DOI: 10.1055/s-00053244

Asian Journal of Neurosurgery

Issue 03 · Volume 13 · September 2018 DOI: 10.1055/s-012-55102

Review Article

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Wang, XiangDong; Feletti, Alberto; Tanaka, Riki; Yamada, Yasuhiro; Suyama, Daisuke; Kawase, Tsukasa; Kato, Yoko: Adenosine-induced flow arrest to facilitate intracranial complex aneurysm clip ligation: Review of the literature
546
Kochar, Arshneel; Madhavan, Maya; Manjila, Sunil; Scoco, Aleka; Belle, Vaijayantee; Geertman, Robert: Contemporary updates on clinical trials of antiangiogenic agents in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme

Original Article

555
Mak, Siu; Qiu, Liming; Ng, Yew: Recovery of oculomotor nerve palsy after endovascular and surgical treatment of posterior communicating artery aneurysms: A single institutional experience
560
Ricciuti, Riccardo; Nocchi, Niccolò; Arnaldi, Giorgio; Polonara, Gabriele; Luzi, Michele: Pituitary adenoma apoplexy: Review of personal series
565
Lavrador, José; Teixeira, Joaquim; Oliveira, Edson; Simão, Diogo; Santos, Maria; Simas, Nuno: Acute subdural hematoma evacuation: Predictive factors of outcome
572
Shunsaku, Goto; Tomotaka, Ohshima; Yamamoto, Taiki; Toshihisa, Nishizawa; Shinji, Shimato; Kyozo, Kato: Relationship between abducens nerve palsy and local hematoma in a case series of ruptured vertebral artery dissecting aneurysm
577
Feroz, Imza; Makhdoomi, Rumana; Khursheed, Nayil; Shaheen, Feroze; Shah, Parveen: Utility of computed tomography-guided biopsy in evaluation of metastatic spinal lesions
585
Sarmast, Arif; Kirmani, Altaf; Bhat, Abdul: Evaluation of role of electrophysiological studies in patients with lumbar disc disease
590
Pruthi, Nupur; Sarma, Pragyan; Pandey, Paritosh: Establishing a training model for side-to-side anastomosis using rat femoral vessels: Immediate and delayed patency
595
Ghadirpour, Reza; Nasi, Davide; Iaccarino, Corrado; Romano, Antonio; Motti, Luisa; Farneti, Marco; Pascarella, Rosario; Servadei, Franco: Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in surgical treatment of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas: Technique and results
607
Jha, Deepak; Jain, Mukul; Pant, Ishita; Kumari, Rima; Goyal, Renu; Arya, Arvind; Kushwaha, Suman: Endoscopic treatment of hydrocephalus with minimal resources: Resource utilization and indigenous innovation in developing countries like India
614
Sahu, Rabi; Sardhara, Jayesh; Singh, Amit; Sahu, Sandeep; Chovatiya, Puja; Srivastava, Arun; Jaiswal, Awadhesh; Mehrotra, Anant; Das, Kuntal; Bhaisora, Kamlesh; Behari, Sanjay: Efficacy of double drug impregnated autologous coagulum patch versus single drug impregnated autologous coagulum patch in postoperative pain management after spinal surgery
619
Sadato, Akiyo; Hayakawa, Motoharu; Adachi, Kazuhide; Hirose, Yuichi: Relationship between the volume rate of Ed coil (Ed Ratio) and packing density in endosaccular embolization of cerebral aneurysms
626
Wong, Albert; Chen, Vincent: Gravity-guided stereotactic brain biopsy
631
Paul, Mohd; War, Firdous; Sharma, Vibha; Kushwaha, Suman: Magnetic resonance imaging and neuropsychological correlates of subcortical vascular dementia
636
Meena, Ugan; Gupta, Ashok; Sinha, Virendra: Prehospital care in traumatic brain injury: Factors affecting patient's outcome
640
Okada, Tomu; Fujitsu, Kazuhiko; Ichikawa, Teruo; Miyahara, Kousuke; Tanino, Shin; Uriu, Yasuhiro; Tanaka, Yuusuke; Niino, Hitosi; Yagishita, Saburou: Radical resection of craniopharyngioma: Discussions based on long-term clinical course and histopathology of the dissection plane
647
Ghate, Prajakta; Bhanage, Ashok; Sarkar, Hrishikesh; Katkar, Anand: Efficacy of amantadine in improving cognitive dysfunction in adults with severe traumatic brain injury in Indian population: A pilot study
651
Pai, S; Raghuram, G; Keshav, G; Rodrigues, Elvis: Far-lateral transcondylar approach to anterior foramen magnum lesions - Our experience
656
Meshkini, Ali; Salehpour, Firooz; Aghazadeh, Javad; Mirzaei, Farhad; Naseri Alavi, Seyed: Riluzole can improve sensory and motor function in patients with acute spinal cord injury
