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Chester Yarbrough

Duke University
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Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with expandable versus static interbody devices: radiographic assessment of sagittal segmental and pelvic …

AH Hawasli, JM Khalifeh, A Chatrath, CK Yarbrough… - Neurosurgical …, 2017 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS-TLIF) has been
adopted as an alternative technique to hasten recovery and minimize postoperative …

The Chiari Severity Index: a preoperative grading system for Chiari malformation type 1

JK Greenberg, CK Yarbrough, A Radmanesh… - …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: To develop evidence-based treatment guidelines for Chiari malformation
type 1 (CM-1), preoperative prognostic indices capable of stratifying patients for comparative …

Spinal fusion for pediatric neuromuscular scoliosis: national trends, complications, and in-hospital outcomes

K Rumalla, CK Yarbrough, AJ Pugely… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2016 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine if the recent changes in technology,
surgical techniques, and surgical literature have influenced practice trends in spinal fusion …

Characterization of complications associated with open and endoscopic craniosynostosis surgery at a single institution

…, BS Bruck, GB Skolnick, CK Yarbrough… - Journal of …, 2016 - thejns.org
OBJECT The authors present a retrospective cohort study examining complications in patients
undergoing surgery for craniosynostosis using both minimally invasive endoscopic and …

Comparison of posterior fossa decompression with or without duraplasty in children with Type I Chiari malformation

A Lee, CK Yarbrough, JK Greenberg, J Barber… - Child's Nervous …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose Chiari malformation type I (CM1) is a common and often debilitating neurosurgical
disease. Whether to treat CM1 patients with a traditional posterior fossa decompression with …

[HTML][HTML] The natural history and clinical presentation of cervical spondylotic myelopathy

CK Yarbrough, RKJ Murphy, WZ Ray… - Advances in …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) refers to impaired function of the spinal cord caused
by degenerative changes of the cervical spine resulting in spinal cord compression. It is the …

External validation of the Chicago Chiari outcome scale

CK Yarbrough, JK Greenberg, MD Smyth… - Journal of …, 2014 - thejns.org
Object Historically, assessment of clinical outcomes following surgical management of Chiari
malformation Type I (CM-I) has been challenging due to the lack of a validated instrument …

Endovascular thrombectomy for anterior circulation stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis

CK Yarbrough, CJ Ong, AB Beyer, K Lipsey… - Stroke, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose— Stroke affects ≈700 000 patients annually. Recent randomized
controlled trials comparing endovascular thrombectomy (ET) with medical therapy, including …

Outcome methods used in clinical studies of Chiari malformation Type I: a systematic review

JK Greenberg, E Milner, CK Yarbrough, K Lipsey… - Journal of …, 2015 - thejns.org
OBJECT Chiari malformation Type I (CM-I) is a common and often debilitating neurological
disease. Efforts to improve treatment of CM-I are impeded by inconsistent and limited …

Clinical outcomes following brachialis to anterior interosseous nerve transfers: report of 4 cases

WZ Ray, CK Yarbrough, A Yee, SE Mackinnon - Journal of neurosurgery, 2012 - thejns.org
The surgical management of lower brachial plexus injuries remains a challenging problem.
Although nerve transfers have improved clinical outcomes following brachial plexus injuries, …