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Birth injuries of the brachial plexusJoseph H Piatt
Section of Neurosurgery, St Christopher s Hospital For Children, Erie Avenue at Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134 1095, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 51:421-40. 2004..Brachial plexus reconstruction is only a first step in the multidisciplinary process needed to optimize long-term functional outcomes for severely affected infants...- Clinical diagnosis of ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure among children with hydrocephalusJoseph H Piatt
Section of Neurosurgery, St Christopher s Hospital For Children, Philadelphia, PA 19134 1095, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 24:201-10. 2008..To define the significance of various symptoms and signs in the diagnosis of ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure and infection... - A late result of an early operation for unilateral coronal synostosisJoseph H Piatt
Department of Surgery, St Christopher s Hospital For Children, Philadelphia, PA 19134, USA
Pediatr Neurosurg 38:334-7. 2003.... - Detected and overlooked cervical spine injury among comatose trauma patients: from the Pennsylvania Trauma Outcomes StudyJoseph H Piatt
St Christopher s Hospital For Children, Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Neurosurg Focus 19:E6. 2005..The goal in this study was to research case records to determine whether such a rule would be practicable... - Monozygotic twins discordant for external hydrocephalusJ H Piatt
Section of Neurosurgery, St Christopher s Hospital For Children, and Department of Neurological Surgery, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA 19134 1095, USA
Pediatr Neurosurg 35:211-5. 2001..Whatever the genotype of the twins, their discordant phenotypes suggest that the disproportionate calvarial growth that characterizes EH is set in motion--or not--during a limited, critical temporal window in fetal development... - Progressive syringomyelia controlled by treatment of associated hydrocephalus in an infant with birth injury. Case reportJoseph H Piatt
Section of Neurosurgery, St Christopher s Hospital For Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134 1095, USA
J Neurosurg 103:198-202. 2005..The importance of treatment of associated hydrocephalus is widely recognized in the management of syringomyelia associated with the Chiari malformations. It should be considered in the management of posttraumatic syringomyelia as well... - Detected and overlooked cervical spine injury in comatose victims of trauma: report from the Pennsylvania Trauma Outcomes StudyJoseph H Piatt
Section of Neurosurgery, St Christopher s Hospital For Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134 1095, USA
J Neurosurg Spine 5:210-6. 2006..This study was undertaken to determine whether a clinically useful rule could be formulated for identifying the presence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in patients who are at exceptionally low risk of cervical spine injury... - Resection of fourth ventricle tumors without splitting the vermis: the cerebellomedullary fissure approachJ X Kellogg
Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201 3098, USA
Pediatr Neurosurg 27:28-33. 1997..We describe a surgical approach in which the cerebellar vermis is preserved... - Syringomyelia complicating myelomeningocele: review of the evidenceJoseph H Piatt
Section of Neurosurgery, St Christopher s Hospitalfor Children, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134 1095, USA
J Neurosurg 100:101-9. 2004..Prospective cohort studies are feasible, however, and hold the potential to address many important questions about natural history and patient outcomes... - Monte Carlo simulation of cerebrospinal fluid shunt failure and definition of instability among shunt-treated patients with hydrocephalusJoseph H Piatt
Section of Neurosurgery, St Christopher s Hospital For Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134 1095, USA
J Neurosurg 107:474-8. 2007..The authors undertook the present study to estimate the number of operations that patients with hydrocephalus will require within 10 years of diagnosis based on published survival data for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts... - Subdural empyema complicating cerebrospinal fluid shunt infectionR D Dickerman
Department of Surgery, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107 2699, USA
Pediatr Neurosurg 30:310-1. 1999..Temporizing management of the preceding superficial wound infection with oral antibiotics probably was the cause of this exotic pathogen. The treatment of infected scalp wounds contiguous with shunt hardware must be surgical... - Unexpected findings on brain and spine imaging in childrenJoseph H Piatt
Section of Neurosurgery, St Christopher s Hospital For Children, Erie Avenue at Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134 1095, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 51:507-27. 2004.... - Sagittal synostosis and ossified scalp hematoma: cause or consequence?Joseph H Piatt
Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine, St Christopher s Hospital For Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 6:29-32. 2010..Sagittal synostosis in these 2 instances was not a complication of birth trauma... - Birth injuries of the brachial plexusJoseph H Piatt
Section of Neurosurgery, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Erie Avenue at Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19134, USA
Clin Perinatol 32:39-59, v-vi. 2005..Brachial plexus reconstruction is only a first step in the multidisciplinary process needed to optimize long-term functional outcomes for severely affected infants... - Application of computer-assisted design in craniofacial reconstructive surgery using a commercial image guidance system. Technical noteJoseph H Piatt
Section of Neurosurgery, St Christopher s Hospital For Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134 1095, USA
J Neurosurg 104:64-7. 2006..They discuss the steps that must yet be taken to make this technology applicable to the management of craniosynostosis in infants... - HydrocephalusHugh J L Garton
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Taubman 2128 0338, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
Pediatr Clin North Am 51:305-25. 2004..Hydrocephalus is not an exotic condition in general pediatric practice. A general pediatrician might expect to serve two to five children with CSF shunts. This article reviews posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in detail... - Peritoneal cerebrospinal fluid shunt insertionJoseph H Piatt
J Neurosurg 100:232. 2004 - Skin hemangiomas and occult dysraphismJoseph H Piatt
J Neurosurg 100:81-2; discussion 82. 2004 - Objective measurement of muscle strength in children with spastic diplegia after selective dorsal rhizotomyCathleen E Buckon
Clinical Research Department, Shriners Hospital for Children, 3101 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97201, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 83:454-60. 2002..To examine changes in isometric muscle strength at the elbow, knee, and ankle at 6 months and 1 year after selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) and to determine if SDR altered the frequency of muscle cocontraction... - Glutaric aciduria type 1 and nonaccidental head injuryJoseph H Piatt
Pediatrics 109:554. 2002