David Darrow, MD

@daviddarrow

#neurosurgeon and neuroscientist at the U of Minnesota working to translate #neuromodulation into therapies for #neurologic #pain and #psychiatric diseases

Minneapolis, MN

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Joined November 2008

David Darrow, MD
@daviddarrow
Aug 24
Magown, Ko & Burchiel found that 32% of TN1 patients had no neurovascular compression. Yoshida et al now report asymmetric CSF flow and 78.6% BNI I/II after arachnoid dissection. Could “noncompressive” TN still be mechanical + vulnerable? @NeurosurgeryCNS
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Potential Role of Turbulent Cerebrospinal Fluid... : Neurosurgery
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a severe facial pain disorder typically caused by neurovascular compression (NVC) of the...
David Darrow, MD
@daviddarrow
Aug 17
Some mail you never forget opening. Thank you @NIH @NIH_NINDS + the HEAL Initiative for funding SENAP, a trial for central neuropathic pain: pain generated by the brain itself after stroke, MS, or spinal cord injury. We finally know where it lives. Now we get to go there. 🧠
David Darrow, MD
@daviddarrow
Aug 14
Pain prevention after amputation may need to start when the nerve is cut. In 32 tumor amputations, RPNI was linked to less 12-week pain (25% vs 68.8%) and no phantom limb pain (0% vs 43.8%). Lin et al. @PKU1898 @NeurosurgeryCNS doi.org/10.1227/ons.00…
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David Darrow, MD
@daviddarrow
Aug 10
Negative SCS trials/explants were associated with higher 10-year mortality; ongoing SCS was not. Could a trial test pain diagnosis and responsiveness before later procedures...even fusion? Luikku et al. @nissen_mette @MFraunberg @NeurosurgeryCNS
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Mortality Outcomes After Spinal Cord Stimulation:... : Neurosurgery
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an established but intricate therapy for neuropathic pain. Chronic pain is associated with...
David Darrow, MD
@daviddarrow
Aug 6
After the recent navigation paper, a classic from @NeurosurgeryCNS: in 1,216 TN patients, pain-free survival after a single RF rhizotomy was 57.7% at 5 years. The long tail of this curve is striking. doi.org/10.1097/000061… #TrigeminalNeuralgia