Our study aims to evaluate the clinical outcomes of cortical screws in regards postoperative pain.Pedicle screw fixation is current mainstay technique for posterior spinal fusion. Over past decade, a new called has been developed, which allows medialized placement through stronger bone. There have several studies that showed either biomechanical equivalence or superiority screws. However, there currently only single literature looking at patients who had no prior spine surgery.We...

We describe the feasibility of using minimally invasive robotic laser interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) for achieving an anterior two-thirds as well a complete corpus callosotomy.Ten probe trajectories were plotted on normal magentic resonance imaging (MRI) scans Brainlab Stereotactic Planning Software (Brainlab, Munich, Germany). The NeuroBlate® System (Monteris Medical, MN, USA) was used to conform thermal burn callosum along trajectory probe. distance ideal entry site from either coronal...

Primary osseous spinal neoplasms (POSNs) include locally aggressive tumors such as osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, and chordoma. For tumors, surgical resection is associated with improved survival for patients. Socioeconomic predictors of receiving surgery, however, have not been studied.To examine the independent effect race on surgery probability in patients POSN.A total 1904 from SEER program at National Cancer Institute database, all diagnosed POSN cord, vertebral column,...

The authors report a challenging case of brain metastasis located in the motor cortex, which was not responsive to radiosurgery. Use novel technique, magnetic resonance-guided laser-induced thermotherapy (MRgLITT), resulted complete obliteration lesion without adverse effects or evidence tumor recurrence at follow-up. This illustrates that MRgLITT may provide viable alternative for patients with metastases refractory radiosurgery deep locations, where both stereotactic (SRS) and surgical...

There exists a lack of data on the effect socioeconomic status (SES) outcomes for pituitary tumors, which have been associated with significant morbidity. The goal this population-level study is to investigate role SES receiving treatment and survival in patients tumors.The Surveillance, Epidemiology, End Results (SEER) program database from National Cancer Institute was used identify diagnosed tumors between 2003 2012. determined using validated composite index. Race categorized as...

Many payors require an additional attempt at nonsurgical weight loss before approval of bariatric procedures. This study evaluates this requirement by characterizing the prior attempts (WLAs) undergone surgery patients and correlating those to postoperative outcomes. Number duration WLAs were obtained from a preoperative clinic assessment. Body mass index (BMI) percentage excess (%EWL) used assess loss. Kruskal-Wallis Spearman Correlation tests performed analyze data using GraphPad Prism 6....

Intracranial meningiomas are the most common primary tumors of central nervous system. How socioeconomic status (SES) impacts treatment access and outcomes for brain tumor subtypes is an emerging area research. Few studies have examined relationship between SES meningioma survival management with reference to relevant clinical factors, including age at diagnosis. We studied independent effects on receiving surgery probability in patients intracranial meningioma.54,282 diagnosed 2003 2012...

INTRODUCTION: Socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with survival in many cancers but the effect of SES on and access to care for patients gliomas has not been studied. METHODS: 50 170 from SEER Program at National Cancer Institute database were included this study. All diagnosed brain 2003 2012. Patient was divided into tertiles quintiles. Treatment options radiation (yes/no), surgery (gross total resection [GTR]/other surgery/no surgery), (yes/no). Multivariable logistic regression Cox...

Background Pedicle screw fixation is currently the mainstay technique for lumbar spinal fusion; however, more minimally invasive techniques are available such as cortical fixation. Numerous studies have proven biomechanical equivalence or superiority screws but few examined clinical outcomes in patients. Our study aims to examine functional outcomes, well fusion rates, patients who underwent pedicle using a trajectory. Methods We retrospectively reviewed prospectively collected data on 10...

Background: The prostatic urethral lift (PUL) procedure is a novel therapeutic method to treat lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) caused by benign hyperplasia (BPH). Gross hematuria after this has been reported be mild and transient. This report highlights case of refractory transfusion-dependent the PUL in addition its management with selective arterial embolization (PAE). Case Presentation: A 78-year-old Caucasian man history myelodysplastic syndrome, thrombocytopenia, intermittent...

In their article, Muller and colleagues (2015) examine the ethics of provide recommendations for research involving stereotactic neurosurgery anorexia nervosa (AN). Though they present a st...

Introduction: Long-term urodynamic (UDS) and urethral pressure profilometry (UPP) parameters in women with voiding phase dysfunction following an anti-incontinence (AI) procedure have been poorly characterized. We report our 10-year UDS findings after AI procedure, who underwent urethrolysis. Methods: identified sequential records containing urethrolysis CPT codes over a period. Records of preoperative were reviewed for demographics, tracing, outcomes Results: Twenty-five (mean age 60 years)...