DOI: 10.1055/s-00053244

Asian Journal of Neurosurgery

Issue 04 · Volume 14 · December 2019 DOI: 10.1055/s-012-54762

Editorial

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Ansari, Ahmed: From the realms of the depths of neurosurgery

Review Article

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Ghali, Michael; Binning, Mandy: Flow diversion for the treatment of petrous internal carotid artery aneurysms
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Ghali, Michael; Zhang, Yi; Kan, Peter; Britz, Gavin: Posteroinferior cerebellar artery aneurysms: Influence of angioanatomy on the safety of flow diversion treatment
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Yunoki, Masatoshi; Imoto, Ryoji; Kawai, Nobuhiko; Matsumoto, Atsushi; Hirashita, Koji; Yoshino, Kimihiro: Occurrence of trigger finger following carpal tunnel release
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Kato, Yoko; Dong, Van; Chaddad, Feres; Takizawa, Katsumi; Izumo, Tsuyoshi; Fukuda, Hitoshi; Hara, Takayuki; Kikuta, Kenichiro; Nakai, Yasunobu; Endo, Toshiki; Kurita, Hiroki; Xu, Bin; Beneš, Vladimír; Christian, Raftopoulos; Pavesi, Giacomo; Hodaie, Mojgan; Sharma, Rajan; Agarwal, Harshal; Mohan, Krishna; Liew, Boon: Expert consensus on the management of brain arteriovenous malformations

Original Article

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Jitpun, Ekkapot; Wattanasen, Yodkhwan; Tirakotai, Wuttipong: Do asians have higher carotid bifurcation? A computed tomographic angiogram study of the common carotid artery bifurcation and external carotid artery branching patterns
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Skulsampaopol, Janissardhar; Hansasuta, Ake: Outcomes of the endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for resection of pituitary adenomas utilizing extracapsular dissection technique with a cotton swab
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Sahoo, Asish; Panda, Nidhi; Sabharwal, Pranshuta; Luthra, Ankur; Balu, Mukilan; Chauhan, Rajeev; Bhagat, Hemant: Effect of anesthetic agents on cognitive function and peripheral inflammatory biomarkers in young patients undergoing surgery for spine disorders
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Mohammed, Albasri; Hamdan, Almuhamdi; Homoud, Alqaidi: Histopathological profile of brain tumors: A 12-year retrospective study from Madinah, Saudi Arabia
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Marathe, Nandan; Dahapute, Aditya; Desai, Jigar; Dhole, Kiran; Bhaladhare, Shubhanshu; Shah, Swapneel: X-ray and computed tomography scan-based morphometric analysis of skull baselines in Indian population
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Ohshima, Tomotaka; Kawaguchi, Reo; Maejima, Ryuya; Matsuo, Naoki; Miyachi, Shigeru: A novel technique for stent-assisted coil embolization of intracranial aneurysms: The wireless trans-cell approach
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Apirakkan, Mungkorn; Vuthiwong, Withawat; Kobkitsuksakul, Chai; Keandoungchun, Jesada; Chanthanaphak, Ekachat: Value of brain computed tomographic angiography to predict post thrombectomy final infarct size and clinical outcome in acute ischemic stroke
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Prakash, Kuppasad; Saniya, Kundadukkam; Honnegowda, Thittamaranahalli; Ramkishore, Haradi; Nautiyal, Amit: Morphometric and anatomic variations of foramen ovale in human skull and its clinical importance
