WSSFN – World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
WSSFN – World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Never find the time to search PubMed and read all the new papers? Here below you will find a selection of recent publications. Use the link to the Stereotactic Academy to access a summary with critical analysis presented by Professor Marwan Hariz.
Marwan Hariz,MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Clinical Sciences, Norrlands universitetssjukhus, Umeå, Sweden
& Emeritus Professor of Neurosurgery, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK
Introduction by Professor Marwan Hariz
Reviewing papers in our field of stereotactic functional neurosurgery is getting more and more complicated; It is nearly impossible to keep track of the steadily increasing number of publications. I rely only on PubMed: please see the figures below showing the annual trend of publications concerning “deep brain stimulation” and “thalamotomy”.
One can appreciate that the year 2024 shows the largest number of publications ever on these topics. So my choice of Hot Topic papers has been difficult but, as usual, I tried to highlight and comment on papers of interest, papers more or less down to earth, or innovative or otherwise thought-provoking papers. In the section labeled “varia/miscellaneous”, I try, as usual, to highlight papers of general interest that may or may not always be relevant to our field.
I apologize in advance to any reader if his or her paper is not included in this review. Also, I insist that whatever opinion or praise or critic I express in my comments on the papers, these are my sole responsibility and do not involve any endorsement by the Editors of The Stereotactic Academy. And I welcome any feedback from any reader, including critic, praise, protest, etc., either on this platform or by email to me on : marwan.hariz@umu.se or on m.hariz@ucl.ac.uk
To accompany this issue of Hot Topics, I borrow a quote from a speech that Harvey Cushing delivered at his retirement: Citing Leonardo da Vinci, Cushing stated:
«It is a mediocre pupil the pupil who does not surpass his teacher”.
May I be bold to state here that I am happy and proud to have been surpassed…
MOVEMENT DISORDERS (24 papers)
Coupled Activation of the Hyperdirect and Cerebellothalamic Pathways with Zona Incerta Deep Brain Stimulation. Bingham CS, McIntyre CC. Mov Disord. 2024 Mar;39(3):539-545. doi: 10.1002/ mds.29717. Epub 2024 Feb 6.
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Comprehensive characterization of intracranial hemorrhage in deep brain stimulation: a systematic review of literature from 1987 to 2023. Cheyuo C, Vetkas A, Sarica C, Kalia SK, Hodaie M, Lozano AM. J Neurosurg. 2024 Mar 22;141(2):381-393. doi: 10.3171/2024.1.
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Preventing Shift from Pneumocephalus During Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery: Don’t Give Up the ‘Fork in the Brain.’ Martinez-Nunez AE, Wong JK, Hilliard JD, Foote KD, Okun MS. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2024 Apr 10;14:18. doi: 10.5334/ tohm.873. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38617832
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Surgical Complications in Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease: Experience in 800 Patients. Holewijn RA, Wiggerts Y, Bot M, Verbaan D, de Bie RMA, Schuurman R, van den Munckhof P. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2024;102(5):275-283. doi: 10.1159/000539483. Epub 2024 Jun 26. PMID: 38934196.
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Akinetic crisis and withdrawal syndromes: guideline «Parkinson’s disease» of the German Society of Neurology. Pötter-Nerger M, Löhle M, Höglinger G; German Parkinson‘s Guideline Group. J Neurol. 2024 Oct;271(10):6485-6493. doi: 10.1007/ s00415-024-12649-x. Epub 2024 Aug 27. PMID: 39192030
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Effect of deep brain stimulation on sexual dysfunction among patients who had Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Bahadori AR, Zafari R, Fathollahi MA, Davari A, Sheikhvatan M, Ranji S, Tafakhori A. Neurol Res. 2024 Dec;46(12):1181-1190. doi: 10.1080/01616412.2024.2407645. Epub 2024 Oct 1. PMID: 39351855 Review.
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Patient-reported treatment satisfaction in essential tremor: levels of satisfaction and predictors of satisfaction. Varghese A, Berry DS, Ghanem A, Hernandez NC, Louis ED. Ther Adv Neurol Disord. 2024 Oct 7;17:17562864241271994. doi: 10.1177/17562864241271994. eCollection 2024. PMID: 39380787.
