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Evaluating soluble Axl as a biomarker for glioblastoma: A pilot study by Raymond, Daniel, Fukui, Melanie, Zwernik, Samuel, Kassam, Amin, Rovin, Richard, Akhtar, Parvez

“…With current imaging, discriminating tumor progression from treatment effect following immunotherapy or oncolytic virotherapy of glioblastoma (GBM) is…”
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Initial experience with a robotically operated video optical telescopic-microscope in cranial neurosurgery: feasibility, safety, and clinical applications by Gonen, Lior, Chakravarthi, Srikant S, Monroy-Sosa, Alejandro, Celix, Juanita M, Kojis, Nathaniel, Singh, Maharaj, Jennings, Jonathan, Fukui, Melanie B, Rovin, Richard A, Kassam, Amin B

“…OBJECTIVE The move toward better, more effective optical visualization in the field of neurosurgery has been a focus of technological innovation. In this…”
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Initial Experience with Exoscopic-Based Intraoperative Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Video Angiography in Cerebrovascular Surgery: A Preliminary Case Series Showing Feasibility, Safety, and Next-Generation Handheld Form-Factor by Smithee, William, Chakravarthi, Srikant, Epping, Austin, Kassam, Mikaeel, Monroy-Sosa, Alejandro, Thota, Adam, Kura, Bhavani, Rovin, Richard A., Fukui, Melanie B., Kassam, Amin B.

“…Native vessel patency and residual lesion are primary sources of morbidity in cerebrovascular surgery (CVS) that require real-time visualization to inform…”
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Microbiology for Radiologists: How to Minimize Infection Transmission in the Radiology Department by Mirza, Sobia K, Tragon, Tyson R, Fukui, Melanie B, Hartman, Matthew S, Hartman, Amy L

“…The implementation of standardized infection control and prevention practices is increasingly relevant as modern radiology practice evolves into its more…”
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An Anatomically-Based Endoscopic Endonasal Model to Navigate the Anterior Ventral Skull Base by Perez de San Roman-Mena, Laila, Monroy-Sosa, Alejandro, Chakravarthi, Srikant S., Gonen, Lior, Epping, Austin, Khalili, Sammy, Smithee, William, Kassam, Mikaeel, Celix, Juanita M., Kura, Bhavani, Jennings, Jonathan, Rovin, Richard A., Fukui, Melanie B., Kassam, Amin B.

“…Endoscopic endonasal approaches to access the sellar and parasellar regions are challenging in the face of anatomical variations or pathologic conditions. We…”
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The Role of 3D Tractography in Skull Base Surgery: Technological Advances, Feasibility, and Early Clinical Assessment with Anterior Skull Base Meningiomas by Chakravarthi, Srikant S., Fukui, Melanie B., Monroy-Sosa, Alejandro, Gonen, Lior, Epping, Austin, Jennings, Jonathan E., Mena, Laila Perez de San Roman, Khalili, Sammy, Singh, Maharaj, Celix, Juanita M., Kura, Bhavani, Kojis, Nathaniel, Rovin, Richard A., Kassam, Amin B.

“…Abstract Objective  The aim of this study is to determine feasibility of incorporating three-dimensional (3D) tractography into routine skull base surgery…”
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Does the method of visualization impact the performance of a new surgical task in novice subjects? by Kassam, Mikaeel, Chakravarthi, Srikant, Epping, Austin, Erpenbeck, Sarah, Singh, Maharaj, Fukui, Melanie B., Kassam, Amin B., Rovin, Richard A.

“…Introduction Evolution of optical technology from two‐dimensional to three‐dimensional (3D) systems has come with an associated loss of stereoscopy and 3D…”
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Microsurgical Anatomy of the Vertical Rami of the Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus: An Intraparietal Sulcus Dissection Study by Monroy-Sosa, Alejandro, Jennings, Jonathan, Chakravarthi, Srikant, Fukui, Melanie B, Celix, Juanita, Kojis, Nathaniel, Lindsay, Mark, Walia, Sarika, Rovin, Richard, Kassam, Amin

“…Abstract BACKGROUND A number of vertical prolongations of the superior longitudinal fasciculus, which we refer to as the vertical rami (Vr), arise at the level…”
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Complications of cervical selective nerve root blocks performed with fluoroscopic guidance by WALLACE, Marc A, FUKUI, Melanie B, WILLIAMS, Robert L, KU, Andrew, BAGHAI, Parviz

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The Operating Room of the Future Versus the Future of the Operating Room by Kassam, Amin B., MD, Rovin, Richard A., MD, Walia, Sarika, MD, Chakravarthi, Srikant, MD, Celix, Juanita, MD, Jennings, Jonathan, MD, Khalili, Sammy, MD, Gonen, Lior, MD, Monroy-Sosa, Alejandro, MD, Fukui, Melanie B., MD

