November 2020 - Surgical Neurology International

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Original Article

Prolonged length of stay and discharge disposition to rehabilitation facilities following single-level posterior lumbar interbody fusion for acquired spondylolisthesis

Joshua Alexander Benton, Rafael De La Garza Ramos, Yaroslav Gelfand, Jonathan D. Krystal, Vijay Yanamadala, Reza Yassari, Merritt D. Kinon

Surg Neurol Int 11 (411) (25th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_707_2020

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Case Report

Successful treatment of superior sagittal sinus thrombosis after translabyrinthine resection of metastatic neuroendocrine tumor: A case report and review of literature

Andrew K. Wong, Ricky H. Wong

Surg Neurol Int 11 (410) (25th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_656_2020

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Case Report

Spinal drop of atypical choroid plexus papilloma in an adult patient: A case report and literature review

Diego Ochoa-Cacique, María Córdoba-Mosqueda, José Ramón Aguilar-Calderón, Martha Cristina Sánchez-Silva, Rosa María Vicuña-González, Abraham Ibarra-de la Torre, Victor Andrés Reyes-Rodríguez, José de Jesús Lomelí-Ramírez, Óscar Medina-Carrillo, Mauricio Daniel Sánchez-Calderón, Erick Alberto Castañeda-Ramírez, Ulises García-González

Surg Neurol Int 11 (409) (25th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_649_2020

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Case Report

Resection of a large presacral schwannoma from an all-posterior trans-sacral approach

Alexander E. Braley, Carlos Goulart, Joan Chou, Michael Galgano

Surg Neurol Int 11 (408) (25th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_681_2020

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Case Report

An alternative path to atrial lesions through a contralateral interhemispheric transfalcine transcingular infra-precuneus approach: A case report

Ignacio J. Barrenechea, Luis Márquez, Sabrina Miralles, Matias Baldoncini, Silvina Peralta

Surg Neurol Int 11 (407) (25th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_608_2020

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Review Article

Nonmissile penetrating spinal injuries: Mechanisms, expectations, and management

Brian Fiani, Ryan Arthur Figueras, Frank De Stefano, Neha Gautam, Asif Khan, Marisol Soula

Surg Neurol Int 11 (406) (25th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_596_2020

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Case Report

Diagnosis and treatment of noncommunicating extradural spinal thoracolumbar arachnoid cyst

Shahidul Islam Khan, Nazmin Ahmed, Bipin Chaurasia, Kamrul Ahsan

Surg Neurol Int 11 (405) (25th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_579_2020

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Original Article

Lumbar revision microdiscectomy in patients with recurrent lumbar disc herniation: A single-center prospective series

Md. Kamrul Ahsan, Md. Rashedul Hossain, Md. Shahidul Islam Khan, Naznin Zaman, Nazmin Ahmed, Nicola Montemurro, Bipin Chaurasia

Surg Neurol Int 11 (404) (25th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_540_2020

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Case Report

Spontaneous hemorrhage after external ventricular drain placement in the setting of low factor VII secondary to liver cirrhosis

Melissa Ming Jie Chua, Alvin S. Das, Julie Aurore Losman, Nirav J. Patel, Saef Izzy

Surg Neurol Int 11 (403) (25th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_446_2020

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Case Report

Abducens nerve schwannoma of the cavernous sinus: A case report and literature review

Zeyad M. Alhussain, Shatha K. Alharbi, Faisal Farrash

Surg Neurol Int 11 (402) (25th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_362_2020

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Original Article

Endoscopic interlaminar lumbar discectomy: How to decrease the learning curve

Sherif Elsayed Elkheshin, Ahmed Y. Soliman

Surg Neurol Int 11 (401) (18th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_588_2020

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Original Article

Outpatient treatment of cerebral aneurysms: A case series

Javier Goland, Gustavo Doroszuk, Paula Ypa, Paula Leyes, Silvia Garbugino

Surg Neurol Int 11 (400) (18th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_569_2020

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Original Article

Venous corridors in gravity-assisted retractor-less occipito-transtentorial approach – Our experience of an avenue through the tentacles of pod

Suyash Singh, Arun Kumar Srivastava, Sanjog Gajbhiye, Kamlesh Singh Bhaisora, Awadhesh Kumar Jaiswal, Sanjay Behari

Surg Neurol Int 11 (399) (18th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_425_2020

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Technical Notes

Frameless radiosurgical third ventriculostomy: Technical report

Guillermo Axayacalt Gutierrez-Aceves, Alejandro Rodriguez-Camacho, Miguel Angel Celis-Lopez, Sergio Moreno-Jimenez, Jose Alfredo Herrera-Gonzalez

Surg Neurol Int 11 (398) (18th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_247_2020

