Background Surgical-site infections (SSIs) can lead to greater postoperative morbidity, mortality,
and health care costs. Despite current prophylactic measures, rates of SSIs have been …

Object Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is an alternative to ventriculoperitoneal shunting
for hydrocephalus treatment. Choice of treatment options raises questions about which …

Glioblastoma (GBM) is a rare malignancy in children. The United States Surveillance,
Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database allows large-scale analyses of clinical …

OBJECT Patients with symptomatic intradural-extramedullary (ID-EM) tumors may be successfully
treated with resection of the lesion and decompression of associated neural structures…

When faced with calvarial defects, surgeons have long searched for repair materials. General
criteria include ease of use, low cost, availability, cosmetic shape, and osteointegrative …

Object The concept of minimum clinically important difference (MCID) has been used to
measure the threshold by which the effect of a specific treatment can be considered clinically …

In this study, we utilized the USA surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) database
to examine factors influencing survival of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients. GBM …

Cranioplasty is routinely performed following decompressive craniectomy in both adult and
pediatric populations. In adults, this procedure is associated with higher rates of …

Objective Artificial intelligence (AI) has facilitated the analysis of medical imaging given
increased computational capacity and medical data availability in recent years. Although many …

Background: With the greater worldwide availability of neuroimaging, more intracranial
arachnoid cysts (IACs) are being found in all age groups. A subset of these lesions become …