Cross-Post: We need more than brain injury awareness: We need new treatment
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog, you will see us cross-posting or linking to items from other places that we believe will interest our readers. Today’s op-ed originally appeared on Roll Call. Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.), co-chair and founder of the Congressional Traumatic Brain Injury Task Force, and Vishal Bansal, MD, FACS, discuss […]
How a Small Education Campaign Helped Change the Landscape of Concussion Education and Policy
Figure 1: CDC HEADS UP materials 2003 through present This March, in recognition of Brain Injury Awareness Month, we want to take a moment to reflect on the momentous progress that has been made related to concussion education over the last 20 years. During that time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) HEADS […]
Our 500th Blog Post: Amplifying Neurosurgery’s Voice
For the past decade, Neurosurgery Blog: More Than Brain Surgery has investigated and reported on how health care policy affects patients, physicians and medical practices. Posts have discussed the state of neurosurgical sub-specialties and promoted key health care policy and advocacy initiatives to ensure patients’ timely access to care, improve neurosurgical practice and foster continued […]
ThinkFirst About Brain Injury: A Call to Action
In a previous position, I worked at a level 1 trauma center where the chief of neurosurgery referred to some trauma patients as “dingbats.” He did not always use the appellation, generally reserving it for people who injured themselves while intoxicated or through risk-taking behaviors. Still, he sometimes used it generically about any trauma patient. […]
Cross-Post — Neurosurgery Publishes Decompressive Craniectomy Update to the Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog, you will see us cross-posting or linking to items from other places when we believe they hit the mark on an issue. Clinical guidelines have widespread impact and practical utility for practitioners. We want to bring attention to these updates, which recently appeared in Neurosurgery, the official journal […]
CNS Publishes New Concussion Guidelines
Published online in Neurosurgery, the official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), in August, the “Concussion Guidelines Step 2: Evidence for Subtype Classification,” provides support for re-thinking the way we diagnose concussion. Angela K. Lumba-Brown, MD, co-director of the Stanford Brain Performance Center, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University, and co-author […]
Three Things CDC Wants You to Know about Concussion and Kids
Grant Baldwin, PhD, Director, Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disclaimer: The findings and conclusions in this manuscript are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s a long pass […]
Winter is here…Where is your helmet?
Kristopher G. Hooten, MD (left) Major United States Army Fellow in Pediatric Neurosurgery at Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC Kimberly B. Hoang, MD (right) Resident in Neurological Surgery at Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC Winter is here. Where is your helmet? As the temperatures drop, neurosurgeons unfortunately also see an increase in devastating […]
Recommendations are on the Way!
Guest post written on behalf of the neurosurgery members of the CDC Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Guideline Workgroup Michael S. Turner, MD, FAANS; Shelly D. Timmons, MD, PhD, FACS, FAANS; Edward C. Benzel, MD, FAANS; Ann-Christine Duhaime, MD, FAANS; Richard G. Ellenbogen, MD, FAANS, FACS; John Ragheb, MD, FAANS, FACS; Patricia B. Raksin, MD, […]
Neurosurgeon’s Breakthroughs with Eye Tracking Adds Insight to Concussion Understanding
Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD, FACS, FAANS Rockswold Kaplan Endowed Chair, Hennepin County Medical Center Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Concussions are a problem. Everyone agrees on that. But it is rather less apparent how to define a concussion accurately, or how to diagnose, track and follow-up post-concussion. Effective treatment is based […]