Long-term follow-up of an overexposure radiation incident in a cohort treated with linear accelerator-based stereotactic radiosurgery for intracranial arteriovenous malformations.

Objective: Dosimetric radiosurgery incidents are rare and probably insufficiently reported in scientific publications. After a long follow-up (FU), the authors studied the outcomes of patients treated with overexposure radiation for arteriovenous malformation (AVM) administered via stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) at their department.

Methods: Between May 2006 and June 2007, 22 patients were treated for AVM with SRS.

Outpatient Lumbar Microdiscectomy in France: From an Economic Imperative to a Clinical Standard-An Observational Study of 201 Cases.

Purpose: The outpatient lumbar discectomy procedures have been established for more than 2 decades. However, especially in Europe, there are still obstacles to the development of these procedures, which may be related to medicoeconomic imperatives, and to several factors concerning both surgeons and patients. We describe our initial experience in introducing this method in our institution.

Postoperative monitoring with a mobile application after ambulatory lumbar discectomy: an effective tool for spine surgeons.

Background: The rise of eHealth, with the increasing use of a Mobile application provides a new perspective for outpatient spine surgery follow-up.

Objective: Assess the feasibility of Mobile app for postoperative monitoring after outpatient lumbar discectomy.

Patients And Methods: Sixty consecutive patients, who underwent an ambulatory lumbar discectomy, were proposed the use of Mobile app to optimize their home monitoring for 15 days.