The authors review and compare posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) with transforaminal
lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF). A review of the literature is performed wherein the history, …

✓Glutaric aciduria type 1 (GA1) is a rare neurometabolic disorder with characteristic
neuroimaging and clinicopathological features. The authors describe a case of GA1 in a 7-month-…

Remote cerebellar hemorrhage (RCH) is a rare but benign, self-limited complication of
supratentorial craniotomies that, to the best of our knowledge, has not been described in the …

✓Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a proliferative disorder of the synovium with a
predisposition for the appendicular skeleton. Rarely PVNS can arise from the spine, where …

… McCall and MacDonald have reported on a retrospective study of 23 patients receiving
continuous infusion of intrathecal baclofen with the intrathecal catheter placed at the cervical …

Object Stabilization with rigid screw/rod fixation is the treatment of choice for craniocervical
disorders requiring operative stabilization. The authors compare the relative immediate …

Medulloblastomas are malignant brain tumors that arise in the cerebellum in children.
Aberrant activation of the Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling pathway, which normally stimulates …

BACKGROUND: Various allografts, xenografts, and synthetic materials are used in neurosurgery
to repair dural defects when primary suture closure is impossible and autologous grafts …

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Surgical management of peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes is usually successful, but
the recurrence of symptoms can and does occur. Extraneural fibrosis is one possible cause …