2022
Hospital Frailty Risk Score Predicts Adverse Events and Readmission Following a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Surgery for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Koo AB, Elsamadicy AA, Renedo D, Sarkozy M, Reeves BC, Barrows MM, Hengartner A, Havlik J, Sandhu MRS, Antonios JP, Malhotra A, Matouk CC. Hospital Frailty Risk Score Predicts Adverse Events and Readmission Following a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Surgery for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. World Neurosurgery 2022, 170: e9-e20. PMID: 35970293, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.08.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsFrailtyHospitalsHumansHydrocephalus, Normal PressurePatient ReadmissionRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsVentriculoperitoneal ShuntConceptsHospital Frailty Risk ScoreFrailty Risk ScoreVP shunt surgeryVentriculoperitoneal shunt surgeryAdverse eventsShunt surgeryIndependent predictorsNPH patientsRisk scoreHealth care resource utilizationMultivariate logistic regression analysisNormal pressure hydrocephalus patientsRetrospective cohort studyNationwide Readmissions DatabaseNormal pressure hydrocephalusLogistic regression analysisRegression analysisMultivariate regression analysisUnplanned readmissionCohort studyHospital readmissionPressure hydrocephalusAdmission costsReadmissionHydrocephalus patients
2020
Thalamic tumors in children: case series from our institution and literature review
Renedo D, Ferraro F, Johnson A, Argañaraz R, Giovannini S, Zabala J, Zemma E, Mantese B. Thalamic tumors in children: case series from our institution and literature review. Child's Nervous System 2020, 37: 457-463. PMID: 32712861, DOI: 10.1007/s00381-020-04830-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBrain NeoplasmsChildFemaleHumansHydrocephalusMaleObservational Studies as TopicRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeVentriculoperitoneal ShuntVentriculostomyConceptsThalamic tumorsCase seriesSurgical approachStereotactic-guided biopsyGross total resectionEndoscopic third ventriculostomyGrade IV tumorsHigh-grade tumorsInvasive surgical proceduresTime of treatmentSubtotal resectionMedian ageVentriculoperitoneal shuntMotor deficitsGrade IIIThird ventriculostomyGrade IGrade IIObservational studySurgical proceduresPatientsResultsFrom 2013TumorsCommon formResection