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“My Head Hurts”: Secrets to Handling Headaches in Primary Care Video

“My Head Hurts”: Secrets to Handling Headaches in Primary Care

This is a practical guide to arriving at the correct diagnosis – primary condition? tension or migraine? – and savvy use of the numerous medications and other tools available to address frequent or severe headaches in the young.
Minimally Invasive Technique Eradicates Recurring Pituitary Abscess Video

Minimally Invasive Technique Eradicates Recurring Pituitary Abscess

In this intraoperative video, watch UCSF neurosurgeons Ezequiel Goldschmidt, MD, PhD, and Peter Sun, MD with Patricia Loftus, MD, from the Otolaryngology Department surgically evacuate a sellar abscess of the pituitary gland in a pediatric patient.
Sorting Out Seizures: An Expert’s Update for Pediatricians Video

Sorting Out Seizures: An Expert’s Update for Pediatricians

In this fast-paced guide, pediatric neurologist Jennifer Yuen, DO, makes sense of the many seizure types and epilepsy syndromes, so that primary care providers can efficiently reach a likely diagnosis and determine which patients need a workup...
Hydrocephalus: The Workhorse Shunt Video

Hydrocephalus: The Workhorse Shunt

UCSF's chief of pediatric neurosurgery, Nalin Gupta, MD, PhD, gives a quick lesson in the structure and function of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt, illuminating its many benefits.
Big, Small, Flat, Triangular: Understanding Abnormal Head Shapes in Infants Video

Big, Small, Flat, Triangular: Understanding Abnormal Head Shapes in Infants

Babies’ heads can look odd for a variety of reasons, some benign and some requiring prompt, expert care.
Plagiocephaly in Infants: Keys to Assessing Head Shape Concerns in Primary Care Video

Plagiocephaly in Infants: Keys to Assessing Head Shape Concerns in Primary Care

Emphasizing the value of early referral, specialists with the UCSF Craniofacial Center present essential information for pediatricians noting or suspecting plagiocephaly – including how to know what's actually abnormal when examining a baby's skull.
Serious Headache, Small Patient: How to Approach Migraines in Kids Video

Serious Headache, Small Patient: How to Approach Migraines in Kids

Not just a bad headache, migraines are complex and have particular features in the very young.
Pediatric Hydrocephalus: An Update on Signs, Solutions and Strategies Video

Pediatric Hydrocephalus: An Update on Signs, Solutions and Strategies

With a range of causes, associated disorders and presentations, childhood hydrocephalus can be challenging to diagnose.
Detecting Tethered Spinal Cord: A Guide for Pediatricians Video

Detecting Tethered Spinal Cord: A Guide for Pediatricians

Peter P. Sun, MD, breaks down cutaneous and other signs to check for as part of an infant’s physical exam, with images to illustrate which dimples, lumps and other abnormalities call for further evaluation.
Cervical Instability in Children: Identifying Abnormalities and Designing Treatments Video

Cervical Instability in Children: Identifying Abnormalities and Designing Treatments

In this richly illustrated presentation, pediatric neurosurgeon Peter Sun, MD, delivers straightforward rules for assessing imaging tests and explains surgical approaches to specific challenges, such as chiari malformations and common complications of Down syndrome.
Cutting-Edge Epilepsy Surgery With Less Cutting: New Techniques Are Changing Kids’ Lives Video

Cutting-Edge Epilepsy Surgery With Less Cutting: New Techniques Are Changing Kids’ Lives

Pediatric neurosurgeon Kurtis Auguste, MD, who directs the UCSF Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Program, discusses in-use options that boost accuracy and safety for managing seizures.
Help Kids With Neural Tube Defects Live Better: How to Detect and Address Disability Video

Help Kids With Neural Tube Defects Live Better: How to Detect and Address Disability

Living Better With Spina Bifida: Opportunities to Improve Detection, Intervention and Long-Term Care While medical advances mean most patients with these anomalies are living into middle age, doctors often fail to address issues that impact quality of life.

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