Publications by authors named "S G Blitz"
Background: Awake craniotomy (AC) is a technique that balances maximum resection and minimal postoperative deficits in patients with intracranial tumors. To aid in the comparability of functional outcomes after awake surgery, this study investigated its international practice and aimed to define categories of postoperative deficits.
Methods: A survey was distributed via neurosurgical networks in Europe (European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, EANS), the Netherlands (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Neurochirurgie, NVVN), Belgium (Belgian Society of Neurosurgery, BSN), and the United States (Congress of Neurological Surgeons, CNS) between April 2022 and April 2023.
Objective: The restoration of sufficient overall lumbar lordosis (LL) and segmental LL (SL) is associated with achieving optimal sagittal balance, decreasing back pain, and enhancing functional outcomes for patients. Expandable cages were developed in hopes of improving radiographic parameters and clinical outcomes, although current clinical evidence is inconclusive. Here, the authors aimed to evaluate the clinical and radiographic outcomes in patients undergoing one- or two-level open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) with expandable versus static cage placement, using propensity-matched cohorts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Outpouchings, particularly those originating from the posterior communicating artery off the internal carotid artery (Pcom-Ops), are often unable to be categorized definitively as aneurysms or infundibula resulting in frequent clinical imaging and follow-up. We aimed to investigate potential correlations between growth and rupture rates and easily definable imaging characteristics in Pcom-Ops.
Methods: We analyzed CT and MR imaging of Pcom-Ops identified in a case series of patients seen between 2007 and 2022.
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- Climate change affects carbon pools in the Arctic tundra, and the study observed responses over nine years to increased snow depth and summer warming in West Greenland.
- Summer warming significantly boosted vegetation, particularly the shrub Betula nana, while snow addition negatively impacted this plant, and moss biomass also increased under warmer conditions.
- Results indicated that changes in rhizosphere soil characteristics were more pronounced than in bulk soil, with summer warming leading to increased organic carbon in the top soil layers, highlighting the complex interactions between plant growth and belowground carbon dynamics.
Background: As endovascular neurosurgery techniques continue to evolve, medical students in the United States have widely varying exposures to the field, particularly with respect to opportunities for hands-on experiences. Current medical school curricula could benefit from a novel and adaptive course on vascular neurosurgery to increase student exposure earlier in their training.
Methods: We launched a yearly hands-on vascular neurosurgery course for medical students and residents.