Book Received, June 2018
Surgical Care of the Painful Degenerative Lumbar Spine Edgar N. Weaver, Jr. Thieme; 2018; 152 pages; 75 illustrations; $59.99
Multicentric Experience in Distal-to-Proximal Revascularization of Tandem Occlusion Stroke Related to Internal Carotid Artery Dissection
Fellows’ Journal Club Prospectively managed stroke data bases from 2 separate centers were retrospectively studied between 2009 and 2014 for records of tandem occlusions related to internal carotid dissection. The first step in the revascularization procedure was intracranial thrombectomy. Then,
Dark Rims: Novel Sequence Enhances Diagnostic Specificity in Multiple Sclerosis
Editor’s Choice The authors compared WM lesions in a group of patients with multiple sclerosis and in a second group of positive controls with white matter lesions who did not have a diagnosis of MS. The presence of a rim
Journal Scan – This Month in Other Journals, June 2018
Meybodi AT, Deng H, Benet A, Lawton MT. Intracranial-Intracranial Bypass: Rationale, Indications, and Technical Considerations. Contemp Neurosurg. 2018;40(4). This review article outlines the indications for a cerebral revascularization procedure and patient selection considerations for cerebral bypass. The main indication to
Value of Quantitative Collateral Scoring on CT Angiography in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke
Fellows’ Journal Club From the MR CLEAN data base, all baseline thin-slice CTA images of patients with acute ischemic stroke with intracranial large-vessel occlusion were retrospectively collected. The quantitative collateral score was calculated as the ratio of the vascular appearance
Multisite Concordance of DSC-MRI Analysis for Brain Tumors: Results of a National Cancer Institute Quantitative Imaging Network Collaborative Project
Editor’s Choice DSC-MR imaging data were collected after a preload and during a bolus injection of gadolinium contrast agent using a gradient recalled-echo-EPI sequence. Forty-nine low-grade and high-grade glioma datasets were uploaded to The Cancer Imaging Archive. Datasets included a
Atlas of Normal Imaging Variations of the Brain, Skull, and Craniocervical Vasculature
McKinney, AM. Atlas of Normal Imaging Variations of the Brain, Skull, and Craniocervical Vasculature. Springer; 2018; 1335 pp; 294 ill; $349.00 This two-volume text, Atlas of Normal Imaging Variations of the Brain, Skull, and Craniocervical Vasculature, is destined to become a classic in neuroradiology.
Evaluation of the Normal Cochlear Second Interscalar Ridge Angle and Depth on 3D T2-Weighted Images: A Tool for the Diagnosis of Scala Communis and Incomplete Partition Type II
Fellows’ Journal Club The second interscalar ridge notch angle and depth were measured on MR imaging in normal ears by a single experienced neuroradiologist. The images of normal ears were then randomly mixed with images of ears with incomplete partition
European Multicenter Study for the Evaluation of a Dual-Layer Flow-Diverting Stent for Treatment of Wide-Neck Intracranial Aneurysms: The European Flow-Redirection Intraluminal Device Study
Editor’s Choice Consecutive patients with intracranial aneurysms treated with the FRED between February 2012 and March 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. Complications and adverse events, transient and permanent morbidity, mortality, and occlusion rates were evaluated. A total of 579 aneurysms in
Accuracy of CT Angiography for Differentiating Pseudo-Occlusion from True Occlusion or High-Grade Stenosis of the Extracranial ICA in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Retrospective MR CLEAN Substudy
Fellows’ Journal Club All patients from the Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial of Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke in the Netherlands (MR CLEAN) with an apparent ICA occlusion on CTA and available DSA images were included. Two independent observers classified
