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Stay Informed with the AANS. Discover Our Publications and Journals.Journal of Neurosurgery
Founded in 1944, the AANS’s flagship journal is recognized throughout the world by neurosurgeons and related medical specialists for its authoritative and cutting-edge clinical and laboratory research articles, case reports, technical notes, review articles and more. JNS is the most referenced journal specific to neurosurgery in publication.
Mapping the global neurosurgery workforce. Part 1: Consultant neurosurgeon density
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery • Volume: 141 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 1-9
Read moreMapping the global neurosurgery workforce. Part 2: Trainee density
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery • Volume: 141 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 10-16
Read moreInteractive microsurgical anatomy education using photogrammetry 3D models and an augmented reality cube
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery • Volume: 141 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 17-26
Read moreThe Lenticular
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery • Volume: 141 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 27-31
Read moreJNS: Spine
First published in 1999 as a quarterly supplement to the Journal of Neurosurgery, JNS: Spine quickly grew in volume and frequency, and became an independent monthly journal in 2004. JNS: Spine provides the latest techniques and research findings in the rapidly advancing area of spine surgery.
Impact of bilateral facet joint violation on radiographic degeneration of superior adjacent segments and clinical outcomes
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine • Volume: 41 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 1-8
Read moreLong-term efficacy of microendoscopic laminotomy for lumbar spinal stenosis in advanced degenerative spondylolisthesis with or without dynamic spinal instability: a propensity score–matching analysis
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine • Volume: 41 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 9-16
Read moreRisk factors for vascular injuries in anterior lumbar interbody fusion: a single-institution retrospective study
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine • Volume: 41 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 17-23
Read moreEffect of high disease activity on spinal sagittal malalignment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine • Volume: 41 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 24-32
Read moreJNS: Pediatrics
Overtriage of transfers to the pediatric trauma center: the importance of minor head injury
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics • Volume: 34 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 1-8
Read moreClinical, radiological, and laboratory factors associated with mortality and functional outcomes in pediatric patients presenting with intracranial gunshot wounds
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics • Volume: 34 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 9-18
Read moreAnalysis of bihemispheric language function in pediatric neurosurgical patients using repetitive navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics • Volume: 34 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 19-29
Read moreThe impact of social determinants of health on utilization of pediatric epilepsy surgery: a systematic review
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics • Volume: 34 • Issue: 1 • Pages: 30-39
Read moreNeurosurgical Focus
This well-respected, freely accessible, online-only journal has been publishing important findings in neurosurgery since 1996. Each monthly issue covers a different topic in the field, and submissions are reviewed by experts on each topic. Continuing medical education credits are offered for many articles.
Introduction. Concussion and return to play
Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus • Volume: 57 • Issue: 1 • Pages: E1
Read moreHistory of biological, mechanistic, and clinical understanding of concussion
Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus • Volume: 57 • Issue: 1 • Pages: E2
Read moreAvenues for prevention using the epidemiology of sport-related concussion from a large high school surveillance study
Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus • Volume: 57 • Issue: 1 • Pages: E3
Read morePediatric sport and nonsport concussions presenting to emergency departments: injury circumstances, characteristics, and clinical management
Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus • Volume: 57 • Issue: 1 • Pages: E4
Read moreNeurosurgical Focus: Video
This open-access, online-only journal presents high-definition videos of neurosurgery-related procedures, creating a unique educational experience that makes viewers feel present in the operating room. The video journal was first published in 2012 as a twice-yearly video supplement to Neurosurgical Focus. In July 2019 it became an independent quarterly journal under its new name, Neurosurgical Focus: Video.
Introduction. The technical landscape of modern epilepsy surgery
Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus: Video • Volume: 11 • Issue: 1 • Pages: V1
Read moreVagus nerve stimulation in pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy: a step-by-step video
Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus: Video • Volume: 11 • Issue: 1 • Pages: V2
Read moreMinipterional craniotomy for resection of epileptogenic cavernous malformation
Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus: Video • Volume: 11 • Issue: 1 • Pages: V3
Read moreStereo-electro-encephalography (SEEG) methodology: technical nuances and insights into image-guided robot-assisted electrode implantation
Journal Name: Neurosurgical Focus: Video • Volume: 11 • Issue: 1 • Pages: V4
Read moreJNS: Case Lessons
This rapid-publication, open-access, online-only journal offers reports of single cases and small case series, with a focus on the lesson that the observation or experience provides to the reader. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons commenced publication in January 2021.
Aggressive giant dumbell-shaped thoracic vertebral hemangioma: illustrative case
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons • Volume: 8 • Issue: 7
Read moreCollision of pituitary neuroendocrine tumor and anterior clinoid meningioma treated with a two-stage minimally invasive surgical strategy: illustrative case
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons • Volume: 8 • Issue: 7
Read moreEndoscopic endonasal drainage of a middle fossa epidural abscess in conjunction with endoscopic sinus surgery: illustrative case
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons • Volume: 8 • Issue: 7
Read moreHypofractionated radiotherapy combined with bevacizumab plus low-dose ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide as second-line chemoradiotherapy for progressing spinal diffuse midline glioma, H3K27-altered: illustrative case
Journal Name: Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons • Volume: 8 • Issue: 7
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