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There has been heightened public concussion awareness in the last few years related to professional sports, in particular, the NFL. The most underreported, under diagnosed and underestimated head injury is concussion, with the number of cases ranging in the millions every year. The term “concussion” is not well defined in clinical or research contexts, contributing to confusion among patients, families, and health providers. This in-depth analysis includes extensive data from the strongest scientific research, providing an evidence-based foundation for diagnostic and prognostic criteria, and ultimately treatment guidelines.

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Chinese urologist C. G. Xiao has published extensively on an intradural nerve root transfer procedure reported to improve urinary continence and voluntary bladder control in patients with spinal cord injuries and spinal dysraphism. This month, Tuite et al report the results of a double blinded, placebo controlled, randomized control trial of this operation in patients with myelomeningocele and lipomyelomeningocele.

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Drs. Evans and Rosen perform an endoscopic endonasal resection of nonsecretory pituitary macroenoma surgery on Tuesday, September 27, 2:15–3:15 pm. The surgery is video-streamed live from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia to the San Diego Convention Center, where it will be seen by thousands of meeting attendees.

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The Congress of Neurological Surgeons announces the publication of the 4th Edition of the Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury (Guidelines) in the January issue of Neurosurgery.

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Peter Konrad, MD, presents exciting findings that show Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) in early stage Parkinson’s Disease may slow tremor progress at the Congress of Neurological Surgeon’s (CNS) 2018 Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas.