Dear Members of Neurospine Competent reviewers are essential for improving the quality of a journal. We know that reviewing manuscripts is hard, uncompensated work that is nonetheless critical to the advancement of scientific knowledge. Therefore, it was a great honor for us to select our most outstanding reviewers and to present them with this award. The following reviewers, who have been selected to receive a Best Reviewer award in recognition of their significant contributions, devoted themselves to Neurospine during the first quarter of 2019. The recipients of this award were selected based on the criteria of quantity, quality, and speed. | | | Affiliation Orthospine Surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Department of Neurosurgery, Nanoori Suwon Hospital Academic interest Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Spine Surgery Recent researches • Acute bilateral isolated foot drop: changing the paradigm in management of degenerative spine surgery with percutaneous endoscopy • Feasibility of full endoscopic spine surgery in patients over the age of 70 years with degenerative lumbar spine disease • Implementing community-based cervical cancer screening programs using visual inspection with acetic acid in India: A systematic review
| | | Affiliation Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Spinal Surgery Fellowship Nanoori Gangnam Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Endoscopic Spine Surgery Fellowship Academic interest Stem cells in Alzheimer’s disease Stem cells in Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis Recent researches • The use of anterior lumbosacral interbody fusion in spinopelvic stabilization after high partial sacrectomy • Lumbar intraspinal injection in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; optimized surgical technique and histologic analyses • Percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal approach for far lateral discectomy | | | Affiliation Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Dokkyo University Hospital Academic interest Spinal tumor Recent researches • False positive and false-negative results of motor evoked potential monitoring during surgery for intramedullary spinal cord tumors • Complication rate of spinal surgery in Japan: Findings from Spine Surgical Registry in Japan
• Muscle motor evoked potential monitoring has limited ability to predict postoperative weakness during surgery for intramedullary tumors | | | Affiliation Staff Surgeon, Neurosurgery Dept., St. Peter’s hospital Clinical Professor, Soonchunhyang university medical school Academic interest Endoscopic spine surgery Recent researches • Acute bilateral isolated foot drop:
changing the paradigm in management of degenerative spine surgery with
percutaneous endoscopy • The Usefulness of Percutaneous Endoscopic Technique in Multifocal Lumbar Pathology
• Comparative Analysis between Three Different Lumbar Decompression Techniques (Microscopic, Tubular, and Endoscopic) in Lumbar Canal and Lateral Recess Stenosis: Preliminary Report • Decompression in Lumbar Canal and Lateral Recess Stenosis – The Surgical Learning Curve | | | Affiliation Consultant Orthopedic and Spine Surgeon Assistant Director Spine Services, Grande Int. Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal General Secretary Nepal Orthopedic Association (NOA) 2014-2016 Academic interest Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Spine Surgery Recent researches • Knuckling Down on Predictive Factors for Early Relapse after Posterolateral Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy • Transforaminal Epiduroscopic Basivertebral Nerve Laser Ablation for Chronic Low Back Pain Associated with Modic Changes: A Preliminary Open-Label Study • Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy for All Types of Lumbar Disc Herniations (LDH) Including Severely Difficult and Extremely Difficult LDH Cases | | | Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Nanoori Hospital Academic interest Minimally Invasive & Endoscopic Spine Surgery
Recent researches • Surgical video- Percutaneous endoscopic contralateral foraminal decompression via an interlaminar approach
• Management of Root-Level Double Crush: Case Report with Technical Notes on Contralateral Interlaminar Foraminotomy with Full Endoscopic Uniportal Approach • Symptomatic Tuberculous Ligamentum Flavum Cyst Treated by Full Endoscopic Resection: A Review with Technical Notes |
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