Base Camp Season Three Episode 11: Failure – Carotid Body Tumor Episode 10: Residual – Recurrent Cavernous Malformation Episode 9: Teaching Mission – Lessons From a PCoA Aneurysm Episode 8: Trust – Intramedullary Cavernous Malformation Episode 7: Alone – Intraoperative Rupture of AChA Aneurysm with Compacted Coils Episode 6: Learning to Fly – Excision of PICA Aneurysm with V4 Reimplantation Episode 5: Slow – Spetzler Martin Grade IV AVM of the Temporal, Parietal, and Occipital Lobes Episode 4: Uh Oh – Safe Entry Zones for Lesions of the Brainstem Michael T. Lawton, MD Interviews Special Guest Daniel L. Barrow, MD Episode 3: Facing Fear as a Neurosurgeon – Carotid Cave Aneurysm Episode 2: Beginning to Climb – Giant Basilar Tip Aneurysm Clipping Episode 1: First Case – Large Ophthalmic Artery Aneurysm Clipping with Suction Decompression Episode 11: Failure – Carotid Body Tumor Episode 10: Residual – Recurrent Cavernous Malformation Episode 9: Teaching Mission – Lessons From a PCoA Aneurysm Episode 8: Trust – Intramedullary Cavernous Malformation Episode 7: Alone – Intraoperative Rupture of AChA Aneurysm with Compacted Coils Episode 6: Learning to Fly – Excision of PICA Aneurysm with V4 Reimplantation Episode 5: Slow – Spetzler Martin Grade IV AVM of the Temporal, Parietal, and Occipital Lobes Episode 4: Uh Oh – Safe Entry Zones for Lesions of the Brainstem Michael T. Lawton, MD Interviews Special Guest Daniel L. Barrow, MD Episode 3: Facing Fear as a Neurosurgeon – Carotid Cave Aneurysm Episode 2: Beginning to Climb – Giant Basilar Tip Aneurysm Clipping Episode 1: First Case – Large Ophthalmic Artery Aneurysm Clipping with Suction Decompression
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From the Office of the President and CEO Brain surgery is the ultimate contact sport. The cases are intense, the stakes could not be higher, and performance determines outcomes. There are clutch plays and errors, victories and defeats, disappointments and thrills. Like becoming a better athlete, becoming a better surgeon requires commitment, hard work, and practice. And like athletes, we need to study our performance. Did I make the right read? Did I respond with the right move? What mistakes did I make that I can correct the next time? This is how we chase perfection.
Vince Lombardi once said, “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”
One of our Barrow traditions is to come together at the end of the day and reflect on what we just learned, in that difficult morning aneurysm or in that afternoon approach to a cavernous malformation. There is a pearl to be extracted from every case, and we find it in our “game tape.” We study the game tape in our teaching rounds, which makes them a crucible of neurosurgical training. I like to think of them as Barrow Base Camp – where we huddle after climbing the mountain to rest, recover, gather information, and share stories. And importantly, this ritual is how we chase perfection and better ourselves for the next attempt to summit that mountain of technical excellence.
Now we welcome you to join us. Follow me on Twitter @mtlawton for our episodes.
