Ahead of Print Articles Research Microsatellite Instability in Glioblastoma: Is it really relevant in tumor prognosis? Merih Tepeoğlu, Pelin Börcek, Özlem Özen, Mehmet Nur Altınörs Date Accepted: Aug 21, 2019 Review Head Transplantation: The Ultimate Level That Medicine Has Not Achieved HABİB SARIKAYA, ÖMÜR ŞAYLIGİL Date Accepted: Aug 09, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25745-18.3 Research Analysis of subcutaneous anterior transposition versus in-situ decompression of ulnar nerve with force transducer in cadaver specimen BEKIR ERAY KILINC, HALUK CELIK, YUNUS OC, ELIF NEDRET KESKINOZ, RUHAT UNLU, BARIS YILMAZ Date Accepted: Aug 08, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.27190-19.2 Research Timing of Shunt Placement Relative to Shunt Infections in Cases of Hydrocephalus Associated with Myelomeningocele Mehmet Sabri Gürbüz, Mehmet Onur Yüksel Date Accepted: Aug 08, 2019 (256 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26510-19.1 Research Cranial Intraosseous Meningiomas: CT and MRI Findings Erkan Gökçe, Murat Beyhan, Leyla Acu Date Accepted: Jul 31, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25694-18.4 Research Statistical shape analyses of patients with scaphocephaly after surgical remodeling Gokhan Ocakoglu, Mevlut Ozgur Taskapilioglu, Seckin Kaya, Zeynep Yazici Date Accepted: Jul 26, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26387-19.2 Case Report Hydrocephalus Following Surgery of Thoracic Intradural Arachnoid Cyst: A Case Report Özkan Özger, Necati Kaplan Date Accepted: Jul 26, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26870-19.3 Research THE CORRELATION OF MERALGIA PARESTHETICA AND PRONE POSITION DURING SPINE SURGERY Serdar Ercan, Zeki Serdar Ataizi, Kemal Ertilav Date Accepted: Jul 26, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26919-19.3 Letter to Editor DOES REALLY LEVEL OF TRANSFORAMINAL EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTION AFFECT THE TREATMENT OUTCOME? Mehmet Çetin Başkaya Date Accepted: Jul 26, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.27112-19.1 Research Endoscopic Training Model for Intranasal Transsphenoidal Hypophysis Surgery Using a Skull Model and Chicken Wings ALTUN Adnan, ÇOKLUK Cengiz Date Accepted: Jul 24, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25841-19.4 Letter to Editor Suggestions to 14-3-3zeta Positive Cells Show More Tumorigenic Characters in Human Glioblastoma Ding Hongjun, Zhang Chunze, He Feng, Chen Long Date Accepted: Jul 22, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25760-19.2 Other A Clinical Analysis of Microvascular Decompression Surgery with Sacrification of the Superior Petrosal Venous Complex for Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Single-surgeon Experience EFDAL AKKAYA, ZEKI GOKCIL, CEM ERBAS, SERHAT PUSAT, ZULEYHA BENGISUN KAZAK, ERSIN ERDOGAN Date Accepted: Jul 22, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26555-19.3 Research Timing of shunt insertion in children with neural tube defects and hydrocephalus: Clinical study Onur Ozgural, Gokmen Kahilogullari, Ihsan Dogan, Umit Eroglu, Fatih Yakar, Mustafa Cemil Kilinc, Emre Yagiz Sayaci, Mustafa Agahan Unlu Date Accepted: Jul 22, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26588-19.1 Research THE RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ENDOVASCULAR AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OUTCOMES OF 105 PATIENTS WITH CEREBRAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION Necati Ucler, Tanin Ogur, Ergun Daglioglu Date Accepted: Jul 19, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26956-19.2 Research CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CANCER TRENDS IN TURKEY Halil Can Küçükyıldız Date Accepted: Jul 18, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26432-19.2 Research Effects of Different Therapeutic Radiation Doses on the Development of Neural Tube Defects in Chick Embryos and the Correlation with Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 and 7 Expression Levels Eren ALTUN, Aziz ATIK, Huseyin Utku ADILAY, Arda KAHRAMAN, Kerem OZTURK, Bulent GUCLU Date Accepted: Jul 16, 2019 (782 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.27015-19.1 Research The Relationship Between the Pneumatization Patterns of the Frontal Sinus, Crista Galli and Nasal Septum: A Tomography Study Gülay Açar, Aynur Emine Çiçekcibaşı, Mustafa Koplay, Kazım Serhan Keleşoğlu Date Accepted: Jul 12, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26006-19.4 Other Dynamic Stabilization of the Lumbar Spine using the Dynesys System Göktuğ Akyoldaş, Orhun Mete Çevik, Tuncer Süzer, Mehdi Sasani, Tunç Öktenoğlu, Ali Fahir Özer Date