Neurosurgery
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🩻🧠☠️🧵 MRI Modalities & Their Key Uses in Neurosurgery 1/ MRI is essential for neurosurgical diagnosis, planning, and postoperative assessment. ✅ High soft-tissue contrast ✅ Non-io...
1/”I LOVE spinal cord syndromes!” is a phrase that has NEVER, EVER been said by anyone. Never fear—here is a #tweetorial on all the incomplete #spinalcord syndromes! #medtwitter #n...
1/Have disagreements between radiologists on the degree of cervical canal stenosis become a pain in the neck?! Here’s a #tweetorial on cervical stenosis grading that’s easy, reprod...
1/Ready for a throwdown? MMA fights get a lot of attention, but MMA (middle meningeal art) & dural blood supply doesn’t get the attention it deserves. A #tweetorial on dural vasc...
1/Does PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA anatomy feel as confusing as its spelling?Does it seem to have as many openings as letters in its name? Let this #tweetorial on PPF #anatomy help you...
1/When it comes to brachial plexus pathology, you shouldn’t have to wing it! A #tweetorial to help you figure out #brachialplexus injuries #medtwitter #meded #neurosurgery #orthotw...
1/Raise your hand if you’re confused by the BRACHIAL PLEXUS! I could never quite remember or understand it—but now I do & I’ll show you how A #tweetorial on #brachialplexus #anatom...
1/Controversy in radiology gets tense! The Mt Fuji sign for tension pneumocephalus is under scrutiny.When should you call it? A #tweetorial about #imaging this important #neurosur...
1/Talk about going for the jugular! A 🧵 about a case I never thought I would never be lucky enough to see & the largest IJ I’ve ever come across! #medtwitter #FOAMed #FOAMrad #med...
Surgeons in training - be aware of context switching, attention residue and decision fatigue. Below is a near miss of mine I don't want you to repeat. #neurosurgery #training
1/"You can put this diagnosis in the differential as many times as you want in your life, but you will only be right once," I told my fellow. A🧵about a dx you hear about but are ra...
1/As my attending once said, “If I’ve seen it once, I’ve seen it…well once.” A 🧵about an interesting case that I’ve seen once in 15 years and never again. #medtwitter #radres #FOAM...
1/ 🧵 21 yo F with neurofibromatosis is adm to ICU after a left suboccipital crani and C1-2 lami for resx of a neurofibroma at the cervicomedullary junction/C1-C2. No peri-op issues...
Hey #radres and #MEDstudents - a #neurorad case for you today. 18yoF w/ seizure. What do you see? What is the ddx? And WHERE is the lesion? Case explanation and gyral #neuroanatomy...
Neuroanatomy TOTD #11🧵 ➡️intracanalicular facial nerve. IAC cross section➡️4 nerves; ant-sup➡️facial, ant-inf➡️cochlear (7-up/coke-down). Post nerves➡️sup&inf vestibular #medtwitte...
Neuroanatomy TOTD #10🧵 1/5 Small gray matter structure at the junction of the thalamus and midbrain is the subthalamic nucleus (STN). #meded #FOAMed #FOAMrad #medtwitter #medstu...