DOI: 10.1055/s-00053244

Asian Journal of Neurosurgery

Issue 01 · Volume 14 · March 2019 DOI: 10.1055/s-012-55071

Review Article

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Giri, Pramod; Chavan, Vaibhav: Human tail: A benign condition hidden out of social stigma and shame in young adult – A case report and review
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Halle, Bo; Mongelard, Kristian; Poulsen, Frantz: Convection-enhanced drug delivery for glioblastoma: A systematic review focused on methodological differences in the use of the convection-enhanced delivery method
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Rajagopal, Niranjana; Kawase, Tsukasa; Mohammad, Ameen; Seng, Liew; Yamada, Yasuhiro; Kato, Yoko: Timing of surgery and surgical strategies in symptomatic brainstem cavernomas: Review of the literature
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Kasinathan, Sudhakar; Yamada, Yashiro; Cheikh, Abderrahmane; Teranishi, Takao; Kawase, Tsukasa; Kato, Yako: Prognostic factors influencing outcome in unruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm after microsurgical clipping

Original Article

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Sarmast, Arif; Khursheed, Nayil; Ramzan, Altaf; Shaheen, Feroz; Wani, Abrar; Singh, Sarbjit; Ali, Zulfikar; Dar, Bashir: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in noncommunicating hydrocephalus: Report on a short series of 53 children
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Mubeen, Basharat; Makhdoomi, Rumana; Nayil, Khursheed; Rafiq, Danish; Kirmani, Altaf; Salim, Othman; Mustafa, Farhat; Aimen, Aifa; Khursheed, Sumat; Bashir, Shazia; Shafi, Saba; Ramzan, Altaf: Clinicopathological characteristics of meningiomas: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in the Kashmir Valley
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Shoaib, Yawar; Nayil, Khursheed; Makhdoomi, Rumana; Asma, Abraq; Ramzan, Altaf; Shaheen, Feroze; Wani, Abrar: Role of diffusion and perfusion magnetic resonance imaging in predicting the histopathological grade of gliomas - A prospective study
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Kaushal, Ashutosh; Bindra, Ashish; Kumar, Abhyuday; Goyal, Keshav; Kumar, Niraj; Rath, Girija; Gupta, Deepak: Long term outcome in survivors of decompressive craniectomy following severe traumatic brain injury
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Celikoglu, Erhan; Borekci, Ali; Ramazanoglu, Ali; Cecen, Dilber; Karakoc, Abdullah; Bektasoglu, Pinar: Posterior transpedicular screw fixation of subaxial vertebrae: Accuracy rates and safety of mini-laminotomy technique
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Suyama, Daisuke; Kumar, Brajesh; Watanabe, Saiko; Tanaka, Riki; Yamada, Yasuhiro; Kawase, Tsukasa; Kato, Yoko: Endoscopic approach to putaminal bleed
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Suyama, Daisuke; Kumar, Brajesh; Watanabe, Saiko; Tanaka, Riki; Yamada, Yasuhiro; Kawase, Tsukasa; Kato, Yoko: Endoscopic approach to subcortical (Lobar) hemorrhage
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Suyama, Daisuke; Kumar, Brajesh; Watanabe, Saiko; Tanaka, Riki; Yamada, Yasuhiro; Kawase, Tsukasa; Kato, Yoko: Endoscopic approach to cerebellar and large putaminal bleed
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Suyama, Daisuke; Kumar, Brajesh; Watanabe, Saiko; Tanaka, Riki; Yamada, Yasuhiro; Kawase, Tsukasa; Kato, Yoko: Endoscopic approach to thalamic and intraventricular hemorrhage
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Velho, Vernon; Naik, Harish; Bhide, Anuj; Bhople, Laxmikant; Gade, Prashant: Lateral semi-sitting position: A novel method of patient's head positioning in suboccipital retrosigmoid approaches
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Bobba, Ushasree; Munivenkatappa, Ashok; Agrawal, Amit: Speech and language dysfunctions in patients with cerebrocortical disorders admitted in a neurosurgical unit
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Akay, Ali; Rüksen, Mete; Islekel, Sertaç: Magnetic resonance imaging-guided stereotactic biopsy: A review of 83 cases with outcomes
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Pai, Balaji; Bysani, Pratham; Nagaraj, Nagarjun: A middle path in the surgical management of glomus jugulare: Lessons learnt from a short series
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Khanum, Iffat; Anwar, Sana; Farooque, Aisha: Enterococcal meningitis/ventriculitis: A tertiary care experience