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Precision targeting in the globus pallidus interna: insights from the multicenter, prospective, blinded VA/NINDS CSP 468 study. D’Souza S, Seshadri V, Toms J, D’Haese P, Dawant BM, Li R, Shah HP, Koch P, Larson P, Holloway KL. J Neurosurg. 2024 Jul 5;141(6):1567-1577. doi: 10.3171/2024.4.JNS24139. Print 2024 Dec 1.
PMID: 38968618 Clinical Trial.
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Deep brain stimulation of symptom-specific networks in Parkinson’s disease. Rajamani N, Friedrich H, Butenko K, Dembek T, Lange F, Navrátil P, Zvarova P, Hollunder B, de Bie RMA, Odekerken VJJ, Volkmann J, Xu X, Ling Z, Yao C, Ritter P, Neumann WJ, Skandalakis GP, Komaitis S, Kalyvas A, Koutsarnakis C, Stranjalis G, Barbe M, Milanese V, Fox MD, Kühn AA, Middlebrooks E, Li N, Reich M, Neudorfer C, Horn A. Nat Commun. 2024 May 31;15(1):4662. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024- 48731-1. PMID: 38821913.
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A Transatlantic Viewpoint on the Role of Pallidal Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease. Boogers A, Fasano A. Mov Disord. 2024 Jan;39(1):36-39. doi: 10.1002/mds.29656. Epub 2023 Nov 15.
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Comment on: «A Transatlantic Viewpoint on the Role of Pallidal Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease». Xie T, Warnke PC. Mov Disord. 2024 Apr;39(4):760-761. doi: 10.1002/mds.29782.
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Hypothalamic deep brain stimulation augments walking after spinal cord injury. Cho N, Squair JW, Aureli V, James ND, Bole- Feysot L, Dewany I, Hankov N, Baud L, Leonhartsberger A, Sveistyte K, Skinnider MA, Gautier M, Laskaratos A, Galan K, Goubran M, Ravier J, Merlos F, Batti L, Pages S, Berard N, Intering N, Varescon C, Watrin A, Duguet L, Carda S, Bartholdi KA, Hutson TH, Kathe C, Hodara M, Anderson MA, Draganski B, Demesmaeker R, Asboth L, Barraud Q, Bloch J, Courtine G. Nat Med. 2024 Dec;30(12):3676- 3686. doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-03306-x. Epub 2024 Dec 2. PMID: 39623087
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Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease: bibliometric analysis of the top 100 cited literature. Weijie Zhao 1, Xinxin Shao 1, Ziyue Wang 1,2,3, Chuanhao Mi 1,Yu Wang 3, Xianghua Qi 4 and Xiao Ding 4* Front. Aging Neurosci. 16:1413074. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2024.1413074
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Directional deep brain stimulation electrodes in Parkinson’s disease: meta-analysis and systematic review of the literature. Hvingelby V, Khalil F, Massey F, Hoyningen A, Xu SS, Candelario- McKeown J, Akram H, Foltynie T, Limousin P, Zrinzo L, Krüger MT. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2024-333947. PMID: 39304337
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Risk of fall with device-based advanced treatments in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review and network meta- analysis. Rajalingam R, Sorrento G, Fasano A. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2024 Nov 21:jnnp-2024-334521. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2024- 334521. Online ahead of print.
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Challenges and opportunities of acquiring cortical recordings for chronic adaptive deep brain stimulation. Herron J, Kullmann A, Denison T, Goodman WK, Gunduz A, Neumann WJ, Provenza NR, Shanechi MM, Sheth SA, Starr PA, Widge AS. Nat Biomed Eng. 2024 Dec 27. doi: 10.1038/s41551-024-01314-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39730913 Review.
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Chronic adaptive deep brain stimulation versus conventional stimulation in Parkinson’s disease: a blinded randomized feasibility trial. Oehrn CR, Cernera S, Hammer LH, Shcherbakova M, Yao J, Hahn A, Wang S, Ostrem JL, Little S, Starr PA. Nat Med. 2024 Nov;30(11):3345-3356. doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-03196-z. Epub 2024 Aug 19. PMID: 39160351 Clinical Trial.
