DOI: 10.1055/s-00053244

Asian Journal of Neurosurgery

Issue 04 · Volume 7 · December 2012 DOI: 10.1055/s-012-55166

EDITORIAL

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El-Husseiny, Hossam: Egypt and the neurosurgical transition in Africa

EDITOR'S CHOICE

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Kojima, Masahiro; Irie, Keiko; Fukuda, Toshio; Arai, Fumihito; Hirose, Yuichi; Negoro, Makoto: The study of flow diversion effects on aneurysm using multiple enterprise stents and two flow diverters

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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Agrawal, Abhishek; Golovoy, David; Nimjee, Shahid; Ferrell, Andrew; Smith, Tony; Britz, Gavin: Mechanical thrombectomy devices for endovascular management of acute ischemic stroke: Duke stroke center experience
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Nagatani, Kimihiro; Nawashiro, Hiroshi; Takeuchi, Satoru; Otani, Naoki; Wada, Kojiro; Shima, Katsuji: Effects of a head-down tilt on cerebral blood flow in mice during bilateral common carotid artery occlusion
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Litao, Miguel; Pilar-Arceo, Carlene; Legaspi, Gerardo: AVM Compartments: Do they modulate trasnidal pressures? An electrical network analysis
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Sarica, Feyzi; Cekinmez, Melih; Tufan, Kadir; Sen, Orhan; Onal, Huseyin; Mertsoylu, Huseyin; Topkan, Erkan; Pehlivan, Berrin; Erdogan, Bulent; Altinors, Mehmet: Five-year follow-up results for patients diagnosed with anaplastic astrocytoma and effectiveness of concomitant therapy with temozolomide for recurrent anaplastic astrocytoma
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El Shazly, Ayman; Saoud, Khaled: Results of surgical excision of cirsoid aneurysm of the scalp without preoperative interventions
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Mufti, Shagufta; Jamal, Awatif: Primary intracranial germ cell tumors

YNS CORNER

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Jain, Abhilash; O'Neill, Kevin; Patel, Maneesh; Kirkpatrick, Niall; Sivathasan, Niroshan; Nanchahal, Jagdeep: Extracranial-intracranial bypass of the bilateral anterior cerebral circulation using a thoracodorsal axis artery-graft

CASE REPORT

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Kadir, Tufan; Sarica, Feyzi; Ozgur, Kardes; Cekinmez, Melih; Nur, Altinors: Delayed radiation myelopathy: Differential diagnosis with positron emission tomography/computed tomography examination
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Madhugiri, Venkatesh; Arimappamagan, Arivazhagan; Chandramouli, Bangalore: Traumatic epidural and subdural hematomas and extensive brain infarcts in a patient with pial arteriovenous malformation: Mechanisms underlying clinical and radiological findings
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Nimjee, Shahid; Wright, David; Agrawal, Abhishek; McDonagh, David; Husain, Aatif; Britz, Gavin: Tongue swelling and necrosis after brain tumor surgery
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Chakravarthy, Hariprakash: Melanotic cyst of L5 spinal root: A case report and review of literature
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Agrawal, Amit; Banode, Pankaj; Shukla, Samarth: Giant cavernous hemangiomas of the brain
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Thirunavukarasu, Suresh; Ramachandrappa, Arunkumar: A rare case of intramedullary tuberculoma: Complete resolution after medical treatment and role of magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis and follow-up
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El-Zenati, Hesham; Faraj, Jafar; Al-Rumaihi, Ghaya: Air embolism related to removal of Mayfield head pins
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Agarwal, Vivek; Vijayan, Abhishek; Velho, Vernon; Mally, Rahul: Pearl in interhemispheric fissure: A rare phenomenon