Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Toshiyuki Takahashi Guest Editor Spinal disorders center, Fujieda Heisei Memorial Hospital 123-1 Mizukami, Fujieda city, Shizuoka, 426-8662, Japan Interests: spinal diseases (degenerative spinal diseases, osteoporotic vertebral fracture, spinal cord tumor, etc.); pain management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the upcoming Special Issue titled “Complicated Neurospinal Surgery in the Craniovertebral Junction”. The craniovertebral junction is anatomically complex protecting important neural and vascular structures while providing a high degree of multidirectional motion. This region is not only prone to age-related changes, but also susceptible to spinal tumor, vascular malformations, and pathologies associated with congenital anomalies.

Advances in preoperative imaging evaluation, surgical techniques, and intraoperative support devices have made it possible to perform safer and more sophisticated surgery, but there is still a risk of life-threatening complications. Therefore, surgery in this region requires an advanced treatment strategy considering the pathophysiology of the disease as well as unique anatomy and biomechanical property. Special issue demonstrates an update on the current status of surgery in the craniovertebral junction, incorporating cutting-edge techniques and equipment for intractable lesions.

This Special Issue will be published in Neurospine (ISSN 2586-6591, https://www.e-neurospine.org/), and we are currently inviting submissions of original research articles and authoritative review papers for peer review and potential publication.

We look forward to your valuable contributions.

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.e-neurospine.org/ by registering and logging in to the website. Once you are registered, you can access the submission form directly here . Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline , and all submissions that pass the initial pre-check will proceed to peer review. Accepted papers will be published in the journal and featured on the Special Issue webpage.

We welcome submissions of research articles, review articles, and commentary. For planned contributions, authors may send a proposed title and a short abstract (approximately 100 words) to the Editorial Office for preliminary consideration and announcement on the website.

Please note the following guidelines:

• • Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except in conference proceedings).
• • All manuscripts will undergo a rigorous single-blind peer-review process.
• • Detailed submission guidelines, including formatting requirements and other essential information, can be found on the Instructions for Authors page.

Neurospine is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access quarterly journal. Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure it is well-formatted and written in proficient English.

Keywords

• • craniovertebral junction
• • anomaly
• • spinal trauma
• • spinal cord tumor
• • spinal vascular malformation
• • operative complication

Toshiki Endo (Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan)	Toshihiro Takami (Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan)
Yusuke Nishimura (Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan)	Jauching Wu (Taipei Veterans General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan)
Fon-Yih Tsuang (National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan)	Sun-Ho Lee (Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
Chi Heon Kim (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)	Jin-Hoon Park (Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, Korea)
Jaetaek Hong (The Catholic University of Korea, Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, Korea)