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De novo development of a remote arteriovenous fistula following transarterial embolization of a carotid cavernous fistula: case report and review of the literatureRishi Gupta
Department of Neurology, Stroke Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 26:2587-90. 2005..This rare occurrence has been reported after transvenous embolization, but this represents the first case, to our knowledge, after transarterial coil embolization. We present our findings along with a brief review of the literature...- Intra/extra-aneurysmal stent placement for management of complex and wide-necked- bifurcation aneurysms: eight cases using the waffle cone techniqueMichael Horowitz
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 2582, USA
Neurosurgery 58:ONS-258-62; discussion ONS-262. 2006..To describe a novel application of the Neuroform stent (Boston Scientific-Target, Fremont, CA) for the management of eight wide-necked aneurysms... - Anatomic results and complications of stent-assisted coil embolization of intracranial aneurysmsS R Kim
Department of Neurosurgery, Holy Family Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Department of Neurosurgery, Minimally Invasive Endo Neurosurgery Center, Presbyterian Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, U S A
Interv Neuroradiol 14:267-84. 2008..While the follow- up angiographic results are promising, further studies are essential to evaluate safety, efficacy, and durability of the Neuroform stent... - Therapeutic basilar artery occlusion for management of medically refractory basilar artery stenosis: case reportMichael Horowitz
Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Neurosurgery 54:1253-6; discussion 1256-7. 2004.... - Trigeminal neuralgia and glossopharyngeal neuralgia: two orofacial pain syndromes encountered by dentistsMichael Horowitz
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Presbyterian University Hospital, PA 15213 2582, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 135:1427-33; quiz 1468. 2004..Both are secondary to cranial nerve compression by arteries and veins at the point at which the nerves exit the pons and brainstem... - Endovascular treatment of a petrous internal carotid artery aneurysm with hemotympanum and epistaxis using a coronary stent and detachable platinum coils: report of a caseMichael Horowitz
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 131:61-3. 2005 - Emergent basilar artery and bilateral posterior cerebral artery angioplasty, urokinase thrombolysis, and stenting for acute basilar artery occlusion secondary to diagnostic cardiac catheterization: case presentationMichael Horowitz
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Suite B 400, Presbyterian University Hospital, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Neuroimaging 15:315-8. 2005..Rapid identification of a neurologic deficit in the coronary angiography suite and notification of a skilled neurointerventionalist permit for early revascularization and improved patient outcomes... - Risk of hemorrhage in combined neuroform stenting and coil embolization of acutely ruptured intracranial aneurysmsB Jankowitz
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA
Interv Neuroradiol 14:385-96. 2008..For aneurysms whose open surgical risk remains excessive with a morphology that would preclude complete embolization, the risks of stenting may be warranted... - Clinical and anatomic outcomes after endovascular coiling of middle cerebral artery aneurysms: report on 30 treated aneurysms and review of the literatureMichael Horowitz
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Surg Neurol 66:167-71; discussion 171. 2006..Endovascular treatment of middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysms has not been extensively studied. We report our experience on a select group of patients that underwent coil embolization of an MCA bifurcation aneurysm... - Endovascular management of ventricular catheter-induced anterior cerebral artery false aneurysm: technical case reportMichael Horowitz
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Neurosurgery 57:E374; discussion E374. 2005..We describe the case of a 3.3-kg infant who developed an anterior cerebral artery pseudoaneurysm after ventricular catheter placement. The lesion was treated with endovascular vessel sacrifice... - Transluminal stent-assisted angiplasty of the intracranial vertebrobasilar system for medically refractory, posterior circulation ischemia: early resultsE I Levy
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213-2582, USA
Neurosurgery 48:1215-21; discussion 1221-3. 2001..Although the treatment of vertebrobasilar artery stenosis with angioplasty and stenting is promising, long-term angiographic and clinical follow-up monitoring of a larger patient population is needed... - Pretreatment ipsilateral regional cortical blood flow influences vessel recanalization in intra-arterial thrombolysis for MCA occlusionT G Jovin
