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Albert Telfeian

Professor of Neurosurgery, Brown University
Verified email at lifespan.org
Cited by 3088

Performance of ChatGPT, GPT-4, and Google Bard on a neurosurgery oral boards preparation question bank

…, D Cielo, AA Oyelese, CE Doberstein, AE Telfeian… - …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
METHODS: The 149-question Self-Assessment Neurosurgery Examination Indications
Examination was used to query LLM accuracy. Questions were inputted in a single best answer, …

A brief history of endoscopic spine surgery

AE Telfeian, A Veeravagu, AA Oyelese… - Neurosurgical focus, 2016 - thejns.org
Few neurosurgeons practicing today have had training in the field of endoscopic spine
surgery during residency or fellowship. Nevertheless, over the past 40 years individual spine …

Outcomes of endoscopic discectomy compared with open microdiscectomy and tubular microdiscectomy for lumbar disc herniations: a meta-analysis

…, AA Oyelese, ZL Gokaslan, AE Telfeian - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Endoscopic discectomy (ED) has been advocated as a less-invasive
alternative to open microdiscectomy (OM) and tubular microdiscectomy (TM) for lumbar disc …

Performance of ChatGPT and GPT-4 on neurosurgery written board examinations

…, CE Doberstein, ZL Gokaslan, AE Telfeian - …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Interest surrounding generative large language models
(LLMs) has rapidly grown. Although ChatGPT (GPT-3.5), a general LLM, has shown near-…

[HTML][HTML] Chordoma—current understanding and modern treatment paradigms

…, JS Fridley, BS Teh, AA Oyelese, AE Telfeian… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chordoma is a low-grade notochordal tumor of the skull base, mobile spine and sacrum
which behaves malignantly and confers a poor prognosis despite indolent growth patterns. …

Layer‐specific pathways for the horizontal propagation of epileptiform discharges in neocortex

AE Telfeian, BW Connors - Epilepsia, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Epileptiform discharges that resemble interictal spikes can be generated by slices
of neocortex treated with antagonists of γ‐aminobutyric acid A (GABA A ) receptors. These …

Spine surgery in morbidly obese patients

AE Telfeian, GT Reiter, SR Durham… - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2002 - thejns.org
Object. The diagnosis, treatment, and postoperative care of morbidly obese patients undergoing
spinal surgery require modifications for body habitus. With a growing percentage of the …

Outcome following decompressive craniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction in children

…, PB Dirks, E Wirrell, AE Telfeian… - … Medicine & Child …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Mortality from malignant middle cerebral artery infarction (MMCAI) approaches 80% in
adult series. Although decompressive craniectomy decreases mortality and leads to an …

Transforaminal endoscopic foraminoplasty and discectomy for the treatment of a thoracic disc herniation

R Wagner, AE Telfeian, M Iprenburg, G Krzok… - World neurosurgery, 2016 - Elsevier
Transforaminal endoscopic spine surgery has emerged internationally as a minimally invasive
technique that can be performed in an awake patient in the outpatient setting. Advances …

[PDF][PDF] A retrospective evaluation of the clinical success of transforaminal endoscopic discectomy with foraminotomy in geriatric patients

GP Jasper, GM Francisco, AE Telfeian - Pain physician, 2013 - painphysicianjournal.com
Background: The elderly population is growing in the United States. As the oldest old are
projected to be the fastest growing part of the elderly population, we must consider how to best …