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Hamdan, Ali: The relation between cord signal and clinical outcome after anterior cervical discectomy in patients with degenerative cervical disc herniation
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Karki, Prasanna; Yamagami, Masayuki; Takasaki, Koji; Bohara, Manoj; Hosoyama, Hiroshi; Hanada, Tomoko; Yamasaki, Fumiyuki; Hanaya, Ryosuke; Arita, Kazunori: Microvascular decompression in patients aged 30 years or younger
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Sikka, Meera; Sodhi, Ruchika; Kotru, Mrinalini; Singh, Gurubachan: Markers of fibrinolysis in Indian patients with isolated head trauma
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El Asri, Abad; Benzagmout, Mohammed; Chakour, Khalid; Chaoui, Mohamed; Laaguili, Jawad; Gazzaz, Miloudi; Baallal, Hassan; El Mostarchid, Brahim: Variation of ventricular size after surgical treatment of chronic subdural hematoma
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Waqas, Muhammad; Siddiqui, Usman; Shamim, Muhammad: Follow-up bibliometric analysis of neurosurgical publications from Pakistan and institutional comparison with other countries using h-index and i-10 index
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Cannizzaro, Delia; Sabatino, Giovanni; Mancarella, Cristina; Revay, Martina; Rossi, Marco; Pecchioli, Guido; Cardia, Andrea; Maira, Giulio; D'Angelo, Vincenzo; Fornari, Maurizio: Management and surgical approaches of brainstem cavernous malformations: Our experience and literature review
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Hamdan, Ali; Mahmoud, Radwan; Al Mamoun, Momen; El Khateeb, Eslam: Effect of sub-axial cervical lateral mass screw fixation on functional outcome in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy
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Caglar, Sukru; Turkoglu, Erhan; Kertmen, Hayri; Gurer, Bora; Bozkurt, Huseyin; Ozay, Rafet; Hanalioglu, Sahin; Colpan, Efkan: Modified inside-outside occipito-cervical plate system: Preliminary results
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Kankane, Vivek; Warade, Anshu; Misra, Basant: Nonvestibular schwannoma tumors in the cerebellopontine angle: A single-surgeon experience
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Ravi, Karla; Reddy, Musali; Gollapudi, Prakash; Mohammed, Imran; Manne, Srikrishnaditya; Beniwal, Hemant: Posttraumatic isolated intraventricular hemorrhage a rare entity: Case series
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Kariev, Gayrat; Asadullaev, Ulugbek; Duschanov, Temur; Rasulov, Shavkat; Mamadaliev, Dilshod; Khodjimetov, Dilshod: The importance of measuring mamillopontine distance as a diagnostic criterion of hydrocephalus degrees
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Kumagai, Kosuke; Mori, Kentaro; Takeuchi, Satoru; Wada, Kojiro: Surgical training for the management of intraoperative aneurysm rupture using a three-dimensional artificial model
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Bishokarma, Suresh; Shrestha, Pratyush; Koirala, Sagar; Raut, Manita; Gongal, Dinesh: Venture in 101 cranial punctures: A comparative study between frame-based versus frameless biopsy of 101 intracranial space occupying lesion
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Eghbal, Keyvan; Pourabbas, Babak; Abdollahpour, Hamid; Mousavi, Reza: Clinical, functional, and radiologic outcome of single- and double-level transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in patients with low-grade spondylolisthesis
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Singh, Neha; Singh, Deepak; Ahmad, Faran; Kumar, Rakesh: The retrosigmoid approach: Workhorse for petroclival meningioma surgery
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Luzzi, Sabino; Del Maestro, Mattia; Trovarelli, Donatella; De Paulis, Danilo; Dechordi, Soheila; Di Vitantonio, Hambra; Di Norcia, Valerio; Millimaggi, Daniele; Ricci, Alessandro; Galzio, Renato: Endoscope-assisted microneurosurgery for neurovascular compression syndromes: Basic principles, methodology, and technical notes
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Balakrishnan, Buveinthiran; Rus, Razman; Chan, Kin; Martin, Arvind; Awang, Mohamed: Prevalence of postconcussion syndrome after mild traumatic brain injury in young adults from a single neurosurgical center in east coast of Malaysia
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Balaji, Arun; Rajagopal, Niranjana; Yamada, Yasuhiro; Teranishi, Takao; Kawase, Tsukasa; Kato, Yoko: Carotid endarterectomy: The need for In vivo optical spectroscopy in the decision-making on intraoperative shunt usage – A technical note

