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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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Neurobehavioral Conditions Increase Risk of Persistent Symptoms in Noncritical Pediatric TBI
Loss of consciousness associated with traumatic brain injury influences the risk of worse cognitive and somatic symptoms in the first few weeks after injury, but a history of a neurobehavioral condition has a larger role in determining whether symptoms will persist at three months.
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Multimodal Approach to Unruptured Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations Tops ARUBA Outcomes
Tertiary referral centers such as Massachusetts General Hospital, which have thorough expertise in microsurgery, embolization and radiosurgery, may achieve better outcomes for patients with unruptured cerebral arteriovenous malformations than those reported in the ARUBA trial.
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Review: Intraoperative MRI for Pituitary Adenomas
The use of magnetic resonance imaging during transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary adenomas provides images that allow detection of residual tumor and increase the likelihood of gross total resection.
Neurosurgery contributors
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Aman B. Patel, MD
Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Co-Director of the Neuroendovascular Program
Recent Article
Vagus Nerve Stimulation Inhibits Intracranial Aneurysm Rupture in Mouse Model
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Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
Recent Article
Multimodal Approach to Unruptured Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations Tops ARUBA Outcomes
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Brian V. Nahed, MD, MSc
Neurosurgical Oncology / Brain Tumor Surgeon / Mass General Brain Tumor Center, Neurosurgical Spinal Disorders, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Associate Director Mass General Neurosurgery ProgramRecent Article
The Mass General Neurosurgery Mission
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James D. Rabinov, MD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Multimodal Approach to Unruptured Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations Tops ARUBA Outcomes
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Jean V. Coumans, MD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Sacral Slope Measurement Helpful for Determining if Fusion Surgery Needed for Spondylolisthesis
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Jeffrey S. Schweitzer, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Novel Implantation Technique May Enhance Outcomes of Intracerebral Cell Therapy
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John H. Shin, MD
Director, Metastatic Spine Oncology and Spinal Deformity Surgery (Mass General Cancer Center), Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
Recent Article
Improving Patient Safety in Spine Surgeries
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Lawrence Borges, MD
Director, Neurosurgical Spine Center
Recent Article
Treating Intradural Spinal Tumors
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William E. Butler, MD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Recurrent Basilar Tip Pseudoaneurysm Treated Successfully with Flow Diversion
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William T. Curry, MD
Co-Director, Mass General Neuroscience , Director of Neurosurgical Oncology
Recent Article
New Approach to CAR T-Cell Therapy for Glioblastoma Aims to Circumvent Antigen Escape
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Ziv Williams, MD
Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
Recent Article
Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Has Important Role in Subjective Decision-making
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