CME
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Click Here to access 14 articles chosen by James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, FAANS, editor of the Journal of Neurosurgery, as among the most noteworthy published in 2019. Read these choice selections covering standards of care, trauma and pain, and earn up to 14 CME credits through this online activity.
Click Here to access 15 articles chosen by James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, FAANS, editor of the Journal of Neurosurgery, as among the most noteworthy published in 2018. Read these choice selections covering standards of care, trauma and pain, and earn up to 15 CME credits. Participants can earn up to 11 trauma credits and 3 pain credits through this online activity.
Click Here to access 12 articles chosen by Jame T. Rutka, MD, PhD, FAANS, editor of the Journal of Neurosurgery, as among the most noteworthy published in 2017. Read these choice selections covering standards of care, trauma and pain, and earn up to 12 CME credits.
2019 Neurosurgical Focus CME
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2018
December Neurosurgical Focus CME Test - Click here after reading the articles below
- Cost-effectiveness of adult spinal deformity surgery in a military healthcare system
- Return-to-active-duty rates after anterior cervical spine surgery in military pilots
- Two-year mortality and functional outcomes in combat-related penetrating brain injury: battlefield through rehabilitation
November Neurosurgical Focus CME Test - Click here after reading the articles below
- Development of a Validated Computer Based Preoperative Predictive Model for Pseudarthosis with 91% Accuracy in 336 Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD) Patient
- Utility of deep neural networks in predicting gross total resection after transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenoma: a pilot study
- Machine learning applications for the differentiation of primary central nervous system lymphoma from glioblastoma on imaging: a systematic review and meta-analysis
October Neurosurgical Focus CME Test - Click here after reading the articles below
- Surgical treatment of epilepsy in Vietnam: program development and international collaboration
- Neural tube defects in Uganda: follow-up outcomes from a national referral hospital
- Challenges and opportunities for effective data collection in global neurosurgery: traumatic brain injury surveillance experience in Malawi
September Neurosurgical Focus CME Test - Click here after reading the articles below
- Ultrasonographic features of focal cortical dysplasia and their relevance for epilepsy surgery
- Early outcomes of stereoelectroencephalography followed by MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy: a paradigm for minimally invasive epilepsy surgery
- Single and staged laser interstitial thermal therapy ablation for cortical tubers causing refractory epilepsy in pediatric patients
August Neurosurgical Focus CME Test - Click here after reading the articles below
- Toward adaptive deep brain stimulation for dystonia
- Deep brain stimulation for seizure control in drug-resistant epilepsy
- Fast gray matter acquisition T1 inversion recovery MRI to delineate the mammillothalamic tract for preoperative direct targeting of the anterior nucleus of the thalamus for deep brain stimulation in epilepsy
July Neurosurgical Focus CME Test - Click here after reading the articles below
- Safety profile of superior petrosal vein (the vein of Dandy) sacrifice in neurosurgical procedures: a systematic review
- Use of ICG videoangiography and FLOW 800 analysis to identify the patient-specific venous circulation and predict the effect of venous sacrifice: a retrospective study of 172 patients
- Understanding the complex pathophysiology of idiopathic intracranial hypertension and the evolving role of venous sinus stenting: a comprehensive review of the literature
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June
- The role of indocyanine green videoangiography with FLOW 800 analysis for the surgical management of central nervous system tumors: an update
- 5-ALA–induced fluorescence as a marker for diagnostic tissue in stereotactic biopsies of intracranial lymphomas: experience in 41 patients
- Clinical potential of meningioma genomic insights: a practical review for neurosurgeons
May
- The estimated cost of surgically managed isolated traumatic head injury secondary to road traffic accidents
- Outpatient spine surgery: defining the outcomes, value, and barriers to implementation
- Propensity-matched comparison of outcomes and cost after macroscopic and microscopic lumbar discectomy using a national longitudinal database
April
- Medical management of meningioma in the era of precision medicine
- Relationship between tumor location, size, and WHO grade in meningioma
