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Neurosurg Focus 39 (Suppl1):Intro, 2015
VIDEO
Introduction: Intracranial Aneurysm Surgery, Part 2 Daniel L. Barrow, M.D.1 and Ralph Dacey, M.D.2 1 2
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Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; and Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
t has been a pleasure and a learning experience to serve as guest editors of this second video supplement of microsurgical treatment of intracranial aneurysms. Following a request for articles for the original supplement, we received so many outstanding contributions, the editorial staff of the Journal of Neurosurgery was kind enough to allow us to create two supplements to accommodate more of these valuable vignettes. This Neurosurgical Focus video supplement includes narrated videos of a variety of surgical approaches to intracranial aneurysms that complement the outstanding material in the first supplement. Contributions include a wide variety of challenging aneurysms, including calcified, blister, fusiform, as well as saccular lesions that required creative surgical reconstructions. These video presentations illustrate the fact that microsurgery is a dynamic field that continuously improves our ability to manage increasingly complex lesions. Surgical nuances include innovative bypass procedures, balloon-assisted parent vessel occlusion, thrombectomy,
creative clip reconstruction techniques, and other technical advances. It is encouraging to witness the innovation and technical creativity that keeps our specialty vital and focused on managing lesions that were previously untreatable. It is our hope that these surgical videos will continue to inspire the current and future generations of neurosurgeons to carry on the tradition of ingenuity that has defined our specialty. We would like to express our appreciation to Margie Shreve, Neurosurgical Focus Editorial Assistant, for all of her help. We owe a great thanks to Sander Connolly, for assisting with the review of many of the submitted videos. We would also like to thank all of the authors for their overwhelming response to our request to share their insight, knowledge, and skills that will add to our existing literature. Again, and on behalf of all the contributors, we thank our patients who have placed their trust in us for their care.
NCLUDE WHEN CITING Published online July 1, 2015; DOI: http://thejns.org/doi/abs/10.3171/2015.7.FocusVid.Intro. CORRESPONDENCE Daniel L. Barrow, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. email: [email protected]. ©AANS, 2015
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FOCUS
Neurosurg Focus 39 (Suppl1):Intro, 2015
VIDEO
Introduction: Intracranial Aneurysm Surgery, Part 2 Daniel L. Barrow, M.D.1 and Ralph Dacey, M.D.2 1 2
I
Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; and Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
t has been a pleasure and a learning experience to serve as guest editors of this second video supplement of microsurgical treatment of intracranial aneurysms. Following a request for articles for the original supplement, we received so many outstanding contributions, the editorial staff of the Journal of Neurosurgery was kind enough to allow us to create two supplements to accommodate more of these valuable vignettes. This Neurosurgical Focus video supplement includes narrated videos of a variety of surgical approaches to intracranial aneurysms that complement the outstanding material in the first supplement. Contributions include a wide variety of challenging aneurysms, including calcified, blister, fusiform, as well as saccular lesions that required creative surgical reconstructions. These video presentations illustrate the fact that microsurgery is a dynamic field that continuously improves our ability to manage increasingly complex lesions. Surgical nuances include innovative bypass procedures, balloon-assisted parent vessel occlusion, thrombectomy,
creative clip reconstruction techniques, and other technical advances. It is encouraging to witness the innovation and technical creativity that keeps our specialty vital and focused on managing lesions that were previously untreatable. It is our hope that these surgical videos will continue to inspire the current and future generations of neurosurgeons to carry on the tradition of ingenuity that has defined our specialty. We would like to express our appreciation to Margie Shreve, Neurosurgical Focus Editorial Assistant, for all of her help. We owe a great thanks to Sander Connolly, for assisting with the review of many of the submitted videos. We would also like to thank all of the authors for their overwhelming response to our request to share their insight, knowledge, and skills that will add to our existing literature. Again, and on behalf of all the contributors, we thank our patients who have placed their trust in us for their care.
NCLUDE WHEN CITING Published online July 1, 2015; DOI: http://thejns.org/doi/abs/10.3171/2015.7.FocusVid.Intro. CORRESPONDENCE Daniel L. Barrow, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. email: [email protected]. ©AANS, 2015
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