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<link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://publicationslist.org/data/berhouma.moncef/atom.xml"/><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef"/><author><name>Moncef Berhouma</name><uri>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef</uri></author><icon>$basepathfavicon.ico</icon><subtitle>Recent additions to Moncef Berhouma's PublicationsList.org page</subtitle><logo>http://publicationslist.org/publications.png</logo><updated>2014-08-20T15:05:51Z</updated>

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<updated>2014-08-20T15:05:39Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Update on the management of pineal cysts: Case series and a review of the literature.</title>
<summary type='html'>The natural history of pineal cysts still remains unclear. Incidental pineal cysts have become more common which raises the question of their management. Symptomatic pineal cysts may require a surgical solution but therapeutic indications have not yet been clearly established.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;M Berhouma, H Ni, V Delabar, N Tahhan, S Memou Salem, C Mottolese, B Vallee (2014)  &lt;i&gt;Neuro-Chirurgie&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; :  &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid50</id>
<updated>2014-05-10T10:10:01Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Endoscope-assisted retrosigmoid resection of a medium size vestibular schwannoma tumor model: a cadaveric study.</title>
<summary type='html'>To demonstrate a flexible endoscope assisted technique to perform microsurgical resection using a retrosigmoid approach of an artificial polymer tumor model that mimics a medium size (15-20mm diameter) vestibular schwannoma.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Nishanta B Baidya, Moncef Berhouma, Mario Ammirati (2014)  &lt;i&gt;Clinical neurology and neurosurgery&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 119:  35-38&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2014-08-20T15:05:39Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The endoscopic endonasal approach to the Meckel's Cave Tumors: surgical technique and indications.</title>
<summary type='html'>Many benign and malignant tumors as well as other inflammatory or vascular diseases may be located in the areas of Meckel's cave or the Cavernous Sinus. Except for typical features such as for meningiomas, imaging may not by itself be sufficient for the choice of the best therapeutic option. Thus, even though modern therapy (chemotherapy, radiotherapy or radiosurgery) dramatically reduces the fiel...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Emmanuel Jouanneau, Emile Simon, Timothée Jacquesson, Marc Sindou, Stéphane Tringali, Mahmoud Messerer, Moncef Berhouma (2014)  &lt;i&gt;World neurosurgery&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; :  &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid44</id>
<updated>2013-04-17T11:47:11Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Beyond the pineal gland assumption: A neuroanatomical appraisal of dualism in Descartes' philosophy.</title>
<summary type='html'>OBJECTIVE: The problem of the substantial union of the soul and the body and therefore the mechanisms of interaction between them represents the core of the Cartesian dualistic philosophy. This philosophy is based upon a neuroanatomical obvious misconception, consisting mainly on a wrong intraventricular position of the pineal gland and its capacity of movement to act as a valve regulating the flo...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Moncef Berhouma (2013)  &lt;i&gt;Clin Neurol Neurosurg&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; :  &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2013-03-26T13:00:41Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Interest of optic nerve sheath diameter ultrasonography in dectecting non-invasively raised intracranial pressure.</title>
<summary type='html'>Intracranial hypertension is an emergency suspected from clinical symptoms, imaging data and ophthalomologic signs. Intracranial hypertension is confirmed by invasive intracranial monitoring, which is the gold standard technique to measure intracranial pressure (ICP). Because of complications, hemorrhage or infection, non-invasive methods have been developed such as neuroimaging, transcranial Dopp...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;M Messerer, M Berhouma, R Messerer, J Dubourg (2013)  &lt;i&gt;Neurochirurgie&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; :  &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid41</id>
<updated>2013-03-10T15:45:49Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Shortening the learning curve in endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery: A reproducible polymer tumor model for the trans-sphenoidal trans-tubercular approach to retro-infundibular tumors.</title>
