Racial and ethnic disparities in brain tumour survival by age group and tumour type.

Purpose: The extent to which racial/ethnic brain tumour survival disparities vary by age is not very clear. In this study, we assess racial/ethnic brain tumour survival disparities overall by age group and type.

Methods: Data were obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) 18 registries for US-based individuals diagnosed with a first primary malignant tumour from 2007 through 2016.

Demographic predictors of treatments and surgical complications of lumbar degenerative diseases: An analysis of over 250,000 patients from the National Inpatient Sample.

This was a national database study.To examine the role of comorbidities and demographics on inpatient complications in patients with lumbar degenerative conditions.Degenerative conditions of the lumbar spine account for the most common indication for spine surgery in the elderly population in the United States.

Palliative endoscopic third ventriculostomy for pediatric primary brain tumors: a single-institution case series.

Objective: Children with nonoperative brain tumors, such as diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs), often have life-threatening hydrocephalus. Palliative shunting is common in such cases but can be complicated by hardware infection and mechanical failure. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is a minimally invasive alternative to treat hydrocephalus without implanted hardware.

Cervical Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Cervical Angina: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Cervical angina is an often-overlooked etiology of noncardiac chest pain that may mimic true angina pectoris but is due to cervical spine disease. Diagnosis can be difficult, and treatment ranges from conservative therapy to surgical management. However, of patient's refractory to conservative therapy, approximately ninety percent experience postoperative relief of angina symptoms.

Management of Giant Sacral Pseudomeningocele in Revision Spine Surgery.

Background: Giant pseudomeningoceles are an uncommon complication of spine surgery. Surgical management and extirpation can be difficult, and guidelines remain unclear.

Methods: Here, we present a 56-year-old female patient with a history of grade III L5-S1 spondylolisthesis who was treated with 2 prior spine surgeries.

The impact of rural residence on adult brain cancer survival in the United States.

Purpose: Rural/urban disparities in brain cancer survival have been reported. However, disparities by cancer type or in the United States as a whole remain poorly understood. Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) 18 registries database, we examined brain cancer survival by rural/urban residence defined by Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (RUCCs).

National Trends in the Surgical Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients.

Study Design: This is a retrospective analysis of national administrative hospital data.

Objective: This study examines national trends in the surgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) in patients with and without coexisting scoliosis between 2010 and 2014. The study also examines revision rates for LSS procedures.