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Neurosurgical practice and health care reform: moving toward

WEBIn an effort to rein in spending and improve patient outcomes, the US government and the private sector have adopted a number of policies over the last …

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Estimating the global incidence of traumatic brain injury

WEBOBJECTIVE Traumatic brain injury (TBI)—the “silent epidemic”—contributes to worldwide death and disability more than any other traumatic insult. Yet, TBI …

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Utility of minimum clinically important difference in assessing

WEBObject Outcome studies for spine surgery rely on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) to assess treatment effects. Commonly used health-related quality-of-life …

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Inpatient virtual shared medical appointments to improve health

WEBOBJECTIVE Admission to the hospital for an acute cerebrovascular condition such as stroke or brain hemorrhage can be a traumatic and disorienting experience for patients …

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Mental health comorbidities in workers’ compensation patients …

WEBOBJECTIVE The impact of mental health comorbidities on outcomes after lumbar spine surgery in workers’ compensation (WC) patients has not been robustly …

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Understanding quality of life and treatment history of patients

WEBOBJECTIVE Bertolotti syndrome is a rare spinal condition that causes low-back pain due to a lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV), which is a …

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Health disparities and stroke: the influence of insurance status on …

WEBOBJECT The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality patient safety indicators (PSIs) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services hospital-acquired …

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Global neurosurgery: continued momentum at the 72nd World …

WEBT he World Health Assembly (WHA), a forum for the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), is attended by its 194 Member States and …

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Socioeconomic health disparities in pediatric traumatic brain injury …

WEBOBJECTIVE Low socioeconomic status is a determinant of pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) incidence and severity. In this study, the authors used National …

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Estimating the global incidence of traumatic brain injury

WEBThe overall incidence of TBI per 100,000 people was greatest in North America (1299 cases, 95% CI 650–1947) and Europe (1012 cases, 95% CI 911– 1113) and least in …

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An update on research priorities in hydrocephalus: overview of the

WEBA s reported in the priorities from the 2005 National Institutes of Health (NIH) hydrocephalus workshop 133 and presented at the 2009 NIH-sponsored workshop in …

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Editorial. Global neurosurgery: the role of the individual

WEBW orldwide understanding of the importance of neurosurgical care in the developing world has dramatically changed in the past few years. Heightened interest in the importance of …

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Socioeconomic patient benefits of a pediatric neurosurgery …

WEBOBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine the socioeconomic benefits to the patients and families attending a regional pediatric neurosurgery …

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Examining the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active …

WEBNeUROSURGICAL FOCUS Neurosurg Focus 49 (5):E8, 2020 T he Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) was passed by the US Congress in 1986 …

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Human prion diseases: surgical lessons learned from …

WEBneurosurgical focus Neurosurg Focus 41 (1):E10, 2016 T he human prion diseases are a rare group of uni- formly fatal neurodegenerative disorders character - ized by a rapid …

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Introduction. Biologics in spine surgery

WEBThe treatment of spinal disorders has been revolutionized over the last 25 years with the introduction of biologics to enhance bone density in preparation for surgery and to …

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How does back muscle strength change after posterior lumbar

WEBOBJECTIVE There is a lack of evidence of how back muscle strength changes after lumbar fusion surgery and how exercise influences these changes. The …

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Status of current medicolegal reform in the United States: a

WEBOBJECTIVE There are approximately 85,000 lawsuits filed against medical practitioners every year in the US. Among these lawsuits, neurosurgery has been identified as a “high …

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Alternatives to DEXA for the assessment of bone density: a …

WEBINVITED REVIEW J Neurosurg Spine 38:436–445, 2023 O steOpOrOsis is a serious healthcare concern in the elderly population, with a significantly greater prevalence …

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Cavernous sinus aneurysms: risk of growth over time and risk …

WEBRisk factors for aneurysm growth are summarized in Table 3. Values are number of patients (%) unless otherwise indicated. very small; p < 0.001) to be the most important factor. …

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Cervical spondylotic myelopathy with severe axial neck pain: is

WEBSpine volume 38 • January 2023 43 C erviCal spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a pro- gressive, clinical entity characterized by disc de-generation, herniation, and …

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Dr. Robert G. Heath: a controversial figure in the history of deep

WEBThe history of psychosurgery is filled with tales of researchers pushing the boundaries of science and ethics. These stories often create a dark historical framework for some of …

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