Snapshot: Socioeconomic Competence in US Neurosurgery Residents.

Introduction: Socioeconomic topics such as federal mandates/regulations, conflict of interest, and practice management have become increasingly important for all neurosurgeons. Graduating residents immediately need a host of skills to successfully navigate neurosurgical practice. Surgical and medical skills are closely evaluated through the American Board of Neurological Surgery, and a formal socioeconomic curriculum has been developed with defined milestones.

Preoperative and Histological Predictors of Recurrence and Survival in Atypical Meningioma After Initial Gross Total Resection.

Objective: Atypical (World Health Organization grade II) meningiomas (AMs) have been associated with a substantial risk of recurrence even after complete, gross total resection (GTR). The present study evaluated the clinical and AM tumor histopathological features that might predict for the risk of recurrence and survival within this patient population.

Methods: The data from 72 consecutive patients who had undergone primary GTR for AM from 2007 to 2016 and corresponding tumor specimens at a single institution were reviewed.

Malpractice Litigation in Brain Tumor Surgery: A 31-Year Analysis of Causative Factors in the United States from the Westlaw Database.

Background: Medical malpractice litigation is an issue of major concern in neurosurgery, with 19.1% of neurosurgeons facing a claim annually. Neurosurgery possesses the greatest risk of malpractice of any specialty, likely owing to the complex clinical environment and disease severity.

Antidepressant use in patients with meningioma: is there an association with tumor recurrence?

OBJECTIVE With increasing general use of antidepressants (ADs), multiple studies have noted a small protective effect of ADs for patients with glioma, but their impact on meningioma has not been established. This study aims to evaluate the role of ADs in the context of additional clinical factors in relation to long-term risk of meningioma recurrence. METHODS One hundred five patients with an intracranial meningioma presenting from 2011-2014 with at least 3 years of follow-up (median 4.