Editor-in-Chief
Nancy Epstein, MD
Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery,
School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook; New York, NY
Chief of Neurosurgical Spine and Education
NYU Winthrop Hospital; Mineola, NY
Emeritus Editor-in-Chief
James I. Ausman, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Harbor-UCLA and UCLA Medical Centers; Los Angeles, CA
Desert Spine and Neurosurgery; Palm Springs, CA
Founding Editors
James Ausman – University of California at Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
Atos de Sousa (2010-2013) – Gerais Santa Casa Hospital and Lifecenter Hospital; Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Robert "Bob" Goodkin (2010-2012) – University of Washington; Seattle, WA, USA
Pat Kelly – NYU School of Medicine; New York, NY, USA
Neil Martin – Geisinger Health System; Danville, PA
Managing Editor
Jim Cook
31855 Date Palm Drive, Suite 3-400
Cathedral City, CA 92234
(760) 349-6600
Supplements
SNI: Computational
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Pieter L. Kubben, MD, PhD
Maastricht University Medical Center; Maastricht, The Netherlands
Editors:
Alkinoos Athanasiou - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Thessaloniki, Greece
Philippe Bijlenga - Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève; Geneva, Switzerland
Guillaume Charvet - Clinatec; Grenoble, France
Daniel John DiLorenzo - Loma Linda University Medical Center; Loma Linda, CA, USA
Francesco DiMeco - Istituto Nazionale Neurologico "C.Besta"; Milan, Italy
Erik Gommer - Maastricht University Medical Center; Maastricht, The Netherlands
Michael Murek - Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern; Bern, Switzerland
Felix Scholtes - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege; Liège, Belgium
Philiippe Schucht - Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern; Bern, Switzerland
Peter Willems - Leiden University Medical Center; Leiden, The Netherlands
SNI: Epilepsy
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Warren Boling, MD
Loma Linda University Medical Center; Loma Linda, CA, USA
SNI: General Neurosurgery
Associate Editors-in-Chief:
C. David Hunt, MD
Marquette General Neurosurgery; Brooklyn, NY, USA
Eric Nussbaum, MD
National Brain Aneurysm & Tumor Center, Twin Cities, MN, USA
SNI: Global Health and Education
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Jorge Lazareff MD, FAANS
University of California Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
SNI: Head and Spinal Cord Transplantation
Associate Editors-in-Chief:
Sergio Canavero, MD
XiaoPing Ren, MD
HEAVEN/GEMINI International Collaborative Group, Turin, Italy
Editors:
Farid Amirouche, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago
SNI: Infection
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Ali Akhaddar, MD, IFAANS
Avicenne Military Hospital; Marrakech, Morocco
Editors:
Mohamed Benzagmout –University Hospital of Fez; Fez, Morocco
Walter Hall – State University of New York; Syracuse, NY, USA
Julio Sotelo -- National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery; Mexico City, Mexico
Mehmet Turgut – Adnan Menderes University School of Medicine; Aydin, Turkey
SNI: Medical Legal Public Health and Policy
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Clark Watts, MD
University of Texas School of Law; Austin, TX, USA
SNI: Neuroanatomy/Neurophysiology
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Dennis Malkasian
University of California at Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
SNI: Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Ramsis F. Ghaly
University of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago, IL, USA
SNI: Neuroendoscopy
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
J. André Grotenhuis, MD
Radboud University Medical Center; Nijmegen, The Netherlands
SNI: Neuro-Inflammation
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Russell Blaylock, MD
Advanced Nutritional Concepts and Theoretical Neurosciences; Ridgeland, MS, USA
Editors:
F. Gómez-Pinilla - University of California at Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
SNI: Neuro-oncology and Skull Base
Associate Editor in Chief:
Mitsutoshi Nakada, MD, PhD
Kanazawa University; Ishikawa, Japan
Editors:
Lauren Hertan - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Boston, MA, USA
Kazuhiko Kurozumi - Okayama University; Okayama, Japan
Anand Mahadevan - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Boston, MA, USA
Bridgid O'Connor - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Boston, MA, USA
Aldo A. Spallone - NCL - Institute of Neurosciences; Rome, Italy
Lee E. Tessler - Neurological Surgery, P.C.; Long Island, NY, USA
SNI: Neuropatholgy
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Istvan Vajtai
University Hospital Geneva; Geneva, Switzerland
Editors:
