To the Editor: In the ongoing global pandemic, the practice of all medical specialties is affected, either primarily or secondarily. At this day, the 2 countries with the highest death rate are Italy and Spain. Medical resources and all personnel have been directed towards the COVID-19 pandemic, while depriving other patients of timely and effective …
Neurosurgery Galarza has atended to AANS 2019 in the city of San Diego, USA. This is one of the most important scientific events where The American Association of Neurological Surgeons is present.
The role of interspinous devices (ISD) after lumbar herniated disc surgery for the prevention of postoperative back pain is controversial. The aim of this comparative prospective study was to determine outcomes in a selective cohort with L5-S1 disc herniation and degenerative disc changes after microdiscectomy with or without insertion of an ISD. One hundred and …
INTRODUCTION: Based on a landmark study by Lin et al. of the two-dimensional flow in ventricular catheters (VCs) via computational fluid dynamics (CFD), we studied in a previous paper the three-dimensional flow patterns of five commercially available VC. We found that the drainage of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) mostly occurs through the catheter’s most proximal …
