I compiled this flow chart based on the most recent clinical guidelines for spinal trauma. It includes when to operate immediately, when it’s OK to observe, and some important ICU-level management regarding perfusion pressure and arterial pressure.
Clinical guidelines are very important for us to be able to have a uniform understanding of what’s considered a surgical emergency versus something that can be monitored. As of right now this is what the most recent data tells us.
Here’s what 2hrs of meticulous dissection & painstaking work on a brain arteriovenous malformation looks like, sped up to 1 minute. The danger of bleeding & losing control is ever-present, which is why we need surgical courage. And wouldn’t it be nice to be able to operate that fast…
"The public, the patients, and their families who entrust us with their care have long held neurosurgeons to a high standard .....This is why I reject the term “provider” and do not respond to that moniker. I am a physician and a surgeon. Those terms have special meaning".
Treatment of AVMs in eloquent brain can be challenging! This is the most recent paper from the MISTA consortium in @IntJStroke masterfully crafted by the one and only @MusmarBasel ! @TJUHNeurosurg :
1- Higher risk of complications and lower obliteration rate
2- Embo increased the risk of complications
3- Surgery and SRS same functional outcome and complication rate
4- Surgery has a higher obliteration rate
I want to thank all the collaborators! @TJUHospital@JeffersonUniv@NimerAdeeb the force behind MISTA!
Los hematomas epidurales son un tipo de sangrado intracranial que consisten en la acumulación de sangre entre el cráneo y la duramadre, generalmente asociados a traumatismos craneoencefálicos de alta energía.
🧠 Lobectomía temporal: cirugía para la epilepsia refractaria
📌 Hasta el 80% de los pacientes con epilepsia del lóbulo temporal pueden quedar libres de crisis tras una lobectomía temporal.
New in @Nature, a team led by @HerveyJumper & @ToddCHollon (@umichneuro) present an #AI tool for detecting tumor infiltration from fresh, unprocessed tissue samples within seconds that outperforms conventional surgical adjuncts for locating residual tumor: https://t.co/Kd5rxQ3nSg
#OperativeVideo Cisternal, vascular, and parenchymal landmarks in amygdalohippocampectomy for mesial temporal sclerosis: an index case with learnings from 820 resections
https://t.co/zUUXUSYvKi
🥹 Papá, amigo, nieto, hermano, marido... Tengo algo importante que decirte: 𝗩𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥 𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗔 #EURO2024.
Esta es la lista definitiva de España para la @EURO2024 y no hay mejor narrador para este vídeo que alguien que sabe MUCHO de GANAR: @RafaelNadal.
#VamosEspaña
In the ENRICH trial of minimally invasive cerebral hematoma removal within 24 hours after onset of hemorrhage, functional outcomes were better with surgery than with medical treatment, particularly among patients with lobar hemorrhages. Full trial results: https://t.co/hXSRKwvdNk
How would you manage this 19yo M patient who presented with headaches and MRI found this deep left paraatrial temporal lesion? Patient neuro intact. On follow-up imaging, the lesion grew 25% in diameter (1/5)
We achieved GTR (video file intraop crashed =(). Patient had very mild and transient postop visual hemianopsia, agraphia and alexia that resolved before discharge.
Tissue sample: Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma. Patient neurologically intact at 6 mo follow up.