Vol. 23 No. 2 (2026): June

Published: 2026-07-01

Editorial

Bridging the Neurosurgical Gap in Nepal

Prakash Kafle

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Obituary

Prof Dr Dinesh Nath Gongal, The legacy of a Surgical Pioneer Lives On

Rajiv Jha

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Review Article

Large Language Models in Spine Surgery: A Clinical Decision- Making Framework for the Next Decade with Emphasis on Degenerative Spine Care and LMIC Applications

Swaminathan Ganesh, Jeena Joseph

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Case Series

Ventriculo-Subgaleal Shunt: The Need for Temporary Diversion?

Charan Makkina, Tony Varghese Panicker, Baylis Vivek Joseph

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Original Articles

Large Craniotomy vs. Endoscopic Surgery for Treatment of Septated Chronic Subdural Hematoma: A Two-Centre Retrospective Comparison Study

Mohan Karki, Yam Roka, Manish Vaish, Ashish Thapa

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Increased mortality but delayed time to death among probiotic-treated patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a paradoxical safety signal from an interventional study

Olukorede Olabanji Adekunle, Olugbenga Timothy Odebode, Nurudeen Abiola Adeleke

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Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery: A 10-Year Experience

Rajiv Jha

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Clinical Presentation and Outcomes after Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Degenerative Cervical Disc Disease: A Retrospective Study in a Tertiary Care Centre

Puspa Raj Koirala, Balgopal Karmacharya, Sunil Kumar Jha, Arjun Neupane, Prativa Bachagain

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Factors influencing surgical outcome of intradural spinal tumors: a prospective study

Sulabh Rajbhandari, Prakash Chandra Adhikari, Niraj Giri, Namrata Khada, Puja Chaurasia, Nilam Kumar Khadka, Binod Rajbhandari, Rajiv Jha

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Surgical outcome following laminectomy and posterior instrumentation for multi-level cervical degenerative disc disease

Puja Chaurasia, Somraj Lamichhane, Rajiv Jha, Rajendra Shrestha, Binod Rajbhandari, Sameer Aryal, Namrata Khadka, Sulabh Rajbhandari

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Recurrence Predictors in Operated Cases of Craniopharyngioma

Saroj Panta, Anita Sapkota

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Cognitive changes in stable epileptic patients attending a tertiary care hospital

Ambuj Kumar Pandey, Taniya Majhi, Surjya Roy, Asim Kumar Mallick

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Case Report

A Case report: Brain Metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Saranam Thapa, Krishna Sharma

58-62
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Asymptomatic anal extrusion of a migrated ventriculoperitoneal shunt: Case report and literature review

Sabin Jung Shah, Gaurav Kshetri, Prakash Kafle

63-65
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Role of Neurosurgery in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension: Initial Experience with Epidural Blood Patch in Nepal

Saujanya Rajbhandari, Sailendra Khadka, Prayatna Mool, Avinash Chandra, Pravesh Rajbhandari, Nipun Raghubanshi, Basant Pant

66-68
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Letters to the Editor

Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis as a Novel Modifier of Relapse Risk in MOG-Associated ADEM Phenotypes

Muhammad Talha, Syed Adbullah Shah, Ubaid Ur Rehman, Umad Ali, Ahmad Antar

69-70
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