The Challenges of On-Call Neurosurgery

The Challenges of On-Call Neurosurgery
Author: Abteen Mostofi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2023-11-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1009384503

On-call neurosurgery concerns practice related to urgent and emergency neurosurgical care including outside of 'normal' working hours. Being on-call involves many competing responsibilities and is regarded as one of the most demanding aspects of a neurosurgical career. The on-call work pattern has evolved over the past decade due to changes in demographics, technology and working practices, each of which have brought new and emerging challenges. These challenges aside, the on-call provides a unique and rewarding environment to make a meaningful difference to patients and to learn the science and art of neurosurgery. Success in on-call work requires not only good technical knowledge and application but also a wide variety of non-technical skills. These skills will help deal with some of the difficult situations neurosurgeons in training face when on-call to make the experience more manageable and educational.

So You Want to be a Brain Surgeon?

So You Want to be a Brain Surgeon?
Author: Simon Eccles
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0199231966

This book is aimed at the trainee doctor deciding what to specialise in. It contains contributions from experts in a wide range of medical specialties offering information on the medical paths they have chosen and what it's like to work in each area.

Clinical Neurosurgery

Clinical Neurosurgery
Author: Guy M. McKhann
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2004
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780781763202

Volume 51 of Clinical Neurosurgery is the official compendium of the platform presentations at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons held in October, 2003.

The Business, Policy, and Economics of Neurosurgery

The Business, Policy, and Economics of Neurosurgery
Author: Richard P. Menger, MD, MPA
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2018-06-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1483485145

The concept of this project is based on the premise that neurosurgeons are vital agents in the application of the American health care apparatus. They remain the true advocates for patients undergoing surgery for a neurological condition. Yet, the tenets of health care economics, health care policy, and the business of medicine remain largely debated within the context of politicians, policy experts, and administrators. This textbook will ease that gap. It will bring material generally absent from medical curricula into discussion. It will make potent features of health care economics, policy, and the business of practice digestible to clinical neurosurgeons in order to help them better treat their patients. The information provided in this text will also provide an excellent foundation for understanding the mechanics of running a neurosurgical practice. It simultaneously addresses career progression and opportunity evaluation.

A Christian from Egypt: Life Story of a Neurosurgeon Pursuing the Dreams for Quintuple Certifications

A Christian from Egypt: Life Story of a Neurosurgeon Pursuing the Dreams for Quintuple Certifications
Author: RAMSIS F. GHALY MD FACS
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 661
Release: 2015-01-23
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1503521435

This book is my life story, as a Coptic Christian, raised in Egypt. Where no one from my family has ever moved away for thousands of years through the rise and falls of ancient pharaohs and deep roots of ancient Christianity. It is also the story of my parents raising 10 children since 1953 in an environment of extreme poverty where resources and opportunities were limited with unrelenting prejudice towards Christian minorities. So, I came to the United States, the land of opportunity, and became a prominent American neurosurgeon among the only 4000 active nationwide and the only one nationally and internationally to achieve five board certifications in five acknowledged medical disciplines. I continue to practice and serve the mission set before me. My home land was once prosperous and rich in history. Over the centuries, it joined the downfall of the majority of the developing countries of the world through its economic crises and injustices to many. It was the land for the fathers of early Christians and the foundation for worldwide Christians. Now the Coptic Christians are considered a minority constituting a mere 10% of the population and are joining the exodus of ancient Christians from their native African continent. This book chronicles my journey from the land of history, the land of my birth, to the land of opportunity, America. It outlines the socioeconomic and political changes that Egypt has seen over the last century. It is my hope that others may find inspiration and understanding of my culture through reading this book. I owe it all to Christ, the Lord, my cherished parents, my family and friends, my teachers, my mentors, and especially my beloved patients.

