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Nerve Transfer Boosts Recovery After Brachial Plexus Injury
For patients with brachial plexus injuries, a Mass General neurosurgeon is innovating nerve transfers that can restore function to paralyzed arms.
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How Liquid Biopsy Could Improve Brain Tumor Treatment and Diagnoses
Mass General doctors are developing a liquid biopsy for brain tumors to reduce the need for invasive tissue biopsies.
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Surviving Gliomas Through Antibodies and Vaccination
Immunotherapy for glioma is under active investigation, but tumor-associated immunosuppression is a major obstacle. A Mass General team studied an investigational monoclonal antibody in mice with glioma, alone and in combination with tumor cell vaccination.
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Cadaver-free Simulation Model Feasible for Improving Residents' Craniotomy Skills
Faith C. Robertson, MD, MSc, Brian V. Nahed, MD, MSc, and colleagues demonstrated in a pilot study that a set curriculum with a synthetic model of a pterional approach helped neurosurgical residents improve their speed and technical skill scores through spaced repetition over a relatively short period, six weeks.
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Interhospital Transfer Delays Care for Patients With Spinal Cord Injury
Theresa Williamson, MD, and colleagues found that of 295 patients with spinal cord injury who arrived at a level 1 trauma center via interhospital transfer and required surgery, 62% were not operated on within 24 hours post-injury—the time window established as key to best outcomes.
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Novel Tandem CAR T-Cell Effective Against Heterogeneous Glioblastoma
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have developed TanCART, the first chimeric antigen receptor T cell that targets EGFRvIII and IL-13R?2 simultaneously, and found it was effective in vitro and in murine models of heterogeneous glioblastoma, including patient-derived xenografts.
Neurosurgery Contributors
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Aman B. Patel, MD
Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Co-Director of the Neuroendovascular Program
Recent Article
No Sex Differences in Outcomes After Endovascular Thrombectomy for LVO Stroke -
Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
Recent Article
Novel Tandem CAR T-Cell Effective Against Heterogeneous Glioblastoma -
Brian V. Nahed, MD, MSc
Neurosurgical Oncology / Brain Tumor Surgeon / Mass General Brain Tumor Center, Neurosurgical Spinal Disorders, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Director, Mass General Neurosurgery Residency ProgramRecent Article
Cadaver-free Simulation Model Feasible for Improving Residents' Craniotomy Skills -
Daniel P. Cahill, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurosurgical Oncologist, Mass General Cancer Center
Recent Article
Palbociclib Demonstrates Activity Against Progressive Brain Metastases Harboring CDK Pathway Alterations -
James D. Rabinov, MD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Multimodal Approach to Unruptured Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations Tops ARUBA Outcomes -
Jean V. Coumans, MD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Sacral Slope Measurement Helpful for Determining if Fusion Surgery Needed for Spondylolisthesis -
Jeffrey S. Schweitzer, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Patient-derived Dopamine Neurons Show Promise in Parkinson's Treatment -
John H. Shin, MD
Director, Spinal Deformity and Spine Oncology (Mass General Cancer Center), Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
Recent Article
Body Composition Influences Risk of Survival After Surgery for Spinal Metastases -
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Lawrence Borges, MD
Director, Neurosurgical Spine Center
Recent Article
Treating Intradural Spinal Tumors -
Pamela S. Jones, MD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Liquid Biopsy Using Fluorescent Extracellular Vesicles Shows Promise for Diagnosis of Glioma -
William E. Butler, MD
Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Review: Rethinking the Cilia Hypothesis of Hydrocephalus -
William T. Curry, MD
Co-Director, Mass General Neuroscience , Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Adeline Rose Wydotis Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Novel Tandem CAR T-Cell Effective Against Heterogeneous Glioblastoma -
Ziv Williams, MD
Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor in Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Interim Safety Profile From the Feasibility Study of the BrainGate Neural Interface System