Patient-provider communication is vital to patient care and safety, and previous studies have linked effective communication with reduced malpractice claims and improved outcomes [ 1 , 2 ]. However, effective patient-provider communication is not …

The development of modern neurosurgery is directly linked to the use of new technologies for creating medical devices and materials. With the aim of fixing bone fragments during surgical correction, nonresorbable or resorbable fixation materials …

Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite that is estimated to infect one-third of the world’s population. It is acquired by ingesting contaminated water and food specially undercooked meat, contact with domestic or wild feline feces, and during pregnancy …

In the current neurosurgical field, there is a constant emphasis on providing the best care with the most value. Such work requires the constant optimization of not only surgical but also perioperative services. Recent work has demonstrated the …

Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a rare steno-occlusive disease of the bilateral internal carotid arteries that predominantly occurs in East Asia. Since the first description of the MMD by Suzuki and Takaku in 1969, significant advances have been made in …

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Imaging has always been fundamental to neurosurgery, and its evolution over the last century has made a dramatic transformation in the ability of neurosurgeons to define pathology and preserve normal tissue during their operations. In the mid-70 …

Very few clinical entities have undergone so many different treatment approaches over such a short period of time as craniosynostosis. Surgical treatments for this condition have ranged from simple linear craniectomies, accounting for the specific …

In the past 50 years, pediatric neurosurgery has made tremendous strides, and gained its own identity as a distinct subspecialty. This evolution did not develop overnight but followed many years of clinical experiences, scientific scrutiny, and …

Many tools and techniques have been developed to obtain maximal safe tumoral resection in neurosurgery. Fluorescent dyes, including sodium fluorescein, have become also part of this armamentarium to localize the lesion and its boundaries …

The American continent is divided into three distinct geographic areas: North, Central, and South. Latin America begins in Mexico and ends at the South Pole. It has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km 2 (7,880,000 sq miles), almost 3.9% of the …

Quality and patient safety issues are a universal reality of healthcare delivery. Every year, an estimated 15,000 to 35,000 in-hospital deaths in the USA occur as a result of medical errors [ 1 – 3 ]. In the pediatric population, studies have found …

Tumors of the central nervous system are the most common solid neoplasms in children and adolescents [ 1 ], in particular low-grade gliomas (LGG) in slightly older patients and embryonal tumors such as medulloblastomas in the younger, which …

Maximal safe extent of resection (EOR) and adequate sampling are fundamental goals in pediatric oncological neurosurgery [ 1 , 2 ], and improving therapy access and outcomes in this population acquires a central role if we consider that tumors of …

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a neglected infectious disease, but the most common parasitic disease of the central nervous system (CNS) [ 1 ]. It is the main cause of idiopathic and preventable epilepsy in developing countries, responsible for …

Awake neurosurgery in children may sometimes require conversion to general anesthesia. We present here the case of a first failed awake procedure for epilepsy surgery. After adapting the anesthesia protocol (sedation + hypnosis) and acceptance by …