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Cloney MB, Hopkins B, Roumeliotis A, El Tecle N, Dahdaleh NS. Variation in academic neurosurgery departments' #neurosurgery social media influence. World Neurosurg X 2023; 20:100232. [PMID: 37435398 PMCID: PMC10331579 DOI: 10.1016/j.wnsx.2023.100232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
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Background Social media use is increasingly common among academic neurosurgery departments, but its relationship with academic metrics remains underexamined. Methods We examine the relationship between American academic neurosurgery departments' number of followers on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook and the following academic metrics: Doximity Residency rankings, US News & World Report rankings (USNWR) of their affiliated medical schools, and the amount of NIH funding of those schools. Results Few departments had disproportionate number of followers. A greater proportion of programs had Twitter accounts (88.9%) than had Instagram (72.2%) or Facebook (51.9%) accounts (p=0.0001). Programs identified as "Influencers" had more departmental NIH funding (p=0.044), more institutional NIH funding (p=0.035), better Doximity residency rankings (p=0.044), and better affiliated medical school rankings (p=0.002). Number of Twitter followers had the strongest correlation with academic metrics, yet only modest correlations were identified to departmental NIH funding (R=0.496, p=0.0001), institutional NIH funding (R=0.387, p=0.0072), Doximity residency rank (R=0.411, p=0.0020), and affiliated medical school ranking (R=0.545,p<0.0001). On multivariable regression, only being affiliated with a medical school in the top quartile on the USNWR rankings, rather than neurosurgery departmental metrics, predicted having more Twitter (OR=5.666, p=0.012) and Instagram (OR=8.33, p=0.009) followers. Conclusion American academic neurosurgery departments preferentially use Twitter over Instagram or Facebook. Their Twitter or Instagram presences are associated with better performance on traditional academic metrics. However, these associations are modest, suggesting that other factors contribute to a department's social media influence. A department's affiliated medical school may contribute to the department's social media brand.
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Hall S, Abouharb A, Anderson I, Bacon A, Bahl A, Brydon H, Dow G, Fouyas I, Galea J, Ghosh A, Gurusinghe N, Kamel M, Minhas P, Mitchell P, Mowle D, Mukerji N, Nair R, Norris J, Patel H, Patel J, Patel K, St George J, Teo M, Toma A, Trivedi R, Uff C, Visca A, Walsh DC, White E, Whitfield P, Bulters D. A survey of the radiological follow-up of unruptured intracranial aneurysms in the United Kingdom. Br J Neurosurg 2023; 37:163-169. [PMID: 34738491 DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1995587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIA) are common. For many the treatment risks outweigh their risk of subarachnoid haemorrhage and patients undergo surveillance imaging. There is little data to inform if and how to monitor UIAs resulting in widely varying practices. This study aimed to determine the current practice of unruptured UIA surveillance in the United Kingdom. METHODS A questionnaire was designed to address the themes of surveillance protocols for UIA including when surveillance is initiated, how frequently it is performed, and when it is terminated. Additionally, how aneurysm growth is managed and how clinically meaningful growth is defined were explored. The questionnaire was distributed to members of the British Neurovascular Group using probability-based cluster and non-probability purposive sampling methods. RESULTS Responses were received from 30 of the 30 (100.0%) adult neurosurgical units in the United Kingdom of which 27 (90.0%) routinely perform surveillance for aneurysm growth. Only four units had a unit policy. The mean patient age up to which a unit would initiate follow-up of a low-risk UIA was 65.4 ± 9.0 years. The time points at which imaging is performed varied widely. There was an even split between whether units use a fixed duration of follow-up or an age threshold for terminating surveillance. Forty percent of units will follow-up patients more than 5 years from diagnosis. The magnitude in the change in size that was felt to constitute growth ranged from 1 to 3mm. No units routinely used vessel wall imaging although 27 had access to 3T MRI capable of performing it. CONCLUSIONS There is marked heterogeneity in surveillance practices between units in the United Kingdom. This study will help units better understand their practice relative to their peers and provide a framework forplanning further research on aneurysm growth.
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- Samuel Hall
- Wessex Neurological Centre, University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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- Sheffield Centre for Neurosurgery, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke on Trent, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Romford, UK
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- Department of Neurourgery, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Middlesbrough, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Hurstwood Park Neurosciences Centre, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
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- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK
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- Wessex Neurological Centre, University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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Redick DW, Hwang JC, Kloosterboer A, Yannuzzi NA, Patel NA, Kuriyan AE, Sridhar J. Content, Readability, and Accountability of Freely Available Online Information for Patients Regarding Epiretinal Membranes. Semin Ophthalmol 2022; 37:67-70. [PMID: 33998392 PMCID: PMC8594279 DOI: 10.1080/08820538.2021.1913192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To assess content, readability, and accountability of online information for patients regarding epiretinal membranes (ERMs). METHODS Cross-sectional study evaluating nine major medical websites on ERMs. Fifteen questions assessed patient-relevant content. Four indices estimated U.S. grade literacy level of the text. JAMA benchmarks (authorship, attribution, disclosure, currency) evaluated website accountability. RESULTS Average content score was 36.78 (SD 13.91, 95% CI ±0.64) from a possible maximum of 60, with significant variability between websites (H = 22.68, p=0.004). Mean reading grade level was 12.29 (SD 2.30, 95% CI ±1.50). No website achieved all JAMA benchmarks; only one website fulfilled three of the four. Content score did not correlate with Google rank (order of listed websites, r = -0.23, p=0.55) or JAMA benchmarks (r = 0.19, p=0.62) but significantly correlated with mean reading grade (r = 0.67, p=0.05). CONCLUSION Online information regarding ERMs varies significantly, may not adequately answer common patient questions, and is written at too complex a literacy level for the average patient.
