Tailoring neurosurgical operating room education to medical undergraduates: Integrative review and meta-synthesis.

Introduction: Integrating medical students into the neurosurgical operating room (OR) presents significant pedagogical challenges, compounded by the phenomenon of neurophobia, or aversion to neuroscience. Despite the importance of early neurosurgical exposure, there is a lack of structured educational strategies for undergraduates.Research Question How can neurosurgical OR education be effectively tailored to address undergraduate medical students' educational needs and mitigate neurophobia?

Material And Methods: This study employs an integrative approach, combining narrative synthesis and critical interpretive synthesis (CIS).

Application of transformer architectures in generative video modeling for neurosurgical education.

Purpose: This article explores the potential impact of OpenAI's Sora, a generative video modeling technology, on neurosurgical training. It evaluates how such technology could revolutionize the field by providing realistic surgical simulations, thereby enhancing the learning experience and proficiency in complex procedures for neurosurgical trainees.

Methods: The study examines the incorporation of this technology into neurosurgical education by leveraging transformer architecture and processing of video and image data.

Early versus Delayed Surgical Management of Ruptured Arteriovenous Brain Malformations in a Tertiary Referral Center in Colombia, South America.

Background: Surgical timing after rupture of brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) is controversial. There is scarce literature on AVM surgical outcomes from developing countries. This study aims to determine if there is a difference between early and delayed surgical resection for patients with ruptured brain AVMs.

Long-term outcomes after surgical correction of anterior plagiocephaly secondary to isolated frontosphenoidal synostosis: a systematic review and two illustrative cases.

Purpose: Anterior plagiocephaly ( AP), secondary to isolated frontosphenoidal synostosis (IFS), represents one of the rarest forms of craniosynostosis documented in medical literature. Therefore, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding regarding the long-term (> 2 years) postoperative outcomes of this minor suture synostosis.

Methods: This study presents the long-term outcomes of two patients previously treated for IFS, detailing their clinical, imaging, and postoperative characteristics.

Gamma knife radiosurgery for orbital cavernous hemangioma: a systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis.

Purpose: Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for orbital cavernous hemangioma (OCH) has emerged as a promising method due to its significant clinical improvement and low incidence of complications. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of GKRS for the treatment of OCH.

Methods: In accordance with the PRISMA framework, we searched PubMed, Cochrane Central, and Embase for studies reporting outcomes of GKRS for OCH.

Efficacy and safety of sagittal synostosis surgery in older (> 12 months) patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: Sagittal synostosis is the most common isolated craniosynostosis. Surgical treatment of this synostosis has been extensively described in the global literature, with promising outcomes when it is performed in the first 12 months of life. However, in some cases, patients older than 12 months arrive at the craniofacial center with this synostosis.

History of pediatric neurosurgery in Latin America: the early years.

Purpose: Pediatric neurosurgical history in Latin America possesses rich and fascinating origins; the large number of neurosurgical societies that form the continent and the inspiring achievements of the pioneers in the field in every single Latin American country are described here. This unique text explores the aspects of this neurosurgical specialty since its beginnings by neurosurgeons trained outside Latin America, who brought the pediatric practice to their home countries, writing a new chapter in the neurosurgical history, constructing the foundations for the present pediatric practice and the few fellowships found in the continent.

Methods, Results And Conclusion: A formal search was performed in PubMed, Embase, and national libraries focused on the historical and biographical aspects of pioneers' pediatric neurosurgeons of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, and Ecuador, with an important session that describes the fellowships' opportunities in pediatric neurosurgery found in the continent, dividing all the programs according to the countries that offer the subspecialty education.

How to become a pediatric neurosurgeon in Latin America: training opportunities, current status, and future challenges.

Purpose: To provide an analysis of pediatric neurosurgery educational opportunities in Latin America in order to characterize and evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, and limitations to assume a career in pediatric neurosurgery.

Methods: An online survey was distributed to pediatric neurosurgeons in Latin America to assess aspects of pediatric neurosurgical education, working conditions, and training opportunities. The survey was open to neurosurgeons that treat pediatric patients, whether or not they had completed fellowship training in pediatrics.