Articles

1. On the use of flexible endoscopes to aspirate intraventricular hemorrhage, off-label innovations, and regulations

   • Alberto Feletti

   Letter to the editor 02 April 2024 Article: 160

2. Long-term outcome of surgically treated and conservatively managed Rathke cleft cysts

   • Michael Schmutzer-Sondergeld
   • Jonathan Weller
   • Moritz Ueberschaer

   Original Article Open access 01 April 2024 Article: 159

   

3. The trans-sylvian trans-petrosal “half & half” approach—a how I do it

   • Lucas Troude
   • Talal Al-Shabibi
   • Pierre-Hugues Roche

   How I Do it 01 April 2024 Article: 158

   

4. Cervical dorsal rhizotomy for upper limbs spasticity. Case report

   • Italo Teles de Oliveira Filho
   • Paulo Cesar Romero
   • Ricardo Vieira Botelho

   Case Report 28 March 2024 Article: 157

   

5. Validation of prognostic stroke scores — comments on “Evaluation of FRESH scores in predicting outcome and quality of life after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in a European patient cohort”

   • Jens Witsch
   • Kelly L. Sloane
   • Jan Claassen

   Letter to the editor 28 March 2024 Article: 156

6. Lumbar percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy: a retrospective survey on the first 172 adult patients treated in Denmark

   • Jacob Holmen Terkelsen
   • Torben Hundsholt
   • Carsten Reidies Bjarkam

   Original Article Open access 27 March 2024 Article: 155

   

7. Molecular insights and the role of 18F-FDG-PET/CT in the diagnosis of spinal gliomas

   • Yoshitaka Nagashima
   • Yusuke Nishimura
   • Ryuta Saito

   Original Article 27 March 2024 Article: 154

   

8. Peripheral blood syndecan-1 levels after mechanical thrombectomy can predict the clinical prognosis of patients with acute ischemic stroke

   • Bin Xu
   • Tengkun Yin
   • Liyong Zhang

   Original Article 27 March 2024 Article: 153

   

9. Customised pre-operative cranioplasty to achieve maximal surgical resection of tumours with osseous involvement—a case series

   • Swati Jain
   • Adel Helmy
   • Ivan Timofeev

   Original Article 27 March 2024 Article: 152

   

10. Assessing the feasibility of the transmastoid infralabyrinthine approach without decompression of the jugular bulb to the extradural part of the petrous apex and petroclival junction prior to surgery

    • Zafer Cinibulak
    • Jörg Poggenborg
    • Makoto Nakamura

    Original Article Open access 26 March 2024 Article: 151

    

11. A survey of surveys: an evaluation of the quality of published surveys in neurosurgery

    • Subeikshanan Venkatesan
    • Sukumar Kalvapudi
    • Venkatesh Shankar Madhugiri

    Original Article 26 March 2024 Article: 150

    

12. Correction to: Anterior surgical treatment for cervical degenerative radiculopathy: a prediction model for non‑success

    • Christer Mjåset
    • Tore K. Solberg
    • Margreth Grotle

    Correction Open access 25 March 2024 Article: 149

13. Surgical repair of torn base of ruptured middle cerebral artery trifurcation aneurysm

    • Rui Zhang
    • Sajjad Muhammad

    How I Do it Open access 25 March 2024 Article: 148

    

14. Stereotactic frame-based biopsy of infratentorial lesions via the suboccipital-transcerebellar approach with the Zamorano-Duchovny stereotactic system—a retrospective analysis of 79 consecutive cases

    • Manuel Kaes
    • Christopher Beynon
    • Martin Jakobs

    Original Article Open access 23 March 2024 Article: 147

    

15. Customized ventral bony and dural opening in the transplanum/transtuberculum and transclival variants of extended endoscopic endonasal approach to suprasellar craniopharyngiomas: an approach-based stepwise cadaveric dissection and clinical applicability

    • Mehdi Khaleghi
    • Bradly Otto
    • Daniel M. Prevedello

    How I Do it 22 March 2024 Article: 146

    

16. Technical note: preliminary surgical experience with a new implantable epicranial stimulation device for chronic focal cortex stimulation in drug-resistant epilepsy

    • Volker A. Coenen
    • Nadja Jarc
    • Bastian E. A. Sajonz

    Technical Note Open access 22 March 2024 Article: 145

    

