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| Abhaya V KulkarniSummaryAffiliation: The Hospital for Sick Children Country: Canada Publications
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An instrument to measure the health status in children with hydrocephalus: the Hydrocephalus Outcome QuestionnaireAbhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg 101:134-40. 2004..The authors developed a quantitative health status measure, the Hydrocephalus Outcome Questionnaire (HOQ), designed specifically for children with hydrocephalus, which can be completed by the children's parents...- The challenges of evidence-based medicine: a philosophical perspectiveAbhaya V Kulkarni
Department of Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
Med Health Care Philos 8:255-60. 2005.... 
Surgery for hydrocephalus in sub-Saharan Africa versus developed nations: a risk-adjusted comparison of outcomeAbhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Room 1503, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Childs Nerv Syst 26:1711-7. 2010..It is not known if the lower success rate is due to inherent differences in prognostic factors...- Use of the ETV Success Score to explain the variation in reported endoscopic third ventriculostomy success rates among published case series of childhood hydrocephalusAbhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
J Neurosurg Pediatr 7:143-6. 2011..The authors hypothesized that the ETVSS would be able to predict with reasonable accuracy the actual ETV success rate reported among published case series... - Comparisons of citations in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar for articles published in general medical journalsAbhaya V Kulkarni
Hospital for Sick Children, Room 1503, 555 University Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1X8
JAMA 302:1092-6. 2009..Until recently, Web of Science was the only database available to track citation counts for published articles. Other databases are now available, but their relative performance has not been established... - Medical, social, and economic factors associated with health-related quality of life in Canadian children with hydrocephalusAbhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Child Health and Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Pediatr 153:689-95. 2008..To study the factors associated with health-related quality of life (HRQL) in Canadian children with hydrocephalus, using a comprehensive model of determinants of child health, including socioeconomic factors... - Comparing children's and parents' perspectives of health outcome in paediatric hydrocephalusAbhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Child Health and Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Dev Med Child Neurol 50:587-92. 2008..The differences in child and parent perceptions of health need to be appreciated when conducting outcome studies in this population... - Does treatment with endoscopic third ventriculostomy result in less concern among parents of children with hydrocephalus?Abhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 1X8
Childs Nerv Syst 26:1529-34. 2010.... - Comparison of Hydrocephalus Outcome Questionnaire scores to neuropsychological test performance in school-aged childrenAbhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg Pediatr 8:396-401. 2011.... - Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the treatment of childhood hydrocephalusAbhaya V Kulkarni
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Pediatr 155:254-9.e1. 2009..To develop a model to predict the probability of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) success in the treatment for hydrocephalus on the basis of a child's individual characteristics... - Quality of life in obstructive hydrocephalus: endoscopic third ventriculostomy compared to cerebrospinal fluid shuntAbhaya V Kulkarni
Divisions of Neurosurgery and Psychology, Hospital for Sick Children SickKids, Toronto, ON, Canada
Childs Nerv Syst 26:75-9. 2010..Our objective was to compare QOL in children with obstructive hydrocephalus, treated with either ETV or shunt... 
Author self-citation in the general medicine literatureAbhaya V Kulkarni
Child Health and Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PLoS ONE 6:e20885. 2011..The objective of this study was to determine the extent and temporal pattern of author self-citation and the article characteristics associated with author self-citation...- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy vs cerebrospinal fluid shunt in the treatment of hydrocephalus in children: a propensity score-adjusted analysisAbhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Room 1503, 555 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8
Neurosurgery 67:588-93. 2010..Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has preferentially been offered to patients with more favorable prognostic features compared with shunt... - Quality of life in childhood hydrocephalus: a reviewAbhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Childs Nerv Syst 26:737-43. 2010..Neurosurgeons should be aware of the latest findings and how to critically analyze the QOL literature... - Quality of life after endoscopic third ventriculostomy and cerebrospinal fluid shunting: an adjusted multivariable analysis in a large cohortAbhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg Pediatr 6:11-6. 2010..The authors compared QOL outcomes following these 2 treatments in a large cohort of children with hydrocephalus by using multivariable statistical techniques to adjust for possible confounder variables... - Predicting who will benefit from endoscopic third ventriculostomy compared with shunt insertion in childhood hydrocephalus using the ETV Success ScoreAbhaya V Kulkarni
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
J Neurosurg Pediatr 6:310-5. 2010..In this paper, they assess the clinical utility of the ETVSS by determining whether long-term survival outcomes for ETV versus shunt insertion are different within strata of ETVSS (low, moderate, and high scores)... - Quality of life in children with hydrocephalus: results from the Hospital for Sick Children, TorontoAbhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg 107:358-64. 2007..The authors' aim was to quantify the QOL for children with hydrocephalus and identify predictors of long-term outcome, using a reliable and validated outcome measure: the Hydrocephalus Outcome Questionnaire (HOQ)... 
