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View article: Congenital Cutaneous Hamartomas With Skeletal Muscle Differentiation Associated With <scp>LUMBAR</scp> Syndrome
Congenital Cutaneous Hamartomas With Skeletal Muscle Differentiation Associated With <span>LUMBAR</span> Syndrome Open
Background/Objectives Congenital skin anomalies have been observed in LUMBAR syndrome, but their clinicopathologic significance remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the congenital, nonvascular skin anomalies in LUMBAR syndrome …
View article: Delphi Consensus on Diagnostic Criteria for LUMBAR Syndrome
Delphi Consensus on Diagnostic Criteria for LUMBAR Syndrome Open
These diagnostic criteria will enhance clinical care by improving screening, detection, and overall awareness of this poorly understood neurocutaneous disorder. The criteria can be utilized by a wide variety of pediatric subspecialists. In…
View article: Pediatric Traumatic Injuries Due to Agrarian Hay-Hole Falls
Pediatric Traumatic Injuries Due to Agrarian Hay-Hole Falls Open
Hay-holes are a design feature in many traditionally built barns that serve as a portal through which stored hay is passed to the lower level where animals are fed. Unfortunately, children sometimes fall through the hay-hole to the concret…
View article: First-time tethered cord release among adults with myelomeningocele: an analysis of people in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry
First-time tethered cord release among adults with myelomeningocele: an analysis of people in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry Open
OBJECTIVE The authors analyzed the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry (NSBPR), a national registry that tracks the outcomes for people with various forms of spinal dysraphism, to determine the ongoing longitudinal risk for tethered cor…
Erratum. Tethered spinal cord among individuals with myelomeningocele: an analysis of the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry Open
"Erratum. Tethered spinal cord among individuals with myelomeningocele: an analysis of the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry" published on 09 Jun 2023 by American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
Time to shunt failure in children with myelomeningocele: an analysis of the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry Open
OBJECTIVE Hydrocephalus is common among children with myelomeningocele and is most frequently treated with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS). Although much is known about factors related to first shunt failure, relatively less data are av…
View article: Tethered spinal cord among individuals with myelomeningocele: an analysis of the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry
Tethered spinal cord among individuals with myelomeningocele: an analysis of the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry Open
OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to review the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry (NSBPR) data set to study the rates of tethered spinal cord release (TCR) among patients with myelomeningocele and variability between centers, to c…
Neurosurgery guidelines for the care of people with spina bifida Open
Myelomeningocele (MMC) arises from an early neural developmental anomaly and results in a variety of structural abnormalities and associated functional neurologic deficits. As such, neurologic issues are central to virtually all clinical p…
Decompression for Chiari malformation type II in individuals with myelomeningocele in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry Open
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of decompression for Chiari malformation type II in individuals with myelomeningocele in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry (NSBPR). In addition, the authors explored th…
Treated hydrocephalus in individuals with myelomeningocele in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry Open
OBJECTIVE Although the majority of patients with myelomeningocele have hydrocephalus, reported rates of hydrocephalus treatment vary widely. The purpose of this study was to determine the rate of surgical treatment for hydrocephalus in pat…
View article: Prospective feasibility and safety assessment of surgical biopsy for patients with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
Prospective feasibility and safety assessment of surgical biopsy for patients with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma Open
Background Diagnosis of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) has relied on imaging studies, since the appearance is pathognomonic, and surgical risk was felt to be high and unlikely to affect therapy. The DIPG Biology and Treatment Stud…
The Unreasonably Uncertain Risks of 'Reasonable Medical Certainty' in Child Abuse Cases: Mechanisms for Risk Reduction Open
The use of the phrase “reasonable medical certainty” is common in highstakes child abuse legal trials. Yet, a review of cases since the phrase entered the legal lexicon, as well as a survey of medical professionals, reveals that the meanin…
PDCT-20. FEASIBILITY AND SAFETY OF SURGICAL BIOPSY FOR PATIENTS WITH DIPG: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM DIPG-BATS Open
INTRODUCTION: The DIPG Biology and Treatment Study (DIPG-BATS) incorporated a surgical biopsy at presentation and stratified patients to receive FDA-approved agents chosen on the basis of specific biologic targets. METHODS: Subjects were e…
DIPG-29. GENOMIC LANDSCAPE OF DIFFUSE INTRINSIC PONTINE GLIOMA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE DIPG-BATS COHORT Open
INTRODUCTION: Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) remains a devastating and incurable disease. The DIPG-BATs clinical trial incorporates diagnostic biopsy with molecularly determined treatment stratification. Here we present the initia…
Neurosurgery Session 1 Open
Background The Management of MM Study (MOMS) was an RCT of PRENS v. POSTNS that revealed a lower rate of ventriculoperitoneal shunt insertion (VPSI) at 12 months (mos) of age and better motor function at 30 mos in PRENS pts, "even though t…
Association of a Postnatal Parent Education Program for Abusive Head Trauma With Subsequent Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma Hospitalization Rates Open
This intervention was not associated with a reduction in pediatric AHT hospitalization rates but was associated with self-reported gains in parental knowledge that were retained for 7 months.