Publications by authors named "Alexander J Savage"
Article Synopsis
- Systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) published in top neurosurgical journals were evaluated for their methods of assessing research quality between 2019 and 2021.
- A total of 564 SRs were analyzed, finding that while scales were commonly used for quality assessments, there was significant room for improvement, especially in studies with non-randomized designs.
- The study concludes that using domain-based tools for assessing methodological quality may provide a more thorough evaluation compared to other methods.
Spinal extradural arachnoid cyst: A rare cause of thoracic myelopathy.
eNeurologicalSci
September 2022
A spinal extradural arachnoid cyst (SEAC) is a rare condition which can lead to back pain, radiculopathy, and compressive myelopathy. It accounts for approximately 1% of spinal tumours. The exact aetiology of SEACs is not well understood; however, this study is supportive of a traumatic aetiology of this disease in addition to supporting a uni-directional valve as a mechanism of CSF accumulation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFE-learning (EL) has been developing as a medical education resource since the arrival of the internet. The COVID-19 pandemic has minimised clinical exposure for medical trainees and forced educators to use EL to replace traditional learning (TL) resources. The aim of this review was to determine the impact of EL versus TL on emergency medicine (EM) learning outcomes of medical trainees.
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