Neurosurgery
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Occipitocervical junction instability can lead to serious neurological injury or death. Open surgical fixation is often necessary to provide definitive stabilization. However, long-term results are limited to small case series. ⋯ AIS, American Spinal Injury Association Impairment ScaleCVJ, craniovertebral junctionmJOAS, modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association ScaleNLI, neurological level of injurySCI, spinal cord injury.
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Observational Study
Association Patterns of Simultaneous Intraventricular and Intraparenchymal Intracranial Pressure Measurements.
The process of measuring intracranial pressure (ICP) can be accomplished using a variety of monitors placed primarily either in the ventricles or brain parenchyma. ⋯ CSF, cerebrospinal fluidEVD, external ventricular drainICP, intracranial pressureIPM, intraparenchymal monitorTBI, traumatic brain injury.
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Individualized Map of White Matter Pathways: Connectivity-Based Paradigm for Neurosurgical Planning.
Advances in white matter tractography enhance neurosurgical planning and glioma resection, but white matter tractography is limited by biological variables such as edema, mass effect, and tract infiltration or selection biases related to regions of interest or fractional anisotropy values. ⋯ AF, arcuate fasciculusDTI, diffusion tensor imagingIFOF, inferior fronto-occipital fasciculusILF, inferior longitudinal fasciculusROI, region of interestWM, white matter.
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Balancing the demands of a busy medical career with personal wellness can be daunting, and there is little education on these principles available to physicians in training. ⋯ BMI, body mass indexESS, Epworth Sleepiness ScaleHR, heart rate.
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Transfemoral stenting of stenoses at the common carotid artery (CCA) origin is technically difficult because of poor stability of the guiding catheter. ⋯ CCA, common carotid arteryECA, external carotid arteryICA, internal carotid arteryPTA, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.