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Category Archives: brain/spine/neurosurgery
Rethinking hydrocephalus: Neurosurgeon asks: Would a medication work better than surgery?
Editor’s note: This is one of three articles on Upstate’s “renegade researchers” — scientists who are providing new ways of looking at long-standing medical problems, including hydrocephalus (detailed below), Kaposi sarcoma and schizophrenia. BY AMBER SMITH Brain surgery to install … Continue reading
Posted in brain/neurology, brain/spine/neurosurgery, health care, HealthLink on Air, research, surgery
Tagged hydrocephalus, hydrocephalus research, REaCH Organization
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Back on the pitch – after back surgery
BY AMBER SMITH For weeks, Kendall Discenza didn’t know what was wrong. The pain in her lower back became crippling, and she was left sobbing. Surgery brought relief. Discenza underwent a microdiscectomy at Upstate University Hospital. Lawrence Chin, MD, who leads the … Continue reading
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Tagged back surgery, microdiscectomy
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‘She’s alive today because of them’
BY SUSAN KEETER Eight-year-old Kaelynne Driscoll and her father, Christopher, were riding an inner tube on Skaneateles Lake on July 6, 2016, when a wave knocked them off the tube and under water. They were struck by a boat and injured, … Continue reading
Lasers treat pediatric brain tumors, epilepsy
BY AMBER SMITH Maisie Chapman of Cortland was just 3 months old when her seizures began. Ethan Stinson of Pierrepont Manor, near Watertown, was 15. Both wound up as patients of Zulma Tovar-Spinoza, MD, a pioneering pediatric neurosurgeon at Upstate University … Continue reading
Posted in brain/spine/neurosurgery, health care, patient story, surgery, technology, Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital/pediatrics
Tagged cavernous angiomas, epilepsy, image-guided laser ablation, laser ablation, MRI-guided laser ablation, seizures
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Advanced imaging, clot-retrieval help save stroke patients during holiday at Upstate Comprehensive Stroke Center
The Christmas feast was about to begin. Twenty-three of Judy Klein’s loved ones were gathered in her Syracuse home. Her grandson had prepared a plate for her mother, Fannie Barber, 101. Klein’s daughter was talking with the matriarch, who was … Continue reading
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Physical feats: Despite cancer, these patients focus on accomplishing goals
Jim Waters, 56, of Auburn Diagnosis: Colon cancer that has spread to liver. Treatment: Surgery in June 2016, plus chemotherapy. Care team: From medical oncology, Adham Jurdi, MD, and Ibrahim Thabet, NP; surgeon Carl Weiss, MD, PhD; wife/caregiver of 25 … Continue reading
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A remarkable and rapid recovery: Family called 911, got him to Upstate stroke team quickly
BY AMBER SMITH Rajeev Saini, MD, typically leaves for work in the morning and doesn’t come home until evening. He came home at lunchtime on May 18 to check on his 16-year-old daughter, who was home sick. Saini is a … Continue reading
Posted in brain/neurology, brain/spine/neurosurgery, emergency medicine/trauma, health care, patient story, stroke, surgery
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Upstate stroke neurologists care for patients in remote areas
BY AMBER SMITH This is a story about two women, living in different parts of rural Central New York. Each suffered a stroke. Each had a loved one who summoned help. Each saw a stroke neurologist from Upstate University Hospital … Continue reading
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Have you seen the new ‘Upstate Health’ magazine?
As a mother, I cannot select one child as my favorite. As an editor, I don’t have one favorite magazine issue. I love them all. That said, this summer issue of Upstate Health is a particularly good one, for a … Continue reading
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Brains against brain tumors
Experts from several scientific fields join forces to accelerate fight against brain cancer BY JIM HOWE To better meet the challenges of treating brain cancer, Upstate’s Precision Neuro-Oncology Program pools the expertise of the best minds in a variety of … Continue reading
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Tagged bioassays, biological assays, biomarkers, brain cancer research, brain tumor cell bank, brain tumors, molecular profiling, neuro-oncology, precision diagnostics, precision neuro-oncology, tumor bank
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