The wandering nerve: positional variations of the cervical vagus nerve and neurosurgical implications

CJ Cunningham, JL Martínez - World Neurosurgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The vagus (“wandering”) nerve is the longest cranial nerve with the largest
territory of innervation in the human body. Injury during various operative procedures …

[HTML][HTML] Anatomy of the posterolateral spinal epidural ligaments

JLM Santos, SP Kalhorn - Surgical Neurology International, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The epidural ligaments (ELs)(of Hofmann) were described as fibrous bands
interconnecting the ventrolateral spinal dura and the posterior longitudinal ligament below …

Ultrasonic spine surgery for every thoracic disc herniation: a 43-patient case series and technical note demonstrating safety and efficacy using a partial transpedicular …

BF Saway, M Alshareef, O Lajthia… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Thoracic disc herniations (TDHs) are a challenging pathology. A variety of
surgical techniques have been used to achieve spinal cord decompression. This series …

[HTML][HTML] Microsurgical management of a primary neuroendocrine tumor of the filum terminale: a surgical technique

JLM Santos, JE Wessell, SP Kalhorn - Cureus, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are benign tumors of the autonomic nervous system that
rarely occur in the spinal canal. The gold standard treatment is gross total resection while …

Multilevel hemilaminotomy windows for the surgical management of spinal epidural lipomatosis causing syringomyelia: technical note and literature review

JLM Santos, B Saway, AC Damon, A Varma - World Neurosurgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) is the excessive accumulation of extradural
adipose tissue. Severe cases could result in myelopathy, and very rarely, in syringomyelia …

[图书][B] Comparative Management of Spine Pathology: Neurosurgery: Case Management Comparison Series

K Chaichana, A Quinones-Hinojosa - 2022 - books.google.com
Unique in the field, Comparative Management of Spine Pathology presents commonly
encountered spinal cases with side-by-side, case-by-case comparisons that clearly show …