Background Revascularization after endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke is measured by the Thrombolysis In Cerebral Infarction (TICI) scale, yet variability exists in scale definitions. We ...

Correspondence to Dr. Alejandro M Spiotta, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29401, USA; spiotta{at}musc.edu Infectious intracranial aneurysms (IIAs) are ...

Correspondence to Dr Robert M Starke, Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA; RStarke{at}med.miami.edu Background Currently, there are no large-scale ...

Rush University Medical Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, Chicago, Illinois, USA Correspondence to Dr D K Lopes, Rush University Medical Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, 1725 W ...

1 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, NRW, Germany 2 Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, NRW, Germany 3 Department of ...

Background Patients with cerebral aneurysms treated with the Pipeline embolization device (PED) are maintained on dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) to prevent thromboembolic complications. Rates of ...

Objectives To describe a new technique to obtain minimally invasive but efficient vertebral body (VB) reconstruction, augmentation, and stabilization in severe osteoporotic and neoplastic fractures, ...

Introduction Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is now accepted as a standard treatment for the treatment of patients with ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusions (LVO) in the anterior circulation.

Correspondence to Dr Lukas Goertz, Center for Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne 50937, Germany; lukas.goertz{at}uk-koeln.de Background The Derivo Embolization Device (DED) is a ...

2 Department of Neurological Surgery, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 3 Division of Neurological Surgery, St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Barrow Neurological ...

Background It is thought that aneurysms evolve as the result of progressive degradation of the wall in response to abnormal hemodynamics characterized by either high or low wall shear stress (WSS).