Resting‐state functional magnetic resonance imaging with independent component analysis for presurgical seizure onset zone localization: A systematic review and …

AR Chakraborty, NC Almeida, KY Prather… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective One of the greatest challenges of achieving successful surgical outcomes in
patients with epilepsy is the ability to properly localize the seizure onset zone (SOZ). Many …

Racial disparities affecting postoperative outcomes after brain tumor resection

…, ND Almeida, G Mast, R Quigley, NC Almeida… - World Neurosurgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate racial disparities in 30-day postoperative outcomes of craniotomy
for glioma resection. Methods 2006–2019 American College of Surgeons' National Surgical …

Coagulation profile as a significant risk factor for short-term complications and mortality after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

ND Almeida, R Lee, C Wei, D Lee, U Asif… - World Neurosurgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Cervical degenerative disc disease is the most common indication for anterior
cervical discectomy and fusion. Given the possible complications, patients are stratified …

[HTML][HTML] Correlation of natural language assessment results with health-related quality of life in adult glioma patients

SG Ammanuel, NC Almeida, G Kurteff… - Journal of …, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Impairments of speech are common in patients with glioma and negatively
impact health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The benchmark for clinical assessments is task-…

Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality in Lumbar Spine Surgery Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Chronic Steroid Use

…, JF Zhang, T Chaudhry, ND Almeida… - International journal of …, 2023 - ijssurgery.com
Background Perioperative steroids have traditionally been administered during lumbar spine
surgery in order to decrease local inflammation and prevent scar tissue formation, which …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of Obesity on Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF): Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality

…, P Gupta, T Chaudhry, ND ALMEIDA… - Turkish …, 2023 - neurosurgery.dergisi.org
AIM: To investigate the impact of obesity on postoperative morbidity and mortality in patients
who underwent anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). MATERIAL and METHODS: …

Abstract WP208: Infarction Size Affects Clinical Outcomes in Emergent Carotid Artery Stenting With Mechanical Thrombectomy

NA Mahmoud, NC Almeida, R Singh, C Xu, S Chen… - Stroke, 2024 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Management of large vessel occlusion with extensive ipsilateral internal carotid
artery (ICA) occlusion is unknown. We evaluated patients who underwent emergent carotid …

Abstract Number‐220: Internal Carotid Artery Hypoplasia of Unique Anatomical Variance

NA Mahmoud, O Alshaqi, NC Almeida… - Stroke: Vascular and …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Introduction Hypoplasia of the internal carotid artery (ICA) is incomplete development of the
ICA with the presence of empty carotid canal. Despite anecdotal data reporting less than a …

[HTML][HTML] Glioblastoma remodelling of human neural circuits decreases survival

…, R Sudharshan, A Egladyous, N Almeida… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Gliomas synaptically integrate into neural circuits 1 , 2 . Previous research has demonstrated
bidirectional interactions between neurons and glioma cells, with neuronal activity driving …

Glioblastoma remodeling of neural circuits in the human brain decreases survival

…, C Cao, R Sudharshan, A Egladyous, N Almeida… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Gliomas synaptically integrate into neural circuits. Prior work has demonstrated bidirectional
interactions between neurons and glioma cells, with neuronal activity driving glioma growth …