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Schmidt, Meic H. | Minimally invasive thoracoscopic approach for anterior decompression and stabilization of metastatic spine disease | Object. The choices available in the management of metastatic spine disease are complex, and the role of surgical therapy is increasing. Recent studies have indicated that patients treated with direct surgical decompression and stabilization before radiation have better functional outcomes than thos... | Metastatic spine disease; Minimally invasive surgery; Spinal cord decompression | 2008 |
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Dailey, Andrew T. | Guidelines for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 17: bone growth stimulators and lumbar fusion | Treatment Standards. There is insufficient evidence to recommend a treatment standard. Treatment Guidelines. Either DCS or CCS is recommended as an adjunct to spinal fusion to increase fusion rates in patients who are at high risk for arthrodesis failure following lumbar PLF. Pulsed electromagnetic... | Fusion procedures; Degenerative disease; Lumbar spine; Lumbar fusion; Bone growth stimulators; Electrical stimulation devices | 2005 |
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Dailey, Andrew T. | Guidelines for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 14: brace therapy as an adjunct to or substitute for lumbar fusion | Standards. There is insufficient evidence to recommend a treatment standard. Guidelines. The short-term use of a rigid lumbar support (1-3 weeks) is recommended as a treatment for low-back pain of relatively short duration (, 6 months). The use of a lumbar brace for patients with chronic low-back p... | Fusion procedures; Degenerative disease; Lumbar spine; Low-back pain; Lumbar fusion; Brace therapy | 2005 |
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Kestle, John R. W.; Brockmeyer, Douglas Lee | Optic pathway gliomas: a review | Optic pathway gliomas represent approximately 3-5% of childhood intracranial tumors. They usually occur in children during the first decade of life and are seen in 11-30% of patients with neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). Although these tumors are typically low-grade gliomas, the clinical course and n... | Optic pathway glioma; Hypothalamus glioma; Neurofibromatosis Type 1 | 2007 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Surgical implications of magnetic resonance-enhanced dura | THE PURPOSE OF this study was to assess tissue changes responsible for dural enhancement on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and its clinical implications. A prospective surgical, histopathological, and MRI study was performed in 7 3 patients with various types of disease, including meningiomas (n =... | Enhanced dura | 1994 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Long-term neurological, visual, and endocrine outcomes following transnasal resection of craniopharyngioma | Object. The authors report on a cohort of patients with craniopharyngioma treated principally through transnasal (TN) resection and followed up for a minimum of 5 years. More specifically, they evaluate the role of the TN approach in the management of craniopharyngioma. Methods. Between 1984 and 19... | 2005-04 | |
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Dailey, Andrew T. | Guidelines for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 6: magnetic resonance imaging and discography for patient selection for lumbar fusion | Standards. There is insufficient evidence to recommend a treatment standard. Guidelines. 1) It is recommended that MR imaging be used as a diagnostic test instead of discography for the initial evaluation of patients with chronic low-back pain. 2) It is recommended that MR imaging-documented dis... | Lumbar fusion; Lumbar spine; Degenerative disease; Practice guidelines; Patient selection; Discography | 2005 |
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Couldwell, William T.; Osborne, Anne G. | Hypertrophic olivary degeneration after surgical removal of cavernous malformations of the brain stem: report of four cases and review of the literature | Background: Hypertrophic olivary degeneration (HOD) is a pathological phenomenon that occurs after injury to the dentato-olivary pathway. Its hallmarks include hypertrophy of the olive with increased T2 signal intensity on magnetic resonance imaging, and often manifests with palatal tremor and osci... | Hypertrophic olivary degeneration; Surgery; Cavernous malformation; Brainstem | 2008 |
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Schmidt, Meic H.; Schmidt, Richard H. | Nerve sheath tumors involving the sacrum | Nerve sheath tumors that involve the sacrum are rare. Delayed presentation is common because of their slow-growing nature, the permissive surrounding anatomical environment, and nonspecific symptoms. Consequently, these tumors are usually of considerable size at the time of diagnosis. The authors di... | Nerve sheath tumor; Schwannoma | 2003 |
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Dailey, Andrew T. | Guidelines for the performance of fusion procedures for degenerative disease of the lumbar spine. Part 15: electrophysiological monitoring and lumbar fusion | Standards. There is insufficient evidence to recommend a treatment standard. Guidelines. Use of intraoperative SSEP or DSEP monitoring is recommended as an adjunct in those circumstances during instrumented lumbar spinal fusion procedures in which the surgeon desires immediate intraoperative inform... | Fusion procedures; Degenerative disease; Lumbar spine; Low-back pain; Lumbar fusion; Electrophysiological monitoring; EMG | 2005 |
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Couldwell, William T.; Davidson, H. Christian | Trigeminal amyloidoma: case report and review of the literature | The authors present a case of amyloid infiltration involving the trigeminal nerve that mimicked a malignant cavernous sinus tumor with perineural tumor infiltration. A 64-year-old man presented with trigeminal nerve numbness. Imaging revealed a plaque-like enhancing lesion along the right lateral ca... | Gasserian ganglion; Trigeminal; Amyloidoma | 2007 |
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Couldwell, William T.; Gottfried, Oren N. | Distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure secondary to clostridium difficile colitis | Distal ventriculoperitoneal shunt obstruction is typically associated with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) infection, fluid pseudocysts, bowel obstruction, bowel perforation, or improper shunt placement in the abdomen. We describe a unique etiology for distal shunt obstruction secondary to Clostridium di... | 2005-01-01 | |
