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In this issue…
We have an important and instructive review article in this issue from Prof Robert F Spetzler, Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Arizona, entitled “Surgical Treatment of Brainstem Cavernous Mal...
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Ming-Chien Kao
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Surgical treatment of brainstem cavernous malformations
10 August 2009
Abstract: Background: The contemporary neurosurgeon is often confronted by cavernous malformations. Those located in the brainstem are particularly challenging Methods: This article reviews published ...
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Mark Garrett,
Robert F. Spetzler
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Commentary
10 August 2009
Drs Garrett and Spetzler have written a comprehensive and documented review of CMBs regarding their natural history, surgical outcome, and the surgical approaches used at their hospital. Considering t...
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Liang Chen,
Liang-Fu Zhou
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Vertebrobasilar junction fenestration with dumbbell-shaped aneurysms formation: computational fluid dynamics analysis
07 August 2009
Abstract: Background: We report 8 rare cases of paired ANs involving fenestrated vertebrobasilar junction and demonstrate the flow patterns of the paired ANs by qualitative CFD analysis in 5 cases. Me...
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Yuang-Seng Tsuei,
Yasushi Matsumoto,
Makoto Ohta,
Toshio Nakayama,
Masayuki Ezura,
Akira Takahashi
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Cervicocranial arterial dissection: experience of 73 patients in a single center
16 January 2009
Abstract: Background: Arterial dissection involving cervicocranial arteries usually results in ischemia or SAH. This study correlated the clinical manifestations, image characteristics, and outcome of...
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Yung-Chien Huang,
Ya-Fang Chen,
Yao-Hung Wang,
Yong-Kwang Tu,
Jiann-Shing Jeng,
Hon-Man Liu
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Commentary
16 January 2009
The authors reported their experience with 73 patients who had a spontaneous arterial dissection of cervicocranial vessels in a single center. They categorized the arterial dissections into ACAD and P...
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Kyousuke Kamada,
Nobuhito Saito
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16 January 2009
The authors conducted a study regarding the clinical characteristics of extra- and intracranial arterial dissections. According to their experience on a total of 73 such cases, the anterior circulatio...
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Teiji Tominaga
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Neuromodulation on cervical spinal cord combined with hyperbaric oxygen in comatose patients—a preliminary report
10 August 2009
Abstract: Background: Because both SCS and HBO therapy have shown some promise in treating patients with states of reduced consciousness, we evaluated the combination of therapies in a prospective tri...
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Jung-Tung Liu,
Jong-Kang Lee,
Yeu-Sheng Tyan,
Che-Yu Liu,
Yung- Hsiang Chen,
Tzer-Bin Lin
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Commentary
10 August 2009
This is an excellent study of two relatively novel modalities for treatment of patients with PVS. Everyone who cares for these patients knows how difficult it is in physical, medical, and emotional as...
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Konstantin Slavin
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Characteristics of bicycle-related head injuries among school-aged children in Taipei area
Abstract: Background: Bicycle-related head injury is an important public health issue. A paucity of statistical data on bicycle accidents exists in Taiwan. The purpose of this study was to report the ...
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Jimmy Tse-Jen Wang,
Joe-Sharg Li,
Wen-Ta Chiu,
Sheng-Hsuan Chen,
Shin-Da Tsai,
Wen-Yu Yu,
Chien-Chang Liao,
Cheuk-Sing Choy
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Because global warming is getting more and more serious, issues of energy conservation and carbon reduction have become very important. Transports with both motorcar and motorcycle are responsible for...
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Ming-Chien Kao
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Alternative option in the treatment of very small ruptured intracranial aneurysms
Abstract: Background: To evaluate the safety and protective effect of relative undersized coil with loose coil core in the clinical dilemma condition—very small (43.0 mm) ruptured intracranial aneurys...
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Ming-Shiang Yang,
Ho-Fai Wong,
Tzu-Hsien Yang,
Yao-Liang Chen,
Si-Wa Chan,
Huey-Jen Lee,
Yung Wei Tung,
Chung-Wei Tu,
Tai-Yi Chen
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Predominance of neurologic diseases in international aeromedical transportation
07 August 2009
Abstract: Background: International travel industry in Taiwan is expanding. The number of people traveling abroad was approximately 480 000 people in 1980; 2 940 000 in 1990; 7 320 000 in 2000, and in...