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Clinically Implemented Sensing-based Initial Programming of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease: A Retrospective Study. Swinnen BEKS, Fuentes A, Volz MM, Heath S, Starr PA, Little SJ, Ostrem JL. Neuromodulation. 2024 Dec 2:S1094-7159(24)01221- doi: 10.1016/j.neurom.2024.11.002. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39625426
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Awake versus asleep deep brain stimulation targeting the caudal zona incerta for essential tremor. Stenmark Persson R, Blomstedt Y, Fytagoridis A, Hariz M, Blomstedt P. NPJ Parkinsons Dis. 2024 Nov 22;10(1):226. doi: 10.1038/s41531-024-00833-9. PMID: 39578443
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Directional Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation Better Improves Gait and Balance Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease Patients: A Randomized Controlled Study. Cherif S, Tempier N, Yeche M, Temiz G, Perrière J, Romanato M, Ziri D, Fernandez-Vidal S, Hainque E, Maltête D, Derrey S, Bardinet E, Lau B, Karachi C, Welter ML. Ann Neurol. 2024 Oct 30;97(1):149-62. doi: 10.1002/ana.27099.
Online ahead of print. PMID: 39475137
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Directional electrodes in deep brain stimulation: Results of a survey by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS). Krauss P, Duarte-Batista P, Hart MG, Avecillas-Chasin JM, Bercu MM, Hvingelby V, Massey F, Ackermans L, Kubben PL, van der Gaag NA, Krüger MT; functional section of the EANS. Brain Spine. 2024 Feb 3;4:102756. doi: 10.1016/j.bas.2024.102756. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38510592
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Survey of common deep brain stimulation programming practices by experts in Parkinson’s Disease. Cunningham JE, Cabrera LY, Mahajan A, Aslam S, De Jesus S, Brennan R, Jimenez- Shahed J, Aquino CC, Xie T, Vaou EO, Patel N, Spindler M, Mills KA, Zhang L, Bertoni J, Sidiropoulos C, Miocinovic S, Walter BL, Panov F, Zauber SE, Sarva H. J Neurol. 2024 Dec 12;272(1):49. doi: 10.1007/ s00415-024-12751-0.
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Disruption Driving Innovation: Optimising Efficiency in Functional Neurosurgery. Zrinzo L, Akram H, Hyam J, Candelario- Mckeown J, Rangnekar R, Nwanze A, Xu SS, Foltynie T, Limousin P, Krüger MT. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2024 Nov 28:1-9. doi: 10.1159/000542110. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39608320
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Evolution of Deep Brain Stimulation Techniques for Complication Mitigation. Mayer R, Desai K, Aguiar RST, McClure JJ, Kato N, Kalman C, Pilitsis JG. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2024 Aug 1;27(2):148-157. doi: 10.1227/ons.0000000000001071.
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FOCUSED ULTRASOUND (9 papers)
Probabilistic Refinement of Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy Targeting for Parkinson’s Disease Tremor. Cheyuo C, Germann J, Yamamoto K, Zibly Z, Krishna V, Sarica C, Borges YFF, Vetkas A, Kalia SK, Hodaie M, Fasano A, Schwartz ML, Elias WJ, Lozano AM. Mov Disord. 2024 Nov;39(11):2004-2013. doi: 10.1002/mds.29965. Epub 2024 Aug 9. PMID: 39120112
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Safety and Efficacy of Staged, Bilateral Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy in Essential Tremor: An Open-Label Clinical Trial. Kaplitt MG, Krishna V, Eisenberg HM, Elias WJ, Ghanouni P, Baltuch GH, Rezai A, Halpern CH, Dalm B, Fishman PS, Buch VP, Moosa S, Sarva H, Murray AM. JAMA Neurol. 2024 Sep 1;81(9):939-946. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2295. PMID: 39073822
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Focused ultrasound therapy: Back to the future. Verhagen Metman L, Monje MHG, Obeso JA, Martínez-Fernández R. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2024 Apr;121:106023. doi: 10.1016/j. parkreldis.2024.106023. Epub 2024 Feb 1. PMID: 38320923 Review.