Accepted: Jul 12, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26475-19.2 Research ANATOMIC FEATURES OF NEURAL FORAMEN AT T12-L1 LEVEL FOR ENDOSCOPIC TRANSFORAMINAL APPROACH TO PARAMEDIAN AND FORAMINAL DISC HERNIATIONS: AN ANATOMIC STUDY ON FRESH HUMAN CADAVERS Halil CAN, Cengiz GOMLEKSIZ, Furkan DIREN, Erdinc CIVELEK, Atilla KIRCELLI, Aydin AYDOSELI, Altay SENCER Date Accepted: Jul 11, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26646-19.4 Research Effectiveness of computer assisted training in patients undergoing lumbar disc hernia surgery Zühal Erdoğan, Hülya Bulut Date Accepted: Jul 11, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26775-19.2 Research Protective effect of contralateral, ipsilateral, and bilateral remote ischemic preconditioning on spinal cord ischemia reperfusion injury in rats Mojtaba Karimipour, Gholam Hossein Farjah, Faranak Molazadeh, Mohammad Hasan Khadem Ansari, Bagher Pourheidar Date Accepted: Jul 11, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26237-19.3 Research Melatonin Modulates NMDA-Receptor 2B/Calpain-1/Caspase-12 Pathways in Rat Brain after Long Time Exposure to GSM Radiation Cemile Merve SEYMEN, Celal ILGAZ, Deniz ERDOĞAN, Çiğdem ELMAS, Atiye Seda YAR SAĞLAM, Zübeyir ELMAZOĞLU, Bahriye SİRAV ARAL, Gülnur TAKE KAPLANOĞLU Date Accepted: Jul 11, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26492-19.2 Research Interobserver variability in mitotic figure counting for meningioma grading: How can we reduce it? Ismail Saygin, Emel Cakir, Mustafa Emre Ercin Date Accepted: Jul 11, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26252-19.2 Research Evaluating the Outcomes of Median Nerve Decompression with a Mini Incision Proximal to the Distal Wrist Crease Ömer Polat Date Accepted: Jul 11, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26462-19.2 Research Microsurgery Versus Medical Treatment for Neuropathic Pain Caused by Foraminal or Extraforaminal Lumbar Disc Herniation: An Observational Study Vaner Köksal, Rahmi Kemal Koç Date Accepted: Jun 30, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26988-19.1 Research ICA bifurcation aneurysms – Clinical features and surgical outcome in a tertiary referral center in South India Pankaj Shivhare, Pradeepanand Vaidya, Gograj Garhwal, Nithin Raj, Jaypalsinh Gohil, Ninad Sawant, Prakash Nair, Krishnakumar Kesavapisharady, Mathew Abraham Date Accepted: Jun 26, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25915-19.3 Research Intraoperative Neuromonitoring during Surgery for Cauda Equina and Conus Medullaris Tumors Emine Taskiran, Mustafa Onur Ulu, Eren Fatma Akcil, Murat Hanci Date Accepted: Jun 26, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26479-19.2 Research Frequency and type of ponticulus posticus and lateralis in a Chinese population: A CT based analysis of 4047 cases Zhang Jun, Shen Jianjian, Li Yong, Zheng Jiayin, Wang Yixin, Shao Haiyu, Jin Mengran, Ding Zhongxiang, Zhao Tingxiao, Chen Xinji, Huang Yazeng Date Accepted: Jun 26, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26190-19.2 Research XCR1 Expression Profile of Surgically Resected Astroytomas Fatih Erdi , Fatih Keskin, Emir Kaan Izci, Bulent Kaya, Yasar Karatas , Bahadır Feyzioglu, Sıddıka Fındık, Erdal Kalkan, Hasan Esen, Yalcın Kocaogullar Date Accepted: Jun 26, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25092-18.2 Letter to Editor Comment on Collegiate Neurosurgery in Disaster and Mass Medical Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Mexico Arthur Saniotis Date Accepted: Jun 26, 2019 (160 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.27087-19.1 Letter to Editor Comment on Collegiate Neurosurgery in Disaster and Mass Medical Emergencies: Lessons Learned from Mexico Arthur Saniotis Date Accepted: Jun 26, 2019 (160 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.27087-19.1 Research Increased Expression of Ubiquitin C-terminal Hydrolase L1 in Astroytomas of Ascending Grades Fatih Keskin, Fatih Erdi, Emir Kaan İzci, Bulent Kaya , Yasar Karatas , Bahadır Feyzioglu, Sıddıka Fındık, Erdal Kalkan, Hasan Esen, Ahmet Önder Güney Date Accepted: Jun 19, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25090-18.3 Research Outcome of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma Treated with Combined Surgical Resection and High-Dose Methotrexate Chemotherapy: A Single-Institution Retrospective Study Qiujian Zhang, Dawei Wang, Hansheng Shu Date Accepted: Jun 18, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24054-19.2 Research The Effects of Agomelatine on The Biochemical and Pathological Features of Cisplatin-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: The First Experimental Study