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    Identification and decompression of superior cluneal nerve implicated in low back pain

    Low back pain (LBP) can be attributable to entrapment of the superior cluneal nerve (SCN) around the iliac crest. Surgical decompression is a useful treatment; however, finding all entrapped SCNs involved in p...

    Kenta Koketsu, Kyongsong Kim, Toyohiko Isu, Rinko Kokubo in Acta Neurochirurgica (2024)

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    Spontaneous middle cerebral artery dissection: a series of six cases and literature review

    Middle cerebral artery (MCA) dissection is rare, and various clinical presentations, including hemorrhage, ischemia, or comorbidities, and the changes in imaging findings over time hinder treatment decisions. ...

    Yohei Nounaka, Yasuo Murai, Kazutaka Shirokane, Fumihiro Matano in Neurosurgical Review (2023)

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    Ring finger protein 213 c.14576G>A mutation is not involved in internal carotid artery and middle cerebral artery dysplasia

    The ring finger protein 213 (RNF213) susceptibility gene has been detected in more than 80% of Japanese and Korean patients with moyamoya disease (MMD), a bilateral internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion. Furthe...

    Yasuo Murai, Eitaro Ishisaka, Atsushi Watanabe, Tetsuro Sekine in Scientific Reports (2021)

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    Preoperative liquid embolization of cerebeller hemangioblastomas using N-butyl cyanoacrylate

    We aim to present and discuss clinical outcomes of preoperative liquid embolization of hemangioblastomas (HB) using N-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA).

    Yasuo Murai, Shushi Kominami, Yoichi Yoshida, Takayuki Mizunari in Neuroradiology (2012)