Characteristics associated with citation rate of the medical literatureAbhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Population Health Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PLoS ONE 2:e403. 2007..The citation rate for articles is viewed as a measure of their importance and impact; however, little is known about what features of articles are associated with higher citation rate...- Assessment of mother and father concern in childhood hydrocephalusAbhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Child Health and Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Room 1503, 555 University Avenue, M5G 1X8 Toronto, ON, Canada
Qual Life Res 16:1501-9. 2007..We quantitatively assessed the concerns of parents of children with hydrocephalus, using the Hydrocephalus Concerns Questionnaire for parents (HCQ-P)... - Questionnaire for assessing parents' concerns about their child with hydrocephalusAbhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Neurosurgery and Population Health Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dev Med Child Neurol 48:108-13. 2006..This new questionnaire has demonstrated very good psychometric properties. It can be used to broaden the scope of future clinical research in pediatric hydrocephalus to include the impact on parents... - Measuring the health status of children with hydrocephalus by using a new outcome measureAbhaya V Kulkarni
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
J Neurosurg 101:141-6. 2004..In the present study, they present their initial experience in using the HOQ to quantify the health status in a typical cohort of children with hydrocephalus... - Predicting nonauditory adverse radiation effects following radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: a volume and dosimetric analysisCaroline Hayhurst
Gamma Knife Unit, Division of Neurosurgery, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 82:2041-6. 2012..To define clinical and dosimetric predictors of nonauditory adverse radiation effects after radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma treated with a 12 Gy prescription dose... - Corticospinal tract mapping in children with ruptured arteriovenous malformations using functionally guided diffusion-tensor imagingMichael J Ellis
Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg Pediatr 9:505-10. 2012..Prospective studies are needed to assess the full value of this technique in the risk stratification, prognosis, and multimodality management of pediatric AVMs... - Attitudes towards chiropractic: an analysis of written comments from a survey of north american orthopaedic surgeonsJason W Busse
The Institute for Work and Health, 481 University Avenue, Suite 800, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2E9, Canada
Chiropr Man Therap 19:25. 2011..abstract:.. - Endoscopic third ventriculostomy versus ventriculoperitoneal shunt in pediatric patients: a decision analysisJames M Drake
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Childs Nerv Syst 25:467-72. 2009..We performed decision analysis for quality of life (QOL) outcomes comparing these two procedures... - The impact of therapeutic modality on outcomes following repair of ruptured intracranial aneurysms: an administrative data analysis. Clinical articleCian J O'Kelly
Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg 113:795-801. 2010..The performance of coiling in a more general population of ruptured aneurysms has not been adequately studied... - Development and validation of an instrument to predict functional recovery in tibial fracture patients: the Somatic Pre-Occupation and Coping (SPOC) questionnaireJason W Busse
Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Orthop Trauma 26:370-8. 2012..To explore the role of patients' beliefs in their likelihood of recovery from severe physical trauma... - Neurosurgical management of extraaxial central nervous system infections in childrenSanjay Gupta
Division of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg Pediatr 7:441-51. 2011..Symptoms are usually progressive, and early diagnosis is therefore important. Early intervention with appropriate treatment offers the best opportunity for eradicating the infection and promoting maximal neurological recovery... - Clinical predictors of developmental outcome in patients with cephalocelesBenjamin W Y Lo
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton General Hospital Neurosurgery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2:254-7. 2008..The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential risk factors for the occurrence of developmental delay in patients with cephaloceles, using both univariate and multivariable regression techniques... - The history of neurosurgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in TorontoAndrew Jea
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada
Neurosurgery 61:612-24; discussion 624-5. 2007..The purpose of this article is to review the history of the individuals who founded the Hospital for Sick Children and its Division of Neurosurgery... - Incorporation of C-1 lateral mass screws in occipitocervical and atlantoaxial fusions for children 8 years of age or younger. Technical noteAndrew Jea
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg 107:178-83. 2007..There was one instance of a vertebral artery injury, and the lessons learned from this complication are discussed... - Gamma knife radiosurgery for the treatment of cystic cerebral metastasesJulius O Ebinu
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 85:667-71. 2013..To assess the role of Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) in the treatment of nonsurgical cystic brain metastasis, and to determine predictors of response to GKRS... - Attitudes toward chiropractic: a survey of North American orthopedic surgeonsJason W Busse
Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34:2818-25. 2009..Questionnaire survey... - Management of pediatric brainstem cavernous malformations: experience over 20 years at the hospital for sick childrenRatan D Bhardwaj
Division of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Surgery, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg Pediatr 4:458-64. 2009..The optimal management of these lesions requires considerable neurosurgical judgment. Accordingly, the authors reviewed their experience with the management of pediatric brainstem CMs at the Hospital for Sick Children... - Shunt-dependent hydrocephalus after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: incidence, predictors, and revision rates. Clinical articleCian J O'Kelly
Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg 111:1029-35. 2009..While its incidence and risk factors have been well described, the long-term performance of shunts in this setting has not been not widely reported... - Pretreatment predictors of adverse radiation effects after radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformationCaroline Hayhurst