Department of Neurology, Stroke Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 28:164-7. 2007..We sought to determine whether pretreatment cortical cerebral blood flow (CBF) was associated with vessel recanalization in patients undergoing intra-arterial therapy... - Stenting and angioplasty of the symptomatic chronically occluded carotid arteryA J Thomas
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 28:168-71. 2007..We report the successful revascularization of 2 symptomatic chronically occluded carotid arteries with stenting and angioplasty... - Self-expanding stents for recanalization of acute cerebrovascular occlusionsE I Levy
Department of Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo, Kaleida Health Millard Gates Hospital, Buffalo, NY 14209, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 28:816-22. 2007..To understand the effectiveness of self-expanding stents for recanalization of acute cerebrovascular occlusions, we retrospectively reviewed our preliminary experience with these stents... - Rupture of intracranial aneurysms during endovascular coiling: management and outcomesE Levy
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2582, USA
Neurosurgery 49:807-11; discussion 811-3. 2001..If extravasation of contrast agent is seen, which suggests intraprocedural rupture, further coil deposition should be attempted if safely possible... - Endovascular treatment of distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysms: technical results and review of the literatureNirav Vora
Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Neuroimaging 20:70-3. 2010..We sought to report our technical success and complications in treating distal anterior cerebral artery (ACA) aneurysms with coil embolization... - Successful management of post-tumor resection middle cerebral artery thrombosis with stent-assisted angioplasty and thrombolytic therapy: case reportElad Levy
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Neurosurgery 55:713. 2004..With an understanding of the pharmacokinetics of the currently available antiplatelet drugs, combined chemical and mechanical thrombolysis may be used in the acute postoperative setting for endoluminal recanalization... - Endovascular treatment of paraclinoid aneurysms: experience with 73 patientsHae Kwan Park
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Neurosurgery 53:14-23; discussion 24. 2003..The endovascular treatment may also confer a positive impact in terms of the length of hospital stay... - Factors predicting hemorrhagic complications after multimodal reperfusion therapy for acute ischemic strokeN A Vora
Department of Neurology, Stroke Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 28:1391-4. 2007..We sought to find predictors for hemorrhagic complications in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with multimodal endovascular therapy... - Transluminal stent-assisted coil embolization of a vertebral confluence aneurysm: technique reportM B Horowitz
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-2582, USA
Surg Neurol 55:291-6. 2001..Stent-assisted coil embolization of complex, wide-necked vertebral confluence aneurysms may be an alternative intervention for these surgically challenging lesions... - Mechanical approaches combined with intra-arterial pharmacological therapy are associated with higher recanalization rates than either intervention alone in revascularization of acute carotid terminus occlusionRidwan Lin
Stroke Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Stroke 40:2092-7. 2009..Historically, pharmacological thrombolysis alone has low recanalization rates. We sought to determine whether adjunctive mechanical approaches achieve better vessel recanalization and functional outcome... - Urgent stenting of the M2 (superior) division of the middle cerebral artery after systemic thrombolysis in acute strokeR Gupta
Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 27:521-3. 2006..He continued to fluctuate neurologically and, with the use of angiography, was found to have an occlusion of the right M2 artery (superior division). This occlusion was successfully revascularized with a coronary stent... - Fully endoscopic expanded endonasal approach treating skull base lesions in pediatric patientsAmin Kassam
Minimally Invasive endoNeurosurgery Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA
J Neurosurg 106:75-86. 2007.... - Expanded endonasal approach: a fully endoscopic completely transnasal resection of a skull base arteriovenous malformationAmin B Kassam
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Childs Nerv Syst 23:491-8. 2007..An entirely transsphenoidal fully endoscopic resection was used to resect this ventral cranial base AVM with an intraosseus nidus located in the clivus... - Endoscopic endonasal clipping of an unsecured superior hypophyseal artery aneurysm. Technical noteAmin B Kassam
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Neurosurg 107:1047-52. 2007..Such cases must be chosen with extreme caution and only performed by surgeons with significant experience with both endoscopic endonasal approaches and neurovascular surgery... - Lower extremity monoparesis after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhageDean Kostov
