Subject: Socioeconomic Title: Avoiding Burnout and Finding Purpose in Neurosurgical Practice Authors: John B Dietze Introduction: There are few occupations that are as stressful as the practice of neurological surgery. If not managed effectively, the emotional and psychological toll can be devastating. Methods: Burnout is [...]
Subject: Socioeconomic Title: Avoiding Burnout and Finding Purpose in Neurosurgical Practice Authors: John B Dietze Introduction: There are few occupations that are as stressful as the practice of neurological surgery. If not managed effectively, the emotional and psychological toll can be devastating. Methods: Burnout is [...]
Subject: Socioeconomic Title: Neurosurgery in Kenya Authors: John B Dietze Introduction: In August of 2015, I was afforded the opportunity to travel to Tenwek Mission Hospital in Bomet, Kenya. While there I performed 28 neurosurgical operations and consulted on nearly 200 outpatients in the neurosurgery [...]
Subject: Socioeconomic Title: Sham Controlled Trials--The Next Step in Evidence-Based Surgery? Authors: Nicholas Andrade Introduction: Allocation concealment, via randomization, blinding, and placebo control, is a crucial safeguard against bias in the evaluation of therapeutic effectiveness. Meta-epidemiologic studies confirm the importance of adequate concealment for accurate [...]
Subject: Tumor Title: Cerebral revascularization and carotid resection at the skull base for treatment of advanced head and neck malignancies Authors: Yashar Kalani; Iman Feiz-Erfan; Robert F spetzler; Porter Randall; Sammy Kalb; Nikolay Maritrosyan; S Lettieri Introduction: Resection of cancer and the involved artery in [...]
Subject: Spine Title: The Use Of InQu Bone Graft Extender and Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate In Smokers Undergoing Spinal Fusion Authors: John B Dietze Introduction: The incidence of non-union for spinal fusions in smokers has been shown to be significantly higher than in the non-smoking [...]
Subject: Tumor Title: Research Category Infected Rathkeís Cleft Cysts: Distinguishing Factors and Factors Predicting Recurrence Authors: Jahangiri Arman Introduction: Rathkeís cleft cysts (RCC) are benign sellar lesions that are generally asymptomatic but sometimes warrant transsphenoidal drainage. Small case reports have described infected RCCs, but this [...]
Subject: Pediatrics Title: Medulloblastoma in a child with Curry-Jones Syndrome: A Case Report Authors: Jeremy Phelps; Paul T. Turner; Howard Yonas Introduction: Curry-Jones syndrome is a dysmorphic condition first described in 1987(Cohen, 1988). Subsequent articles (Temple, 1995; Thomas, 2006) have reported multiple cases of this [...]
RESIDENT: Kyle A Smith AUTHORS: Kyle A Smith SUBMITTED: 1/28/19 9:23 SUBJECT CATEGORY: Spine RESIDENT AWARD: RMNS Resident Award TITLE: Cervical Total Disc Replacement Versus Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Reoperation Rates, Complications, and Hospital Resource Utilization in 72,688 Patients in the United States KEYWORDS: [...]
