Publications by authors named "Samuel Daly"
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- * The article details two case studies where SRS was successfully used on patients who were not suitable for invasive surgery, resulting in significant improvements in their seizure frequency and severity.
- * Although SRS has some advantages over traditional surgery, it's generally less effective than ATL, and patients should be informed about potential risks and monitored for complications like delayed cerebral edema.
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- Neurosurgery at Baylor Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Texas began as a division of surgery and became a department in 2006-2007, growing significantly since its establishment.
- The hospital is part of the largest non-profit hospital system in Texas and has received multiple awards from US News & World Report.
- Dr. Jason Huang has led the department since 2014, focusing on the development of the neurosurgery residency program and ensuring surgical excellence across three main campuses.
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- Spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SSAH) is a rare and serious condition that can lead to nerve damage, often caused by trauma, vascular issues, or other health conditions.
- A case series features three patients: one with spontaneous cervical SSAH post-cardiac catheterization, another with thoracolumbar SSAH due to coagulopathy, and a third with SSAH from a dural arteriovenous fistula, all suffering neurologic deficits.
- All patients underwent emergency surgery to relieve pressure and remove hematomas, with most regaining some function, highlighting the critical need for quick surgical action in SSAH cases to prevent lasting damage.
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- Doctors look at brain waves using a technique called iEEG to find out where seizures start, which helps decide how to treat epilepsy with surgery.
- New computer methods are being tested to see if they can also find where seizures begin, but they need to be accurate in comparison to the doctors' checks.
- So far, only one study has shown that two doctors agreed pretty well on their findings for a small group of patients, but more research is needed to ensure these methods can be trusted.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has claimed nearly 5.5 million lives worldwide. Adenovirus-based vaccines are safe and effective, but they are rarely associated with vaccine-induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia (VITT) as well as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA cerebral large vessel occlusion due to septic embolism with resultant stroke is a known complication of infective endocarditis and can cause severe neurologic disability. However, septic embolism rarely occurs in the absence of infective endocarditis, and emboli due to different organisms may behave differently. As such, it is important to recognize the different pathogens that can cause septic embolism resulting in cerebral large vessel occlusion and to have data on successful treatments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuantitative biomarkers are needed for the diagnosis, monitoring and therapeutic assessment of postural instability in movement disorder patients. The goal of this study was to create a practical, objective measure of postural instability using kinematic measurements of the pull test. Twenty-one patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus and 20 age-matched control subjects were fitted with inertial measurement units and underwent 10-20 pull tests of varying intensities performed by a trained clinician.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: In addition to the deleterious effects Covid-19 has on the pulmonary and cardiovascular systems, COVID-19 can also result in damage to the nervous system. This review aims to explore current literature on the association between COVID-19 and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH).
Methods: We conducted a systematic review of PubMed for literature published on COVID-19 and ICH.
There are multiple risk factors associated with spontaneous subdural hematoma (SDH), including substance abuse, hypertension, vascular abnormalities, and neoplasms. The illicit drugs typically cited as risk factors for spontaneous SDH are alcohol and cocaine. We report a rare case of spontaneous, significant SDH associated exclusively with methamphetamine.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere has been no major advancement in a quarter of a century for the treatment of acute severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). This review summarizes 40 years of clinical and pre-clinical research on the treatment of acute TBI with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) in the context of an impending National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke-funded, multi-center, randomized, adaptive Phase II clinical trial -the Hyperbaric Oxygen Brain Injury Treatment (HOBIT) trial. Thirty studies (eight clinical and 22 pre-clinical) that administered HBO within 30 days of a TBI were identified from PubMed searches.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Operative experience during residency lays the foundation for independent practice and additional specialty training following general surgery residency. The aim of this study was to examine operative experience of general surgery residents and detail the results of an intervention aimed at improving resident record keeping in the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) case log system to better reflect their experience.
Methods: Residents were asked to characterize variances in recorded operative experience identified through an audit of operative logs.
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- - The study aimed to explore how factors like gender, generation, and personality traits affect how residents view their roles in surgical operations.
- - Surveys were conducted over four weeks, resulting in 184 paired responses, revealing that resident and staff perceptions were in agreement 82.1% of the time; discrepancies, however, were influenced by staff personality traits rather than gender or generation.
- - High agreeableness in staff correlated with greater differences in role perception, while high neuroticism among staff led to less disparity; these perceptions may affect residents' experiences and ACGME reporting.