1. Al-Holou, W. N., Terman, S. W., Kilburg, C., Garton, H. J. L., Muraszko, K. M., Chandler, W. F., Ibrahim, M., et al. (2011). Prevalence and natural history of pineal cysts in adults. J Neurosurg 2011;6:1106-14. doi:10.3171/2011.6.JNS11506 Pineal cysts measuring 5
1. Greenberg BM. Treatment of Acute Transverse Myelitis and Its Early Complications. Continuum 2011;17(4):733-43. Succinct review of ATM which helps to put this confusing topic into proper clinical prespective. In the end, the treatment revolves around corticosteroids, plasma exchange, IV
Infuse controversy: If you have missed the blowup in the popular press about this topic, I have included a sampling of links for you to peruse. You can also just Google “spine journal” related to “news” and get many of
1. Fiorella, D. J., Turk, A. S., Levy, E. I., Pride, G. L., Woo, H. H., Albuquerque, F. C., et al. (2011). US Wingspan Registry: 12-Month Follow-Up Results. Stroke, 42, 1976-1981. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.613877. 158 patients with 168 intracranial atherostenotic lesions
I have been negligent in my posting for annotated bibliographies, but I had too many things juggling in the air, and something had to give. Part of my tardiness relates to my lack of organization of all my PDF files.
This year, Interventional Neuroradiology will be published in the traditional printed hard copy format and also in a digital edition available on the Internet. This move will allow our readers to exploit the myriad opportunities digital medium has to offer,
1. Marawar S, Girardi FP et al. National Trends in Anterior Cervical Fusion Procedures. Spine 2010;35:1454–1459. An 8-fold increase in prevalence and a similar increase in utilization of ACDF in the study population over a 15-year period (771, 932 discharges
1. Zhang Q, Raoof M, et al. Circulating mitochondrial DAMPs cause inflammatory responses to injury. Nature (letters) Vol 464,4 March 2010. You will need a glossary for this paper: DAMP = ‘damage’-associated molecular pattern. Cellular disruption by trauma will release
1. Suk I, Tamargo RJ. Concealed Neuroanatomy in Michelangelo’s Separation of Light From Darkness in the Sistine Chapel. Neurosurgery 66:851-861, 2010. First of all, you need to see this as a pdf or printed as color. Black and white will
1. Samartzis D et al. Atlantoaxial Rotatory Fixation in the Setting of Associated Congenital Malformations. Spine 2010;35:E119–E127. New subtypes to the Fielding and Hawkins classification scheme for atlantoaxial rotatory fixation should exist to account for variations in anatomy and the