in Rats Seyho Yucetas, Necati Ucler, Tayfun Cakir Date Accepted: Jun 07, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26589-19.2 Research N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonists may ameliorate spinal cord injury by inhibiting oxidative stress: An experimental study in rats Güvenç Doğan, Karaca Onur Date Accepted: Jun 01, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26801-19.3 Research RESULTS OF CHORDOMA PATIENTS TREATED BY DIFFERENT APPROACHES IN A SINGLE INSTITUTION Muge Akmansu, Gokhan Kurt, Volkan Demircan, Ertugrul Senturk Date Accepted: Jun 01, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24406-19.4 Research Investigation of the Effects of Methylphenidate, an Amphetamine Derivative, on Intervertebral Disc Tissue Cell Cultures and Matrix Structures Yasin Emre KAYA, Numan KARAARSLAN, Duygu YASAR SIRIN, Hanefi OZBEK, Necati KAPLAN, Ibrahim YILMAZ Date Accepted: May 30, 2019 (3008 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26339-19.2 Research Effect of Tarantula cubensis extract (Theranekron) on peripheral nerve healing in an experimental sciatic nerve injury model in rats Zahir Kizilay, Serdar Aktas , Nesibe Kahraman Cetin, Mahmut Alp Kilic, Hakan Ozturk Date Accepted: May 28, 2019 (2073 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26162-19.2 Research Posterior Approach Alone Versus Combined Anterior and Posterior Approach in The Management of Vertebral Tuberculosis mehmet demirel, turgut akgül, tuna pehlivanoglu, gökhan karademir, serkan bayram, fatih dikici, cüneyt sar Date Accepted: May 21, 2019 (861 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25968-19.3 Research Evaluation of the Neuroprotective Role of Boric Acid in Preventing Traumatic Brain Injury-Mediated Oxidative Stress Zeki Serdar ATAIZI , Mete OZKOC, Gungor KANBAK, Hadi KARIMKHANI , Dilek BURUKOGLU DONMEZ , Novber USTUNISIK , Buket OZTURK Date Accepted: May 20, 2019 (728 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25692-18.5 Research Ellagic Acid Enhances Antitumor Efficacy of Temozolomide in an in vitro Glioblastoma Model Abdurrahman Çetin, Burcu Biltekin Date Accepted: May 17, 2019 (2426 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26026-19.1 Research Morphometric and Radiomorphometric Study of the Correlation Between the Foramen Magnum Region and the Anterior and Posterolateral Approaches to Ventral Intradural Lesions Sabino Luzzi , Mattia Del Maestro , Angela Elia , Francesca Vincitorio , Giuseppe Di Perna, Francesco Zenga , Diego Garbossa , Samer Elbabaa, Renato Galzio Date Accepted: May 17, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26052-19.2 Research Nomograms for Predicting the Overall and Cancer-Specific Survival of Patients With High-Grade Glioma: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Study. Yuhan Xia, Weixin Liao, Shaozhuo Huang, Zhicheng Liu, Xiaowen Huang, Chen Yang, Chao Ye, Yingjie Jiang, Jun Wang Date Accepted: May 17, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26131-19.2 Research Neuroanatomical Aspects of the Temporo–Parieto–Occipital Junction and New Surgical Strategy to Preserve the Associated Tracts in Junctional Lesion Surgery: Fiber Separation Technique Huseyin Biceroglu, Ali Karadag Date Accepted: May 11, 2019 (7980 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26200-19.2 Research Preliminary study on relationship between temozolomide chemotherapy-resistant cells and stem cells in gliomas Min Xu, Dingchao Xiang, Xun Zhu, Cunzu Wang Date Accepted: May 10, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26278-19.2 Research Inhibition of the invasion of human glioblastoma U87 cell line by ruxolitinib: a molecular player of miR-17 and miR-20a regulating JAK/STAT pathway emre delen, oguzhan doganlar, zeynep banu doganlar, ozlem delen Date Accepted: May 09, 2019 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26122-19.1 Research A New Practical Method for Intracerebral Hematoma Volume Calculation and its Comparison to the simple ABC/2 method ferhat cuce, gökalp tulum, özgür dandin, tuncer ergin, ömer karadas, onur osman Date Accepted: May 04, 2019 (637 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25996-19.2 Research Depressed skull fractures overlying dural venous sinuses: Management modalities and review of literature. Mohamed Aziz, Shafik El Molla, Hisham Abdelrahiem, Osama Dawood Date Accepted: May 02, 2019 (1043 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25572-18.2 Research Predictive Factors for Favorable Outcome from Subthalamic Nucleus-Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease Seyda Erdogan, Ali Savas, Nursel Aydin, Muhittin Cenk Akbostanci Date Accepted: Apr 27, 2019 (317 