''Surgical Neurology International'' is a weekly,

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that was established in 2010 and is published b
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It publishes original articles,

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s, case reports, technical notes, and

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s regarding developments in the field of

neurosurgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the specialty (medicine), medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system ...

and related clinical and basic

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s. The

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is Nancy Epstein, MD (State University of NY at Stony Brook). In 2018, Epstein was suspended by the

American Association of Neurological Surgeons The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) is a professional organization focused on advancing the specialty of neurological surgery. Founded in 1931, the AANS serves a membership of over 12,000 professionals worldwide, including ne ...

for violating the association's code of ethics. The journal has been criticized for publishing misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic, including claiming without evidence that the pandemic was caused by a conspiracy of governments and medical societies and that

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were responsible for thousands of deaths. Several of the journal's editors have been linked to right-wing media, including

Miguel Faria Miguel A. Faria Jr. (born 30 September 1952) is Associate Editor in Chief in neuropsychiatry; history of medicine; and socioeconomics, politics, and world affairs of ''Surgical Neurology International'' (SNI) from 2012–present, before that a m ...

Russell Blaylock Russell L. Blaylock (born November 15, 1945) is an American writer and retired neurosurgeon. Blaylock was a clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. In 2013 he was a visiting professor in the ...

, and James Ausman.

History

''Surgical Neurology International'' was established in April 2010 by

James I. Ausman James Ivan Ausman (born December 10, 1937) is an American neurosurgeon, science editor, and medical entrepreneur. He is currently a professor of neurosurgery at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the emeritus editor-in-chief of ''S ...

, an editor of

Surgical Neurology ''World Neurosurgery'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal that was established in 1973 as ''Surgical Neurology'' before obtaining its current name in 2010. It is published by Elsevier and is the official journal of the World Federation of N ...

(later renamed ''World Neurology'').

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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and

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Supplements

The journal regularly publishes supplements organized around a common theme. Recent issues have covered

neuro-oncology Neuro-oncology is the study of brain and spinal cord neoplasms, many of which are (at least eventually) very dangerous and life-threatening (astrocytoma, glioma, glioblastoma multiforme, ependymoma, pontine glioma, and brain stem tumors are a ...

, new developments in neurosurgery,

stereotactic Stereotactic surgery is a minimally invasive form of surgery, surgical intervention that makes use of a three-dimensional coordinates, coordinate system to locate small targets inside the body and to perform on them some action such as ablation, ...

techniques,

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, neurovascular, neuro-nursing, and pediatric neurosurgery.

Collaborations

The journal collaborates with the Asociación Argentina de Neurocirugía, Sociedade Brasileira de Neurocirurgía, Sociedad Neurocirugía de

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, Asociación Colombiana de Neurocirugía, Pakistan Society of Neurosurgeons, Federación Latinoamericana de Sociedades de Neurocirugía, and the Sociedad Española de Neurocirugía. Collaboration is also maintained with the following journals: ''Brazilian Neurosurgery'', ''Neurocirugía Hoy'', and the ''Russian Neurosurgical Journal''.

References

External links

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