Category Archives: Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Societal challenges facing neurosurgeons in low- and middle-income countries: Iraq as an example

  •  Mustafa Ismail, Fatimah Ayad, Teeba A. Al-Ageely, Osman Elamin, Hayder R. Salih, Zaid Aljuboori, Samer S. Hoz 

July 21, 2023, 13:57

Category:

  • Socio-Economics, Politics, and Medicine

Article Type:

  • Letter to the Editor

Considerations for the value of immersive virtual reality platforms for neurosurgery trainees’ anatomy understanding

  •  Dimitrios Chytas, Georgios Paraskevas, George Noussios, Theano Demesticha, Irene Asouhidou, Marios Salmas 

May 19, 2023, 11:08

Category:

  • Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

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  • Letter to the Editor

Neurosurgery theater-based learning: Etiquette and preparation tips for medical students

  •  Mustafa Ismail, Jaafar AbdulWahid, Mahmood F. Al-Zaidy, Aktham O. Al-Khafaji, Sama S. Albairmani, Alkawthar M. Abdulsada, Hayder R. Salih, Samer S. Hoz 

April 28, 2023, 9:58

Category:

  • Socio-Economics, Politics, and Medicine

Article Type:

  • Letter to the Editor

Before diagnosing postoperative chemical meningitis, all infectious causes must be thoroughly ruled out

  •  Josef Finsterer, Fulvio Scorza 

April 21, 2023, 12:47

Category:

  • General Neurosurgery

Article Type:

  • Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor regarding “Clear-cell renal cell carcinoma and glioblastoma multiforme coexistence: Double primary malignancy, does it have a causal relationship?”

  •  Andrew Leland Waack, Brandon Sharkey, Alastair Hoyt, Jason L. Schroeder 

April 7, 2023, 10:17

Category:

  • Neuro-oncology

Article Type:

  • Letter to the Editor

Confirm the patho-anatomical leak before diagnosing a SARS-CoV-2 swab test related CSF fistula

  •  Josef Finsterer 

March 31, 2023, 10:40

Category:

  • General Neurosurgery

Article Type:

  • Letter to the Editor

Endolymphatic sac: A surreptitious anatomy for neurosurgeons

  •  Sara A. Mohammad, Sadeem Abdullah Albulaihed, Mustafa Ismail, Khalid M. Alshuqayfi, Ibrahim A. Farooq, Teeba A. Al-Ageely, Paolo Palmisciano, Norberto Andaluz, Samer S. Hoz 

February 3, 2023, 10:34

Category:

  • Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

Article Type:

  • Letter to the Editor

The next bet for cerebral aneurysms treatment: Psychedelics

  •  Mustafa Ismail, Zaid Aljuboori, Ahmed Muthana, Mayur Sharma, Samer S. Hoz, Norberto Andaluz 

September 30, 2022, 10:25

Category:

  • Neurovascular

Article Type:

  • Letter to the Editor

WhatsApp as a remote patient-monitoring tool in low- and middle-income countries: Experience from the cerebrovascular surgery service in Iraq

  •  Samer S. Hoz, Mustafa Ismail, Mohamed M. Arnaout, Teeba A. Al-Ageely, Aktham O. Al-Khafaji, Mustafa M. Altaweel, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar 

September 9, 2022, 12:08

Category:

  • General Neurosurgery

Article Type:

  • Letter to the Editor

Are innovation and creativity possible in a country at war? My story of neurosurgery in Baghdad, Iraq

  •  Moneer K. Faraj 

September 2, 2022, 11:30

Category:

  • General Neurosurgery

Article Type:

  • Letter to the Editor