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25028-18.3 Research Neuroprotective Effects of Lacosamide in Experimental Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Rats Serdar Demiroz, Koray Ur, Aykut Ulucan, Aydin Sukru Bengu, Feyza Demiralin Ur, Ozlem Oz Gergin, Sevki Erdem Date Accepted: Apr 25, 2019 (2785 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25891-19.2 Research Effects of Nigella Sativa and Nimodipine on Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in Serum and Brain Tissue in Rats with Experimental Head Trauma. Kaan Kamasak, Ekinci Adnan, Ahmet Turan DAGLI, Mustafa Ogden, Ulas Alabalık, Adnan Ekinci, Adnan Ceviz Date Accepted: Apr 14, 2019 (700 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25523-19.3 Research The Role of Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Post-Neurosurgical Meningitis gülnur kul, irfan şencan, halil kul, nesibe korkmaz, enes altunay Date Accepted: Apr 14, 2019 (393 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25175-18.2 Research VOCAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH PITUITARY ADENOMAS OPERATED VIA ENDOSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC METHODS Gökhan Kuran, Gökhan Çavuş Date Accepted: Apr 08, 2019 (490 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25810-19.3 Research Simvastatin vs. L-Carnitine: An experimental study on optimizing nerve repair Hamid Namazi, Mohammad Jafar Emami, Fatemeh Dehghani Nazhvani, Ali Dehghani Nazhvani Date Accepted: Apr 08, 2019 (1452 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25821-19.2 Research THE EFFECT OF PHENYRAMIDOL ON NEURAL DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY CHICKEN EMBRYO MODEL Onur Ozgural, Burak Bahadir, Ihsan Dogan, Umit Eroglu, Serhat Aktan, Irem Kar, Gizem Cakici, Eyyub S M Al-Beyati, Gokmen Kahilogullari, Agahan Unlu Date Accepted: Mar 28, 2019 (1610 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26158-19.1 Research Study on Umbilical Cord-Matrix Stem Cells Transplantation for Treatment of Acute Trauma Brain Injury in Rats DONG Huajiang , WANG Ping, PENG Dingwei, SHANG Chongzhi, WANG Lei Date Accepted: Mar 28, 2019 (3495 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25463-18.2 Research The experience of Derivo® Embolisation Device in Intracranial Aneurysms Ergun Daglioglu, İlkay Akmangit, Vedat Acik, Fatih Alagoz, Bige Sayın , Ozhan Merzuk Uckun, Ahmet Deniz Belen, Anıl Arat Date Accepted: Mar 27, 2019 (671 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25776-19.2 Research Effects of Anesthesia Protocol on Perioperative Outcomes and Costs in Lumbar Microdiscectomies Ebru Tarıkçı Kılıç, Sait Naderi Date Accepted: Mar 17, 2019 (727 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25737-18.4 Research Neuroprotective Efficiency of Cyclosporine A after Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats Oktay Gurcan, Merzuk Ozhan Uckun, Ramazan Cengiz Celikmez, Omer Faruk Turkoglu, Hakan Eroglu, Ethem Beskonaklı, Levent Oner, Yamac Taskın Date Accepted: Mar 11, 2019 (1206 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24303-18.2 Research Added Value of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Predicting Response to Somatostatin Analogs in Patients with Acromegaly Emine Sebnem Durmaz, Burak Kocak, Pinar Kadioglu, Nil Comunoglu, Mustafa Onur Ulu, Naci Kocer, Civan Islak, Osman Kizilkilic Date Accepted: Mar 08, 2019 (918 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.26003-19.1 Research Effect of Preoperative Uric Acid Level and Neutrophil / Lymphocyte Ratio on Preoperative and Postoperative Visual Analogue Pain Scores in Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Cross-Sectional Study HÜSEYİN BOZKURT, DENSEL ARAÇ, BURHANETTİN ÇİĞDEM Date Accepted: Mar 07, 2019 (241 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25897-19.2 Case Report An Intraventricular Type of Chondroma : A Case Report Mehdi Nikoobakht , Hamidreza Shojaei, Yasaman Khalili Baseri , Seyedeh Fahimeh Shojaei Date Accepted: Mar 07, 2019 (1148 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25478-18.2 Research Complementary Specific Pelvic Sequences on Routine Lumbar Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scans: An Imaging-Based Study Focused on Piriformis Syndrome Selim Ayhan, Selim Ayhan, Vugar Nabi Nabiyev, Yasin Yetisyigit, Selcuk Palaoglu, Mehmet Yorubulut Date Accepted: Mar 07, 2019 (655 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25863-19.2 Research DTI-based neuronavigation guided eloquent area glioma resection with awake craniotomy: Supra-functional resection of eloquent area gliomas Ali Akay, Rauf Nasirov, Mete Rükşen, Cenk Eraslan, İ.Sertaç İşlekel Date Accepted: Mar 04, 