OBJECTIVE: In patients with traumatic or ischemic brain injury, hyperthermia is thought to
worsen the neurological injury. We studied fever in the neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU) …

Background Accurately estimating fat percentage is important for assessing health and
determining treatment course. Methods of estimating body composition such as hydrostatic …

Background and Purpose— A number of therapies in development for patients with central
nervous system injury aim to reduce disability by improving function of surviving brain …

✓ The outcomes of 25 pediatric patients who underwent upper cervical or occipitocervical
fusion at the authors' institution since 1983 were reviewed. At a mean age of 9 years, the …

BACKGROUND While the efficacy of retromastoid craniectomy for microvascular decompression
for hyperactive cranial nerve syndromes is well established, there is no real information …

✓ The authors present a case of secondary amenorrhea in a 32-year-old woman found to
have noncommunicating hydrocephalus due to aqueductal stenosis. Although the …

Background Although anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) can be performed
using minimally invasive techniques, the extensive removal of anatomical keystones during …

INNOVATION IS THE driving force behind progress in neurosurgery. Most significant innovations
require commercialization to ensure appropriate development and ultimate distribution …

BACKGROUND Two instrumentation methods for subaxial posterior cervical fusion are
compared in terms of efficacy, morbidity, and significant cost-related variables. METHOD Thirty-…

Aspects of curved beam effects and their importance in designing composite frame structures
are discussed. The curved beam effect induces radial flange loadings which in turn causes …