Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery and Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology

Part 1. 6th International Congress on Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

1. The NASA Smart Probe for Real-time Tissue Identification: Potential Applications in Neurosurgery
Russell Andrews, Robert Mah, Richard Papasin, Michael Guerrero, Luis DaSilva

2. Clinically Non-functional Pituitary Tumors: The Surgical and Biological Challenge
Chheng-Orn Evans, Raguveer K. Halkar, Nelson M. Oyesiku

3. Tips for Correct Use of Navigation
Eiji Kohmura

4. Image-Guided Surgery for Gliomas
Hiroki Namba, Tsutomu Tokuyama, Naoki Yokota, Naoto Sakai, Tokutaro Tanaka, Seiji Yamamoto, Susumu Terakawa, Baigalmaa Tsagaan, Keiichi Abe

5. Recent Advances in Radiosurgery for Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations: The University of Tokyo Experience
Keisuke Maruyama, Masahiro Shin, Takaaki Kirino

6. Intramedullary Spinal Cord Glial Tumours: Management Philosophy and Surgical Outcome
Suresh Nair, Girish Menon, Basrur Ravi Mohan Rao, Boyini Jagadeeshwara Rajesh, Thiagrajan Muthurethinam, Abraham Mathew, Hari Venkat Easwer, Robindra Nath Bhattacharya

7. Surgical Tactics for Subaxial Spinal Cord Injury
Junichi Mizuno, Hiroshi Nakagawa

8. Efficacy of Lateral Position on Minimally Invasive Cervical Expansive Open-Door Laminoplasty
Masaaki Nakajima, Masanori Chikama, Masahiro Tsuboi

9. MR Tractography for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
Kei Yamada, Osamu Kizu, Tsunehiko Nishimura

10. Intraoperative MRI
Masayuki Matsuda, Akihiko Shiino, Shigehiro Morikawa

11. Clinical Significance of Positron Emission Tomography in Brain Tumor Surgery
Katsuyoshi Mineura

12. The Biology of Glioma—A Discussion from the Standpoint of Photodynamic Diagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Toshihiko Kuroiwa, Yoshinaga Kajimoto, Shin-Ichi Miyatake, Minoru Miyashita

13. MCA Embolism Local Fibrinolytic Intervention Trial (MELT) Japan
Masayuki Ezura, Akira Takahashi, Yasushi Matsumoto, Akira Ogawa

14. Direct Cerebral Bypass Supplements Indirect Bypass Procedures in Moyamoya Disease
Yoshio Suzuki, Norikazu Hatano, Syuntaro Takasu, Noriaki Matsubara, Yugo Kishida, Nobuhiko Mizutani

15. Treatment of Cerebral Vasospasm Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Tadayoshi Nakagomi, Teruyuki Ishii, Hiroshi Nagashima, Toshihiro Mochizuki, Masahumi Hirata, Makiko Shirouzu, Aya Kobayashi

16. Retrocarotid Infracommunicating Approach for Parasellar and Interpedunclar Tumors
Hideyuki Ohnishi, Tatsuhiko Monobe, Yoshitaka Kamada, Naoto Adachi, Norimasa Kohaya, Kazuya Nakashima, Michio Nishikawa, Katsushi Taomoto

17. Genetically Modified Cell Line Grafting for the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
Isao Date, Tetsuro Shingo, Takao Yasuhara

18. Controlled Secretion of ?-endorphin from Human Embryonic Kidney Cells Carrying a Tet-on-NL1-?-endorphin Fusion Gene: Gene Therapy of Pain
Youichi Saitoh, Yutaka Eguchi, Toshiki Yoshimine, Guy Boileau

19. Human Gene Therapy for Malignant Gliomas
Toshihiko Wakabayashi, Jun Yoshida, Masaaki Mizuno, Masazumi Fujii, Yasukazu Kajita, Norimoto Nakahara, Hisashi Hatano

