A Decade of Global Skull Base Researchers: Authorship Trends from 3,295 Abstracts in the .

 The North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) multidisciplinary annual conference hosts skull base researchers from across the globe. We hypothesized that the work presented at the NASBS annual conference would reveal diverse authorship teams in terms of specialty and geography.  In this retrospective review, abstracts presented at the NASBS annual meeting and subsequently published in the between 01/01/2011 and 12/31/2020 were collected.

Reasons for use and experiences of using phenibut, a mixed methods analysis of online reports.

Phenibut is a drug similar in structure to gabapentin and pregabalin. It is available online without prescription, often marketed as a dietary supplement or amino acid derivative. Little is known about phenibut use despite its increased popularity in the United States over the last decade.

A Decade of Global Skull Base Researchers: Gender Data from over 2,700 Abstract Authors in the .

 The North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) annual conference brings together skull base researchers from surgical and nonsurgical fields. Our objective was to quantify the contributions of the authors by gender, who presented their work at NASBS and were subsequently published in the .  Oral and poster abstracts presented at the NASBS annual meeting from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2020 were extracted from the The genderize.

Neuro-oncology authorship trends in gender since 1944: a systematic review of 14,020 articles from five top-tier academic journals.

Objective: This study was performed to compare authorship trends, by gender, in the neurosurgical oncology literature.

Methods: Complete author listings for neurosurgical oncology articles published between 1944 and 2021 in five top neuro-oncology journals were extracted from the PubMed database and journal websites on December 2, 2021. Author gender was characterized with the web application programming interface (API) genderize.

Obstetrician-Gynecologists' Practices in Postpartum Sterilization Without a Valid Medicaid Consent Form.

Objective: To explore the practices of obstetrician-gynecologists (ob-gyns) in the United States surrounding postpartum sterilization when the Medicaid consent form was not valid.

Methods: Using the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' online directory, we conducted a qualitative study where we recruited ob-gyns practicing in 10 geographically diverse U.S.

Women neurosurgeons around the world: a systematic review.

Objective: Gender disparities in neurosurgery have persisted even as the number of female medical students in many countries has risen. An understanding of the current gender distribution of neurosurgeons around the world and the possible factors contributing to country-specific gender disparities is an important step in improving gender equity in the field.

Methods: The authors performed a systematic review of studies pertaining to women in neurosurgery.

Update on the global neurosurgery movement: A systematic review of international vernacular, research trends, and authorship.

In 2015, key global and neurosurgical organizations increased collaboration to improve neurosurgical care access, delivery, and outcomes, particularly in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs); sparking what has been termed the global neurosurgery movement. The authors sought to assess trends in usage of the term 'global neurosurgery' in academic literature with particular focus on author affiliations, world regions most frequently discussed, and topics of research performed. A PubMed search for articles indexed as 'global neurosurgery' was completed yielding 277 articles which met inclusion criteria.

Health literacy among neurosurgery and other surgical subspecialties: Readability of online patient materials found with Google.

Objective: To both determine whether the most high-yield online patient materials for surgical specialties meet the 6th grade readability level recommended by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and American Medical Association (AMA), and to discover differences in readability across specialties. We hypothesize average readability scores will exceed an 11th grade level.

Methods: The top five most common procedures for each of seven surgical specialties (neurological, orthopedic, plastic, general, thoracic, pediatric, and vascular) were searched using an incognito Google query to minimize location bias.

Fellowship, gender, and scholarly productivity: trends among academic neurosurgeons in the US.

Objective: Current data on fellowship choice and completion by neurosurgical residents are limited, especially in relation to gender, scholarly productivity, and career progression. The objective of this study was to determine gender differences in the selection of fellowship training and subsequent scholarly productivity and career progression.

Methods: The authors conducted a quantitative analysis of the fellowship training information of practicing US academic neurosurgeons.

Attitudes and beliefs of obstetricians-gynecologists regarding Medicaid postpartum sterilization - A qualitative study.

Objective: To explore the attitudes and beliefs of obstetrician-gynecologists in the United States (US) regarding the Medicaid postpartum sterilization policy.

Study Design: We recruited obstetrician-gynecologists practicing in ten geographically diverse US states for a qualitative study using the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists directory. We conducted semi-structured interviews via telephone, professionally transcribed, and analyzed using the constant comparative method and principles of grounded theory.

Encephalopathy of Unknown Origin in a Baclofen Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Background: Encephalopathy is reported to have affected 250,000 people in the United States over the last decade, with considerable morbidity and mortality. Baclofen, a gamma-aminobutyric acid-B agonist that acts on the central nervous system, is the drug most widely used to treat spasticity. Baclofen overdose is a potentially deadly condition that can cause encephalopathy and can result from multiple etiologies.

Consenting to invasive contraceptives: an ethical analysis of adolescent decision-making authority for long-acting reversible contraception.

Since USA constitutional precedent established in 1976, adolescents have increasingly been afforded the right to access contraception without first obtaining parental consent or authorisation. There is general agreement this ethically permissible. However, long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods have only recently been prescribed to the adolescent population.