DOI: 10.1055/s-00053244

Asian Journal of Neurosurgery

Issue 02 · Volume 13 · June 2018 DOI: 10.1055/s-012-55121

Review Article

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Alkhalili, Kenan; Hannallah, Jack; Cobb, Mary; Chalouhi, Nohra; Philips, Jessica; Echeverria, Angela; Jabbour, Pascal; Babiker, M; Frakes, David; Gonzalez, L: The effect of stents in cerebral aneurysms: A review
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Huliyappa, Harsha; Ojha, Balakrishna; Chandra, Anil; Singh, Sunil; Srivastava, Chhitij: Craniofacial trauma in pediatric patients following winnowing blade injury-review of literature

Original Article

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Prajapati, Hanuman; Jain, Shashi; Sinha, Virendra: Endoscopic versus microscopic pituitary adenoma surgery: An institutional experience
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Prakash, Anand; Harsh, Viraat; Gupta, Utkarsh; Kumar, Jayendra; Kumar, Anil: Depressed fractures of skull: An institutional series of 453 patients and brief review of literature
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Verma, Satish; Borkar, Sachin; Singh, Pankaj; Tandon, Vivek; Gurjar, Hitesh; Sinha, Sumit; Satyarthee, Guru; Gupta, Deepak; Agarwal, Deepak; Sharma, Bhawani: Traumatic posterior fossa extradural hematoma: Experience at level I trauma center
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Rehman, Lal; Farooq, Ghulam; Bukhari, Irum: Neurosurgical interventions for occipital encephalocele
238
Borkar, Sachin; Singh, Manmohanjit; Kale, Shashank; Suri, Ashish; Chandra, Poodipedi; Kumar, Rajender; Sharma, Bhawani; Gaikwad, Shailesh; Mahapatra, Ashok: Spinal cerebrospinal fluid drainage for prevention of vasospasm in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A prospective, randomized controlled study
247
Abdelbaky, Abdelaal; Eltahawy, Hazem: Neurological outcome following surgical treatment of spinal metastases
250
Sam, Jo; Lim, Chee; Sharda, Priya; Wahab, Nasser: The organisms and factors affecting outcomes of external ventricular drainage catheter-related ventriculitis: A penang experience
258
Farooq, Ghulam; Rehman, Lal; Bokhari, Irum; Rizvi, Syed: Modern microsurgical resection of olfactory groove meningiomas by classical bicoronal subfrontal approach without orbital osteotomies
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Shukla, Mukesh; Sardhara, Jayesh; Sahu, Rabi; Sharma, Pradeep; Behari, Sanjay; Jaiswal, Awadesh; Srivastava, Arun; Mehrotra, Anant; Das, Kuntal; Bhaisora, Kamlesh: Adult versus pediatric tethered cord syndrome: Clinicoradiological differences and its management
271
Kasap, Metin; Canaz, Huseyin; Canaz, Gokhan; Tokmak, Mehmet; Bingul, Alper; Alatas, Ibrahim: Morphometric analysis of dose-dependent effect of progesterone on experimental vasospasm-induced rat femoral arteries
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Sarmast, Arif; Kirmani, Altaf; Bhat, Abdul: Coccygectomy for coccygodynia: A single center experience over 5 years
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Yasar, Dagistan; Korgun, Okmen; Emine, Dagistan: Radiofrequency and methylprednisolone in treatment of lower back pain caused by facet joint syndrome: Comparison of the outcomes