<summary type='html'>BACKGROUND: Endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery attracts an increasing number of young neurosurgeons. This recent technique requires specific technical skills for the approaches to non-pituitary tumors (expanded endoscopic endonasal surgery). Actual residents' busy schedules carry the risk of compromising their laboratory training by limiting significantly the dedicated time for dissections. O...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Moncef Berhouma, Nishanta B Baidya, Abdelhay A Ismaïl, Jun Zhang, Mario Ammirati (2013)  &lt;i&gt;Clin Neurol Neurosurg&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; :  &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2013-08-09T19:49:07Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Individual patient data systematic review and meta-analysis of optic nerve sheath diameter ultrasonography for detecting raised intracranial pressure: protocol of the ONSD research group.</title>
<summary type='html'>The purpose of the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) research group project is to establish an individual patient-level database from high quality studies of ONSD ultrasonography for the detection of raised intracranial pressure (ICP), and to perform a systematic review and an individual patient data meta-analysis (IPDMA), which will provide a cutoff value to help physicians making decisions and ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Julie Dubourg, Mahmoud Messerer, Dimitrios Karakitsos, Venkatakrishna Rajajee, Erik Antonsen, Etienne Javouhey, Alessandro Cammarata, Michael Cotton, Roy Thomas Daniel, Carmelo Denaro, Emmanuel Douzinas, Clément Dubost, Moncef Berhouma, Behrouz Kassai, Muriel Rabilloud, Antonino Gullo, Abderrhammane Hamlat, Gregorios Kouraklis, Giuseppe Mannanici, Keith Marill, Sybille Merceron, John Poularas, Giuseppe Ristagno, Vicki Noble, Sachita Shah, Heidi Kimberly, Gianluca Cammarata, Riccardo Moretti, Thomas Geeraerts (2013)  &lt;i&gt;Systematic reviews&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 2: 1 &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2013-08-09T19:52:55Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Bone Tumors: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment</title>
<summary type='html'>Bone tumours are very rare, accounting for less than 0.2% of all cancers. As our understanding of these tumours at the molecular level is improving, as well as recent advances in imaging and treatments, there is an obvious need for an update in this field. This comprehensive book is the result of the contribution of different internationally renowned expert teams in the management of bone tumours ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Moncef Berhouma (2013)  :&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2013-08-09T19:52:37Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Minimally Invasive Skull Base Surgery : Principles and Practice</title>
<summary type='html'>Moncef Berhouma (2013)  :&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2014-05-10T10:10:01Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Non-functioning pituitary macro-incidentalomas benefit from early surgery before becoming symptomatic.</title>
<summary type='html'>Pituitary incidentalomas (PIs) constitute an increasingly clinical problem. While the therapeutic management is well defined for symptomatic non-functioning PIs (NFPIs), a controversy still exists for asymptomatic macro-NFPIs between surgery and a &quot;wait and see&quot; approach. The aim of this study is to compare surgical results between symptomatic and asymptomatic macro-NFPIs.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Mahmoud Messerer, Julie Dubourg, Gérald Raverot, David Bervini, Moncef Berhouma, Ipe George, Ari George Chacko, Gilles Perrin, Marc Levivier, Roy Thomas Daniel, Jacqueline Trouillas, Emmanuel Jouanneau (2013)  &lt;i&gt;Clinical neurology and neurosurgery&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 115: 12 2514-2520&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2013-10-02T20:04:51Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Tuberous sclerosis complex diagnostic criteria update: recommendations of the 2012 international tuberous sclerosis complex consensus conference.</title>
<summary type='html'>Tuberous sclerosis complex is highly variable in clinical presentation and findings. Disease manifestations continue to develop over the lifetime of an affected individual. Accurate diagnosis is fundamental to implementation of appropriate medical surveillance and treatment. Although significant advances have been made in the past 15 years in the understanding and treatment of tuberous sclerosis c...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hope Northrup, Darcy A Krueger,   (2013)  &lt;i&gt;Pediatric neurology&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 49: 4 243-254&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2013-09-27T14:09:27Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The endoscopic intraventricular management of pineal cysts: a minimally invasive modus operandi.</title>
<summary type='html'>The management of pineal cysts is still debatable, especially for asymptomatic incidental ones. For symptomatic cysts associated with hydrocephalus, the surgical management is mandatory and may include either classical microsurgical approaches to the pineal region or endoscopic trans-ventricular approaches in a minimally invasive philosophy.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Moncef Berhouma, Hongyang Ni, Bernard Vallee (2013)  &lt;i&gt;Acta neurochirurgica&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 155: 10 1901-1905&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2013-10-02T20:04:51Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Tuberous sclerosis complex surveillance and management: recommendations of the 2012 international tuberous sclerosis complex consensus conference.</title>
