2022
Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Undergoing Surgical Evacuation of Acute Traumatic Subdural Hematoma
Elsamadicy AA, Sandhu MRS, Freedman IG, Koo AB, Reeves BC, Yu J, Hengartner A, Havlik J, Hong CS, Rutherford HJV, Kim JA, Gerrard J, Gilmore EJ, Omay SB. Impact of Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Patients Undergoing Surgical Evacuation of Acute Traumatic Subdural Hematoma. World Neurosurgery 2022, 162: e251-e263. PMID: 35276399, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.02.122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute traumatic subdural hematomaTraumatic subdural hematomaHospital mortalityNonroutine dischargeSubdural hematomaExtended LOSIndependent predictorsAdult patientsBaseline frailtyMultivariate logistic regression analysisExtended hospital lengthImpact of frailtyRetrospective cohort studyNational Trauma DatabaseLogistic regression analysisRegression analysisMultivariate regression analysisHealth care expendituresFrail patientsHospital lengthCohort studySurgical evacuationFrailty indexTrauma databasePatients
2014
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Cerebellopontine Angle Meningiomas: A Multicenter Study
Ding D, Starke RM, Kano H, Nakaji P, Barnett GH, Mathieu D, Chiang V, Omay SB, Hess J, McBride HL, Honea N, Lee JY, Rahmathulla G, Evanoff WA, Alonso-Basanta M, Lunsford LD, Sheehan JP. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Cerebellopontine Angle Meningiomas: A Multicenter Study. Neurosurgery 2014, 75: 398-408. PMID: 24991710, DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000000480.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGamma knife radiosurgeryCerebellopontine angle meningiomaNeurological deteriorationCPA meningiomasKnife radiosurgeryNorth American Gamma Knife ConsortiumSymptomatic adverse radiation effectsTumor progressionLower maximal dosePermanent neurological deteriorationCommon presenting symptomInitial surgical resectionMulticenter cohort studyOutcomes of patientsProgression-free survivalSignificant neurological morbidityMedian tumor volumeAdverse radiation effectsMultivariate regression analysisAdjuvant treatmentNeurological morbidityPresenting symptomCohort studyMost patientsSurgical resection