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Microsurgical keyhole approach for middle fossa arachnoid cyst fenestrationMichael L Levy
Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, and Children s Hospital of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Neurosurgery 53:1138-44; discussion 1144-5. 2003..We reviewed the results for patients who were treated primarily with craniotomy and fenestration at our institution, to provide a baseline for comparisons of the efficacies of other treatment modalities...- Hydrocephalus in children with middle fossa arachnoid cystsMichael L Levy
Department of Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 92123, USA
J Neurosurg 101:25-31. 2004.... - Bacterial adhesion to surfactant-modified silicone surfacesMichael L Levy
Division of Neurosurgery, Children s Hospital of San Diego, Suite 300, 8010 Frost Street, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Neurosurgery 54:488-90; discussion 490-1. 2004..We studied the effectiveness of a surfactant and/or 2% iodine prewash on preventing bacterial adhesion to Silastic catheter material... - Birth and evolution of the football helmetMichael L Levy
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA
Neurosurgery 55:656-61; discussion 661-2. 2004..To review the advent and evolution of the football helmet through historical, physiological, and biomechanical analysis... - Deep venous thrombosis in children and adolescentsMichael L Levy
Department of Neurosurgery, Childrens Specialists of San Diego, and University of California, San Diego, California 92123, USA
J Neurosurg 101:32-7. 2004..The objective of this retrospective review was to identify patients on the pediatric neurosurgical ward with deep venous thrombosis (DVT) to develop diagnostic and treatment-related guidelines... - Robotic virtual endoscopy: development of a multidirectional rigid endoscopeMichael L Levy
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, Childrens Hospital of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Neurosurgery 59:ONS134-41; discussion ONS134-41. 2006..We introduce a robotic virtual endoscope with applications for neurosurgery that could serve as a novel step in the evolution of future endoscopic technologies... - Analysis and evolution of head injury in footballMichael L Levy
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA
Neurosurgery 55:649-55. 2004..To review head injury in football through historical, anatomic, and physiological analysis... 
Vagus nerve stimulation therapy in patients with autism spectrum disorder and intractable epilepsy: results from the vagus nerve stimulation therapy patient outcome registryMichael L Levy
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children s Hospital of San Diego, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 5:595-602. 2010....- Mortality resulting from head injury in professional boxingLissa C Baird
Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
Neurosurgery 67:1444-50; discussion 1450. 2010..The majority of boxing-related fatalities result from traumatic brain injury. Biomechanical forces in boxing result in rotational acceleration with resultant subdural hematoma and diffuse axonal injury... - Variations of endoscopic and open repair of metopic craniosynostosisSassan Keshavarzi
Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Rady Children s Hospital and Health Care Center, University of California San Diego, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8893, USA
J Craniofac Surg 20:1439-44. 2009.... - The risk of growing skull fractures in craniofacial patientsSassan Keshavarzi
Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, Calif, USA
Pediatr Neurosurg 46:193-8. 2010..This experience was then compared to that of the pertinent published literature... - Mortality resulting from head injury in professional boxing: case reportLissa C Baird
Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
Neurosurgery 67:E519-20. 2010..The majority of boxing-related fatalities result from traumatic brain injury. Biomechanical forces in boxing result in rotational acceleration with resultant subdural hematoma and diffuse axonal injury... - Nonsyndromic craniosynostosis: current treatment optionsSteven R Cohen
Craniofacial Surgery, Rady Children s Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA
Plast Surg Nurs 28:79-91. 2008.... - Fronto-orbital and cranial osteotomies with resorbable fixation using an endoscopic approachSteven R Cohen
Department of Craniofacial Surgery, Children s Hospital, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Clin Plast Surg 31:429-42, vi. 2004..Ultimately, each patient is best served by a customized plan, developed and implemented by a multidisciplinary team capable of the full range of techniques... - Honored guest presentation: the legacy of Galen of Pergamon. The neurosurgeon in the arena of sportMichael L J Apuzzo
Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Clin Neurosurg 49:333-70. 2002 - Craniofacial reconstruction as a treatment for elevated intracranial pressureLissa C Baird
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Childs Nerv Syst 28:411-8. 2012..The authors review their institutional experience in the treatment of children with symptomatic increased intracranial pressure (ICP) utilizing craniofacial reconstructive procedures... - Surgical correction of metopic synostosisHenry E Aryan
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California Medical Center, San Diego, 92103 8893, USA
Childs Nerv Syst 21:392-8. 2005..In mild forms, there is only prominent ridging of the metopic suture; more severe forms result in a marked narrowing of the frontal and temporal regions that in turn affects the supraorbital rims and produces hypotelorism... - Effect of vagus nerve stimulator magnet on programmable shunt settingsRahul Jandial
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California at San Diego, Division of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, San Diego, California, USA
Neurosurgery 55:627-9; discussion 629-30. 2004..Further trials and a double-blind study are necessary to illustrate more clearly the possible relationship of these magnetically controlled neurosurgical devices... - Initial experience with antibiotic-impregnated silicone catheters for shunting of cerebrospinal fluid in childrenHenry E Aryan
Division of Neurosurgery, Children s Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA
Childs Nerv Syst 21:56-61. 2005..However, these shunts are yet to be evaluated in clinical trials and their safety and efficacy in preventing shunt infections is unknown... 
Initial clinical experience with frameless optically guided stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy in pediatric patientsSassan Keshavarzi
Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, 200 W Arbor Drive, Suite 8893, San Diego, CA 92103 8893, USA
Childs Nerv Syst 25:837-44. 2009..The objective of this study is to report our initial experience treating pediatric patients with central nervous system tumors using a frameless, optically guided linear accelerator...- Complications of interhemispheric transcallosal approach in children: review of 15 years experienceHenry E Aryan
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 108:790-3. 2006..Few case series discuss the morbidity associated with this approach. This study describes the 15-year experience of the senior author in Southern California... - Emotional and psychological impact of delayed craniosynostosis repairBurak M Ozgur
Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Childs Nerv Syst 22:1619-23. 2006..In a time in which we are understanding how critical a child's early formative years are in influencing his/her emotional and psychological development, the authors describe one medical aspect involved in that dynamic process... - Endoscopic third ventriculostomyAzadeh Farin
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Southern California (USC, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Clin Neurosci 13:763-70. 2006..Additional recent data suggest the favorability of third ventriculostomy over shunt implantation in additional patient cohorts. Operative technique is discussed... - Aneurysms in children: review of 15 years experienceHenry E Aryan
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California San Diego Medical Center, 200 W Arbor Drive, Suite 8893, San Diego, California 92103 8893, USA
J Clin Neurosci 13:188-92. 2006..Intracranial aneurysms in children are rare. The location, size, age, and presentation in the young are markedly different from that of adults. The 15-year experience of the senior author in southern California is presented... - Management of pilocytic astrocytoma with diffuse leptomeningeal spread: two cases and review of the literatureHenry E Aryan
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Childs Nerv Syst 21:477-81. 2005..We report two children with disseminated JPAs treated with a chemotherapeutic agent, temozolomide, after progression of the disease despite surgery, traditional chemotherapy, and/or radiation therapy... - Pediatric neurosurgery outreach: sustainability appraisal of a targeted teaching model in Kiev, UkraineMichael L Levy
Division of Neurosurgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
J Surg Educ 69:611-6. 2012..In addition the ability to create sustainable surgical care improvement is investigated as an efficient method to improve global surgical care... - Concussions in soccer: a current understandingMichael L Levy
Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery Rady Children s Hospital of San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
World Neurosurg 78:535-44. 2012..As many as 22% of all soccer injuries are concussions... - Maria Auxiliadora Hospital in Lima, Peru as a model for neurosurgical outreach to international charity hospitalsMelanie G Hayden
