March 2021 - Surgical Neurology International

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Original Article

Considerations in revising occipitocervical fixation for dysphagia

Mazhar Iqbal, K. Joshi George

Surg Neurol Int 12 (135) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_43_2021

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Case Report

Case of the week: Updating a cervical MR scan avoided unnecessary cervical surgery

Nancy E. Epstein

Surg Neurol Int 12 (134) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_931_2020

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Original Article

Surgical management of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: Case series and literature review

Ahmed Mohamed Alselisly, Hieder Al-Shami, Ahmed Mohamed Salah

Surg Neurol Int 12 (133) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_804_2020

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Case Report

Middle cluneal nerve entrapment neuropathy attributable to lumbar disc herniation

Juntaro Matsumoto, Toyohiko Isu, Kyongsong Kim, Koichi Miki, Masanori Isobe

Surg Neurol Int 12 (132) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_167_2021

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Technical Notes

Direct N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate injections to the head and neck for percutaneous embolized devascularization

Brian Fiani, Marisol Soula, Kasra Sarhadi, Daniel Nikolaidis, Neha Gautam, Nicholas J. Fiani, Ryne Jenkins, Alexander Rose

Surg Neurol Int 12 (131) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_154_2021

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Case Report

Surgical management of a rare myxopapillary ependymoma of the gluteal region: A case report

Brian V. Lien, Nolan J. Brown, Alexander S. Himstead, Benjamin Z. Ball, Aileen Guillen, Nischal Acharya, Chen Yi Yang, Ronald Sahyouni, Mari Perez-Rosendahl, Russell N. Stitzlein, Frank P. K. Hsu

Surg Neurol Int 12 (130) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_768_2020

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Case Report

Incidental unintentional breakage of epidural catheter in supralaminar area: A case report

Arth Patel, Nitin Adsul, Shvet Mahajan, R. S. Chahal, K. L. Kalra, Shankar Acharya

Surg Neurol Int 12 (129) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_745_2020

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Original Article

The impact of the pandemic on neurosurgical services: A study from a coronavirus disease 2019 referral hospital in Surakarta

Hanis Setyono, Untung Alifianto, Ferry Wijanarko, Geizar Arsika Ramadhana, Galih Santoso Putra, Muhammad David Perdana Putra, Ikhdin Saadhi

Surg Neurol Int 12 (128) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_150_2021

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Letter to the Editor

Why are most of the neurosurgical papers not getting cited? With ideas to improve the situation

Mohammed Maan Al-Salihi, Noor ul Huda Maria

Surg Neurol Int 12 (127) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_846_2020

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Case Report

Intradural extramedullary hemangioblastoma of the thoracic cord: A case report

Masahiro Kawanishi, Hidekazu Tanaka, Yutaka Itoh, Kunio Yokoyama, Makoto Yamada, Akira Sugie, Akari Miyake

Surg Neurol Int 12 (126) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_795_2020

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Image Report

Interhemispheric arachnoid cyst

Abdulrahman Albakr, Nicholas Sader, Sanju Lama, Garnette R Sutherland

Surg Neurol Int 12 (125) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_660_2020

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Case Report

Hyperperfusion and intracranial hemorrhage after burr hole surgery of chronic subdural hematoma

Yu Shimizu, Kazuhiko Tokuda, Park Cheho

Surg Neurol Int 12 (124) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_306_2020

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Case Report

An extremely rare presentation of AV fistula: Massive destruction of multiple vertebral bodies with paraparesis

Kuldeep Bansal, Kalyan Kumar Varma Kalidindi, Anuj Gupta, Venkata Nishant Surapaneni, Rajesh Kapur, Harvinder Singh Chhabra

Surg Neurol Int 12 (123) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_875_2020

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Case Report

Solitary late spinal metastasis from apocrine salivary duct carcinoma: Case report

