Atman Desai

Summary

Affiliation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Interictal PET and ictal subtraction SPECT: sensitivity in the detection of seizure foci in patients with medically intractable epilepsy
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    Epilepsia 54:341-50. 2013
  2. ncbi Association of a higher density of specialist neuroscience providers with fewer deaths from stroke in the United States population
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    J Neurosurg 118:431-6. 2013
  3. ncbi Surgery for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis in Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial: does incidental durotomy affect outcome?
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 37:406-13. 2012
  4. ncbi Spine patient outcomes research trial: do outcomes vary across centers for surgery for lumbar disc herniation?
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    Neurosurgery 71:833-42. 2012
  5. ncbi Minimally invasive tubular retractor system for adequate exposure during surgical obliteration of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas with the aid of indocyanine green intraoperative angiography
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    J Neurosurg Spine 17:160-3. 2012
  6. ncbi Surgical techniques for investigating the role of the insula in epilepsy: a review
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    Neurosurg Focus 32:E6. 2012
  7. ncbi How long should cerebrospinal fluid cultures be held to detect shunt infections? Clinical article
    Atman Desai
    Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children s Hospital, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, USA
    J Neurosurg Pediatr 4:184-9. 2009
  8. ncbi Stereotactic depth electrode investigation of the insula in the evaluation of medically intractable epilepsy
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    J Neurosurg 114:1176-86. 2011
  9. ncbi Outcomes after incidental durotomy during first-time lumbar discectomy
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03766, USA
    J Neurosurg Spine 14:647-53. 2011
  10. ncbi SPORT: does incidental durotomy affect long-term outcomes in cases of spinal stenosis?
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    Neurosurgery 69:38-44; discussion 44. 2011

Detail Information

Publications19

  1. ncbi Interictal PET and ictal subtraction SPECT: sensitivity in the detection of seizure foci in patients with medically intractable epilepsy
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    Epilepsia 54:341-50. 2013
    ..To determine the relative utility of these methods in the localization of seizure foci, we compared interictal PET and ictal subtraction SPECT to subdural and depth electrode recordings in patients with medically intractable epilepsy...
  2. ncbi Association of a higher density of specialist neuroscience providers with fewer deaths from stroke in the United States population
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    J Neurosurg 118:431-6. 2013
    ..Given that neurologists and neurosurgeons have special expertise in this area, the authors hypothesized that the density of neuroscience providers is associated with reduced mortality rates from stroke across US counties...
  3. ncbi Surgery for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis in Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial: does incidental durotomy affect outcome?
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 37:406-13. 2012
    ..Retrospective review of a prospectively collected multi-institutional database...
  4. ncbi Spine patient outcomes research trial: do outcomes vary across centers for surgery for lumbar disc herniation?
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    Neurosurgery 71:833-42. 2012
    ..Lumbar discectomy is the most commonly performed spine procedure. Academic spine centers with potentially differing caseloads and experience may have different outcomes...
  5. ncbi Minimally invasive tubular retractor system for adequate exposure during surgical obliteration of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas with the aid of indocyanine green intraoperative angiography
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA
    J Neurosurg Spine 17:160-3. 2012
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  6. ncbi Surgical techniques for investigating the role of the insula in epilepsy: a review
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    Neurosurg Focus 32:E6. 2012
    ..The authors review each of these techniques with respect to current concepts in insular epilepsy...
  7. ncbi How long should cerebrospinal fluid cultures be held to detect shunt infections? Clinical article
    Atman Desai
    Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children s Hospital, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, USA
    J Neurosurg Pediatr 4:184-9. 2009
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  8. ncbi Stereotactic depth electrode investigation of the insula in the evaluation of medically intractable epilepsy
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    J Neurosurg 114:1176-86. 2011
    ..The authors describe their experience with stereotactic implantation of insular depth electrodes in patients with medically intractable epilepsy...
  9. ncbi Outcomes after incidental durotomy during first-time lumbar discectomy
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03766, USA
    J Neurosurg Spine 14:647-53. 2011
    ..The effect of a durotomy on long-term outcomes is, however, controversial. The authors sought to examine whether the occurrence of durotomy during surgery impacts long-term clinical outcome...
  10. ncbi SPORT: does incidental durotomy affect long-term outcomes in cases of spinal stenosis?
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    Neurosurgery 69:38-44; discussion 44. 2011
    ..Incidental durotomy is a familiar encounter during surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. The impact of durotomy on long-term outcomes remains a matter of debate...
  11. ncbi Akathisia after mild traumatic head injury
    Atman Desai
    Section of Pediatric Surgery Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    J Neurosurg Pediatr 5:460-4. 2010
    ..The literature on akathisia in pediatric patients, and especially in patients following acute head injury, is reviewed, with suggestions for an approach to these symptoms in this clinical setting...
  12. ncbi Subdural interhemispheric grid electrodes for intracranial epilepsy monitoring: feasibility, safety, and utility: clinical article
    Kimon Bekelis
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    J Neurosurg 117:1182-8. 2012
    ..The authors investigated their experience with interhemispheric grid electrodes (IHGEs) to assess the hypothesis that they are feasible, safe, and useful...
  13. ncbi Variation in outcomes across centers after surgery for lumbar stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis in the spine patient outcomes research trial
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery Department of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Hanover, NH
    Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 38:678-91. 2013
    ..The findings suggest that the choice of center affects outcome after these procedures, although further studies are required to investigate which center characteristics are most important...
  14. ncbi Occipitotemporal hippocampal depth electrodes in intracranial epilepsy monitoring: safety and utility
    Kimon Bekelis
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    J Neurosurg 118:345-52. 2013
    ..The authors investigated the usefulness of hippocampal depth electrodes in the era of more advanced imaging techniques...
  15. ncbi Increased population density of neurosurgeons associated with decreased risk of death from motor vehicle accidents in the United States
    Atman Desai
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    J Neurosurg 117:599-603. 2012
    ....
  16. ncbi Computed tomography angiography: improving diagnostic yield and cost effectiveness in the initial evaluation of spontaneous nonsubarachnoid intracerebral hemorrhage
    Kimon Bekelis
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire
    J Neurosurg 117:761-6. 2012
    ....
  17. ncbi Magnetic resonance imaging/magnetic resonance angiography fusion technique for intraoperative navigation during microsurgical resection of cerebral arteriovenous malformations
    Kimon Bekelis
    Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Radiology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    Neurosurg Focus 32:E7. 2012
    ..The current study describes the use of a technique that fuses contrast-enhanced MR images and 3D time-of-flight MR angiograms for intraoperative navigation in AVM resection...
  18. ncbi Frameless robotically targeted stereotactic brain biopsy: feasibility, diagnostic yield, and safety
    Kimon Bekelis
    Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA
    J Neurosurg 116:1002-6. 2012
    ..The authors hypothesized that robotic brain biopsy is a safe, accurate procedure, with a high diagnostic yield and a safety profile comparable to other stereotactic biopsy methods...
  19. ncbi A Risk Factor-based Predictive Model of Outcomes in Carotid Endarterectomy: The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program 2005-2010
    Kimon Bekelis
    Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Dr, Lebanon, NH 03756
    Stroke 44:1085-90. 2013
    ..We attempted to create a risk factor-based predictive model of outcomes in CEA...