Publications by authors named "Justin Meinert"
Introduction: The routine transfer of mild to moderate traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) to trauma centers with neurosurgical capabilities has recently been re-evaluated. The Brain Injury Guidelines (BIG) were developed to categorize TBI patients into three categories (BIG-1, BIG-2, and BIG-3), each representing a progressively increasing risk of clinical deterioration. This classification system has been previously validated at both level I and level III trauma centers.
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- The study investigates the link between frailty and outcomes in patients undergoing stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases, revealing that higher frailty scores correlate with worse survival rates.
- Using a modified frailty index, patients were categorized as pre-frail, frail, or severely frail, with findings showing that frailer patients experienced a significantly reduced overall survival and progression-free survival compared to pre-frail patients.
- The results indicate that frail patients had a hazard ratio of over 3 for shorter overall survival, emphasizing the need to consider frailty when assessing treatment risks and outcomes in neurosurgery.
Background: Neuromodulatory implants provide promising alternatives for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) in whom resective or ablative surgery is not an option. Responsive neurostimulation (RNS) operates a unique "closed-loop" system of electrocorticography-triggered stimulation for seizure control. A comprehensive review of the current literature would be valuable to guide clinical decision-making regarding RNS.
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Objectives: Malposition of pedicle screws during instrumentation in the lumbar spine is associated with complications secondary to spinal cord or nerve root injury. Intraoperative triggered electromyographic monitoring (t-EMG) may be used during instrumentation for early detection of malposition.
Mycobacteriophages Cambiare, FlagStaff, and MOOREtheMARYer are newly isolated phages of Mycobacterium smegmatis mc(2) 155 recovered from soil samples in Pittsburgh, PA. All three genomes are closely related to cluster G mycobacteriophages but differ sufficiently in nucleotide sequence and gene content to warrant division of cluster G into several subclusters.
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