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An Innovative Approach to Sciatic Nerve Repair

Neurosurgeon Allan Belzberg, M.D., and orthopaedic trauma surgeon Greg Osgood, M.D., collaborated to offer a novel way to repair the sciatic nerve of a patient.

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COVID-19 Safety in the Johns Hopkins Epilepsy Monitoring Units

Neurologists Gregory Bergey, Mackenzie Cervenka and Sarah Kelley provide an overview of COVID-19- safety measures in the adult and pediatric epilepsy monitoring units at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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Case Presentation: Pediatric Intracranial Epidural Hematoma

Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death in children in the U.S. Watch as the director of pediatric neurosurgery, Alan Cohen, describes the case of a 15-month-old child who was rushed to Johns Hopkins Children’s Center after ...

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Case Presentation: Spinal Epidermoid Tumor

A 6-year-old girl was unable to walk due to pain in her back. After she was taken to Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, imaging showed a large mass filling the spinal canal and pushing out the spinal roots at L4–L5.

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Case Presentation: Ganglioglioma Brain Tumor

Alan Cohen, director of Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgery, shares the case of a 12-year-old boy who had a generalized seizure that led him to the emergency room. An MRI showed a tumor in the left parietal lobe of the brain.

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Q&A About the Use of Gene Transfer Therapy for the Treatment of Rare Pediatric Neurologic Disorders

Pediatric neurologist Tom Crawford discusses how gene transfer therapy is being used to treat rare neurologic diseases in children.

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Shunning the Shunt in Hydrocephalus?

Since they first met a decade ago, pediatric neurosurgeon Dody Robinson and neuroscientist Lauren Jantzie have been collaborating on research to better understand the disease processes that cause brain damage in infants.

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Infantile Spasms Video Perspectives

Eric Kossoff, director of the child neurology residency program and professor of neurology and pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Medicine, discusses screening, diagnosing and treating infantile spasms. According to Kossoff, infantile spasms ...

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Intervening Earlier to Stop Seizures in Epilepsy

A common misconception in pediatric epilepsy is that surgery should be a last resort, says Johns Hopkins pediatric epileptologist Ahmad Marashly. On the contrary, he says, if patients fall into the 30% of those who fail medical management, ...