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Original Article

A study on legal and medical dimensions of radiation exposure in neurosurgery clinics in Turkish practice

Abdulkadir Karaarslan, Fatma Bahar Hacioğlu Kasim, Numan Karaarslan, Ozkan Ates

Surg Neurol Int 11 (397) (18th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_703_2020

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Video Abstract

Endoscopic brainwash after clipping a ruptured aneurysm of the communicating segment of the intracranial carotid artery

Marcos Devanir Silva da Costa, Renan R. de Souza Lopes, Juan Leonardo Serrato-Avila, Sergio Cavalheiro, Feres Chaddad-Neto

Surg Neurol Int 11 (396) (18th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_680_2020

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Original Article

“Locked up inside home” – Head injury patterns during coronavirus disease of 2019 pandemic

Nishant Goyal, Srikant Kumar Swain, Kanav Gupta, Jitender Chaturvedi, Rajnish Kumar Arora, Suresh K. Sharma

Surg Neurol Int 11 (395) (18th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_675_2020

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Case Report

Complete relief of vasospasm – Effect of nicardipine coating during direct clipping for the patient with symptomatic vasospasm of subarachnoid hemorrhage

Shigeomi Yokoya, Akihiko Hino, Yukihiro Goto, Hideki Oka

Surg Neurol Int 11 (394) (18th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_640_2020

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Original Article

Endoscopic antegrade aqueductoplasty and stenting with panventricular catheter in management of trapped fourth ventricle in patients with inadequately functioning supratentorial shunt

Ahmed Abdelaziz Elsharkawy, Hytham Elatrozy

Surg Neurol Int 11 (393) (18th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_610_2020

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Case Report

Ganglioglioma of optic chiasma: A case report and review of literature

Bashar Abuzayed, Khaled Alawneh, Majdi Al-Qawasmeh, Sohaib Al-Khatib, Marwa Barukba, Liqaa Raffee

Surg Neurol Int 11 (392) (18th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_496_2020

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Case Report

A rare cystic lymphoplasmacyte-rich meningioma: A case report and review of the literature

Muhammad Firdaus, Arwinder S. Gill, Rini Andriani, Dian Cahyanti, Maria R. Yunti, Ahmad Faried

Surg Neurol Int 11 (391) (18th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_370_2020

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Original Article

Effect of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on case volume, spectrum, and perioperative coronavirus disease 2019 incidence in neurosurgical patients: An experience at a tertiary care center in India

Anil Kumar Sharma, Charandeep Singh Gandhoke, Nitish Nayak

Surg Neurol Int 11 (390) (13th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_701_2020

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Original Article

Adjuvant effect of low-carbohydrate diet on outcomes of patients with recurrent glioblastoma under intranasal perillyl alcohol therapy

Juliana Guimaraes Santos, Gisele Faria, Wanise Da Cruz Souza Da Cruz, Cristina Asvolinsque Fontes, Axel H. Schönthal, Thereza Quirico-Santos, Clovis O. da Fonseca

Surg Neurol Int 11 (389) (11th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_445_2020

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Original Article

Microvascular decompression for typical trigeminal neuralgia: Personal experience with intraoperative neuromonitoring with level-specific-CE-Chirp® brainstem auditory evoked potentials in preventing possible hearing loss

Luciano Mastronardi, Franco Caputi, Guglielmo Cacciotti, Carlo Giacobbo Scavo, Raffaelino Roperto, Albert Sufianov

Surg Neurol Int 11 (388) (11th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_702_2020

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Original Article

Serial changes in serum phosphorylated neurofilament and value for prediction of clinical outcome after traumatic brain injury

Naoki Otani, Yuji Morimoto, Manabu Kinoshita, Toru Ogata, Kentaro Mori, Masato Kobayashi, Takeshi Maeda, Atsuo Yoshino

Surg Neurol Int 11 (387) (11th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_696_2020

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Case Report

Extra-axial cerebellopontine angle cavernoma: A case report and review of literature

Bashar Abuzayed, Anas Said, Osama Jamous, Omar Al-Ashqar, Hussein Al-Abadi, Khalid Alawneh

Surg Neurol Int 11 (386) (11th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_664_2020

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Technical Notes

Neurosurgery versus orthopedic surgery: Who has better access to minimally invasive spinal technology?