2019 (807 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25779-19.1 Research Marking Basilar Artery Using Neuronavigation during Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy: A Clinical Study Onur Ozgural, Gokmen Kahilogullari, Giuseppe Cinalli, Umit Eroglu, Ihsan Dogan, Eyyub S M Al-Beyati, Murat Zaimoglu, Agahan Unlu Date Accepted: Mar 01, 2019 (2367 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25698-19.1 Research A Clinical Experience with Decompressive Craniectomy Özgür Demir, Fatih Ersay Deniz Date Accepted: Feb 04, 2019 (1127 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24871-18.2 Research Survival benefit with gross total resection and adjuvant radiotherapy in childhood atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors: Results of a single-center cohort of 27 cases Ilkay Isikay, Şahin Hanalioğlu, İbrahim Başar, Fırat Narin, Burçak Bilginer Date Accepted: Feb 04, 2019 (727 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25406-18.1 Research Evaluation of the Efficacy of Sildenafil Citrate Following Severe Head Trauma in an Experimental Rat Model Bilal Kilicarslan, Emel Kilicarslan, Ceren Kizmazoglu, Hasan Emre Aydin, Ismail Kaya, Ayca Ersen Danyeli, Hamit Selim Karabekir Date Accepted: Feb 04, 2019 (832 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.23864-18.3 Research Endovascular Therapy in Posterior Fossa Brain Arteriovenous Malformations: A Clinical Study Özhan Uçkun, Ergün Dağlıoğlu Date Accepted: Jan 24, 2019 (447 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25411-18.1 Research Functional Reorganization in the Primary Somatosensory Cortex of Rat Following Hind-Paw Amputation: A Study of Functional Imaging with 1.5 Tesla MRI Murat Şakir Ekşi, Emel Özcan-Ekşi, Ayça Arslanhan, Hakan Şirinoğlu, Sertaç Erbil, Abuzer Güngör, Oktay Algın, Deniz Konya Date Accepted: Jan 24, 2019 (454 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25595-18.2 Research Treatment of cavernous sinus hemangiomas with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery as a primary and sole therapy ozgur kardes, kadir tufan Date Accepted: Jan 21, 2019 (893 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25564-18.1 Technical Note Application of individualized 3D-Printed artificial vertebral body for cervicothoracic reconstruction in a six-level recurrent chordoma Xinghai Yang, Wei Wan, Haiyi Gong, Jianru Xiao Date Accepted: Jan 16, 2019 (710 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25296-18.2 Research NEUROPATHIC PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE AND NEUROPATHIC PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE-SHORT FORM: TRANSLATION, RELIABILITY, AND VALIDATION STUDY OF THE TURKISH VERSION Ozan Volkan Yurdakul , Aylin Rezvani , Okan Küçükakkaş, Sena Tolu, Mehmet Serkan Kılıçoğlu, Teoman Aydın Date Accepted: Jan 11, 2019 (261 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25466-18.1 Research Evaluation of Empirical Antibiotic Treatment in Culture-Negative Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis Mustafa DOGAN, Abdullah Talha SIMSEK, Ibrahim YILMAZ, Numan KARAARSLAN Date Accepted: Jan 02, 2019 (782 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25018-18.2 Research Clinical Study of Ultrasound-Guided Methylene Blue Thoracic Paravertebral Nerve Block for the Treatment of Postherpetic Neuralgia Ping ZHAO, Lisha MEI, Weizhi WANG Date Accepted: Dec 29, 2018 (270 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24950-18.2 Case Report Septum pellucidum Cavernoma: a case report and anatomical consideration of an extremely rare lesion Aline Lariessy Campos Paiva, João Luiz Vitorino Araujo, Renan Maximilian Lovato, José Carlos Esteves Veiga Date Accepted: Dec 26, 2018 (1513 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.23793-18.3 Research Evaluation of Postoperative Meningitis: Comparison of Meningitis Caused by Acinetobacter spp. and Other Meningitis Gönül Çiçek-Şentürk, Rafet Özay, Gülnur Kul, Fatma Aybala Altay, Semanur Kuzi, Yunus Gürbüz, Ediz Tütüncü, Taha Eser Date Accepted: Dec 25, 2018 (273 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25151-18.1 Research Magnetic Resonance Images of patients with acute isolyted cranial nerve palsies Hakan Baybora, Kaya Faruk, İbrahim Koçak, Yunus Karabela Date Accepted: Dec 14, 2018 (184 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24775-18.4 Research Clinical research of early hyperbaric oxygen therapy on patients with hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage after craniotomy Xuejian Wang, Yang Chen, Zhifeng Wang, Ming Qian Date Accepted: Dec 11, 2018 (244 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25044-18.3 Research Microelectrode