2 Minute Medicine Rewind June 16, 2025
Relationship of pain relief with catastrophizing following interventional pain procedures for low back pain 1. Reductions in pain catastrophizing are ...
Tag: neurosurgery
Serum glial fibrillary acidic protein levels may be helpful to aid diagnosis of sports related head injuries
1. Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) levels peak around 24 hours after traumatic brain injury (TBI) 2. Higher GFAP levels ...
Middle meningeal artery embolization reduces adverse events in patients with subdural hematomas
1. In this randomized controlled trial, among patients with symptomatic nonacute subdural hematoma, embolization of the middle meningeal artery (MMA) ...
Adjunctive middle meningeal artery embolization may reduce the recurrence of subdural hematomas
1. In this randomized controlled trial, middle meningeal artery embolization plus surgical evacuation was associated with a lower risk of hematoma ...
Subdural irrigation in burr-hole drainage procedure reduces reoperation rate in patients with chronic subdural hematoma
1. Patients who underwent burr-hole drainage with subdural irrigation had fewer reoperation rates with comparable functional outcomes than those without ...
Minimally invasive surgeries may improve outcomes for spontaneous hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage
1. Treating intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) with endoscopic evacuation or stereotactic aspiration results in more favourable outcomes 2. Stratifying outcomes by ...
Decompressive craniectomy may benefit patients with supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage
1. Fewer patients in the decompressive craniectomy group had an mRS score of 5-6 compared to medical treatment alone, although ...
Serum S100B may be effective in risk stratifying pediatric head trauma
1. In this randomized clinical trial, the use of serum S100B as the sole method for risk stratifying children following ...
Profiling levels of cognitive functioning at 6 months following traumatic brain injury
1. Many participants who sustained a traumatic brain injury experienced no cognitive dysfunction, though more severe initial injuries were associated ...
#VisualAbstract: Intraventricular lavage associated with higher risk of serious adverse events
1. This single-blinded, phase 2 randomized clinical trial found that intraventricular lavage had a significantly higher rate of serious adverse ...