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 112:710-2. 2010..An extensive work-up lead us to propose the following hypothesis: the painless peripheral neuropathy likely resulted from nerve root irritation from abundant subarachnoid blood in the lumbar cistern... - Retrieval of a displaced detachable coil and intracranial stent with an L5 Merci Retriever during endovascular embolization of an intracranial aneurysmNirav Vora
Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Neuroimaging 18:81-4. 2008..To our review, we report the first use of an L5 Merci Retriever to evacuate a displaced detachable endovascular coil and intracranial stent during aneurysm treatment... - Delayed complications of endovascular stenting for carotid blowoutAlfred Simental
Departments of Otolaryngology, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Otolaryngol 24:417-9. 2003..Although carotid stents are useful for control of acute carotid blowouts, their long-term efficacy in the setting of head and neck malignancy and overlying infection is suspect... - Effects of Tisseel fibrin glue on the central nervous system of nonhuman primatesAmin Kassam
Center for the Assessment of Surgical Technology and the Copeland Neurosurgical Laboratories, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA
Ear Nose Throat J 83:246-8, 250, 252 passim. 2004.... - Altered arterial homeostasis and cerebral aneurysms: a molecular epidemiology studyAmin B Kassam
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Neurosurgery 54:1450-60; discussion 1460-2. 2004..In this study, we undertook a preliminary assessment of differential expression of key molecules involved with each phase of homeostasis: arterial flow modulation, arterial tear and repair, and the ensuing extracellular matrix... - Altered arterial homeostasis and cerebral aneurysms: a review of the literature and justification for a search of molecular biomarkersAmin Kassam
Departments of Neurosurgery and Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Neurosurgery 54:1199-11; discussion 1211-2. 2004.... - Use of Tisseel fibrin sealant in neurosurgical procedures: incidence of cerebrospinal fluid leaks and cost-benefit analysis in a retrospective studyAmin Kassam
Departments of Neurological Surgery and Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Neurosurgery 52:1102-5; discussion 1105. 2003..To determine the clinical efficacy and cost effectiveness of using the fibrin sealant (FS) Tisseel (Baxter Healthcare Corp., Deerfield, IL) for patients undergoing anterior cranial base, infratemporal, and retromastoid surgical procedures... - The use of stents in the management of neurovascular disease: a review of historical and present statusM B Horowitz
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213 2582, USA
Neurosurgery 46:1335-42; discussion 1342-3. 2000..This article reviews the current status of stenting in regard to the management of neurovascular maladies... - Microvascular decompression in the management of glossopharyngeal neuralgia: analysis of 217 casesAtul Patel
Department of Neurological Surgery, Center for Cranial Nerve Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Neurosurgery 50:705-10; discussion 710-1. 2002..CONCLUSION: MVD is a safe, effective form of therapy for GPN. It may be most beneficial for patients with typical GPN, especially when symptoms are restricted to deep throat pain only... - Bow hunter's syndrome in the setting of contralateral vertebral artery stenosis: evaluation and treatment optionsMichael Horowitz
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 2582, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 27:E495-8. 2002..A case report... - Aneurysm rupture during endovascular coiling: effects on cerebral transit time and neurophysiologic monitoring and the benefits of early ventriculostomy: case reportM B Horowitz
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Suite B400, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 2582, USA
Minim Invasive Neurosurg 46:300-5. 2003..We report a case of intra-operative aneurysm rupture during endovascular therapy and document the effects of rupture on cerebral transit times and neurophysiologic monitoring. The effects of early ventriculostomy are clearly documented... - Reduced pretreatment ipsilateral middle cerebral artery cerebral blood flow is predictive of symptomatic hemorrhage post-intra-arterial thrombolysis in patients with middle cerebral artery occlusionRishi Gupta
Department of Neurology, Stroke Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Stroke 37:2526-30. 2006..The threshold identified in this study may be useful for selection of patients with acute MCA occlusions for acute stroke thrombolysis... - Resection of a recurrent paraganglioma via an endoscopic transnasal approach to the jugular fossaLee A Zimmer
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-2546, USA
Otol Neurotol 27:398-402. 2006..Technological advances and surgical experience with nasal endoscopy and image guidance allow minimally invasive surgical management of select extracranial lesions of the lateral cranial base... - Aortic arch origin of the left external carotid artery and type II proatlantal fetal anastomosisMichael Horowitz