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Singh, Amit; Srivastava, Arun; Pal, Lily; Sardhara, Jayesh; Yadav, Rajan; Singh, Shalini; Bhaisora, Kamlesh; Das, Kuntal; Mehrotra, Anant; Sahu, Rabi; Jaiswal, Awadhesh; Behari, Sanjay: Extraosseous primary intracranial ewing sarcoma/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor: Series of seven cases and review of literature
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Srivastava, Himanshu; Dewan, Abhinav; Sharma, Surender; Negi, Preety; Dewan, Ajay; Pasricha, Sunil; Mehrotra, Krati: Adjuvant radiation therapy and temozolomide in gliosarcoma: Is it enough? case series of seven patients
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Dubey, Amitesh; Kataria, Rashim; Sinha, Virendra: Role of diffusion tensor imaging in brain tumor surgery
307
Hashmi, Fauzan; Rai, Hamid; Khan, Muhammad; Bari, Muhammad: Prognostic implications of histological clear cells in high-grade intracranial ependymal tumors: A retrospective analysis from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan
314
Choudhary, Niraj; Bhargava, Rinku: Decompressive craniectomy in diffuse traumatic brain injury: An industrial hospital study
319
Goyal, Ram; Nayak, Biswaranjan; Maharshi, Rajiv; Bidhar, Debadulal; Panchal, Sunil; Pathak, Harish: Management of chronic subdural hematoma: Burr hole versus twist drill – A prospective study
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Alyamany, Mahmoud; Alshardan, Mohammad; Jamea, Abdullah; ElBakry, Nahid; Soualmi, Lahbib; Orz, Yasser: Meningioma consistency: Correlation between magnetic resonance imaging characteristics, operative findings, and histopathological features
329
Saringcarinkul, Ananchanok; Chuasuwan, Siriwan: Maximum surgical blood order schedule for elective neurosurgery in a University Teaching Hospital in Northern Thailand
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Brum, Marisa; Nzwalo, Hipólito; Oliveira, Edson; Pelejão, Maria; Pereira, Pedro; Farias, João; Pimentel, José: Solitary fibrous tumors of the orbit and central nervous system: A case series analysis
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Satardey, Ritesh; Balasubramaniam, Srikant; Pandya, Jayashree; Mahey, Rajesh: Analysis of factors influencing outcome of depressed fracture of skull
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Bansal, Mayank; Sinha, Virendra; Bansal, Juhi: Diagnostic and prognostic capability of newer magnetic resonance imaging brain sequences in diffuse axonal injury patient
357
Ataizi, Zeki; Aydin, Hasan; Kocatürk, Evin; Çerezci, Ahmet; Alatas, İbrahim: Bone turnover in vertebral fractures: Does it effect the decision of surgery?
363
Gunnal, Sandhya; Farooqui, Mujibuddin; Wabale, Rajendra: Anatomical variability of the posterior communicating artery
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Goto, Shunsaku; Kato, Kyozo; Yamamoto, Taiki; Shimato, Shinji; Ohshima, Tomotaka; Nishizawa, Toshihisa: Effectiveness of goreisan in preventing recurrence of chronic subdural hematoma
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Bhat, Abdul; Kirmani, Altaf; Wani, Mohammed: Disappearance of intracranial extradural hematomas: Role of diastatic cranial fracture and intracranial pressure - An institutional experience
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Doan, Ninh; Nguyen, Ha; Janich, Karl; Montoure, Andrew; Mohit, Patel; Shabani, Saman; Gelsomino, Michael; Mueller, Wade; Kurpad, Shekar: A novel application of the integra camino bolt for the drainage of chronic subdural hematoma: A technical note

