The Largest Network of all Operating Room Professionals in one Place!
Topic: Innovations in Neurosurgical Procedures and Technologies by Dr. Robert Masson, M.D. (Founder and CEO, eXpanded eXistence™ and Consultant Neurosurgeon).
Hosted by The Operating Room Global (TORG) Education and Training Committee and held live via Zoom
Sunday, July 9th, 2023
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The Glasgow Coma Scale and its total score have since been incorporated in numerous clinical guidelines and scoring systems for victims of trauma or critical illness. ‘This activity describes the use of the Glasgow Coma Scale and reviews the role of using the scale for the interprofessional team to successfully communicate a patients condition…..’ …
Continue ReadingThe Glasgow Coma Scale: Adult & Paediatric Considerations
‘Stroke is an abrupt interruption of constant blood flow to the brain that causes loss of neurological function. The interruption of blood flow can be caused by a blockage, leading to the more common ischemic stroke, or by bleeding in the brain, leading to the more deadly hemorrhagic stroke….’ …
Continue ReadingStroke – Cardiovascular Accident: What you need to know!
Overview Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgery to implant a device that sends electrical signals to brain areas responsible for body movement. Electrodes are placed deep in the brain
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The girls were craniopagus twins, with their skulls and blood vessels fused together. Two-year-old twins who were joined by their skulls and blood vessels have been successfully separated after having
Continue ReadingTwins conjoined by skulls separated after 50 hours of operations
For Spine, Orthopaedic Trauma, and Neurological Procedures OVERVIEW The O-armTM system is an intraoperative 2D/3D imaging system that is designed to meet the workflow demands of the surgical environment. It can
Posture is a bigger concern than most think. With growing workload for school children, the weight of this issue is increasing every day. Carrying heavy weighted and oversized school bags
Surgeons at a Canadian hospital have used cutting edge technology to completely reconstruct a two-year-old’s skull after her head swelled to the size of a basketball due to an abnormal
Continue ReadingSurgeons reconstruct girl’s skull after her head swells to dangerous size
BY lSZCZEPAN BARAN, VMD, ELIZABETH JOHNSON, VMD AND MARCEL PERRET-GENTIL, DVM Although not always recognized, proper handling of surgical instruments plays a vital role in positive surgical patient outcomes. Correct
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“I would not wish this on anyone,” says top surgeon. In April, 2015, 30-year-old Russian man, Valery Spiridonov, announced that he will become the subject of the first human head