JNIS Podcast

Medical professionals can oftentimes fall under the category of "second victims", as they experience burnout and moral injury from the impacts of their work. Over the course of a neurointerventionalist's medical career, serious complications in procedures are sadly inevitable. These can be difficult to process, and there are not always the systems in place to provide the support needed, either inside or outside of the hospital. A new survey has been carried out to assess the severity and prevalence of negative psychological effects on physicians who have experienced these complications. Dr. Ansaar Rai¹ joins JNIS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Michael Chen to discuss the original research piece, "Unseen wounds: a multinational investigation of neurointerventionalists on the psychological toll of complications". 

(1) Interventional Neuroradiology, West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

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Dr Donald Heck (1) and Dr Peter Kan (2) join JNIS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Michael Chen to discuss the commentary “Middle meningeal artery embolization in the routine care of chronic subdural hematoma?” by D.V. Heck et al.

They highlight key debates around efficacy, safety, and workflow integration as embolization moves closer to becoming a routine therapeutic option.

(1) Triad Radiology Associates, Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
(2) Neurosurgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA

 

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Pulsatile tinnitus — the perception of a rhythmic sound in sync with the heartbeat — can be a key indicator of underlying vascular or structural pathology. In this episode, JNIS new Editor-in-Chief Dr. Michael Chen speaks with Dr. Madhavi Duvvuri and Dr. Matthew Robert Amans, authors of Non-invasive imaging modalities for diagnosing pulsatile tinnitus: a comprehensive review and recommended imaging algorithm. They are both from the University of California San Francisco, USA.
They discuss the current evidence base, highlight the strengths and limitations of non-invasive imaging techniques such as MRI, MRA, CT, and CTA, and outline a practical algorithm for streamlining diagnosis. 

 

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In the SCENT trial, researchers investigated the effects of the Surpass flow diverter system for treating wide-necked aneurysms. Five-year results of this trial have recently been published in JNIS, presenting the safety and effectiveness outcomes of treatment with the Surpass Streamline flow diverter system. The study analyses the rates of aneurysm occlusion and adverse events.

 

Editor-in-Chief of JNIS, Dr. Felipe C. Albuquerque, interviews Dr. Philip Meyers¹, author of the paper: Five-year results of the SCENT trial with Surpass flow diverters to treat large or giant wide-neck aneurysms

 

1. Radiology and Neurological Surgery, Columbia University, New York, USA

 

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High risk factors for stroke such as smoking and blood pressure are not equally represented throughout the patient population. These are just two of the socioeconomic influences on cerebrovascular disease. One way to view this association is through the lens of the Area Deprivation Index (ADI), a measure of neighbourhood-level deprivation, and this was the approach of the study discussed in this episode. The study evaluated the association between the ADI and the treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms compared with unruptured intracranial aneurysms across multiple centres. Editor-in-Chief of JNIS, Dr. Felipe C. Albuquerque, interviews Dr. Alexandra Paul¹, author of the paper: Multicenter study of association between socioeconomic status and treatment of ruptured cerebral aneurysms compared to unruptured cerebral aneurysms: insights from 4,517 patients using the area deprivation index

 

1. Department of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York, USA

 

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