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Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of Magnetic Resonance- guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor at 2-year Follow-up. Hashida M, Maesawa S, Kato S, Nakatsubo D, Tsugawa T, Torii J, Tanei T, Ishizaki T, Mutoh M, Ito Y, Tsuboi T, Mizuno S, Suzuki M, Wakabayashi T, Katsuno M, Saito R. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2024 Apr 15;64(4):137-146. doi: 10.2176/jns-nmc.2023-0202. Epub 2024 Feb 15. PMID: 38355128
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The Optimal Targeting for Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy Differs between Dystonic and Essential Tremor: A 12-Month Prospective Pilot Study. Golfrè Andreasi N, Braccia A, Levi V, Rinaldo S, Ghielmetti F, Cilia R, Romito LM, Bonvegna S, Elia AE, Devigili G, Telese R, Colucci F, Bruzzone MG, Messina G, Corradi M, Stanziano M, Caldiera V, Prioni S, Amami P, Fusar Poli M, Piacentini SHMJ, Grisoli M, Ciceri EFM, DiMeco F, Eleopra R. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2024 Jan;11(1):69-75. doi: 10.1002/mdc3.13911. Epub 2023 Nov 10. PMID: 38291839
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Bilateral Lesions in Parkinson’s Disease: Gaps and Controversies. Rodriguez-Oroz MC, Martínez-Fernández R, Lipsman N, Horisawa S, Moro E. Mov Disord. 2024 Dec 27. doi: 10.1002/mds.30090. Online ahead of print. PMID: 3972641
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Staged Bilateral MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Subthalamotomy for Parkinson Disease. Martínez-Fernández R, Natera-Villalba E, Rodríguez-Rojas R, Del Álamo M, Pineda-Pardo JA, Obeso I, Guida P, Jiménez-Castellanos T, Pérez-Bueno D, Duque A, Mañez-Miró JU, Gasca-Salas C, Matarazzo M, Alonso-Frech F, Obeso JA. JAMA Neurol. 2024 Jun 1;81(6):638-644. doi: 10.1001/ jamaneurol.2024.1220. PMID: 38739377
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Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Focused Ultrasound Capsulotomy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder. Hamani C, Davidson B, Rabin JS, Goubran M, Boone L, Hynynen K, De Schlichting E, Meng Y, Huang Y, Jones RM, Baskaran A, Marawi T, Richter MA, Levitt A, Nestor SM, Giacobbe P, Lipsman N. Biol Psychiatry. 2024 Aug 24:S0006-3223(24)01548-8. doi: 10.1016/j.
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Long-term clinical outcome of a novel bilateral capsulotomy with focused ultrasound in refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder treatment. Chang KW, Chang JG, Jung HH, Kim CH, Chang JW, Kim SJ. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Oct 28. doi: 10.1038/s41380- 024-02799-9. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39468190
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PSYCHIATRY (3 papers)
Adverse Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment- Resistant Depression: A Scoping Review. Lapa JDS, Duarte JFS, Campos ACP, Davidson B, Nestor SM, Rabin JS, Giacobbe P, Lipsman N, Hamani C. Neurosurgery. 2024 Sep 1;95(3):509-516. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002910. Epub 2024 Mar 21.
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Ethics of deep brain stimulation for neuropsychiatric disorders. Aydin S, Darko K, Detchou D, Barrie U. Neurosurg Rev. 2024 Aug 26;47(1):479. doi: 10.1007/s10143-024-02746-w. PMID: 39183197 Review.
