Editor-in-Chief
Atul Goel
Prof. and Head,
Department of Neurosurgery,
Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M Hospital,
Parel, Mumbai – 400012
Editors
Kuniyoshi Abumi
Professor of Spinal Reconstruction
Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
Sapporo, Japan
Ed Benzel
Department of Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Avenue, S100-24
Cleveland, OH 44195
Bernard George
Department of Neurosurgery
Hospital Lariboisier
Paris, France
Volker Sonntag
Vice Chairman Emeritus Barrow Neurological Institute Phoenix,
Arizona Professor of Clinical Surgery
University of Arizona Medical School Tucson,
Arizona
Speciality Editors
Biomechanics: Vijay Goel
Distinguished University Professor Endowed Chair & McMaster-Gardner Professor of Orthopaedic Bioengineering
Co-Director, Engineering Center for Orthopaedic Research Excellence
Departments of Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery
Colleges of Engineering and Medicine
University of Toledo, Toledo , Ohio
Pathology: Naina Kataria
Associate Professor
Department of Neuropathology,
Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M Hospital,
Parel, Mumbai – 400012
Radiology: Darshana Sanghavi
Department of Neuroradiology
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute
Mumbai, India
Associate Editors
Abhidha Shah
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery,
Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M Hospital,
Parel, Mumbai – 400012
Francesco Cacciola
UOC Neurochirurgia
Policlinico “Santa Maria alleScotte
VialeBracci
53100 Siena
Editorial Board Members
Max Aebi
Chief of Staff ,
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Hirslanden- Salem Spital Bern,
Switzerland
Sanjay Behari
Professor and Head
Department of Neurosurgery
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
Lucknow , India
Samir Dalvi
Consultant Orthopedics
Bombay Hospital and Institute of Medical Sciences
Marine Lines. Mumbai, India
Michael Fehlings
Division of Neurosurgery
Toronto Western Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Richard G. Fessler
University of Chicago Hospitals
Chicago , Illinois
Regis Haid
Atlanta Brain and Spine Care Atlanta,
Georgia
Shashank Kale
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi, India
Satish Rudrappa (India)
S Rajasekaran
Chairman, Department of Orthopedics,
Ganga Hospital,
Coimbattore, India
Chistopher Shaffrey
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Spine division director
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
Asamoto Shunji
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery,
Mita Hospital, International University of Health and Welfare
Lali Sekhon
Spine Nevada
75 Pringle Way
Suite #605
Reno NV 8950
Petr Suchomel
Associate Professor,
Department of Neurosurgery Head of Neurocenter
Regional Hospital Liberec,
Czech Republic
Ashish Suri
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi, India
Jean-Paul Wolinsky
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Clinical Director of the Johns Hopkins
Neurosurgery Spine Program
Professor of Neurosurgery
Baltimore, MD 21287
Narayan Yoganandan
Professor and Chair, Biomed Engineering
Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
9200 West Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Mehmet Zileli
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery,
Izmir, Turkey
Arvind Kulkarni
Consultant Orthopedics
Bombay Hospital and Institute of Medical Sciences
Marine Lines. Mumbai, India
Advisory Board Members
Manu Kothari
Emeritus Professor
Department of Anatomy,
Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M Hospital,
Parel, Mumbai – 400012
Vinod Laheri
Emeritus Professor
Department of Orthopedics,
Seth G.S. Medical College and K.E.M Hospital,
Parel, Mumbai – 400012
Arnold Menezes
Professor and Vice- Chairman
Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics,
Iowa City, Iowa