Announcements

Upcoming Special Issue on Pediatric Neurosurgery

Published: 2014-03-31

Guest Editors: Walter A. Hall, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York and Peter D. Kim, The Gillette Children’s Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Focusing on the translational research in pediatrics, Translational Pediatrics is planning to launch a special issue on Pediatric Neurosurgery, inviting Drs. Walter A. Hall from SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York and Peter D. Kim from The Gillette Children’s Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA as the guest editors. This special issue will cover a broad range of topics to introduce the most recent interesting clinical advances in pediatric neurosurgery and their translation into routine patient care in the pediatric setting. The following is the outline of this special issue.

Outline

Preface (Guest editors)

New Concepts in the Pathogenesis of Hydrocephalus
Satish Krishnamurthy; SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, USA

Non-Accidental Pediatric Trauma
Matthew Adamo; Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA

Hemispherectomy in the treatment of seizures: a review
Sean Lew; Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Use of DBS in Pediatric Movement Disorders
Patrick Graupman; Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, Minnesota, USA

LITT for Pediatric Brain Tumors
Zulma Tovar-Spinoza; SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, USA

Tumor Permeability Imaging
Sandi Lam; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

Image Guided Pediatric Spine Surgery
Peter Kim; Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, Minnesota, USA

Intraoperative MRI in Pediatric Neurosurgery
Thomas Moriarty; Norton Neuroscience Institute, Louisville, USA

Cranial Fixation in Young Children
Robert Wood; Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, Minnesota, USA

Endoscopic Craniosynostosis Repair
Mark Proctor; Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA