Neurosurgery & Trauma
News Roundup
New and Noteworthy Information—May 2017
The Biomarkers for Infant Brain Injury Score can identify infants with acute intracranial hemorrhage, according to a study published online ahead...
News Roundup
New and Noteworthy Information—April 2017
More than 80% of patients with stroke and a history of atrial fibrillation received inadequate or no anticoagulation therapy before the stroke,...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Stroke thrombectomy count jumps after 2015 landmark reports
HOUSTON – By mid-2016, roughly 20%-33% of U.S. ischemic stroke patients eligible for thrombectomy received the treatment.
Conference Coverage
Protocol speeds thrombectomy stroke patients from primary centers
HOUSTON – The novel protocol produced significant improvements in treatment speed and outcomes.
Conference Coverage
Hydrogel coils improve outcomes in medium-sized intracranial aneurysms
HOUSTON – Use of hydrogel coils for medium-sized intracranial aneurysms cut the rate of adverse outcomes by about 9% vs. bare platinum coils.
Feature
Spotlight shifts to active treatment for concussions
Concussion management is on the cusp of dramatic change.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Clot aspiration equals retrieval for ischemic stroke
HOUSTON – The French ASTER trial shows that clot aspiration may be as good as stent retriever thrombectomy in treating large-vessel acute ischemic...
Conference Coverage
Mesh cylinder effective for small to medium wide-necked aneurysms
HOUSTON – Occlusion of internal carotid and vertebral artery aneurysms no bigger than 12 mm in size with an expandable mesh cylinder device was...
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New and Noteworthy Information—March 2017
Serum levels of ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-L1 (UCH-L1) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) were unable to distinguish between patients...
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New and Noteworthy Information—February 2017
Concussions may accelerate Alzheimer's disease-related brain atrophy and cognitive decline in people who are at genetic risk for the condition,...
Conference Coverage
Radiosurgery found not superior to open surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy
HOUSTON – Despite enrollment difficulties that limited the study, a recently completed randomized trial comparing radiosurgery with open lobectomy...