Bianca Maria Baldassarre, Federica Penner, Luca Bertero, Giuseppe Di Perna, Marco Ajello, Nicola Marengo, Francesco Zenga, Diego Garbossa

Surg Neurol Int 12 (122) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_903_2020

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Original Article

Significance of endoscopic hematoma evacuation in elderly patients with spontaneous putaminal hemorrhage

Naohide Fujita, Hideaki Ueno, Mitsuya Watanabe, Yasuaki Nakao, Takuji Yamamoto

Surg Neurol Int 12 (121) (30th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_872_2020

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Case Report

Circumferential intradural meningioma of the thoracic spine: Case report and literature review

Sneha Bisht, Raphael Laurente, K. George Joshi

Surg Neurol Int 12 (120) (24th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_869_2020

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Case Report

Hydrocephalus in Mexican children with Coccidioidal Meningitis: Clinical, serological, and neuroimaging findings

María F. De la Cerda-Vargas, B. A. Sandoval-Bonilla, James M. McCarty, Fernando Chico-Ponce De León, José A. Candelas-Rangel, Jorge D. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Pedro Navarro-Domínguez, Melisa A. Muñoz- Hernández, Elizabeth Meza-Mata, Elena M. Fernández-González, Mariana G. Sámano-Aviña

Surg Neurol Int 12 (119) (24th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_895_2020

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Review Article

Adverse impact of smoking on the spine and spinal surgery

Vini G. Khurana

Surg Neurol Int 12 (118) (24th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_6_2021

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Original Article

Predictors of stimulation-induced seizures during perirolandic glioma resection using intraoperative mapping techniques

Ahmed A. Morsy, Ayman M. Ismail, Yasser M. Nasr, Salwa H. Waly, Esam A. Abdelhameed

Surg Neurol Int 12 (117) (24th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_873_2020

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Case Report

Decompressive hemicraniectomy for acute ischemic stroke associated with coronavirus disease 2019 infection: Case report and systematic review

Kevin Ivan Peñaverde Chan, Alaric Emmanuel Mendoza Salonga, Kathleen Joy Ong Khu

Surg Neurol Int 12 (116) (24th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_64_2021

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Case Report

Brain ischemia due to direct vascular compression associate with rapid enlargement of unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysm: A case report

Hiroshi Miyachi, Kohei Suzuki, Shohei Nagasaka, Takehiro Kitagawa, Junkoh Yamamoto

Surg Neurol Int 12 (115) (24th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_843_2020

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Case Report

Spinal cord compression from hypertrophic nerve roots in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy – A case report

Md Tanvir Hasan, Subodh Patil, Vanisha Chauhan, David Gosal, John Ealing, Daniel Du Plessis, Calvin Soh, K. Joshi George

Surg Neurol Int 12 (114) (24th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_35_2021

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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor regarding “Comparison of postoperative cognitive dysfunction with the use of propofol versus desflurane in patients undergoing surgery for clipping of aneurysm after subarachnoid hemorrhage,” which is the right time to evaluate?

Claudia Niño, Darwin Cohen, Mauricio Chilatra, Daniel Ruiz, Mariana Gonzalez, Diana Estupiñan

Surg Neurol Int 12 (113) (24th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_542_2020

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Case Report

Two cases of retained medullary cord running parallel to a terminal lipoma

Ai Kurogi, Nobuya Murakami, Takato Morioka, Nobutaka Mukae, Takafumi Shimogawa, Kyoko Kudo, Satoshi O. Suzuki, Masahiro Mizoguchi

Surg Neurol Int 12 (112) (24th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_626_2020

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Case Report

A case of multiple synchronously diagnosed brain metastases from alveolar soft part sarcoma without concurrent lung involvement

Mark A. Damante, Kristin M. Huntoon, Joshua D. Palmer, David A. Liebner, James Bradley Elder

Surg Neurol Int 12 (111) (24th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_554_2020

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Letter to the Editor

Following the footprints of pioneers on neurosurgery in Iraq: Abdul Hadi Al-Khalili