660
Salehpour, Firooz; Bazzazi, Amir; Aghazadeh, Javad; Hasanloei, Amin; Pasban, Khatere; Mirzaei, Farhad; Naseri Alavi, Seyed: What do you expect from patients with severe head trauma?
664
Bahrami, Reza; Akbari, Ehsan; Rasras, Salih; Jazayeri, Nematollah; Khodayar, Mohammad; Foruozandeh, Hossein; Zeinali, Masoud; Kartalaei, Mozhdeh; Ardeshiri, Mohammad; Baiatinia, Farshid; Ghanavatian, Mohamad: Effect of local N-acetyl-cysteine in the prevention of epidural fibrosis in rat laminectomy model
669
Ramnarayan, Ramachandran; Anto, Dominic; Alapatt, Jacob: Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Geography has a role
674
Patra, Devi; Tewari, Manoj; Sahni, Daisy; Mathuriya, Suresh: Microsurgical anatomy of medial temporal lobe in North-West Indian population: Cadaveric brain dissection
681
Umerani, Muhammad; Abbas, Asad; Aziz, Fatima; Shahid, Rafiya; Ali, Faiza; Rizvi, Raza: Pediatric extradural hematoma: Clinical assessment using king's outcome scale for childhood head injury
685
Nayak, Raghavendra; Attry, Sanjeev; Ghosh, Samarendra: Serum magnesium as a marker of neurological outcome in severe traumatic brain injury patients
689
Satapathy, Bikash; Mohapatra, Chinmayi: Morphometric study of basilar artery in the Eastern Indian population
693
Sarmast, Arif; Kirmani, Altaf; Bhat, Abdul: Osteoporosis presenting as low backache: An entity not uncommon to be missed
697
Nematollahi, Mohtaram; Jajroudi, Mahdie; Arbabi, Farshid; Azarhomayoun, Amir; Azimifar, Zohreh: The benefits of decision tree to predict survival in patients with glioblastoma multiforme with the use of clinical and imaging features
703
Singh, Deepak; Singh, Neha; Das, Praveen; Malviya, Deepak: Management of postoperative discitis: A review of 31 patients
707
Kawase, Tsukasa; Bishnoi, Ishu; Tanaka, Riki; Dash, Chinmaya; Kato, Yoko; Yamada, Yoshiru: Study of incidence and factors: Risk and preventive, of chronic subdural hematoma/hygroma in clipped patients of unruptured intracranial aneurysms – An institutional experience
714
Singh, Anil; Jena, Ranjan; Pal, Ranabir; Munivenkatappa, Ashok; Reddy, V; Hegde, Kishore; Kumar, S; Agrawal, Amit: Morbidity audit of 704 traumatic brain injury cases in a dedicated South Indian trauma center
721
Withayasuk, Pattarawit; Churojana, Anchalee; Songsaeng, Dittapong; Aurboonyawat, Taweesak; Chankaew, Ekawut: Favorable outcome of endovascular treatment for intracranial aneurysms: A single-center study in Thailand
730
Khan, Farid; Valliani, Arif; Rehman, Abdul; Bari, Muhammad: Factors affecting functional outcome after decompressive craniectomy performed for traumatic brain injury: A retrospective, cross-sectional study
737
Atci, Ibrahim; Yilmaz, Hakan; Karagoz, Yesim; Kocak, Ayhan: Prognosis of hormonal deficits in empty sella syndrome using neuroimaging
742
Lan, Zhigang; Richard, Seidu; Ma, Lu; Yang, Chaohua: Nonmissile anterior skull-base penetrating brain injury: Experience with 22 patients
749
Churojana, Anchalee; Chailerd, Ornkamol; Mongkolratnan, Atithep; Sangpetngam, Boonrerk; Withayasuk, Pattarawit; Chankaew, Ekawut; Aurboonyawat, Thaweesak; Songsaeng, Dittapong: The effectiveness of dural venous sinus sacrifice as a treatment of aggressive type cranial dural arteriovenous fistulas
754
Yarandi, K; Jelodar, Sina; Khalatbari, Mahmoud; Rasras, Saleh; Ilkhchi, Reza; Amirjamshidi, Abbas: Stab wounds to the head; Case series, review of literature, and proposed management algorithm
760
KrishnanKutty, Raja; Sreemathyamma, Sunilkumar; Sivanandapanicker, Jyothish; Asher, Prasanth; Prabhakar, Rajmohan; Peethambaran, Anilkumar: Hemilaminectomy for spinal cord intradural tumors: An institutional experience
766
Velho, Vernon; Bhide, Anuj; Ansari, Sameer: Effect of mannitol irrigation on brain edema in a live rat model
769
Pacetti, Mattia; Tortora, Domenico; Fiaschi, Pietro; Consales, Alessandro; Piatelli, Gianluca; Ravegnani, Marcello; Cama, Armando; Pavanello, Marco: Burr holes revascularization in three pediatric cases of moyamoya syndrome: Easy choice or insidious trap? Case series and review