Gamma Knife Unit, Division of Neurosurgery, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 82:803-8. 2012..To identify vascular and dosimetric predictors of symptomatic T2 signal change and adverse radiation effects after radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformation, in order to define and validate preexisting risk models... - Attitudes towards fibromyalgia: a survey of Canadian chiropractic, naturopathic, physical therapy and occupational therapy studentsJason W Busse
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
BMC Complement Altern Med 8:24. 2008.... - Complications of Gamma Knife surgery: an early report from 2 Canadian centersShobhan Vachhrajani
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg 109:2-7. 2008..The authors report treatment complications from the early experience of 2 Canadian GKS programs in Toronto and Sherbrooke... - Intraoperative angiography during microsurgical removal of arteriovenous malformations in childrenMichael J Ellis
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg Pediatr 6:435-43. 2010..Here, the authors report on their experience with high-quality intraoperative angiography during the surgical management of pediatric AVMs in their image-guided therapy (IGT) facility... - Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during complex spinal deformity cases in pediatric patients: methodology, utility, prognostication, and outcomeJames Drake
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 555 University Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada
Childs Nerv Syst 26:523-44. 2010..While these problems are rare, decompression, correction, instrumentation, and fusion are quite hazardous. Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) seems particularly beneficial in these patients... - Stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of melanoma and renal cell carcinoma brain metastasesShelly Lwu
Division of Neurosurgery, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Oncol Rep 29:407-12. 2013..Smaller tumor volume and RCC pathology, predictors of response, suggest distinct differences in tumor biology and the extent of radioresponse between RCC and melanoma... - Consensus definitions of complications for accurate recording and comparisons of surgical outcomes in pediatric neurosurgeryJames M Drake
Division of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg Pediatr 10:89-95. 2012..Therefore, the Canadian Pediatric Neurosurgery Study Group created definitions of complications in pediatric neurosurgery with consensus among 13 Canadian pediatric neurosurgical centers... - Detection of important venous collaterals by computed tomography venogram in multisutural synostosis. Case report and review of the literatureMerdas Al Otibi
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg 107:508-10. 2007..Computed tomography venography is an easily obtained study that we recommend in the evaluation of children with multisutural craniosynostosis prior to cranial surgical interventions... - Clinical practice guidelinesShobhan Vachhrajani
Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Neurosurg Pediatr 3:249-56. 2009..The authors hope that this will allow neurosurgeons to make more informed decisions about the many CPGs that will inevitably become an essential component of medical practice in the years to come... - Predictors of seizure outcomes in children with tuberous sclerosis complex and intractable epilepsy undergoing resective epilepsy surgery: an individual participant data meta-analysisAria Fallah
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
PLoS ONE 8:e53565. 2013..To perform a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis to identify preoperative factors associated with a good seizure outcome in children with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex undergoing resective epilepsy surgery... - The need to standardize functional outcome in randomized trials of hip fracture: a review using the ICF frameworkAmy Hoang-Kim
Department of Medicine, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Orthop Trauma 27:e1-8. 2013..We used the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) framework for conceptualizing outcome after hip fracture trauma from a body, individual, and societal perspective... - Twenty years of meta-analyses in orthopaedic surgery: has quality kept up with quantity?Bernadette G Dijkman
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington Street North, Suite 110, Hamilton, ON L8L 2X2, Canada
J Bone Joint Surg Am 92:48-57. 2010..The objectives of this review were to assess the scientific quality and number of published meta-analyses on orthopaedics-related topics over time... - Atypical characteristics and behavior of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumorsRazan Daghistani
Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenuse, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada
Neuroradiology 55:217-24. 2013..However, there were case reports that suggested DNET may not be as benign as previously thought. The purpose of our study was to identify atypical location, characteristics, and behavior of DNET in children... - Distribution-based and anchor-based approaches provided different interpretability estimates for the Hydrocephalus Outcome QuestionnaireAbhaya V Kulkarni
Department of Population Health Sciences and Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 59:176-84. 2006..To compare three separate methods for establishing interpretability for a health status measure, the Hydrocephalus Outcome Questionnaire (HOQ)... - Attitudes toward vaccination: a survey of Canadian chiropractic studentsJason W Busse
Oncidium Health Group Inc, Burlington, Ont
CMAJ 166:1531-4. 2002..This study describes the prevalence of anti-vaccination attitudes among Canadian chiropractic students... - The effect of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound therapy on time to fracture healing: a meta-analysisJason W Busse
Oncidium Health Group Inc, Burlington, Ont
CMAJ 166:437-41. 2002..We describe a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound therapy for healing of fractures... - Hospital care for children with hydrocephalus in the United States: utilization, charges, comorbidities, and deathsTamara D Simon
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Inpatient Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84113, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 1:131-7. 2008.... - Conservative management of asymptomatic spinal lipomas of the conusAbhaya V Kulkarni
, Groupe Hospitalier Necker-Enfants Malades, 149 rue de Sevres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, France
Neurosurgery 54:868-73; discussion 873-5. 2004..A more definitive randomized study will be required to clarify the relative efficacy of early surgery for SLCs among asymptomatic patients... - Management of shunt infections: a multicenter pilot studyJohn R W Kestle
Department of Neurosurgery, Primary Children s Medical Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84113, USA
J Neurosurg 105:177-81. 2006..The present multicenter pilot study was undertaken to evaluate current strategies in the treatment of shunt infection...