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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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Essential Tremor Treatment Advancements Using MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound: Q&A With Jeffrey S. Schweitzer, MD, PhD
Jeffrey S. Schweitzer, MD, PhD, a neurosurgeon at Massachusetts Hospital, specializing in treating epilepsy, essential tremor, and tremor-dominant Parkinson's diseases. In this Q&A, Dr. Schweitzer discusses the physiological processes underlying essential tremor and the advancements.
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Cortical Network Engagement Differs During Different States of Un/consciousness in Humans
Rina Zelmann, PhD, Sydney S. Cash, MD, PhD, and colleagues observed distinct brain responses during unconsciousness compared to the awake state, with the prefrontal cortex particularly affected by general anesthesia. The results have direct therapeutic implications for clinical applications of deep brain stimulation.
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Perspective: Using Information on Somatic Mutations to Direct Management of Neurological Disorders
Kristopher T. Kahle, MD, PhD, and colleagues explain that somatic variations detected from neurosurgical biopsies or resection of fresh brain tissue are beginning to suggest which existing targeted medications could be used as monotherapies or adjuncts to surgery for non-oncologic neurological diseases.
Neurosurgery Contributors
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Aman B. Patel, MD
Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Co-Director of the Neuroendovascular Program
Recent Article
Case Report: Direct Burr Hole Access for Embolization of Dural Arteriovenous Fistula -
Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurosurgery Service
Recent Article
Co-transplantation of Regulatory T Cells Improves Cell Replacement Therapy for Parkinson's Disease -
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
Rare IDH2-mutant Glioma Shares Common Molecular Targets With IDH1-mutant Glioma -
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, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Essential Tremor Treatment Advancements Using MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound: Q&A With Jeffrey S. Schweitzer, MD, PhD -
John H. Shin, MD
Director, Spinal Deformity and Spine Oncology (Mass General Cancer Center), Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
Recent Article
Clinical Advances in Minimally Invasive Spinal Neurosurgery -
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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
Review: The Role of Antibody-Based Therapies in Neuro-Oncology -
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