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Some of you may fondly remember the mid-80s TV show “St. Elsewhere,” probably the first program to show the gritty underbelly of residency training with any semblance of realism. One of the main characters was …
Read MoreMichael Schulder, MD, FAANS | Departments | Editorial License
Some of you may fondly remember the mid-80s TV show “St. Elsewhere,” probably the first program to show the gritty underbelly of residency training with any semblance of realism. One of the main characters was …
Read MoreJulian E. Bailes Jr., MD, FAANS | Features
While soccer is the most popular sport with over 200 million participants worldwide, other sports, particularly American football and ice hockey, have received much recent attention and have been singled out for their incidence of …
Read MoreDouglas C. Miller, MD, PhD | Features
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a term applied to a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative illness occurring in some individuals who have experienced repeated concussive or sub-concussive traumatic brain injuries (1-4). The term and the diagnosis have …
Read MoreRobert E. Harbaugh, MD, FAANS, FAHA | Features
Athletes, particularly those participating in contact sports, may be exposed to repeated blows to the head raising the concern that such exposure might lead to neurological dysfunction later in life. In the last few years, …
Read MoreFrederick A. Boop, MD, FAANS | Inside Neurosurgeon | President's Perspective
This issue of AANS Neurosurgeon is devoted to the topic of neurotrauma. Having recently spent the better part of a weekend working online courses in order to fulfill my hospital’s mandatory 16 hours per year …
Read MoreJohn K. Ratliff, MD, FAANS; Katie O. Orrico, JD | Features
2017 promises to see many changes in neurosurgical coding and quality reporting. New systems will impose fundamental shifts in a variety of Medicare reporting requirements. This article will provide a quick overview of changes in …
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2019 NASBS Annual Meeting
Feb. 15-17, 2019; Orlando, Fla.
12th Annual International Symposium on Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Feb. 22-24, 2019; Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
MD Anderson study shows FGL2 protein may be an effective target for glioblastoma
February 15, 2019 — AANS Neurosurgeon
Stress and dream sleep are linked to pathways of brain cell death and survival
February 14, 2019 — AANS Neurosurgeon
New insight into the process of generation of new neurons in the adult brain
February 13, 2019 — AANS Neurosurgeon
NUS scientists harness machine learning to uncover new insights into the human brain
February 12, 2019 — AANS Neurosurgeon
3D Printed Implant Promotes Nerve Cell Growth to Treat Spinal Cord Injury
February 11, 2019 — AANS Neurosurgeon
How would you code for an L3 vertebrectomy with discectomy and decompression via an anterior approach? Answer: To code for a lumbar corpectomy, you have to document removal of at least 1/3 of the vertebral body. Otherwise you only code for the fusion, 22558. There is no anterior lumbar decompression code. Found out more: http://bit.ly/2KwxVvS
Dr. Michael Link’s Hot Tip
CP Angle Surgery: Tricks of the Trade
For many, removing tumors in the CP angle represented the pinnacle of training and achieving surgical expertise. With the rise of stereotactic radiosurgery, this procedure is much less common. It always helps to hear insider tricks that facilitate this surgical approach.