17. Incidence of surgically treated chronic subdural hematoma after head injury with normal initial computed tomography

    • Aaro Heinonen
    • Minna Rauhala
    • Teemu Luoto

    Original Article Open access 22 March 2024 Article: 144

    

18. Coronal vertical fracture of vertebral body following minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion: risk factor analysis in consecutive case series

    • Kee-Yong Ha
    • Young-Hoon Kim
    • Sang-Il Kim

    Original Article 21 March 2024 Article: 143

    

19. Middle cluneal nerve entrapment sites in the surgical field

    • Taisuke Yoshinaga
    • Kyongsong Kim
    • Toyohiko Isu

    Original Article 19 March 2024 Article: 142

    

20. Basilar artery perforator aneurysms: a comparison with non-perforator saccular aneurysms

    • Antony Kaldas
    • Ardalan Zolnourian
    • Diederik Bulters

    Original Article 19 March 2024 Article: 141

    

21. Factors influencing postoperative visual improvement in 208 patients with tuberculum sellae meningiomas

    • Chengcheng Duan
    • Dengpan Song
    • Fuyou Guo

    Original Article 16 March 2024 Article: 140

    

22. Lateral medullary vascular compression manifesting as paroxysmal hypertension

    • L. Giammattei
    • G. Wuerzner
    • R. T. Daniel

    Case Report Open access 15 March 2024 Article: 139

    

23. Multiple surgical resections for progressive IDH wildtype glioblastoma—is it beneficial?

    • Susan Isabel Honeyman
    • William J. Owen
    • Puneet Plaha

    Original Article Open access 15 March 2024 Article: 138

    

24. Pretreatment with a dual antiplatelet and anticoagulant (APAC) reduces ischemia–reperfusion injury in a mouse model of temporary middle cerebral artery occlusion—implications for neurovascular procedures

    • Frederik Denorme
    • Juhana Frösen
    • Riitta Lassila

    Original Article Open access 15 March 2024 Article: 137

    

25. Taking the knife to neurodegeneration: a review of surgical gene therapy delivery to the CNS

    • Andrea Perera
    • Olivier Brock
    • Keyoumars Ashkan

    Review Article Open access 14 March 2024 Article: 136

    

26. Alexis retractor efficacy in transthoracic thoracoscopically assisted discectomy for thoracic disc herniations

    • Barry Ting Sheen Kweh
    • Boyuan Khoo
    • Augusto Carlos Gonzalvo

    Technical Note 13 March 2024 Article: 135

    

27. Biportal endoscopic transforaminal thoracic interbody fusion for the treatment of thoracic myelopathy

    • Ji Yeon Kim
    • Su Yong Choi
    • Kyoung Mo Kim

    How I Do it 12 March 2024 Article: 134

    

28. Cisternal nicardipine for prevention of delayed cerebral ischemia in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a comparative retrospective cohort study

    • Alberto Vandenbulcke
    • Mahmoud Messerer
    • Roy T. Daniel

    Original Article Open access 12 March 2024 Article: 133

    

29. The association between head injury and facial fracture treatment: an observational study of hospitalized bicyclists from a level 1 trauma centre

    • Pål Galteland
    • Mats Døving
    • Jon Ramm-Pettersen

    Original Article Open access 12 March 2024 Article: 132

    

30. Direct superior sagittal sinus puncture via a surgical burr hole for curative embolization of the complex transverse-sigmoid sinus dural arteriovenous fistula: How I do it

    • Gahn Duangprasert
    • Dilok Tantongtip

    How I Do it 12 March 2024 Article: 131

    

31. Flow diversion of ruptured intracranial aneurysms: a single-center study with a standardized antithrombotic treatment protocol

    • Anni Rantamo
    • Camille Gallé
    • Rahul Raj

    Original Article Open access 11 March 2024 Article: 130

32. Endoscopic endonasal decompression of the optic nerve in the setting of compressive lesions: how I do it

    • Alexander Keister
    • Kyle C. Wu
    • Daniel Prevedello

    How I Do it 11 March 2024 Article: 129

    

33. Ventriculostomy-associated infection (VAI) in patients with acute brain injury—a retrospective study

    • Pernille Nielsen
    • Markus Harboe Olsen
    • Kirsten Møller

    Original Article Open access 11 March 2024 Article: 128

    

