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» Cerebral

Topic	Author & Department
Surgical Treatment Options in Arachnoid Cysts in Children	Rodriguez JF, Bustamante JL, Sosa FP, Lambre JP Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital de Alta Complejidad en Red “El Cruce” Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Steroid secretion. Newly Discovered Functions in the Brain. Fundamental and Clinical considerations	Bernardo O. Dubrovsky McGill University Medical School Montreal, Quebec, Canada B.O. Dubrovsky, 3445 Drummond Street, #701, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1X9, Canada. Tel: (514) 844 - 5702 Fax: (514) 398 - 4370 E-mail: bernardo.dubrovsky@mcgill.ca
Surgical treatment for Parkinson disease	Jose Maria Leston MD Instituto de Neurociencias Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina Service de Neurochirurgie Hôpital Henri Mondor 55 Avenue du Marechal De Lattre de Tassigny Creteil, 94010, France

» Cerebral Tumor

Topic	Author & Department
Actualization of treatment options in Craniopharyngioma: a comparative analysis of different therapeutic modalities.	Basso A, Socolovsky M, Goland J Instituto de Neurociencias, School of Medicine, Buenos Aires University Buenos Aires, Argentina Jacques Brotchi Department of Neurosurgery Erasme Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles 808, Route de Lennik, B - 1070 Brussels, Belgium
Recent Advances in Transsphenoidal Surgery	Antonio G. Carrizo Department of Neurosurgery Santa Lucia Hospital Buenos Aires - Argentina
Surgical Treatment of Brain Metastases	Roberto S Zaninovich M.D., Federico Sanchez Gonzalez M.D., Luis Domitrovic M.D., Paula Ypa M.D., Juan Mezzadri M.D. PhD Section of Neurosurgical Oncology, Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital de Clinicas “José de San Martín”, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases	Jay Jagannathan, Brian J. Williams, Jason P. Sheehan Affiliation (all authors): 1Department of Neurosurgery University of Virginia Health Sciences Center University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Corresponding and Reprint Author: Jason P. Sheehan, M.D. Department of Neurological Surgery University of Virginia Health Sciences Center Box 800212 Charlottesville, VA 22908 Phone: (434) 924 - 8129 Fax: (434)243 - 6726 E-mail: jps2f@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu Running Topic: Radiosurgery to surgical cavity Keywords: Brain Metastases, Gamma Knife, Radiation, Radiosurgery, Resection, Surgery.
Current Concepts in Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Pituitary Adenomas	Jason P. Sheehan, MD, PhD, Brian Williams, MD and Edward R. Laws, MD University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia (JPS, BW) Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts (ERL) Address Correspondence to: Jason Sheehan Box 800 - 212 Department of Neurological Surgery Health Sciences Center Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA jps2f@virginia.edu Voice: (434) 924 - 8129 FAX: (434) 243 - 6726
Surgery for giant pituitary adenomas	M Necmettin Pamir Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage during Transsphenoidal Surgery: Postoperative External Lumbar Drainage Reduces the Risk for Meningitis	M.O. van Aken¹, S. de Marie M.D.³, J.H. van de Berge4, A.H.G. Dallenga4, E.J. Delwel4, R.M.L. Poublon5, J.A Romijn¹, R.A. Feelders², A.J. van der Lely², S.W.J. Lamberts², W.W. de Herder² 1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, 3 Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 4 Department of Neurosurgery and 5 Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Vestibular Schwannomas	Peter Whitfield, Ph.D.