Case Report

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Kutty, Raja; Sreemathyamma, Sunilkumar; Sivanandapanicker, Jyothish; Mundhe, Vijay; Chhabra, Kapil; Peethambaran, Anilkumar: Burden of dengue-related neurosurgical emergencies during an epidemic: A tertiary care experience
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Mayanagi, Keita; Nakatsukasa, Masashi; Inamasu, Joji: Cerebrospinal fluid leakage at the lumbar spine: A unique cause of delayed neurologic deterioration in a traumatic acute subdural hematoma patient
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Chaudhuri, Priyanka; Chakrabarty, Debashis; Chaudhuri, Shubhamitra; Chatterjee, Uttara: Papillary ependymoma of the spinal cord: A case report with summary of prior published cases
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Naik, Harish; Velho, Vernon; Bhide, Anuj; Guha, Amrita: Large intradiploic growing skull fracture of the posterior fossa with syringomyelia
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Munjal, Satyashiva; Srivastava, Amit; Jain, Sunila; Mehta, Veer: Skull vault plasmacytoma mimicking parasagittal meningioma: “Mini-brain appearance”
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Matsumoto, Atsushi; Mino, Shogo; Nishiyama, Tadashi: Intracranial hemorrhage caused by bacterial meningitis: Case report and review of the literature
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Harsh, Viraat; Vohra, Vanya; Kumar, Prashant; Kumar, Jayendra; Sahay, Chandra; Kumar, Anil: Elevated skull fractures - Too rare to care for, yet too common to ignore
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Lee, Seung-yoon; Ko, Hak-cheol; Kim, Sang-il; Lee, Youn; Son, Byung-chul: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy diagnosed by brain biopsy, not by the DNA test for JC Virus
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Ghedira, Khalil; Matar, Nidhal; Bouali, Sofiene; Zehani, Alia; Jemel, Hafedh: Acute paraplegia revealing a hemorrhagic cauda equina paraganglioma
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Zekaj, Edvin; Saleh, Christian; Minichiello, Marina; Perazzo, Paolo; Servello, Domenico: How to treat repeated subdural hematomas after lumbar puncture?
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Mishra, Toshi; Desouza, Maria; Patel, Keyuri; Mazumdar, Girish: Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumors involving skull bones: Report of two rare cases
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Woo, Peter; Lo, Wilson; Wong, Hoi-Tung; Chan, Kwong-Yau: The “negative” impact of a subgaleal drain: Post-cranioplasty negative pressure subgaleal drain-induced ascending transtentorial herniation
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Chow, Kevin; Ajlan, Abdulrazag; Ho, Allen; Li, Gordon; Soltys, Scott: Facial nerve paralysis occurring 4 days following stereotactic radiosurgery for a vestibular schwannoma
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Narayan, Ram; Abdulla, Mansoor: Spontaneous carotid cavernous fistula in young female with anti-thrombin III deficiency
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Kumaran, Sunitha; Srinivasa, Rakshith; Ghosal, Nandita: Unusual radiological presentation of intracranial dermoid cyst: A case series
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Munjal, Satyashiva; Kumar, Jitendra; Jain, Sunila; Mehta, Veer: Glioma simultaneously present with adjacent meningioma: Case report and literature review
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Sivaraju, Laxminadh; Ghosal, Nandita; Mahadevan, Anita; Uday Krishna, A; Rao, Shilpa; Hegde, Alangar: Aggressive primary pediatric intracranial malignant melanoma: Sphinx of the tissue diagnosis
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Yilmaz, Bahadir; Egemen, Emrah; Tekiner, Ayhan; Öcal, Özgür: Bilateral cerebellopontine angle osteomas: Case report and review of the literature
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Bin Samsuddin, Muhamad; Bin Omar, Mohamad: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor: Treat or not treat?
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Emamhadi, Mohammadreza; Ghadarjani, Shervin; Alijani, Babak; Yousefzadeh-Chabok, Shahrokh; Behzadnia, Hamid; Naseri, Amin; Andalib, Sasan: Spontaneous cervical epidural hematoma with stroke manifestations
