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Patient Story: Jon Templeman
- June 16, 2020
- Posted by: American Surgical
- Category: Blog, Patient Stories
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When you look at Jon Templeman’s Instagram page quickly, it isn’t immediately apparent that he’s a brain tumor survivor. What you’ll notice immediately is that he’s strong. The marine veteran and Indiana native’s posts are largely dedicated to strength training, weight lifting recovery methods, protein-filled meals, and adorable pictures of his kids, Owen and Anna. The initial impression from the internet is that Jon can probably lift an operating table, not that he’d been on one five years ago having a craniotomy performed to remove a tumor.
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Join Our Team: Boston Brain Tumor Ride
- April 23, 2020
- Posted by: American Surgical
- Category: Blog
American Surgical Company is uniting with others to make a difference in the fight against brain tumors. We are passionate about this cause, and our mission to improve people’s lives. We need your help in this fight.
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A Message to Our Customers About COVID-19
- March 17, 2020
- Posted by: American Surgical
- Category: Blog
I hope you are doing well and keeping your spirits up in these trying times. Our team at ASC is carrying on and we do not anticipate any significant disruptions to our operations at this point. Per recommendations of the CDC, federal and state authorities we are employing measures to limit the risk of COVID-19 infection for our employees, their families, and the community at large.
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National Association of Skull Base Surgeons San Antonio
- February 12, 2020
- Posted by: American Surgical
- Category: Blog
American Surgical Company was happy to be part of the NASBS show in San Antonio, TX this month at the La Cantera Resort & Spa. A special thanks to President Ricardo Carrau,
MD and Dr. James Evans for having us! The mission of the National Association of Skull Base Surgeons is to “promote dissemination of information about diseases involving the skull base, including the anatomy, physiology, pathology, and clinical management, in order to facilitate coordinated excellence in the delivery of care to patients and to promote advancement of the scientific basis for treatment of patients with skull base disorders.” -
What Are Cottonoids Used For?
- February 3, 2020
- Posted by: American Surgical
- Category: Blog
Neuro patties are a rayon sterile pledget used for hemostasis and soft tissue protection. They are x-ray detectable and have a locator string attached. They are soaked in saline prior to use. Neuro patties are not thrown away when soiled like larger type sponges. They are kept on the sterile field and discarded in a different location due to the fact that they must be accounted for at all times during and after the procedure. Counting Neuro patties after a procedure is a requirement and holds legal responsibility. The final count is recorded right away to prevent error and the person recording the count puts their initials by the numbers.
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Patient Story: Melinda Greathouse
- January 17, 2020
- Posted by: American Surgical
- Category: Blog, Patient Stories
Melinda Greathouse, a sunny 36-year-old resident of Charleston, West Virginia, was fourteen weeks into recovery from quintuple bypass surgery following a widow-maker heart attack when her balance issues and tinnitus started to worsen, and she was sent for a hearing test. An MRI was ordered shortly after by her ENT doctor, and the results were shocking: she had a benign brain tumor. It was an Acoustic Neuroma; a noncancerous tumor on the eighth cranial nerve.
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Weil Cornell Skull Base Neurosurgery Course
- January 6, 2020
- Posted by: American Surgical
- Category: Blog
The whir of a drill, the faint smell of formaldehyde, and a flurry of figures in scrubs; this was the scene at the 2019 Complex Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base hands-on Cadaver Workshop that took place at Weill Cornell from December 12th to 14th ( https://skullbaseneurosurgery.org/courses/skullbase/ ). Physicians, surgeons, residents, and fellows circled up to be instructed by the world-renowned Dr. Antonio Bernardo, MD via a combination of cadaver dissections and 3-D virtual reality environment in the state-of-the-art Neurosurgical Innovations and Training Center.
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Patient Story: Lindsey Harder
- November 13, 2019
- Posted by: American Surgical
- Category: Blog, Patient Stories
Lindsey Harder is a 29-year-old Bostonian who was diagnosed with stage three anaplastic astrocytoma in the left side of her brain in June 2019. Anaplastic astrocytoma is a rare malignant brain tumor that develops from brain cells called astrocytes. Anaplastic astrocytoma accounts for about 1-2% of all brain tumors.
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10th Annual Boston Brain Tumor Walk
- October 23, 2019
- Posted by: American Surgical
- Category: Blog
American Surgical Company was honored and delighted to be celebrating the 10th Annual Boston Brain Tumor Walk on October 20, 2019 in Boston. Our team walked a 5k to help raise funds to advance research and public policey and improve the availability of new and better treatments that fuel discovery to cure brain turmors!
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital 2019 Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Symposium
- October 5, 2019
- Posted by: americansurgde
- Category: Blog
American Surgical was honored to support the Brigham and Women’s 2019 Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Symposium. The day’s event was designed to provide clinically relevant information to update providers on decision making, complication avoidance, and treatment strategies. Neurosurgeons discussed and debated on updates on technological advances in the field from the perspectives of neurosurgery and interventional neuroradiology.
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