Browsing by Author "Coumans, Jean-Valery"

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    • Conflict of Interest in Spine Research Reporting 

      Walcott, Brian Patrick; Sheth, Sameer Anil; Nahed, Brian Vala; Coumans, Jean-Valery C E (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Background: Medical studies are more likely to report favorable findings when a conflict of interest is declared. We aim to quantify and determine the effect of author disclosure of conflict of interest on scientific ...

    • Craniectomy for Malignant Cerebral Infarction: Prevalence and Outcomes in US Hospitals 

      Walcott, Brian; Kuklina, Elena V.; Nahed, Brian Vala; George, Mary G.; Kahle, Kristopher; Simard, J. Marc; Asaad, Wael F.; Coumans, Jean-Valery C E (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011)
      Object: Randomized trials have demonstrated the efficacy of craniectomy for the treatment of malignant cerebral edema following ischemic stroke. We sought to determine the prevalence and outcomes related to this by using ...

    • Interfacility Helicopter Ambulance Transport of Neurosurgical Patients: Observations, Utilization, and Outcomes from a Quaternary Level Care Hospital 

      Walcott, Brian; Coumans, Jean-Valery C E; Mian, Matthew Kamal; Nahed, Brian Vala; Kahle, Kristopher (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011)
      Background: The clinical benefit of helicopter transport over ground transportation for interfacility transport is unproven. We sought to determine actual practice patterns, utilization, and outcomes of patients undergoing ...

    • Multimodal Therapy of an Intramedullary Cervical Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor in an Adult 

      Coumans, Jean-Valery C E; Walcott, B. P.; Nahed, Brian Vala; Oh, Kevin Shawn; Chi, Anthony Wei Shine (American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2012)
      Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are malignant, poorly differentiated neoplasms derived from the neural crest.1 They include cerebellar medulloblastomas but can also arise in the cerebral cortex (supratentorial ...

    • Socioeconomic Status Correlates with the Prevalence of Advanced Coronary Artery Disease in the United States 

      Bashinskaya, Bronislava; Nahed, Brian Vala; Walcott, Brian Patrick; Coumans, Jean-Valery C E; Onuma, Oyere Kalu (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Background: Increasingly studies have identified socioeconomic factors adversely affecting healthcare outcomes for a multitude of diseases. To date, however, there has not been a study correlating socioeconomic details ...

    • Sporadic hemangioblastomas are characterized by cryptic VHL inactivation 

      Shankar, Ganesh Mani; Taylor-Weiner, Amaro; Lelic, Nina; Jones, Robert T; Kim, James C; Francis, Joshua M; Abedalthagafi, Malak S; Borges, Lawrence Francis; Coumans, Jean-Valery C E; Curry, William Thomas; Nahed, Brian Vala; Shin, John H; Paek, Sun Ha; Park, Sung-Hye; Stewart, Chip; Lawrence, Michael S; Cibulskis, Kristian; Thorner, Aaron R; Van Hummelen, Paul; Stemmer-Rachamimov, Anat; Batchelor, Tracy Todd; Carter, Scott Lambert; Hoang, Mai P; Santagata, Sandro; Louis, David N.; Barker, Frederick George; Meyerson, Matthew Langer; Getz, Gad A; Brastianos, Priscilla Kalliope; Cahill, Daniel P. (Springer Nature, 2014)
      Hemangioblastomas consist of 10-20% neoplastic “stromal” cells within a vascular tumor cell mass of reactive pericytes, endothelium and lymphocytes. Familial cases of central nervous system hemangioblastoma uniformly result ...

    • Time interval to surgery and outcomes following the surgical treatment of acute traumatic subdural hematoma 

      Walcott, Brian; Khanna, Arjun Ramesh; Kwon, Churl-Su; Phillips, H. Westley; Nahed, Brian Vala; Coumans, Jean-Valery C E (Elsevier BV, 2014)
      Although the pre-surgical management of patients with acute traumatic subdural hematoma prioritizes rapid transport to the operating room, there is conflicting evidence regarding the importance of time interval from injury ...

    • Trends in inpatient setting laminectomy for excision of herniated intervertebral disc: Population-based estimates from the US nationwide inpatient sample 

      Walcott, Brian; Hanak, Brian W; Caracci, James R; Redjal, Navid; Nahed, Brian Vala; Kahle, Kristopher; Coumans, Jean-Valery C E (Medknow, 2011)
      Background: Herniated intervertebral discs can result in pain and neurological compromise. Treatment for this condition is categorized as surgical or non-surgical. We sought to identify trends in inpatient surgical management ...

    • Volumetric analysis of syringomyelia following hindbrain decompression for Chiari malformation Type I: syringomyelia resolution follows exponential kinetics 

      Coumans, Jean-Valery C E; Walcott, Brian; Butler, William Eugene; Nahed, Brian Vala; Kahle, Kristopher (Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG), 2011)
      Object: Resolution of syringomyelia is common following hindbrain decompression for Chiari malformation, yet little is known about the kinetics governing this process. The authors sought to establish the volumetric rate ...