Neurosurgery & Trauma
Commentary
Headgear comes off for amateur boxers
News
Decompression for malignant stroke in elderly lowers death, disability
Major finding: At 1 year, 57% of surgically managed versus 24% of conservatively managed patients were alive (P less than .001).Data source:...
News
Improved presurgery impulse control screening needed in Parkinson’s
Major finding: Only 23% of sites employed a formal battery of tests for impulsive and compulsive behavior and 7% did not report screening for...
News
Concussion recovery takes longer if children have had one before
Major finding: The median duration of concussion symptoms was 12 days in children and teens who hadn’t been concussed before, 24 days in those who...
Commentary
Getting back in the game
News
Surgical fellowship directors: General surgery trainees arrive ill prepared
Major finding: Surgical subspecialty program directors said that 43% of incoming fellows were unable to independently perform half an hour of a...
News
Despite new approaches, surgery underused for epilepsy
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Manage most SEGAs with rapamycin analogs, not surgery
Major finding: Rapamycin analogs shrink SEGA tumors by more than 50% in a majority of children, and obviate the need for surgery. Data source:...
Conference Coverage
Stereotactic laser ablation found feasible for hypothalamic hamartoma
Major finding: After 20 patients with hypothalamic hamartoma underwent MR-guided stereotactic laser ablation, all but 4 were seizure free.Data...
News
Vascular injury common in mild TBI
Major finding: In a subset of patients with MRI evidence of hemorrhage in the brain following head injury, more advanced MRI imaging demonstrated...