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