<summary type='html'>Tuberous sclerosis complex is a genetic disorder affecting every organ system, but disease manifestations vary significantly among affected individuals. The diverse and varied presentations and progression can be life-threatening with significant impact on cost and quality of life. Current surveillance and management practices are highly variable among region and country, reflective of the fact th...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Darcy A Krueger, Hope Northrup,   (2013)  &lt;i&gt;Pediatric neurology&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 49: 4 255-265&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2012-03-03T19:23:00Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The Arab Spring in Tunisia: Urgent Peal for a Public Health System (R)Evolution.</title>
<summary type='html'>Moncef Berhouma (2012)  &lt;i&gt;World Neurosurg&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; :  &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2011-09-24T20:19:24Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Contemporary Management of Nosocomial Bacterial Meningitis in Neurosurgical Practice 
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<summary type='html'>Berhouma M. (2012)  &lt;i&gt;Meningitis: Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment&lt;/i&gt; : &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2012-07-05T07:11:03Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy in neurosurgical practice.</title>
<summary type='html'>Comparative effectiveness research (CER) allows evidence to be evaluated on the effectiveness, benefits, and detriments of management options, diagnostic tests, or ways to deliver health care. This process can be achieved in different ways, such as with well-designed randomized controlled trials or by meta-analyses. Several medical subspecialties are increasingly using CER, but CER remains underus...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Julie Dubourg, Moncef Berhouma, Michael Cotton, Mahmoud Messerer (2012)  &lt;i&gt;Neurosurg Focus&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 33: 1 &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2012-12-07T18:59:18Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Neurology: Letter to the editor. Re: Sun P, Kohrman M, Liu J et al. Outcomes of resecting subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA) among patients with SEGA-related tuberous sclerosis complex: a national claims database analysis. Curr Med Res Opin 2012;28:657-63.</title>
<summary type='html'>Moncef Berhouma, Julie Dubourg, Mahmoud Messerer (2012)  &lt;i&gt;Curr Med Res Opin&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 28: 9 1571-2; author reply 1572-3&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2012-08-26T20:42:53Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Cruveilhier's legacy to skull base surgery: Premise of an evidence-based neuropathology in the 19th century.</title>
<summary type='html'>OBJECTIVES: Jean Cruveilhier has always been described as a pioneer in pathological anatomy. Almost nothing has been reported concerning his exceptional methodology allying pre-mortem clinical description and syndromic classification of neurological and neurosurgical diseases, and post-mortem meticulous dissections. Cruveilhier's methodology announced the birth of the anatomoclinical method built ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Moncef Berhouma, Julie Dubourg, Mahmoud Messerer (2012)  &lt;i&gt;Clin Neurol Neurosurg&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; :  &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2012-12-05T18:25:49Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Management of epilepsy associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC): clinical recommendations.</title>
<summary type='html'>Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a leading genetic cause of epilepsy. TSC-associated epilepsy generally begins during the first year of life, and is associated with neurodevelopmental and cognitive problems. Management is challenging and seizures tend to persist in a large proportion of patients despite pharmacological and surgical treatment. This report summarizes the clinical recommendations ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Paolo Curatolo, Sergiusz Jóźwiak, Rima Nabbout (2012)  &lt;i&gt;Eur J Paediatr Neurol&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 16: 6 582-586&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2012-10-13T16:10:11Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Occam's razor in minimally invasive pituitary surgery: tailoring the endoscopic endonasal uninostril trans-sphenoidal approach to sella turcica.</title>
