#Meningitis is always a medical emergency. Symptoms can include:
🔸 stiff neck
🔸 fever
🔸 sensitivity to light
🔸 confusion
🔸 headaches
🔸 vomiting
🔸 rash
🔸 seizures

Infants 👶🏿 may:
🔹 have a bulging fontanelle
🔹 be droopy and unresponsive

The Youssef/Baskaya classification for foramen magnum meningioma is finally out. Original art illustration was developed with the great talented Tonya Hines! Thank you everybody that contributed to this novel addition.

TBT- exactly 6 years ago I had the pleasure to have my two mentors together University of Toronto Neurosurgery. Evandro de Oliveira and Fred Gentili reunited for the Lougheed Course.

April 23 2018 - what an amazing day!
With my good friends 𝒞𝓁𝒶𝒾𝓇ℯ 𝒦𝒶𝓇ℯ𝓀ℯ𝓏𝒾, ℳ𝒟 , Miguel, Carlos Velásquez , Gina Gentili and…

Reminder to register for the upcoming May Courses through our website linked in the bio. Advance your MIS skills in our Laparoscopic Urological Surgery basic course as well as our 360 Skull Base advanced course. #IRCADAfrica #IRCADAfrica Training #MIS #MIS Training #Surgery #RWoT

#Editorial : “Global Neurosurgery partnership: Need for more adequate collaborations between High‑Income and Low‑Income Countries”

🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s00701…

'Bulging Disc'...'Ruptured Disc'...'Slipped Disc'.....'Prolapsed Disc'....'Burst Disc'...

The correct term for all of these is a 'Disc Herniation' & should be the term used to avoid confusion (and adding stress to the patient).

Here are the different types in the lumbar spine🧵

This January I founded “neuro global” - a 501c3 nonprofit to support students from underserved regions globally pursue neuroscience-related research, training, and observerships in the U.S.

By partnering with an amazing team of surgeons, scientists and educators we will do our…

Number of ophthalmology consults in the next 24 hours

Today is #WorldNeurosurgeonsDay ! On April 8, 1869, Dr. Harvey Cushing, one of the founding fathers of #neurosurgery was born. Learn more about the influence of Dr. #HarveyCushing : bit.ly/2Q4gF9m

In May #globalneurosurgeons attend the #WHA77 in Geneva to advance high level policy for the neglected #neurosurgical patient. Read the events from last years progress... Global Neurosurgery at the 76th World Health Assembly (2023)
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38266995/

Vein of Galen aneurysm: One third have a good outcome after postnatal intervention by embolization. One third die during the procedure and one third survive but with neurodevelopmenal delay.
If there is hydrops fetalis at the time of diagnosis then the prognosis is poor.

Arguably the most important white matter tract supporting human cognition.

5 things about arcuate fasciculus anatomy and an argument for its critical role in human cognition.

#OnlineFirst : Microsurgical anatomy of the olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa.

thejns.org/view/journals/….

🎙️✨ Exciting Announcement! Introducing missionbrainpodcast 's 'Women in Neurosurgery' series! 💪🧠 Join us as we celebrate the groundbreaking journeys of extraordinary women shaping the future of neurosurgery 💜 #WomenInNeurosurgery #MissionBrainPodcast #EmpoweringWomen 🌟

#DYK that one of the catastrophic manifestations of extrapulmonary TB is CNS-TB? This presents either as tubercular meningitis (TBM), tuberculoma, or spinal arachnoiditis!

CNS tuberculosis carries high morbidity and mortality among all forms of TB!
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#WorldTBDay

Neuroimaging checklist for the patient with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE) 🧠 ✅

Credit to the excellent talk on the The American Society of Neuroradiology fellowship curriculum given by Erik Middlebrooks, MD for inspiration on this topic

#MedEd #medicine #radres #Neurology #Neurosurgery #futureradres

Why is the insula the most interesting region in the brain?

Here are 6 things worth knowing. This is topic #3 for our lab's Friday 'Ode to Neuroanatomy' series.

Get to know our Dorothy Nash #2024CNS Speaker, The Right Honourable Dame Jacinda Ardern, former Prime Minister of New Zealand! She's a champion of women’s empowerment, a passionate advocate of environmental rights, & so much more. Hear her speak this fall: cns.org/2024

🚨Humbled to have led this📚 in Journal of Neurosurgery 🚨

🎊 🍾 to these great minds James Balogun Nqobile Thango✨ 𝒞𝓁𝒶𝒾𝓇ℯ 𝒦𝒶𝓇ℯ𝓀ℯ𝓏𝒾, ℳ𝒟 tsegazeab laeke Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye

#PediatricBrainTumors #Glioma #Medulloblastoma #Craniopharygioma