye, Ziya L Gokaslan, Albert Telfeian, Shadi Yaghi, Curtis E Doberstein, Mahesh V Jayaraman
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March 21, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Peter G Passias, Waleed Ahmad, Peter Tretiakov, Oscar Krol, Frank Segreto, Renaud Lafage, Virginie Lafage, Alex Soroceanu, Alan Daniels, Jeffrey Gum, Breton Line, Andrew J Schoenfeld, Shaleen Vira, Robert Hart, Douglas Burton, Justin S Smith, Christopher P Ames, Christopher Shaffrey, Frank Schwab, Shay Bess
BACKGROUND: Adult spinal deformity (ASD) represents a major cause of disability in the elderly population in the United States. Surgical intervention has been shown to reduce disability and pain in properly indicated patients. However, there is a small subset of patients in whom nonoperative treatment is also able to durably maintain or improve symptoms. OBJECTIVE: To examine the factors associated with successful nonoperative management in patients with ASD. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated a cohort of 207 patients with nonoperative ASD, stratified into 3 groups: (1) success, (2) no change, and (3) failure...
March 21, 2023: Neurosurgery
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N U Farrukh Hameed, Xiaoran Zhang, Omar Sajjad, Sam Sathyamurthi, Maadeha H Zaidi, Nicolina Jovanovich, Ahmed Habib, Mamindla Priyadharshini, Pascal O Zinn
BACKGROUND: Treatment guidelines in neurosurgery are often based on evidence obtained from randomized controlled trials (RCTs). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the robustness of RCTs supporting current central nervous tumor and cerebrovascular disease guidelines by calculating their fragility index (FI)-the minimum number of patients needed to switch from an event to nonevent outcome to change significant trial primary outcome. METHODS: We analyzed RCTs referenced in the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and American Association of Neurological Surgeons guidelines on central nervous tumor and cerebrovascular disease management...
March 21, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Shahab Aldin Sattari, Wuyang Yang, Ataollah Shahbandi, James Feghali, Ryan P Lee, Risheng Xu, Christopher Jackson, L Fernando Gonzalez, Rafael J Tamargo, Judy Huang, Justin M Caplan
BACKGROUND: The results from studies that compare middle meningeal artery (MMA) embolization vs conventional management for patients with chronic subdural hematoma are varied. OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on studies that compared MMA embolization vs conventional management. METHODS: Medline, PubMed, and Embase databases were searched. Primary outcomes were treatment failure and surgical rescue; secondary outcomes were complications, follow-up modified Rankin scale > 2, mortality, complete hematoma resolution, and length of hospital stay (day)...
March 17, 2023: Neurosurgery
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John J Pearce, Richard W Byrne
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March 16, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Won Ick Chang, Hwa Kyung Byun, Joo Ho Lee, Chul-Kee Park, In Ah Kim, Chae-Yong Kim, Jong Hee Chang, Seok-Gu Kang, Sang Hyung Lee, Yuki Kuranari, Ryota Tamura, Masahiro Toda, Chan Woo Wee, Hong In Yoon
BACKGROUND: There has been no known serum biomarker to predict the prognosis of atypical meningioma. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prognostic impact of serum biomarkers in patients newly diagnosed with resected intracranial atypical meningiomas. METHODS: This study enrolled 523 patients with atypical meningioma who underwent surgical resection between 1998 and 2018 from 5 Asian institutions. Serum laboratory data within 1 week after surgery were obtained for analysis...
March 15, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Lelio Guida, Sandro Benichi, Marie Bourgeois, Giovanna Paternoster, Syril James, Timothée De Saint Denis, Volodia Dangouloff Ros, Kevin Beccaria, Thomas Blauwblomme
BACKGROUND: Hydrocephalus frequently occurs with midline posterior fossa cystic collections. The classification of this heterogeneous group of developmental anomalies, including Dandy-Walker malformation, persisting Blake's pouch, retrocerebellar arachnoid cysts, and mega cisterna magna, is subject of debate. The absence of diagnostic criteria is confusing regarding the ideal management of PFCC-related hydrocephalus. OBJECTIVE: To decipher the surgical strategy for the treatment of children with PFCC-related hydrocephalus through a retrospective analysis of the surgical outcome driven by their clinical and radiological presentation...