<summary type='html'>BACKGROUND: Since the introduction of the endoscopic endonasal approaches in the field of skull base surgery during the last two decades, several variants of the sella turcica endoscopic surgery have been described. The aim of this study is to provide a stepwise description of one of these variants in a minimally invasive/maximally efficient perspective. METHOD: For the majority of our sella turci...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Moncef Berhouma, Mahmoud Messerer, Emmanuel Jouanneau (2012)  &lt;i&gt;Acta Neurochir (Wien)&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; :  &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2011-11-26T19:24:46Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>José aboulker (1920-2009).</title>
<summary type='html'>Moncef Berhouma (2011)  &lt;i&gt;J Neurol&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 258: 11 2105-2106&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2011-03-01T22:06:46Z</updated>
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<summary type='html'>Moncef Berhouma (2011)  &lt;i&gt;The Pineal Gland and Melatonin: Recent Advances in Development, Imaging, Disease and Treatment&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2011-03-01T22:06:21Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The allegory of the konarion: a philosophical history of of the pineal organ from Galen to Descartes</title>
<summary type='html'>Moncef Berhouma (2011)  &lt;i&gt;The Pineal Gland and Melatonin: Recent Advances in Development, Imaging, Disease and Treatment&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid24</id>
<updated>2011-05-13T06:56:19Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>A rare, high cervical traumatic spinal subdural hematoma.</title>
<summary type='html'>Spinal subdural hematomas (SSDH) are rare lesions occurring in association with a wide variety of conditions, including anticoagulation, coagulation disorders, spinal anesthesia, lumbar puncture, spinal tumors and vascular malformations. SSDH resulting from trauma are the exception. We present a 62-year-old woman with a rare post-traumatic focal SSDH at C1 with bulbomedullary compression, treated ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Moncef Berhouma, Nouman Al Dahak, Rostom Messerer, Mohamed Al Rammah, Bernard Vallee (2011)  &lt;i&gt;J Clin Neurosci&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 18: 4 569-74&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2011-11-26T19:24:46Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>[Pulmonary hypertension and migrated ventriculoatrial shunt].</title>
<summary type='html'>Moncef Berhouma, Bernard Vallée (2011)  &lt;i&gt;Rev Prat&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 61: 5 &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2011-11-26T19:33:17Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery: Current State of the Art and Future Trends</title>
<summary type='html'>Jouanneau Emmanuel, Messerer Mahmoud and Berhouma Moncef
 (2011)  &lt;i&gt;Advances in Endoscopic Surgery&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid28</id>
<updated>2011-11-26T19:24:46Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>The fully endoscopic supraorbital trans-eyebrow keyhole approach to the anterior and middle skull base.</title>
<summary type='html'>The purely endoscopic eyebrow supraorbital approach is an alternative to both the endoscopic endonasal and eyebrow microsurgical routes to the anterior and middle cranial base. It combines an enhanced visualization provided by the endoscope and the absence of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks and nasal complications.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Moncef Berhouma, Timothée Jacquesson, Emmanuel Jouanneau (2011)  &lt;i&gt;Acta Neurochir (Wien)&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 153: 10 1949-1954&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid32</id>
<updated>2011-09-26T11:51:27Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Refractory Epilepsy: State of the art.</title>
<summary type='html'>Moncef Berhouma (2011)  &lt;i&gt;Novel Treatment of Epilepsy&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2011-11-26T19:24:46Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Shifting paradigm in skull base surgery: Roots, current state of the art and future trends of endonasal endoscopic approaches.</title>
<summary type='html'>During the last two decades, endoscopic endonasal approach has completed the minimally invasive skull base surgery armamentarium. Endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery (EESBS) was initially developed in the field of pituitary adenomas, and gained an increasing place for the treatment of a wide variety of skull base pathologies, extending on the midline from crista galli process to the occipitoce...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;M Berhouma, M Messerer, E Jouanneau (2011)  &lt;i&gt;Rev Neurol (Paris)&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; :  &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<updated>2011-10-03T13:16:19Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>RES COGITANS, RES EXTENSA ET KONARION : 
PERSPECTIVE NEUROANATOMIQUE DE L’UNION SUBSTANTIELLE CHEZ DESCARTES
