{"title":"Intraoperative antibiotic irrigation in cranial surgery: A constructive appraisal of Gunnarut et al","authors":"Parth Aphale , Himanshu Shekhar , Shashank Dokania","doi":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109083","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109083","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10385,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery","volume":"257 ","pages":"Article 109083"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144722462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on “The application of machine learning for treatment selection of unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations: A secondary analysis of the ARUBA trial data\"","authors":"Muhammad Hasan , Muhammad Hammad Chola","doi":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109051","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109051","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10385,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery","volume":"257 ","pages":"Article 109051"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144711108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter to the Editor: Emergent role of complement inhibitors in myasthenic crisis: Understanding why, when and how","authors":"Muhammad Tabish, Mantsha Ahmed, Laiba Shoukat","doi":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109066","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109066","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10385,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery","volume":"257 ","pages":"Article 109066"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144686211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elena Rossini , Stefania Morino, Matteo Garibaldi, Luca Leonardi, Laura Tufano, Antonio Lauletta, Francesca Forcina, Giovanni Antonini, Laura Fionda
{"title":"Response to letter to the editor: “Emergent role of complement inhibitors in myasthenic crisis” (CNN-D-25-2224)","authors":"Elena Rossini , Stefania Morino, Matteo Garibaldi, Luca Leonardi, Laura Tufano, Antonio Lauletta, Francesca Forcina, Giovanni Antonini, Laura Fionda","doi":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109069","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109069","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10385,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery","volume":"257 ","pages":"Article 109069"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144686210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elena Rossini , Stefania Morino, Matteo Garibaldi, Luca Leonardi, Laura Tufano, Antonio Lauletta, Francesca Forcina, Giovanni Antonini, Laura Fionda
{"title":"Response to comment on: “Emergent role of complement inhibitors in myasthenic crisis – Complement for crisis, FcRn for continuity (CNN-D-25–2177)”","authors":"Elena Rossini , Stefania Morino, Matteo Garibaldi, Luca Leonardi, Laura Tufano, Antonio Lauletta, Francesca Forcina, Giovanni Antonini, Laura Fionda","doi":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109068","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109068","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10385,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery","volume":"257 ","pages":"Article 109068"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144686212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ning Wei, Xuegan Lian, Dan Ye, Hao Zhang, Jian Ding, Keshi Mao, Dawen Li, Song Yang, Yi Ren
{"title":"Development and validation of a remote NIH stroke scale (rNIHSS) for caregiver-assisted telestroke assessments","authors":"Ning Wei, Xuegan Lian, Dan Ye, Hao Zhang, Jian Ding, Keshi Mao, Dawen Li, Song Yang, Yi Ren","doi":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109065","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109065","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>NIH stroke scale (NIHSS) assessment is crucial in Telestroke. However, certain NIHSS items demonstrated poor reliability when assessed remotely. We aimed to develop a modified remote version of the NIHSS (rNIHSS) for caregiver-assisted telestroke assessments.</div></div><div><h3>Materials and methods</h3><div>We evaluated 102 stroke patients. A neurologist conducted the NIHSS assessment remotely via smartphone, assisted by caregivers, and followed by bedside evaluation by another neurologist. The agreement for total NIHSS scores and each individual item was tested. The rNIHSS was developed by excluding unreliable items, followed by evaluation of its reliability and validity.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Caregiver-assisted remote NIHSS assessments demonstrated limited reliability (84.3 % agreement). The rNIHSS was developed by excluding items with poor wK values: visual field, facial palsy, extinction/inattention, and ataxia. Remote rNIHSS assessments in mild stroke cases were equivalent to bedside assessments, with 98.2 % of the subjects having total scores that differed by ≤ 2 points; however, the reliability was limited in moderate and severe strokes (93.1 % and 77.8 % agreement, respectively). The correlation coefficients for the rNIHSS scores and bedside NIHSS scores, and the 90-day and 1-year modified Rankin scale scores were 0.97, 0.88, and 0.86, respectively (<em>p</em> < 0.01).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Caregiver-assisted rNIHSS remote assessment improved reliability in mild stroke patients but was limited in severe cases. Prospective validation of the rNIHSS is needed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10385,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery","volume":"257 ","pages":"Article 109065"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144722463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on: “Emergent role of complement inhibitors in myasthenic crisis – Complement for crisis, FcRn for continuity”","authors":"Haris Afridi , Kainat Afzal","doi":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109067","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109067","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10385,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery","volume":"257 ","pages":"Article 109067"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144714218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bjørn Hjall , Sigurd Liavaag , Hans Thorvild Thomassen , Tor Brommeland
{"title":"Urinary complaints and voiding function in patients operated for lumbar spinal stenosis","authors":"Bjørn Hjall , Sigurd Liavaag , Hans Thorvild Thomassen , Tor Brommeland","doi":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109060","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109060","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a condition with compression of the dural sac at one or more lumbar levels. Studies investigating whether LSS may affect the urinary function are scarce and have traditionally included few patients. The aim of this study was to examine voiding complaints and urinary function before and after surgery for LSS.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A total of 81 patients undergoing surgery for symptomatic LSS were prospectively enrolled between October 1, 2022, and July 31, 2024, of which 60 patients were included in the final analyses. Patients were evaluated by questionnaire (International Prostate Symptom Score, IPSS), urinary flow (Q<sub>max</sub>, ml/s) and residual urinary bladder volume (RUV) (ultrasonographic measurement, ml) at pre- and post-operative controls.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>36 patients were males, median age was 69.5 years. Median dural-sac cross sectional area (DSCA) was 41.7 mm<sup>2</sup> and 53/59 (89.8 %) patients had Schizas grade C or D indicating significant lumbar stenosis. Median pre-operative scores for urinary symptoms were IPSS 11.0, uroflowmetry 14.3 ml/s and RUV 59.5 ml. Post-operatively, median values of IPSS were 9.0, uroflowmetry 13.8 ml/s and RUV 69.0 ml. There were no statistically significant differences between pre- and post-operative results for neither men nor women. A pre-operative RUV > 100 ml was noted in 21/60 (35.0 %) patients.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Urinary complaints were common in this cohort of surgically treated lumbar spinal stenosis. Decompressive surgery did not significantly alter the results of IPSS, uroflowmetry or RUV. Approximately one third of the patients had a RUV > 100 ml pre-operatively.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":10385,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery","volume":"257 ","pages":"Article 109060"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144680213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response: “Letter to the editor: Is rheumatoid arthritis associated with worse outcomes following adult spinal deformity surgery?”","authors":"Harsh Jain, Advith Sarikonda, Scott L. Zuckerman","doi":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109059","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.clineuro.2025.109059","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10385,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery","volume":"257 ","pages":"Article 109059"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144655204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}