AANS/CNS Spine Section
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Official twitter account for the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
Joined March 2011
The AANS Neurosurgery MIS and Emerging Technologies Course at Barrow Neurological Institute brought together an exceptional group of neurosurgery residents and faculty for immersive, hands-on training in minimally invasive and emerging spine technologies. Co-chaired by Praveen
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A phenomenal team of dedicated researchers is advancing the study of degenerative spine conditions through the Quality Outcomes Database (QOD). Current projects focus on:.Grade 1 and Grade 2/3 Spondylolisthesis.Cervical Radiculopathy.Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. These
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Spine Research Tuesday. Urinary Control in Cervical Myelopathy: Does It Improve After Surgery?. Urinary dysfunction is a disabling symptom in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM), but its long-term trajectory after surgery has been less clear. A Quality Outcomes.
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🧪 Spine Research Tuesday: Comparing Lumbar Fusion Techniques – TLIF vs. MIS-TLIF vs. MidLIF. A new retrospective analysis in ( J Neurosurg Spine (May 2025, Vol. 43:1) evaluates clinical and radiographic outcomes across three lumbar interbody fusion.
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OBJECTIVE Despite many available surgical techniques, the optimal method to achieve posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) is unclear. This study compares the efficacy of open transforaminal lumbar...
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🧠 What Would You Do Wednesday? 🧠. 🧍♂️ 30-year-old patient with right arm pain for over 3 months.📉 Has failed conservative therapy including physical therapy, medications, and activity modification.📌 Symptoms are persistent and affecting daily function.📸 Imaging shared below
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🧠 What Would You Do Wednesday? 🧠.🧍♂️ 54-year-old patient with left leg pain that’s:.🔹 Worsened by standing and walking, L3 distribution.🔹 Improved with sitting or lying down.🔹 Persistent despite maximal conservative therapy (PT, ESI, meds).🔹 Now causing significant impact on
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🧠 What Would You Do Wednesday? 🧠. 👵 75-year-old woman with osteopenia presents with classic claudication symptoms—pain with standing and walking that improves with sitting or leaning forward. 📅 She has undergone conservative therapy including physical therapy, activity
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🧠 What Would You Do Wednesday? 🧠.🧍♂️ 40-year-old patient presents with progressive signs of myelopathy.📉 Gait changes, hand dysfunction, and upper motor neuron signs are worsening. 🧠 Imaging:.🔹 MRI Cervical Spine shown below.🔹 Thoracic and Lumbar MRIs are negative. Let us
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Does the day of the week impact outcomes after ACDF surgery?. In a new study ( from the Quality Outcomes Database (QOD), nearly 20,000 patients undergoing elective anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) were analyzed to assess whether surgical.
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OBJECTIVE Previous research suggests elective surgical procedures performed later in the week have worse outcomes. This study investigated whether the day of the week on which elective anterior...
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Joint Spine Section Emerging Investigator Program – Call for Nominations. We are now accepting applications for the Joint Spine Section Emerging Investigator Program, a prestigious two-year national mentoring initiative designed to foster the next generation of neurosurgical
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Joint Spine Section Emerging Investigator Program – Call for Nominations. We are now accepting applications for the Joint Spine Section Emerging Investigator Program, a prestigious two-year national mentoring initiative designed to foster the next generation of neurosurgical
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Joint Spine Section Emerging Investigator Program – Call for Nominations. We are now accepting applications for the Joint Spine Section Emerging Investigator Program, a prestigious two-year national mentoring initiative designed to foster the next generation of neurosurgical
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🧠 What Would You Do Wednesday? 🧠. 🧍♀️ 45-year-old woman presents with progressive back pain.🕒 Symptoms have been gradually worsening over time.❌ No relief with conservative management. Let us know your approach 👇. #SpineSurgery #Neurosurgery #BackPain #WhatWouldYouDoWednesday
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Joint Spine Section Emerging Investigator Program – Call for Nominations. We are now accepting applications for the Joint Spine Section Emerging Investigator Program, a prestigious two-year national mentoring initiative designed to foster the next generation of neurosurgical
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🧩 What Would You Do Wednesday? 🧩. 👵 85-year-old patient presents with evolving symptoms:.🔹 Longstanding back pain, previously treated conservatively without improvement.🔹 Now developed leg pain and claudication.🔹 Conservative management for claudicant symptoms has not
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Kicking off the final day of the 2025 AANS Annual Meeting with an outstanding AR/VR session this morning!. Incredible job by our moderators, who led dynamic discussions on how augmented and virtual reality are shaping the future of neurosurgical education, training, and patient
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