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  1. Global Neurosurgical Advocacy at the 78th World Health Assembly: Critical Collaboration at a Time of Geopolitical Change
  2. Fortify Alabama: Corn Masa Fortification for Spina Bifida Prevention
  3. Neurosurgery as a Catalyst for Global Health and Surgery Targets: Road to 2030 Highlights from World Health Organization's 78th World Health Assembly
  4. Pediatric hydrocephalus management at a major neurosurgical referral center in Kumasi, Ghana
  5. Corrigendum to Global Neurosurgery at the 76th World Health Assembly (2023): First Neurosurgery-Driven Resolution Calls for Micronutrient Fortification to Prevent Spina Bifida [World Neurosurgery, 2024 May:185:135-140]
  6. A global survey of neurosurgeons’ awareness of neural tube defect prevalence, prevention strategies, and their clinical time allocation to spina bifida care
  7. Presentation and management of neural tube defects in the middle belt of Ghana
  8. Stereotactic radiosurgery treatment of pediatric arteriovenous malformations: a PRISMA systematic review and meta-analysis
  9. Association between orthopedic manifestations and tethered cord release in patients with spina bifida: a survival analysis
  10. Reproductive Education and Sexual Abuse Among Individuals With Spina Bifida: A Mixed Methods Study
  11. Epilepsy surgery outcomes in children with tuberous sclerosis complex: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  12. Editorial. Revolutionizing myelomeningocele management: challenges and opportunities
  13. Treatment of sleep-disordered breathing among children with myelomeningocele
  14. Development and content validation of a survey assessing domains of sexual and reproductive health in adults with spina bifida
  15. The Power of Advocacy in Global Neurosurgery
  16. Editorial. Two novel models to optimize transitional care in spina bifida: the patient as provider and the congenital neurosurgeon in active collaboration
  17. Introduction. Transitional care in neurosurgery
  18. The role of a dedicated transition process from pediatric to adult interdisciplinary care for persons with spina bifida
  19. Transition mentorship for spina bifida patients with the JUMP program: a pilot study
  20. Neurosurgical management of Myelomeningocele in premature infants: a case series
  21. Neurosurgical Advocacy in the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects
  22. Endoluminal Biopsy for Vein of Galen Malformation
  23. Global Neurosurgery at the 76th World Health Assembly (2023): First Neurosurgery-Driven Resolution Calls for Micronutrient Fortification to Prevent Spina Bifida
  24. Evaluation of multidisciplinary high-risk pregnancy clinic for myelomeningocele
  25. Endovascular balloon usage in endoscopic third ventriculostomy for hydrocephalus during a national shortage: case series and technical note
  26. Pediatric non-galenic pial arteriovenous fistula’s characteristics and outcomes: a systematic review
  27. The genetic basis of hydrocephalus: genes, pathways, mechanisms, and global impact
  28. A re-evaluation of the Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Success Score: a Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network study
  29. Improvement of serum folate status in the US women of reproductive age with fortified iodised salt with folic acid (FISFA study)
  30. Causes of death among people with myelomeningocele: A multi-institutional 47-year retrospective study
  31. The Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Interest Group (PESIG) under the auspice of the ISPN Research Committee: Availability of relevant technology and geographical distribution
  32. Characteristics and outcomes of pediatric dural arteriovenous fistulas: a systematic review
  33. Added value of corpus callosotomy following vagus nerve stimulation in children with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome: A multicenter, multinational study
  34. The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on global neurosurgery collaborations
  35. Does subtotal resection ameliorate hypothalamic morbidity in pediatric craniopharyngioma? A 30-year retrospective cohort study
  36. Hemispherectomy Outcome Prediction Scale: a validity study
  37. First-time tethered cord release among adults with myelomeningocele: an analysis of people in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry
  38. What has changed in pediatric neurosurgical care in spina bifida? A 30-year UAB/Children’s of Alabama observational overview
  39. Treatment of hydrocephalus following posterior fossa tumor resection: a multicenter collaboration from the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network
  40. Preventing spina bifida through folate fortification: a labor of love
  41. Global Neurosurgery: Progress and Resolutions at the 75th World Health Assembly
  42. Neurosurgeon-Led Advocacy for Folic Acid Fortification to Prevent Spina Bifida
