Military head injuries are often described through dramatic moments: an explosion, a vehicle rollover, a fall during training, or a projectile striking a…
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A Neurosurgeon’s Experience with Military Head Injuries
Understanding the Glasgow Coma Scale in Everyday Clinical Practice
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is one of the most recognisable tools in acute medicine. It gives clinicians a shared language for describing consciousness…
Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release Compared With Open Surgery
Carpal tunnel syndrome develops when the median nerve is compressed as it passes through the carpal tunnel at the wrist. Numbness, tingling, burning pain and…
Nutrition and Recovery After Major Neurosurgery
Recovery after a major neurosurgical procedure depends on far more than the operation itself. The brain, spinal cord, muscles and immune system require energy…
Moyamoya Disease: When Bypass Surgery Is Indicated
Moyamoya disease is a progressive narrowing of the terminal internal carotid arteries and their major branches at the base of the brain. As these vessels…
The psychological burden of living with a brain tumor
A brain tumor diagnosis can rearrange a person’s sense of time, identity and safety. Even when a tumour seems unlikely to spread, uncertainty about its…
How medical errors in neurosurgery are reported and prevented
In Australia, neurosurgery sits among the most scrutinised specialties, and the way errors are reported has matured considerably over the past two decades.…
Comparing Surgical Options for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is the most common cause of spinal cord dysfunction in adults worldwide, and Australia is no exception. Population data…
Gene therapy and the next era of neurological care
Gene therapy in neurological disorders is shifting from a theoretical ambition toward targeted treatments for selected inherited brain and nervous-system…
Delayed Recognition of a Spinal Epidural Abscess and the Long Road Back
A 47-year-old dairy farmer from the Western District of Victoria had spent nearly three weeks treating what he believed was a stubborn muscle strain. The pain…