Completed Projects

AANS/CNS Joint Section-Initiated and AANS/CNS-Endorsed Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Guideline for the Surgical Management of Cervical Degenerative Disease (AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spine)
  - Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, August 2009
- Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Parameter Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients with Metastatic Brain Tumor (AANS/CNS Joint Section on Tumor, in collaboration with McMaster Evidence-Based Practice Center)
  - Journal of Neuro-Oncology, December 2009
- Guidelines for the Management of Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma, (AANS/CNS Joint Section on Tumors)
  - Journal of Neuro-Oncology, September 2008
Externally-Produced, AANS/CNS-Endorsed Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Guideline on Radiotherapeutic and Surgical Management for Brain Metastases
  - American Society for Radiation Oncology, 2012 (publication pending)
    *Note: This guideline was endorsed by the CNS in accordance with the JGC’s recommendation, but not by the AANS.
- Guidelines for the Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  - American Heart Association/American Stroke Association/American College of Cardiology, 2012
- Guidelines for the Acute Medical Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Infants, Children, and Adolescents.
  - Brain Trauma Foundation, 2012
- Guideline on the Management of Patients with Extracranial Carotid and Vertebral Artery Disease
  - American Heart Association/American Stroke Association/American College of Cardiology, January 2011
- Guidelines for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients with Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack (Secondary Stroke Prevention)
  - American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, October 2010
    *Due to a late stage review, the AANS/CNS could only affirm the educational content of this document.
- Guideline for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Adults
  - American Heart Association/American Stroke Association/American College of Cardiology July 2010
    *Due to a late stage review, the AANS/CNS could only affirm the educational content of this document.
- Clinical Guideline on the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2008
- Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition
  - Brain Trauma Foundation, 2007
Externally-Produced, AANS/CNS-Endorsed Consensus Statements
*Reviewed by AANS/CNS Joint Subspecialty Sections, rather than the JGC
- Key Data Elements and Definitions for Peripheral Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease
  - American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association, 2012
    *This consensus statement was reviewed by the AANS/CNS Joint Cerebrovascular Section and subsequently endorsed by the AANS, but not the CNS due to lack of involvement in initial project.
- Diagnosis and Management of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
  - American Heart Association/American Stroke Association/American College of Cardiology, February 2011
    *Due to a late stage review, the AANS/CNS could only affirm the educational content of this scientific statement.
- Reporting Standards for Angioplasty and Stent-Assisted Angioplasty for Intracranial Atherosclerosis
  - Society of Interventional Radiology, 2010
    *This consensus statement was reviewed by the AANS/CNS Joint Cerebrovascular Section and subsequently endorsed by the AANS/CNS.
- Reporting Standards for Endovascular Repair of Saccular Intracranial Aneurysms
  - Society of Interventional Radiology, February 2010
    *The consensus statement was reviewed by the AANS/CNS Joint Cerebrovascular Section and subsequently endorsed by the AANS/CNS.
- Position Statement on Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation
  - Society of Interventional Radiology, 2007
    *The consensus statement was reviewed by the AANS/CNS Joint Spine and Peripheral Nerve Section and subsequently endorsed by the AANS/CNS.
Documents Reviewed By JGC, but Not Endorsed by the AANS or CNS
- Treatment of Symptomatic Osteoporotic Spinal Compression Fractures
  - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2010
- Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, Hand, Wrist, and Forearm Disorders
  - American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2009
- Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, Chronic Pain
  - American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2008
- Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Acute Headache
  - American College of Emergency Physicians, 2008
- Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, Low Back Disorders
  - American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2007