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