Cerebral arteriovenous malformations : usability of Spetzler-Martin and Spetzler-Ponce scales in qualification to endovascular embolisation and neurosurgical procedure [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are connected with cerebral haemorrhage, seizures, increased intracranial pressure, headaches, mass effect, and ischaemia symptoms.
Baron, Jan +8 more
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Review of neurosurgical operative procedures in patients in the tenth decade of life
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020 People over the age of 90 are hospitalized in neurosurgical departments, and the increase of life expectancy is conducive to such cases. Surgical treatment in older people is always at high risk, which may be due to the frailty syndrome that occurs ...
Zygmunt Siedlecki +3 more
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The Inter-Mammary Sticky Roll: A Novel Technique for Securing a Doppler Ultrasonic Probe to the Precordium for Venous Air Embolism Detection. [PDF]
, 2016 Venous air embolism is a devastating and potentially life-threatening complication that can occur during neurosurgical procedures. We report the development and use of the "inter-mammary sticky roll," a technique to reliably secure a precordial Doppler ...
Drummond, John C +5 more
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Treating Psychopaths Fairly [PDF]
, 2016 Dietmar Hübner and Lucie White question the ethical justification of employing risky neurosurgical interventions to treat imprisoned psychopaths. They argue that (1) such interventions would confer no medical benefit on the psychopath as there is no ...
Wonderly, Monique
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Suction tube with pressure regulation: technical note
Brazilian Neurosurgery, 2012 We describe a new suction tube for microsurgical procedures which permit a precise control of the pressure of suction. The new device consists of a suction tube connected to a laterally placed sliding bar which progressively opens or closes a leak.
Sebastião Gusmão
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The Impact of the 2006 Massachusetts Healthcare Reform on Spine Surgery Patient Payer-Mix and Age [PDF]
, 2017 OBJECTIVE Several similarities exist between the Massachusetts health care reform law of 2006 and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The authors’ prior neurosurgical research showed a decrease in uninsured surgeries without a significant change in surgical ...
Barbaro, Nicholas M. +3 more
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Emergency burr holes:" How to do it" [PDF]
, 2012 This paper describes a simple approach to emergency burr hole evacuation of extra-axial intracranial haematoma that can be used in the uncommon situation when life saving specialist neurosurgical intervention is not ...
Davies, G +3 more
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Outcomes and costs of penetrating trauma injury in England and Wales [PDF]
, 2008 The official published version of the article can be found at the link below.Background: Penetrating trauma injury is generally associated with higher short-term mortality than blunt trauma, and results in substantial societal costs given the young age ...
Christensen, MC +4 more
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Comparison of Outcomes in Level I vs Level II Trauma Centers in Patients Undergoing Craniotomy or Craniectomy for Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) carries a devastatingly high rate of morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether patients undergoing craniotomy/craniectomy for severe TBI fare better at level I than level II trauma centers in a mature ...
Alali +24 more
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Early postoperative complications following neurosurgical procedures [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie, 1999 To assess the incidence and characteristics of early postoperative complications in patients following neurosurgical procedures.All patients undergoing neurosurgery during a four month period were followed postoperatively for up to four hours in the post anesthetic care unit or intensive care unit.
P H, Manninen +3 more
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