Neurosurgery

IGS had dominated the surgical operation theatre (OT) since it successfully lead to the removal of a needle in a patient's hand in January 1896 at Birmingham UK [2]. IGS in its various forms (Registration, Visualization which includes Virtual and Augmented Realities, and Segmentation) is indispensable since the adoption of minimally invasive method of surgical operation [3], [4], [5] in disfavor of traditionally more invasive method because of the latter's advantages, which includes efficacy, reduced

Greetings and welcome to my Genius hour project! This is a project I have chosen because I am a very intuitive person, and with an abstract object such as the brain to study, I feel inspired to learn more and investigate the brain’s actions, jobs, abilities, and the overall science behind it. The human brain shapes the way we perceive and think about our everyday lives based on the experiences we gather and live through. My genius hour project is about where the best learning happens. For my genius

action potentials from spinal roots and cord” Bull Johns Hopkins Hospital: 499–519. - Martinelli P & Montagna, P. (1979). “Conditioning of the H reflex by stimulation of the posterior tibial nerve in Parkinson's disease.” Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

According to the Concussion Foundation a concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head. The impact causes the brain to move back and forth inside a person’s skull, which stretches and damages brain cells. As a result, the brain becomes susceptible to more injuries until it fully recovers. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about 3.8 million concussions occur in the United States (U.S.) annually through sports (“What is a

Dr. Benjamin Solomon Carson, a renowned Neurosurgeon, performed the first successful separation of conjoined twins on September 4th, 1987. He had a very disadvantaged childhood that he has overcome in tremendous ways. Ben and his family suffered from poverty throughout his young life, his mother who was strict and helpful, influenced him to be the fortunate man he is today. He is now a successful surgeon, journalist, philanthropist, and is currently a presidential candidate for the upcoming 2016

Carson moved back to the states to become the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, where he had originally completed his residency only one year before moving to Australia. Three years later, Dr. Carson completed an unheard-of operation separating two seven month old twins, conjoined to each other at the head

Ben Carson In 1951, Benjamin Carson was born to Sonya and Robert Carson. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan. Six years later in 1959, Ben 's parents divorced and he, his brother Curtis, and his mother moved to Boston, Massachusetts. They lived there for two years and moved back to Detroit in 1961. Ben carson is very well much know for being the famous neurosurgeon. (Bunker, Patrick). Ben Carson did not have an easy life growing up at all. He had a very hard life ahead of him growing up in the environment

told on multiple occasions from fellow senior OR nurses, “because this is how we have done it for a long time, ok”. They did not want to be questioned, and it breeds an environment to not want to ask anything. For example, when I first started in Neurosurgery, I was told that we prep the patients head with a Chlorohexidine solution. However, when reading about Chlorohexidine solution, a contraindication is to not use the solution above the neck. It can cause corneal damage in patients after accidental

Ben Carson is a talented African American innovator. He was the first person who successfully performed surgery that separated conjoined twins, in 1987. Before that, most conjoined twins died at birth. His gifted hands gave families that had conjoined twins, hope that their babies would survive, and even live an independent life afterwards. Dr. Benjamin Solomon Carson was born on September 18, 1951 in Detroit, MI to Sonya Carson and Robert Solomon Carson. When Ben was only eight years old, his mom

in the spinal canal limits the flow of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the brain to the spinal cord (Medway, 2006), causing other medical issues that become regularly associated with Spina Bifida as a result, such as hydrocephalus (Columbia Neurosurgery, n.d.). Issues associated with the Arnold-Chiari malformation can only be relieved, rather than treated, through surgical processes that aim to eliminate or reduce these symptoms (WebMD, 2014). The Arnold-Chiari malformation refers to the second