Correspondence to Dr Giuseppe Lanzino, Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW Rochester, MN 55905, USA; lanzino.giuseppe{at}mayo.edu Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is ...

Correspondence to Dr Michael G Abraham, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA; mabraham{at}kumc.edu Background Dural sinus diverticula are a rare vascular etiology of ...

Background and purpose The Raymond–Roy grading scale is used for aneurysm coiling with only limited data on its validity. The scale was developed based on the extent of initial aneurysm occlusion from ...

Background Study was a PROBE design phase II randomized controlled trial (RCT). We assessed trial feasibility and technical efficacy and safety of two novel thrombectomy devices – ERIC (a retriever ...

Correspondence to Professor Jianmin Liu, Department of Neurosurgery, Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China; chstroke{at}163.com Purpose To compare the safety and ...

Background Futile recanalization—when patients have a successful recanalization but fail to achieve a satisfactory functional outcome— is a common phenomenon of endovascular treatment of acute ...

Correspondence to Dr Johanna T Fifi, Department of Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Johanna.Fifi{at}mountsinai.org Background Treatment of vein of Galen ...

Background Heterogeneity in the infarct growth rate among anterior circulation large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes has triage and treatment implications. Such data are lacking for basilar artery ...

1 Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, NY, USA 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Kaleida Health, Buffalo, New York, ...

Background Total body hypothermia is an established neuroprotectant in global cerebral ischemia. The role of hypothermia in acute ischemic stroke remains uncertain. Selective application of ...

Introduction/Purpose Middle meningeal artery embolization (MMAe) is a promising treatment modality for chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH). The best practices and treatment protocols for cSDH continue to ...

Background Cangrelor is an intravenous P2Y12 inhibitor with rapid onset and fast offset of antiplatelet action. Dose adjusted cangrelor based on platelet function testing is suggested to be ...