Recent Publications
Advancements in Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
The Department of Neurological Surgery is dedicated to research that advances the latest and most minimally invasive neurosurgical techniques available.
We invite you to review the recent publications in the areas listed below:
Skull Base
Intraventricular/Endoscopic
Spine
Skull Base
Laufer I, Anand VK, Schwartz TH.
Endoscopic, endonasal extended transsphenoidal, transplanum, transtuberculum approach for resection of suprasellar lesions. Journal of Neurosurgery 2007;106:3:400-406.
Schwartz TH, Fraser JF, Brown S, Tabaee A, Kacker A, Anand VK.
Endoscopic cranial base surgery: classification of operative approaches. Neurosurgery 62:991-1005, 2008.
Anand VK, Schwartz TH. Eds.
Practical Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery. San Diego, CA. Plural Publishing, 2007.
Schwartz TH, Anand VK. Eds.
Endoscopic Skull Base and Pituitary Approaches: A Step-By-Step Guide for Cadaveric Dissection and Surgical Instruction. Tuttlingen, Germany. Endo-Press, 2007.
Greenfield JP, Cobb WS, Tsouris AJ, Schwartz TH.
Frameless stereotactic minimally invasive tubular retractor system (METRx) for deep brain lesions. Operative Neurosurgery 63;2:ONS 334-340, 2008.
Intraventricular/Endoscopic
Greenfield JP, Souweidane MM
Endoscopic management of intracranial cysts, Neurosurg Focus 19 (6):E7, 2005
Souweidane MM, Luther N
Endoscopic resection of solid intraventricular brain tumors, J. Neurosurg 105: 271-278, 2006
Souweidane MM
Endoscopic surgery for intraventricular brain tumors in patients without hydrocephalus, Congress of Neruological Surgeons, Volume 57, Operative Neurosurgery 4, October 2005
Luther N, Edgar MA, Dunkel IJ, and Souweidane MM
Correlation of endoscopic biopsy with tumor marker status in primary intracranial germ cell tumors, Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Springer 2006
Souweidane MM, Hoffman CE, Schwartz TH
Transcavum interforniceal endoscopic surgery of the third ventricle, J. Neurosurg: Pediatrics/Volume 2/October 2008
Spine
Aryan HE, Lu DC, Acosta FL, Hartl R, McCormick PW, Ames CP
Bioabsorbable Anterior Cervial Plating, SPINE Volume 32, Number 10, 2007, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Laufer I, Greenfield JP, Anand VK, Hartl R, Schwartz TH
Endonasal endoscopic resection of the odontoid process in a nonachondroplastic dwarf with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: feasibility of the approach and utility of the introperative Iso-C three-dimensional navigation, J Neurosurg Spine/Volulme 8/ April 2008
Parikh K, Tomasino A, Knopman J, Boockvar J, Hart R
Operative results and learning curve: microscope-assisted tubular microsurgery for 1- and 2-level discectomies and laminectomies, Neruosurg. Focus/Volume 25/August 2008
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