Zahraa F. Al-Sharshahi, Haider A. Al-Hemiery, Hayder A. Albaqer, Yasir M. Hamandi, Osama M. Al-Awadi, Samer S. Hoz

Surg Neurol Int 12 (110) (17th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_162_2021

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Case Report

Emergent carotid artery stenting for cervical internal carotid artery injury during carotid endarterectomy: A case report

Toshihide Takahashi, Go Ikeda, Haruki Igarashi, Takahiro Konishi, Kota Araki, Kei Hara, Ken Akimoto, Satoshi Miyamoto, Masanari Shiigai, Kazuya Uemura, Eiichi Ishikawa, Yuji Matsumaru

Surg Neurol Int 12 (109) (17th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_806_2020

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Case Report

Acute traumatic sequestrated thoracic disc herniation: A case report and review

Abolfazl Rahimizadeh, Sam Hajialiloo Sami, Shahrzad Rahimizadeh, Walter L. Williamson, Mahan Amirzadeh

Surg Neurol Int 12 (108) (17th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_941_2020

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Case Report

Invisible compression, anterior fossa tumor causing trigeminal neuralgia

Jesus Manuel Esteban Garcia, David Mato Mañas, Enrique Marco De Lucas, Guillermo Garcia Catalan, Patricia Lopez Gomez, Carlos Santos Jimenez, Ruben Martin Laez

Surg Neurol Int 12 (106) (17th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_371_2020

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Case Report

Malignant middle cerebral artery infarction following subacute subdural hematoma: A case report and literature review

Saad Moughal, Micaela Uberti, Alaa Al-Mousa, Salem Al-Dwairy, Anan Shtaya, Erlick Pereira

Surg Neurol Int 12 (105) (17th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_838_2020

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Case Report

Fusion for subaxial bow hunter’s syndrome results in remote osseous remodeling of the hyperostotic growth responsible for vertebral artery compression

Daniel Satoshi Ikeda, Charles A. Miller, Vijay M. Ravindra

Surg Neurol Int 12 (104) (17th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_762_2020

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Case Report

Spinal arteriovenous fistula in the lipoma of the filum terminale: A report of two cases and literature review

Kiyoharu Shimizu, Takafumi Mitsuhara, Masaaki Takeda, Satoshi Yamaguchi

Surg Neurol Int 12 (103) (17th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_80_2021

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Case Report

Multiple extradural spinal arachnoid cysts: A case report

Joaquim Francisco Cavalcante-Neto, Lúcio Soares e Silva-Neto, Paulo Roberto Lacerda Leal, Cláudio Henrique Souza Moreira, Espártaco Moraes Lima Ribeiro, Gerardo Cristino-Filho, Keven Ferreira da Ponte

Surg Neurol Int 12 (101) (17th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_105_2021

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Case Report

Acute-onset diplopia from intracranial hypertension due to torcular herophili obstruction by an hemorrhagic intradiploic epidermoid cyst

Diamantoula Pagkou, Mattia Del Maestro, Sabino Luzzi, Patrizia Morbini, Nikolaos Foroglou, Renato Juan Galzio

Surg Neurol Int 12 (100) (17th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_578_2020

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Case Report

Acute-onset diplopia from intracranial hypertension due to torcular herophili obstruction by an hemorrhagic intradiploic epidermoid cyst

Diamantoula Pagkou, Mattia Del Maestro, Sabino Luzzi, Patrizia Morbini, Nikolaos Foroglou, Renato Juan Galzio

Surg Neurol Int 12 (100) (17th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_578_2020

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Case Report

Multiple meningiomas arising within the same hemisphere associated with Li-Fraumeni syndrome

Christopher S. Hong, E. Zeynep Erson-Omay, Jennifer Moliterno

Surg Neurol Int 12 (99) (17th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_125_2019

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Case Report

Periodic discharges with high frequency oscillations recorded from a cerebellar gangliocytoma in an epileptic infant