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<summary type='html'>Sa position centrale au sein du cerveau, son unicité et sa forme anatomique particulière ont fait de la glande pinéale l’organe de maintes hypothèses métaphysiques pour finir comme siège de l’âme dans la philosophie de René Descartes. La question de l’union substantielle du corps et de l’âme, et donc par la même les mécanismes de l’action de l’âme sur le corps constituent l...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Berhouma M. (2011) &lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid21</id>
<updated>2011-02-05T19:57:42Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Management of subependymal giant cell tumors in tuberous sclerosis complex: the neurosurgeon's perspective.</title>
<summary type='html'>Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), an autosomal dominant genetic disorder, can lead to the development of hamartomas in various organs, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, skin and brain. The management of subependymal giant cell tumors (SGCTs) is still controversial, and peri- and/or intraventricular neoplasms may lead to life-threatening hydrocephalus. In the last years, many progresses have bee...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Moncef Berhouma (2010)  &lt;i&gt;World J Pediatr&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 6: 2 103-110&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid25</id>
<updated>2011-03-01T22:01:43Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Oiled Brain and Status Epilepticus: Intraventricular and Subarachnoid Rupture of a Temporal Dermoid Cyst </title>
<summary type='html'>Moncef Berhouma (2010)  &lt;i&gt;J Med Cases&lt;/i&gt; 1: 3 94-97&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid13</id>
<updated>2010-03-03T22:42:11Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Management of intramedullary spinal cord tumors: surgical considerations and results in 45 cases</title>
<summary type='html'>BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCT) are relatively rare neoplasms, accounting for less than 5% of all central nervous system tumors. The optimum management of these tumors still remains controversial. Many decades ago, partial surgical resection followed by radiotherapy was the conventional management for IMSCT. Nowadays, maximal surgical resection of IMSCT without ad...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;M Berhouma, K Bahri, S Houissa, I Zemmel, N Khouja, L Aouidj, H Jemel, M Khaldi (2009)  &lt;i&gt;Neurochirurgie&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 55: 3 293-302&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid16</id>
<updated>2009-08-26T23:12:31Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Apropos of an unusual and menacing presentation of neurosarcoidosis: the space-occupying trapped temporal horn.</title>
<summary type='html'>The trapped ventricular horn syndrome is characterized by the exclusion of a compartment of the ventricular tract from the rest of the CSF pathways. This syndrome has been reported in a variety of diseases including meningitis, intraventricular haemorrhages and tumours. Only two previous cases of neurosarcoidosis-related trapped temporal horn syndromes have been reported. The authors add a third c...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Berhouma Moncef, Karim Abderrazek, Walid Krichen, Hafedh Jemel (2009)  &lt;i&gt;Clinical Neurology and  Neurosurgery&lt;/i&gt; 111: 2 196-199&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid20</id>
<updated>2009-10-23T22:37:35Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Benign ethmoidal polyposis as an unusual cause of CSF leakage and recurrent meningitis</title>
<summary type='html'>Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is usually post-traumatic, but rarely it can be tumourous or spontaneous.  
Complications of nasal polyposis are exceptional.  The association between CSF leak and nasal polyposis has been rarely described.   
Herein, we report the case of a woman with a history of recurrent meningitis and CSF leak, secondary to a huge benign nasal polyposis treated in a single neu...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Berhouma Moncef, Mustapha Nouri, Hafedh Jemel, Moncef Khaldi  (2009)  &lt;i&gt;Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery&lt;/i&gt; 13: 2 122-123&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid18</id>
<updated>2011-02-05T19:57:42Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>[Surgical management of solitary eosinophilic granuloma of the calvaria. Two case reports].</title>
<summary type='html'>Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a systemic disease resulting from the oligoclonal proliferation of Langerhans cells, occurring most commonly in children and young adults. The focal form of the disease, also known as eosinophilic granuloma, most frequently involves the calvaria. We present two cases of calvarial eosinophilic granulomas that were surgically removed. These tumors are reputed to have...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;M Berhouma, W Krichen, A Chamseddine, H Jemel (2009)  &lt;i&gt;Neurochirurgie&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 55: 6 555-559&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid12</id>