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Naik, Vikas; Marulasiddappa, Vinay; Gowda Naveen, Mandya; Pai, S; Bysani, Pratham; Amreesh, S: Giant encephalocoele: A rare case report and review of literature
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Manne, Srikrishnaditya; Musali, Siddartha; Gollapudi, Prakash; Karla, Ravi: Spontaneous resolution of epidural hematoma: A rare case
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Seng, Liew; Yasuhiro, Yamada; Rajagopal, Niranjana; Mohammad, Ameen; Takao, Teranishi; Kyosuke, Miyatani; Tsukasa, Kawase; Kato, Yoko: Loss of contralateral upper limb motor evoked potential due to occlusion of the internal carotid artery in microsurgical clipping of basilar tip aneurysm
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Karthigeyan, Madhivanan; Singhal, Prankul; Salunke, Pravin; Vasishta, Rakesh: Adult pilomyxoid astrocytoma with hemorrhage in an atypical location
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Abdu, Alkhayri; Abdulgadir, Bugdadi; Sultan, Alsalmi; Arthur, Andre: Spinal intradural extramedullary bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation of bone (Nora's Lesion): First case report
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Kumar, Sanjay; Kumar, Ashok; Gill, Maneet; Maheshwari, Vikas: Optic tract edema: A rare entity in pituitary macroadenoma
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Vargas Osorio, María; Muñoz Montoya, Juan; Charry Lopez, Marco; Rojas Romero, Luis: Meningitis for Streptococcus salivarius secondary to paradoxical cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea as a complication of retrosigmoid approach
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Rajadurai, Samuel; Thotathil, Ziad; Biju, Rakesh; Ziad, Fouzia; Hussain, Zakier: Extensive pulmonary metastases 13 years after initial resection of intracranial meningioma
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Das, Kuntal; Rangari, Kamlesh; Singh, Suyash; Bhaisora, Kamlesh; Jaiswal, Awadhesh; Behari, Sanjay: Coexistent cerebral cavernous malformation and developmental venous anomaly: Does an aggressive natural history always call for surgical intervention?
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Musali, Siddartha; Manne, Srikrishnaditya; Butkuri, Nagarjuna; Gollapudi, Prakash; Kumar, Thatikonda: Contrecoup extradural hematoma without fracture: A case report and review of literature
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Krishnan, Shyam; Manuel, Adarsh; Vasudevan, Madabhushi: Delayed pneumoventricle following endonasal cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea repair with thecoperitoneal shunt
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Khatri, Deepak; Bhaisora, Kamlesh; Gosal, Jaskaran; Das, Kuntal; Srivastava, Arun: Subpial cervical subependymoma: Report of an unusual tumor with review of literature

Letter to Editor

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Satyarthee, Guru: Dr. Hsiang-Lai Wen: Father of Hong Kong neurosurgery
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Zigouris, Andreas; Konsolakis, Nikolaos; Alexiou, George; Voulgaris, Spyridon: A piece of wire into the brain
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Satyarthee, Guru: Obituary Shih Chun-Jen: Dedicated life for advancement of neurosurgical specialty
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Garg, Kanwaljit; Satyarthee, Guru: Professor Jean Holowach-Thurston: Who along with spouse laid the foundation stone of modern pediatric neurology as superspeciality
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Moscote-Salazar, Luis; Joaquim, Andrei; Alcala-Cerra, Gabriel; Agrawal, Amit; Calderon-Miranda, Willem: Froin's syndrome mimicking Guillain–Barre syndrome in a patient with spinal epidural abscess
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Nejat, Farideh: Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the management of obstructive hydrocephalus
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Satyarthee, Guru; Jagdevan, Aman: Prof. Shokei Yamada: An international neurosurgeon, regarded as father figure for adult tethered cord syndrome management and dedicated life for the advancement of intracranial arteriovenous malformation surgery