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