Mayo Clinic develops first genomic-based test to predict stroke from ruptured brain aneurysm
...says G. Vini Khurana, M.D., Ph.D., the Mayo Clinic neurosurgical researcher who led the study. "There has been a search for a marker that would identify patients with rupture-prone aneurysms for a very long time because this disease can strike like lightning. Rupture typically happens suddenly and completely unexp...Surgery without the scapel: U. Va. Health System marks fifteenth anniversary of Gamma knife
...inia Health System installed the first Gamma Knife neurosurgical instrument in Virginia, George H. W. Bush was president and the Berlin Wall was coming down. U.Va's Gamma Knife was the second in the U.S. and only the fifth in the world. Now, fifteen years later, U.Va. neurosurgeons have treated nearly 5,000 ...Congress of Neuological Surgeons meets in San Francisco
...ng medical education for practicing neurosurgeons, neurosurgical residents in training, and post-graduate neurosurgical fellows, as well as allied health professionals, including nurses, physician assistants and clinical...LSUHSC neurosurgical team discovers novel therapy for intractable hiccups
...mon in adult life. The LSU Health Sciences Center neurosurgical team performed the procedures at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans. The 50-year-old IT professional says, "Dr. Payne said he was up for a challenge, and so here I am." "We're excited about our short-term success, and are hopeful that we will offer Mr. S...CNS cancers and other diseases: Using proteomics to identify unique protein 'fingerprints'
...ling through lumbar puncture is less invasive than neurosurgical procedures for obtaining tissue, CSF is a desirable early step for establishing a diagnosis," says Dr. Savvas E. Mendrinos. "The diagnostic capabilities afforded by new proteomics technology give CSF sampling the potential to be an extremely useful t...Northwestern named Udall Center for Parkinson's Disease Research
...e globus pallidus and subthalamic nucleus. Current neurosurgical treatment strategies for later stage Parkinson's disease patient target these regions, most commonly with deep brain stimulation. The Northwestern University Udall Center has four project teams and a molecular biology core facility. Surmeier directs...Rush begins use of magnetic guided navigation system
...ted at the new Rush facility. CINN is the largest neurosurgical group practice in the Midwest. All of the 22 CINN neurosurgeons are on the faculty of Rush Medical College....Endovascular coils beat neurosurgery for treating brain haemorrhage
...t decisions. It involves over 2,000 patients in 43 neurosurgical centres in Europe, North America and Australia and...vascular treatment when compared with conventional neurosurgical treatment would cut the proportion of patients either dead or dependent[3] by a quarter one year aft...Endovascular coil superior to neurosurgery for treatment of brain haemorrhage
...e within 24 hours of haemorrhage, and conventional neurosurgical 'clipping' to prevent further rupture of the blood...and efficacy of endovascular coiling with standard neurosurgical clipping. 2143 patients from 43 neurosurgical centres in Europe, Australia, and North America were ...Reducing postoperative nausea and vomiting
...ducing a high incidence of PONV, including certain neurosurgical procedures, major breast procedures, certain eye surgeries,otolaryngologic (ear, nose, throat) operations, laparoscopy and laparotomy. Interestingly, he said, the minimally invasive procedures such as laparoscopy have high rates of PONV. This could b...Care of head injuries falls well short of recommendations
...overed 20 acute hospital trusts plus the regional neurosurgical units at Addenbrooke's Hospital, serving nine of t...ts. Only Addenbrooke's Hospital offered specialist neurosurgical care to patients requiring treatment for more than 48 hours. Only two hospitals had designated beds ...Recommendations for the establishment of primary stroke centers
...- Primary Stroke Centers should be able to provide neurosurgical services to stroke patients within two hours of when the services are deemed necessary. Support of Medical Organization -- The facility and its staff, including administration, should be committed to the Primary Stroke Center. This comprehensive co...Brain Tumor Support Group Meeting Scheduled At Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
...rehensive center dedicated toresearch and care for neurosurgical cases, including brain tumors, neurovasculardisease, functional disorders, trauma and other complex conditions requiringneurosurgical intervention. This month, the Institute launched the PediatricBrain Tumor Program, a new diagnostic and treatment pr...National Science Foundation Awards Knowledge And Distributed Intelligence Grants
...ved rational design of neuroprosthetic devices and neurosurgical interventions and the design of more behaviorally adaptable, well-coordinated and agile robots. Automated Learning in Network Traffic Control (LIS) Award Number: 9873469 Investigators: Bhubaneswar Mishra, Rohit J. Parikh New York University-Ne......em, M.D., co-author of the studies and director of neurosurgical oncology at Hopkins and Allen K. Sills, M.D., lead author and a Hopkins neurosurgery resident. "We're encouraged by these initial findings," says Brem, who successfully uses time-release polymer discs to deliver a different anti-cancer drug directly ...