Category Archives: Technical Note

Technical Note

Anterior transpetrosal approach for microvascular decompression associated with the dolichoectatic vertebrobasilar artery in two patients with refractory trigeminal neuralgia: Technical note

  •  Masafumi Segawa, Tomohiro Inoue, Sho Tsunoda, Ryuichi Noda, Atsuya Akabane 

December 9, 2022, 9:26

Category:

  • Skull Base

Article Type:

  • Technical Note

Handmade models for aneurysm surgery: A useful tool for training

  •  Vikrant Sharma, Mayank Garg, Suryanarayanan Bhaskar, Sarbesh Tiwari, Pradeep Kumar Bhatia, Deepak Kumar Jha 

December 9, 2022, 8:58

Category:

  • Neurovascular

Article Type:

  • Technical Note

Modified anterior retropharyngeal approach for C2-C3 disc herniation

  •  Keyvan Mostofi, Morad Peyravi 

December 2, 2022, 10:59

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Technical Note

Unilateral laminotomy for bilateral decompression and balloon kyphoplasty to decompress lumber canal stenosis aggravated by osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: A technical note

  •  Yoshitaka Nagashima, Yusuke Nishimura, Motonori Ishii, Tomoya Nishii, Nobuhisa Fukaya, Takahiro Oyama, Takashi Abe, Hiroyuki Kato, Eisuke Tsukamoto, Takafumi Tanei, Ryuta Saito 

November 18, 2022, 14:06

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Technical Note

Emergent carotid endarterectomy and mechanical thrombectomy in tandem occlusion

  •  Danielle Hebert, Theresa A. Elder, Joseph G. Adel 

November 11, 2022, 9:42

Category:

  • Neurovascular

Article Type:

  • Technical Note

The collagen matrix dural substitute graft prevents postoperative cerebrospinal fluid leakage after ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery in patients aged <1 year

  •  Masanori Sato, Tatsuki Oyoshi, Hirofumi Iwamoto, Natsuko Tanoue, Soichiro Komasaku, Nayuta Higa, Hiroshi Hosoyama, Hiroshi Tokimura, Satoshi Ibara, Ryosuke Hanaya, Koji Yoshimoto 

October 7, 2022, 10:28

Category:

  • Pediatric Neurosurgery

Article Type:

  • Technical Note

The crux of helix curvature: A potential surface landmark for the anterior border of the sigmoid sinus in minimally invasive presigmoid approaches

  •  Samer S. Hoz, Paolo Palmisciano, Hagar A. Algburi, Mayur Sharma, Mustafa Ismail, Norberto Andaluz 

September 23, 2022, 10:51

Category:

  • Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology

Article Type:

  • Technical Note

Downward penetrating endplate screw technique under O-arm navigation posterior fusion in patients with osteoporotic vertebral body fractures associated with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

  •  Daimon Shiraishi, Yu Yamamoto, Ishii Motonori, Yusuke Nishimura, Masahito Hara, Ryuta Saito, Masakazu Takayasu 

September 23, 2022, 10:38

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Technical Note

Early experience with patient-specific low-cost 3D-printed polymethylmethacrylate cranioplasty implants in a lower-middle-income-country: Technical note and economic analysis

  •  Mohammad Ashraf, Nabeel Choudhary, Usman Ahmad Kamboh, Muhammad Asif Raza, Kashif Ali Sultan, Naseeruddin Ghulam, Syed Shahzad Hussain, Naveed Ashraf 

June 24, 2022, 12:59

Category:

  • General Neurosurgery

Article Type:

  • Technical Note

Pros of the contralateral (over-the-top) approach to intra/extraforaminal lumbar disc herniations at the L5-S1 level

  •  Edvin Zekaj, Christian Saleh, Guglielmo Iess, Andrea Ciuffi, Phillip Jaszczuk, Tommaso Francesco Galbiati, Domenico Servello 

June 10, 2022, 11:51

Category:

  • Spine

Article Type:

  • Technical Note