- Impact of preoperative endovascular embolization on immediate meningioma resection outcomes
March
- Facial nerve outcome and extent of resection in cystic versus solid vestibular schwannomas in radiosurgery era
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the technique of subtotal resection and stereotactic radiosurgery for large vestibular schwannomas: a “nerve-centered” approach
- Minimally invasive endoscopic repair of refractory lateral skull base cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea: case report and review of the literature
February
- A meta-analysis of outcomes and complications of magnetic resonance–guided focused ultrasound in the treatment of essential tremor
- A review of potential applications of MR-guided focused ultrasound for targeting brain tumor therapy
- Neuromodulation with transcranial focused ultrasound
January
- Defining the minimum clinically important difference for grade I degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: insights from the Quality Outcomes Database
- Women fare best following surgery for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a comparison of the most and least satisfied patients utilizing data from the Quality Outcomes Database
- Image guidance in transdiscal fixation for high-grade spondylolisthesis in adults with correct spinal balance
2017
December
- An assessment of frailty as a tool for risk stratification in adult spinal deformity surgery
- Lumbar computed tomography scans are not appropriate surrogates for bone mineral density scans in primary adult spinal deformity
- Complication rates associated with open versus percutaneous pedicle screw instrumentation among patients undergoing minimally invasive interbody fusion for adult spinal deformity
November
- Real-time ultrasound-guided external ventricular drain placement: technical note
- Complications of invasive intracranial pressure monitoring devices in neurocritical care
- The 21st-century challenge to neurocritical care: the rise of the superbug Acinetobacter baumannii. A meta-analysis of the role of intrathecal or intraventricular antimicrobial therapy in reduction of mortality
October
- Evaluation and management of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a review
- Improved restoration of thoracic kyphosis using a rod construct with differentiated rigidity in the surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
- Intraoperative neuromonitoring alerts in a pediatric deformity center
September
- Sanger Brown and Edward Schäfer before Heinrich Klüver and Paul Bucy: their observations on bilateral temporal lobe ablations
- Psychosurgery, ethics, and media: a history of Walter Freeman and the lobotomy
- Topectomy versus leukotomy: J. Lawrence Pool’s contribution to psychosurgery
August
- Neuronavigation and 3D fluoroscopy–guided lag screw reduction and osteosynthesis for traumatic spondylolistheses of the axis: a path worth exploring?
- Cervical vertebroplasty for osteolytic metastases as a minimally invasive therapeutic option in oncological surgery: outcome in 14 cases
- Tubular microdiscectomy: techniques, complication avoidance, and review of the literature
July
- Unilateral thalamic and pallidal deep brain stimulation for idiopathic hemidystonia: results of individual and combined stimulations. Case report
- Nerve transfer versus muscle transfer to restore elbow flexion after pan–brachial plexus injury: a cost-effectiveness analysis
- A neurophysiological approach to nerve transfer to restore upper limb function in cervical spinal cord injury
June
- Update on flow diverters for the endovascular management of cerebral aneurysms
- Pipeline embolization device versus coiling for the treatment of large and giant unruptured intracranial aneurysms: a cost-effectiveness analysis
- Pipeline embolization device for recurrence of previously treated aneurysms
May
- Initial academic experience and learning curve with robotic spine instrumentation
- Revisions for screw malposition and clinical outcomes after robot-guided lumbar fusion for spondylolisthesis
- Robotic versus fluoroscopy-guided pedicle screw insertion for metastatic spinal disease: a matched-cohort comparison
April
- Experimental neuroprotection in ischemic stroke: a concise review
- Novel and emerging technologies for endovascular thrombectomy
- Initial experience with a multiple parallel guidewire support system for complex tortuous aortic arch navigation and great vessel catheterization: technical note
March
- First human experience with autologous Schwann cells to supplement sciatic nerve repair: report of 2 cases with long-term follow-up
- Anterior subcutaneous transposition for persistent ulnar neuropathy after neurolysis
- Peripheral nervous system injury after high-dose single-fraction image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery for spine tumors
