Cranioplasty is among the oldest surgical procedures. Trauma, infections, tumors and
compression caused by brain edema are some of the reasons for the removal of bone. The …

OBJECTIVE: Mastery of the neurosurgical skill set involves many hours of supervised
intraoperative training. Convergence of political, economic, and social forces has limited …

Background: Over years, surgical training is changing and years of tradition are being
challenged by legal and ethical concerns for patient safety, work hour restrictions, and the …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the angiographically proven rate and persistence of occlusion of
intracranial aneurysms after surgical clipping as reported in the literature. This should …

OBJECTIVE: The success of endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms with
Guglielmi detachable coils (GDCs) is dependent on the long-term exclusion of the aneurysm …

Background and Purpose—Symptomatic vertebrobasilar disease (VBD) carries a high risk of
recurrent stroke. We sought to determine whether a management algorithm consisting of …

BACKGROUND: With the decrease in the number of cerebral aneurysms treated surgically
and the increase of complexity of those treated surgically, there is a need for simulation …

Recent studies have shown that mental script-based rehearsal and simulation-based
training improve the transfer of surgical skills in various medical disciplines. Despite …

In this paper, a method of three-dimensional (3D) vessel localization is presented to allow
the identification of a vessel of interest, the selection of a vessel segment, and the …

Severe craniofacial synostosis can be a devastating problem for a newborn infant. Reasons
for early surgical intervention include cranial stenosis, hydrocephalus, inadequate globe …