Recently, the emergence of the three-dimensional (3D) exoscope has proven to be a viable
alternative to the operative microscope (OM) as a novel workhorse of microneurosurgical …

Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is one of the leading causes of progressive spinal
cord dysfunction in the elderly. Early diagnosis and treatment of DCM are essential to avoid …

Point-of-care devices for intraoperative imaging represent one of the greatest adjuvant to
modern strategies for surgical planning and execution; this is particularly true in …

Expansion duraplasty to reopen effaced subarachnoid space and improve spinal cord
perfusion, autoregulation, and spinal pressure reactivity index (sPRX) has been advocated …

BACKGROUND: Decompression of the injured spinal cord confers neuroprotection.
Compared with timing of surgery, verification of surgical decompression is understudied …

Purpose Accurate multimodal registration of intraoperative ultrasound (US) and preoperative
computed tomography (CT) is a challenging problem. Construction of public datasets of US …

Surgical resection of spinal cord hemangioblastomas remains a challenging endeavor: the
neurosurgeon's aim to reach total tumor resections directly endangers their aim to minimize …

Objective The treatment strategy for thoracolumbar burst fractures is still debated. The aim of
this study is to evaluate clinical and radiologic outcomes of a 2-stage strategy with …

Septo-optic dysplasia (SOD) or de Morsier's syndrome is a rare congenital disorder
characterized by a classic triad of:(a) optic nerve hypoplasia,(b) agenesis of septum …

Objective Executions of indications/extended indications are associated with higher than
normal rates of symptomatic recurrences and treatment failures, especially for novice …