  43. Postoperative seizure freedom after vagus nerve stimulator placement in children 6 years of age and younger
  44. The development of a transition medical home utilizing the individualized transition plan (ITP) model for patients with complex diseases of childhood
  45. Editorial. The elusive fibrofatty filum holy grail
  46. Editorial. Neurocognition in fetal myelomeningocele closure: "not shunting per se"
  47. Understanding and identifying the needs of parent caregivers of children with hydrocephalus: a qualitative study
  48. Editorial. Myelomeningocele care: moving beyond Groningen
  49. The role of neurosurgeons in global public health: the case of folic acid fortification of staple foods to prevent spina bifida
  50. Corpus Callosotomy Is a Safe and Effective Procedure for Medically Resistant Epilepsy
  51. Functional level of lesion scale: Validating fourteen years of research with the national spina bifida patient registry
  52. Time to shunt failure in children with myelomeningocele: an analysis of the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry
  53. Mandatory food fortification with folic acid – Authors' reply
  54. Outcomes of endovascular embolization for Vein of Galen malformations: An individual participant data meta-analysis
  55. Community-engaged research: a powerful tool to reduce health disparities and improve outcomes in pediatric neurosurgery
  56. High prevalence of gram-negative and multiorganism surgical site infections after pediatric complex tethered spinal cord surgery: a multicenter study
  57. Quantifying and reporting outcome measures in pediatric epilepsy surgery: A systematic review
  58. Expedited epilepsy surgery prior to drug resistance in children: a frontier worth crossing?
  59. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy revision after failure of initial endoscopic third ventriculostomy and choroid plexus cauterization
  60. Preventing birth defects, saving lives, and promoting health equity: an urgent call to action for universal mandatory food fortification with folic acid
  61. Limited utility of structural MRI to identify the epileptogenic zone in young children with tuberous sclerosis
  62. Commentary: Case Series on Removal of Subdural to Peritoneal Shunt After Resolution of Subdural Collection in the First 2 Years of Life
  63. Editorial. Social determinants in care for dysraphism
  64. Care for Chiari malformation type I: the role of socioeconomic disadvantage and race
  65. Determination of anatomic level of myelomeningocele by prenatal ultrasound
  66. Editorial. Observations on a report of a new neurosurgical service in Nigeria
  67. Scope of care in the first four years of life for individuals born with myelomeningocele: A single institution experience1
  68. Early implementation of stereoelectroencephalography in children: a multiinstitutional case series
  69. A qualitative interview study on successful pregnancies in women with spina bifida
  70. Caring for the Child with Spina Bifida
  71. Epilepsy surgery in infants up to 3 months of age: Safety, feasibility, and outcomes: A multicenter, multinational study
  72. Variation in pediatric stereoelectroencephalography practice among pediatric neurosurgeons in the United States: survey results
  73. The International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery resolution on mandatory folic acid fortification of staple foods for prevention of spina bifida and anencephaly and associated disability and child mortality
  74. ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Seizures-Child
  75. Tethered spinal cord among individuals with myelomeningocele: an analysis of the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry
  76. Imaging characteristics associated with surgery in Chiari malformation type I
  77. Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Caregivers and Children with Hydrocephalus
  78. Shunt failure clusters: an analysis of multiple, frequent shunt failures
  79. Neurosurgical procedures for children with myelomeningocele after fetal or postnatal surgery: a comparative effectiveness study
  80. Hydrocephalus in Spina Bifida
  81. Prevalence of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children With Myelomeningocele
  82. Neurosurgery guidelines for the care of people with spina bifida
  83. Anxiety, depression, fatigue, and headache burden in the pediatric hydrocephalus population
  84. Pilot Study of Neurodevelopmental Impact of Early Epilepsy Surgery in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
  85. Hydrocephalus-related quality of life as assessed by children and their caregivers
  86. Prenatal counseling for myelomeningocele in the era of fetal surgery: a shared decision-making approach
  87. The impact of imposed delay in elective pediatric neurosurgery: an informed hierarchy of need in the time of mass casualty crisis
  88. Functional outcomes at 2 years of age following treatment for posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity: what do we know at the time of consult?
