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Open AccessMobile health supported multi-domain recovery trajectories after major arthroplasty or spine surgery: a pilot feasibility and usability study
Recovery after surgery intersects physical, psychological, and social domains. In this study we aim to assess the feasibility and usability of a mobile health application called PositiveTrends to track recover...
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Anterior Column Realignment
The lateral retroperitoneal approach offers unique access to the lumbar spine, specifically the anterior spinal column. This approach provides a direct corridor with minimal tissue disruption for a more substa...
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Role of minimally invasive surgery for adult spinal deformity in preventing complications
With the aging population, there is a rising prevalence of degenerative spinal deformity and need of surgical care for these patients. Surgical treatment for adult spinal deformity (ASD) is often fraught with ...
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Brainstem metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery: safety, efficacy, and dose response
The safety and efficacy of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in the brainstem is questioned by some over concern of violating historical brainstem SRS dose tolerance. Our purpose was to report on the clinical ou...
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Open AccessIn vivo low frequency MR-guided thalamotomy with focused ultrasound: thermal vsmechanical lesioning in pig brain
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Radiosurgery for unruptured cerebral arteriovenous malformations in pediatric patients
Unruptured cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) in pediatric patients (age <18 years) were excluded from A Randomized Trial of Unruptured AVMs (ARUBA). Therefore, the efficacy of radiosurgery for unrupt...
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Unyielding progress: recent advances in the treatment of central nervous system neoplasms with radiosurgery and radiation therapy
In the past decade, our understanding of the roles of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in the management of brain tumors has dramatically improved. To highlight the changes...
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Application of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging to predict the intracranial metastatic tumor response to gamma knife radiosurgery
To evaluate the effect of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) on intracranial metastases with diffusion-weighted imaging/apparent diffusion coefficient maps. A total of 107 patients with 144 metastases larger than...
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Outcomes of Gamma Knife surgery for craniopharyngiomas
Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) has emerged as a valuable adjuvant treatment modality for recurrent or residual craniopharyngioma. However, prognostic factors pertaining to progression-free survival (PFS) remain poo...
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Recurrent astroblastoma treated with gamma knife radiosurgery
Astroblastomas are exceedingly rare central nervous system tumors. Surgical resection is the standard initial treatment for astroblastomas. Still, some astroblastomas that have been completely resected recur. ...
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Stereotactic radiosurgery for WHO grade I meningiomas
Meningiomas represent a common intracranial tumor in the adult population. Although extirpation to achieve a gross total resection or at least decrease mass effect has been the mainstay of treatment, stereotac...
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The role of Gamma Knife surgery in the treatment of skull base chordomas
Skull base chordomas are a rare neoplasm arising from the notochord. Although histologically benign, these tumors are locally aggressive and present significant management challenges. The current series descri...
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Stereotactic radiosurgery for pituitary adenomas: a comprehensive review of indications, techniques and long-term results using the Gamma Knife
Object This study reviews the long-term clinical results of stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of pituitary adenoma patients. Methods We reviewed the outcomes of 298 patients who ...
