The Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery
Volume 15, No.1
April, 2011

Editorial

Acknowledgement to Reviewers

Original Articles

Thoracoscopic sympathectomy for causalgia: Local experience
Mohammed Kassem, Hatem Badr, Hazem El Kosha, Abd Elwahab Ibrahim

M Khallaf, M Ragab, A Elgheryany, R Elkhayat

Clinical Studies

Tansmanubrial transclavicular approach to CTJ

Raj Kumar, Vivek Kumar, Vimal Kumar, Samir kumar Kalra, Nirmal Gupta

Evaluation of synthetic vs. autologous bony graft fusion in acute thoraco-lumbar burst fractures

Akram M Awadalla, Qasim Raza

Clinicopahtological Study
Assessment of bone flap viability and sterility after long periods of preservation in the freezer
Sherif Elwatidy, Essam Elgamal, Zain Jamjoom, Hanan Habib, Emad Raddaoui

Retrospective Study

Avoidable causes in pedicle instrumentation failure
Nasser M Sayed Ahmed, Hamed B Ibrahim, Alaa Farg, Ahmed Sleem

Prospective Studies

Sacral tumours: Postoperative clinical and radiological outcomes

Ahmed El Said Ahmed, Sameh Ahmed Sakr

Case Reviews

Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma in a Jordanian family with tuberous sclerosis
Ibrahim A Sbeih, Amir M Alhajjat, Mohammad H El-Ganem, Omar M Abdelal

Spinal extradural arachnoid cyst: An uncommon cause of thoracic spine compression

Okacha Naama, Quadie Quamous, Ali Akhaddar, Brahim El Mostarchid, Mohamed Boucetta

Giant frontal encephalocele

PK Nayak, S Padihar, V Agarwal, Ashok K Mahapatra

Intracranial Rosai-Dorfman syndrome

Raj Kumar, Udit Singhal, Ashok Kumar Mahapatra

Craniocervical intradural neuroenteric cyst

Houssine Ghannane, M Laghmari, K Aniba, M Lmejjati, S Ait Benali

Primary haemangioma of the skull

Awadhesh Kumar Jaiswal, Sushila Jaiswal, Ritu Verma, Udit Singhal, Rabi Narayan Sahu

Spinal paraganglioma
Nayil Khursheed, Anil Dhar, Sheikh Zahoor, Makhdoomi Rumana, Altaf Ramzan

Posterior fossa extradural haematoma following thrombolysis therapy for acute myocardial infarction
Abrar Ahad Wani, Tanveer Iqbal Dar, Bahir A Dar, Altaf Rumar Ramzan, MA Wani
Intracerebral haematoma complicating the evacuation of chronic subdrual haematoma
Benzagmout Mohammed, Moussaoui Abderrahmane, Chakour Khalid, Chaoui Mohamed El Faiz
Neurenteric cyst in the region of conus medullaris
Sushila Jaiswal, Awadesh Kumar Jaiswal, Lily Paul, Sanjay Behari, Ashok Kumar Mahapatra
Infected posterior fossa metastatic tumour
Jawad Lrhezzioui, Abdelaziz Mansouri, Ibtissam Zrara, Redouane Naimane

Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis mimicking glioma

Dinesh Kumar Rajput, Anant Mehrotra, Arun K Srivastav, Raj Kumar, RN Rao

Case Reports

Traumatic extradural haematoma in factor XI deficiency within pre-existing arachnoid cyst
Brahim El Mostarchid, Ali Akhaddar, Miloudi Gazzaz, Mohamed Boucetta

Neuromyelitis optica and tuberculosis

Jawad Lrhezzioui, O Jalal, R Niamane, A Mansouri

Cervicodorsal dermoid cyst

Anuj K Tripathi, Guru D Satyarthee, Bhawani S Sharma, Shashwat Mishra

Spontaneous resolution of an epidural haematoma complicating an intracranial arachnoid cyst

Mehdi Darmoul, Mohamed Habib Bouhaouala, Mehdi Charfi, Najib Hattab

Neuroradiological Illustration

Images in neurosurgery: Suspected child abuse

Ashutosh Khandelwal, Shameem Ahmed, Ashok Kumar Mahapatra

Neuropathological Feature