Improvement in Quality of Life Following Surgical Resection of Benign Intradural Extramedullary Tumors: A Prospective Evaluation of Patient-Reported Outcomes.

Background: Historically, symptomatic, benign intradural extramedullary (IDEM) spine tumors have been managed with surgical resection. However, minimal robust data regarding patient-reported outcomes (PROs) following treatment of symptomatic lesions exists. Moreover, there are increasing reports of radiosurgical management of these lesions without robust health-related quality of life data.

Does Obesity Correlate with Postoperative Complications After Elective Posterior Cervical Spine Fusion?

Background: With the increasing prevalence of obesity, there is a need to understand the impact of body mass index (BMI) on spine surgery outcomes. Previous literature has reported the influence of obesity in thoracolumbar surgery; however, the impact of obesity on postoperative complications after posterior cervical fusion (PCF) is unknown.

Methods: Consecutive patients who underwent cervical laminectomy and multi-level instrumented fusion for degenerative spinal conditions at an academic tertiary care hospital between 2012 and 2019 were evaluated.

Long-term outcomes of high-dose single-fraction radiosurgery for chordomas of the spine and sacrum.

Objective: The current treatment of chordomas is associated with significant morbidity, high rates of local recurrence, and the potential for metastases. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) as a primary treatment could reduce the need for en bloc resection to achieve wide or marginal margins. Spinal SRS outcomes support the exploration of SRS's role in the durable control of these conventionally radioresistant tumors.

Minimally Invasive Lateral Access Surgery and Reoperation Rates: A Multi-Institution Retrospective Review of 2060 Patients.

Background: Risk factors for surgical revision remain important because of additional readmission, anesthesia, and morbidity for the patient and significant cost for health care systems. Although the rate of reoperation (RRO) is well described for traditional open posterior (OP) approaches, the RRO in minimally invasive lateral (MIL) surgery remains poorly characterized. This study compares the RRO in patients undergoing decompressive lumbar spine surgery via MIL versus OP approaches.

Neurosurgical management of leukoencephalopathy, cerebral calcifications, and cysts: A case report and review of literature.

Background: Leukoencephalopathy, Calcification, and Cyst (LCC) is a syndrome describing the rare concurrence of these three unusual radiographic findings. Here, we describe the neurosurgical management in a patient afflicted with LCC and review the existing literature on surgical indications and outcomes.

Case Description: A 24-year-old man presented with symptoms of progressive headache, gait imbalance and horizontal diplopia.

Endoscope-assisted strip craniectomy and postoperative helmet therapy for treatment of craniosynostosis.

OBJECT The primary goals of treatment in the infant with craniosynostosis are to correct the deformity and allow for adequate brain growth in as safe and effective a manner as possible. Herein, the authors present the results of treating craniosynostosis using an endoscope-assisted strip craniectomy and postoperative helmet therapy (EASC + PHT) in the hopes of providing further evidence of its role in the treatment of multiple different forms of craniosynostosis. This is a retrospective review of the patients treated with this technique at Children's Hospital Boston.

The management of sagittal synostosis using endoscopic suturectomy and postoperative helmet therapy.

Object: Suturectomy as a treatment for craniosynostosis was largely replaced in the late twentieth century by more extensive, but predictable, cranial remodeling procedures. Recent technical innovations, such as using the endoscope combined with postoperative orthotic reshaping, have led to a resurgence of interest in suturectomy as a safer, less invasive method.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed for all cases of sagittal synostosis treated with endoscopic sagittal suture strip craniectomy and helmet therapy between 2004 and 2008.