  89. Health care transition in pediatric neurosurgery: a consensus statement from the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
  90. Editorial. Pediatric neurosurgery along with Children's Hospitals' innovations are rapid and uniform in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
  91. Relative contribution of individual versus combined functional imaging studies in predicting seizure freedom in pediatric epilepsy surgery: an area under the curve analysis
  92. How technology is driving the landscape of epilepsy surgery
  93. Letter to the Editor. Fetal closure of myelomeningocele
  94. Symptoms of the Chiari II Malformation
  95. Cerebellar Astrocytomas
  96. Treatment of pediatric high‐grade central nervous system tumors with high‐dose methotrexate in combination with multiagent chemotherapy: A single‐institution experience
  97. Incidence of delayed intracranial hypertension in children with isolated sagittal synostosis following open calvarial vault reconstruction
  98. Care management and contemporary challenges in spina bifida: a practice preference survey of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
  99. Concepts in the neurosurgical care of patients with spinal neural tube defects: An embryologic approach
  100. Development of an evidence-based individualized transition plan for spina bifida
  101. Introduction. Advancing the care of children with spina bifida, prenatally and postnatally
  102. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on Closure of Myelomeningocele Within 48 Hours to Decrease Infection Risk
  103. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Incidence of Shunt-Dependent Hydrocephalus in Infants With Myelomeningocele After Prenatal Versus Postnatal Repair
  104. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Incidence of Tethered Cord Syndrome in Infants With Myelomeningocele With Prenatal Versus Postnatal Repair
  105. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Management of Patients With Myelomeningocele: Whether Persistent Ventriculomegaly Adversely Impacts Neurocognitive Development
  106. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guideline on the Management of Patients With Myelomeningocele: Whether Prenatal or Postnatal Closure Affects Future Ambulatory Status
  107. Congress of Neurological Surgeons Systematic Review and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Pediatric Myelomeningocele: Executive Summary
  108. Commentary: Open Resection versus Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for the Treatment of Pediatric Insular Epilepsy
  109. Increased complications without neurological benefit are associated with prophylactic spinal cord untethering prior to scoliosis surgery in children with myelomeningocele
  110. Program Evaluation of Camp V.I.P: Promoting Self-confidence and Independence for Patients with Spina Bifida
  111. Patients with “benign” Chiari I malformations require surgical decompression at a low rate
  112. Editorial. Pediatric stereoelectroencephalography: review of a cohort
  113. Editorial. Evolving utility of bibliometric indices in pediatric neurosurgery
  114. Occult Spinal Dysraphism
  115. Lipomyelomeningoceles
  116. Natural History of Occult Spinal Dysraphism
  117. Outcomes in Occult Spinal Dysraphism
  118. The development of a lifetime care model in comprehensive spina bifida care
  119. Development of best practices to minimize wound complications after complex tethered spinal cord surgery: a modified Delphi study
  120. Decompression for Chiari malformation type II in individuals with myelomeningocele in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry
  121. Treated hydrocephalus in individuals with myelomeningocele in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry
  122. Reducing inequities in preventable neural tube defects: the critical and underutilized role of neurosurgical advocacy for folate fortification
  123. Letter to the Editor. Family history of neural tube defects
  124. Intradural spine surgery may not carry an increased risk of shunt revision compared with extradural spine surgery in pediatric patients with myelomeningocele
  125. Predictors of permanent disability among adults with spinal dysraphism
