Tag: neurosurgery
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Evaluation of Geriatric Head and Neck Trauma in Germany’s Highest-Level Trauma Centre (2018–2024)
Introduction Geriatric head and neck trauma represents a growing public health concern as populations age, comorbidities accumulate, and social determinants shape outcomes. This article analyzes how a German highest-level trauma centre managed and evaluated head and neck injuries in patients aged 65 and older from 2018 to 2024. The study aligns with broader European trends…
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Geriatric Head and Neck Trauma: German Centre 2018–2024
Background Geriatric head and neck trauma represents a growing clinical challenge in modern healthcare systems. In Germany, with a rapidly aging population, the burden on high-level trauma centres has risen as more older patients sustain injuries from low-energy falls, motor vehicle incidents, and other mechanisms. This article synthesizes an 8-year experience at a German highest-level…
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Insurance Approvals And Neurosurgical Patients: A Call for Accountability
Hidden Pathologies, Hidden Obstacles: Why Insurance Denials Cost Lives When people think of insurance hurdles, they envision bureaucratic delays or paperwork glitches. In neurosurgery, the problem runs far deeper: many conditions lie beneath the skull or spine, silent for years, and only reveal themselves through catastrophic events. From craniopharyngiomas to arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), these lesions…
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Insurance Approvals And Neurosurgical Patients: A Call for Transparency
Introduction: A silent crisis in insurance approvals for neurosurgical patients In private medical practice, access to timely insurance approvals is not just a logistical hurdle—it can be a matter of life and death. As a consultant neurosurgeon with more than two decades of experience, I have watched insurance denials repeatedly undermine the care my patients…
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Insurance Approvals And Neurosurgical Patients: A Neurosurgeon’s Call for Accountability
Introduction: A Hidden Crisis in Neurosurgery and Insurance As a neurosurgeon with more than two decades in private practice, I have repeatedly confronted a paradox: lives hang in the balance while insurance approvals stall critical care. Neurosurgical pathologies are often hidden beneath the skull or spine, undetectable by palpation or auscultation, and only revealed through…
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COMBINEDBrain and MUSC Launch Pediatric CNS Biorepository
Overview of a pivotal collaboration COMBINEDBrain, a leader in translational neuroscience research, and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), a top academic health center, have announced a strategic partnership to establish a cutting-edge biorepository focused on pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tissue and biofluids. Guided by MUSC’s Dr. Ramin Eskandari and COMBINEDBrain’s Dr. Anna…