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| Nestor R GonzalezSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Intracranial arterial stenoses: current viewpoints, novel approaches, and surgical perspectivesNestor R Gonzalez
Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 LeConte Ave, Rm 18 251 Semel, Los Angeles, CA 90095 7039, USA
Neurosurg Rev 36:175-84; discussion 184-5. 2013..Further formal evaluation of indirect revascularization for IAS is a logical and worthy step in the development of intracranial atherosclerosis treatment strategies...- Effects of mobile and digital support for a structured, competency-based curriculum in neurosurgery residency educationNestor R Gonzalez
Department of Neurosurgery, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Neurosurgery 71:164-72. 2012..Changes in neurosurgical practice and graduate medical education impose new challenges for training programs... - Cerebral hemodynamic and metabolic effects of remote ischemic preconditioning in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhageNestor R Gonzalez
Department of Neurosurgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 7039, USA
Acta Neurochir Suppl 115:193-8. 2013..RIPC effects on cerebral hemodynamics and metabolism have not been explored in humans. This study evaluates hemodynamic and metabolic changes induced by RIPC in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)... - Impact of anatomic features in the endovascular embolization of 181 anterior communicating artery aneurysmsNestor Gonzalez
Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90095 7039, USA
Stroke 39:2776-82. 2008.... 
Challenges in the endovascular treatment of giant intracranial aneurysmsNestor R Gonzalez
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90095 7039, USA
Neurosurgery 59:S113-24; discussion S3-13. 2006..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the anatomic and hemodynamic characteristics of these lesions and the current endovascular and combined surgical and endovascular techniques available for their treatment...- Vasospasm probability index: a combination of transcranial doppler velocities, cerebral blood flow, and clinical risk factors to predict cerebral vasospasm after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhageNestor R Gonzalez
Division of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, California 90025 7039, USA
J Neurosurg 107:1101-12. 2007..The goal in this study was to create an index (vasospasm probability index [VPI]) to improve diagnostic accuracy for vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)... - Endovascular coiling of intracranial aneurysms in elderly patients: report of 205 treated aneurysmsNestor R Gonzalez
Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Neurosurgery 66:714-20; discussion 720-1. 2010..More elderly patients are presenting with intracranial aneurysms. Many are poor surgical candidates and often undergo endovascular treatment... 
Predictors of subarachnoid hemorrhage in acute ischemic stroke with endovascular therapyZhong Song Shi
Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 7437, USA
Stroke 41:2775-81. 2010..The purpose of this study was to describe the frequency and predictors of SAH in acute ischemic stroke patients treated endovascularly and its impact on clinical outcome...- Preprocedural basal ganglionic infarction increases the risk of hemorrhagic transformation but not worse outcome following successful recanalization of acute middle cerebral artery occlusionsYince Loh
Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
World Neurosurg 74:636-40. 2010..We postulate that the structures of the deep MCA field are particularly vulnerable to hemorrhagic transformation (HT) following reperfusion... - Indirect revascularization for nonmoyamoya intracranial arterial stenoses: clinical and angiographic outcomesJoshua R Dusick
Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, UCLA Stroke Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095 7039, USA
J Neurosurg 117:94-102. 2012..The authors present clinical and angiographic quantitative outcomes of indirect revascularization for patients with symptomatic intracranial stenosis... - Multimodal quantitation of the effects of endovascular therapy for vasospasm on cerebral blood flow, transcranial doppler ultrasonographic velocities, and cerebral artery diametersRod J Oskouian
Division of Neurosurgery and Cerebral Blood Flow Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, USA
Neurosurgery 51:30-41; discussion 41-3. 2002..The goal of this study was to quantify the effects of endovascular therapy on vasospastic cerebral vessels... - Impact of Merci device fracture on clinical outcome of acute ischemic stroke after mechanical thrombectomyZhong Song Shi
Department of Neurosurgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China
CNS Neurosci Ther 18:841-6. 2012..To investigate the frequency and predictors of Merci device fracture in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with mechanical thrombectomy and its impact on clinical outcome... - Basal ganglionic infarction before mechanical thrombectomy predicts poor outcomeYince Loh