  126. Surveillance survey of family history in children with neural tube defects
  127. ACR Appropriateness Criteria ® Suspected Physical Abuse—Child
  128. Risk factors for surgical site infection following nonshunt pediatric neurosurgery: a review of 9296 procedures from a national database and comparison with a single-center experience
  129. Extratemporal resections in pediatric epilepsy surgery-an overview
  130. Technical descriptions of four hemispherectomy approaches: From the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Meeting at Gothenburg 2014
  131. Skull Base and Cervical Spine Involvement in Jansen Syndrome: Case Report
  132. A comparison of the MOMS trial results to a contemporaneous, single-institution, postnatal closure cohort
  133. Rate of shunt revision as a function of age in patients with shunted hydrocephalus due to myelomeningocele
  134. Hemispherectomy for Hemimegalencephaly Due to Tuberous Sclerosis and a Review of the Literature
  135. Chiari III malformation: a comprehensive review of this enigmatic anomaly
  136. Sleep-disordered breathing in patients with myelomeningocele
  137. Pediatric central nervous system solitary fibrous tumor: case report
  138. Effect of EEG electrode number on epileptic source localization in pediatric patients
  139. Assessing health-related quality of life in children with spina bifida
  140. Hemispherectomy for treatment of refractory epilepsy in the pediatric age group: a systematic review
  141. Vagus Nerve Stimulation
  142. Bihemispheric gunshot wounds: survival and long-term neuropsychological follow-up of three siblings
  143. Fast-sequence MRI studies for surveillance imaging in pediatric hydrocephalus
  144. Epilepsy surgery in bifrontal injury from prior craniopharyngioma resections
  145. Magnetic source imaging (MSI) in children with neocortical epilepsy: Surgical outcome association with 3D post-resection analysis
  146. William Watson Cheyne (1852–1932): a life in medicine and his innovative surgical treatment of congenital hydrocephalus
  147. The association between race and frequent shunt failure: a single-center study
  148. Multidisciplinary staged surgical management of bifrontal meningoencephalocele with long-term follow-up
  149. Major white matter fiber changes in medically intractable neocortical epilepsy in children: A diffusion tensor imaging study
  150. Institutional experience of endoscopic suprasellar arachnoid cyst fenestration
  151. Symptoms of the Chiari II Malformation
  152. Clinical evaluation and surveillance imaging in children with spina bifida aperta and shunt-treated hydrocephalus
  153. Parental recognition of shunt failure: a prospective single-institution study
  154. Parameters of Care for Craniosynostosis
  155. Parameters of Care for Craniosynostosis
  156. Massive pediatric neurosurgical injuries and lessons learned following a tornado disaster in Alabama
  157. Corrigendum to “Planning extent of resection in epilepsy: Limited versus large resections” [Epilepsy & Behavior 20, Issue 2 (2011) 233–240]
  158. Safety and utility of supplemental depth electrodes for localizing the ictal onset zone in pediatric neocortical epilepsy
  159. Persistence of the left superior vena cava in a patient with duplication of chromosome 8p—A case report
  160. Institutional experience with 500 cases of surgically treated pediatric Chiari malformation Type I
  161. Planning extent of resection in epilepsy: Limited versus large resections
  162. Small-ventricle neuroendoscopy for pediatric brain tumor management
  163. Retroclival Epidural Hematomas
  164. Safety and Utility of Scheduled Nonnarcotic Analgesic Medications in Children Undergoing Craniotomy for Brain Tumor
  165. Desmoplastic Infantile Gangliogliomas
  166. Effect of epilepsy magnetic source imaging on intracranial electrode placement
  167. Acute ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction following opening of the spinal subarachnoid space: a case series
  168. Advances in intracranial monitoring
  169. Functional imaging: I. Relative predictive value of intracranial electroencephalography
  170. Functional imaging: II. Prediction of epilepsy surgery outcome