recording for deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in patients with advanced Parkinson’s Disease: advantage or loss of time? Ersoy Kocabicak, Onur Alptekin, Dursun Aygun, Onur Yıldız, Yasin Temel Date Accepted: Nov 28, 2018 (512 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.23307-18.3 Technical Note Infections under skin flap after titanium mesh cranioplasty and a simple effective treatment CHEN JUN-HUI, XU QIN-YI, ZHANG CHUN-LEI, CHEN LEI, HE JIAN-QING, WANG YU-HAI Date Accepted: Nov 23, 2018 (738 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22011-17.2 Research Radiological Findings of Craniofacial Fibrous Dysplasia Erkan Gökçe, Murat Beyhan Date Accepted: Nov 21, 2018 (5483 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24627-18.2 Research Comparison of Thalamus Volume on Magnetic Resonance and Cadaveric Section Images Selim Kayaci, Orhan Bas, Fatma Beyazal Celiker , Yilmaz Ucuncu, Yusuf Kemal Arslan, Mehmet Faik Ozveren, Sukru Aykol Date Accepted: Nov 20, 2018 (2971 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24530-18.2 Historical Article Artificial total disc replacement versus fusion for lumbar degenerative disc disease: an update systematic review and meta-analysis Yuzhe Li, Piao Sun, Dong Chen, Li Tang, Chunhui Chen, Aimin Wu Date Accepted: Nov 17, 2018 (1129 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24799-18.2 Research Clinicopathological features and microsurgical management of lesions located in the cavernous sinus: Analysis of 66 cases Mengzhao Feng, Dingkang Xu, Guoqing Wang, Fang Wang, Fuyou Guo Date Accepted: Nov 07, 2018 (879 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24341-18.3 Technical Note Craniotomy with ridges: a time and cost-efficient technique for unwavering fixation of bone flap Amit Kumar Upadhyay, Mazhar Husain, Rastogi Manu Date Accepted: Nov 02, 2018 (746 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22181-17.3 Research Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Sevoflurane Mehmet Sorar, Orhan Altay Date Accepted: Oct 31, 2018 (3642 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24788-18.1 Research Vasorelaxant and neuroprotective effects of mildronate in a rabbit subarachnoid hemorrhage model Muhammed Taha Eser, Pınar Kuru Bektaşoğlu, Bora Gürer, Hüseyin Bozkurt, Mehmet Sorar, Özden Çağlar Öztürk, Ata Türker Arıkök, Hayri Kertmen Date Accepted: Oct 29, 2018 (2590 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24647-18.3 Research Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Hemostatic Changes in Glioblastoma Multiforme and Low-Grade Astrocytoma Ersin Hacıyakupoğlu, Derviş Mansuri Yılmaz, Jan Walter, Şeyda Erdoğan, Sebahattin Hacıyakupoğlu, Susanne A Kuhn Date Accepted: Oct 17, 2018 (342 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22739-18.3 Research Preoperative Systemic Inflammatory Markers in Different Brain Pathologies: An Analysis of 140 Patients Ahmet Kayhan, Taha Sukru Korkmaz, Oguz Baran, Rahsan Kemerdere, Seher Naz Yeni, Taner Tanriverdi Date Accepted: Oct 14, 2018 (289 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24244-18.2 Case Report Central nervous system Strongyloides stercoralis. A case report Nezih Oktar, Haluk Özer, Eren Demirtaş Date Accepted: Sep 28, 2018 (895 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22886-18.2 Case Report COMBINED PREOPERATIVE EMBOLIZATION AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GIANT ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST IN THE LUMBAR SPINE İDRİS SERTBAŞ, METE KARATAY Date Accepted: Sep 20, 2018 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24614-18.2 Research Correlation of PreoperativeRadiological Evaluation of Skull Base and Nonskull Base Meningiomas with Clinical and Surgical Criteria okan turk, murat asık , sebnem batur, ercan cetin, buge oz, ali kafadar Date Accepted: Sep 17, 2018 (788 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.23078-18.2 Case Report Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Related İnflammation Presenting As Steroid Responsive Brain Mass Hakan Silek, Bahar Erbas Date Accepted: Sep 11, 2018 (979 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22592-18.3 Technical Note A simple technique for removing broken pedicle screws Mehmet Seçer, Ömer Polat, Kadir Çınar, Murat Ulutaş Date Accepted: Sep 11, 2018 (528 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24040-18.2 Research Research activities of spinal fusion in various subspecialties by different surgeons: a bibliometric study Weiming Chen, Jiajun Deng, Chaobo Feng, Guoxin Fan, Shisheng He Date Accepted: Sep 11, 2018 (3965 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.23172-18.2 Research