Division of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif, USA
Stroke 40:3315-20. 2009..Use of mechanical thrombectomy for acute cerebrovascular occlusions is increasing. Preintervention MRI patterns may be helpful in predicting prognosis... - Endovascular treatment of middle cerebral artery aneurysms with detachable coils: angiographic and clinical outcomes in 115 consecutive patientsShuichi Suzuki
Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095 1721, USA
Neurosurgery 64:876-88; discussion 888-9. 2009..We retrospectively reviewed the anatomic and clinical outcomes of patients with MCA aneurysms who underwent endovascular treatment at our institution... - Matrix and bioabsorbable polymeric coils accelerate healing of intracranial aneurysms: long-term experimental studyYuichi Murayama
Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, and Leo G Rigler Radiological Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Stroke 34:2031-7. 2003..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the short-term efficacy and long-term safety of the new Matrix coil system... - Transarterial embolization of clival dural arteriovenous fistulae using liquid embolic agentsZhong Song Shi
Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90095 1721, USA
Neurosurgery 62:408-15; discussion 415. 2008..This report examines the clinical presentation, angiographic findings, endovascular management, and outcome of clival DAVFs. Particular attention was given to safety and efficacy of transarterial embolization using liquid embolic agents... - Clinical and angiographic outcomes from indirect revascularization surgery for Moyamoya disease in adults and children: a review of 63 proceduresJoshua R Dusick
Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095 7436, USA
Neurosurgery 68:34-43; discussion 43. 2011..Several forms of indirect cerebral revascularization have been proposed to promote neovascularity to the ischemic brain... - Angiographic evidence of aneurysm neck healing following endovascular treatment with bioactive coilsNestor R Gonzalez
Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 26:912-4. 2005.... - Cellular responses of bioabsorbable polymeric material and Guglielmi detachable coil in experimental aneurysmsYuichi Murayama
Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Radiological Sciences, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California at Los Angeles 90095, USA
Stroke 33:1120-8. 2002..We evaluated a new endovascular therapeutic, bioabsorbable polymeric material (BPM), which may promote cellular reaction in the aneurysms... - Treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations with high-flow arteriovenous fistulas: risk and complications associated with endovascular embolization in multimodality treatment. Clinical articleIchiro Yuki
Division of Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Radiological Sciences, UCLA Medical Center and David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 1721, USA
J Neurosurg 113:715-22. 2010..The purpose of this study was to examine the outcomes of multimodality treatment of AVMs in association with a large arteriovenous fistula (AVF), with a special focus on endovascular embolization and its associated complications... - Frontal bur hole through an eyebrow incision for image-guided endoscopic evacuation of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhageJustin A Dye
Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
J Neurosurg 117:767-73. 2012..Minimally invasive techniques for hematoma evacuation have shown a trend toward improved outcomes. The aim of the present study is to describe a minimally invasive alternative for the evacuation of sICH and evaluate its feasibility... - Treatment of unruptured aneurysms with GDCs: clinical experience with 247 aneurysmsNestor Gonzalez
Divisions of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 25:577-83. 2004..9 days. CONCLUSION: GDC technology constitutes safe treatment for unruptured aneurysms, with successful anatomic and clinical results and low complication rates achieved... - A minimally-invasive rat model of subarachnoid hemorrhage and delayed ischemic injuryJoshua R Dusick
Department of Neurosurgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Surg Neurol Int 2:99. 2011..We have developed a minimally-invasive modification that prevents confounding effects of surgical procedures, leakage of blood from the subarachnoid space and minimizes risk of infection... - Osseous and vascular anatomical variations within the C1-C2 complex: a radiographical study using computed tomography angiographyParham Moftakhar
Division of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Int J Med Robot 4:158-64. 2008..One of the limiting factors of C1-C2 fixation is the location of the vertebral artery (VA). The authors sought to assess the potential variations in atlanto-axial VA anatomy using computed tomography angiography (CTA)...