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Back and neck pain in triathletesAlan T Villavicencio
Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, Boulder, Colorado 80304, USA
Neurosurg Focus 21:E7. 2006..This epidemiological study was undertaken to establish the lifetime incidence of neck and back pain, to gauge the prevalence of discogenic pain, and to identify risk factors among triathletes in the Boulder, Colorado, area...- The safety of instrumented outpatient anterior cervical discectomy and fusionAlan T Villavicencio
Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, 1155 Alpine Ave, Suite 320 Boulder, CO 80304, USA
Spine J 7:148-53. 2007..Reasons for this wide variation are manifold, but the safety of an instrumented ACDF in the setting of a hostile medical-legal climate is most likely the primary concern influencing such a discrepancy... - Perioperative complications in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion versus anterior-posterior reconstruction for lumbar disc degeneration and instabilityAlan T Villavicencio
Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, CO 80304, USA
J Spinal Disord Tech 19:92-7. 2006..The purpose of this study was to quantitatively assess clinical parameters such as surgical blood loss, duration of the procedure, length of hospitalization, and complications for TLIF and AP reconstructive surgery for lumbar fusion... - Safety of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and intervertebral recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2Alan T Villavicencio
Boulder Neurosurgical Associates and Boulder Community Hospital, Boulder, Colorado 80304, USA
J Neurosurg Spine 3:436-43. 2005..There are few data regarding its clinical safety, effectiveness, and clinical outcome when applied on an absorbable collagen sponge (ACS) in conjunction with allograft for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF)... - Neck pain in multisport athletesAlan T Villavicencio
Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, Boulder, Colorado 80304, USA
J Neurosurg Spine 7:408-13. 2007..The authors undertook an epidemiological study to establish the lifetime incidence of neck pain and the prevalence of possible discogenic pain, and to identify risk factors among triathletes in the Boulder, Colorado area... - Cyberknife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia treatment: a preliminary multicenter experienceAlan T Villavicencio
Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, Boulder, Colorado 80304, USA
Neurosurgery 62:647-55; discussion 647-55. 2008..Radiosurgery has gained acceptance as a treatment option for trigeminal neuralgia. We report our preliminary multicenter experience treating trigeminal neuralgia with the CyberKnife (Accuray, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA)... - Utility of computerized isocentric fluoroscopy for minimally invasive spinal surgical techniquesAlan T Villavicencio
Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, Boulder, CO 80304, USA
J Spinal Disord Tech 18:369-75. 2005..The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate the clinical utility and accuracy of intraoperative three-dimensional fluoroscopy as an adjunct for the placement of a complex spinal instrumentation... - Survival following stereotactic radiosurgery for newly diagnosed and recurrent glioblastoma multiforme: a multicenter experienceAlan T Villavicencio
Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, 1155 Alpine Ave, Suite 320, Boulder, CO 80304, USA
Neurosurg Rev 32:417-24. 2009..biopsy (P = 0.004). There is no apparent survival advantage in using CyberKnife in initial management of glioblastoma patients, and it should be reserved for patients whose tumors recur or progress after conventional therapy... - Intraoperative three-dimensional fluoroscopy-based computerized tomography guidance for percutaneous kyphoplastyAlan T Villavicencio
Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, Boulder Community Hospital, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Neurosurg Focus 18:e3. 2005..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of isocentric fluoroscopy-based navigation for the kyphoplasty procedure, with special reference to operating time and the amount of radiation exposure... - Effect on clinical outcomes of patient pain expectancies and preoperative Mental Component Summary scores from the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey following anterior cervical discectomy and fusionFrances A Carr
Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, Boulder, Colorado, USA
J Neurosurg Spine 15:486-90. 2011.... - Complications in patients undergoing combined transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and posterior instrumentation with deformity correction for degenerative scoliosis and spinal stenosisSigita Burneikiene
Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Surg Neurol Int 3:25. 2012..The purpose of this study was to quantify the intra- and postoperative complications associated with the TLIF surgical approach in patients undergoing surgery for spinal stenosis and degenerative scoliosis correction... - Prospective, randomized, double-blind clinical study evaluating the correlation of clinical outcomes and cervical sagittal alignmentAlan T Villavicencio
Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, Boulder, Colorado 80304, USA
Neurosurgery 68:1309-16; discussion 1316. 2011..Surgeons use parallel or lordotically fashioned grafts depending on preference or simple availability... - Minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusionAlan T Villavicencio
Boulder Neurosurgical Associates, Boulder, CO USA
Surg Neurol Int 1:12. 2010..The purpose of this study was to directly compare safety and effectiveness for these two surgical approaches... - Three-dimensional computed tomographic analysis of the relationship between the arcuate eminence and the superior semicircular canalKetan R Bulsara
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Missouri Columbia, Columbia, Missouri USA
Neurosurgery 59:ONS7-12; discussion ONS7-12. 2006.... - CyberKnife radiosurgery for idiopathic trigeminal neuralgiaMichael Lim
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
Neurosurg Focus 18:E9. 2005..The doses used for treatment were safe and effective. Higher prescribed doses were not associated with improvement in pain relief or recurrence rate. The hypesthesia rate was related to the length of the trigeminal nerve treated... - Endoscopic lateral transpsoas approach to the lumbar spineDarren L Bergey
Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders, Los Angeles, California, USA
Spine 29:1681-8. 2004..Although there is a risk of groin/thigh numbness or pain, and these symptoms are mostly transient. This approach allows for exposure of the lumbar spine without mobilization of the great vessels or sympathetic plexus... - Muscle splitting approach with MetrX system for removal of intrathecal bullet fragment: a case reportRam R Vasudevan
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
J Trauma 62:1290-1. 2007 - Posterior atlantoaxial stabilization: new alternative to C1-2 transarticular screwsJohn K Stokes
Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA
Neurosurg Focus 12:E6. 2002..The cross-linked construct is theoretically stable in flexion, extension, and rotation. Laminectomy or fracture of the posterior elements does not preclude use of this fixation procedure... - Thoracolumbar vertebral reconstruction after surgery for metastatic spinal tumors: long-term outcomesAlan T Villavicencio
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Neurosurg Focus 19:E8. 2005..More importantly, the authors have demonstrated that surgical treatment can significantly improve the quality of life by improvement of pain control and maintenance of ambulation during the patient's remaining life span... - Successful aqueductal plasty and stenting for tectal plate tumor after failed third ventriculostomy: a case reportKetan R Bulsara
Pediatric Neurosurgery Service, Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Surg Neurol 59:58-61; discussion 61-2. 2003..She has been symptom-free for 1 year. CONCLUSION: Aqueductal plasty with stenting may be an alternative to CSF shunts in some patients with hydrocephalus because of aqueductal compression resulting from tectal tumors... - MRI-guided frameless stereotactic percutaneous cordotomyMatthew J McGirt
Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 78:53-63. 2002.... - Management of tumor bed cysts after chemotherapeutic wafer implantation. Report of four casesMatthew J McGirt
Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
J Neurosurg 96:941-5. 2002....