The Chiari Malformation and other NHD pathologies
Publications
The
Definition of the Adult Chiari Malformation:
A Brief Historical Overview, by Ghassan
Bejjani, Neurosurgical Focus, 1
(1): Article 1, 2001
Treatment
of failed Adult Chiari Malformation decompression surgery with CSF drainage:
Observations in six patients, by Ghassan Bejjani, Kimberly P. Cockerham, William
E. Rothfus, Joseph C. Maroon, Melissa Maddock, Acta Neurochirugica, 145,
107-116, 2003.
Association
of the adult Chiari malformation and idiopathic intracranial hypertension: More
than a coincidence. Medical Hypotheses June 2003
The
Adult Chiari Malformation, Ghassan K. Bejjani, Kimberly Cockerham, Contemp Neurosurgery 23 (26), December, 2001
Idiopathic
Intracranial Hypertension, Ghassan K.
Bejjani, Kimberly Cockerham, Misha Pless, William Rotfus
Contemp Neurosurgery 24, May 2002.
Presentations
“Chiari
Malformation of the Adult: An Old
Definition Revisited,” Outreach Program at the Center for Continuing Education
in the Health Sciences, Brownsville General Hospital, Brownsville, PA, May 3,
2001
“Overview
of Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia,” CNS Luncheon Symposium on
Syringomyelia, San Diego, CA, October 2, 2001
“Failed
ACM” at the SM/CM Physician Engineer Think Tank Workshop, ASAP Conference,
July 24-27, 2002, Saint Louis MI.
“The
Chiari Malformation”, (Faculty) Breakfast Seminar, April 30, 2003, AANS, San
Diego.
“The
Adult Chiari Malformation”, Invited lecture, A.U.B. Neurosurgery rounds,
August 13, 2003.
“The
Adult Chiari Malformation” Neurosurgical ICU nursing inservice, PUH-UPMC,
April 23, 2003.
“The
Adult Chiari Malformation” Neurosurgical nursing inservice, PUH-UPMC, March 5,
2003
Association
of the Adult Chiari Malformation And Pseudotumor Cerebri: A Report on Three
Cases." Ghassan Bejjani, Kimberly Cockerham, Misha Pless, NANOS, CO,
February 2003.
Failed
Adult Chiari malformation decompression: is there a role for altered neural
hydrodynamics." Ghassan Bejjani, Kimberly Cockerham, William Rothfus, NANOS,
CO, February 2003.
What
Do Tonsillar Herniation and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Have in Common?
Successful Management of Recurrent Chiari Malformation with CSF
Diversions, by Ghassan K. Bejjani,
Transactions of the 12th World Congress of Neurosurgery, WFNS,
Sydney, Australia, September 16-21, 2001.
Frameless
Stereotaxis for Shunt Placement in Adults with Small Ventricles, by Ghassan
K. Bejjani, Adnan A. Abla, Melissa Maddock, Alexis Ferencz, Poster
Presentation, 51st Annual Meeting, Congress of Neurological Surgeons,
San Diego, CA, September 29 – October 4, 2001.
Symptomatic
Chiari I Malformation, Kimberly Cockerham, Ghassan
K. Bejjani, NANOS, Denver, CO, February 8-13, 2002.
Treatment
of failed Adult Chiari Malformation Decompression with CSF drainage: Initial
report Ghassan K. Bejjani, Joseph Maroon, Kimberly Cockerham, John S.
Kennerdell, William E. Rotfus, 13th annual Meeting of the North
American Skull Base Society, San Diego, CA, February 16-19, 2002
Evaluation of a new Dural substitute for the Adult Chiari Malformation reconstruction, by GK Bejjani, Joseph C. Maroon, Jeff Bost, Kelly Eddy, Theodore Heise, 52nd Annual Meeting, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2002, Philadelphia.