Case Report

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Tomar, Suryapratap: Chalkstick fracture: A catastrophic injury
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Ng, Jun; Teo, Kok; Shabbir, Asim; Yeo, Tseng: Widespread intra-abdominal carcinomatosis from a rhabdoid meningioma after placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: A case report and review of the literature
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Ansari, Ahmed; Gandhi, Ashok; Mittal, R; Sharma, Achal: Pseudo primary abscess of the cavum septum pellucidum due to pus entrapment: A rare case report
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Doan, Ninh; Nguyen, Ha; Luyuan, Li; Shabani, Saman; Gelsomino, Michael; Johnson, Vijay: Good outcomes with the intraventricular vancomycin therapy in a patient with ruptured brain abscesses
400
Survashe, Pravin; Guthe, Sachin; Velho, Vernon; Naik, Harish: Tectal tuberculoma: An unusual cause of Parinaud's Syndrome
403
Son, Byung-chul; Choi, Jin-gyu; Ha, Sang-woo: Twiddler's syndrome: A rare hardware complication in spinal cord stimulation
407
Son, Byung-chul; Choi, Jin-gyu; Ha, Sang-woo: Cerebrospinal fluid egress from the quadripolar deep brain stimulation electrode for anterior nucleus of the thalamus for refractory epilepsy
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Cevik, Serdar; Katar, Salim; Hanımoǧlu, Hakan: C1–C2 transverse foramen decompression by anterolateral approach as an alternative treatment in Bow Hunter's Syndrome
414
Javadi, Seyed; Hartmann, Christian; Walter, Gerhard; Banan, Roozbeh; Samii, Amir: IDH1 mutation in brain stem glioma: Case report and review of literature
418
Pareek, Kapil; Shrivastava, Trilochan; Sinha, Virendra: Choroidal type of vein of galen aneurysmal malformation in adult patient with unusual presentation of orthostatic headache
421
Satyarthee, Guru: Primary extradural meningioma of posterior fossa associated with acquired chiari malformation: A short review
425
Kapoor, Ankur; Salunke, Pravin; Ahuja, Chirag; Chatterjee, Debjyoti: Spastic quadriparesis and communicating hydrocephalus as late sequel of Rosai–Dorfman disease: A case report and review of literature
428
Salehpour, Firooz; Aghazadeh, Javad; Bazzazi, Amir; Mirzaei, Farhad; Eftekhar Saadat, Amir; Alavi, Seyed: Meningioma in fourth ventricle of brain: A case report and literature review
431
Bala, Renu; Pandia, Mihir: Venous air embolism during endoscopic third ventriculostomy
433
Harsha, Kamble; Thomas, Anu: Penetrating injury to cauda equina from a missile fragment, completely recovered after delayed surgical removal of ballistic fragment
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Sharma, Pradeep; Bhaisora, Kamlesh; Pandey, Satyadeo; Srivastava, Arun; Pani, Krushna; Sardhara, Jayesh; Das, Kuntal; Mehrotra, Anant; Sahu, Rabi; Jaiswal, Awadhesh; Behari, Sanjay: Aspergilloma mimicking olfactory groove meningioma
440
Sobti, Shivender; Bhaskar, S; Sharma, Rajesh; Choudhary, Ajay: Pneumorrhachis following chest injury: A rare entity
442
Ha, Sang-woo; Choi, Jin-gyu; Son, Byung-chul: Occipital neuralgia from C2 cavernous malformation
446
Guthe, Sachin; Pravin, Survashe; Darade, Poonam; Velho, Vernon: Silent migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt per anus in a child: Management and review of literature
449
Menon, R; Kumar, Vinod; Laskhman, I; Nair, Rajesh: Hemispheric infarct following a cerebellar hematoma: A rare coincidence
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Aji, Yunus; Apriawan, Tedy; Bajamal, Abdul: Traumatic supra- and infra-tentorial extradural hematoma: Case series and literature review
458
Chokkappan, Kabilan; Lohan, Rahul: Rapidly developing subdural empyema in an adult with sinusitis: A neurosurgical threat alert
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Shintoku, Ryosuke; Tosaka, Masahiko; Shimizu, Tatsuya; Yoshimoto, Yuhei: Transcranial and epidural approach for spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid leakage due to meningoencephalocele of the lateral sphenoid sinus
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Bachhav, Vrushali; Dua, Sumeet; Jhaveri, Miral: Dural ectasia and cauda equina syndrome: A rare complication of long-standing fusion