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Couldwell, William T.; Gillespie, David L.; Jensen, Randy L. | Comparison of the cell lines used in meningoma research | Background: Immortal cell lines and cell lines derived from operative specimens transplanted into animal models are used in meningioma research. We address two criticisms of the mouse xenograft flank tumor model: Why are tumor induction rates derived from operative specimens low and inconsistent? Ar... | CH-157 MN; IOMM-Lee; Meningioma; Xenograft Mouse Model; Flank tumors | 2008 |
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Couldwell, William T. | Experience with use of extended length peritoneal shunt catheters | The placement of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is the current treatment of choice for diversion of cerebrospinal fluid associated with hydrocephalus. Although there are a host of reported potential abdominal complications related to the procedure, they are notably uncommon. The authors report t... | 1996 | |
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Couldwell, William T. | Far-lateral transcondylar approach: surgical technique and its application in neurenteric cysts of the cervicomedullary junction | Neurenteric cysts are rare benign lesions of the central nervous system that are lined by endodermal cell-derived epithelium. Although they occur mostly in the spine, they can occur intracranially, most often in the posterior fossa. Neurenteric cysts that are located in the anterior cervicomedullary... | 2005 | |
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Couldwell, William T.; Yonemura, Kenneth S. | Use of the Olympus endoArm for spinal and skull-based transsphenoidal neurosurgery | Minimally invasive surgical techniques have evolved to reduce soft-tissue injury associated with open surgical techniques. The use of endoscopic visualization allows the exposure of deep structures and provides a mechanism to perform all the components of an open surgical procedure through small p... | EndoArm; Endoscope; Pneumatic; Skull-based; Transsphenoidal neurosurgery | 2008 |
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Dailey, Andrew T. | Magnesium efficacy in a rat spinal cord injury model | Object. Magnesium has been shown to have neuroprotective properties in short-term spinal cord injury (SCI) studies. The authors evaluated the efficacy of magnesium, methylprednisolone, and magnesium plus methylprednisolone in a rat SCI model. Methods. A moderate-to-severe SCI was produced at T9-10 ... | Methylprednisolone; Spinal cord injury; Rat model | 2009 |
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Dailey, Andrew T.; Brodke, Darrel S. | Timing and influence of MRI on the management of patients with cervical facet dislocations remains highly variable: a survey of members of the Spine Trauma Study Group | Background: Traumatic cervical facet dislocations are potentially devastating injuries. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an excellent means of assessing ligamentous disruption, disk herniation, and compression of the neural elements. However, despite an improved understanding of these facet dislo... | Cervical facet dislocations; MRI; Spine Trauma Study Group | 2009 |
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Kestle, John R. W.; MacDonald, Joel D.; Couldwell, William T. | Efficacy of multiple intraarterial papaverine infusions for improvement in cerebral circulation time in patients with recurrent cerebral vasospasm | Object. Cerebral vasospasm that is caused by aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and that is refractory to maximal medical management can be treated with selective intraarterial papaverine infusions. The effects of single papaverine treatments on cerebral circulation time are well known. The purpose ... | Cerebral vasospasm; Intraarterial papaverine infusions | 2004 |
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Kestle, John R. W. | Predicting slitlike ventricles in children on the basis of baseline characteristics at the time of shunt insertion | Object. Slit ventricle syndrome (SVS) is a delayed complication of shunt insertion and occurs only in children with slitlike ventricles after shunt placement. Although SVS appears to be related to early shunt placement, its predisposing factors are largely unknown. Methods. Baseline data in 737 chi... | Slitlike ventricles; Slit ventricle syndrome; Shunt insertion; Predictive factor; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt; Pediatric neurosurgery | 2007 |
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Couldwell, William T. | OR noise: the potential for hearing loss | With the use of the electric or air-powered drill in cranial or spinal procedures comes the potential for hearing loss among operating team members. Exposure to loud noise can result in sensorineural hearing loss, and this loss is a function of sound pressure levels and duration of exposure. Much r... | 2008-01-01 | |
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Couldwell, William T. | Giant fusiform aneurysm in an adolescent with PHACES syndrome treated with a high-flow external carotid artery-M3 bypass | The acronym PHACES describes a rare neurocutaneous syndrome that comprises posterior fossa malformations, facial hemangiomas, arterial anomalies, coarctation of the aorta and cardiac defects, eye abnormalities, and sternal defects. Facial hemangiomas constitute the hallmark of this disorder. Giant ... | 2007 | |
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Couldwell, William T. | Surgical management of Rathke's cleft cysts | Rathke's cleft cysts (RCCs) are non-neoplastic cysts that arise from glandular rests of Rathke's cleft in the area of the intermediate lobe of the pituitary gland. Commonly found at autopsy on a microscopic scale, 80% of RCCs occur at the interface between the anterior and posterior lobes of th... | Rathke's cleft cyst; Symptomatic; Transnasal-transsphenoidal approach; Transsphenoidal surgery | 2006 |
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Kestle, John R. W. | Cerebrospinal fluid shunt technology | Since the invention of the first implantable shunt valve by Nulsen and Spitz (12) almost 50 years ago, there has been a remarkable number of ingenious modifications and new designs of shunt equipment to treat pediatric hydrocephalus. These developments were in response to the immediately evident hi... | Shunt technology; Valve design | 2000 |
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Kestle, John R. W. | Management of shunt infections: a multicenter pilot study | Object. Approximately 10% of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt operations are associated with infection and require removal or externalization of the shunt, in-hospital treatment with antibiotic agents, and insertion of a new shunt. In a previous survey, the authors identified substantial variation i... | Shunt infections; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt; Treatment evaluation | 2006 |