On Protecting Young People's Brains

Accepted Manuscript On Protecting Young People’s Brains Mark A. Spatola, MD FAANS PII:

S1878-8750(17)31444-4

DOI:

10.1016/j.wneu.2017.08.143

Reference:

WNEU 6393

To appear in:

World Neurosurgery

Received Date: 18 August 2017 Accepted Date: 22 August 2017

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ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT

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Mark A Spatola MD FAANS Chair, Board of Directors ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation Orange Park Neurosurgery Orange Park FL

August 17, 2017

On Protecting Young People’s Brains.

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In this Perspective piece I have discussed the manuscript “Sport-related structural brain injury: Three cases of subdural hemorrhage in American high school football”, with particular emphasis on Prevention Efforts in sports related traumatic brain injury, the need for further education, study and advocacy.

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Mark Spatola