» Cerebrovascular

Topic	Author & Department
Actualization of treatment options in poor - grade subarachnoid hemorrhage patients	Dr. Med. Mario N. Carvi y Nievas Department of Neurosurgery Städtische Kliniken Frankfurt a.M. - Höchst 65929 Gotenstraße 6 - 8 Frankfurt am Main - Höchst Germany Email: MCNievas@t-online.de Fax :00 - 49 - 69 - 3106 - 26287
Cerebral revascularization: past, present and future	Tomás Funes¹ MD, Asis Lorente Muñoz² MD, Federico Fernández Molina³ MD, Paula Ypa³ MD, Francisco Mannara4 MD, Luis González Martínez² MD, PhD 1 Skull Base Institute, Department of Neurosurgery, “Hospital Español”, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2 Department of Neurosurgery, “Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet”, Zaragoza, Spain 3 Division of Neurosurgery, “Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín”, Buenos Aires University, Buenos Aires, Argentina 4 Department of Neurosurgery, “Hospital General de Agudos Juan A. Fernandez”, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Intracranial vascular stenosis treatment: Evidences in neurointerventional management	Luis Lemme Plaghos¹ ¯ ³, Javier Goland² ¯ ³ 1 CENBA; Centro Endovascular Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2 Neurocirugía Endovascular, Hospital El Cruce, Florencio Varela, Argentina 3 Cátedra de Neurocirugía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Endovascular suction and decompression of large and giant internal carotid artery aneurysms during surgical clipping. Technical Note	Takeya Watabe, Yoko Kato, Shuei Imizu, Daikichi Oguri, Akiyo Sadato, Keiko Irie, Motoharu Hayakawa, Masahiro Omura, Teppei Tanaka, Makoto Negoro, Hirotoshi Sano Department of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University, School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
Management of Giant Aneurysm	Paul P. Huang, M.D. and Jafar J. Jafar, M.D. Department of Neurosurgery New York University Medical Center New York, New York, USA
Microsurgical Management of Thrombotic Aneurysms	Yoko Kato, Sumit Sinha, Hirotoshi Sano, Takeya Watabe, Junpei Oda, Daikichi Oguri, Shuei Imizu Department of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
A New Classification Of Unruptured Middle Cerebral Artery Bifurcation Aneurysms.	Yoko Kato Dept. of Neurosurgery Fujita Health University
Outcomes of Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations Radiosurgery	Ajay Niranjan, MBBS, MCh, Douglas Kondziolka, MD, FACS, L. Dade Lunsford, MD, FACS, The Departments of Neurological Surgery, and Radiation Oncology, the University of Pittsburgh, and The Center for Image - Guided Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Key words: Radiosurgery, Arteriovenous malformation, Hemorrhage, Obliteration
Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms. Surgical approaches Review	Hirotoshi Sano Dept. of Neurosurgery Fujita Health University
Asymptomatic Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms	Peter Whitfield, Ph.D.

» Hydrocephalus

Topic	Author & Department
Diagnosis and management of shunt complications in the treatment of childhood hydrocephalus	Tamburrini G., Caldarelli M., Di Rocco C. Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery Catholic University Medical School, Rome
Updates in diagnostic evaluation and management of Normal pressure hydrocephalus	Petra M. Klinge, International Neuroscience Institute Hannover, Germany Corresponding author: Petra Klinge, M.D.PhD. International Neuroscience Institute Hannover Alexis - Carrel - Str.4 30625 Hannover Germany E-mail: klinge@ini-hannover.de Phone/Fax: 0049 (0)511 - 27092 - 877

