Acta Neurochirurgica OnlineFirst articles

06.12.2019 | Letter to the Editor (by Invitation) - Spine - Other

Authors reply: Letter to editor regarding “Management of perineural (Tarlov) cysts: a population-based cohort study and algorithm for the selection of surgical candidates”

verfasst von:: Alexander Fletcher-Sandersjöö, Erik Edström, Adrian Elmi-Terander

06.12.2019 | Original Article - Spine - Other

Posterolateral myelotomy for intramedullary spinal cord tumors: the other way to do it?

Intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCT) represent a relatively rare, histologically variable, and surgically difficult-to-treat neurosurgical entity [ 5 , 9 , 14 ]. Despite advances in surgical techniques and instruments, imaging, and …

verfasst von:: Sotirios Katsigiannis, Anne Elisabeth Carolus, Kirsten Schmieder, Christopher Brenke

06.12.2019 | Original Article - Vascular Neurosurgery - Aneurysm

Evaluation of disease severity and treatment intensity as cost drivers for ruptured intracranial aneurysms

Intracranial aneurysms occur in 3–5% of the population and show an average rupture rate of ~ 1% per year [ 4 ]. Their treatment remains one of the most challenging and costly enterprises in neurosurgery [ 9 , 26 , 29 , 30 ]. One recent study, using …

verfasst von:: Herschel Wilde, Spencer Twitchell, Jared Reese, Jian Guan, Ilyas M. Eli, Michael Karsy, Philipp Taussky, Ramesh Grandhi, Richard H. Schmidt, William T. Couldwell

04.12.2019 | Original Article - Neurosurgery general

The rise of quality indicators in neurosurgery: 30-day unplanned reoperation rate evaluated in 3760 patients—a single-center experience

The concept of value, defined as quality divided by cost, has driven the present ongoing discussion of how to evaluate outcome and measure costs in health care [ 16 ]. In his value-based healthcare agenda, Porter claims that improving outcome can …

verfasst von:: Eric Suero Molina, Cheyenne Schildmacher, Justin Doods, Moritz Freistühler, Sönke Josua Hellwig, Walter Stummer, Stephanie Schipmann

21.11.2019 | Original Article - Functional Neurosurgery - Movement disorders

Arachnoid bands and venous compression as rare causes of hemifacial spasm: analysis of etiology in 353 patients

Hemifacial spasm is characterized by progressive, involuntary, irregular, clonic or tonic movement of the muscles innervated by the facial nerve [ 31 ]. In most cases, the etiology is attributed to arterial compression at the root exit zone of the …

verfasst von:: Ehab El Refaee, Sascha Marx, Christian Rosenstengel, Joerg Baldauf, Henry W. S. Schroeder

20.11.2019 | Original Article - Vascular Neurosurgery - Other

Feasibility of the new sutureless excimer laser-assisted non-occlusive anastomosis clip in a rabbit model

In the present era of flow diverters and other endovascular techniques, numbers of patients needing high-flow bypass surgery are diminishing. However, there are still last resort cases wherein endovascular techniques fail and high-flow bypass …

verfasst von:: B. de Boer, T. P. C. van Doormaal, D. Stecher, S. Redegeld, C. A. F. Tulleken, L. Regli, A. van der Zwan

20.11.2019 | Correction

Correction to: Arachnoiditis as an outcome factor for microvascular decompression in classical trigeminal neuralgia

Figure 3 corrected.

verfasst von:: Edoardo Mazzucchi, Andrei Brinzeu, Marc Sindou

06.11.2019 | Letter to the editor - Tumor - Meningioma

The endoscopic endonasal approach or microscopic transcranial approach for anterior skull base meningiomas—It is all about right indication rather than superiority

verfasst von:: David Monterroso Cohen, Hamid Borghei-Razavi, Varun R. Kshettry, Pablo F. Recinos

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