Case Report

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Shukla, Sanjeev; Parashar, Shivya; Saxena, Sangeeta: Congenital absence of unilateral internal carotid artery with an intracerebral aneurysm
777
Cherian, Iype; Kasper, Ekkehard; Agarwal, Amit: Technique of posterior clinoidectomy and its applications
779
Inamasu, Joji; Nakae, Shunsuke; Kato, Yoko; Hirose, Yuichi: Temporary worsening of perianeurysmal edema following clipping of a partially thrombosed giant pericallosal artery aneurysm
782
Bhaisora, Kamlesh; Das, Kuntal; Jamdar, Janmejay; Behari, Sanjay; Mehrotra, Anant; Sardhara, Jayesh; Srivastava, Arun; Jaiswal, Awadhesh; Sahu, Rabi: Trans-Sellar trans-sphenoidal herniation of third ventricle with cleft palate and microophthalmia: Report of a case and review of literature
786
Eun, Jin; Choi, Jin-gyu; Son, Byung-chul: Hemifacial spasm caused by a vein: A case report
789
Otani, Naoki; Wada, Kojiro; Toyooka, Terushige; Mori, Kentaro: Occipital interhemispheric approach for surgical removal of the middle third falx meningioma: Two case reports
792
Lee, Min-gi; Choi, Jin-gyu; Son, Byung-chul: Scedosporium apiospermum: An emerging fatal cause of fungal abscess and ventriculitis after near-drowning
797
Verma, Pawan; Gandhi, Ashok; Kumar, Pradeep; Jain, S: Oyster calcification of infected bone flap: A rare complication
800
Alomari, Mashael; Almutairi, Mohammed; Alali, Hamza; Elwir, Jamal; Alola, Sulaiman; Alfattoh, Nora; Alharthy, Nesrin; Azzubi, Moutasem: Primary giant cerebral hydatid cyst in an 8-year-old girl
803
Hagiwara, Shinya; Miyazaki, Takeshi; Ishikawa, Noriyoshi; Nakagawa, Fumio; Maruyama, Riruke; Akiyama, Yasuhiko: Pyothorax-associated angiosarcoma metastasized to the brain with multiple and progressively expanding hematomas: Case report and literature review
810
Belyaev, Artem; Usachev, Dmitry; Shimansky, Vadim; Odamanov, Dzhemil; Shishkina, Lyudmila; Ryzhova, Marina; Golanov, Andrey: Spontaneous transformation of vestibular schwannoma into malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor
814
Gupta, Pankaj; Sharma, Arvind; Singh, Jitendra; Tanwar, Akanksha: A rare case report of multiple intracranial aneurysms with factor VII deficiency
817
Zenteno, Marco; Lee, Angel; Moscote-Salazar, Luis: Rupture of persistent primitive trigeminal artery-basilar artery aneurysm managed with stent-assisted coiling
822
Chaturvedi, Monali; Janu, Vikas; Kumari, Rima; Chaturvedi, Sujata; Jain, Mukul; Jha, Deepak: Congenital skull anomaly with multiple brain stones and symptomatic meningioma of medial sphenoid wing
826
Singla, Navneet; Kapoor, Ankur; Radotra, B; Chatterjee, Debajyoti: Malignant conversion to glioblastoma in neurofibromatosis type I-associated pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: Unknown predictors of favorable outcome
830
Aydemir, Fatih; Kardes, Ozgur; Hasbay, Bermal; Sedef, Ali; Tufan, Kadir; Kayaselçuk, Fazilet: Multiple extraneural metastases of anaplastic oligodendroglioma
834
Kumar, Abhishek; Bhaskar, S; Bhardwaj, Minakshi; Gupta, L: Foramen magnum chordoid meningioma in a 22-year-old female
838
Turchan, Agus; Fahmi, Achmad; Subianto, Heri: Impar ganglion block with combination of neurolysis drugs and radiofrequency thermocoagulation for perineal pain
842
