Routine use of intraoperative neuromonitoring during ACDFs for the treatment of spondylotic myelopathy and radiculopathy is questionable: a review of 15,395 cases

RM Ajiboye, A D'Oro, AO Ashana, RA Buerba, EL Lord… - Spine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. A retrospective database study. Objective. The goal of this study was to (1)
evaluate the trends in the use of intraoperative neuromonitoring (ION) for anterior cervical …

Impact of close surgical margin on local recurrence and survival in osteosarcoma

X Li, VM Moretti, AO Ashana, RD Lackman - International orthopaedics, 2012 - Springer
Purpose Whether neoadjuvant chemotherapy safely allows close margins in osteosarcoma
patients is still unknown. This study investigates the impact of close margins on local …

The relation of tumour necrosis and survival in patients with osteosarcoma

X Li, AO Ashana, VM Moretti, RD Lackman - International orthopaedics, 2011 - Springer
Purpose We investigated whether tumour necrosis was associated with disease-free survival
(DFS) and overall survival (OS) of osteosarcoma patients treated in our institution. Methods …

Perioperative infection rate in patients with osteosarcomas treated with resection and prosthetic reconstruction

X Li, VM Moretti, AO Ashana… - … and Related Research®, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background The incidence of perioperative infection after segmental tumor endoprosthetic
replacement in previous reports varies from a high of 7.4% to a low of 2.6%. Appropriate …

Regression of disc-osteophyte complexes following laminoplasty versus laminectomy with fusion for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

RM Ajiboye, SD Zoller, AA Ashana… - International journal of …, 2017 - ijssurgery.com
Background Laminectomy with fusion (LF) and laminoplasty are two posterior-based surgical
approaches for the surgical treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). The …

Regression of anterior disk-osteophyte complex following cervical laminectomy and fusion for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

AO Ashana, JR Cohen, B Evans, LT Holly - Clinical spine surgery, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Study Design: A retrospective case-control study. Objective: To investigate whether
posterior cervical laminectomy and fusion modifies the natural course of anterior disk-osteophyte …

Cervical paraspinal muscle atrophy rates following laminoplasty and laminectomy with fusion for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

AO Ashana, RM Ajiboye, WL Sheppard, A Sharma… - World Neurosurgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a disorder that can cause neurologic
deterioration. Studies on paraspinal muscular atrophy (PMA) in the lumbar spine have …

Breast cancer screening prior to cosmetic breast surgery: ASPS members' Adherence to American Cancer Society Guidelines

JC Selber, JA Nelson, AO Ashana… - Plastic and …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Background: The goal of this study was to determine the self-reported breast cancer screening
practices of American plastic surgeons and the degree to which those practices adhere to …

Spinal cord drift following laminoplasty versus laminectomy and fusion for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

AO Ashana, RM Ajiboye, WL Sheppard… - International Journal of …, 2021 - ijssurgery.com
Background: Cervical laminoplasty and laminectomy and fusion (LF) are posterior-based
surgical techniques for the surgical treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). …

Demographic trends in the use of intraoperative neuromonitoring for scoliosis surgery in the United States

…, JR Cohen, EE Vellios, EL Lord, AO Ashana… - International Journal of …, 2018 - ijssurgery.com
Background: Intraoperative neuromonitoring (ION), such as motor-evoked potential (MEP),
somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP), and electromyography (EMG), is used to detect …