Alfredo José Guiroy, Matias Pereira Duarte, Juan Pablo Cabrera, Nicolás Coombes, Martin Gagliardi, Alberto Gotfryd, Charles Carazzo, Nestor Taboada, Asdrubal Falavigna

Surg Neurol Int 11 (385) (11th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_600_2020

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Review Article

Headache outcomes after surgery for pineal cyst without hydrocephalus: A systematic review

Camille K. Milton, Panayiotis E. Pelargos, Ian F. Dunn

Surg Neurol Int 11 (384) (11th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_541_2020

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Case Report

Cardiac phoenix in the brain-occult intracranial hemorrhagic metastases from completely resected atrial myxoma

Sagar Amrutlal Ghodasara, Rohit Balasubramanian, Shriram Varadharajan, P. S. Shobhanaa

Surg Neurol Int 11 (383) (11th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_410_2020

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Case Report

Extradural minipterional approach for giant intracranial aneurysms

Rafael Martinez-Perez, Asterios Tsimpas, Holger Joswig, Victor Hernandez-Alvarez, Jorge Mura

Surg Neurol Int 11 (382) (11th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_368_2020

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Original Article

The use of three-dimensional anatomical patient-specific printed models in surgical clipping of intracranial aneurysm: A pilot study

Moneer K. Faraj, Samer S. Hoz, Amjad J. Mohammad

Surg Neurol Int 11 (381) (11th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_361_2020

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Original Article

Mesenchymal stem cells in Parkinson’s disease: Motor and nonmotor symptoms in the early posttransplant period

Aliaksandr Boika, Natallia Aleinikava, Veranika Chyzhyk, Marina Zafranskaya, Darya Nizheharodava, Vladimir Ponomarev

Surg Neurol Int 11 (380) (11th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_233_2020

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Original Article

Hemorrhagic complications after decompressive craniectomy

Inamullah Khan, Ayesha Quddusi, Muhammad Waqas, Hamid Hussain Rai, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Rashid Jooma

Surg Neurol Int 11 (379) (11th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_607_2019

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Original Article

Hippocampal vascularization: Proposal for a new classification

Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Marco Antonio Stefani, Felipe Luis Schneider, Humberto Alves Claudino, Yang Han Yu, Gil Goulart Choi, Joao Paulo Mota Telles, Nícollas Nunes Rabelo, Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo

Surg Neurol Int 11 (378) (6th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_708_2020

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Image Report

Craniovertebral junction anomaly with kissing carotids

Nitin Kumar, Jaskaran Singh Gosal, Sarbesh Tiwari, Mayank Garg, Suryanarayanan Bhaskar, Deepak Kumar Jha

Surg Neurol Int 11 (377) (6th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_710_2020

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Review Article

Traumatic atlantoaxial rotatory subluxation in adults – A case report and literature review

Hugo Layard Horsfall, Aref-Ali Gharooni, Alaa Al-Mousa, Anan Shtaya, Erlick Pereira

Surg Neurol Int 11 (376) (6th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_671_2020

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Original Article

Comparison of TruView and King Vision video laryngoscopes in subaxial cervical spine injury: A randomized controlled trial

Rupanwita Sen, Abhinandan Reddy Mallepally, Gayatri Sakrikar, Nandan Marathe, Tushar Rathod

Surg Neurol Int 11 (375) (6th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_638_2020

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Original Article

Easily created prediction model using deep learning software (Prediction One, Sony Network Communications Inc.) for subarachnoid hemorrhage outcomes from small dataset at admission

Masahito Katsuki, Yukinari Kakizawa, Akihiro Nishikawa, Yasunaga Yamamoto, Toshiya Uchiyama

Surg Neurol Int 11 (374) (6th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_636_2020

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Case Report

Primary anaplastic lymphoma kinase-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma of cervical spine presenting with quadriplegia: A case report and literature review

Garga Basu, Michael L. Anthony, Anamika Bakliwal, Debranjani Chattopadhyay, Prashant P. Joshi, Rajnish Kumar Arora, Radhey Shyam Mittal, Uttam Kumar Nath

Surg Neurol Int 11 (373) (6th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_634_2020

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Case Report

IDH1-mutant primary intraventricular gliosarcoma: Case report and systematic review of a rare location and molecular profile

Leonardo Jose Monteiro de Macedo Filho, Esther Grangeiro Barreto, Paulo Levi Bezerra Martins, Euler Nicolau Sauaia Filho, Gunter Gerson, Lucas Alverne Freitas de Albuquerque

Surg Neurol Int 11 (372) (6th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_586_2020

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Case Report

Intramedullary spinal schistosomiasis in a child with acute myelopathy: A case report

Daniella Brito Rodrigues, Anderson Batista Rodrigues, Joao Welberthon Matos Queiroz, Murillo Cunegatto Braga, William Seiti Kita, Ricardo Henrique Doria Netto, Rafael Wilson de Souza, Paulo Roberto Napoli, Allexsandro Aparecido Alvarenga Nascimento Faria de Luna

Surg Neurol Int 11 (371) (6th November, 2020)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_484_2020

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