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Kalfas, Fotios; Scudieri, Claudia: Neurosurgical management of parasagittal and falcine meningiomas: Judicious modern optimization of the results in a 100-case study
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Laghari, Altaf; Baig, Mirza; Bari, Ehsan; Darbar, Aneela; Mushtaq, Naureen; Hani Abdullah, Umm; Khan, Daniyal: Pediatric brainstem gliomas: An institutional experience
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Kutty, Raja; Kumar, Ambuj; Yamada, Yasuhiro; Tanaka, Riki; Kannan, Satish; Ravisankar, Vigneshwar; Musara, Aaron; Miyatani, Kyosuke; Higashiguchi, Saeko; Takizawa, Katsumi; Kawase, Tsukasa; Kato, Yoko: Management of recurrent aneurysms after endovascular coiling: A Fujita experience
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Kalfas, Fotios; Scudieri, Claudia: World Health Organization grade III supratentorial extraventricular ependymomas in adults: Case series and review of treatment modalities
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Kawaguchi, Reo; Ohshima, Tomotaka; Nagano, Yoshitaka; Miyachi, Shigeru; Matsuo, Naoki; Takayasu, Masakazu: Experimental evaluation of stent clot retrieval using the confront clot scrambling method with an equitable automatic withdrawal machine
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Rathod, Tushar; Jogani, Abhinav; Marathe, Nandan; Masilamani, Kalaivanan; Shende, Chetan; Kamble, Prashant: Does mesh cage subsidence have any effect on functional outcome in spinal tuberculosis?
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Rani, Poonam; Panda, Nidhi; Hazarika, Amarjyoti; Ahluwalia, Jasmina; Chhabra, Rajesh: Trauma-induced coagulopathy: Incidence and outcome in patients with isolated traumatic brain injury in a level I trauma care center in India
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Kalfas, Fotios; Severi, Paolo; Scudieri, Claudia: Infection with spinal instrumentation: A 20-year, single-institution experience with review of pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention, and management
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Kutin, Maxim; Fomichev, Dmitry; Shkarubo, Alexey; Chernov, Ilia; Sharipov, Oleg; Andreev, Dmitry; Ismailov, Denilbek; Mikhailov, Nikita; Kobyakov, Grigoriy; Trunin, Yuriy; Astafyeva, Ludmila; Abdilatipov, Abdishukur; Poddubsky, Artem; Kalinin, Pavel: Endoscopic transsphenoidal approach in treatment of germinomas of the chiasmosellar region
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Ramanbhavana, Venkata; Vara Prasad, Kadali: A case series of craniopharyngioma: Epidemiological study and management analysis at tertiary care center
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Iwanaga, Joe; Simonds, Emily; Yilmaz, Emre; Schumacher, Maia; Patel, Mayank; Tubbs, R: Anatomical and biomechanical study of the lumbar interspinous ligament
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Mehta, Gaurav; Patel, Ankit; Jain, Sanyam; Merchant, Zahir; Kundnani, Vishal: Clinico-radiological efficacy of posterior instrumentation, decompression, and transpedicular bone grafting in osteoporotic burst fracture associated with neurological deficit

