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Predictors of the Best Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Surgery for Grade 1 Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis.

Neurosurgery

Chan AK, Bisson EF, Bydon M, Glassman SD, Foley KT, Shaffrey CI, Potts EA, Shaffrey ME, Coric D, Knightly JJ, Park P, Wang MY, Fu KM, Slotkin JR, Asher AL, Virk MS, Kerezoudis P, Alvi MA, Guan J, Haid RW, Mummaneni PV.
PMID: 32497184
Neurosurgery. 2020 Nov 16;87(6):1130-1138. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa206.

BACKGROUND: The factors driving the best outcomes following minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for grade 1 degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis are not clearly elucidated.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the factors that drive the best 24-mo patient-reported outcomes (PRO) following MIS surgery for grade...

Safeguarding Skin Grafts: An Evidence-Based Summary of Fixation Techniques.

Annals of plastic surgery

Patel BJ, Asher CM, Bystrzonowski N, Healy C.
PMID: 34117134
Ann Plast Surg. 2021 Dec 01;87(6):e180-e188. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000002937.

BACKGROUND: Effective skin graft fixation is vital in preventing sheering forces, seroma, and hematoma from compromising graft take. Yet, selecting the ideal technique for securing skin grafts remains a contentious subject, with significant variation in practice existing between surgeons....

The Association Between Radiation Therapy Dose and Overall Survival in Patients With Intracranial Infiltrative Low-Grade Glioma Treated With Concurrent and/or Adjuvant Chemotherapy.

Advances in radiation oncology

Prabhu RS, Ward MC, Heinzerling JH, Corso CD, Buchwald ZS, Dhakal R, Asher AL, Sumrall AL, Burri SH.
PMID: 33665485
Adv Radiat Oncol. 2020 Oct 26;6(1):100577. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2020.09.017. eCollection 2021.

PURPOSE: Previous trials have shown no benefit for radiation therapy (RT) dose escalation when RT is given as adjuvant monotherapy for infiltrative low-grade glioma (LGG). However, the current standard of care for high-risk LGG is RT with concurrent and/or...

Preoperative Radiosurgery for Resected Brain Metastases: The PROPS-BM Multicenter Cohort Study.

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics

Prabhu RS, Dhakal R, Vaslow ZK, Dan T, Mishra MV, Murphy ES, Patel TR, Asher AL, Yang K, Manning MA, Stern JD, Patel AR, Wardak Z, Woodworth GF, Chao ST, Mohammadi A, Burri SH.
PMID: 34058254
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 Nov 01;111(3):764-772. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2021.05.124. Epub 2021 May 29.

PURPOSE: Preoperative radiosurgery (SRS) is a feasible alternative to postoperative SRS, with potential benefits in adverse radiation effect (ARE) and leptomeningeal disease (LMD) relapse. However, previous studies are limited by small patient numbers and single-institution designs. Our aim was...

Development of Rapid Response Plan for Radiation Oncology in Response to Cyberattack.

Advances in radiation oncology

Nelson CJ, Lester-Coll NH, Li PC, Gagne H, Anker CJ, Deeley MA, Wallace HJ.
PMID: 33490734
Adv Radiat Oncol. 2020 Nov 19;6(1):100613. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2020.11.001. eCollection 2021.

No abstract available.

Cardioform Septal Occluder for the Closure of a Peri-Device Leak After Initial Watchman Implantation.

Cureus

Sleiman JR, Lewis AJ, Perez EJ, Asher CR, Cubeddu RJ.
PMID: 34113525
Cureus. 2021 Jun 04;13(6):e15439. doi: 10.7759/cureus.15439.

Left atrial appendage occlusion has become a safe and effective alternative for stroke-risk reduction among patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF). Although complete closure is ideal, residual peri-device leaks (PDL) are not uncommon and have been associated with an...

Human platelet lysate efficiency, stability, and optimal heparin concentration required in culture of mammalian cells.

Blood research

Mohamed HE, Asker ME, Kotb NS, El Habab AM.
PMID: 32269973
Blood Res. 2020 Mar;55(1):35-43. doi: 10.5045/br.2020.55.1.35. Epub 2020 Mar 30.

BACKGROUND: Fetal bovine serum (FBS) has been used to support the growth and proliferation of mammalian cells for decades. Owing to several risk factors associated with FBS, several trials have been conducted to evaluate substitutes to FBS with the...

A Comparison of V̇O .

International journal of exercise science

Buzza G, Lovell GP, Askew CD, Solomon C.
PMID: 32922633
Int J Exerc Sci. 2020 Aug 01;13(3):964-978. eCollection 2020.

This study was designed to compare systemic O

Endotoxin Tolerance in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Macrophages, In Vitro: A Case-Control Study.

Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)

Meital LT, Windsor MT, Maynard AE, Schulze K, Magee R, O'Donnell J, Jha P, Meital CY, Perissiou M, Coverdale S, Golledge J, Kuballa AV, Bailey TG, Askew CD, Russell FD.
PMID: 32967278
Antioxidants (Basel). 2020 Sep 21;9(9). doi: 10.3390/antiox9090896.

Macrophages are implicated in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). This study examined the environmentally conditioned responses of AAA macrophages to inflammatory stimuli. Plasma- and blood-derived monocytes were separated from the whole blood of patients with AAA (30-45...

Identifying patients at risk for nonroutine discharge after surgery for cervical myelopathy: an analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database.

Journal of neurosurgery. Spine

Mummaneni PV, Bydon M, Knightly JJ, Alvi MA, Yolcu YU, Chan AK, Foley KT, Slotkin JR, Potts EA, Shaffrey ME, Shaffrey CI, Fu KM, Wang MY, Park P, Upadhyaya CD, Asher AL, Tumialan L, Bisson EF.
PMID: 33962388
J Neurosurg Spine. 2021 May 07;1-9. doi: 10.3171/2020.11.SPINE201442. Epub 2021 May 07.

OBJECTIVE: Optimizing patient discharge after surgery has been shown to impact patient recovery and hospital/physician workflow and to reduce healthcare costs. In the current study, the authors sought to identify risk factors for nonroutine discharge after surgery for cervical...

Erratum: Inadequacy of 3-month Oswestry Disability Index outcome for assessing individual longer-term patient experience after lumbar spine surgery.

Journal of neurosurgery. Spine

Asher AL.
PMID: 27104287
J Neurosurg Spine. 2016 Aug;25(2):279. doi: 10.3171/2016.3.SPINE15872a. Epub 2016 Apr 22.

No abstract available.

Minimally invasive versus open lumbar spinal fusion: a matched study investigating patient-reported and surgical outcomes.

Journal of neurosurgery. Spine

Mooney J, Michalopoulos GD, Alvi MA, Zeitouni D, Chan AK, Mummaneni PV, Bisson EF, Sherrod BA, Haid RW, Knightly JJ, Devin CJ, Pennicooke B, Asher AL, Bydon M.
PMID: 34905727
J Neurosurg Spine. 2021 Dec 14;1-14. doi: 10.3171/2021.10.SPINE211128. Epub 2021 Dec 14.

OBJECTIVE: With the expanding indications for and increasing popularity of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for lumbar spinal fusion, large-scale outcomes analysis to compare MIS approaches with open procedures is warranted.METHODS: The authors queried the Quality Outcomes Database for patients...

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