Michael T. Lawton, MD President and CEO Barrow Neurological Institute
Season Two Behind the Scenes: Dr. Spetzler on the Importance of Daily Neurosurgery Teaching Rounds Behind the Scenes: Dr. Spetzler Reflects on His Leadership Transition to Dr. Lawton Episode 17: The Torch – Giant Dolichoectatic Basilar Apex Aneurysm – with Special Guest Robert F. Spetzler, MD Episode 16: Last Resort – De Novo Vertebral Artery Aneurysm – with Special Guest Robert F. Spetzler, MD Episode 15: Roads to Rome – Thalamic Cavernous Malformation – with Special Guest Robert F. Spetzler, MD Episode 14: Punched – Ruptured PCA Aneurysm Base Camp Season Two Wrap Up Trailer Episode 13 Part 2: Giants of Spine Surgery – Cervical Deformity Episode 13 Part 1: Giants of Spine Surgery – Craniocervical Junction Surgery Episode 12: Calcified Thoracic Disc: The Most Complex Pathology for Spine Surgeons Episode 11: Intuition – Facial Nerve Microvascular Decompression Episode 10: Flip – Brainstem Cavernous Malformation Episode 9: Escalate – Clip Reconstruction to Bypass Procedure Episode 8: Waiting for the Big Shark to Show Up – Sacral Schwannoma Episode 7: Don't Hunt a Quail with a Bazooka – Sacral Tumor Episode 6: Capitalize – Basal Ganglia AVM Episode 5: Simplify – MCA Aneurysm & Bypass Episode 4: Push – Brainstem Cavernous Malformation Episode 3: Performance – Pontomesencephalic Cavernous Malformation Episode 2: Perfect – Pontomedullary & Cerebellar Cavernous Malformation Episode 1: Hope – High Cervical Spinal Cord AVM Base Camp Season Two Trailer Behind the Scenes: Dr. Spetzler on the Importance of Daily Neurosurgery Teaching Rounds Behind the Scenes: Dr. Spetzler Reflects on His Leadership Transition to Dr. Lawton Episode 17: The Torch – Giant Dolichoectatic Basilar Apex Aneurysm – with Special Guest Robert F. Spetzler, MD Episode 16: Last Resort – De Novo Vertebral Artery Aneurysm – with Special Guest Robert F. Spetzler, MD Episode 15: Roads to Rome – Thalamic Cavernous Malformation – with Special Guest Robert F. Spetzler, MD Episode 14: Punched – Ruptured PCA Aneurysm Base Camp Season Two Wrap Up Trailer Episode 13 Part 2: Giants of Spine Surgery – Cervical Deformity Episode 13 Part 1: Giants of Spine Surgery – Craniocervical Junction Surgery Episode 12: Calcified Thoracic Disc: The Most Complex Pathology for Spine Surgeons Episode 11: Intuition – Facial Nerve Microvascular Decompression Episode 10: Flip – Brainstem Cavernous Malformation Episode 9: Escalate – Clip Reconstruction to Bypass Procedure Episode 8: Waiting for the Big Shark to Show Up – Sacral Schwannoma Episode 7: Don’t Hunt a Quail with a Bazooka – Sacral Tumor Episode 6: Capitalize – Basal Ganglia AVM Episode 5: Simplify – MCA Aneurysm & Bypass Episode 4: Push – Brainstem Cavernous Malformation Episode 3: Performance – Pontomesencephalic Cavernous Malformation Episode 2: Perfect – Pontomedullary & Cerebellar Cavernous Malformation Episode 1: Hope – High Cervical Spinal Cord AVM Base Camp Season Two Trailer Season One Barrow Neurosurgery Base Camp: Episode One Barrow Neurosurgery Base Camp Episode 2: Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma Barrow Neurosurgery Base Camp Episode 3: Thoracic Spinal Schwannoma Episode 4: Clipping of Anterior Communicating and Right Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms Episode 5: Large Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Clipping Episode 6: Residual Thalamic Cavernous Malformation Episode 7: Clipping of a Classic Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Episode 8: Recurrent Trifurcated MCA Aneurysm Episode 9: Fourth Ventricle Cavernous Malformation Episode 10: Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Episode 11: Recurrent T10 Spinal Cavernous Malformation Episode 12 Part 1: Giant Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm with A3-A3 Bypass Episode 12 Part 2: Giant Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm with A3-A3 Bypass Episode 13: Internal Carotid Artery (ICA) Terminus Aneurysm Episode 14: Clipping of a Ruptured Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Episode 15 Part 1: Ophthalmic Artery Aneurysm Episode 15 Part 2: Ophthalmic Artery Aneurysm Barrow Neurosurgery Base Camp: Episode One Barrow Neurosurgery Base Camp Episode 2: Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma Barrow Neurosurgery Base Camp Episode 3: Thoracic Spinal Schwannoma Episode 4: Clipping of Anterior Communicating and Right Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms Episode 5: Large Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Clipping Episode 6: Residual Thalamic Cavernous Malformation Episode 7: Clipping of a Classic Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Episode 8: Recurrent Trifurcated MCA Aneurysm Episode 9: Fourth Ventricle Cavernous Malformation Episode 10: Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Episode 11: Recurrent T10 Spinal Cavernous Malformation Episode 12 Part 1: Giant Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm with A3-A3 Bypass Episode 12 Part 2: Giant Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm with A3-A3 Bypass Episode 13: Internal Carotid Artery (ICA) Terminus Aneurysm Episode 14: Clipping of a Ruptured Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Episode 15 Part 1: Ophthalmic Artery Aneurysm Episode 15 Part 2: Ophthalmic Artery Aneurysm