Published in Arch Surg on March 01, 2010
Treatment and survival of patients with nonmalignant intracranial meningioma: results from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program of the National Cancer Institute. Clinical article. J Neurosurg (2011) 2.39
Postoperative mortality after surgery for brain tumors by patient insurance status in the United States. Arch Surg (2012) 1.47
Disparities in access to specialized epilepsy care. Epilepsy Res (2013) 0.90
Pediatric cushing disease: Disparities in disease severity and outcomes in the hispanic and african american populations. Pediatr Res (2017) 0.79
A participatory evaluation framework in the establishment and implementation of transdisciplinary collaborative centers for health disparities research. Eval Program Plann (2016) 0.75
What do we gain and lose from database studies? Arch Surg (2010) 0.75
Incidence and survival trends for medulloblastomas in the United States from 2001 to 2013. J Neurooncol (2017) 0.75
Detection of circulating tumor DNA in early- and late-stage human malignancies. Sci Transl Med (2014) 8.36
1423 pancreaticoduodenectomies for pancreatic cancer: A single-institution experience. J Gastrointest Surg (2006) 7.18
Unique astrocyte ribbon in adult human brain contains neural stem cells but lacks chain migration. Nature (2004) 5.85
Prehospital intravenous fluid administration is associated with higher mortality in trauma patients: a National Trauma Data Bank analysis. Ann Surg (2011) 5.54
Oxygen in stem cell biology: a critical component of the stem cell niche. Cell Stem Cell (2010) 4.98
Survival following surgery and prognostic factors for recently diagnosed malignant glioma: data from the Glioma Outcomes Project. J Neurosurg (2003) 3.91
Patterns of care for adults with newly diagnosed malignant glioma. JAMA (2005) 3.08
Achieving the National Quality Forum's "Never Events": prevention of wrong site, wrong procedure, and wrong patient operations. Ann Surg (2007) 3.04
Race and insurance status as risk factors for trauma mortality. Arch Surg (2008) 2.79
Independent association of extent of resection with survival in patients with malignant brain astrocytoma. J Neurosurg (2009) 2.70
Multi-pulse drug delivery from a resorbable polymeric microchip device. Nat Mater (2003) 2.65
Is there a difference in survival between right- versus left-sided colon cancers? Ann Surg Oncol (2008) 2.43
Anti-PD-1 blockade and stereotactic radiation produce long-term survival in mice with intracranial gliomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2013) 2.28
Seizure control for patients undergoing meningioma surgery. World Neurosurg (2012) 2.19
Surgical outcomes for older patients with glioblastoma multiforme: preoperative factors associated with decreased survival. Clinical article. J Neurosurg (2010) 2.11
Preoperative charlson comorbidity score predicts postoperative outcomes among older intracranial meningioma patients. World Neurosurg (2011) 2.09
Optic chiasm compression from mass effect and thrombus formation following unsuccessful treatment of a giant supraclinoid ICA aneurysm with the Pipeline device: open surgical bailout with STA-MCA bypass and parent vessel occlusion. J Neurosurg Pediatr (2014) 2.02
Sellar door: Harvey Cushing's entry into the pituitary gland, the unabridged Johns Hopkins experience 1896-1912. World Neurosurg (2011) 2.02
Early multimodality treatment of intracranial abscesses. World Neurosurg (2011) 2.02
Impact of total lymph node count and lymph node ratio on staging and survival after pancreatectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a large, population-based analysis. Ann Surg Oncol (2007) 1.94
Gliadel (BCNU) wafer plus concomitant temozolomide therapy after primary resection of glioblastoma multiforme. J Neurosurg (2009) 1.91
Non-viral gene delivery nanoparticles based on poly(β-amino esters) for treatment of glioblastoma. Biomaterials (2011) 1.85
Central nervous system cancers. J Natl Compr Canc Netw (2013) 1.82
Association of surgically acquired motor and language deficits on overall survival after resection of glioblastoma multiforme. Neurosurgery (2009) 1.79
c-Met signaling induces a reprogramming network and supports the glioblastoma stem-like phenotype. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011) 1.75
Extent of surgical resection is independently associated with survival in patients with hemispheric infiltrating low-grade gliomas. Neurosurgery (2008) 1.72
Multiple resections for patients with glioblastoma: prolonging survival. J Neurosurg (2012) 1.72
Suppression of human glioma xenografts with second-generation IL13R-specific chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cells. Clin Cancer Res (2012) 1.67
Effects of visual force feedback on robot-assisted surgical task performance. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.66
Does pancreatic duct stenting decrease the rate of pancreatic fistula following pancreaticoduodenectomy? Results of a prospective randomized trial. J Gastrointest Surg (2006) 1.65
Phase I trial of temozolomide plus O6-benzylguanine for patients with recurrent or progressive malignant glioma. J Clin Oncol (2005) 1.63
Targeted therapy for brain tumours. Nat Rev Drug Discov (2004) 1.63
Brief tool to measure risk-adjusted surgical outcomes in resource-limited hospitals. Arch Surg (2012) 1.59
The effect of volume on esophageal cancer resections: what constitutes acceptable resection volumes for centers of excellence? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.55
NSQIP reveals significant incidence of death following discharge. J Surg Res (2011) 1.55
Inpatient safety trends in laparoscopic and open nephrectomy for renal tumours. BJU Int (2012) 1.54
Local delivery of mitoxantrone for the treatment of malignant brain tumors in rats. J Neurosurg (2002) 1.54
Splenectomy in hereditary spherocytosis: Review of 1,657 patients and application of the pediatric quality indicators. Pediatr Blood Cancer (2009) 1.53
Factors impacting thromboembolism after bariatric body contouring surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg (2007) 1.51
