Neurosurgery

NYU Langone was again the top hospital in the United States for neurology and neurosurgery, according to the latest annual Best Hospitals Survey issued by U.S. News & World Report.

AI-generative tools such as ChatGPT may be a useful tool for medical education but require precise formulation of language and content to match and assist skills of human counterparts, according to new research from Brain and Spine.

For patients diagnosed with intracerebral hemorrhage, surgical intervention within 24 hours led to better functional outcomes at 180 days compared with medical management alone, researchers wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine.

DENVER —Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy led to favorable survival and neurologic outcomes for patients who required neurosurgical intervention, according to a poster at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.

Vagus nerve stimulation surgeries were relatively safe, with complication rates low but differing depending on the type of procedure and presence of complications, researchers reported in Brain and Spine.

A Minnesota-based medical technology company announced a limited commercial launch of its OneRF Ablation System, which creates radiofrequency lesions in nervous tissue for functional neurosurgical procedures.

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to a gene therapy-enabling company for a system that aims for greater accuracy in the placement and operation of instruments or devices in procedures for neurological conditions.

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for marketing of an ablation system that creates radiofrequency lesions in nervous tissue for functional neurosurgical procedures, according to the manufacturer.

ORLANDO — For U.S. pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, disparities in surgical care exist with respect to age, socioeconomic and insurance variables, leading to differences in long-term outcomes, according to research.

An implantable microdevice designed to test treatments in patients with gliomas during standard-of-care surgery has been easily and safely incorporated into surgical practice.