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Road, Stanford, CA 94305 5327, USA
Childs Nerv Syst 27:145-8. 2011..The International Neurosurgical Children's Association (INCA) effectively improved the available neurosurgical care in the Maria Auxiliadora Hospital of Lima, Peru through the advancement of local specialist education and training... - The pathophysiologic mechanism of cerebellar mutismBurak M Ozgur
Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children s Hospital of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Surg Neurol 66:18-25. 2006..Multiple theories exist for explaining this phenomenon. We have made an attempt to further understand this entity given a particularly interesting case as it relates to multiple pathophysiologic pathways... - Subfrontal transbasal approach and technique for resection of craniopharyngiomaHenry E Aryan
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, California 92103 8893, USA
Neurosurg Focus 18:E10. 2005..The authors prefer the subfrontal transbasal approach for resection of these tumors, and they describe this approach and illustrate it with the accompanying figures... - Leptomeningeal cyst development after endoscopic craniosynostosis repair: case reportHenry E Aryan
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California 92123, USA
Neurosurgery 55:235-7; discussion 237-8. 2004..Facility with and use of an appropriate endoscope is essential to the safe performance of minimally invasive craniosynostosis surgery... - Gunshot wounds to the spine in adolescentsHenry E Aryan
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
Neurosurgery 57:748-52; discussion 748-52. 2005..No evidence of spinal instability was noted in this study, and no surgical intervention was required... - Microsurgical keyhole middle fossa arachnoid cyst fenestrationBurak M Ozgur
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California San Diego; Children's Hospital; San Diego, California 92103-8893, USA
J Clin Neurosci 12:804-6. 2005..Patient selection is crucial, as is knowledge of the surgical anatomy. We provide a detailed description of the technique, with Illustrations of the key aspects of the procedure... - Over-the-catheter retrieval of a retained microcatheter following Onyx embolization: a technical reportC Benjamin Newman
Division of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA
J Neurointerv Surg 4:e13. 2012..In the present report, a novel technique for the retrieval of microcatheters retained during Onyx embolization of intracranial lesions is described... - Indirect revascularisation for paediatric moyamoya disease: the EDAMS techniqueBurak M Ozgur
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, California 92103-8893, USA
J Clin Neurosci 13:105-8. 2006..Debate has long ensued about which methods are most efficacious and yet safe. The authors describe their experience with a straightforward method for performing the EDAMS (encephalo-duro-arterio-myo-synangiosis) technique... - Gel-based surgical preparation resulting in an operating room fire during a neurosurgical procedure: case reportHal S Meltzer
Divisions of Pediatrics and Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, Childrens Hospital of San Diego, California, USA
J Neurosurg 102:347-9. 2005.... - Use of elemental iodine for shunt infection prophylaxisSooHo Choi
Division of Neurosurgery, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
Neurosurgery 52:908-12; discussion 912-3. 2003..CONCLUSION: I(2) can be added to irrigation solutions in sufficient concentrations to be bactericidal without causing any central nervous system injury... - Neonatal subgaleal hematoma causing brain compression: report of two cases and review of the literatureArun P Amar
Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Neurosurgery 52:1470-4; discussion 1474. 2003..Management consists of measures to correct hypovolemic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation, as well as surgical intervention to control elevated intracranial pressure... - The science of shrinking human heads: tribal warfare and revenge among the South American Jivaro-ShuarRahul Jandial
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Neurosurgery 55:1215-21. 2004..Regardless, the Jivaro-Shuar and their practices provide an illustrative counterexample to popular myth regarding the culture and science of the shrinking of human heads... - Intradural cranial congenital dermal sinuses: diagnosis and managementHenry E Aryan
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
Childs Nerv Syst 22:243-7; discussion 248. 2006..The congenital dermal sinus (CDS) is a benign tumor-like entity that has unique anatomical and clinical features. We retrospectively examined our data to determine factors associated with adverse outcomes for cranial-based dermal sinuses... - Biomechanical aspects of sports-related head injuriesMin S Park
