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Pediatric Pituitary Adenoma: Case Series, Review of the Literature, and a Skull Base Treatment Paradigm by Perry, Avital, Graffeo, Christopher Salvatore, Marcellino, Christopher, Pollock, Bruce E, Wetjen, Nicholas M, Meyer, Fredric B

“…Pediatric pituitary adenoma is a rare skull base neoplasm, accounting for 3% of all intracranial neoplasms in children and 5% of pituitary adenomas. Compared…”
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Second Impact Syndrome: Concussion and Second Injury Brain Complications by Wetjen, Nicholas M., MD, Pichelmann, Mark A., MD, Atkinson, John L.D., MD, FACS

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Chronic Subthreshold Cortical Stimulation to Treat Focal Epilepsy by Lundstrom, Brian Nils, Van Gompel, Jamie, Britton, Jeffrey, Nickels, Katherine, Wetjen, Nicholas, Worrell, Gregory, Stead, Matt

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Acute pressure changes in the brain are correlated with MR elastography stiffness measurements: initial feasibility in an in vivo large animal model by Arani, Arvin, Min, Hoon‐Ki, Fattahi, Nikoo, Wetjen, Nicholas M., Trzasko, Joshua D., Manduca, Armando, Jack, Clifford R., Lee, Kendall H., Ehman, Richard L., Huston, John

“…Purpose The homeostasis of intracranial pressure (ICP) is of paramount importance for maintaining normal brain function. A noninvasive technique capable of…”
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Long-term outcomes after nonlesional extratemporal lobe epilepsy surgery by Noe, Katherine, Sulc, Vlastimil, Wong-Kisiel, Lily, Wirrell, Elaine, Van Gompel, Jamie J, Wetjen, Nicholas, Britton, Jeffrey, So, Elson, Cascino, Gregory D, Marsh, W Richard, Meyer, Fredric, Horinek, Daniel, Giannini, Caterina, Watson, Robert, Brinkmann, Benjamin H, Stead, Matt, Worrell, Gregory A

“…A focal lesion detected by use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a favorable prognostic finding for epilepsy surgery. Patients with normal MRI findings…”
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Current Selection Criteria and Perioperative Therapy Used for Fetal Myelomeningocele Surgery by Moise, Kenneth J., Moldenhauer, Julie S., Bennett, Kelly A., Goodnight, William, Luks, Francois I., Emery, Stephen P., Tsao, Kuojen, Moon-Grady, Anita J., Moore, R. Clifton, Treadwell, Marjorie C., Vlastos, Emanuel J., Wetjen, Nicholas M.

“…To determine the current maternal and fetal selection criteria and operative approaches used at centers performing fetal myelomeningocele surgery. The 17…”
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Complications following pediatric cranioplasty after decompressive craniectomy: a multicenter retrospective study by Rocque, Brandon G, Agee, Bonita S, Thompson, Eric M, Piedra, Mark, Baird, Lissa C, Selden, Nathan R, Greene, Stephanie, Deibert, Christopher P, Hankinson, Todd C, Lew, Sean M, Iskandar, Bermans J, Bragg, Taryn M, Frim, David, Grant, Gerald, Gupta, Nalin, Auguste, Kurtis I, Nikas, Dimitrios C, Vassilyadi, Michael, Muh, Carrie R, Wetjen, Nicholas M, Lam, Sandi K

“…OBJECTIVE In children, the repair of skull defects arising from decompressive craniectomy presents a unique set of challenges. Single-center studies have…”
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Optical Coherence Tomography for the Noninvasive Detection of Elevated Intracranial Pressure: A New Role for the Ophthalmologist? by Brodsky, Michael C, Chen, John J, Wetjen, Nicholas M

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Convection-enhanced delivery of botulinum toxin serotype A into the nonhuman primate cisterna magna and hippocampus by Argersinger, Davis P, Walbridge, Stuart, Wetjen, Nicholas M, Vortmeyer, Alexander O, Wu, Tianxia, Butman, John A, Heiss, John D

“…Botulinum toxin serotype A (BoNT/A) was reported to raise the seizure threshold when injected into the seizure focus of a kindled rodent model. Delivering…”
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Intracranial electroencephalography seizure onset patterns and surgical outcomes in nonlesional extratemporal epilepsy: ?Clinical article by WETJEN, Nicholas M, MARSH, W. Richard, MEYER, Fredric B, CASCINO, Gregory D, SO, Elson, BRITTON, Jeffrey W, STEAD, S. Matthew, WORRELL, Gregory A

“…Object Patients with normal MR imaging (nonlesional) findings and medically refractory extratemporal epilepsy make up a disproportionate number of nonexcellent…”
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Chronic subthreshold subdural cortical stimulation for the treatment of focal epilepsy originating from eloquent cortex by Child, Nicholas D., Stead, Matt, Wirrell, Elaine C., Nickels, Katherine C., Wetjen, Nicholas M., Lee, Kendall H., Klassen, Bryan T.

“…Summary Medically refractory epilepsy remains a major medical problem worldwide. Although some patients are eligible for surgical resection of seizure foci, a…”
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Seizure Outcomes After Corpus Callosotomy for Drop Attacks by Bower, Regina S., Wirrell, Elaine, Nwojo, Macaulay, Wetjen, Nicholas M., Marsh, W. Richard, Meyer, Fredric B.

“…Abstract BACKGROUND: Medically intractable epilepsy involving drop attacks can be difficult to manage and negatively affect quality of life. Most studies…”
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Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of the Occipital Bone by Kalina, Peter, MD, Wetjen, Nicholas, MD

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Surgical Outcomes and Predictors of Stroke in a North American White and African American Moyamoya Population by Mallory, Grant W., Bower, Regina S., Nwojo, Macaulay E., Taussky, Philipp, Wetjen, Nicholas M., Varzoni, Thais C., Hanel, Ricardo A., Meyer, Fredric B.

“…Abstract BACKGROUND: The majority of moyamoya surgical series have been confined to Asian and pediatric populations. Few have studied demographics, risk…”
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Comparative safety and efficacy of topical hemostatic agents in a rat neurosurgical model by Ereth, Mark H, Schaff, Matthew, Ericson, Eric F, Wetjen, Nicholas M, Nuttall, Gregory A, Oliver, Jr, William C

“…Adequate hemostasis is extremely important in neurosurgery, commonly requiring the use of topical hemostatic agents. Apart from variable efficacy, the residual…”
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Time course of syringomyelia resolution following decompression of Chiari malformation Type I by WETJEN, Nicholas M, HEISS, John D, OLDFIELD, Edward H

“…To better understand syrinx pathophysiology, the authors performed a prospective study in which they used findings from serial clinical and magnetic resonance…”
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Diagnosis and treatment of vertebral column metastases by Ecker, Robert D, Endo, Toshiki, Wetjen, Nicholas M, Krauss, William E

“…The vertebral column is recognized as the most common site for bony metastases in patients with systemic malignancy. Patients with metastatic spinal tumors may…”
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Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system associated with incomplete dural closure following posterior fossa surgery: report of 3 cases by Kumar, Ravi, Jacob, Jeffrey T, Welker, Kirk M, Cutrer, Fred M, Link, Michael J, Atkinson, John L D, Wetjen, Nicholas M

“…This report reviews a series of 3 patients who developed superficial siderosis following posterior fossa operations in which dural closure was incomplete. In…”
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SISCOM in Children with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex-Related Epilepsy by Aboian, Mariam S., MD, PhD, Wong-Kisiel, Lily C., MD, Rank, Michelle, CNMT, Wetjen, Nicholas M., MD, Wirrell, Elaine C., MD, Witte, Robert J., MD

“…Abstract Identification of a single epileptogenic focus in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex is a challenge. Noninvasive imaging modalities, including…”
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Altered expression of connexin subtypes in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in humans by Collignon, Frederic, Wetjen, Nicholas M, Cohen-Gadol, Aaron A, Cascino, Gregory D, Parisi, Joseph, Meyer, Fredric B, Marsh, W Richard, Roche, Patrick, Weigand, Stephen D

“…The causes of epileptic events remain unclear. Much in vitro and in vivo experimental evidence suggests that gap junctions formed by connexins (Cxs) between…”
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