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Wan-Lin Chen,
Yu-Ming Lin,
Hong-Ping Ma,
Wen-Ta Chiu,
Shin-Han Tsai
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Hyaluronic acid inhibits the glial scar formation after brain damage with tissue loss in rats
Abstract: Background: Brain tissue scarring (gliosis) was believed to be the major cause of epileptic focus after brain injury, and prevention of scarring could reduce the incidence of seizure. We tri...
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Chien-Min Lin,
Jia-Wei Lin,
Yen-Chou Chen,
Hsin-Hsin Shen,
Li Wei,
Yi-Shian Yeh,
Yung-Hsiao Chiang,
Raymond Shih,
Pei-Ling Chiu,
Kuo-Sheng Hung,
Liang-Yo Yang,
Wen-Ta Chiu
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Biochemical alteration in cerebrospinal fluid precedes behavioral deficits in Parkinsonian rats induced by 6-hydroxydopamine
Abstract: Background: Parkinson's disease, affecting at least 1% of population older than 65 years, is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder. Up to now, no evidence has demonstrated that...
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Jia-Wei Lin,
Chwen-Ming Shih,
Yen-Chou Chen,
Chien-Min Lin,
Jo-Ting Tsai,
Yung-Hsiao Chiang,
Raymond Shih,
Pei-Ling Chiu,
Kuo-Sheng Hung,
Yi-Shian Yeh,
Li Wei,
Wen-Ta Chiu,
Liang-Yo Yang
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The absence of reliable markers in detection and staging of idiopathic PD in humans complicates medical management of PD patients. It particularly affects our ability to select appropriate surgical ca...
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Konstantin Slavin
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Clinical practice guidelines in severe traumatic brain injury in Taiwan
12 October 2009
Abstract: Background: Severe TBIs are major causes of disability and death in accidents. The Brain Trauma Foundation supported the first edition of the Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumati...
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Kuo-Hsing Liao,
Cheng-Kuei Chang,
Hong-Chang Chang,
Kun-Chuan Chang,
Chieh-Feng Chen,
Tzu-Yung Chen,
Chi-Wen Chou,
Wen-Yu Chung,
Yung-Hsiao Chiang,
Kuo-Sheng Hong,
Sheng-Huang Hsiao,
Yu-Hone Hsu,
Hsu-Lin Huang,
Sheng-Chien Huang,
Ching-Chang Hung,
Sui-Sum Kung,
Ken N. Kuo,
Kun-Hsing Li,
Jia-Wei Lin,
Tzu-Gan Lin,
Chien-Min Lin,
Chuan-Fa Su,
Ming-Ta Tsai,
Shin-Han Tsai,
Yu-Chih Wang,
Ta-Yu Yang,
Kuo-Fan Yu,
Wen-Ta Chiu
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12 October 2009
Liao et al discussed the development and final results of the Taiwan Clinical Practice Guidelines in severe TBI. The internationally well-received severe TBI guidelines developed by the US-based Brain...
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Jamie S. Ullman
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Systemic and local reactions of a water-soluble copolymer bone on a bony defect of rabbit model
10 August 2009
Abstract: Background: Ostene®, a synthetic water-soluble bone hemostatic agent, is commercially available. In the current study, we evaluated the systemic and local effects of this copolymer in a rabb...
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Tao-Chen Lee,
Nyuk-Kong Chang,
Feng-Wen Su,
Yu-Lin Yang,
Thung-Ming Su,
Yu-Jun Lin,
Wan-Ching Lin,
Hsiu-Yu Huang
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10 August 2009
I congratulate the authors on a well-done study involving Ostene. Ostene (water-soluble alkylene oxide copolymers), a synthetic bone hemostatic agent, was evaluated in a rabbit model (18 rabbits) wher...
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Nancy Epstein
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One-stage posterior resection is feasible for a holovertebral aneurysmal bone cyst of the axis: a case report and literature review
Abstract: Background: For cervical spine ABC, staged surgery and the combination of both anterior and posterior approaches are usually necessary for lesions involving all 3 (anterior, middle, and post...
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Li-Yu Fay,
Jau-Ching Wu,
Wen-Cheng Huang,
Yang-Hsin Shih,
Henrich Cheng
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Response to Re: Orbitozygomatic approach for excisions of orbital tumors with 1 piece of craniotomy bone flap: 2 case reports by Chi-Wen Chang et al. Surg Neurol 2007; 68 (S1):56-58 [Surg Neurol 2008; 70 (S1):91]
In Taiwan, most retrobulbar orbital tumors are referred from ophthalmologists to neurosurgeons for operations. This is generally necessary in Taiwan because there are few formally trained orbital surg...
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Hsing-Hong Chen
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