Research

Neurosurgery Research Updates - December, 2019

 

Dr. Au

●A qualitative assessment of the journey from time of diagnosis to radiotherapy treatment in patients with high-grade glioma See more

 

Dr. Darsaut

●TATAM -Transvenous Approach for the Treatment of cerebral AVM See more

●TOBAS -Treatment of Brain Arterio-venous Malformations See more

●TRACS - Tranexamic acid in chronic subdural hematomas See more

●REACT- pRevention and trEatment of vAsospasm with ClazosenTan See more

●EASI -Endovascular Acute Stroke Intervention trial See more

●ISAT II -The International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial - II See more

●FIAT -Flow diversion in Intracranial Aneurysm Treatment: A randomized trial comparing flow diversion and best standard treatment. See more

●STAT -Stenting in the treatment of large, wide-necked or recurring intracranial aneurysm See more

●RESURGE- Randomized Controlled Comparative Phase II Trial on Surgery for Glioblastoma Recurrence See more

 

Dr. Findlay

●CURES: The Canadian UnRuptured Endovascular Coiling versus Surgical Clipping trial, See more

 

Dr. Fox

●Decompression Alone vs. Decompression and Instrumented Fusion for the Management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Associated with Stable Degenerative

Spondylolisthesis: A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Pilot Trial.
See more

●The New Edmonton Cervical Traction Board Trial See more

 

Dr. Mehta

●Limited Duration of Post-Operative Helmet Therapy In Endoscopic Sagittal Craniosynostosis Repair See more

●HCRN Core Data Project See more

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Quality of life and neurodevelopmental outcomes in surgical versus conservative treatment of non-syndromic children with craniosynostosis. See more

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Interhypothalamic Adhesions and Absent Septum Pellucidum in Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomies See more

 

Dr. Nataraj

●Canadian Spine Society Registry (CSORN- Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network) Study See more

●The Collar Post Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery (C-Pass) Study See more

●Comparison of Outcomes in Lumbar Fusion Surgery See more

●Evaluating the Effects of Six-Week of Lumbar Bracing on Type I Modic Changes: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (Co-Investigator) See more

 

Dr. O'Kelly

●Evaluation of Pipeline Device Deployment for Intracranial Aneurysms See more

●Angiographic image guidance for brain AVM surgery See more

●SAH / ICH discharge databases (CIHI)

 

Dr. Sankar

●Changes in spinal reflexes during deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery See more

●Changes in spinal reflexes used post-operatively as a biomarker for optimized treatment from deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease. See more

●Structural and Functional Brain Alterations in Response to Surgical Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia See more

●MRI study of pre-treatment brain structure in patients undergoing surgery for trigeminal neuralgia See more

●High Resolution Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of White Matter Tracts During Brain Surgery for Intra-axial Lesions See more

●Assessment of Gait After Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease See more

●A nation-wide prospective multi-centre study of external ventricular drainage accuracy, safety and related complications See more

●MRI study of post-treatment brain structure following brain radiation for tumour See more

●Assessing Lose-Shift Response in Parkinson's Disease See more

●Effect of Battery Life on Functional Outcomes in Deep Brain Stimulation See more

●Effects of intraoperative stimulation of white matter tracts on speech in patients with movement disorders See more

●Bilateral reflexes in the face, arm, and leg in individuals with Parkinson's disease

●A Patient-Centered Decision Making Algorithm for Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery in Parkinson's Disease

 

Dr. Souster (Co-Investigator)

●The Incidence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder at the Stollery Children's Hospital See more

 

Dr. Wheatley

●Autoclaving the bone flap See more

●Depth electrodes in epilepsy See more