Division of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, MC 8893, San Diego, CA 92103 8893, USA
Neurol Clin 26:33-43; vii. 2008.... - Retinal hemorrhage and pediatric brain injury: etiology and review of the literatureHenry E Aryan
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, California 92103 8893, USA
J Clin Neurosci 12:624-31. 2005..We review the literature regarding types of retinal hemorrhage and their associated etiologies... - Hypothalamic ganglioglioma treated by temporal lobectomy. Case report and review of the literatureHenry E Aryan
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego Medical Center, 92103 8893, USA
J Neurosurg 100:217-9. 2004..The authors recommend follow up and surgical treatment for possible tumor recurrence. The prognosis for hypothalamic ganglioglioma is unknown... - Brain tumor stem cells and the tumor microenvironmenRahul Jandial
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, USA
Neurosurg Focus 24:E27. 2008..Evidence of brain tumor stem cells is reviewed along with the role of tumor environment as the context within which these cells should be understood... - Vertebral body granuloma of the cervical region after pencil injuryHal S Meltzer
Division of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of San Diego, and Division of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, USA
Neurosurgery 54:1527-9; discussion 1529-30. 2004.... - Craniofacial reconstruction with a fast resorbing polymer: a 6- to 12-month clinical follow-up reviewSteven R Cohen
Craniofacial Surgery Service, Children s Hospital of San Diego, California 92123, USA
Neurosurg Focus 16:E12. 2004..In this paper the authors discuss the biomaterial properties of a fast resorbing polymer (FRP) and the clinical results in a series of patients who participated in a 6- to 12-month study... - Correction of large (>25 cm(2)) cranial defects with "reinforced" hydroxyapatite cement: technique and complicationsSusan R Durham
Department of Neurosurgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland 97201-3098, USA
Neurosurgery 52:842-5; discussion 845. 2003..Although this technique provides an excellent cosmetic result and no evidence to date of bony resorption, the rate of infection is alarmingly high in these large constructs... - Evolution of the human brain: changing brain size and the fossil recordMin S Park
Division of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA
Neurosurgery 60:555-62; discussion 562. 2007..This overview is intended to provide a broad understanding of some of the controversial issues that are currently being debated in the multidisciplinary field of brain evolution research... - Stem cell origin of brain tumorsDawn Waters
Division of Neurosurgery, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA
Adv Exp Med Biol 671:58-66. 2010..NSCs are increasingly being investigated as the cell type that originally undergoes malignant transformation--the cell of origin--and the evidence for this is discussed... - Recurrent pediatric central nervous system low-grade gliomas: the role of surveillance neuroimaging in asymptomatic childrenYoko T Udaka
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, Rady Children s Hospital San Diego, California 92123, USA
J Neurosurg Pediatr 11:119-26. 2013..The authors sought to determine the clinical and radiographic features associated with recurrent or progressive disease in a single-institutional series of children diagnosed with primary CNS LGG... - Nonsyndromic Craniosynostosis: The Rady Children's Hospital ApproachRyan K Wong
From the Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery and Division of Neurosurgery, Rady Children s Hospital and the University of California, San Diego, California
J Craniofac Surg 23:S119-23. 2012..In this article, our purpose was to describe our algorithm for treating nonsyndromic craniosynostosis at Rady Children's Hospital... - A neuroforensic analysis of the wounds of President John F. Kennedy: Part 2--A study of the available evidence, eyewitness correlations, analysis, and conclusionsMichael L Levy
Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital San Diego, and Division of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Neurosurgery 54:1298-310; discussion 1311-2. 2004..The final article of the series will relate the wounds to the timing of the shots and the location of the President as his limousine traversed Dealey Plaza and will discuss the sites from which the bullets could have been fired... - The assassination of President John F Kennedy: a neuroforensic analysis--part 1: a neurosurgeon's previously undocumented eyewitness account of the events of November 22, 1963Daniel Sullivan
Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Neurosurgery 53:1019-25; discussion 1025-27. 2003..This report provides a previously undocumented neurosurgeon's eyewitness account of what transpired in Trauma Room 1 of Parkland Memorial Hospital on November 22, 1963...