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The Journal of Global Neurosurgery

JOURNAL OF GLOBAL NEUROSURGERY, 2021
1     | WHAT IS GLOBAL NEUROSURGERY? The Global Neurosurgery Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies defines Global Neurosurgery as “the clinical and public health practice of neurosurgery with the primary purpose of ensuring timely, safe, and affordable neurosurgical care to all who need it”(1).
Ignatius Esene, Kee B Park
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Spinal cord stimulation for predominant low back pain in failed back surgery syndrome: study protocol for an international multicenter randomized controlled trial (PROMISE study) [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Although results of case series support the use of spinal cord stimulation in failed back surgery syndrome patients with predominant low back pain, no confirmatory randomized controlled trial has been undertaken in this patient group to date.
Annemans, Lieven, Desai, Mehul J, Greening, Christine, Kumar, Krishna, North, Richard B, Rigoard, Philippe, Shipley, Jane, Tan, Ye, Taylor, Rod S, Van den Abeele, Carine   +9 more
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The impact of traumatic brain injury on economic productivity in the Caribbean

Brain and Spine, 2023
Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the Caribbean as well as globally. Within the Caribbean, the prevalence of TBI is approximately 706 per 100,000 persons – one of the highest rates per capita ...
Myron L. Rolle, Deen L. Garba, Abdurrahman F. Kharbat, Arnold Bhebhe, Felix Mwenge, Brian V. Nahed, Vanessa B. Kerry   +6 more
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Auditory evoked potentials and vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in evaluation of brainstem lesions in multiple sclerosis [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the roles of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), auditory evoked potentials (AEP) and vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP) in the evaluation of brainstem involvement in multiple sclerosis (MS). -
Adamec, Ivan, Gabelić, Tereza, Habek, Mario, Ivanković, Anita, Krbot Skorić, Magdalena, Nesek Mađarić, Vesna, Starčević, Katarina   +6 more
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Global Neurosurgery: The Unmet Need

World Neurosurgery, 2016
Globally, the lack of access to basic surgical care causes 3 times as much deaths as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. The magnitude of this unmet need has been described recently, and the numbers are startling. Major shifts in global health agenda have highlighted access to essential and emergency surgery as a high priority.
Park, Kee B., Johnson, Walter D., Dempsey, Robert J.   +2 more
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How I do it : Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery for Craniopharyngioma

Archives of Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2022
Endonasal endoscopic surgery is currently considered as a standard method to treat a variety of suprasellar lesions including craniopharyngiomas.
Suresh Sankhla, Anshu Warade, Ghulam Muqdata Khan   +2 more
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Interest and participation in global neurosurgery: a survey of Canadian neurosurgery residents [PDF]

Neurosurgical Focus, 2020
OBJECTIVE The lack of access to primary neurosurgical care presents a significant burden for patients in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Efforts to decrease the inequities in access to surgical care have become an increasing focus of initiatives and advocacy within the international neurosurgery ...
Harrison J, Westwick, Lior M, Elkaim, Sami, Obaid, Aria, Fallah, Albert, Tu, George M, Ibrahim, Alexander G, Weil   +6 more
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Implant Prophylaxis: The Next Best Practice Toward Asepsis in Spine Surgery. [PDF]

, 2018
Study designA literature review.ObjectivesAn evaluation of the contaminants prevalent on implants used for surgery and the aseptic methods being employed against them.MethodsPubMed was searched for articles published between 2000 and 2017 for studies ...
Agarwal, Aakash, Agarwal, Anand, Anand, Neel, Garfin, Steve R, Goel, Vijay K, Schultz, Christian, Wang, Jeffrey C   +6 more
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The prognosis of allocentric and egocentric neglect : evidence from clinical scans [PDF]

, 2012
We contrasted the neuroanatomical substrates of sub-acute and chronic visuospatial deficits associated with different aspects of unilateral neglect using computed tomography scans acquired as part of routine clinical diagnosis.
A Farne, A Kertesz, A Saj, AE Hillis, AE Hillis, AM Maguire, BJ He, CM Bird, CR Olson, CS Rivers, D Gaffan, D Heinke, DC Campbell, DC Delis, DJ Mort, DJ Werring, DN Levine, EB Marsh, F Doricchi, F Doricchi, FS Leibovitch, G Committeri, G Denes, G Kerkhoff, G Thomalla, G Vallar, G Vallar, G Vallar, Glyn W. Humphreys, GW Humphreys, GW Humphreys, GW Humphreys, H Ota, H Samuelsson, HM Duvernoy, HO Karnath, HO Karnath, HO Karnath, HO Karnath, HO Karnath, HO Karnath, HO Karnath, J Ashburner, J Ashburner, J Driver, J Luaute, J Medina, Jean-Claude Baron, JM Wardlaw, Johnny K. L. Lau, JT Kleinman, K Butcher, K Hua, K Kortte, Katherine L. Roberts, KM Heilman, LF Ticini, LJ Buxbaum, LR Cherney, LR Cherney, M Chechlacz, M Chechlacz, M Corbetta, M Gandola, M Jehkonen, M Petrides, M Silvetti, M Thiebaut de Schotten, M Urbanski, Magdalena Chechlacz, MJ Riddoch, MJ Riddoch, MJ Riddoch, ML Seghier, N Makris, N Tzourio-Mazoyer, P Bartolomeo, P Vuilleumier, Pia Rotshtein, PW Halligan, PW Halligan, R Walker, R Walker, RF Gottesman, S Khurshid, SP Stone, SP Stone, T Nichols, TP Cassidy, V Verdon, Wai-Ling Bickerton, WL Bickerton   +91 more
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Analysis of the Changes in the Oxidation of Brain Tissue Cytochrome-c-Oxidase in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients during Hypercapnoea A Broadband NIRS Study [PDF]

, 2011
Using broadband near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and cerebral micro-dialysis (MD), we investigated cerebral cellular metabolism and mitochondrial redox states, following hypercapnoea in 6 patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Elwell, CE, Ghosh, A, Leung, TS, Pritchard, C, Smith, M, Tachtsidis, I, Tisdall, MM   +6 more
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