34. Visual outcomes and optimal timing for repeat surgery in cases of postoperative hematoma following transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: A retrospective cohort study

    • Zhe Zhang
    • Shiwei Li
    • Peng Li

    Original Article 09 March 2024 Article: 127

    

35. Optimizing patient outcome in intracranial tumor surgery: a detailed prospective study of adverse events and mortality reduction strategies in neurosurgery

    • Pavlina Lenga
    • Helena Kleineidam
    • Philip Dao Trong

    Original Article Open access 08 March 2024 Article: 126

    

36. Sex differences in patients with and without high-risk factors associated with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

    • Joshua S. Catapano
    • Ethan A. Winkler
    • Michael T. Lawton

    Original Article 08 March 2024 Article: 125

37. Effects of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation using different frequency programming paradigms on axial symptoms in advanced Parkinson’s disease

    • Yifeng Cheng
    • Guangrui Zhao
    • Shaoya Yin

    Original Article 08 March 2024 Article: 124

    

38. Lateral-PLIF for spinal arthrodesis: concept, technique, results, complications, and outcomes

    • Gabriele Capo
    • Francesco Calvanese
    • Cédric Y. Barrey

    Original Article 07 March 2024 Article: 123

    

39. Anterior retropharyngeal approach (ARPA) for high cervical spine

    • Deepak Kumar Singh
    • Kshitij Sinha
    • Neha Singh

    How I Do it 06 March 2024 Article: 122

    

40. Surgical strategies in acute subdural hematoma: a meta-analysis of decompressive craniectomy vs. craniotomy

    • Muhammad Ashir Shafique
    • Muhammad Saqlain Mustafa
    • Abdul Haseeb

    Review Article 04 March 2024 Article: 121

    

41. The role of endoscopic endonasal salvage surgery in recurrent or residual craniopharyngioma after a transcranial approach: a systematic review

    • Gurkirat Kohli
    • Phabinly J. Gabriel
    • James K. Liu

    Review Article 02 March 2024 Article: 120

    

42. Obituary Ronald L. Hayes

    • Andras Buki
    • Domenico d’Avella
    • Antonino Germanò

    Editorial (by Invitation) 01 March 2024 Article: 119

    

43. Even short-term training improves the skills of novice exoscope users: a prospective laboratory experiment

    • Ville Vasankari
    • Ahmad Hafez
    • Martin Lehecka

    Original Article Open access 01 March 2024 Article: 118

    

44. The efficacy of slow-rate ventriculolumbar perfusion chemotherapy for leptomeningeal carcinomatosis: a phase II study

    • Soojin Jang
    • Ho-Shin Gwak
    • Kyu-Chang Wang

    Original Article 01 March 2024 Article: 117

    

45. Pathological changes in the lenticulostriate artery indicate the mechanisms leading to intracranial hemorrhage in Moyamoya disease: a case report

    • Atsushi Hashio
    • Eika Hamano
    • Hiroharu Kataoka

    Case Report 29 February 2024 Article: 116

    

46. Long-term outcome of operated Chiari I patients between 2005 and 2020 in Eastern Finland

    • Samir Moniruzzaman
    • Aku Kaipainen
    • Susanna Rantala

    Original Article Open access 28 February 2024 Article: 115

    

47. Intraoperative prevention of nasal mucosal injury and surgical field contamination during single-nostril transnasal endoscopic pituitary adenomas resection

    • Bo Gao
    • Bin Han
    • Haitao Wang

    How I Do it 28 February 2024 Article: 114

    

48. Superior orbital fissure narrowing and tumor-associated pain in spheno-orbital meningiomas

    • Youssef M. Zohdy
    • Arman Jahangiri
    • Tomas Garzon-Muvdi

    Original Article 28 February 2024 Article: 113

    

49. Effectiveness and reliability of hypnosis in stereotaxy: a randomized study

    • Sabina Catalano Chiuvé
    • Shahan Momjian
    • Marco Vincenzo Corniola

    Original Article Open access 27 February 2024 Article: 112

    

50. How I do it: angiography-assisted full endoscopic treatment of spinal dural arteriovenous fistula

    • Yao-Lin Lee
    • Ching-Chung Ko
    • Jen-Chieh Liao

    How I Do it 27 February 2024 Article: 111