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Peter Kan
Medicine & Public Health
Neurosciences
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Spontaneous thrombosis of high flow pediatric arteriovenous fistulae: Case series of two patients and a comprehensive literature review
Pediatric pial arteriovenous shunts in the brain and spine are challenging to understand because of low incidence, variable presentation, and associations with genetic syndromes. What is known about their natu...
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Endovascular treatment of anterior cranial fossa dural arteriovenous fistula: a multicenter series
We report a multicenter experience using endovascular embolization as the first line approach for treatment of anterior cranial fossa (ACF) dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF).
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Natural history of high-grade pediatric arteriovenous malformations: implications for management options
Cerebral arteriovenous malformations are a common cause of pediatric intracranial hemorrhage. Often, small, superficial, lesions are treated surgically; however, more complex, deeper, eloquently located lesion...
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The role of spinal angiography in the evaluation and treatment of pediatric spinal vascular pathology: a case series and systematic review
While it has been extensively studied in adults, the role of spinal angiography in children with suspected spinal vascular malformations is not fully characterized. With special implications regarding techniqu...
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Safety, efficacy, and short-term follow-up of the use of Pipeline™ Embolization Device in small (<2.5mm) cerebral vessels for aneurysm treatment: single institution experience
Flow diversion is being increasingly used to treat cerebral aneurysms. We present our experience using these stents to treat aneurysms distal to the circle of Willis with parent arteries smaller than 2.5 mm.
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Letter to the editor: multimodal treatment of co-existent callosal cavernous malformation and anterior communicating artery aneurysm associated with an infraoptic anterior cerebral artery
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Outcomes after surgery for focal epilepsy in children
Surgery is an effective treatment for selected patients with intractable epilepsy. The authors report the outcomes of focal resection in a series of children suffering from intractable focal epilepsy treated a...
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Surgical treatment of spasticity in children: comparison of selective dorsal rhizotomy and intrathecal baclofen pump implantation
Neurosurgical treatments for spasticity in children include the traditional selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) and intrathecal baclofen pumps (ITBPs), which have been widely used in the past decade as an attract...
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Lack of efficacy of antibiotic-impregnated shunt systems in preventing shunt infections in children
Shunt infection is a common and serious complication of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting most commonly caused by skin flora contamination at surgery. Recent studies indicate that the use of antibiotic-impreg...
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Designing randomized clinical trials in pediatric neurosurgery
Randomized clinical trials provide the best evidence for making treatment decisions and their use in pediatric neurosurgery is increasing. In this paper, we review the basic principles of clinical trial design...
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Cerebrospinal fluid dissecting into spinal epidural space after lumbar puncture causing cauda equina syndrome: review of literature and illustrative case
We report a case of epidural cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak after lumbar puncture caused by CSF dissecting into the spinal epidural space. The incidence of this phenomenon may be higher than suspected, althoug...
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The role of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric brain tumors
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) may enhance the radiographic diagnosis of pediatric brain tumors. This study reviews the DWI properties of pediatric brain tumors at our institution and examines their relation...