<updated>2009-08-26T23:02:57Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Cerebral aneursyms in childhood and adolescence</title>
<summary type='html'>Berhouma Moncef, Hafedh Jemel, Ihsen Zemmel, Nejib Khouja, Moncef Khaldi (2008 )  &lt;i&gt; Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery&lt;/i&gt; 12: 1 76-79&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid11</id>
<updated>2009-08-26T23:04:38Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Neglected growing skull fractures in childhood: Three case reports</title>
<summary type='html'>Growing skull fractures are rare complications of head injury, affecting almost exclusively young children. This disease is characterized by the progression of a skull fracture with an underlying dural tear, leading to large cranial vault defects and parenchymal porencephalic damages. This report on three cases with a radiological follow-up depicts the difficulty in the management of neglected cas...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Berhouma Moncef, Hafedh Jemel, Moncef Khaldi (2008)  &lt;i&gt;Journal of Pediatric Neurology&lt;/i&gt; 6: 2 165-169&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid2</id>
<updated>2009-08-26T23:00:54Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Transoral protrusion of a peritoneal catheter: a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt.</title>
<summary type='html'>Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt surgery is the most used technique for the treatment of hydrocephalus. This procedure is associated with a large amount of complications. Bowel perforation caused by a peritoneal shunt catheter is one of these complications, sometimes fatal, and is usually difficult to recognize, except when protrusion of the peritoneal catheter through a natural orifice occurs. Thi...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Berhouma Moncef, Mahmoud Messerer, Sobhy Houissa, Moncef Khaldi (2008)  &lt;i&gt;Pediatric Neurosurgery&lt;/i&gt; 44: 2 169-171&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid3</id>
<updated>2009-08-26T23:04:00Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Transcortical approach to a huge pineal mature teratoma.</title>
<summary type='html'>Intracranial teratomas are rare germ cell neoplasms occurring more often during childhood. We report the case of a huge mature teratoma of the pineal region in a 10-year-old patient that was not correctly diagnosed preoperatively by stereotactic biopsy. The tumor was revealed by intracranial hypertension and a Parinaud syndrome. The tumor markers were within normal levels in the serum. A left tran...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Berhouma Moncef, Hafedh Jemel, Iadh Ksira, Moncef Khaldi (2008)  &lt;i&gt;Pediatric Neurosurgery&lt;/i&gt; 44: 1 52-54&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid14</id>
<updated>2009-08-26T23:10:43Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Autosomal recessive acro-fronto-facio-nasal dysostosis associated with genitourinary anomalies: a third case report.</title>
<summary type='html'>We report on a 22-day-old Tunisian boy born to consanguineous (first-cousin) parents (F = 1/16). The patient presents wide forehead with frontal encephalocele, wide anterior fontanel, marked hypertelorism, coloboma of the upper lids, proptosis, congenital glaucoma, broad nose, syndactyly between fingers 3 and 4, hypoplastic 3rd, 4th and 5th toes with nail dysplasia, hypospadias with cleft glans, b...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Myriam Chaabouni, Faouzi Maazoul, Amira Ben Hamida, Moncef Berhouma, Zahra Marrakchi, Habiba Chaabouni (2008)  &lt;i&gt;Am J Med Genet A&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 146A: 14 1825-1827&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid15</id>
<updated>2010-03-03T22:42:11Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Management of spinal cord compression caused by extramedullary hematopoiesis in beta-thalassemia.</title>
<summary type='html'>Thalassemia is a chronic hemolytic anemia, endemic around the Mediterranean basin. Extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) is a normal compensatory reaction that can involve many organs or tissues, including the epidural space, leading to a spinal cord compression syndrome. In almost all cases, the clinical and MR patterns are those of a lower dorsal spinal cord progressive compression secondary to an ...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Berhouma Moncef, Jemel Hafedh (2008)  &lt;i&gt;Intern Med&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 47: 12 1125-1128&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid19</id>
<updated>2009-08-26T23:18:01Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Calcified pilocytic astrocytoma of the medulla mimicking a brainstem &quot;stone&quot;.</title>
<summary type='html'>Brainstem gliomas are a heterogeneous group of tumours commonly found in children, comprising about 10% of central nervous system tumours in paediatric patients, but less than 2% in adults. Pilocytic astrocytomas usually involve the midbrain and the medulla, and their surgical resection, when feasible, is generally curative. Thin calcifications can be normally found within low grade gliomas, but d...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Berhouma Moncef, H Jemel, N Kchir (2008)  &lt;i&gt;Pathologica&lt;/i&gt; 100: 5 408-410&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid5</id>
