Minimally invasive

"Minimally invasive spine surgery" is frequently requested by patients and lauded by surgeons, but it has lacked a concrete definition. Until now, there has been no standardized way to compare just how invasive one procedure is relative to another. 

Rethinking

Mohammed A. Fouda, MD, of the Department of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, working alongside Caitlin Hoffman, MD, co-director of the craniosynostosis program, has recently published five studies on an idea a decade in the making: internalizing the craniofacial distraction systems by replacing the external activation ports, by a contactless, transdermal magnet-actuated system. 

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John Park

A new systematic review and meta-analysis published in World Neurosurgery is shedding light on a question that has recently challenged spine surgeons: when it comes to repairing spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks, does minimally invasive surgery yet measure up to traditional open repair?

The answer, according to senior author and Weill Cornell Medicine neurosurgeon, Chief...