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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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Endonasal Surgery and COVID-19 Protections for Surgeons
William T. Curry, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital Neuroscience, discusses the collaboration with colleagues at Mass Eye and Ear to create protective equipment to shield neurosurgeons during skull-base procedures.
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Certain CSF Metabolites May Aid Prognostication After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Using two methods of machine learning, Matthew Koch, MD, Aman Patel, MD, W. Taylor Kimberly, MD, PhD. and colleagues have linked increased cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of three metabolites that alter the nitric oxide pathway to poor outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.
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Moving the Field of Epilepsy Therapy Forward
In this video, Mark Richardson, MD, PhD, director of the Functional Neurosurgery Program, details when patients should consult a comprehensive epilepsy center and the ways in which Massachusetts General Hospital tailors treatments to the patient's epilepsy.
Neurosurgery contributors
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Aman B. Patel, MD
Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Co-Director of the Neuroendovascular Program
Recent Article
Certain CSF Metabolites May Aid Prognostication After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
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Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
Recent Article
Partnering to Treat Acoustic Neuroma
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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
Circulating Blood Counts Predict Response, Survival in Recurrent Glioblastoma Treated with Bevacizumab
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Daniel P. Cahill, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, Neurosurgical Oncologist, Mass General Cancer Center
Recent Article
Local NAMPT Inhibition Enhances Checkpoint Immunotherapy for Glioblastoma
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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
Patient-derived Dopamine Neurons Show Promise in Parkinson's Treatment
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John H. Shin, MD
Director, Spinal Deformity and Spine Oncology (Mass General Cancer Center), Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
Recent Article
Novel Technique Reconstructs Lumbar Spine After Spondylectomy of Malignant Tumor
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Lawrence Borges, MD
Director, Neurosurgical Spine Center
Recent Article
Treating Intradural Spinal Tumors
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Pamela S. Jones, MD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Liquid Biopsy Using Fluorescent Extracellular Vesicles Shows Promise for Diagnosis of Glioma
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William E. Butler, MD
Neurosurgeon
Recent Article
Dynamic Mapping of the Corticospinal Tract for Surgeries Beyond Tumor Resection
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William T. Curry, MD
Co-Director, Mass General Neuroscience , Director of Neurosurgical Oncology
Recent Article
Endonasal Surgery and COVID-19 Protections for Surgeons
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Ziv Williams, MD
Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
Recent Article
Spine Surgeon Specialty Does Not Influence Short-term Outcomes of Percutaneous Kyphoplasty
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