Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics March 2017

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    Factors influencing outcomes of the treatment of positional plagiocephaly in infants: a 7-year experience

    Sandi Lam, MD, MBA1, I-Wen Pan, PhD1, Ben A. Strickland, MD1, Caroline Hadley, MD1, Bradley Daniels, BS1, Jim Brookshier, CPO, LPO2, and Thomas G. Luerssen, MD1 1Department of Neurosurgery/Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine; and 2Hanger Clinic, Houston, Texas

    Pages 273-281

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  • The health belief model and factors associated with adherence to treatment recommendations for positional plagiocephaly

    Sandi Lam, MD, MBA1, Thomas G. Luerssen, MD1, Caroline Hadley, MD1, Bradley Daniels, BS1, Ben A. Strickland, MD1, Jim Brookshier, CPO, LPO2, and I-Wen Pan, PhD1 1Department of Neurosurgery/Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine; and 2Hanger Orthotics, Houston, Texas

    Pages 282-288

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  • Preoperative transdural collateral vessels in moyamoya as radiographic biomarkers of disease

    Armide Storey, BS1, R. Michael Scott, MD1, Richard Robertson, MD2, and Edward Smith, MD1Departments of 1Neurosurgery and 2Radiology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

    Pages 289-295

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  • Possible toxicity following embolization of congenital giant vertex hemangioma: case report

    Ingrid Kieran, MD1, Zaitun Zakaria, MD2, Chandrasekaran Kaliaperumal, FRCSEd2, Declan O’Rourke, MRCP3, Alan O’Hare, FRCR4, Eoghan Laffan, FFR5, John Caird, FRCSI(SN)2, Mary D. King, FRCPI, FRCPCH3, and Dylan J. Murray, FRCS, FDS, FFD1Departments of 1Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery, 2Neurosurgery, 3Pediatric Neurology, and 5Radiology, Temple Street Children’s University Hospital; and 4Department of Neuroradiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Pages 296-299

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  • Correlations of atrial diameter and frontooccipital horn ratio with ventricle size in fetal ventriculomegaly

    Jared M. Pisapia, MD1,2, Martin Rozycki, MS2, Hamed Akbari, MD, PhD2, Spyridon Bakas, PhD2, Jayesh P. Thawani, MD1, Julie S. Moldenhauer, MD3, Phillip B. Storm, MD1,4, Deborah M. Zarnow, MD5, Christos Davatzikos, PhD2, and Gregory G. Heuer, MD, PhD1,4 1Department of Neurosurgery; 2Center for Biomedical Image Computing and Analytics, University of Pennsylvania; 3Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment, Special Delivery Unit; and Divisions of 4Neurosurgery and 5Neuroradiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Pages 300-306

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  • Hydrocephalus in a patient with an unruptured pial arteriovenous fistula: hydrodynamic considerations, endovascular treatment, and clinical course

    Jesús A. Morales-Gómez, MD1, Vicente V. Garza-Oyervides, MD1, José A. Arenas-Ruiz, MD1, Mariana Mercado-Flores, MD2, C. Guillermo Elizondo-Riojas, MD, PhD2, Frederick A. Boop, MD3, and Ángel Martínez-Ponce de León, MD1 1Servicio de Neurocirugía and 2Centro Universitario de Imagen Diagnóstica, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González,” Monterrey, Nuevo León, México; and 3Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee

    Pages 307-311

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  • Endonasal management of pediatric congenital transsphenoidal encephaloceles: nuances of a modified reconstruction technique. Technical note and report of 3 cases VIDEO

    Mehdi Zeinalizadeh, MD1,2, Seyed Mousa Sadrehosseini, MD3, Zohreh Habibi, MD4, Farideh Nejat, MD4, Harley Brito da Silva, MD5, and Harminder Singh, MD6 1Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries Repair and Research Center, 2Department of Neurological Surgery, and 3Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences; and 4Department of Neurological Surgery, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 5Department of Neurological Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; and 6Department of Neurological Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

    Pages 312-318

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  • Report of effective trametinib therapy in 2 children with progressive hypothalamic optic pathway pilocytic astrocytoma: documentation of volumetric response

    Catherine Miller, MD1, Daniel Guillaume, MD1, Kathryn Dusenbery, MD2, H. Brent Clark, MD, PhD3, and Christopher Moertel, MD4Departments of 1Neurosurgery, 2Radiation Oncology, 3Pathology, and 4Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Pages 319-324

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    Initial experience with endoscopic ultrasonic aspirator in purely neuroendoscopic removal of intraventricular tumors VIDEO

