Neurological Surgery News

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons announced their opposition to the " Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ," released this week by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid .

S. Claiborne Johnston MD, PhD; Nerissa U. Ko MD; Achal S. Achrol BS; Jonathan G. Zaroff MD; and William L. Young MD From the Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care , and Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics , Neurology , Neurological Surgery , and Medicine , University of California, San ...

Neurosurgeons from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center performed the world's first intra-arterial cerebral infusion of Avastin directly into a patient's malignant brain tumor.

Neurosurgeons from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center performed the world's first intra-arterial cerebral infusion of Avastin directly into a patient's malignant brain tumor.

This disorder affects the endocrine system. It results from the increased presence of corticosteroids in the body.

The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans hosted three events last week.

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. , a clinical-stage biotechnology company that is developing immune-based therapies for the treatment of brain and other cancers, today announced that it will be presenting today, at the Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in New Orleans, Louisiana at 3:15pm central time, data from its Phase I ...

The University of Louisville has named Dr. Jonathan E. Hodes chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery in the university's School of Medicine.

Filed under: Cardiac Surgery , Cardiology , Neurological Surgery , Radiology , Surgery , Thoracic Surgery , Vascular Surgery Siemens has just announced that it has integrated the TruSystem 7500 OR table from TRUMPF with its Artis zee and Artis zeego fluoroscopy scanners.

The first national treatment guidelines for brain metastases, which account for nearly 500,000 new cancers annually in the United States, were released today at the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in New Orleans.

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. , a clinical-stage biotechnology company that is developing immune-based therapies for the treatment of brain and other cancers, today announced that it will be presenting today, at the Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in New Orleans, Louisiana at 3:15pm central time, data from its Phase I ...

Filed under: ENT , Neurological Surgery , Ob/Gyn , Orthopedic Surgery , Surgery , Thoracic Surgery Visionsense out of Orangeburg, New York, a company that makes single chip 3D endoscopic vision technology, has raised $8M in VC funds to begin full scale marketing of its unique technology in the US and Europe.

TransMolecular, Inc., a developer of innovative oncology drugs through targeted delivery technologies, today announced final results from its Phase 2 clinical study comparing the toxicity and overall survival of three versus six intracavitary injections of its anti-cancer compound 131I-TM601 in the treatment of recurrent malignant glioma.

The Integra Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Integra LifeSciences Corporation , has awarded a $75,000 educational grant to the Congress of Neurological Surgeons in support of the 2009 CNS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 24-29, 2009.

Filed under: Cardiac Surgery , ENT , Neurological Surgery , Orthopedic Surgery , Plastic Surgery , Surgery , Thoracic Surgery , Urology , Vascular Surgery Here's an interesting new take on improving the safety for scrub techs, nurses and surgeons.

Parents who are decision-makers for patients with profound intellectual disability and spasticity are less likely than non-parental family members and unrelated conservators to consent to recommended invasive treatment.

New technology that corrects genetically defective mitochondria could potentially be used to treat mitochondrial diseases characterized by deficiencies of energy production.

Despite reports to the contrary, having bypass surgery to help your heart does not harm your brain, researchers report.

A diet rich in cruciferous and green leafy vegetables, nuts, fish, and tomatoes and low in red meat and high-fat dairy products may protect against Alzheimer's disease, a study suggests.

If you need to figure out which of your patients who presents with acute vestibular syndrome has actually had a brainstem or cerebellar stroke, you might be better off with a systematic bedside examination than with neuroimaging and other methods, according to a presentation here today at the 134th annual meeting of the American Neurological ...