“…Technological advancement in the operating room is evolving into a dynamic system mirroring that of the aeronautics industry. Through data visualization,…”
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The Surgical White Matter Chassis: A Practical 3-Dimensional Atlas for Planning Subcortical Surgical Trajectories by Jennings, Jonathan E, Kassam, Amin B, Fukui, Melanie B, Monroy-Sosa, Alejandro, Chakravarthi, Srikant, Kojis, Nathan, Rovin, Richard A

“…Abstract BACKGROUND The imperative role of white matter preservation in improving surgical functional outcomes is now recognized. Understanding the fundamental…”
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First in Human Application of a Novel Integrated Image Guided Robotic Optical Telescopic Microscopy Positioning System: Cerebrovascular Surgical Applications by Kassam, Amin, Corsten, Martin J., Curaudeau, Guillaume, Fukui, Melanie B., Rovin, Richard

“…Introduction: Since its introduction in Neurosurgery 50 years ago, the operating microscope has proved indispensable. Over the last several years there has…”
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Combined PET-CT in the head and neck: part 2. Diagnostic uses and pitfalls of oncologic imaging by Fukui, Melanie B, Blodgett, Todd M, Snyderman, Carl H, Johnson, Jonas J, Myers, Eugene N, Townsend, Dave W, Meltzer, Carolyn C

“…Positron emission tomography (PET) with 2-[fluorine-18] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) is effective for monitoring head and neck cancer. However, lack of…”
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White Matter-Governed Superior Frontal Sulcus Surgical Paradigm: A Radioanatomic Microsurgical Study—Part I by Monroy-Sosa, Alejandro, Chakravarthi, Srikant S, Fukui, Melanie B, Kura, Bhavani, Jennings, Jonathan E, Celix, Juanita M, Nash, Kenneth C, Kassam, Mikaeel, Rovin, Richard A, Kassam, Amin B

“…Abstract BACKGROUND Frontal subcortical and intraventricular pathologies are traditionally accessed via transcortical or interhemispheric-transcallosal…”
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Awake Surgical Management of Third Ventricular Tumors: A Preliminary Safety, Feasibility, and Clinical Applications Study by Chakravarthi, Srikant S, Kassam, Amin B, Fukui, Melanie B, Monroy-Sosa, Alejandro, Rothong, Nichelle, Cunningham, Joseph, Jennings, Jonathan E, Guenther, Neil, Connelly, Jeremy, Kaemmerer, Tobias, Nash, Kenneth C, Lindsay, Mark, Rissell, Janie, Celix, Juanita M, Rovin, Richard A

“…Abstract BACKGROUND Endoscopic and microneurosurgical approaches to third ventricular lesions are commonly performed under general anesthesia. OBJECTIVE To…”
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Combined PET-CT in the head and neck: part 1. Physiologic, altered physiologic, and artifactual FDG uptake by Blodgett, Todd M, Fukui, Melanie B, Snyderman, Carl H, Branstetter, 4th, Barton F, McCook, Barry M, Townsend, Dave W, Meltzer, Carolyn C

“…Positron emission tomography (PET) with 2-[fluorine-18] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) has been effective for the diagnosis, staging, and restaging of…”
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White Matter Governed Superior Frontal Sulcus Surgical Paradigm: A Radioanatomic Microsurgical Study—Part II by Kassam, Amin B, Monroy-Sosa, Alejandro, Fukui, Melanie B, Kura, Bhavani, Jennings, Jonathan E, Celix, Juanita M, Nash, Kenneth C, Kassam, Mikaeel, Rovin, Richard A, Chakravarthi, Srikant S

“…Abstract BACKGROUND Kocher's point (KP) and its variations have provided standard access to the frontal horn (FH) for over a century. Anatomic understanding of…”
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The Role of Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Skull Base Surgery by Kassam, Amin, Fukui, Melanie B., Corsten, Martin J., Rovin, Richard A., Jennings, John

“…Introduction: There has been increasing interest in and clinical utilization of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in Neurosurgery to define white matter tracts…”
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In Reply: Microsurgical Anatomy of the Vertical Rami of the Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus: An Intraparietal Sulcus Dissection Study by Monroy-Sosa, Alejandro, Jennings, Jonathan, Chakravarthi, Srikant S, Fukui, Melanie B, Celix, Juanita M, Kojis, Nathaniel, Lindsay, Mark, Rovin, Richard, Kassam, Amin B

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White matter tract recovery following medial temporal lobectomy and selective amygdalohippocampectomy for tumor resection via a ROVOT-m port-guided technique: A case report and review of literature by Chakravarthi, Srikant S, Zbacnik, Anthony, Jennings, Jonathan, Fukui, Melanie B, Kojis, Nathaniel, Rovin, Richard A, Kassam, Amin B

“…Abstract Background Surgical approaches to the temporal region for resection of tumors is challenging due to the anatomic complexity and, in particular,…”
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