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Neurosurgical Focus

Curated by expert guest editors, and enhanced by color images and video clips, Neurosurgical Focus covers a different neurosurgery-related topic in depth online each month. Each issue constitutes a state-of-the-art “textbook” chapter in neurosurgery.
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Volume 46 (2019): Issue 5 (May 2019): Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

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Introduction. Lumbar spinal stenosis

By: Robert F. Heary, Paul A. Anderson and Paul M. Arnold
Long-term clinical outcomes after bilateral laminotomy or total laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis: a single-institution experience

By: Andrea Pietrantonio, Sokol Trungu, Isabella Famà, Stefano Forcato, Massimo Miscusi and Antonino Raco
Decompression of lumbar canal stenosis with a bilateral interlaminar versus classic laminectomy technique: a prospective randomized study

By: Mohamed A. R. Soliman and Ahmed Ali
Objective functional assessment using the “Timed Up and Go” test in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis

By: Martin N. Stienen, Nicolai Maldaner, Holger Joswig, Marco V. Corniola, David Bellut, Peter Prömmel, Luca Regli, Astrid Weyerbrock, Karl Schaller and Oliver P. Gautschi
Machine learning–based preoperative predictive analytics for lumbar spinal stenosis

By: Alessandro Siccoli, Marlies P. de Wispelaere, Marc L. Schröder and Victor E. Staartjes
Use of Hounsfield units of S1 body to diagnose osteoporosis in patients with lumbar degenerative diseases

By: Da Zou, Weishi Li, Fei Xu and Guohong Du
Lumbar canal stenosis: analyzing the role of stabilization and the futility of decompression as treatment

By: Atul Goel, Shashi Ranjan, Abhidha Shah, Abhinandan Patil and Ravikiran Vutha
Editorial. Use of fixation/fusion to treat lumbar spinal stenosis

By: Robert Heary
Comparative analysis of three types of minimally invasive decompressive surgery for lumbar central stenosis: biportal endoscopy, uniportal endoscopy, and microsurgery

By: Dong Hwa Heo, Dong Chan Lee and Choon Keun Park
Radiographic outcomes of endoscopic decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis

By: Siri Sahib Khalsa, Hyeun Sung Kim, Ravindra Singh and Osama Nezar Kashlan
Reduction and monosegmental fusion for lumbar spondylolisthesis with a long tab percutaneous pedicle screw system: “swing” technique

By: Bumsoo Park, Sung-Hyun Noh and Jeong-Yoon Park
Predictive model for long-term patient satisfaction after surgery for grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: insights from the Quality Outcomes Database

By: Praveen V. Mummaneni, Mohamad Bydon, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Andrew K. Chan, Steven D. Glassman, Kevin T. Foley, Eric A. Potts, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Mark E. Shaffrey, Domagoj Coric, John J. Knightly, Paul Park, Michael Y. Wang, Kai-Ming Fu, Jonathan R. Slotkin, Anthony L. Asher, Michael S. Virk, Panagiotis Kerezoudis, Jian Guan, Regis W. Haid and Erica F. Bisson
A comparison of minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and decompression alone for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis

By: Andrew K. Chan, Erica F. Bisson, Mohamad Bydon, Steven D. Glassman, Kevin T. Foley, Eric A. Potts, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Mark E. Shaffrey, Domagoj Coric, John J. Knightly, Paul Park, Michael Y. Wang, Kai-Ming Fu, Jonathan R. Slotkin, Anthony L. Asher, Michael S. Virk, Panagiotis Kerezoudis, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Jian Guan, Regis W. Haid and Praveen V. Mummaneni
Upright MRI after decompression of spinal stenosis and concurrent spondylolisthesis

By: Michael Kern, Matthias Setzer, Lutz Weise, Ali Mroe, Holger Frey, Katharina Frey, Volker Seifert and Stephan Duetzmann
The biomechanical effect of single-level laminectomy and posterior instrumentation on spinal stability in degenerative lumbar scoliosis: a human cadaveric study

By: Christine M. E. Rustenburg, Sayf S. A. Faraj, Roderick M. Holewijn, Idsart Kingma, Barend J. van Royen, Agnita Stadhouder and Kaj S. Emanuel
Comparison of full-endoscopic and minimally invasive decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis in the setting of degenerative scoliosis and spondylolisthesis

By: Saqib Hasan, Lynn B. McGrath Jr., Rajeev D. Sen, Jason K. Barber and Christoph P. Hofstetter
Letter to the Editor. Early decompressive craniectomy and limited tract debridement: a proven strategy?

By: Jonathan E. Martin

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