<updated>2009-08-26T23:16:57Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Spontaneous chronic subdural hematoma of the posterior fossa.</title>
<summary type='html'>Berhouma Moncef, S Houissa, H Jemel, M Khaldi (2007)  &lt;i&gt;Journal of  Neuroradiology&lt;/i&gt; 34: 3 213-215&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid10</id>
<updated>2009-08-26T23:07:15Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Intramedullary epidermoid cyst: report of five cases</title>
<summary type='html'>BACKGROUND: Spinal epidermoid cysts are rare tumors and they are exceptionally intramedullary. AIM: Report of news cases CASE REPORT: The diagnosis is established by magnetic resonance imaging and the treatment is surgical. The prognosis is generally good, with possible recurrence after many years. The author report five new cases of intramedullary epidermoide cysts operated between 1996 and 2001.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Néjib Khouja, Iadh Ksira, Moncef Berhouma, Abdelmajid Mlaiki, Sonia Naji, Hédi Krifa, Moncef Khaldi (2007)  &lt;i&gt;Tunisie Médicale&lt;/i&gt; 85: 2 166-169&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid1</id>
<updated>2009-08-26T23:15:41Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>A Foix's syndrome revealing &quot;mirror&quot; giant intracavernous aneurysms an illustrative case report of a therapeutic dilemma.</title>
<summary type='html'>Berhouma Moncef, Ridha Chekili, Hafedh Jemel, Moncef Khaldi (2007)  &lt;i&gt;Acta Neurol Belg&lt;/i&gt; 107: 4 122-125&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid4</id>
<updated>2009-08-26T23:08:23Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Decompressive hemicraniectomy in a space-occupying presentation of hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome.</title>
<summary type='html'>A case of an acute life-threatening presentation of hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy (HHE) syndrome requiring an urgent decompressive hemicraniectomy is described. A 9 month-old baby had a status epilepticus following a sustained fever, leading to a comatose state and a right pupillary dilatation associated with a left hemiplegia. The MRI showed a swelling right hemisphere with marked temporal h...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Berhouma  Moncef, Ridha Chekili, Ines Brini, Nidhameddine Kchir, Hafedh Jemel, Souad Bousnina, Moncef Khaldi (2007)  &lt;i&gt;Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery&lt;/i&gt; 109: 10 914-917&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid6</id>
<updated>2009-08-26T23:06:53Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Decompressive craniectomy in the management of sylvian infarction</title>
<summary type='html'>Space-occupying middle cerebral artery infarction represents about 10 to 15% of supratentorial ischemic strokes. This syndrome carries a high rate of mortality and requires aggressive surgical decompression. The authors present 6 patients with signs of trans-tentorial herniation operated on between February 2001 and August 2003. Neurological preoperative status was evaluated with Glasgow coma scal...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Berhouma Moncef, Néjib Khouja, Hafedh Jemel, Moncef Khaldi (2006)  &lt;i&gt;Tunisie Médicale&lt;/i&gt; 84: 9 552-555&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid9</id>
<updated>2009-08-26T23:05:54Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Aneurysm rupture into an arachnoid cyst of the middle cranial fossa</title>
<summary type='html'> Berhouma Moncef, H Jemel, M Khaldi (2006)  &lt;i&gt;Journal of  Neuroradiology&lt;/i&gt; 33: 3 206-207&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid8</id>
<updated>2008-04-28T08:14:11Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Sellar hemangiopericytoma. A case report</title>
<summary type='html'>Primary central nervous system hemangiopericytoma is rare, accounting for less than 1% of primary central nervous system tumors. Diagnosis is histological. Treatment is surgical excision, followed by radiotherapy. Long-term follow-up is mandatory for these tumors with a high potential for recurrence and metastasis. The sellar location is very rare, and can be confused with pituitary adenoma. We re...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I Ksira, M Berhouma, H Jemel, N Khouja, M Khaldi (2006)  &lt;i&gt;Neurochirurgie&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt; 52: 2-3 Pt 1 123-127&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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<id>http://publicationslist.org/berhouma.moncef/refid7</id>
<updated>2009-08-26T23:06:20Z</updated>
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<title type='html'>Intracerebral epidermoid tumor: pathogenesis of intraparenchymal location and magnetic resonance imaging findings.</title>
<summary type='html'>Berhouma Moncef, K Bahri, H Jemel, M Khaldi (2006)  &lt;i&gt;Journal of  Neuroradiology&lt;/i&gt; 33: 4 269-270&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
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