miR-24 reduces serum lipid levels and inhibits brain tissue cells apoptosis of rats with cerebral infarction Qiyong Jiang, Dawei Shen, Yihua Wang, Dezhang Huang, Zhigang Wang Date Accepted: Sep 05, 2018 (1349 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.23127-18.3 Technical Note New Laminoplasty Technique for Preserving Paravertebral Muscles: Technical Note Halıl Ibrhim Secer, Barıs Polat Date Accepted: Sep 05, 2018 (3759 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.23808-18.3 Research Activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 signaling attenuates neurogenesis in a rat model of intracerebral hemorrhage Li Haitao, Huajun Zhou Date Accepted: Sep 03, 2018 (2017 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.23665-18.3 Research COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN THE FOLLOW-UP OF SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE: An Experimental Rat Study Turan Kandemir, Fulya Buge Ergen, Didem Turgut Cosan, Fezan Mutlu, Zühtü Özbek, Tevfik Erhan Coşan Date Accepted: Aug 28, 2018 (512 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.23942-18.2 Research A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Bilateral Decompression via Unilateral Approach versus Instrumented Total Laminectomy and Fusion for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Ali Erhan Kayalar, Mehmet Resid Onen, Aydin Gerilmez, Sait Naderi Date Accepted: Jul 27, 2018 (741 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.24318-18.1 Review Systematic review of treatment for unruptured intracranial aneurysms: clipping vs coiling shen zhe, zhao yachao, gu xuanmin, fang junchao, yang jinsheng, li tao, fan bo Date Accepted: Jul 02, 2018 DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.23729-18.1 Research Identification of Driver Genes and Key Pathways of Ependymoma Sheng Zhong, Qi Yan, Junliang Ge, Gaojing Dou, Haiyang Xu, Gang Zhao Date Accepted: Jun 30, 2018 (867 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21876-17.5 Research Endocrinological outcomes of intraoperative MRI-guided endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery for non-functioning pituitary adenoma Zhang ZhiBin, Wang Peng, Feng ShiYu, Yu XinGuang Date Accepted: Jun 27, 2018 (365 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22603-18.2 Case Report Traumatic Sequestrated Thoracic Disc Herniation; A Case Report ÖĞRENCİ Ahmet, KOBAN Orkun, YAMAN Onur, YILMAZ Mesut, DALBAYRAK Sedat Date Accepted: Jun 21, 2018 (566 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.23504-18.3 Research Increased Expression of GRP78 in Recurrent GBM Patients xue wen, xuan chen, xiaoping cheng Date Accepted: Jun 21, 2018 (398 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21840-17.4 Research Evaluation of the Retrogasserian Opioid Application in the Treatment of Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia Mustafa Ilik, Faik Ilik Date Accepted: Jun 21, 2018 (224 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22604-18.2 Technical Note Microvascular anastomosis using only 2-throw reef knots-: A technical note Nupur Pruthi, Dhaval Gohil, Sampath Somanna Date Accepted: Jun 14, 2018 (984 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22636-18.2 Case Report Diagnosis and Treatment of Hemorrhagic Cerebral Paragonimiasis: Three Case Reports and Literature RevieAbstract Wang Qisheng, Hou Liming, Liu Liang Date Accepted: Jun 13, 2018 (861 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22666-18.3 Case Report A case report of a 4-year-old boy with intradural spinal cord abscess successfully treated with adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen therapy Ayse Sahin, Mustafa Kılıc, Nazan Dalgıc Date Accepted: Apr 26, 2018 (241 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22971-18.2 Case Report Intracranial medulloepithelioma in a child: a case report Yi-Zheng Wang, Jing Chen, Yu-Lian Fang, Chun-Quan Cai Date Accepted: Apr 26, 2018 (539 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22225-17.2 Research Effects of Zinc Oxide on mRNA Expression of Genes in Brain Tissue of Rats inan gezgin, cem öziç Date Accepted: Apr 24, 2018 (280 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21557-17.4 Case Report Composite Hemangioendothelioma Settled in the Paraspinal Region: A Rare Case Report Sevki Gok, Mehmet Zafer Berkman, Eyup Baykara Date Accepted: Apr 24, 2018 (437 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22256-17.4 Research Systematic Evaluation of Desmopressin Applied to the Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in the light of the Literature Numan KARAARSLAN, Ibrahim YILMAZ, Feride Sinem AKGUN, Tezcan CALISKAN, Hanefi OZBEK, Ozkan