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- David W. Redick
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 900 NW 17th Street, Miami, Florida 33136
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- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1600 NW 10th Avenue #1140, Miami, FL, 33136
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- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44106
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 900 NW 17th Street, Miami, Florida 33136
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 900 NW 17th Street, Miami, Florida 33136
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- Mid-Atlantic Retina, The Retina Service, Wills Eye Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, 840 Walnut St. 10th Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107,David and Ilene Flaum Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 210 Crittenden Boulevard, Rochester, NY, 14642
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 900 NW 17th Street, Miami, Florida 33136
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Whiffin CJ, Smith BG, M Selveindran S, Bashford T, Esene IN, Mee H, Barki MT, Baticulon RE, Khu KJ, Hutchinson PJ, Kolias AG. Qualitative research methods in neurosurgery: an unexplored avenue. World Neurosurg 2021; 161:441-449. [PMID: 34929363 PMCID: PMC9097538 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.12.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Explore the value and potential of qualitative research to neurosurgery and provide insight and understanding to this underused methodology. BACKGROUND The definition of qualitative research is critically discussed and the heterogeneity within this field of inquiry explored. The value of qualitative research to the field of neurosurgery is articulated through its contribution to understanding complex clinical problems. DISCUSSION To resolve some of the misunderstanding of qualitative research, this paper discusses research design choices. We explore approaches that use qualitative techniques but are not, necessarily, situated within a qualitative paradigm in addition to how qualitative research philosophy aids researchers to conduct interpretive inquiry that can reveal more than simply what was said by participants. Common research designs associated with qualitative inquiry are introduced, and how complex analysis may contribute more in-depth insights is explained. Approaches to quality are discussed briefly to support improvements in qualitative methods and qualitative manuscripts. Finally, we consider the future of qualitative research in neurosurgery, and suggest how to move forward in the qualitative neurosurgical evidence base. CONCLUSION There is enormous potential for qualitative research to contribute to the advancement of person-centred care within neurosurgery. There are signs that more qualitative research is being conducted and that neurosurgical journals are increasingly open to this methodology. While studies that do not engage fully within the qualitative paradigm can make important contributions to the evidence base, due regard should be given to immersive inquiry within qualitative paradigms to allow complex, in-depth, investigations of the human experience.
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- C J Whiffin
- NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Addenbrooke's Hospital, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Cambridge, UK; College of Health, Psychology and Social Care, University of Derby, UK.
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- NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Addenbrooke's Hospital, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Cambridge, UK
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- NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Addenbrooke's Hospital, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Cambridge, UK
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- NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge UK
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- NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Neurosurgery Division, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bamenda, Cameroon; Young Neurosurgeons Committee, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, Nyon, Switzerland
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- Addenbrooke's Hospital, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Cambridge, UK
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- Northwest General hospital and research centre, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, College of Medicine and Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, College of Medicine and Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines
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- NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Addenbrooke's Hospital, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Cambridge, UK
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- NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Addenbrooke's Hospital, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Cambridge, UK; Young Neurosurgeons Committee, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, Nyon, Switzerland
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Shlobin NA, Hoffman SC, Clark JR, Hopkins BS, Kesavabhotla K, Dahdaleh NS. Social Media in Neurosurgery: A Systematic Review. World Neurosurg 2021; 149:38-50. [PMID: 33556595 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.01.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Social media has been used increasingly in neurosurgery by individuals. We aimed to identify demographics and preferences of social media use, describe the scope of social media use, and characterize its utility. METHODS A systematic review was conducted using PubMed, Embase, and Scopus databases. Titles and abstracts from articles identified in the search were read and selected for full-text review. Studies meeting prespecified inclusion criteria were reviewed in full and analyzed for relevant data. RESULTS Of 431 resultant articles, 29 were included. Patients and caregivers most commonly used Facebook and Twitter, whereas nearly 50% of neurosurgeons used LinkedIn and Doximity. Patient and caregiver users of social media tended to be <35 years old. Content of posts varied from requesting/providing information (∼40%) to seeking emotional support/forming connections (∼30%). A total of 20.6% of videos were irrelevant to clinical neurosurgery. Factual accuracy of most videos was poor to inadequate. Social media use was associated with greater academic impact for neurosurgical departments and journals. Posts with photos and videos and weekend posts generated 1.2-2 times greater engagement. CONCLUSIONS Patients and caregivers who use social media are typically younger than 35 years old and commonly use Facebook or Twitter. Neurosurgeons prefer Doximity and LinkedIn. Social media yields information regarding common symptoms and uncovers novel symptoms. Videos are poor-to-inadequate quality and often irrelevant to clinical neurosurgery. Optimizing social media use will augment the exchange of ideas regarding clinical practice and research and empower patients and caregivers.
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- Nathan A Shlobin
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Chen W, You C. Letter to the Editor Regarding "Treatment Risk for Elderly Patients with Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysm from a Nationwide Database in Japan". World Neurosurg 2020; 135:403. [PMID: 32143259 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.11.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Wei Chen
- Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China.
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