» Peripheral Nerve

Topic	Author & Department
Peripheral Nerve Surgery: Allo - Grafts and Conduits (Alternatives to Autografts?) in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration	Department of Neurosurgery, Catholic University School of Medicine, Largo A. Gemelli 8, I - 00168 Rome, Italy Department of Neurosurgery, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Department of Neurosurgery, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil Corresponding author: Prof. Eduardo Fernandez Institute of Neurosurgery Catholic University School of Medicine Largo A. Gemelli, 8 00168 Roma, Italy Phone: + 39 06 30155414 Fax: 06 3051343 Email: e.fernandez@rm.unicatt.it
Common Peroneal Nerve Palsy in the Recent Literature: Is it Worth to Reconstruct the Nerve?	Julian España Peña¹, Mariano Socolovsky², Gilda di Masi², Liverana Lauretti³, Francesco Doglietto³ and Eduardo Fernandez³ 1 Neurosurgical Department, Hospital San Vicente de Paúl, University of Antioquía, Medellín, Colombia 2 Neurosurgical Department, Hospital de Clínicas, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine and Hospital de Clínicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina 3 Neurosurgical Department, Hospital Gemelli, Catholic University of Rome, Italy
Pathology of the Peripheral Nervous System	Eduardo Fernandez - Francesco Doglietto - Roberto Pallini Eduardo Fernandez Peripheral Nerve Pathologies Diagnosis and Therapy Unit Center for Research on Regeneration in the Nervous System Department of Neurosurgery Catholic University School of Medicine Rome, Italy E-mail: e.fernandez@rm.unicatt.it

» Radiosurgery

Topic	Author & Department
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery: Current Technique	Ajay Niranjan, MBBS, MCh. Douglas Kondziolka, MD, FACS, FRCSC Josef Novotny, Jr., Ph.D. Jagdish Bhatanagar, Sc.D L Dade Lunsford, MD, FACS The Departments of Neurological Surgery, and Radiation Oncology, The University of Pittsburgh, and The Center for Image - Guided Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia	Ajay Niranjan, MBBS, MCh, Douglas Kondziolka, MD, FACS, L. Dade Lunsford, MD, FACS, The Departments of Neurological Surgery, and Radiation Oncology, The University of Pittsburgh, and The Center for Image - Guided Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA 15213

» Spinal Cord

Topic	Author & Department
Dorsal Column Stimulation in Persistent Vegetative State (PVS)	Tetsuo Kanno, Morita Isao, Sachiko Yamaguchi, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Yoshifumi Kamei, S.M. Anil, Kostadin L. Karagiozov Department of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University 1 - 98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake - cho Toyoake, Aichi, 470 - 1192, JAPAN Keywords: DCS - Dorsal column stimulation, Consciousness, PVS - Persistent Vegetative State - treatment, minimally conscious state, regional - Cerebral Blood Flow (r - CBF)
Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors and Pseudotumors. How to Deal With?	Jacques Brotchi Department of Neurosurgery Erasme Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles 808, Route de Lennik, B - 1070 Brussels, Belgium
Brachial Plexus Injuries: Surgical Repair After Root Avulsions	Authors: Mariano Socolovsky (1), Eduardo Fernández (2) Setting: (1) Division of Neurosurgery. Instituto de Neurociencias Aplicadas (Applied Neuroscience Institute). Hospital de Clínicas “José de San Martín”. School of Medicine. University of Buenos Aires. Argentina (2) Department of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome, Italy. Telephone number: 005411 - 4706 - 0954 Fax: 005411 - 4706 - 0954 E-mail: socolovsky@intramed.net.ar

» Stem Cells

Topic	Author & Department
Stem Cells to Treat Neurological Diseases - Implications for Neurosurgery	Kadir Erkmen, M.D, and Peter McL. Black, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital Children's Hospital Boston, MA., U.S.A.

» Vertebral

Topic	Author & Department
Surgical treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis	A. Mostaza Saavedra, J. Robla Costales, J. Ibáñez Plágaro Complejo Asistencial de León, España
Spine Postoperative Infections: Risk Factors	Tomás Funes¹?² MD, Donato Pacione¹ MD, Stephen Kalhorn¹ MD, Pablo Jalón² MD, Anthony Frempong - Boadu¹ MD, Juan José Mezzadri² MD, PhD 1 Department of Neurosurgery, New York University Medical Center, New York University, New York, United States of America 2 Section of Spine Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, “Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín”, Buenos Aires University, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Craniovertebral Junction: Posterior and Anterior Approaches. State of Art.	Massimiliano VISOCCHI Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University, Largo Gemelli, 8 - 00168 Rome, Italy

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