March 15, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Mira Salih, Michael Young, Alfonso Garcia, Martina Stippler, Efstathios Papavassiliou, Ron L Alterman, Ajith J Thomas, Philipp Taussky, Justin Moore, Christopher S Ogilvy
BACKGROUND: Patients presenting with chronic subdural hematomas (cSDHs) and on antiplatelet medications for various medical conditions often complicate surgical decision making. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate risks of preprocedural and postprocedural antiplatelet use in patients with cSDHs. METHODS: Patients with cSDH who were treated between January 2006 and February 2022 at a single institution with surgical intervention were identified. A propensity score matching analysis was then performed analyzing length of hospitalization, periprocedural complications, reintervention rate, rebleeding risk, and reintervention rates...
March 15, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Safwan Alomari, John Theodore, A Karim Ahmed, Tej D Azad, Daniel Lubelski, Daniel M Sciubba, Nicholas Theodore
BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing surgical procedures for spinal tumors are vulnerable to major adverse events (AEs) and death in the postoperative period. Shared decision making and preoperative optimization of outcomes require accurate risk estimation. OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a risk index to predict short-term major AEs after spinal tumor surgery. METHODS: Prospectively collected data from multiple medical centers affiliated with the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program from 2006 to 2020 were reviewed...
March 15, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Tongyu Chen, Wei Wei, Jin Yu, Shuangxiang Xu, Jianjian Zhang, Xiang Li, Jincao Chen
Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a chronic steno-occlusive cerebrovascular disease that often leads to hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes; however, its etiology remains elusive. Surgical revascularization by either direct or indirect bypass techniques to restore cerebral hypoperfusion is the treatment of choice to date. This review aims to provide an overview of the current advances in the pathophysiology of MMD, including the genetic, angiogenic, and inflammatory factors related to disease progression. These factors may cause MMD-related vascular stenosis and aberrant angiogenesis in complex manners...
March 13, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Gabriel N Friedman, Benjamin L Grannan, Aniket Zinzuwadia, Ziv M Williams, Jean-Valery Coumans
BACKGROUND: Cervical fusion surgery is associated with adjacent-level degeneration, but surgical and technical factors are difficult to dissociate from the mechanical effects of the fusion itself. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of fusion on adjacent-level degeneration in unoperated patients using a cohort of patients with congenitally fused cervical vertebrae. METHODS: We identified 96 patients with incidental single-level cervical congenital fusion on computed tomography imaging...
March 9, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Kyril L Cole, Matthew C Findlay, Emma Earl, Brandon A Sherrod, Christopher B Cutler, Sarah Nguyen, Ramesh Grandhi, Sarah T Menacho
BACKGROUND: Homelessness is associated with high risk of acute neurotraumatic injury in the ∼600 000 Americans affected on any given night. OBJECTIVE: To compare care patterns and outcomes between homeless and nonhomeless individuals with acute neurotraumatic injuries. METHODS: Adults hospitalized for acute neurotraumatic injuries between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2020, were identified in this retrospective cross-sectional study at our Level 1 trauma center...
March 9, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Sophia Krahwinkel, Stephanie Schipmann, Dorothee Spille, Emanuele Maragno, Bilal Al Barim, Nils Warneke, Walter Stummer, Marco Gallus, Michael Schwake
BACKGROUND: Postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leakage (CSFL) is a feared complication after surgery on intradural pathologies and may cause postoperative complications and subsequently higher treatment costs. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether prolonged bed rest may lower the risk of CSFL. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study including patients with intradural pathologies who underwent surgery at our department between 2013 and 2021...
March 8, 2023: Neurosurgery
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Mohammed Issa, Filippo Paggetti, Angelika Seitz, August von Hardenberg, Andreas W Unterberg, Ahmed El Damaty
BACKGROUND: Overdrainage is a widely reported complication representing common indication for shunt revision. Despite recent advances in valve design, repeated shunt revisions represent burden on healthcare systems. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficiency of a novel gravity unit-assisted programmable valve "M.blue" in pediatric hydrocephalus using clinical and biomechanical analyses. METHODS: Thisretrospective single-center study included pediatric patients who received M...
March 7, 2023: Neurosurgery
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