Alexander A Khalessi

Summary

Affiliation: University of Southern California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Medical management of ankylosing spondylitis
    Alexander A Khalessi
    Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Neurosurg Focus 24:E4. 2008
  2. ncbi Draft formal response to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Technical Brief on neurothrombectomy devices in acute ischemic stroke
    Alexander A Khalessi
    Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
    World Neurosurg 73:612-21. 2010
  3. ncbi Neurosurgery and quantum dots: part I--state of the art
    Alexander A Khalessi
    Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
    Neurosurgery 64:1015-27; discussion 1027-8. 2009
  4. ncbi Use of the outreach distal access catheter as an intracranial platform facilitates coil embolization of select intracranial aneurysms: technical note
    Erik F Hauck
    Department of Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA
    J Neurointerv Surg 3:172-6. 2011
  5. ncbi Midterm clinical and angiographic follow-up for the first Food and Drug Administration-approved prospective, Single-Arm Trial of Primary Stenting for Stroke: SARIS (Stent-Assisted Recanalization for Acute Ischemic Stroke)
    Elad I Levy
    Department of Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
    Neurosurgery 69:915-20; discussion 920. 2011
  6. ncbi Endovascular stent therapy for extracranial and intracranial carotid artery dissection: single-center experience
    Hajime Ohta
    Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14209, USA
    J Neurosurg 115:91-100. 2011
  7. ncbi Intramedullary abscess of the spinal cord in the setting of patent foramen ovale
    Sergei Terterov
    Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
    World Neurosurg 76:361.e11-4. 2011
  8. ncbi Early decreased tumor volume following fractionated Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for metastatic melanoma and the role of "adaptive radiosurgery": case report
    Gabriel Zada
    Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
    Neurosurgery 67:E512-3. 2010
  9. ncbi Internal carotid artery aneurysms occurring at the origin of fetal variant posterior cerebral arteries: surgical and endovascular experience
    Gabriel Zada
    Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
    Neurosurgery 63:ONS55-61; discussion ONS61-2. 2008
  10. ncbi From atom to brain: applications of molecular imaging to neurosurgery
    Alexander Taghva
    Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    World Neurosurg 73:477-85. 2010

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi Medical management of ankylosing spondylitis
    Alexander A Khalessi
    Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Neurosurg Focus 24:E4. 2008
    ..Response should occur within 6-12 weeks, and patients must undergo tuberculosis screening. Evidence does not currently support the use of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs, corticosteroids, or radiotherapy in AS...
  2. ncbi Draft formal response to Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Technical Brief on neurothrombectomy devices in acute ischemic stroke
    Alexander A Khalessi
    Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
    World Neurosurg 73:612-21. 2010
    ..This piece offers the amalgam of policy and science central to WORLD NEUROSURGERY and provides a timely window to an evolving policy with dramatic implications for the neurosurgery community...
  3. ncbi Neurosurgery and quantum dots: part I--state of the art
    Alexander A Khalessi
    Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
    Neurosurgery 64:1015-27; discussion 1027-8. 2009
    ..Finally, this review establishes the existing bounds of Qdot possibilities. The second concept article details future endovascular diagnostic and therapeutic methods derived from these seminal advances...
  4. ncbi Use of the outreach distal access catheter as an intracranial platform facilitates coil embolization of select intracranial aneurysms: technical note
    Erik F Hauck
    Department of Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA
    J Neurointerv Surg 3:172-6. 2011
    ..Its application for coil embolization of intracranial aneurysms was investigated...
  5. ncbi Midterm clinical and angiographic follow-up for the first Food and Drug Administration-approved prospective, Single-Arm Trial of Primary Stenting for Stroke: SARIS (Stent-Assisted Recanalization for Acute Ischemic Stroke)
    Elad I Levy
    Department of Neurosurgery, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
    Neurosurgery 69:915-20; discussion 920. 2011
    ....
  6. ncbi Endovascular stent therapy for extracranial and intracranial carotid artery dissection: single-center experience
    Hajime Ohta
    Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14209, USA
    J Neurosurg 115:91-100. 2011
    ..The objective of this study was to evaluate endovascular stent therapy for carotid artery dissections (CADs)...
  7. ncbi Intramedullary abscess of the spinal cord in the setting of patent foramen ovale
    Sergei Terterov
    Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
    World Neurosurg 76:361.e11-4. 2011
    ..Here we present a case of an intramedullary spinal cord abscess in a patient with a patent foramen ovale...
  8. ncbi Early decreased tumor volume following fractionated Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for metastatic melanoma and the role of "adaptive radiosurgery": case report
    Gabriel Zada
    Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
    Neurosurgery 67:E512-3. 2010
    ..The tumor demonstrated a rapid response to radiosurgery with an observable reduction in tumor volume between the second and third treatments, requiring a favorable modification in the third fractionated treatment...
  9. ncbi Internal carotid artery aneurysms occurring at the origin of fetal variant posterior cerebral arteries: surgical and endovascular experience
    Gabriel Zada
    Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
    Neurosurgery 63:ONS55-61; discussion ONS61-2. 2008
    ..We present the first series of ICA-posterior communicating artery (PComA) aneurysms originating at the takeoff of fetal PCA vessels that were treated by surgical or endovascular intervention...
  10. ncbi From atom to brain: applications of molecular imaging to neurosurgery
    Alexander Taghva
    Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    World Neurosurg 73:477-85. 2010
    ..Finally, we give some parting thoughts on the future of molecular imaging, including advances in the imaging of neurodegenerative disorders...
  11. ncbi Stent placement for the treatment of a symptomatic intracranial arterial dissection in an adolescent
    Mandy J Binning
    Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA
    J Neurosurg Pediatr 6:154-8. 2010
    ..This report is, to the authors' knowledge, the first description of the use of a stent for a symptomatic intracranial dissection in an adolescent...
  12. ncbi Symptomatic vertebral artery compression by the rod of a C1-C2 posterior fusion construct: case report and review of the literature
    Sergei Terterov
    Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 36:E678-81. 2011
    ..Case report...