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See you in New Orleans, Louisiana for the 2009 CNS Annual Meeting!
Preliminary Program Book Now Available Online!
Announcements
Clinical Neurosurgery - Volume 55: Now Available.
CMS Slashes Medicare Reimbursement for Stereotactic Radiosurgery for 2009.
AANS/CNS Release Joint Statement on Institute of Medicine Resident Work Hour Report. "Neurosurgeons Raise Concerns about Institute of Medicine Resident Work Hour Report: Further Restrictions in Work Hours Will Jeopardize Quality Resident Training and Patient Safety"
Neurosurgery in the News
Remembering troubled roots, a healer reaches back
Doctor talks about saving officer's life
Air Bags, Seat Belts Important In Preventing Spine Fractures
Gene Discovered for Most Common Form of Epilepsy
Political/Economic Issues More...
• *Obama Backs Health Care Reform More....
• *Med mal suits hit all-time low in Madison County More....
• *Lawmakers face battle over malpractice law More....
• *More Doctors Leaving Hawaii More....
• *Pennsylvania Is Driving Its Doctors Away More....
• *Health care reform goes beyond cost, coverage More....
• *MICHIGAN ON TRIAL: Litigation Industry Looks to Recapture the Great Lakes State More....
• *The Jury's Still Out: A Critical Look at Malpractice Reform More....
*Taken from Protect Patients Now

International Corner More...
• The CNS has launched a new International Vista Membership in 2007, an internet option that provides international neurosurgeons with many of the benefits of active membership at reduced cost.
• Visit the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) New Website. Coordinating efforts in neurosurgical education.
Critical Reading
A National Internet-Based Survey of Cerebral Aneurysm Preference-Based Quality of Life.
King, Joseph T. Jr.; Brandt, Cynthia A.; Tsevat, Joel; Roberts, Mark S.
Neurosurgery. 64(2):249-255, February 2009.

OBJECTIVE: Preference-based quality of life (QOL) instruments integrate all factors contributing to QOL and provide a comprehensive valuation of a health state. QOL values of the general public for cerebral aneurysm health states are not well understood. More...
Recurrent Disc Herniation and Long-Term Back Pain After Primary Lumbar Discectomy: Review of Outcomes Reported for Limited Versus Aggressive Disc Removal
Gokaslan, Ziya L.; Bydon, Ali; McGirt, Matthew J.; Ambrossi, Giannina L. Garcés; Datoo, Ghazala; Sciubba, Daniel M.; Witham, Timothy F.; Wolinsky, Jean-Paul Neurosurgery. 64(2):338-345, February 2009.
OBJECTIVE: It remains unknown whether aggressive disc removal with curettage or limited removal of disc fragment alone with little disc invasion provides a better outcome for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy. We reviewed the literature to determine whether outcomes reported after limited discectomy (LD) differed from those reported after aggressive discectomy (AD) with regard to long-term back pain or recurrent disc herniation. More...

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