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Chronic Subdural Hematoma (cSDH): A review of the current state of the art by Nouri, Aria, Gondar, Renato, Schaller, Karl, Meling, Torstein

“…Incidence of Chronic Subdural Hematoma (cSDH) is rising worldwide, partly due to an aging population, but also due to increased use of antithrombotic…”
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Blood biomarkers for traumatic brain injury: A narrative review of current evidence by Hossain, Iftakher, Marklund, Niklas, Czeiter, Endre, Hutchinson, Peter, Buki, Andras

“…A blood-based biomarker (BBBM) test could help to better stratify patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), reduce unnecessary imaging, to detect and treat…”
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Social Media for Global Neurosurgery. Benefits and limitations of a groundbreaking approach to communication and education by Conti, Alfredo, Magnani, Marcello, Zoli, Matteo, Kockro, Ralf A., Tuleasca, Constantin, Peschillo, Simone, Umana, Giuseppe Emmanuele, Tew, Seow Wan, Jallo, George, Garg, Kanwaljeet, Spetzler, Robert F., Lafuente, Jesus, Chaurasia, Bipin

“…Social media have become ubiquitous and their role in medicine is quickly growing. They provide an open platform by which members share educational material,…”
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Effects of Levetiracetam and Lacosamide on survival and seizure control in IDH-wild type glioblastoma during temozolomide plus radiation adjuvant therapy by Bianconi, Andrea, Koumantakis, Emanuele, Gatto, Andrea, Zeppa, Pietro, Saaid, Ayoub, Nico, Elsa, Bruno, Francesco, Pellerino, Alessia, Rizzo, Francesca, Junemann, Carola Vera, Melcarne, Antonio, Garbossa, Diego, Dalmasso, Paola, Cofano, Fabio

“…There are no clear indications for the best choice of anti-seizure medications to control brain tumor related epilepsy. In vitro studies have shown an…”
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Neurosurgery abroad? Medical Graduate's perspective from LMIC by Farooq, Minaam, Tariq, Sunaina, Zahra, Shah Gul, Atallah, Oday, Chaurasia, Bipin

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A glimpse of practice of neurosurgery in Africa: Challenges and opportunities by Okon, Inibehe Ime, Precious, Fadele Kehinde, Farooq, Minaam, Ogundele, Ibukunolu Olufemi, Lucero-Prisno, 3rd, Don Eliseo, Chaurasia, Bipin

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Can AI pass the written European Board Examination in Neurological Surgery? - Ethical and practical issues by Stengel, Felix C., Stienen, Martin N., Ivanov, Marcel, Gandía-González, María L., Raffa, Giovanni, Ganau, Mario, Whitfield, Peter, Motov, Stefan

“…Artificial intelligence (AI) based large language models (LLM) contain enormous potential in education and training. Recent publications demonstrated that they…”
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Transorbital and supraorbital uniportal multicorridor approach to the orbit, anterior, middle and posterior cranial fossa: Anatomic study by Zoia, Cesare, Mastantuoni, Ciro, Solari, Domenico, de Notaris, Matteo, Corrivetti, Francesco, Spena, Giannantonio, Cavallo, Luigi Maria

“…The transorbital route has been proposed for addressing orbital and paramedian skull base lesions. It can be complemented by further marginotomies, as per…”
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Probing artificial intelligence in neurosurgical training: ChatGPT takes a neurosurgical residents written exam by Bartoli, A, May, A T, Al-Awadhi, A, Schaller, K

“…Artificial Intelligence tools are being introduced in almost every field of human life, including medical sciences and medical education, among scepticism and…”
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Surgeon's comfort: The ergonomics of a robotic exoscope using a head-mounted display by Abramovic, Anto, Demetz, Matthias, Krigers, Aleksandrs, Bauer, Marlies, Lener, Sara, Pinggera, Daniel, Kerschbaumer, Johannes, Hartmann, Sebastian, Fritsch, Helga, Thomé, Claudius, Freyschlag, Christian F.

“…Conventional microscopes have certain limitations in terms of posture and ergonomics. Monitor-based exoscopes could solve this problem and thereby lead to less…”
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Glioblastoma management in low and middle-income countries; existing challenges and policy recommendations by Tebha, Sameer Saleem, Ali Memon, Shahzeb, Mehmood, Qasim, Mukherjee, Dattatreya, Abdi, Hodan, Negida, Ahmed

“…Glioblastomas (GBM) are the most prevalent malignant CNS tumors globally, affecting about 3.19 per 100,000 people. The standard of care of GBM management…”
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Access to training in neurosurgery (Part 1): Global perspectives and contributing factors of barriers to access by Sarpong, Kwadwo, Fadalla, Tarig, Garba, Deen L., Suliman, Mazin, Rolle, Myron, Ammar, Adam, Hussen, Haytham, Park, Kee B.

