Newswise — MEDIA ADVISORY
WHO: American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) 76th Annual Meeting:
WHAT: The nation's largest annual scientific meeting for neurosurgeons, neurosurgical residents in training, neuroscience nurses, clinical specialists, nurse/physician assistants, and other allied health professionals. The meeting, drawing over 6,000 attendees (3,000 medical professionals), will feature the latest scientific and technological advances in neurological surgery. Highlights include:
"¢41 practical clinics"¢21 general scientific sessions"¢146 oral abstract presentations"¢Nearly 500 poster presentations"¢Exhibit booths representing about 230 companies"¢78 educational breakfast seminars
An online press kit, available in advance, will feature neurosurgical topics of interest including:
"¢A Prospective Multicenter Trial to Evaluate the Role and Timing of Decompression in Patients with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Initial One-Year Results of the STASCIS Study
"¢Impact of Malpractice Environments on the US Neurosurgical Workforce 2005-2007
"¢Urinary Biomarkers Predict Brain Tumor Presence and Response to Therapy
"¢Association of Preoperative Depression and Survival after Resection of Malignant Brain Astrocytoma
"¢Does Country or Continent of Treatment Affect Outcome after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
"¢The Economic Impact of the Prestige® Cervical Disc System: Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial
"¢Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Depression: Long-Term Outcomes from a Prospective Multi-Center Trial
"¢Prospective Assessment of Axial Back Pain Symptoms before and after Bariatric Weight Reduction Surgery
"¢Intrastriatal Implantation of Human Retinal Pigment Epithelial (hRPE) CellsAttached to Gelatin Microcarriers (GM) for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease (PD)
"¢Cranial Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Intractable Headache: Prospective Two Year Follow-Up Results
"¢Dysesthetic Pain in Patients with Syringomyelia and Chiari Type I Malformation
WHEN: Monday, April 28, 2008 through Thursday, May 1, 2008
WHERE: Lakeside Center, McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Ill. 60616
PRESS ROOM: Lakeside Center, Level 2, Room E254Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday, April 28 through Wednesday, April 30
To view the AANS Annual Meeting Preliminary Program, visit: http://www.aans.org/annual/2008/Prelim_Program_08.pdf.
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