PUBLICATIONS JUNE 2010- June 2011

Trends in the treatment of lumbar spine fractures in the United States: a socioeconomics perspective.
Baaj AA, Downes K, Vaccaro AR, Uribe JS, Vale FL.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 Jul 8. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21740124 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Role of vertebral augmentation procedures in the management of vertebral compression fractures in cancer patients.
Aghayev K, Papanastassiou ID, Vrionis F.Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2011 Jul 2. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 21734582 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure following minimally invasive spine surgery.
Dakwar E, Rifkin SI, Volcan IJ, Goodrich JA, Uribe JS.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 Jun;14(6):785-8. Epub 2011 Mar 18.

Computed tomography-based morphometric analysis of the human occipital condyle for occipital condyle-cervical fusion.
Le TV, Dakwar E, Hann S, Effio E, Baaj AA, Martinez C, Vale FL, Uribe JS.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 Jun 3. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21639701 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher

Paradoxical trends in the management of unruptured cerebral aneurysms in the United States: analysis of nationwide database over a 10-year period.
Huang MC, Baaj AA, Downes K, Youssef AS, Sauvageau E, van Loveren HR, Agazzi S.
Stroke. 2011 Jun;42(6):1730-5. Epub 2011 Apr 14. PMID: 21493902 [PubMed - in process]

An update on epilepsy.
Schoenberg MR, Frontera AT, Bozorg A, Hernandez-Frau P, Vale F, Benbadis SR.
Expert Rev Neurother. 2011 May;11(5):639-45. PMID: 21539485 [PubMed - in process]

Adult intradural primary spinal cord tumors.
Aghayev K, Vrionis F, Chamberlain MC. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2011 Apr;9(4):434-47.
PMID: 21464147 [PubMed - in process]

Vertebrectomy and expandable cage placement via a one-stage, one-position anterolateral retroperitoneal approach in L5 tumors.
Papanastassiou ID, Jain S, Baaj AA, Eleraky M, Papagelopoulos PJ, Vrionis FD. J Surg Oncol. 2011 Apr 25. doi: 10.1002/jso.21910. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21520091 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Neuronal degeneration in striatal transplants and Huntington's disease: potential mechanisms and clinical implications.
Cicchetti F, Soulet D, Freeman TB. Brain. 2011 Mar;134(Pt 3):641-52. Epub 2011 Jan 28. Review.
PMID: 21278084 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Minimally invasive lateral retropleural thoracolumbar approach: cadaveric feasibility study and report of 4 clinical cases.
Uribe JS, Dakwar E, Cardona RF, Vale FL. Neurosurgery. 2011 Mar;68(1 Suppl Operative):32-9; discussion 39. PMID: 21206309 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Life without the vein of Galen: Clinical and radiographic sequelae.
Youssef AS, Downes AE, Agazzi S, Van Loveren HR.
Clin Anat. 2011 Mar 24. doi: 10.1002/ca.21176. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21438020 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Failure of cervical arthroplasty in a patient with adjacent segment disease associated with Klippel-Feil syndrome.
Papanastassiou ID, Baaj AA, Dakwar E, Eleraky M, Vrionis FD. Indian J Orthop. 2011 Mar;45(2):174-7.PMID: 21430874 [PubMed - in process]

Comparison of polymethylmethacrylate versus expandable cage in anterior vertebral column reconstruction after posterior extracavitary corpectomy in lumbar and thoraco-lumbar metastatic spine tumors. Eleraky M, Papanastassiou I, Tran ND, Dakwar E, Vrionis FD. Eur Spine J. 2011 Mar 10. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21390557 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Re-evaluation of the role of image guidance in minimally invasive pituitary surgery: benefits and outcomes. Patel SN, Youssef AS, Vale FL, Padhya TA.Comput Aided Surg. 2011;16(2):47-53. Epub 2011 Feb 4. PMID: 21291344 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Trajectory of the main sensory and motor branches of the lumbar plexus outside the psoas muscle related to the lateral retroperitoneal transpsoas approach.
Dakwar E, Vale FL, Uribe JS.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 Feb;14(2):290-5. Epub 2011 Jan 7. PMID: 21214318 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Biomechanical advantage of the index-level pedicle screw in unstable thoracolumbar junction fractures.
Baaj AA, Reyes PM, Yaqoobi AS, Uribe JS, Vale FL, Theodore N, Sonntag VK, Crawford NR.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 Feb;14(2):192-7. Epub 2011 Jan 7. PMID: 21214311 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Technique to minimize paraspinal muscle atrophy after posterior cervical fusion.
Sangala JR, Nichols T, Freeman TB.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2011 Jan;113(1):48-51. Epub 2010 Oct 16. PMID: 20956054 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Condyle screws.
Uribe JS, Ramos-Zapata E, Vale FL.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 Jan;14(1):139-40; author reply 140-1. Epub 2010 Dec 17. No abstract available.
PMID: 21166489 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Technical factors that influence neural transplant safety in Huntington's disease.
Freeman TB, Cicchetti F, Bachoud-Lévi AC, Dunnett SB.Exp Neurol. 2011 Jan;227(1):1-9. Epub 2010 Sep 16. No abstract available. PMID: 20849848 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

Management of the great mimicker: Meckel cave tumors.
Janjua RM, Wong KM, Parekh A, van Loveren HR. Neurosurgery. 2010 Dec;67(2 Suppl Operative):416-21.PMID: 21099567 [PubMed - in process]

Long-term outcome of vagus nerve stimulation therapy after failed epilepsy surgery.
Vale FL, Ahmadian A, Youssef AS, Tatum WO, Benbadis SR.
Seizure. 2011 Apr;20(3):244-8. Epub 2010 Dec 31. PMID: 21196125 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Electromyographic monitoring and its anatomical implications in minimally invasive spine surgery. Uribe JS, Vale FL, Dakwar E.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Dec 15;35(26 Suppl):S368-74. Review. PMID: 21160402 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Minimally invasive surgery treatment for thoracic spine tumor removal: a mini-open, lateral approach.
Uribe JS, Dakwar E, Le TV, Christian G, Serrano S, Smith WD.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Dec 15;35(26 Suppl):S347-54.

Minimally invasive spine surgery.
McAfee PC, Phillips FM, Andersson G, Buvenenadran A, Kim CW, Lauryssen C, Isaacs RE, Youssef JA, Brodke DS, Cappuccino A, Akbarnia BA, Mundis GM, Smith WD, Uribe JS, Garfin S, Allen RT, Rodgers WB, Pimenta L, Taylor W.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Dec 15;35(26 Suppl):S271-3. No abstract available.
PMID: 21160389

Brachial plexus injury following spinal surgery.
Uribe JS, Kolla J, Omar H, Dakwar E, Abel N, Mangar D, Camporesi E.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2010 Oct;13(4):552-8. Review.
PMID: 20887154

Defining the safe working zones using the minimally invasive lateral retroperitoneal transpsoas approach: an anatomical study.
Uribe JS, Arredondo N, Dakwar E, Vale FL.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2010 Aug;13(2):260-6. Erratum in: J Neurosurg Spine. 2010 Dec;13(6):798.
PMID: 20672964

Health care burden of cervical spine fractures in the United States: analysis of a nationwide database over a 10-year period.
Baaj AA, Uribe JS, Nichols TA, Theodore N, Crawford NR, Sonntag VK, Vale FL.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2010 Jul;13(1):61-6. PMID: 20594019 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Expression of water channel aquaporin-4 during experimental syringomyelia.
Aghayev K, Bal E, Rahimli T, Mut M, Balcı S, Vrionis F, Akalan N.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 Jun 17. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21682559 PubMed - as supplied by publisher

Vitamin A metabolite, all-trans-retinoic acid, mediates alternative splicing of protein kinase C deltaVIII (PKCdeltaVIII) isoform via splicing factor SC35.
Apostolatos H, Apostolatos A, Vickers T, Watson JE, Song S, Vale F, Cooper DR, Sanchez-Ramos J, Patel NA. J Biol Chem. 2010 Aug 20;285(34):25987-95. Epub 2010 Jun 14. PMID: 20547768 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]