  171. Endoscopically assisted decompression of the suprascapular nerve in the supraspinous fossa: a cadaveric feasibility study
  172. Craniopharyngioma marsupialization
  173. Infections of pediatric cerebrospinal fluid shunts related to fundoplication and gastrostomy
  174. Spinal cord transection for definitive untethering of repetitive tethered cord
  175. Institutional experience with cranial vault encephaloceles
  176. Anatomy of the falcine venous plexus
  177. Death in shunted hydrocephalic children: a follow-up study
  178. Scheduled oral analgesics and the need for opiates in children following partial dorsal rhizotomy
  179. Pansynostosis: a review
  180. The nerve to the mylohyoid as a donor for facial nerve reanimation procedures: a cadaveric feasibility study
  181. The lateral atlantooccipital ligament
  182. Contribution of surgical evacuation of a large subgaleal hematoma to the resolution of severe conjugated hyperbilirubinemia in a neonate
  183. THE SPHENOPARIETAL SINUS
  184. Neuropathic arthropathy of the elbow in a paediatric patient with myelomeningocele
  185. The tectorial membrane: Anatomical, biomechanical, and histological analysis
  186. Approach to the cervical portion of the vagus nerve via the posterior cervical triangle: a cadaveric feasibility study with potential use in vagus nerve stimulation procedures
  187. Quantitation of the lower subscapular nerve for potential use in neurotization procedures
  188. Exposure of the V1–V3 segments of the vertebral artery via the posterior cervical triangle: a cadaveric feasibility study
  189. Landmarks for the identification of the cutaneous nerves of the occiput and nuchal regions
  190. Pericallosal artery pseudoaneurysm secondary to endoscopic-assisted ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement
  191. History of surgery for cerebrovascular disease in children. Part II. Vein of Galen malformations
  192. History of surgery for cerebrovascular disease in children. Part I. Intracranial arterial aneurysms
  193. History of surgery for cerebrovascular disease in children. Part III. Arteriovenous malformations
  194. Vagus nerve stimulation in children less than 5 years old
  195. Superficial surgical landmarks for identifying the posterior interosseous nerve
  196. Quantitation of and superficial surgical landmarks for the anterior interosseous nerve
  197. Quantitation of and landmarks for the muscular branches of the ulnar nerve to the forearm for application in peripheral nerve neurotization procedures
  198. Surgical anatomy of the cervical and infraclavicular parts of the long thoracic nerve
  199. Magnetic source imaging versus intracranial electroencephalogram in epilepsy surgery: A prospective study
  200. The marginal sinus
  201. Right-sided vagus nerve stimulation inhibits induced spinal cord seizures
  202. The use of a sump antibiotic irrigation system to save infected hardware in a patient with a vagal nerve stimulator
  203. Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Rapid Detection of Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt or Ventriculostomy Infections
  204. Forces necessary for the disruption of the cisternal segments of cranial nerves II through XII
  205. Superficial landmarks for the spinal accessory nerve within the posterior cervical triangle
  206. Supraplacode spinal cord transection in paraplegic patients with myelodysplasia and repetitive symptomatic tethered spinal cord
  207. Right-sided Vagus Nerve Stimulation
  208. An Unusual Case of Impalement of the Cranium in a Child
  209. Unusual findings during abdominal placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt
  210. The Triangle of the Vertebral Artery
  211. Anatomical landmarks for the lumbar plexus on the posterior abdominal wall
  212. Vagus nerve stimulation for induced spinal cord seizures: insights into seizure cessation
  213. Transient ventriculoperitoneal shunt dysfunction in children with myelodysplasia and urinary bladder infection
  214. Referred shoulder pain from ventriculoperitoneal shunts
  215. Syringomyelia in Twin Brothers Discordant for Chiari I Malformation: Case Report
  216. Isolated atlantal stenosis in a patient with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency, and Klippel-Feil and Duane?s syndromes