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Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Optimal Stimulation Sites. Meyer GM, Hollunder B, Li N, Butenko K, Dembek TA, Hart L, Nombela C, Mosley P, Akram H, Acevedo N, Borron BM, Chou T, Castaño Montoya JP, Strange B, Barcia JA, Tyagi H, Castle DJ, Smith AH, Choi KS, Kopell BH, Mayberg HS, Sheth SA, Goodman WK, Leentjens AFG, Richardson RM, Rossell SL, Bosanac P, Cosgrove GR, Kuhn J, Visser-Vandewalle V, Figee M, Dougherty DD, Siddiqi SH, Zrinzo L, Joyce E, Baldermann JC, Fox MD, Neudorfer C, Horn A. Biol Psychiatry. 2024 Jul 15;96(2):101-113. doi: 10.1016/j. biopsych.2023.12.010. Epub 2023 Dec 21. PMID: 38141909
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IMAGING (3 papers)
7-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanning in Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease: Improving Visualization of the Dorsolateral Subthalamic Nucleus. Verlaat L, Rijks N, Dilai J, Admiraal M, Beudel M, de Bie RMA, van der Zwaag W, Schuurman R, van den Munckhof P, Bot M. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2024 Apr;11(4):373-doi: 10.1002/mdc3.13982. Epub 2024 Feb 22. PMID: 38385792
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Deep brain stimulation does not modulate resting-state functional connectivity in essential tremor. Awad A, Grill F, Blomstedt P, Nyberg L, Eriksson J. Brain Commun. 2024 Jan 27;6(2):fcae012. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcae012. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38482375
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FAT1 weighted MRI: Diffusion meets anatomical imaging and application in thalamic surgery for tremor. Taco Goedemans, Francisca Ferreira, Thomas Wirth, Lonneke van der Weerda, Flavia V. Massey, Marie T. Krüger, Vanessa Milanese, Ashkan Pakzad, Thomas Foltynie, Patricia Limousin, Maarten Bot, Pepijn van den Munckhof, Rick Schuurman, Ludvic Zrinzo, Harith Akram. Imaging Neuroscience, Volume 2, 2024, Available Online: 5 April 2024
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PAIN (2 papers)
Somatotopy of the sensory thalamus: inputs from directional deep brain stimulation in pain patients. Leplus A, Isan P, Balossier A, Mouffok S, Donnet A, Papadopoulo T, Lanteri-Minet M, Regis J, Fontaine D. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2024 Jun;11(6):1502-1513. doi: 10.1002/acn3.52067. Epub 2024 Apr 26. PMID: 38668642
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Cingulotomy: the last man standing in the battle against medically refractory poststroke pain. Kollenburg L, Kurt E, Arnts H, Vinke S. Pain Rep. 2024 Mar 22;9(2):e1149. doi: 10.1097/ PR9.0000000000001149. eCollection 2024 Apr. PMID: 38529477
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VARIA/ MISCELLANEOUS (8 papers)
Industry payments to academic neurosurgeons in 2021: an open payments cross-sectional analysis. Debs LH, Mansouri S, Ledford WL, Woodall W, Vale FL. J Neurosurg. 2024 Apr 19;141(3):815-821. doi: 10.3171/2024.1.JNS232321. Print 2024 Sep 1. PMID: 38626469
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Charcot’s interest in faith healing. Lees AJ. J Hist Neurosci. 2024 Oct 22:1-10. doi: 10.1080/0964704X.2024.2408918. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39438026
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In the land where neurosurgery lost its pride: Can we find redemption? Al-Sharshahi ZF, Matti WE. Surg Neurol Int. 2024 Jul 26;15:266. doi: 10.25259/SNI_234_2024. eCollection 2024. PMID:39108369
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Winding Back the Clock on Advanced Therapies: It’s Time to Get Smart. Georgiades MJ, van der Plas AA, Bloem BR, Lewis SJG. J Parkinsons Dis. 2024;14(7):1527-1530. doi: 10.3233/JPD-240193. PMID: 39269855
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Industry payments to academic neurosurgeons in 2021: an open payments cross-sectional analysis. Debs LH, Mansouri S, Ledford WL, Woodall W, Vale FL. J Neurosurg. 2024 Apr 19;141(3):815-821. doi: 10.3171/2024.1.JNS232321. Print 2024 Sep 1. PMID: 38626469
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Charcot’s interest in faith healing. Lees AJ. J Hist Neurosci. 2024 Oct 22:1-10. doi: 10.1080/0964704X.2024.2408918. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39438026
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In the land where neurosurgery lost its pride: Can we find redemption? Al-Sharshahi ZF, Matti WE. Surg Neurol Int. 2024 Jul 26;15:266. doi: 10.25259/SNI_234_2024. eCollection 2024. PMID:39108369
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Winding Back the Clock on Advanced Therapies: It’s Time to Get Smart. Georgiades MJ, van der Plas AA, Bloem BR, Lewis SJG. J Parkinsons Dis. 2024;14(7):1527-1530. doi: 10.3233/JPD-240193. PMID: 39269855
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