Neurosurgery in the Brazilian Amazon: Is it Possible?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.07.015
Abstract: BACKGROUND The need for neurosurgical care across the globe remains a public health issue. The creation of sustainable neurological surgery departments and training programs is indispensable in alleviating the burden of neurological disease in LMICs.… read more here.
Keywords: surgery; brazilian amazon; epidemiology; neurological surgery ... See more keywords
Case Volume Analysis of Neurological Surgery Training Programs in the United States: 2017-2019
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DOI: 10.1093/neuopn/okaa017
Abstract: Neurological surgery resident applicants seek out certain aspects of training, including case volume. While graduating Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) summary data are available yearly, they are not program specific and drawing conclusions… read more here.
Keywords: case volume; case; per year; neurological surgery ... See more keywords
Neurosurgery residency and fellowship education in the United States: 2 decades of system development by the One Neurosurgery Summit organizations.
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DOI: 10.3171/2020.10.jns203125
Abstract: The purpose of this report is to chronicle a 2-decade period of educational innovation and improvement, as well as governance reform, across the specialty of neurological surgery. Neurological surgery educational and professional governance systems have… read more here.
Keywords: one neurosurgery; neurological surgery; neurosurgery; education ... See more keywords
Developing microsurgical milestones for psychomotor skills in neurological surgery residents as an adjunct to operative training: the home microsurgery laboratory.
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DOI: 10.3171/2020.5.jns201590
Abstract: OBJECTIVE A variety of factors contribute to an increasingly challenging environment for neurological surgery residents to develop psychomotor skills in microsurgical technique solely from operative training. While adjunct training modalities such as cadaver dissection and… read more here.
Keywords: psychomotor skills; psychomotor; neurological surgery; home ... See more keywords
Racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of applicants and matriculants to neurological surgery residency programs.
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DOI: 10.3171/2021.7.jns21906
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify trends in the demographic constitution of applicants and matriculants to neurological surgery based on race, ethnicity, and gender. METHODS The authors conducted a cross-sectional study using… read more here.
Keywords: residency programs; matriculants neurological; applicants matriculants; neurological surgery ... See more keywords
History of neurosurgery at Howard University: the nation's only historically black academic institution that practices neurological surgery.
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DOI: 10.3171/2023.1.jns222560
Abstract: Howard University Hospital has been a pillar for healthcare delivery in the Black community, an underserved sector of Washington, DC, since its founding in 1862. Neurological surgery, one of the many areas of service provided,… read more here.
Keywords: neurosurgery howard; surgery; history neurosurgery; howard university ... See more keywords
Hypertriglyceridemia is associated with stroke after non-cardiac, non-neurological surgery in the older patients: A nested case-control study
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DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.935934
Abstract: Introduction Geriatric postoperative stroke is a rare but serious complication after surgery. The association between hypertriglyceridemia and postoperative stroke remains controversial, especially in older patients undergoing non-cardiac, non-neurological surgery. The study aims to address this… read more here.
Keywords: surgery; non cardiac; cardiac non; hypertriglyceridemia ... See more keywords