  217. Complications of ventriculosubgaleal shunts in infants and children
  218. Neuroendoscopic findings in patients with intracranial germinomas correlating with diabetes insipidus
  219. Sports And Pediatric Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts: Who Can Play?
  220. Left-sided vagus nerve stimulation decreases intracranial pressure without resultant bradycardia in the pig: a potential therapeutic modality for humans
  221. Degree of tectal beaking correlates to the presence of nystagmus in children with Chiari II malformation
  222. Eyebrow incision with supraorbital trephination for endoscopic corpus callosotomy: a feasibility study
  223. Multiple subpial transections in the treatment of pediatric epilepsy
  224. Cessation of chronic hypertension after posterior fossa decompression in a child with Chiari I malformation
  225. Meroacrania
  226. Duplication of the Massa Intermedia in a Child
  227. In utero Spontaneous Cervical Thoracic Epidural Hematoma Imitating Spinal Cord Birth Injury
  228. Anatomic Landmarks for the Cervical Portion of the Thoracic Duct
  229. Complications of chronic vagus nerve stimulation for epilepsy in children
  230. Cutaneous manifestations and the Chiari I malformation
  231. Human Horns: A Historical Review and Clinical Correlation
  232. Atlantoaxial interlaminar distances in cervical flexion in children
  233. Intracranial anatomic asymmetry in situs inversus totalis
  234. Inclination of the odontoid process in the pediatric Chiari I malformation
  235. Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy for Hydrocephalus Secondary to Central Nervous System Infection or Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Children
  236. Suprasellar Lymphoid Hyperplasia Presenting with Diabetes insipidus and Hypogonadism
  237. Ectopic Brain Tissue in a Neonate
  238. Children with Growth Hormone Deficiency and Chiari I Malformation: A Morphometric Analysis of the Posterior Cranial Fossa
  239. Alternative Uses for the Subgaleal Shunt in Pediatric Neurosurgery
  240. Life Expectancy of Ventriculosubgaleal Shunt Revisions
  241. Reformation of the Posterior Atlanto-Occipital Membrane following Posterior Fossa Decompression with Subsequent Constriction at the Craniocervical Junction
  242. Cervical Spine Involvement in Larsen's Syndrome: A Case Illustration
  243. Quantitative anatomy of the transverse ligament tubercles
  244. Posterior atlantooccipital membrane for duraplasty
  245. Long-term Control of Hydrocephalus via Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in Children with Tectal Plate Gliomas
  246. Absence of the falx cerebelli in a Chiari II malformation
  247. Choroid Plexectomy Reduces Neurosurgical Intervention in Patients with Hydranencephaly
  248. Superficial surgical landmarks for the frontal sinus
  249. Jarcho-Levin Syndrome
  250. Horizontal Sacrum as an Indicator of a Tethered Spinal Cord
  251. Acute Hydrocephalus following a Chiari I Decompression
  252. Surgical landmarks for the proximal portion of the axillary nerve
  253. Spinal lipomas
  254. Preliminary Observations on the Association between Simple Metopic Ridging in Children without Trigonocephaly and the Chiari I Malformation
  255. Histological Appearance of a Chronically Stimulated Vagus Nervein a Pediatric Patient
  256. 784 Multiple Subpial Transections in the Surgical Management of Pediatric Epilepsy
  257. Craniocephalic Disproportion with Increased Intracranial Pressure and Brain Herniation: A New Clinical Syndrome in Anemic Patients: Report of Two Cases
  258. Intrathecal granuloma complicating chronic spinal infusion of morphine
  259. Transplantation of human fetal tissue from spontaneous abortions to a rodent model of parkinson's disease
  260. Suitability of Fetal Tissues From Spontaneous Abortions and From Ectopic Pregnancies for Transplantation
  261. Complications in Ventricular Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunting
  262. Chapter 64 Fetal dopamine neural grafts: extended reversal of methylphenyltetrahydropyridine-induced parkinsonism in monkeys
  263. Desmoplastic Infantile Gangliogliomas