20. Neuronal Restoration of Memory Disturbances and Neuroprotection for Fall in Vegetation after Cardiac Arrest
Nariyuki Hayashi

21. Neuroprotection and Repair by Using Adult-derived Neural Stem Cell Grafting for Neurological Disorders
Isao Date, Tetsuro Shingo, Takao Yasuhara, Kazuya Takahashi, Kenichiro Muraoka

22. Diaphragm Pacing with a Spinal Cord Stimulator
Takaomi Taira, Tomokatsu Hori

23. Intraoperative Monitoring of the Corticospinal MEP (D-wave) in Brain Tumor Surgery
Takamitsu Yamamoto, Yoichi Katayama, Takafumi Nagaoka, Kazutaka Kobayashi, Chikashi Fukaya

24. Functional Neurosurgical Rehabilitation in Craniovertebral Junction Abnormality. An Exemplary Case Report
Klaus R. H. Wild

25. Functional Electrical Stimulation for Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation at the University of Virginia and Duke University
Edwin Cooper, James McElhaney, Di Han, Branan Cooper, Bryan Cooper

26. Treatment Results of Poor-grade (WFNS Grade V) Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Takehiko Sasaki, Joji Nakagawara, Toshiaki Osato, Kazuyuki Hayase, Rihei Takeda, Hirohiko Nakamura

27. Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery Using Instrumentation
Hiroyuki Nakase, Yuki Ida, Young-Su Park, Hidehiro Hirabayashi, Shoichiro Kawaguchi, Toshisuke Sakaki

28. Clinical Experience with Endoscope-controlled Removal of Intrameatal Vestibular Schwannomas
Tomokatsu Hori, Takashi Maruyama, Mikhail Chernov

29. Neuroprotective Approaches in Experimental Model of Cerebral Venous Infarct
Hiroyuki Nakase, Ryota Kimura, Toshikazu Nishioka, Ryo Tamaki, Hitoshi Miyake, Yasuhiro Takeshima, Toshisuke Sakaki

30. Treatment of Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysm: Our Approach
Yoko Kato, Hirotoshi Sano, Minoru Yoneda, Sadayoshi Watanabe, Shamsul Alam, Khandelwal Prashant, Shamson Sharad Rajamani, Tetsuo Kanno

31. Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery for Pituitary Macroadenoma
Suresh K. Sankhla

32. Microsurgical Treatment of Posterior Cranial Fossa Tumors Via Keyhole Approaches
Qing Lan, Zhigang Gong, Zhiyuan Qian, Jian Chen, Shihai Liu, Zhaohui Lu, Qiang Huang

33. The NASA Nanoelectrode Array for Deep Brain Stimulation: Monitoring Neurotransmitters and Electrical Activity Plus Precise Stimulation
Russell Andrews, Jun Li, Alan Cassell, Jessica Koehne, Meyya Meyyappan, Barbara Nguyen-Vu, Neng Huang, Li Chen

Part 2. 3rd World Congress of the Academy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology

34. Phenomenological Aspects of Consciousness: Coma Scale in Chronic Stage (Chronic Coma Scale Score; CCSs)
Tomio Ohta

35. Right Median Nerve Electrical Stimulation for the Vegetative State
Edwin Cooper, Bryan Cooper, Jefferson Chen

36. An Ecologically Valid System for Classifying Severity of Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
George P. Prigatano

37. Some Keys to Neurorehabilitation Related to the Circuitry of Emotion in the Brain
José León-Carrión

38. Multidisciplinary Treatment for Trauma—The AMN View
Klaus R. H. Wild

39. Ventricular Enlargement after TBI—Shunt or No Shunt
Hans Tritthart

40. Ex vivo Expansion and Neural Differentiation of Bone Marrow-derived Cells under Serum-free Condition
Takuro Magaki, Kaoru Kurisu, Takahito Okazaki

