The Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery

Volume 13, No.2

October, 2009

Editorial

Message from Editor-in-Chief
Khalaf Al Moutaery

Education & Training

How to develop the surgical dexterity needed for endoscope neurosurgery?
Jens Haase

Surgical and endovascular combined modality of treatment for aneurysms
Rakeshkumar Luhana, Yoko Kato, Minoru Yoneda, Makoto Negoro, Hirotoshi Sano

Microvascular decompression in trigeminal neuralgia
SM Anil, Tetsuo Kanno, Shinichi Watanabe, Yoko Kato, Hirotoshi Sano

Original Article

Prognostic factors in surgery for intramedullary spinal ependymoma
M Balooshi, M Hassounah, A Alkhani

Retrospective Studies

Outcome following decompressive craniectomy in severe head injury: Rashid Hospital experience
Abrar Bukhari Syed, Imad Hashim Ahmad, Masood Hussain, Firas Al-Bya, Ammar Solaiman

Radiosurgery for cavernomas - A meta-analysis
Bengt Karlsson, Yeo Tseng Tsai

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy - Experience in Basrah, Iraq
Khalid N Mayah

Comparative Study

Transcranial Doppler and cerebral tomodensitometry scan in the predictivity of intracranial hypertension
Kamel Bahri, Ihsen Zammel, Adel Djebali, Mondher Yedeas, Mustapha Ferjani

Anatomical Study

Sagittal diameter of the lumbar spinal canal and canal/body ratio in normal adult Saudis
Abdul Rahman Al-Anazi

Neuropsychological Study

Normative data for the two equivalent forms of the Arabic verbal fluency test
Ali M Al-Ghatani, Marc C Obonsawin, Khalaf R Al Moutaery

Case Reviews

Orbital unifocal Langerhans cell histiocytosis (eosinophilic granuloma)
Yahya Al Muazen, Mohamed El-Shawarby, Saleh Al-Sowayan

Evaluation of surgical microscope-integrated intraoperative near-infrared
indocyanine green videoangiography during aneurysm surgery
Islam Aboulfetouh, Shuei Imizu, Yoko Kata, L Kostadin Karagiozov, Hirotoshi Sano

Neurosarcoidosis manifesting as glioma-like lesion
Fawaz Assaad, Naeme Shahrour, Asem Salma

Development of metaplastic bone formation of intracranial blood vessels after isolated deposition
of amyloid in a case of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
Susanne A Kuhn, Jan Walter, Ulrike Mueller, Rupert Reichart, Rolf Kalff

Trigonal cavernous malformation manifesting as spontaneous intraventricular haemorrhage
Ali Akhaddar, Brahim El Mostarchid, Mohammed Boucetta

Intramedullary spinal cord abscess
Deepak Kumar Gupta, Sandeep Vaishya, VS Mehta, BS Sharma, Chitra Sarkar

Scedosporium apiospermum brain abscess: An emerging challenge
PK Gupta, PR Krishnan, PJ Sudhakar, Afaf Jamsheer, Roopa Arora

Neuroenteric cyst of the cauda equina without associated malformation
Oumar Salaou, A Naja, H Ghanane, A El Kamar, Abdessemad El Azhari

Surgical management of thoracic outlet compression syndrome
Ibrahim M Al Luwimi, Majed M Al Awami

Case Reports

Cerbrospinal fluid rhinorrhea complicating conventional radiotherapy in a patient with pituitary adenoma
A Abdoli, SE Ketabchi, V Rahimi-Movaghar

Arachnoiditis mimicking recurrent spinal ependymoma
Faiz Uddin Ahmad, Deepak Kumar Gupta, Ashok Kumar Mahapatra

C2 extradural dumbbell neurofibroma in a paediatric patient
N Khursheed, MA Wani, M Rumana, J Zargar, W Abrar

Bilateral sciatic nerve neurofibroma
Govindan Thiagarajan, Mishra Chittararanjan, Eyyaz Khaleel, Bassem Irsheid

Success of heparin use in intraventricular haematoma treatment
Nassim Abi Chahine, Raja Achou, Moussa Alaywan, Antoine Nachanakian

Benign ethomoidal polyposis as an unusual cause of CSF leakage and recurrent meningitis
Moncef Berhouma, Mustapha Nouri, Hafedh Jemel, Moncef Khaldi

Interhemispheric subdural empyema
Awadhesh Kumar Jaiswal, Kumar Sushil, Singh Anil Kumar, Bundela Yash Pal