Nobutaka Mukae, Takato Morioka, Michiko Torio, Yasunari Sakai, Takafumi Shimogawa, Ayumi Sakata, Satoshi O. Suzuki, Masahiro Mizoguchi

Surg Neurol Int 12 (98) (17th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_28_2021

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Case Report

Brain abscess in a rheumatoid arthritis patient treated with leflunomide – A case presentation and review

Efthymia Samara, Ioannis Siasios, Konstantinos Katsiardanis, Eirini Liaptsi, Kalliopi Tsoleka, Georgia Deretzi

Surg Neurol Int 12 (97) (17th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_886_2020

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Erratum

Erratum: Profile of genetic variations in severely calcified carotid plaques by whole-exome sequencing

Surg Neurol Int 12 (96) (13th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_387_2020_ER

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Case Report

Ruptured giant aneurysm of a cortical middle cerebral artery: A case report

Samer S. Hoz, Zaid Aljuboori, Sajaa A. Albanaa, Zahraa F. Al-Sharshahi, Mohammed A. Alrawi, Ali M. Neamah, Aktham O. Al-Khafaji

Surg Neurol Int 12 (95) (8th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_952_2020

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Case Report

Mollaret’s triangle: An important neuroanatomical territory for all clinicians

Lindsey Bulleid, Tom Hughes, Paul Leach

Surg Neurol Int 12 (94) (8th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_625_2020

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Original Article

Coma recovery scale: Key clinical tool ignored enough in disorders of consciousness

Jitender Chaturvedi, Shiv Kumar Mudgal, Tejas Venkataram, Priyanka Gupta, Nishant Goyal, Gaurav Jain, Anil Kumar Sharma, Suresh Kumar Sharma, Bernard R. Bendok

Surg Neurol Int 12 (93) (8th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_935_2020

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Original Article

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy versus video laryngoscopy guided intubation in patients with craniovertebral junction instability: A cinefluroscopic comparison

Sanket Agrawal, Pravin Salunke, Shailesh Gupta, Amlan Swain, Kiran Jangra, Nidhi Panda, Seelora Sahu, Vivek Gupta, Summit Bloria, Ketan Karsandas Kataria, Hemant Bhagat

Surg Neurol Int 12 (92) (8th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_522_2020

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Original Article

Histopathological changes of neuronal tissue following the use of hydrogen peroxide in neurosurgical procedures

Mohammad M. Alshardan, Abdullah M. Abunimer, Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, Sadeq Aldandan, Sherif M. El-Watidy, Ali M. Mustafa, Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh

Surg Neurol Int 12 (91) (8th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_26_2020

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Case Report

Combined simultaneous endoscopic endonasal and microscopic transventricular surgery using a port retractor system for giant pituitary adenoma: A technical case report

Erika Yamada, Hiroyoshi Akutsu, Hiroyoshi Kino, Shuho Tanaka, Hidetaka Miyamoto, Takuma Hara, Masahide Matsuda, Shingo Takano, Akira Matsumura, Eiichi Ishikawa

Surg Neurol Int 12 (90) (8th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_826_2020

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Case Report

The usefulness of temporary balloon occlusion during transarterial embolization for scalp arteriovenous fistula

Dai Kawano, Kenji Fukuda, Hironori Fukumoto, Yoshinobu Horio, Masaki Takahara, Hiroshi Abe, Toshio Higashi, Tooru Inoue

Surg Neurol Int 12 (89) (8th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_565_2020

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Case Report

A rare diagnosis of an extraventricular neurocytoma

Claudia Gaggiotti, Giuseppe Roberto Giammalva, Marco Raimondi, Ada Maria Florena, Rosa Maria Gerardi, Francesca Graziano, Silvana Tumbiolo, Domenico Gerardo Iacopino, Rosario Maugeri

Surg Neurol Int 12 (88) (8th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_951_2020

