Official Blog of Mayfield Brain & Spine
By Donald Carruthers, MD The results of the PRECISION trial (Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Celecoxib Integrated Safety vs. Ibuprofen Or Naproxen) warrant a reevaluation of prescribing habits for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
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George Mandybur, MD, calls it the Goldilocks theory of deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery. Patients who undergo the procedure for Parkinson’s disease don’t want to have a major surgical procedure too early
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They painted a horse and a hummingbird, stars and the sun. They painted circles, squares and survivor ribbons. In a successful first-time event, 18 members of the Tri-State Brain Aneurysm Support Group
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James T. Rutka, MD, PhD, the R.S. McLaughlin Professor & Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurosurgery, on Friday gave a
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Bob Meister was a 21-year-old lineman for a utility company when he fell 40 feet from a pole and fractured his spine. The injury left him paralyzed from the waist down and
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Geraldine Wu, MD, posed the question on her PowerPoint slide to a room packed with listeners eager for a calmer, less stressful life. Mind full? Or Mindful? It was an ah-ha! moment.
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Spinal cord stimulators are unlikely to eliminate pain completely, but they can bring most individuals back into the happy fold of daily activities. That was the message delivered by Mayfield Clinic specialists
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Kim Burchiel, MD, the John Raaf Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Oregon Health & Science University, is challenging the long-held belief that trigeminal neuralgia is caused by
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On a day that celebrated the collaboration between neurosurgeons and ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeons in the challenging arena of endoscopic skull base surgery, the Mayfield Education & Research Foundation and
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Tributes from Colleagues Charlie was an extremely talented surgeon and a valued member of our organization. He took great pride in leading and teaching. We all learned a great deal from him
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Doctors who treat life-threatening strokes by threading catheters and devices up from the groin into the brain have long believed they could save more lives if only they could safely grab hold
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Every year neurosurgeons treat nearly 17,000 brain aneurysms in the United States by placing a metal clip across the aneurysm’s neck. The metal clips, which are made of titanium or a metal
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