Factors predicting complications following cranioplasty.

This study aimed to identify factors that predict complications following cranioplasty, by conducting a retrospective cohort study at a large tertiary care center. Electronic databases were searched to identify all patients who underwent cranioplasty at our institution. Baseline demographics, perioperative variables, and outcomes were extracted.

Flow-Diverting Stents for the Obliteration of Symptomatic, Infectious Cavernous Carotid Artery Aneurysms.

Background: Intracavernous aneurysms constitute up to 9% of all intracranial aneurysms and 6% are infectious (IIA). First line therapy is a protracted antibiotic course, yet with failure, surgery and endovascular parent vessel sacrifice have been utilized. Reconstructive endovascular therapies have emerged for aneurysm control and may demonstrate a safer therapeutic alternative.

Harmonic medicine: the influence of music over mind and medical practice.

The Yale Medical Orchestra displayed exceptional talent and inspiration as it performed a timeless composition to celebrate Yale School of Medicine's bicentennial anniversary during a December 2010 concert. Under the leadership of musical directors Robert Smith and Adrian Slywotzky, the richly emotional meditations of Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Schubert, and Yale's own Thomas C. Duffy filled the minds and hearts of an audience as diverse as the orchestra.