Department of Neurosurgery and Radiology, Presbyterian Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 24:323-5. 2003..Our research shows no report of an ECA arising from the AA. This, in association with a type II proatlantal anastomosis, is interesting because of its apparent rarity... - Endoscopic cranial base surgery: ready for prime time?Daniel M Prevedello
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Clin Neurosurg 54:48-57. 2007 - Lingual artery embolization for severe and uncontrollable postoperative tonsillar bleedingE I Levy
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop St, Suite B-400, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2582, USA
Ear Nose Throat J 80:208-11. 2001..We conclude that coil embolization is a rapid and effective strategy for the management of massive, uncontrollable postoperative tonsillar bleeding... - Treatment of pediatric intracranial vascular malformations using Onyx-18Brian T Jankowitz
Department of Neurosurgery, Minimally Invasive endoNeurosurgery Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2:171-6. 2008..Onyx-18 is a relatively new liquid embolic agent. The initial success with this polymer will result in increased utilization in children, but its use and safety in the pediatric population have not been firmly established... - Hemodynamic instability after carotid artery angioplasty and stent placement: a review of the literatureRishi Gupta
Department of Neurology, Stroke Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Neurosurg Focus 18:e6. 2005..Hemodynamic instability is a common finding after CA angioplasty and stent placement. Clinicians can predict which patients are at risk by considering angiographic and clinical features... - Radiosurgery for dural arteriovenous fistulasChristopher J Koebbe
Department of Neurological Surgery, Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Surg Neurol 64:392-8; discussion 398-9. 2005..No patient had an intracranial hemorrhage after treatment. CONCLUSION: Stereotactic radiosurgery provides effective long-term relief of symptoms in selected patients with DAVFs... - Giant cell tumor of the skull: a case report and review of the literatureAnthony E Harris
Departments of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania, USA
Surg Neurol 61:274-7. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Giant cell tumors are generally benign, locally aggressive lesions for which surgical excision is the treatment of choice. This report contributes to the scarce literature on these tumors in the skull... - Alcohol embolization of carotid-cavernous indirect fistulaeChristopher J Koebbe
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Neurosurgery 52:1111-5; discussion 1115-6. 2003..This represents a safe and effective method of endovascular management of this complex vascular anomaly... - Intracranial head and neck tumors: endovascular considerations, present and futureRishi Gupta
Department of Neurology, Stroke Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Neurosurgery 59:S251-60; discussion S3-13. 2006..Endovascular therapies for hypervascular and less vascular tumors hold promise, although multicenter randomized controlled trials are required to help identify the patients that will benefit the most... - Misinterpretation of parahippocampal herniation for a posterior fossa tumor: imaging and intraoperative findingsMichael Horowitz
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Suite B 400, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Neuroimaging 12:78-9. 2002..Surgical exploration for biopsy revealed an abnormal posterior fossa anatomy and a parahippocampal herniation into the perimesencephalic cistern. Biopsy confirmed the finding of normal brain... - Comparison of safety and clinical and radiographic outcomes in endovascular acute stroke therapy for proximal middle cerebral artery occlusion with intubation and general anesthesia versus the nonintubated stateMouhammad A Jumaa
Center for Neuroendovascular Therapy, UPMC Stroke Institute, Suite C424, 200 Lothrop St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Stroke 41:1180-4. 2010..We sought to compare clinical and radiographic outcomes between these 2 sedation modalities... - Ear necrosis resulting from the endovascular onyx-18 embolization of a dural arteriovenous fistula fed by the posterior auricular arteryBrian T Jankowitz
Department of Neurosurgery, Minimally Invasive endoNeurosurgery Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Neuroimaging 19:259-62. 2009..The treatment of a dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) can involve surgery, radiosurgery, or endovascular embolization. New embolization techniques and agents have expanded the role of endovascular treatment... - Temporary balloon occlusion and ethanol injection for preoperative embolization of carotid-body tumorMichael Horowitz
Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ear Nose Throat J 81:536-8, 540, 542 passim. 2002..In this article, we also review the literature on carotid-body tumor embolization and ethanol embolization... - Cerebrospinal fluid apolipoprotein E, calcium and cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhageSheila A Alexander