Aydın, Sabri; Canaz, Huseyin; Topcular, Barıs; Benackova, Zuzana: Major depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder treated with deep brain stimulation of bilateral nucleus accumbens: The first case of Turkey
845
Aljohani, Hani; Robin, Srour: A rare case of isolated intracranial Rosai–Dorfman disease mimicking optic nerve meningioma: A case report and literature review
848
Doan, Ninh; Patel, Mohit; Nguyen, Ha; Doan, Hayley; Shabani, Saman; Gelsomino, Michael; Mountoure, Andrew; Janich, Karl; Chitambar, Christopher: Methotrexate-induced leukoencephalopathy without typical restricted diffusion on diffusion-weighted imaging and the utility of magnetic resonance spectroscopy to support the diagnosis
851
Houssem, Abid; Helene, Cebula; Francois, Proust; Salvatore, Chibbaro: “The subdural collection” a great simulator: Case report and literature review
854
Pulhorn, Heinke; Chandran, Arun; Nahser, Hans; Wilby, Martin; McMahon, Catherine: Intracranial hypertension secondary to cervical dural arteriovenous fistula
858
Onishi, Shumpei; Sakamoto, Shigeyuki; Okazaki, Takahito; Kurisu, Kaoru: Iodinated contrast encephalopathy after coil embolization of unruptured aneurysms
861
Zenteno, Marco; Rafael, Moscote-Salazar; Lee, Ángel: Persistent primitive trigeminal artery associated with anterior communicating artery aneurysm and hypoplastic vertebral artery
864
Sardhara, Jayesh; Shukla, Mukesh; Jamdar, Janmejay; Jaiswal, Awadhesh; Jaiswal, Sushila; Kaul, Anupma; Bhaisora, Kamlesh; Das, Kuntal; Mehrotra, Anant; Behari, Sanjay: Paraneoplastic nephrotic syndrome in a patient with planum sphenoidale meningioma
867
Dubey, Amitesh; Tomar, Sachin; Gupta, Ashok; Khandelwal, Dinesh: Delayed paraplegia in an adult patient with spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality of dorsal spine: A lesson learned
870
Yunoki, Masatoshi; Kanda, Takahiro; Suzuki, Kenta; Uneda, Atsuhito; Hirashita, Koji; Yoshino, Kimihiro: Delayed occurrence of C3 vertebra anterior subluxation diagnosed after surgery for epidural hematoma
873
Das, Joe; Abraham, Mathew; Nandeesh, Bevinahalli; Nair, Suresh: Pediatric suprasellar atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor arising from the third ventricle: A rare tumor at a very rare location
877
Biswas, Rituparna; Halder, Anirban: A rare case report of giant cell tumor of the sphenoid bone in a patient who developed “erythema multiforme associated with phenytoin and cranial radiation therapy syndrome”
881
Chandran, Raj; Patil, Anil; Prabhakar, Rajmohan; Balachandran, Krishna: Melanotic schwannoma of spine: Illustration of two cases with diverse clinical presentation and outcome
885
Singh, Harnarayan; Patir, Rana; Gupta, Anurag; Vaishya, Sandeep: A rare case of simultaneous multifocal craniospinal hemangiopericytomas
888
Chibbaro, Salvatore; Ganau, Mario; Gubian, Arthur; Scibilia, Antonino; Todeschi, Julien; Riehm, Sophie; Moliere, Sebastien; Debry, Christian; Goichot, Bernard; Proust, Francois; Cebula, Helene: The role of endoscopic endonasal approach in the multimodal management of giant pituitary adenoma: Case report and literature review
893
Rissardo, Jamir; Caprara, Ana: Management of recurrent tumefactive multiple sclerosis: Case report and literature review
897