Case Report

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Shimizu, Yu; Tsuchiya, Katsuhiro; Fujisawa, Hironori: Endoscopic surgery for thalamic hemorrhage with intraventricular hemorrhage: Effects of combining evacuation of a thalamic hematoma to external ventricular drainage
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Sai Kiran, Narayanam; Kiran Kumar, Veldurti; Kumar, Valluri; Agrawal, Amit: Microsurgical clipping of distal basilar trunk aneurysm during adenosine-induced profound hypotension
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Abe, Hiroyuki; Nakamura, Taishi; Yoshitomi, Masahiro; Enaka, Makiko; Tateishi, Kensuke; Shiba, Norio; Yamanaka, Shoji; Yamamoto, Tetsuya: The usefulness of straight chemotherapy for dermal exposed anaplastic lymphoma kinase fusion-positive anaplastic large-cell lymphoma with intracranial invasion
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Katari, Uday; Prasanna, Govindappagari; Gopidesi, Divya: Cavernoma of the right lateral ventricle: A rare case report
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Tsunoda, Sho; Yoshikawa, Gakushi; Ishikawa, Osamu: One-stage operation with ipsilateral two-piece craniotomies for a case of subarachnoid hemorrhage with multiple intracranial aneurysms
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Kachonkittisak, Kritsadakorn; Kunakornsawat, Sombat; Pluemvitayaporn, Tinnakorn; Piyaskulkaew, Chaiwat; Pruttikul, Pritsanai; Kittithamvongs, Piyabuth: Congenital spinal canal stenosis with ossification of the ligamentum flavum in an achondroplastic patient: A case report and literature review
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Maeoka, Ryosuke; Nakagawa, Ichiro; Ohnishi, Hiroyuki; Nakase, Hiroyuki: Overlapping stents with coil sandwich for ruptured blood-blister aneurysm in a patient with ipsilateral persistent primitive trigeminal artery: A case report and review of literature
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Mahajan, Anshu; Banga, Vinit; Chatterjee, Apratim; Goel, Gaurav: Endovascular rescue strategies for nonopening of pipeline device: Report of two cases
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Miyatani, Kyosuke; Korde, Paresh; Yamada, Yasuhiro; Kawase, Tsukasa; Takizawa, Katsumi; Kato, Yoko: Atypical symptomatic bilateral spontaneous cavernous carotid aneurysm with systemic vessel wall pathology in young female: A rare case report
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Zitouna, Khaled; Riahi, Hend; Lassoued, Nabil; Selmene, Mohamed; Barsaoui, Maher; Drissi, Ghassen: Traumatic atlantoaxial dislocation with an odontoid fracture: A rare and potentially fatal injury
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Mahajan, Shalvi; Swami, Adarsh; Kumar, Amit: Cardiovascular changes and lumbar spine surgery: A neglected entity
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Iampreechakul, Prasert; Liengudom, Anusak; Lertbutsayanukul, Punjama; Wattanasen, Yodkhwan; Siriwimonmas, Somkiet: Medullary hemorrhage caused by foramen magnum dural arteriovenous fistula successfully obliterated using combination of endovascular and surgical treatments: A case report and literature review
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Iampreechakul, Prasert; Wangtanaphat, Korrapakc; Lertbutsayanukul, Punjama; Wattanasen, Yodkhwan; Siriwimonmas, Somkiet: Spontaneous closure of a cavernous sinus dural arteriovenous fistula with spinal perimedullary drainage (Cognard V) during attempted transvenous embolization
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Sokhal, Suman; Goyal, Keshav; Sokhal, Navdeep; Kumar, Niraj; Kedia, Shweta: Intraoperative management of a patient for deep brain stimulation with severe dyskinesia and tremors: Ketamine to the rescue!
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Lakhdar, Fayçal; Benzagmout, Mohammed; Chakour, Khalid; Chaoui, Mohammed: Spinal arteriovenous fistulas of the filum terminale: Case report and literature review
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Musara, Aaron; Yamada, Yasuhiro; Takizawa, Katsumi; Seng, Liew; Kawase, Tsukasa; Miyatani, Kyosuke; Tanaka, Rikki; Higashiguchi, Saeko; Kumar, Ambuj; Kutty, Raja; Ravisankar, Vigneshwar; Kato, Yoko; Teranishi, Takao: Anterior temporal approach and clipping of a high-riding basilar tip aneurysm: Case report and review of the surgical technique
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Prabhu, Santosh; Agarwal, Sidharth; Prabhu, Sujata: Spontaneous intracranial extradural hematoma secondary to hypofibrinogenemia: A rare case report
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Vaidya, Mihir; Shenoy, Asha; Goel, Naina: Primary pineal rhabdomyosarcoma: A rare case
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Sharma, Vikas; Kedia, Rishabh; Mohapatra, Ishani; Banerjee, Anirban: Coexisting vestibular schwannoma with fibrous dysplasia: A rare occurrence
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Kaushal-Deep, Singh; Bhat, Abdul: Traumatic vertebral body second lumbar over third lumbar retrolisthesis in a child: Reporting the first case along with the review of relevant literature
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Rathore, Lavlesh; Yamada, Yashiro; Kawase, Tsukasa; Kato, Yoko; Senapati, Satya: A 5-year follow-up of intracranial arterial dolichoectasia: A case report and review of literature

Letter to Editor

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Sadashiva, Nishanth; Tripathi, Manjul: Safety checklist for gamma knife radiosurgery