School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biol Res Nurs 10:102-12. 2008..006) correlated over time regardless of genotype or vasospasm status. These findings suggest that apolipoprotein E and Ca++ may be interacting after SAH, but this interaction does not appear to influence vasospasm... - Periprocedural morbidity and mortality associated with endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysmsHae Kwan Park
Department of Neurosurgery, St Mary s Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 26:506-14. 2005..Despite experience and technological improvements, endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms still has inherent risks. We evaluated cerebral complications associated with this treatment... - Dual origin extracranial vertebral artery: case report and embryologyAjith J Thomas
Division of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
J Neuroimaging 18:173-6. 2008..The authors describe this finding in a patient who underwent neurointerventional treatment for a midbasilar aneurysm. The embryology and clinical significance is also presented... - Symptomatic cerebral air embolism during neuro-angiographic procedures: incidence and problem avoidanceRishi Gupta
Department of Neurology, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, USA
Neurocrit Care 7:241-6. 2007..Understanding this complication's frequency and etiology is critical if systems are to be instituted to reduce its incidence... - Prevalence and determinants of delayed gastric emptying in hospitalised Type 2 diabetic patientsVladimir Kojecky
Internal Clinic of the Postgraduate Medical School Zlin, Bata Regional Hospital Zlin, Havlickovo nab 600, Zlin 76000, Czech Republic
World J Gastroenterol 14:1564-9. 2008..To determine the prevalence of delayed gastric emptying (GE) in older patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus... - Concurrent duodenal manometric and impedance recording to evaluate the effects of hyoscine on motility and flow events, glucose absorption, and incretin releaseReawika Chaikomin
Discipline of Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 292:G1099-104. 2007..A reduction in the frequency of duodenal flow events is associated with a decreased rate of glucose absorption and incretin release in healthy subjects... - Helicobacter pylori infection is not associated with delayed gastric emptying or upper gastrointestinal symptoms in diabetes mellitusKaren L Jones
Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA, Australia
Dig Dis Sci 47:704-9. 2002..42) or HbA1c (8.8 +/- 0.4% vs 8.6 +/- 0.2%; P = 0.89) between H. pylori-positive and -negative patients. We conclude that H. pylori infection is not associated with delayed gastric emptying or upper gastrointestinal symptoms in diabetes... - Hyperthermia and hypermetabolism in focal cerebral ischemiaEdwin M Nemoto
Adv Exp Med Biol 566:83-9. 2005..PET measurement of CBF and CMRO2 showed that CMRO2 increased in the region of the ischemic stroke. We found that both hyperthermia and hypermetabolism occur in acute stroke... - Outcome and complications of gastric bypass in super-super obesity versus morbid obesityJerome D Taylor
Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 10003, and Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Obes Surg 16:16-8. 2006..3% vs 11.0 %). Incidence of postoperative gallbladder disease and incisional hernia was similar. CONCLUSIONS: Super-super-obese patients should not be excluded from RYGBP because of a perceived increased risk based upon BMI... - Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: final results of the Multi MERCI trialWade S Smith
Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143 0114, USA
Stroke 39:1205-12. 2008..Enhancements in embolectomy device design may improve recanalization rates... - Gain and loss of gastrointestinal symptoms in diabetes mellitus: associations with psychiatric disease, glycemic control, and autonomic neuropathy over 2 years of follow-upCarolyn Quan
Department of Medicine, Nepean Hospital, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Am J Gastroenterol 103:2023-30. 2008..To prospectively determine the turnover (gain or loss) of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in diabetic subjects in relation to glycemic control, autonomic neuropathy and psychiatric disease over a 2-year follow-up... - Effect of variations in small intestinal glucose delivery on plasma glucose, insulin, and incretin hormones in healthy subjects and type 2 diabetesSelena Doran
Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:3431-5. 2004..01, both groups). We conclude that modest variations in the initial rate of duodenal glucose entry may have profound effects on subsequent glycemic, insulin, and incretin responses... - Reduced ipsilateral hemispheric cerebral blood flow at admission is predictive of vasospasm with infarction after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhageRishi Gupta
Department of Neurology, Division of Cerebrovascular Diseases, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Neurocrit Care 9:27-30. 2008..We sought to determine if reduced cerebral blood flow (CBF) on Xenon CT within 48 h of the ictus was predictive of developing CV with infarction...