41. Head Trauma Related Epilepsy
Tohru Hoshida, Kunihiko Kobitsu, Shunichi Takeshima, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Yeong-Jin Kim, Hiroyuki Nakase, Toshisuke Sakaki

42. Recent Projects on Neurotrauma in Japan
Minoru Shigemori

43. Head Injury in Buenos Aires City: Main Features
Patricia S. Marchio, Ignacio J. Previgliano, Claudio E. Goldini, Francisco Murillo-Cabezas, Armando Basso

44. Can Mild Head Injury Affect the Quality of Life by Neuropsychological Disturbances?
Alexandru Vlad Ciurea, Ligia Tataranu, Virginia Rotarescu

45. Simple and Effective Assessment of Posttraumatic Higher Brain Function Disorders with Special Reference to the Prefrontal Area
Kenichi Uemura

46. Neurobehavioral Sequelae in Neurotraumatology
Anne-Lise Christensen

47. Clinical Analysis of the Patients with Anterior Skull Base and Craniofacial Injury in the Acute Head Trauma
Yoji Node, Tomonori Tamaki, Akira Teramoto

48. Oxidative Injury and Antioxidant Therapy in Acute Brain Injury
Yukio Ikeda

49. The Development of Brain Hypothermia Treatment for Severe Brain Trauma: New Finding of Brain Injury Mechanism, ICU Management Technique and Pitfall
Nariyuki Hayashi

50. Hemodynamic Efficacy of Neuroleptanesthesia for Therapeutic Hypothermia in Acute Brain Injury
Shunji Kasaoka, Yasutaka Oda, Susumu Yamashita, Ryosuke Tsuruta, Hirosuke Fujisawa, Kiyoshi Okabayashi, Tsuyoshi Maekawa

51. Different Cytokine Responses between Induced and Accidental Hypothermia: An Implication for Controversies over Neuroeffective of Therapeutic Hypothermia
Mayuki Aibiki

52. Multidisciplinary Treatment Including Brain Hypothermia for Severe Brain Injury
Yoshio Takasato, Takanori Hayakawa

53. Therapeutic Moderate Hypothermia for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review
Donald W. Marion

54. Early Decompressive Surgery for Spinal Cord Injury: Rationale Based on Experimental Study
Tetsuya Morimoto, Yasushi Shin, Rinsei Tei, Yasuo Hirokawa

55. Acetazolamide Vasoreactivity Evaluated by Transcranial Ultrasonic Power Harmonic Imaging and Doppler Sonography
Toshiyuki Shiogai, Aki Morisaka, Yuuka Arima, Kaori Ikeda, Natsuko Takayasu, Yoshinari Nagakane, Kenji Yoshikawa, Toshiki Mizuno, Masanori Nakagawa, Hiroshi Furuhata

56. Neurointesive Care with Multimodal Monitoring
Mitsuru Honda, Yoshikatsu Seiki

57. Right Median Nerve Electrical Stimulation for Coma Treatment—Recent Experience in Lithuania and the U.S.A.
Saulius Rocka, Egidijus Jarzemskas, Edwin Cooper, Bryan Cooper

58. Management of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: Our Strategy
Hirosuke Fujisawa, Eiichi Suehiro, Hiroshi Yoneda, Michiyasu Suzuki

59. Clinical Features in the Patients with “Platform Accident” in Tokyo
Yoji Node, Tomonori Tamaki, Akira Teramoto

60. Screening for Hypopituitarism Following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Gianluca Aimaretti, Claudio Perino, Silvia Rovere, Giulia Chiara Croce, Kristian Perrone, Roberto Rago, Ezio Ghigo

61. Development of the New Coma Scale: Emergency Coma Scale (ECS)
Masahiro Wakasugi, Hiroshi Okudera, Tomio Ohta, Takeshi Asahi, Akihiko Igawa, Daisuke Tange

62. Pre-hospital Care for Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Analysis of JAPAN Neurotrauma Data Bank
Akira Satoh, Hiroshi Nakamura

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Neurosurgery