Non-accidental trauma (NAT) is a leading cause of childhood traumatic injury and death in
the United States. It is estimated that 1,400 children died from maltreatment in the United …

Object Outcome studies for spine surgery rely on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) to
assess treatment effects. Commonly used health-related quality-of-life questionnaires …

BACKGROUND: The Pipeline embolization device (PED) is a new endovascular option for
wide-necked or fusiform anterior circulation aneurysms that were classically treated by coil …

Introduction Aneurysm recurrence is a principle limitation of endovascular coiling
procedures, with recurrence rates reported of> 30%. The adjunct use of self-expandable …

Background and objective Flow diverters are an exciting new class of endovascular devices
that treat aneurysms by curative reconstruction of the parent artery. The Pipeline …

Cranial dural arteriovenous malformations, commonly referred to as dural arteriovenous
fistulas (DAVFs), are abnormal shunts between dural arteries and a dural venous sinus or a …

BACKGROUND The concept of minimum clinically important difference (MCID) has been
shown to be effective in spine surgery to differentiate between clinically insignificant and …

Background Optimal antiplatelet inhibition is vital during cerebrovascular stenting
procedures, yet no standardized recommendation exists for antithrombotic therapy in these …

OBJECT The authors review their ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt revisions over a 3-year
period to determine the rate of intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and subsequent need for …

Background Stroke presentation secondary to a cardiac myxoma thromboembolism are rare
in the pediatric population. Because of its rarity, the reported cases in the literature are …