Lewis, Courtney; Chang, Ki-Eun; Bakhsheshian, Joshua; Strickland, Ben; Pham, Martin: Feasibility of a fourth ventriculopleural shunt for diversion of an isolated fourth ventricle: A technical note
901
Ono, Hideaki; Inoue, Tomohiro; Iijima, Akira; Tanishima, Takeo; Tamura, Akira; Saito, Isamu: Recurrent embolic stroke caused by large cavernous carotid aneurysm: Stroke recurrence prevention with high-flow bypass followed by proximal occlusion
906
Eghbal, Keyvan; Abdollahpour, Hamid; Ghaffarpasand, Fariborz: Traumatic chance fracture of cervical spine: A rare fracture type and surgical management
910
Mahajan, Anshu; Goel, Gaurav; Das, Biplab; Narang, Karanjit: Dissecting aneurysm of vertebral artery involving the origin of posteroinferior cerebellar artery treated with retrograde stent placement and coil embolization in the era of flow diverter
914
Elgamal, Mohannad; Elgamal, Essam; Ahmad, Anwar; Elsayed, Adham; Younes, Basel; Aljaraki, Mohammad; Elholiby, Tamer: Iatrogenic (Traumatic) occipital artery pseudoaneurysm – Rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt in an infant: Case report and review of the literature
918
Golpayegani, Mehdi; Salari, Farhad; Habibi, Zohreh; Anbarlouei, Mousarreza; Mahdavi, Ali; Nejat, Farideh: Natural history of medulloblastoma in a child with neurofibromatosis type I
921
Ilik, Mustafa: Heterotrophic ossification of the flexor retinaculum in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis
923
Akhavan-Sigari, Reza; Abdolhoseinpour, Hesam; Meyer, Werner; Rohde, Veit; Schulz-Schaeffer, Walter: Primary intracranial manifestation of a carcinosarcoma
928
Venkatesh, Manchikanti; Suneetha, Pentyala; Kumar, Veldurti; Santhi, Vissa; Moscote-Salazar, Luis; Agrawal, Amit: Intradural extramedullary tuberculoma masquerading en plaque meningioma
931
De Lipsis, Luca; Belmonte, Rossella; Cusano, Maria; Giannetti, Maria; Muccio, Carmine; Mancinelli, Mauro: Subdural hematoma as a consequence of labor epidural analgesia
935
Sadashivam, Saravanan: Isolated orbital roof fracture: Can it be catastrophic?
938
Mrak, Goran; Nemir, Jakob; Brgic, Klara; Baric, Hrvoje; Paladino, Josip; Stambolija, Vasilije: Cerebral bypass surgery for internal carotid artery occlusion, complex supraclinoid carotid artery aneurysm, and tumors: A report of four cases

Technical Note

943
Cherian, Iype; Kasper, Ekkehard; Agarwal, Amit: The orbitomeningeal band as a way to bloodless transcavernous dissection and anterior clinoidectomy
946
Lammy, Simon; Bhattacharya, Joti; Dervin, James; Jerome, Edward; George, St.: Trans-Cranial embolisation of a complex transverse sigmoid sinus dural arteriovenous fistula by direct puncture of the superior sagittal sinus

Letter to Editor

949
Kasliwal, Manish; Tan, Lee; O'Toole, John: Multiple thoracic spinal lesions causing spinal cord compression secondary to multiple myeloma in a patient with synchronously diagnosed renal cell carcinoma: Value of lesional biopsy!
951
Moscote-Salazar, Luis; Satyarthee, Guru; Matus, Jorge; Maraby, Johana; Calderon Miranda, Willem: Conservative management of chronic subdural hematoma with tranexamic acid
953
Goel, Atul: Supracerebellar approach to epidermoid tumors

Commentary

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Ammar, Ahmed: Prehospital care for head trauma