Istvan Bodi, MD – King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; London, United Kingdom
Johannes A. Hainfellner, MD – Medical University of Vienna; Vienna, Austria
Tibor Hortobágyi, MD – Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen; Debrecen, Hungary
SNI: Neurosurgery Concepts: Perspectives on Key Articles in Neurosurgery
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Isaac Yang, MD
UCLA Medical Center; Los Angeles, CA, USA
Editors:
A.M. Bohnen - Northwestern University; Chicago, IL, USA
J.M. Cho - Ajou University School of Medicine; Suwon, South Korea
C.B. Colen - Beaumont Hospital; Grosse Pointe, MI, USA
N.S. Dahdaleh - Northwestern University; Chicago, IL, USA
E. Duckworth - Baylor College of Medicine; Houston, TX, USA
A.V. Germanwala - Loyola University School of Medicine; Maywood, IL, USA
P. Kan - Baylor College of Medicine; Houston, TX, USA
A. Khalessi - University of California at San Diego; San Diego, CA, USA
C.Y. Kim - Seoul National University Bundang Hospital; Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
S. Lam - Baylor College of Medicine; Houston, TX, USA
G. Li - Stanford University; Stanford, CA, USA
M. Lim - Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD, USA
J.H. Sherman - George Washington University; Washington, DC, USA
V.Y. Wang - University of California at San Francisco; San Francisco, CA, USA
G. Zada - Keck School of Medicine at U.S.C.; Los Angeles, CA, USA
SNI: Neurovascular
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Kazuhiro Hongo, MD
Ina Central Hospital; Nagano, Japan
Editors:
Vladimir Beneš - Charles University; Prague, Czech Republic
A. Braunowski - University Hospital of Regensburg; Regensburg, Germany
G.W. Britz - The Methodist Hospital; Houston, TX, USA
J.A. Dye - University of California at Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
J. Frösen - Helsinki University Central Hospital; Helsinki, Finland
Atul Goel, MD – King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
G. Grasso - University of Palermo; Palermo, Italy
Tetsuyoshi Horiuchi, MD, PhD – Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi, Japan
Kiyohiro Houkin, MD, PhD – Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
Vijendra K. Jain - Max Superspecialty Hospital; New Delhi, India
Yoko Kato - Fujita Health University Hospital, Toyoake, Japan
M.J. Korja - Macquarie University Hospital; Sydney, Australia
Satoshi Kuroda, MD, PhD – University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
G. Lanzino - Mayo Clinic; Rochester, MN, USA
Yasushi Matsumoto, MD – Kohnan Hospital, Sendai, Japan
R. Loch Macdonald - University of Toronto; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Yuichi Murayama, MD – Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Mika Niemela - Helsinki University Central Hospital; Helsinki, Finland
E.S. Nussbaum - St. Joseph's Hospital; Twin Cities, MN, USA
J.V. Rosenfeld - Monash Institute of Medical Engineering; Melbourne, Australia
Amitendu Sekhar - Manipal Hospital; Salem, India
T. Shibuya - Nihon University School of Medicine; Tokyo, Japan
Yuichiro Tanaka, MD – St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
P. Taussky - University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT, USA
K. Van Overbeeke - Maastricht University Medical Centre; Maastricht, The Netherlands
Shinichi Yoshimura – Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
J. Zabramski - Barrow Neurosurgical Associates; Phoenix, AZ, USA
SNI: Nursing
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Nancy Epstein, MD
NYU Winthrop Hospital; Mineola NY, USA
SNI: Pain
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Jeff Brown
Neurological Surgery, P.C.; Great Neck, NY, USA
SNI: Pediatric Neurosurgery
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Sandi Lam, MD
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital; Houston, TX, USA
Editors:
G. Grant - University Medical Center; Durham, NC, USA
J. Lazareff - University of California at Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
M.Z. Tahir - Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust; London, UK
F. Van Calenbergh - University Hospitals; Leuven, Belgium
SNI: Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Benjamin W. Y. Lo, MD
Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital, McGill University; Quebec, Canada
Editors:
Mark Angle — Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital, McGill University; Quebec, Canada
Hitoshi Fukuda – Kochi University Hospital; Kochi, Japan
Hidetoshi Kasuya – Tokyo Women’s Medical University Medical Center East; Tokyo, Japan
Masaomi Koyanagi – National Hospital Organization Himeji Medical Center (Kyoto University); Hyogo, Japan
Matthew Wai-Man Lui – Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam, Hong Kong
David Sinclair – Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital, McGill University
