Search Results - "Kurtz, Joshua S."

Comparison of CT-Guided needle biopsy versus percutaneous endoscopic debridement and drainage in pathogen identification and pain outcomes for spondylodiscitis patients: A systematic review and literature review by Acharya, Nischal, Kurtz, Joshua S., Callan, Kylie T., Hovis, Gabrielle E.A., Mar, Scarlett R.K., Lopez, Alexander, Chan, Alvin Y., Wu, Hao-Hua, Hashmi, Sohaib Z., Bhatia, Nitin N., Oh, Michael Y.

“…Spondylodiscitis (SD) is an infection of the intervertebral disc with involvement of the adjacent vertebral bodies. Diagnostic tests with CT-guided biopsy only…”
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Dendrimer nanotherapy targeting of glial dysfunction improves inflammation and neurobehavioral phenotype in adult female Mecp2‐heterozygous mouse model of Rett syndrome by Khoury, Elizabeth Smith, Patel, Ruchit V., O'Ferrall, Caroline, Fowler, Amanda, Sah, Nirnath, Sharma, Anjali, Gupta, Siddharth, Scafidi, Susanna, Kurtz, Joshua S., Olmstead, Sarah J., Kudchadkar, Sapna R., Kannan, Rangaramanujam M., Blue, Mary E., Kannan, Sujatha

“…Rett syndrome is an X‐linked neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutation of Mecp2 gene and primarily affects females. Glial cell dysfunction has been…”
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Silent Corticotroph Adenomas Demonstrate Predilection for Sphenoid Sinus, Cavernous Sinus, and Clival Invasion Compared with Other Subtypes by Himstead, Alexander S., Wells, Alicia C., Kurtz, Joshua S., Moldenhauer, Matthew R., Davies, Jordan L., Fote, Gianna M., Bitner, Benjamin F., Chu, Eleanor, Mohyeldin, Ahmed, Hsu, Frank P.K., Kuan, Eduard C.

“…Nonfunctional pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) exhibit wide variability in growth pattern based on subtype. Silent corticotroph adenomas (SCAs)…”
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Evaluating the incidence and predictors of anti-NMDAR encephalitis in a contemporary cohort of patients diagnosed with dermoid tumors: A national inpatient sample analysis by Shahrestani, Shane, Brown, Nolan J., Singh, Rohin, Kurtz, Joshua S., Patel, Neal A., Himstead, Alexander S., Nasrollahi, Tasha, Borrelli, Michela, Pierzchajlo, Noah, Ransom, Seth C., Gendreau, Julian

“…INTRODUCTIONAnti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis is a form of encephalitis previously associated with dermoid tumors. However, most…”
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Successful use of stereotactic navigation in posterior spinal fusion T10-S2 with bilateral iliac screw fixation in a patient with prior spinal surgeries and osteoporosis: A case report by Brown, Nolan J., Shahrestani, Shane, Kurtz, Joshua S., Beyer, Ryan S., Pham, Martin H., Osorio, Joseph

“…Degenerative lumbar scoliosis is a prominent cause of adult spinal deformity with an increasing prevalence as the population ages. This pathology is associated…”
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The Use of Psychedelics in the Treatment of Medical Conditions: An Analysis of Currently Registered Psychedelics Studies in the American Drug Trial Registry by Kurtz, Joshua S, Patel, Neal A, Gendreau, Julian L, Yang, Chenyi, Brown, Nolan, Bui, Nick, Picton, Bryce, Harris, Mark, Hatter, Matthew, Beyer, Ryan, Sahyouni, Ronald, Diaz-Aguilar, Luis Daniel, Castellano, Joel, Schuster, Nathaniel, Abraham, Mickey E

“…Although early therapeutic research on psychedelics dates back to the 1940s, this field of investigation was met with many cultural and legal challenges in the…”
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The minimally conscious state: an analysis of current clinical trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov by Produturi, Gautam R., Kurtz, Joshua S., Brown, Nolan J., Choi, Ashley E., Ibrahim, Lina I., Gendreau, Julian, Shahrestani, Shane, Sahyouni, Ronald, Castellanos, Joel, Abraham, Mickey E.

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Cost analysis comparison between anterior and posterior cervical spine approaches by Chan, Alvin Y., Himstead, Alexander S., Choi, Elliot H., Hsu, Zachary, Kurtz, Joshua S., Yang, Chenyi, Lee, Yu-Po, Bhatia, Nitin N., Lefteris, Chad T., Wilson, William C., Hsu, Frank P. K., Oh, Michael Y.

“…Background: The costs of cervical spine surgery have steadily increased. We performed a 5-year propensity scoring-matched analysis of 276 patients undergoing…”
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