Pseudarthrosis Following Single-Level ACDF Is Five Times More Likely When a PEEK Interbody Device Is Used

Researchers found pseudarthrosis (lack of bone regrowth) to be five times more likely after a polyetheretherketone (PEEK) interbody spacer device had been used to bridge the gap between vertebrae during cervical spine surgery than after a structural...
23-Oct-2018 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Holographic Images Increase Accuracy of External Ventricular Drain Insertion

Researchers from Beijing have developed a new technique of external ventricular drain (EVD) insertion that involves the use of a mixed-reality holographic computer headset. Wearing this headset, the neurosurgeon can visualize holographic images of...
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Increased Markers of Brain Injury in Response to Asymptomatic High-Accelerated Head Impacts

Researchers from the University of Michigan found that serum levels of two biomarkers of traumatic brain injury, tau and ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1, are elevated following high-acceleration head impacts, even when there is no clinical...
27-Jun-2018 10:50 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Looking Back at RFK’s Assassination: A Medical Analysis of His Injuries and Neurosurgical Care

Covers the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. The authors “review the eyewitness reports of the mechanism of injury, the care rendered for 3 hours prior to the emergency craniotomy, the clinical course, and, ultimately, the autopsy.” The...
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Opioid Dependence in Patients with Degenerative Spondylolisthesis is More Likely to Occur Before than After Surgery

Researchers investigated risk factors for the development of opioid dependence in patients undergoing surgery for degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS). They found that, overall, patients were more likely to have a dependency on opioid medications...
15-Jun-2018 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Assessment of Biomarkers of Subconcussive Head Trauma

Researchers evaluated the usefulness of biomarker testing in determining the potential extent of brain trauma suffered from repetitive subconcussive head impacts sustained over the course of a college football season.
23-May-2018 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Michael Jackson’s Antigravity Tilt—Talent, Magic, or a Bit of Both?

Three neurosurgeons from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India, set out to examine Michael Jackson's antigravity tilt, introduced in the music video “Smooth Criminal,” from a neurosurgeon’s point of...
15-May-2018 4:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Lightning Carries Potential Danger to People with Deep Brain Stimulators

Patients receiving deep brain stimulation are warned that their neurostimulators may dysfunction when confronted by electromagnetic fields generated by particular electrical devices found at work, home, and in the hospital. A new and potentially...
25-Apr-2018 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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