Neurosurgery & Trauma
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Removal from play reduces concussion recovery time in athletes
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New and Noteworthy Information—September 2016
Hospitalization of patients with stroke in primary stroke centers, compared with noncertified hospitals, is associated with decreased seven-day...
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MRI-guided thalamotomy significantly reduces hand tremors
Key clinical point: The severity of hand tremors in patients with essential tremor can be significantly reduced via use of MRI-guided focused...
Hitting a Nerve
ATV injuries: where risk taking and medical helplessness collide
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Focused-ultrasound device approved to treat essential tremor
The FDA approved a device that treats essential tremor using transcranial focused ultrasound to destroy MRI-identified pathologic areas of the...
Conference Coverage
Improving our crystal ball: prognostication in neuroscience ICUs
Conference Coverage
Baseline King-Devick concussion score skewed by English proficiency issues
Key clinical point: King-Devick instructions recommend testing subjects against their own preseason baseline scores; the NYU findings emphasize...
Conference Coverage
Doppler ultrasound headset performs well at spotting sports-related concussion
Key clinical point: Advanced transcranial Doppler analysis may improve identification of athletes with concussion at the point of care. Major...
Conference Coverage
Scans show high prevalence of TBI among symptomatic retired NFL players
Key clinical point: MRI findings suggest that traumatic brain injury is prevalent among symptomatic retired NFL players. Major finding: Overall,...
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Benefit of lumbar fusion for spinal stenosis found to be small to nonexistent
Key clinical point: The benefit of adding lumbar fusion surgery to decompression surgery for spinal stenosis was nonexistent in one large trial...
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Tool may help predict persistent postconcussion symptoms
A new tool – a clinical risk score – may help identify which children and adolescents who recently sustained a head injury are at risk for...