World Neurosurg
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Undergraduate neurosurgery conferences are acknowledged to play an important role in bridging the gap between a limited exposure to neurosurgery within medical schools and a highly competitive application process. Hands-on workshops are attractive for any conference but can be prohibitively expensive, especially for student societies. ⋯ These workshop models have been praised by medical students for increasing exposure and awareness toward neurosurgical procedures and the sophistication of investigations used by the specialty. Consultant neurosurgeons have praised the simulation provided by these models as closely mimicking the procedure in reality.
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Clinical trials are essential for assessing the advancements in spine tumor therapeutics. The purpose of the present study was to characterize the trends in clinical trials for primary and metastatic tumor treatment during the past 2 decades. ⋯ The number of clinical trials for spine tumor therapies has rapidly increased during the past 15 years, owing to studies at U.S. academic medical institutions investigating radiosurgery for the treatment of metastases. Targeted therapies for tumor subtypes and sequelae have updated international best practices.
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Review
Injury of the thoracolumbar posterior ligamentous complex : a bibliometric literature review.
To conduct a bibliometric review of literature on posterior ligamentous complex (PLC) injury in thoracolumbar trauma to guide future research. ⋯ Our review provides an extensive list of the most historically significant thoracolumbar PLC injury articles, acknowledging key contributions made to the advancement of this research area.
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This scoping review addresses the challenges of neuroanesthesiologic research: the population, the methods/treatment/exposure, and the outcome/results. These challenges are put into the context of a future research agenda for peri-/intraoperative anesthetic management, neurocritical care, and applied neurosciences. Finally, the opportunities of adaptive trial design in neuroanesthesiologic research are discussed.