CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Efforts are under way to boost the number of women who train to become neurosurgeons, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons said.
... prominent scientists, surgeons, engineers, rehabilitation medicine physicians, neurologists, neurosurgeons, radiologists, psychiatrists, cardiologists, pulmonologists, bioethicists, policy makers, ...
... advantage of fMRI brain scans to create a
high-resolution model of the patient's brain. Neurosurgeons can
then flex their skills by manipulating tumors or other virtual
objects on screens. They even ...
... optimal surgical technique for precise implantation of stimulation electrodes in the target. Although neurosurgeons aim to minimize shifts from the originally planned electrode positions, this does ...
Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa, 40, was an illegal immigrant working in the vegetable fields of the Central Valley in California before becoming a neurosurgeon.
... most of us take for granted -- time,” said John Sampson, M.D., Ph.D., a neurosurgeon at Duke and lead investigator on this study. “The possibility of doubling expected survival -- with few if any side ...
... . Although SAH carries daunting odds, it can be treated if a patient reaches a hospital where a neurosurgeon or interventional radiologist can close off the ruptured aneurysm and stop the bleeding.
... is conceivable that we could prevent further damage by suppressing the waves," said the neurosurgeon.
In previous experimental studies on animals, a few therapy approaches were already developed ...
... revolutionise diagnosis of disease and enhance the accuracy of brain surgery. Currently researchers and neurosurgeons rely on coarse maps of the brain's structure that are based on a small number of ...
... the diseased 5-Hz rhythm in the brain. Headed by Prof. Volker Sturm, neurosurgeons in Cologne implanted electrodes in patients for the measurements, and scientists in Saratov, Russia, recalculated ...
... collaborators Andres Lozano, MD, PhD, neurosurgeon, and psychiatrist Sidney Kennedy, MD.
Mayberg ... 2007 with psychiatrist Paul Holtzheimer, MD, and neurosurgeon Robert Gross, MD, PhD, and with grant ...
... of 84 shunt procedures were performed over 21 months. All procedures were performed by one of two pediatric neurosurgeons at Women & Children's Hospital of Kaleida Health in Buffalo.
At the trial's ...
... barrier. The combination of vardenafil and adriamycin resulted in longer survival and smaller tumor size," said neurosurgeon Keith L. Black, M.D., chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars- ...
The nation’s top neurosurgeons were divided on whether or not to operate on Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s brain tumor.
... with a vascular surgeon to study effects of flow over endothelial cells, and partnering with a neurosurgeon to understand the mechanisms behind hydrocephalus, or excess fluid in the brain.
As a ...
