Indirect decompression does not provide superior long-term benefits to direct decompression for lumbar spondylolisthesis - bit.ly/3QbmKu4 #LumbarSpondylolisthesis #Spine #Spinal Lydia McKeithan UC Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Vanderbilt Health Mohamad Bydon, M.D. Scott Zuckerman, MD, MPH Byron Stephens, MD, MSCI

Don’t forget to register for the VSCC Concussion Conference! Register here: eventbrite.com/e/updates-on-s…

Patients often wonder how transforaminal endoscopic discectomy is performed. Here is a demonstration of the technique on a cadaver. It is intended for spine surgeons but I think the video is informative for everyone. youtu.be/hcL8oib4w1g?si…

New article from VUMC_SportConcussion ! Sport-related concussions in wrestling: does mechanism of injury affect recovery? Thanks to my mentors Jacob Jo, MD Scott Zuckerman, MD, MPH in guiding me through one my first projects! minervamedica.it/en/journals/sp…

Almost unimaginable that we would lose Willie two days before Rickwood. What a legend. What a life. RIP No. 24

Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays died Tuesday at the age of 93, the San Francisco Giants announced.

Players with 50+ home runs & 10+ triples, in a season: WILLIE MAYS (1955 Giants) 51 HR & 13 Triples BABE RUTH (1921 Yankees) 59 HR & 16 Triples

There simply aren’t enough words to fully explain the impact Willie Mays had on the game of baseball. No recitation of his statistics or long list of all his accomplishments could possibly do him justice. Suffice it to say, he was on the shortest possible list of greatest

All of John Shea's work on Willie is must read - but especially this week.

Phenomenal Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center Conference today. Great turnout and outstanding job by all our speakers. Very proud! VUMC_SportConcussion VUMC Neurosurgery Benjamin Brett

Been sharing this Jayson Stark piece with folks all week nytimes.com/athletic/55773…

Congratulations to these amazing neurosurgeons! Danika, Heather, and Silky. Something very special about a PGY-2 to chief relationship. Beyond proud of them. VUMC Neurosurgery Danika Paulo

The great Todd Radom generated this, as we discussed the idea of Willie Mays as the MLB logo:

Feel very humbled to have my first article published in Journal of Neurosurgery Spine last week with VUMC Spine Outcomes Lab VUMC Neurosurgery. Extremely grateful to have mentors like Scott Zuckerman, MD, MPH and Hani Chanbour MD. Truly world class physicians and individuals! #neurosurgery doi.org/10.3171/2024.4…

Hot off the Press! Age of First Exposure to Contact Sports Is Not Associated With Worse Later-In-Life Brain Health in a Cohort of Community-Dwelling Older Men. Jacob Jo, MD Scott Zuckerman, MD, MPH

Check out our recent papers in JNS Focus Issue. Continuing to advance concussion care for the safety of our athletes! John Dugan Jacob Jo, MD thejns.org/focus/view/jou…

Excited that VUMC_SportConcussion had 3 articles published in this months’s edition of Neurosurgical Focus, with one of our studies making the cover! All was a concerted effort of an amazing team led by Scott Zuckerman, MD, MPH and Douglas Terry, PhD. Jacob Jo, MD Journal of Neurosurgery thejns.org/focus/view/jou…

Fun and educational weekend with the spine team! VUMC Neurosurgery VUMC Spine Outcomes Lab

A 17 yo M, high school basketball player p/w transient quadriplegia and partial numbness in all extremities after his hands slipped off the rim after a dunk and he landed on his head/neck on the court. He had complete symptom resolution by his 6-month follow-up. CNS

I am frequently asked if calcified thoracic disc herniations with cord compression can also be addressed endoscopically. My unequivocal answer is: yes. I do not want to give the impression that this is an easy surgery. It is difficult no matter the approach taken. This is an