Neurosurgery
Clinical guidelines for anaplastic gliomas
28 Oct, 2017 | 23:31h | UTCSEOM clinical guidelines for anaplastic gliomas (2017) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free)
Review – Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Hydrocephalus in Adults
7 Oct, 2017 | 22:00h | UTCDiagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Hydrocephalus in Adults – Rofo (free)
Systematic Review of the Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Prostate Metastases to the Spine
7 Oct, 2017 | 21:51h | UTC
Managing Head Trauma in Children
3 Oct, 2017 | 21:55h | UTCManaging Head Trauma in Children – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Related Articles: Reducing Head CT Use for Children With Head Injuries in a Community Emergency Department – Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Development and Internal Validation of a Clinical Risk Score for Treating Children With Mild Head Trauma and Intracranial Injury – JAMA Pediatrics (free PDF) AND Identification of children at very low risk of clinically-important brain injuries after head trauma: a prospective cohort stud – The Lancet (free PDF)
Review – Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle: Pearls and Pitfalls of ED Management
1 Oct, 2017 | 15:12h | UTCPedestrian Struck by Vehicle: Pearls and Pitfalls of ED Management – emDocs (free)
Review: Gliomatosis Cerebri
1 Oct, 2017 | 14:49h | UTCGliomatosis Cerebri: Current Understanding and Controversies – Frontiers in Oncology (free)
Review – Concussion: Evaluation and management
1 Oct, 2017 | 14:44h | UTCConcussion: Evaluation and management – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)
Review: Low Back Pain Management in Primary Care
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:04h | UTCAn Updated Overview of Low Back Pain Management in Primary Care – Asian Spine Journal (free)
Systematic Review: Neuropathic Pain Related with Spinal Disorders
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:06h | UTCNeuropathic Pain Related with Spinal Disorders: A Systematic Review – Asian Spine Journal (free)
Review: Neuropathic Pain after Spinal Surgery
30 Sep, 2017 | 13:03h | UTCNeuropathic Pain after Spinal Surgery – Asian Spine Journal (free)
Review: Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
18 Sep, 2017 | 13:53h | UTCCurrent Diagnosis and Management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy – Global Spine Journal (free)
A range of anti-epilepsy drugs are effective as first-line treatment
15 Sep, 2017 | 19:10h | UTCA range of anti-epilepsy drugs are effective as first-line treatment – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Antiepileptic drug monotherapy for epilepsy: a network meta-analysis of individual participant data – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Present and future perspectives for medical therapy of nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma
12 Sep, 2017 | 20:55h | UTC
Study: Postoperative stereotactic radiosurgery compared with whole brain radiotherapy for resected metastatic brain disease
9 Sep, 2017 | 23:16h | UTCPostoperative stereotactic radiosurgery compared with whole brain radiotherapy for resected metastatic brain disease (NCCTG N107C/CEC·3): a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial – The Lancet Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Stereotactic Radiosurgery Achieves Better Quality of Life and Improved Cognition Than Whole-Brain Radiotherapy – ASCO Post (free)
Viewpoint: Public Reporting of Surgical Outcomes: Surgeons, Hospitals, or Both?
8 Sep, 2017 | 02:29h | UTCPublic Reporting of Surgical Outcomes: Surgeons, Hospitals, or Both? – JAMA Forum (free)
Head injuries in sport must be taken more seriously
1 Sep, 2017 | 20:50h | UTCHead injuries in sport must be taken more seriously – Nature News (free)
“Sports organizations are only starting to understand the harm that can be inflicted by high-contact activities. Science must play its part in highlighting the problem and in aiding diagnosis”.
Proposal Guidelines for Standardized Operating Procedures of Brain Autopsy
30 Aug, 2017 | 17:58h | UTC
Study: Local Anesthetic With or Without Corticosteroid for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:22h | UTCSource: ACP Journal Wise ($)
“Epidural injections of corticosteroid plus lidocaine offered no benefits from 6 weeks to 12 months beyond that of injections of lidocaine alone”
Review: Blunt vertebral vascular injury in trauma patients
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:42h | UTC
Review: Surgical treatment of large and giant cavernous carotid aneurysms
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:35h | UTCSurgical treatment of large and giant cavernous carotid aneurysms – Asian Journal of Neurosurgery (free)
Review: Coma After Acute Head Injury
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:33h | UTCComa After Acute Head Injury – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Review: Evaluation and management of sport-related concussions in adolescent athletes
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:17h | UTC
Coma After Acute Head Injury
17 Aug, 2017 | 18:39h | UTCReview: Coma After Acute Head Injury – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Benefits and safety of gabapentinoids in chronic low back pain
16 Aug, 2017 | 23:04h | UTCCommentaries: Gabapentinoids Seem to Offer Little Benefit, Substantial Risks in Low Back Pain – Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Evidence does not support the use of gabapentinoids for chronic low back pain – PLOS, via Science Daily (free) AND Gabapentinoids for Chronic Low Back Pain? Not So Fast – Practical Pain Management (free)
Pregabalin and gabapentin have significant risk of adverse effects without any demonstrated benefit in chronic low back pain.
Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with leptomeningeal metastasis from solid tumours
16 Aug, 2017 | 15:03h | UTC