Call neurosurgery for head trauma with falling GCS (especially < 8), new focal deficits or pupillary changes, seizures, or CT showing epidural > 15 mm or subdural > 10 mm.

Andrew SloanA new paper in the October issue of the journal Neurosurgical Focus finds the use of laser beneficial for the removal of large, "inoperable" glioblastoma (GBM) and other types of brain ...

To test complex brain functions during neurosurgical procedures, surgeons must operate on awake, locally anesthetized patients. This allows surgeons to interact with them and test how their ...

A suboccipital craniotomy is a surgical approach that allows a surgeon to access a specific area within the base of the skull. A person may have this surgery if they have a tumor or another issue ...

Craniotomy is a procedure in which a surgeon removes a section of the skull and replaces the piece of bone, or bone flap, immediately afterward using titanium screws and plates. In craniectomy, ...

A brain tumor diagnosis can feel overwhelming. But knowing when surgery is necessary — and how to have the right convers ...

What does it take to bring life-changing medical robotic devices to reality? This is a question Dr. Gregory Fischer, founder and CEO of AiM Medical Robotics, explored in his keynote “From Concept to ...

Researchers develop radiomics-based predictive models to assess the likelihood of progressively refractory intracranial hypertension leading to secondary DC. The multiomic model, which incorporated ...