Jeanne Teitelbaum – Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital, McGill University; Quebec, Canada
Toshihiko Wakabayashi – Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University; Nagoya, Japan
George Kwok Chu Wong – Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Shatin, Hong Kong
Ad Hoc Members:
Mitchell A. H. Levine –McMaster University; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Abbas Sadikot – Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital, McGill University
SNI: Revista Argentina de Neurocirugica
Associate Editors-in-Chief:
Álvaro Campero -- Hospital Padilla, S. M. Tucumán
Matteo Baccanelli -- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Buenos Aires, Argentina
Secretario de Redacción: Rubén Mormandi - FLENI, CABA
Editor Fundador: León Turjanski - Hospital Cosme Argerich, CABA
Comité de Redacción
Matteo Baccanelli - Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Martín Guevara - Hospital Fernández, CABA
Martín Saez - Hospital Gandulfo, Lomas de Zamora
Fidel Sosa - Hospital El Cruce, Florencio Varela
Pablo Rubino - Hospital El Cruce, Florencio Varela
Pablo Ajler - Hospital Italiano, CABA
Sergio Pampín - Hospital Posadas, Ramos Mejía
Tomás Funes - Sanatorio Otamendi, CABA
Jorge Bustamante - Hospital El Cruce, Florencio Varela
Federico Landriel - Hospital Italiano, CABA
Leopoldo Luque - Hospital El Cruce, Florencio Varela
Comité Asesor y de Revisión
Coordinador: Marcelo Platas
Miembros:
Jaime Rimoldi
Jorge Oviedo
Rafael Torino
Juan Mezzadri
Graciela Zúccaro
Luis Lemme Plaghos
Jorge Salvat
Julio César Suarez
Julio Antico
Horacio Fontana
Oscar Stella
Antonio Carrizo
Silvia Berner
Jorge Lambre
Francisco Papalini
León Turjanski
Alejandra Rabadán
Javier Gardella
Comité de Trabajo Suplementum Revista Argentina de Neurocirugía - Surgical Neurology International
Matteo Baccanelli - Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Pablo Ajler - Hospital Italiano, CABA
Federico Landriel - Hospital Italiano, CABA,
SNI: Socioeconomics, Politics, Medicine and World Affairs
Associate Editors-in-Chief:
James I Ausman, MD, PhD
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Russell Blaylock, MD
Advanced Nutritional Concepts and Theoretical Neurosciences; Ridgeland, MS, USA
Miguel Faria, MD
Founder and Editor Emeritus Medical Sentinel; www.haciendapublishing.com
Walter Johnson, MD
World Health Organization; Geneva, Switzerland
Editors:
Youssef Fares, MD, PhD, EMBA - Lebanese University; Beirut, Lebanon
SNI: Stereotactic
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Veronica Lok-Sea Chiang, MD
Yale School of Medicine; New Haven, CT, USA
Editors:
L. Angelov - Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland, OH, USA
T. Bergenheim- University of Umeå; Umeå, Sweden
P.T. Brainer-Lima - University de Pernambuco; Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
P. Coubes - Montpellier University Hospital; Montpellier, France
S. Eljamel - University of Dundee; Scotland, UK
E.E. Fanselow - University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA, USA
L. Frighetto - Moinhos de Vento Hospital; Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
I. Germano - Mount Sinai School of Medicine; New York, NY, USA
A. Gorgulho - University of California; Los Angeles, CA, USA
C. Hamani - University of Toronto; Toronto, Canada
H. Hirabayashi - University of Nara Medical School; Kashihara-City, Nara, Japan
R. Jensen - University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT, USA
B. Jonker - University of Sydney; Sydney, Australia
D. Kondziolka - University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA, USA
S.E. Krahl - University of California; Los Angeles, CA, USA
J. Lemaire - Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital; Clemont-Ferrand, France
K. Lizarraga - University of Rochester; Rochester, NY, USA
A. Machado - Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland, OH, USA
C. Mallucci - Alder Hey Children’s Hospital; Chester, UK
A. Plasencia - Pacific Institute of Radiosurgery; Lima, Peru
N. Pouratian - University of California at Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
D. Prevedello - Ohio State University; Columbus, OH, USA
J.M. Regis - Hopitaux De Marseille; Marseille, France
A. Savas - Ankara University; Ankara, Turkey
M. Schulder - North Shore University Hospital; Manhasset, NY, USA
S. Sirin - Gulhane Military Medical Academy; Ankara, Turkey
B. Sun - Shanghai Jiaotong University; Shanghai, China
Y. Temel - Maastricht University Medical Center; Maastricht, The Netherlands
F. Xiao - National Taiwan University Hospital; Taipei, Taiwan
C. Yampolsky - Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; Buenos Aires, Argentina
L. Zrinzo - University College; London, UK
SNI: Spine
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Nancy Epstein, MD
NYU Winthrop Hospital; Mineola NY, USA
Editors:
K. Abumi - Hokkaido University Health; Sapporo, Japan
P. Arnold - University of Kansas; Kansas City, KS, USA
J. Baisden - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
U. Batzdorf - UCLA Mecical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA P.G. Benton - Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
B.R. Cohen - NYU Winthrop Hospital; Mineola, NY, USA
F. Cohen - Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center; Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA
B. Cunha - NYU Winthrop Hospital; Mineola, NY
R. A. Deyo - Oregon Health and Science University; Portland, OR, USA
D. J. DiLorenzo - Loma Linda University Medical Center; Loma Linda, CA, USA
T. B. Ducker - Retired, Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, MD, USA
J.H. Dunn - Southern Arizona VA Health Center; Tucon, AZ, USA
C. L. Forte - Blume, Goldfaden, Berkowitz, Donnelly, Fried, & Forte; Jersey City, NJ, USA
F. W. Gamache - Cornell Medical Center; NY, NY, USA
E. N. Hanley - Carolinas Health Care; Charlotte, NC, USA
H. N. Herkowitz - William Beaumont Hospital; Royal Oak, MI, USA
D. L. Hilton - Neurosurgical Associates of Aan Antonio; San Antonio, TX, USA
L. T. Holly - UCLA Medical Center; Los Angeles, CA, USA
R. Hollingsworth - NYU Winthrop Hospital; Mineola, NY, USA
G. B. Jacobs - Hackensack University Medical Center; South Hackensack, NJ, USA
J. Loeser - University of Washington; Seattle, WA, USA
P. M. Lippe - Vista de Almaden; San Jose, CA, USA
L. Laska - Tennessee State University; Nashville, TN, USA
D. J. Maiman - University of Wisconsin; Milwaukee, WI, USA
R. A. McGuire - University of Missippi Medical Center; Jackson, MS, USA
H. Morgan - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas, TX, USA
H. Moses - Greater Baltimore Medical Center; Baltimore, MD, USA
H. Nakagawa - Univeristy of Nagoya; Nagoya, Japan
A. Okawa - Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Graduate School of Medicine; Tokyo, Japan
A. A. Patel - Loyola University Health System; Maywood, IL, USA
R. Pawl - Loyola University Hospital; Lake Forest, IL, USA
G. R. Rechtine - Florida Orthopedic Institute; Tampa, FL, USA
R. Rosomoff - Dr. Huber Rosmoff Pain Center; Miami, FL, USA
K. Shinomiya - Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Tokyo, Japan
M. Stecker - University of California at San Francisco; Fresno, CA, USA
P. J. Tortolani - Union Memorial Hospital; Baltimore, MD, USA
V. C. Traynelis - Hackensack University Medical Center; South Hackensack, NJ, USA
M. Visocchi - Catholic University of Rome; Rome, Italy
F. Wagner - Sutter Meical Center of Santa Rosa; Santa Rosa, CA, USA
J. Wang - UCLA School of Medicine; Santa Monica, CA, USA
C. Watts - University of Texas School of Law; Austin, TX, USA
K. Yonenobu - Osaka-Minami Medical Center; Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan
S. Zeidman - The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Bethesda, MD, USA
SNI: Trauma
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
Iype Cherian
Bharatpur College of Medical Sciences; Chitwan, Nepal
Editors:
P.D. Le Roux - The Brain and Spine Center; Wynnewood, PA, USA
Teemu Luoto – Tampere University Hospital; Tampere, Finland
Jussi Posti – Turku University Hospital; Turku, Finland
Eric Thelin – Karolinska University Hospital; Stockholm, Sweden
SNI: Unique Case Observations
Associate Editor-in-Chief:
S. Ather Enam, MD, PhD
Aga Khan University; Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Editors:
Bilal Khan Afridi - Lady Reading Hospital; Peshawar, Pakistan
Mehboob Alam - POF Hospital; Wah Cantt, Islamabad, Pakistan
Altaf Alilaghari - The Aga Khan University Hospital; Karachi, Pakistan
Saad Bin Anis - Shaukat Khanum Hospital; Lahore, Pakistan
Ehsan Bari - The Aga Khan University Hospital; Karachi, Pakistan
Ali Bydon - Johns Hopkins Hospital; Baltimore, MD, United States
Muhammad Imran - Dow University of Health Sciences; Karachi, Pakistan
M. Faheem Khan - Kings College Hospital, NHS Trust; London, England
Saad Akhter Khan - The Aga Khan University Hospital; Karachi, Pakistan
Rajesh Kumar - Dubai Medical College; Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ian Lee - Henry Ford Hosptial; Detroit, MI, United States
Fatima Mubarak - The Aga Khan University Hospital; Karachi, Pakistan
Yaseen Rauf - Patel Hospital; Karachi, Pakistan
Shahzad Shamim - The Aga Khan University Hospital; Karachi, Pakistan
Zubair Tahir - Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital; London, England
Badar Ujjan - Memom Medical Institute; Karachi, Pakistan
Contributing Editors
Ethics: L.F. Post, MD
Genetics: R. Rosenberg, MD
Psychiatry
M. Gaviria - University of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago, IL, USA
E.J. Nestler - Mount Sinai School of Medicine; New York, NY, USA
C. Pritchard - Bournemouth University; Poole, England
SNI Publications
Owners:
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