Establishing percent resection and residual volume thresholds affecting survival and recurrence for patients with newly diagnosed intracranial glioblastoma. Neuro Oncol (2013) 1.51
Predictors of neurosurgical career choice among residents and residency applicants. Neurosurgery (2007) 1.48
A proposed classification system that projects outcomes based on preoperative variables for adult patients with glioblastoma multiforme. J Neurosurg (2010) 1.47
Pilocytic and pilomyxoid hypothalamic/chiasmatic astrocytomas. Neurosurgery (2004) 1.47
Provider density and health system facility factors and their relationship to rates of pediatric perforated appendicitis in US counties. Arch Surg (2010) 1.47
The number of lymph nodes examined debate in colon cancer: how much is enough? J Surg Res (2010) 1.47
Postoperative mortality after surgery for brain tumors by patient insurance status in the United States. Arch Surg (2012) 1.47
Perioperative complications and neurological outcomes of first and second craniotomies among patients enrolled in the Glioma Outcome Project. J Neurosurg (2003) 1.47
Predictors of marginal ulcers after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. J Surg Res (2012) 1.46
Paclitaxel: a review of adverse toxicities and novel delivery strategies. Expert Opin Drug Saf (2007) 1.46
Redefining hypotension in the elderly: normotension is not reassuring. Arch Surg (2011) 1.46
Vagus nerve and postinjury inflammatory response. Arch Surg (2012) 1.45
Risk factors for progressive spinal deformity following resection of intramedullary spinal cord tumors in children: an analysis of 161 consecutive cases. J Neurosurg (2007) 1.44
Risk factors and outcomes for foreign body left during a procedure: analysis of 413 incidents after 1 946 831 operations in children. Arch Surg (2010) 1.44
Diagnosis and management of adult pyogenic osteomyelitis of the cervical spine. Neurosurg Focus (2004) 1.43
Human cerebrospinal fluid regulates proliferation and migration of stem cells through insulin-like growth factor-1. Stem Cells Dev (2015) 1.42
Improvement in the standard treatment for experimental glioma by fusing antibody Fc domain to endostatin. J Neurosurg (2011) 1.42
Adult cerebellar glioblastoma: understanding survival and prognostic factors using a population-based database from 1973 to 2009. World Neurosurg (2013) 1.41
Recent advances in brain tumor therapy: local intracerebral drug delivery by polymers. Invest New Drugs (2004) 1.40
Dyslipidemia is associated with an increased risk of nephrolithiasis. Urolithiasis (2014) 1.39
Outcome and cost of craniotomy performed to treat tumors in regional academic referral centers. Neurosurgery (2003) 1.39
Insurance status is a potent predictor of outcomes in both blunt and penetrating trauma. Am J Surg (2010) 1.38
Melanoma in children and teenagers: an analysis of patients from the National Cancer Data Base. J Clin Oncol (2007) 1.37
Incidence and predictors of 30-day readmission for patients discharged home after craniotomy for malignant supratentorial tumors in California (1995-2010). J Neurosurg (2014) 1.36
Comparison of long-term survival after open vs endovascular repair of intact abdominal aortic aneurysm among Medicare beneficiaries. JAMA (2012) 1.36
Health care system and socioeconomic factors associated with variance in use of sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma in the United States. J Clin Oncol (2009) 1.33
2'-O methylation of internal adenosine by flavivirus NS5 methyltransferase. PLoS Pathog (2012) 1.32
Use of Gliadel (BCNU) wafer in the surgical treatment of malignant glioma: a 10-year institutional experience. Ann Surg Oncol (2008) 1.31
Surveillance bias and deep vein thrombosis in the national trauma data bank: the more we look, the more we find. J Trauma (2008) 1.30
Regulation of brain tumor dispersal by NKCC1 through a novel role in focal adhesion regulation. PLoS Biol (2012) 1.29
Mechanism of injury predicts patient mortality and impairment after blunt trauma. J Surg Res (2008) 1.28
Advancing the field of drug delivery: taking aim at cancer. Cancer Cell (2003) 1.28
The first national examination of outcomes and trends in robotic surgery in the United States. J Am Coll Surg (2012) 1.26
Multiple imputation in trauma disparity research. J Surg Res (2010) 1.26
Supratentorial glioblastoma multiforme: the role of surgical resection versus biopsy among older patients. Ann Surg Oncol (2010) 1.24
Are surgical outcomes for lung cancer resections improved at teaching hospitals? Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.23
Racial clustering and access to colorectal surgeons, gastroenterologists, and radiation oncologists by African Americans and Asian Americans in the United States: a county-level data analysis. Arch Surg (2009) 1.21
Simplifying physiologic injury severity measurement for predicting trauma outcomes. J Surg Res (2009) 1.21
Biochemical and genetic characterization of dengue virus methyltransferase. Virology (2010) 1.21
Disparities in access to left ventricular assist device therapy. J Surg Res (2008) 1.19
Inhibition of Akt inhibits growth of glioblastoma and glioblastoma stem-like cells. Mol Cancer Ther (2009) 1.18
Neurosphere assays: growth factors and hormone differences in tumor and nontumor studies. Stem Cells (2006) 1.18
Persistent outpatient hyperglycemia is independently associated with decreased survival after primary resection of malignant brain astrocytomas. Neurosurgery (2008) 1.17
Multilevel analysis of the impact of community vs patient factors on access to immediate breast reconstruction following mastectomy in Maryland. Arch Surg (2008) 1.16
Examining a common disease with unknown etiology: trends in epidemiology and surgical management of appendicitis in California, 1995-2009. World J Surg (2012) 1.16
Risk stratification of 4344 patients with gastroschisis into simple and complex categories. J Pediatr Surg (2007) 1.15
Trends in the in-hospital stroke rate following carotid endarterectomy in California and Maryland. J Vasc Surg (2006) 1.14