Neuroendoscopic lavage (NEL) is a time-limited neurosurgical intervention that removes intraventricular blood in post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus (PHH). Preterm neonates are medically complex and fragile, often precluding neurosurgical procedures due to concerns such as extubation risk and body temperature instability during even routine clinical care. In addition, transportation to the operating room can be difficult and risky.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine the impact of illustrated postoperative instructions on patient-caregiver knowledge and retention.
Design: Prospective study with all participants receiving an educational intervention.
Setting: Pediatric plastic surgical missions in Guatemala City, Guatemala, between 2019 and 2020.
Objective: Visual aids such as drawings have been reported to improve patient comprehension, retention, and adherence. We sought to determine the feasibility of teaching live drawing for clinical communication to medical students.
Design: We designed a course to teach basic drawing skills and visual communication of health information to senior medical students.
High resolution and high field magnetic resonance neurography (MR neurography, MRN) is shown to have excellent anatomic capability. There have been considerable advances in the technology in the last few years leading to various feasibility studies using different structural and functional imaging approaches in both clinical and research settings. This paper is intended to be a useful seminar for readers who want to gain knowledge of the advancements in the MRN pulse sequences currently used in clinical practice as well as learn about the other techniques on the horizon aimed at better depiction of nerve anatomy, pathology, and potential noninvasive evaluation of nerve degeneration or regeneration.
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