Neurosurgery

NYU Langone Hospitals was named the top hospital in the United States for neurology and neurosurgery by the U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Hospitals survey.

ORLANDO — An initiative that focused on surgical patients’ paths from pre-op meetings to hospital discharge reduced neurosurgical infections by more than 80% over 2 years at a Pittsburgh hospital, researchers reported.

Medical device company WISE Srl announced the FDA granted clearance for its Cortical Strip, a single-use device intended to be used on the brain surface for intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring.

A 41-year-old woman was referred to the neuro-ophthalmology service at the New England Eye Center for left-sided proptosis, left upper lid edema and progressively worsening vision in the left eye for about 5 months.

NYU Langone Health has been named the top hospital in the United States for neurology and neurosurgery, according to the latest survey from U.S. News & World Report.

One in four neurosurgery patients experience adverse events, of which 25% are attributable to human error, according to a study published in Brain and Spine.

Female neurosurgeons reported more discrimination, less job satisfaction and worse work-life balance compared with male counterparts, according to results of a study published in Brain and Spine.

In a company release, Accuray Inc. announced its CyberKnife radiotherapy platform, which delivers stereotactic radiosurgery to treat lesions in the brain, was supported by more than 2 decades of globally driven clinical data.

The American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery released a position statement supporting the use of magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.

In a study of left ventricular assist devices, compared with Medtronic’s HeartWare, Abbott’s HeartMate3 was associated with a lower hazard of major neurological adverse events, researchers reported in Circulation.