    Giuseppe Cinalli, MD, Alessia Imperato, MD, Giuseppe Mirone, MD, Giuliana Di Martino, MD, Giancarlo Nicosia, MD, Claudio Ruggiero, MD, Ferdinando Aliberti, MD, and Pietro Spennato, MDDepartment of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Santobono-Pausilipon Children’s Hospital, Naples, Italy

    Pages 325-332

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  • Long-term follow-up of superior gluteal artery perforator flap closure of large myelomeningoceles

    Brett A. Whittemore, MD1, Dale M. Swift, MD2, Bradley E. Weprin, MD2, and Frederick J. Duffy Jr., MD3Departments of 1Neurosurgery and 2Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas; and 3Department of Plastic Surgery, Medical City Hospital, Dallas, Texas

    Pages 333-338

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  • Solitary fibrous tumors of the spine: a pediatric case report with a comprehensive review of the literature

    Gregory W. Albert, MD1,2, and Murat Gokden, MD3 1Division of Neurosurgery, Arkansas Children’s Hospital; and Departments of 2Neurosurgery and 3Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas

    Pages 339-348

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  • Clinical and surgical management of a congenital Type II split cord malformation presenting with progressive cranial neuropathies: case report VIDEO

    Patrick R. Maloney, MD1, Meghan E. Murphy, MD1, Molly J. Sullan, MS2, Kathryn M. Van Abel, MD2, Shelagh A. Cofer, MD2, John C. Cheville, MD3, and Nicholas M. Wetjen, MD1Departments of 1Neurosurgery, 2Otolaryngology, and 3Pathology, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota

    Pages 349-353

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  • Interdural cavernous sinus dermoid cyst in a child: case report

    Flavio Giordano, MD1, Giacomo Peri, MD1, Giacomo M. Bacci, MD, PhD2, Massimo Basile, MD3, Azzurra Guerra, MD4, Patrizia Bergonzini, MD4, Anna Maria Buccoliero, MD5, Barbara Spacca, MD1, Lorenzo Iughetti, MD, PhD4, PierArturo Donati, MD1, and Lorenzo Genitori, MD1 1Department of Neurosurgery, 2Neuro-ophthalmology Unit, 3Radiology Unit, and 5Pathology Unit, Anna Meyer Hospital, Firenze; and 4Department of Pediatrics, Ospedale Policlinico, University of Modena, Italy

    Pages 354-360

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  • Perioperative outcomes for pediatric neurosurgical procedures: analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program–Pediatrics

    Benjamin J. Kuo, BS1,2,3, Joao Ricardo N. Vissoci, PhD1,2, Joseph R. Egger, PhD2, Emily R. Smith, PhD1,2, Gerald A. Grant, MD6, Michael M. Haglund, MD, PhD1,2,4, and Henry E. Rice, MD2,5 1Division of Global Neurosurgery and Neuroscience and 2Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; 3Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; Departments of 4Neurosurgery and 5Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; and 6Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California

    Pages 361-371

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  • Letter to the Editor: Postoperative hyponatremia

    María José Mayorga-Buiza, MD, PhD, Mónica Rivero-Garvía, MD, PhD, Javier Márquez-Rivas, MD, PhD, Carlos Velásquez-Rodríguez, MD, and Emilio Gómez-González, PhDHospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain; Marqués de Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Spain; and Seville University, Engineering School, Seville, Spain

    Pages 372-374
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  • Letter to the Editor: Early seizure prophylaxis in pediatric severe traumatic brain injury: still a long way to go

    Eduardo Mekitarian Filho, MD, MSc, PhDUniversity of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Pages 374-375
    Response

    Monica S. Vavilala, MD, Qian Qiu, MBA, Paige J. Ostahowski, BA, Nithya Kannan, MD, Douglas F. Zatzick, MD, Richard G. Ellenbogen, MD, Linda Ng Boyle, PhD, Pamela H. Mitchell, PhD, Mark S. Wainwright, MD, PhD, Richard B. Mink, MD, MACM, Jonathan I. Groner, MD, Michael J. Bell, MD, and Christopher C. Giza, MD

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  • Letter to the Editor: Cranial vault remodeling

    Miguel Gelabert-González, PhD, Eduardo Arán-Echabe, MD, and José María Santín-Amo, MDUniversity of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Pages 375-376
    Response

    Joseph Lopez, MD, MBA, Alan Utria, MD, Regina S. Cho, BS, Gerhard S. Mundinger, MD, Craig Vander Kolk, MD, George I. Jallo, MD, Edward S. Ahn, MD, and Amir Dorafshar, MBChB

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