"Non-Eloquent" brain regions predict neuropsychological outcome in tumor patients undergoing awake craniotomy.

Supratotal resection of primary brain tumors is being advocated especially when involving "non-eloquent" tissue.However, there is extensive neuropsychological data implicating functions critical to higher cognition in areas considered "non-eloquent" by most surgeons.The goal of the study was to determine pre-surgical brain regions that would be pre

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Real-time visualization of joint cavitation.

Cracking sounds emitted from human synovial joints have been attributed historically to the sudden collapse of a cavitation bubble formed as articular surfaces are separated.Unfortunately, bubble collapse as the source of joint cracking is inconsistent with many physical phenomena that define the joint cracking phenomenon.Here we present direct evi

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Medical emergencies in Goa

Background: Most emergencies in Goa arise due to road traffic accidents and drowning, which have been compounded by the rise in number of recorded accidents in Lifestyle 2007 to be above 4000.It is believed that 11 people meet with an accident on Goa′s roads every day and this is expected to rise by 10% by next year.Similar is the cas

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