Operating Room Stencil: A Novel Mobile Application for Surgical Planning.

The techniques used to make preoperative markings before soft tissue reconstruction have remained relatively unchanged since the earliest years of plastic surgery. Using skin-marking pens, many surgeons continue to draw markings freehand as "best estimates" before their first incisions. Although efficient for the experienced surgeon, this strategy may prove challenging for residents and trainees striving to learn and maintain consistency while replicating the intricate geometries of flap markings.

Antiepileptic Drug Management in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Are Vascular Neurologists Utilizing Electroencephalograms? An Observational Cohort Study.

Introduction: This study examines the utility of electroencephalography (EEG) in clinical decision making in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients in regards to the prescription of antiseizure medications.

Methods: Patients were grouped as having positive EEG (+) for epileptiform activity or negative EEG (-). These studies were no more than 30 minutes in length.

Factor VIII Level is Not Modifiable by Improved Glycemic Control in Patients with Ischemic Stroke.

Aims: To determine whether the degree of glycemic control was related to change in Factor VIII (FVIII) level in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS).

Methods: From our stroke registry, all AIS patients admitted between 07/2008-05/2014 with baseline HbA1c and FVIII levels were eligible. Of these, patients with follow-up HbA1c and FVIII levels post-discharge were included.

Derivation and Validation of the Emergency Medical Stroke Assessment and Comparison of Large Vessel Occlusion Scales.

Background: This study aims to develop a simple scale to identify patients with prehospital stroke with large vessel occlusion (LVO), without losing sensitivity for other stroke types.

Methods: The Emergency Medical Stroke Assessment (EMSA) was derived from the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) items and validated for prediction of LVO in a separate cohort. We compared the EMSA with the 3-item stroke scale (3I-SS), Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Severity Scale (C-STAT), Rapid Arterial oCclusion Evaluation (RACE) scale, and Field Assessment Stroke Triage for Emergency Destination (FAST-ED) for prediction of LVO and stroke.

PR Interval Prolongation and Cryptogenic Stroke: A Multicenter Retrospective Study.

Background: Atrial dysfunction or "cardiopathy" has been recently proposed as a mechanism in cryptogenic stroke. A prolonged PR interval may reflect impaired atrial conduction and thus may be a biomarker of atrial cardiopathy. We aim to compare the prevalence of PR interval prolongation in patients with cryptogenic stroke (CS) when compared with known non-cryptogenic non-cardioembolic stroke (NCNCS) subtypes.