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NEW Is performing decompressive hemicraniectomy in patients with malignant stroke cost-effective? In a podcast, Tenbit Emiru, MD, PhD, a fellow in the neurology department at the University of Minnesota, describes new data on the relative cost of this procedure in highly morbid patients.

For the full story, see the Mar. 21 issue of Neurology Today.

NEW A team of neurosurgeons reported at the AAN annual meeting that minimally invasive stereotactic laser ablation could be a safer alternative than traditional surgery for removing epileptogenic hypothalamic hamartomas. Here, Jacqueline A. French, MD, professor of neurology at New York University Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, discusses why this is a development that clinicians may welcome, but offers caveats for future research that is needed before the surgery should be considered.

See our full report on these findings in the May 16 issue of Neurology Today.

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