OBJECTIVE: Percutaneous spinal instrumentation techniques may be helpful to reduce
approach-related morbidity inherent to conventional open surgery. This article reports technique, …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The mechanisms behind the demyelination that is characteristic
of multiple sclerosis (MS) are still poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to …

This review paper gives an overview and summarizes the different methods of cranioplasty
for reconstruction of the bony skull. There are various origins of cranial defects including …

Study Design. Analysis of population-based national hospital discharge data collected for
the National Inpatient Sample. Objective. To examine demographics of patients undergoing …

Introduction Neuraxial anesthesia may provide perioperative outcome benefits versus
general anesthesia in orthopedic surgical patients. As subgroup analyses are lacking, we …

Background Most adult patients with pyogenic lumbar or thoracic spondylodiscitis are treated
with an external orthosis and antimicrobial therapy for several weeks to months. If surgical …

OBJECTIVE: The transoral approach is an elegant reliable surgical procedure that provides
anterior exposure of the cranial base and the craniocervical junction. Our objective was to …

Objective Hemangioblastomas are histologically benign lesions that occur sporadically or
as a manifestation of von Hippel–Lindau disease (VHL). The treatment strategy of these …

Study design Analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 1998 to 2008. Objective
To analyze the most recent available and nationally representative data for risk factors …

Object Quantitative and qualitative alterations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)
commonly occur in many cancers in humans, including malignant gliomas. The aim of the …