“…Neurological disorders are one of the leading causes of death and disability adjusted life years (DALYs). Efforts have been made to increase the neurosurgical…”
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Surgical management of giant pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: Meta-analysis and consensus statement on behalf of the EANS skull base section by Cossu, Giulia, Jouanneau, Emmanuel, Cavallo, Luigi M., Froelich, Sebastien, Starnoni, Daniele, Giammattei, Lorenzo, Harel, Ethan, Mazzatenta, Diego, Bruneau, Micheal, Meling, Torstein R., Berhouma, Moncef, Chacko, Ari G., Cornelius, Jan F., Paraskevopoulos, Dimitrios, Schroeder, Henry W.S., Zazpe, Idoya, Manet, Romain, Gardner, Paul A., Dufour, Henry, Cappabianca, Paolo, Daniel, Roy T., Messerer, Mahmoud

“…The optimal surgical treatment for giant pituitary neuroendocrine tumors(GPitNETs) is debated. The aim of this paper is to optimize the surgical management of…”
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Management of patients with a neurovascular conflict involving the optic nerve and a non-diseased intracranial artery: Three cases by Schenck, H, Müther, M, Maragno, E, Holling, M, Cornelissen, M, Haeren, R

“…Determining whether a neurovascular conflict (NVC) involving the anterior visual pathway (AVP) and a non-diseased intracranial artery is amenable for…”
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Functional hemispheric disconnection procedures for chronic epilepsy: history, indications, techniques, complications and current practice in Europe. A consensus statement on behalf of the EANS functional neurosurgery section by Schijns, Olaf E.M.G., Delev, Daniel, von Lehe, Marec, van Roost, Dirk, Rössler, Karl, Theys, Tom, Auer, Christian, Blauwblomme, Thomas, Budke, Marcelo, Campos, Alexandre Rainha, Canto, Santiago Candela, Clusmann, Hans, Dorfer, Christian, Dorfmüller, Georg, Egge, Arild, Eröss, Lorand, Ferrand-Sorbets, Sarah, Giordano, Flavio, Honegger, Jürgen, Isler, Cihan, Ivanovic, Jugoslav, Kalbhenn, Thilo, Karppinen, Atte, Krayenbühl, Niklaus, van Lanen, Rick H.G.J., Marras, Carlo E., Mavridis, Ioannis, Nilsson, Daniel, Onken, Julia, Raftopoulos, Christian, Roth, Jonathan, Rumia, Jordi, Sauvigny, Thomas, Scavarda, Didier, Schaller, Karl, Scheiwe, Christian, Schuind, Sophie, Seromenho-Santos, Alexandra, Fountas, Kostas

“…The surgical procedure for severe, drug-resistant, unilateral hemispheric epilepsy is challenging. Over the last decades the surgical landscape for hemispheric…”
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Endoscopic approaches to the orbit: Transnasal and transorbital, a retrospective case series by Zoia, Cesare, Maiorano, Eugenia, Borromeo, Sara, Mantovani, Giorgio, Spena, Giannantonio, Pagella, Fabio

“…Orbital pathologies requiring surgery are traditionally treated by open approach with different techniques depending on the lesion location. Recently,…”
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Intracranial dynamics biomarkers at traumatic cerebral vasospasm by Trofimov, Alexey O, Trofimova, Svetlana Y, Agarkova, Darya I, Trofimova, Kseniia A, Semyachkina-Glushkovskaya, Oxana, Atochin, Dmitriy, Bragina, Olga A, Nemoto, Edwin M, Bragin, Denis E

“…Patients who suffer severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) and cerebral vasospasm (CVS) frequently have posttraumatic cerebral ischemia (PCI). was to study…”
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A propensity-matched study of patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis opting for surgery versus not by Friis Pedersen, Casper, Eiskjær, Søren, Østerheden Andersen, Mikkel, Yacat Carreon, Leah, Doering, Peter

“…Although most surgeons treating patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) believe that surgical treatment is superior to conservative measures, systematics…”
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Neurosurgery outcomes and complications in a monocentric 7-year patient registry by Sarnthein, Johannes, Staartjes, Victor E., Regli, Luca, Akeret, Kevin, Bektas, Delal, Bellut, David, Bichsel, Oliver, Bozinov, Oliver, Colombo, Elisa, Dias, Sandra, Esposito, Giuseppe, Germans, Menno R., Hofer, Anna-Sophie, Hugelshofer, Michael, Karbe, Arian, Krayenbühl, Niklaus, Küffer, Alexander, Neidert, Marian C., Oertel, Markus F., Padevit, Luis, Regli, Luca, Rohr, Jonas, Samma, Ahmed, Sarnthein, Johannes, Sebök, Martina, Serra, Carlo, Staartjes, Victor, Stieglitz, Lennart, Stienen, Martin N., Tosic, Lazar, van Doormaal, Tristan, van Niftrik, Bas, Vasella, Flavio, Voglis, Stefanos, von Faber-Castell, Fabio

“…Capturing adverse events reliably is paramount for clinical practice and research alike. In the era of “big data”, prospective registries form the basis of…”
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Management of cavernous sinus meningiomas: Consensus statement on behalf of the EANS skull base section by Corniola, Marco V., Roche, Pierre-Hugues, Bruneau, Michaël, Cavallo, Luigi M., Daniel, Roy T., Messerer, Mahmoud, Froelich, Sebastien, Gardner, Paul A., Gentili, Fred, Kawase, Takeshi, Paraskevopoulos, Dimitrios, Régis, Jean, Schroeder, Henry W.S., Schwartz, Theodore H., Sindou, Marc, Cornelius, Jan F., Tatagiba, Marcos, Meling, Torstein R.

“…The evolution of cavernous sinus meningiomas (CSMs) might be unpredictable and the efficacy of their treatments is challenging due to their indolent evolution,…”
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