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Original Article

Analysis of postprocedural microembolic infarctions and global oxygen extraction fraction during balloon-protected carotid artery stenting: Preliminary study

Hidemichi Ito, Masashi Uchida, Hiroshi Takasuna, Ichiro Takumi, Tanaka Yuichiro

Surg Neurol Int 12 (87) (8th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_919_2020

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Case Report

Successful management of an intraluminal superior sagittal sinus meningioma causing elevated intracranial pressure using gamma knife radiosurgery in subacute setting: A case report

Enyinna Nwachuku, James Duehr, Matthew W. Pease, L. Dade Lunsford, Edward A. Monaco

Surg Neurol Int 12 (86) (8th March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_562_2020

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Case Report

Four-dimensional digital subtraction angiography for exploration of intraosseous arteriovenous fistula in the sphenoid bone

Toshihiro Ishibashi, Fumiaki Maruyama, Issei Kan, Tohru sano, Yuichi Murayama

Surg Neurol Int 12 (85) (2nd March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_858_2020

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Image Report

A case with bilateral thalamic infarction manifesting mutism – Cerebral blood flow and neural fibers evaluation

Masahito Katsuki, Norio Narita, Kazuya Sugawara, Siqi Cai, Shinya Shimabukuro, Ohmi Watanabe, Naoya Ishida, Teiji Tominaga

Surg Neurol Int 12 (84) (2nd March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_874_2020

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Original Article

Prognosis of spinal infections managed by minimal debridement: A case series in two tertiary centers

Ahmed Ali Mohamed, Hussein Mohammed Soffar, Hazem Hassan El Zayat, Hashem Mohamed Aboul-Ela

Surg Neurol Int 12 (83) (2nd March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_29_2021

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Original Article

Influence of stereotactic imaging on operative time in deep brain stimulation

Heather Pinckard-Dover, Hytham Al-Hindi, Grace Goode, Hayden Scott, Erika Petersen

Surg Neurol Int 12 (82) (2nd March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_763_2020

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Review Article

Venous sinus stenting for intractable pulsatile tinnitus: A review of indications and outcomes

Brian Fiani, Athanasios Kondilis, Thao Doan, Juliana Runnels, Nicholas J. Fiani, Erika Sarno

Surg Neurol Int 12 (81) (2nd March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_1_2021

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Review Article

BIIB093 (intravenous glibenclamide) for the prevention of severe cerebral edema

Daniel W. Griepp, Jason Lee, Christina M. Moawad, Cyrus Davati, Juliana Runnels, Brian Fiani

Surg Neurol Int 12 (80) (2nd March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_933_2020

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Case Report

Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma: Insight into this occurrence with case examples

Brian Fiani, Ryan Jarrah, Nicholas J. Fiani, Juliana Runnels

Surg Neurol Int 12 (79) (2nd March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_15_2021

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Case Report

Cerebral fat embolism in the absence of a long bone fracture: A rare case report

James B. Fowler, Brian Fiani, Kasra Sarhadi, Vladimir Cortez

Surg Neurol Int 12 (78) (2nd March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_946_2020

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Original Article

Evidence-based practice of stereotactic radiosurgery: Outcomes from an educational course for neurosurgery and radiation oncology residents

Swathi Chidambaram, Sergio W. Guadix, John Kwon, Justin Tang, Amanda Rivera, Aviva Berkowitz, Shalom Kalnicki, Susan C. Pannullo

Surg Neurol Int 12 (77) (2nd March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_539_2020

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Original Article

Female insertion in neurosurgery: Evolution of a stigma break

Luiz Severo Bem Junior, Nilson Batista Lemos, Júlia de Araújo Vianna, Juliana Garcia Silva, Luana Moury Fernandes Sanchez, Ana Cristina Veiga Silva, Hildo Rocha Cirne de Azevedo

Surg Neurol Int 12 (76) (2nd March, 2021)

DOI:10.25259/SNI_817_2020

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