海角社区

海角社区 — Rolling Meadows, IL (January 1, 2025). The January issue of Neurosurgical Focus () offers eight articles on pediatric craniofacial surgery.   

Topic Editors: John R. W. Kestle, Jay Riva-Cambrin, Christopher M. Bonfield, Amy Lee, and Jennifer M. Strahle 

From the Topic Editors’ Introduction: “Surgical procedures for craniofacial disorders are among the most common operations in pediatric neurosurgery…. This is a broad discipline with many unanswered questions. This issue of Neurosurgical Focus attempts to fill some of those gaps, beginning with a snapshot of practice patterns in the United States.”

Contents of the January issue: 

• “Introduction. Ongoing challenges in pediatric craniofacial surgery” by John R. W. Kestle et al.
• “Craniosynostosis surgery practice patterns in the United States: what are we doing and how are we doing it?” by Lauren E. Sullivan et al.
• “Sports after single-suture synostosis surgery: a survey of Synostosis Research Group members” by Christopher M. Bonfield et al.
• “Surgical treatment of craniofacial cleft and orbital hypertelorism: a single-center cohort study” by Kamran As’adi et al.
• “Eleven years of experience with endoscopic and open surgery for craniosynostosis and risk factors for undesirable outcome” by Mohammad Amin Dabbagh Ohadi et al.
• “Craniosynostosis as a cause of intracranial hypertension in Alagille syndrome: a case series of 6 consecutive pediatric patients” by Lelio Guida et al.
• “Photogrammetric evaluation of extended midline strip craniectomy with bilateral parietal osteotomies on frontal morphology in patients with isolated sagittal synostosis” by Thomas Ru虉ckschloß et al.
• “Comprehensive craniometry for sagittal synostosis” by Jason A. Ramsey et al.
• “Low- and middle-income country perspective: bridging gaps in craniofacial surgery care. Challenges, innovations, and future prospects” by Aiman Waheed et al.

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Embargoed Article Access and Author/Expert Interviews: Contact JNSPG Director of Publications Gillian Shasby at [email protected] for advance access and to arrange interviews with the authors and external experts who can provide context for this research. 

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The global leader for cutting-edge neurosurgery research since 1944, the Journal of Neurosurgery () is the official journal of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) representing over 12,000 members worldwide ().