ATES Date Accepted: Apr 09, 2018 (289 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.23064-18.1 Research Morphological Characteristics of Posterior Cerebral Circulation: An Analysis Based on Non-Invasive Imaging Filip Vitosevic, Lukas Rasulic, Svetlana Milosevic Medenica Date Accepted: Apr 06, 2018 (298 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22661-18.1 Case Report Surgically Treated Status Epilepticus due to Large Cortical Tuber and Long-Term Follow-Up Results gönül güvenç, ceren kızmazoğlu, murat sayın, hatice sabiha türe Date Accepted: Mar 19, 2018 (514 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21343-17.2 Case Report Pneumothorax after a ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement: case report and review of the literature Tsung-Ming Su, Tsung-Han Lee, Shih-Wei Hsu Date Accepted: Mar 11, 2018 (243 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22556-18.1 Case Report A Hybrid Operation for the Treatment of Extracranial Carotid Artery Aneurysm with a 2-year Follow-up Meng Qi, Yan Ma, Liqun Jiao Date Accepted: Feb 04, 2018 (361 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21848-17.2 Case Report Development of a giant cornu cutaneum in a patient with a coincidental foreknown intracranial meningioma Asım Uslu, Cezmi Çağrı Türk, Ali Bacanlı, Sevim Yıldız, Ramazan Uyar, Tolga Gediz, Abdullah Konak Date Accepted: Dec 14, 2017 (1049 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.22091-17.1 Research Radiation-Induced Meningiomas: A Series of Consecutive Four Patients and Review of the Literature Anas Abdallah, Hasan Burak Gündüz, Murad Asiltürk, Özden Erhan Sofuoğlu, Bilge Bilgiç, Erhan Emel, Betül Güler Abdallah Date Accepted: Dec 14, 2017 (918 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21197-17.2 Technical Note Intentional herniation technique with the Neuroform EZ stent system for preservation of aneurysmal neck branch: a case report Yoji Kuramoto, Kazuyuki Mikami, Toshiaki Bando, Yasushi Ueno Date Accepted: Dec 06, 2017 (686 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21334-17.2 Case Report Our experience in the management of CSF otorrhea: A transmastoid approach with middle ear cavity obliteration and a middle cranial fossa approach Asli Cakir Cetin, Nuri Karabay, Enis Alpin Guneri Date Accepted: Nov 01, 2017 (306 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21127-17.3 Case Report Functional Hemispherectomy for Adult Rasmussen Encephalitis: A Case Report and Literature Review Wang Qun, Zhu Zhanpeng, Wang Guangming , Qiu Jiqing , Sun Lichao Date Accepted: Sep 26, 2017 (594 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21188-17.1 Review Spontaneous Intracystic Haemorrhage of an Arachnoid Cyst Associated with a Subacute Subdural Hematoma: A Case Report and Literature Review Evren Aydogmus, Tufan Hicdonmez Date Accepted: Sep 20, 2017 (418 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20885-17.2 Case Report Multiple Intracranial Aneurysms Concurrent with a Clinoid Meningioma: A Case Report Xiangyang Zhou, Zhengbin Din, Hong Liu, Yimin Li Date Accepted: Sep 20, 2017 (402 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.21084-17.1 Case Report Successful Application of the Ventriculo-Gallbladder Shunt: A Salvage Procedure Bülent Guclu, Tufan Hicdonmez, Utku Adilay, Yunus Emre Altuntas Date Accepted: Jul 29, 2017 (293 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20951-17.2 Research Paramedian Forehead Flap for Repair of Refractory High-Flow Anterior Skull Base CSF Leak Jeremy Ciporen, Brandon Lucke-Wold, Haley Gillham, David Cua, Jason Kim, Paul Akins Date Accepted: Jul 11, 2017 (476 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20662-17.1 Case Report A trial for an evaluation of perianeurysmal arterial pressure change during carotid artery stenting in patients with concomitant severe extracranial carotid artery stenosis and ipsilateral intracranial aneurysm. Daisuke Wajima, Ichiro Nakagawa, Takeshi Wada, Hiroyuki Nakase Date Accepted: Apr 27, 2017 (477 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20418-17.0 Case Report Association of two primitive carotid-basilar anastomoses and cerebrovascular abnormalities on the brain base: a case report Milena Trandafilović, Ljiljana Vasović, Slobodan Vlajković, Marija Daković-Bjelaković Date Accepted: Apr 27, 2017 (329 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.20043-17.1 Technical Note Novel Hybrid Operating Table for Neuroendovascular Treatment Park Jong-Hyun , Mun JongHyeon, Shin Dong-Seung , Kim Bum-Tae Date Accepted: Mar 25, 2017 (325 KB) DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.19723-16.2

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