Pediatric neurosurgery
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Pediatric neurosurgery · Jan 2010
The impact of a 'resident replacement' nurse practitioner on an Academic Pediatric Neurosurgical service.
The introduction of 80-hour workweek limitations has challenged resident training programs with creative scheduling while maintaining comprehensive training experiences. The work hour restrictions may be more adaptable to a medical service, but have been very challenging to an academic surgical program. The particular challenges include maximizing academic learning opportunities, operating room experiences and direct bedside patient care while adhering to the 80-hour restriction. This paper examines the addition of a pediatric nurse practitioner (NP) to a pediatric neurosurgical academic program in response to the resident work hour restrictions. ⋯ The addition of an NP in response to resident training changes has been a positive influence on satisfaction with the pediatric neurosurgical service while reducing the reliance on residents for bedside clinical care. Patient safety appears not to have been affected. Presumably, this response to resident work hour limitations will provide the needed time to enhance resident didactic and intraoperative training experiences.
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Pediatric neurosurgery · Jan 2010
Case ReportsTranssellar transsphenoidal encephalocele: a case report.
Basal encephaloceles are rare, accounting for about 1.5% of all encephaloceles. Transsellar transsphenoidal encephaloceles are the rarest variety of basal encephaloceles. We report a rare case of transsellar transsphenoidal encephalocele managed by a transnasal transseptal approach.