Risk Control and Quality Management in Neurosurgery

Risk Control and Quality Management in Neurosurgery
Author: H.-J. Steiger
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3709162378

Quality in an invasive discipline such as neurosurgery comprises evidence based medicine, cost effectiveness and also risk control. Risk control and quality management have become a science on their own, combining the expertise of many specialists such as psychologists, mathematicians and also economists. Intensive communication with basic safety scientists as well as safety experts from the industry and traffic promises ideas and concepts than can be adopted for neurosurgery. An international conference was held in Munich in October 2000 bringing together neurosurgeons and safety experts from outside medicine in order to discuss basic aspects of risk control and quality management and to develop structures applicable to neurosurgery. Basic aspects such as principles of risk and safety management, the human factor as well as standards of neurosurgical patient care, proficiency of staff and residents, and industrial quality standards were discussed. The presentations and discussions resulted in a wealth of new ideas and concepts. This book contains this material and thus provides a unique and comprehensive source of information on the current possibilities of quality management in neurosurgery.

Quality and Safety in Neurosurgery

Quality and Safety in Neurosurgery
Author: Daniel J. Guillaume
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2018-02-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0128128992

Quality and Safety in Neurosurgery covers recent improvements and presents solutions for problems that impact patient care. This book is written for anyone who works at the intersection of quality, safety and neurosurgery, including neurosurgeons, neurologists, clinical researchers looking to improve outcomes in neurosurgery, hospital quality and safety officers, department leaders, fellows and residents. Edited by neurosurgeons who helped build the culture of quality and safety in the Department of Neurosurgery at UMN, this work emphasizes quality and safety, whether through 'value based purchasing', finding specialty specific quality and safety metrics, or just the professional desire to provide quality care. - Presents an overview of quality and safety in neurosurgical settings and discusses solutions for problems that impact patient care - Gives readers the tools they need to improve quality and safety in neurosurgery - Provides examples on how to implement new tactics - Includes coverage on teams, competence, safety, hospital incentives, quality, the physician handoff, medication compliance and operating room efficiency, and more

Update on Open Vascular Surgery, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, E-Book

Update on Open Vascular Surgery, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, E-Book
Author: Michael T. Lawton
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2022-10-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323986668

In this issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest editor Dr. Michael T. Lawton brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Update on Open Vascular Surgery. The field of open vascular neurosurgery has undergone significant change as endovascular technologies have advanced and endovascular market share has grown. In this issue, top experts in the field explore various responses to these trends, providing valuable information to neurosurgeons aspiring to stay current with contemporary management of aneurysms, brain arteriovenous malformations, cavernous malformations, and bypass techniques. - Contains 15 practice-oriented topics including wide neck and bifurcation aneurysms: balancing open and endovascular therapies; application of big data in vascular neurosurgery; rethinking cerebral bypass surgery; AI, machine learning and cavernous malformations; the transcavernous approach in vascular neurosurgery; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on open vascular surgery, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Global Neurosurgery, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, E-Book

Global Neurosurgery, An Issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, E-Book
Author: Michael M. Haglund
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2024-09-10
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0443129320

In this issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. Robert J. Dempsey and Michael M. Haglund bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Global Neurosurgery. Top experts in the field cover the delivery of neurosurgical care in a variety of settings, discussing topics such as worldwide need and disparities; medical curriculum development for a worldwide curriculum for neurosurgery; continuing medical education for graduates; key partners in global health; bioengineering in global health; and much more. - Contains 16 relevant, practice-oriented topics including overview on global neurosurgery; global neurosurgery and international policy; establishing microsurgical skills laboratories in low- and middle-income countries and partnering through WIFI for remote teaching; establishing the trainee in their first program; traumatic brain injury and the early development of a neurosurgical program; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on global neurosurgery, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Neurosurgical Standards, Cerebral Aneurysms, Malignant Gliomas

Neurosurgical Standards, Cerebral Aneurysms, Malignant Gliomas
Author: Kurt Piscol
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3642771092

Three topics of major interest for neursurgeons are covered in this volume of the Advances in Neurosurgery series, as the title suggests. First, neurosurgical standards of diagnosis and treatment are viewed from several points of view, including the legal one. Second, the many aspects of aneurysm surgery are dealt with: timing and grading, monitoring during the operation, postoperative vasospasm, Doppler sonography and new research in subarachnoid hemorrhage. Third, the diagnosis and treatment of malignant gliomas are discussed; there are preliminary reports on interstitial laser-assisted thermal therapy, immunotherapy and radiopharmaceutical substances as well as the standard forms of neurosurgical and radiation treatment.