468
Lin, Lee; Jason, R: A rare case of spinal extradural arachnoid cyst with cord compression
471
Aleem Bhatti, Atta; Jakhrani, Nasir; Parekh, Maria: Awake craniotomy with noninvasive brain mapping by 3-Tesla functional magnetic resonance imaging for excision of low-grade glioma: A case of a young patient from Pakistan
475
Doan, Ninh; Patel, Mohit; Nguyen, Ha; Janich, Karl; Montoure, Andrew; Shabani, Saman; Gelsomino, Michael: A rare extra-axial midline tentorial adult medulloblastoma with dural-tail sign mimicking a meningioma
478
Dubey, Amitesh; Kataria, Rashim; Sardana, Vimal: Intramedullary melanocytoma of the cervicothoracic cord: Case report and review of literature
482
Otani, Naoki; Wada, Kojiro; Toyoka, Terushige; Mori, Kentaro: Suction decompression during anterior clinoidectomy for direct clipping of paraclinoid aneurysm involving the anterior clinoid process
485
Doan, Ninh; Patel, Mohit; Nguyen, Ha; Doan, Hayley; Montoure, Andrew; Shabani, Saman; Gelsomino, Michael; Janich, Karl: Safe use of tissue plasminogen activator in conjunction with the integra camino bolt for the drainage of chronic subdural hematoma
487
Tan, Chi; Lai, Leon; Chandra, Ronil: Ruptured distal anterior choroidal artery aneurysm presenting as isolated intraventricular hemorrhage: Case report and comprehensive review of the literature
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Das, Kuntal; Joseph, Jeena; Singh, Amit; Sharma, Pradeep; Sardhara, Jayesh; Bhaisora, Kamlesh; Mehrotra, Anant; Srivastava, Arun; Jaiswal, Sushila; Sahu, Rabi; Jaiswal, Awadhesh; Behari, Sanjay: Capsuloganglionic germinoma: A rare site for uncommon childhood tumor
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Senko, Ilya; Shatokhin, Anton; Bishnoi, Ishu; Yamada, Yasuhiro; Tanaka, Riki; Suyama, Daisuke; Kawase, Tukasa; Kato, Yoko: Intraoperative rupture cerebral aneurysm and computational flow dynamics
499
Kim, Jung-hoon; Choi, Jin-gyu; Son, Byung-chul: Venous malformation (Cavernous Hemangioma) of the supraorbital nerve
503
Jafarpour, Saba; Jouibari, Morteza; Aghaghazvini, Leila; Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa: Endoscopic management of a fourth ventricular cyst
507
Lim, Liang; Idris, Zamzuri; Reza, Faruque; Wan Hassan, Wan Mohd; Mukmin, Laila; Abdullah, Jafri: Language mapping in awake surgery: Report of two cases with review of language networks
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Oommen, Arun; Govindan, Jayasree; Peroor, Devan; Azeez, C; Rashmi, R; Abdul Jalal, Muhammed: Giant occipital intradiploic epidermoid cyst
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Kwasi, Victor; Kodama, Kunihiko; Uchiyama, Toshiya; Kusano, Yoshikazu; Shimizu, Toshiyuki; Tokushige, Kazuo; Takemae, Toshiki: Neurocysticercosis in Japan
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Aydin, Seckin; Yuksel, Odhan; Aydin, Aysegul; Kizilkilic, Osman; Celik, Suat: Intracerebral hemorrhage with multiple intracranial arterial stenoses in a synthetic cannabinoid “Spice” user
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Akay, Ali; Rükşen, Mete; İşlekel, Sertaç: A case of vago-glossopharyngeal neuralgia caused by choroid plexus

Letter to Editor

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Agrawal, Amit: Do we need to include “Elevated Skull Fractures” in skull fracture classification?
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Kapoor, Indu; Prabhakar, Hemanshu; Mahajan, Charu: Can pediatric bispectral index sensor replace adult bispectral index sensor for depth of anesthesia monitoring?
531
Mamadaliev, Dilshod; Kato, Yoko; Talari, Sandeep; Mewada, Tushit: The overview of the second annual winter seminar of cerebrovascular diseases in Banbuntane Hotokukai Hospital
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Krishnan, Prasad; Kartikueyan, Rajaraman; Patel, Sachinkumar; Das, Sayan: “Sinking Bone” flap presenting as reversible postural hemiparesis

Commentary

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Alimohamadi, Maysam: Bony tumors of the cranial base: One size does not fit all
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Amirjamshidi, Abbas; Abbassioun, Kazem: Commentary on - Management of orbitocranial non-missile wounds