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The role of outcomes data for assessing the expertise of a pituitary surgeon

Kiarash Shahlaie, Nancy McLaughlin, Amin B. Kassam and Daniel F. Kelly
Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity 2010, 17:000–000


Endonasal transsphenoidal surgery and multimodality treatment for giant pituitary adenomas

FManoel Antonio de Paiva Neto*, Alexander Vandergrift*, Nasrin Fatemi*, Alessandra A. Gorgulho†, Antonio A. DeSalles†, Pejman Cohan†, Christina Wang§, Ronald Swerdloff§ and Daniel F. Kelly*
Clinical Endocrinology Volume 72 Issue 4, Pages 512 - 519


Endonasal Versus Supraorbital Keyhole Removal of Craniopharyngiomas And Tuberculum Sellae Meningiomas

Fatemi N, Dusick JR, Paiva Neto MA, Malkasian D, Kelly DF
Neurosurgery (Operative Neurosurgery) ONS269–ONS287, 2009


The Endonasal Microscopic Approach For Pituitary Adenomas And Other Parasellar Tumors: A 10-Year Experience

Fatemi N, Dusick JR, Paiva Neto MA, Kelly DF
Neurosurgery (Operative Neurosurgery) ONS 63:244-256, October 2008

Pituitary Hormonal Loss and Recovery after Transsphenoidal Adenoma Removal

Fatemi N, Dusick JR, Mattozo CA, McArthur DL, Cohan P, Boscardin J, Wang C, Swerdloff RS, Kelly DF
Neurosurgery ONS 63:709-719, October 2008


Endonasal Microscopic Removal of Clival Chordomas

Fatemi N, Dusick JR, Gorgulho AA, Mattozo CA, Moftakhar P, De Salles AA, Kelly DF
Surgical Neurology January 2008

 
Pituitary Function After Endonasal Surgery for Non-adenomatous Parasellar Tumors: Rathke’s Cleft Cysts, Craniopharyngiomas and Meningiomas

Dusick JR, Fatemi N, Mattozo CA, McArthur D, Cohan P, Wang C, Swerdloff R, Kelly DF
Surgical Neurology January 2008

 
The Role of the Endoscope in the Transsphenoidal Management of Cystic Lesions of the Sellar Region

Cavallo LM, Prevedello D, Esposito F, Laws ER Jr, Dusick JR, Messina A, Jane JA Jr, Kelly DF, Cappabianca P
Neurosurgical Reviews January 2008

 
Instrumentation Assessment: Short Trapezoidal Speculums for Suprasellar and Infrasellar Exposure in Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery

Fatemi N, Dusick JR, Malkasian D, Emerson J, McArthur DL, Schad W, Kelly DF
Neurosurgery (Operative Neurosurgery), ONS 62:325-330, 2008

 
Transsphenoidal Surgery for Cushing's Disease: A review of Success Rates, Remission Predictors, Management of Failed Surgery and Nelson's Syndrome

DF Kelly
Neurosurgical Focus, Volume 23, September 2007

 
Avoidance of Carotid Artery Injuries in Transsphenoidal Surgery with the Doppler Probe and Micro-hook Blades

Joshua R. Dusick, MD; Felice Esposito, MD; Dennis Malkasian, MD, PhD; Daniel F. Kelly, MD
Operative Neurosurgery 2, ONS-322, Volume 60, April 2007

 
Graded Repair of Cranial Base Defects and Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks in Transsphenoidal Surgery

Felice Esposito, MD; Joshua R. Dusick, MD; Nasrin Fatemi, MD; Daniel F. Kelly, MD
Operative Neurosurgery 2, Volume 60, April, 2007

 
Clinical Review: Early Morning Cortisol Levels as a Predictor of Remission After Transsphenoidal Surgery for Cushing's Disease

Felice Esposito, MD; Joshua R. Dusick, MD; Pejman Cohan, MD; Parham Moftakhar, MD; David L. McArthur, PhD, MPH; Christina Wang, MD; Ronald S. Swerdloff, MD; Daniel F. Kelly, MD
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 91(1):7-13, ©2006 by The Endocrine Society


 
Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery: The Patient's Perspective – Survey Results from 259 Patients

Joshua R. Dusick, MD; Felice Esposito, MD; Carlos A. Mattozo, MD; Charlene Chaloner, RN; David L. McArthur, PhD, MPH; Daniel F. Kelly, MD
Surgical Neurology, Volume 65, 2006

 
Suboptimal sphenoid and sellar exposure: a consistent finding in patients treated with repeat transsphenoidal surgery for residual endocrine-inactive macroadenomas.

Mattozo CA, Dusick JR, Esposito F, Mora H, Cohan P, Malkasian D, Kelly DF.
Division of Neurosurgery, University of California at Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, USA.

 
Vascular injury and transsphenoidal surgery

Oskouian RJ, Kelly DF, Laws ER
Frontiers of Hormone Research 34:256-78, 2007 Review

 
Endonasal Transsphenoidal Transclival Skull-base Removal of Prepontine Epidermoid Tumors: A Technical Note

Esposito F, Becker DP, Villablanca JP, Kelly DF
Operative Neurosurgery 56 (2 Suppl):E443, 2005

 
The Extended Direct Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach for Nonadenomatous Suprasellar Tumors

Joshua R. Dusick, MD; Felice Eposito, MD; Daniel F. Kelly, MD; Pejman Cohan, MD; Antonio DeSalles, MD; Donald P. Becker, MD; Neil A. Martin, MD
J. Neurosurg Volume 102
May, 2005

 
Primary Sphenoid Sinus Neoplasms: A Report of Four Cases with Common Clinical Presentation Treated with Transsphenoidal Surgery and Adjuvant Therapies

Felice Esposito, MD; Daniel F. Kelly, MD; Harry V. Vinters, MD; Antonio A. F. DeSalles, MD; Joel Sercarz, MD; Alessandra A. Gorgulhos, MD
Journal of Neuro-Oncology DOI 10.1007/s11060-005-7285-z
2005

 
Symptomatic Rathke's Cleft Cysts: A Report of 24 Cases

P. Cohan, MD; A. Foulad, MD; F. Esposito, MD; N.A. Martin, MD; D.F. Kelly, MD
J. Endocrinol. Invest. Volume 27, 2004

 
Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach for Pituitary Adenomas and other Sellar Lesions: An Assessment of Efficacy, Safety, and Patient Impressions

Gabriel Zada, MS; Daniel F. Kelly, MD; Pejman Cohan, MD; Christina Wang, MD; Ronald Swerdloff, MD
J. Neurosurg Volume 98, February 2003

Brain Trauma and Pituitary Failure



Chronic Hypopituitarism after Traumatic Brain Injury: Risk Assessment and Relationship to Outcome

Bavisetty S, McArthur DL, Dusick JR, Wang C, Cohan P, Boscardin WJ, Swerdloff R, Levin H, Chang DJ, Muizelaar JP, Kelly DF
Neurosurgery Volume 62, May 2008

 
Chapter 1: Pathophysiology of Hypopituitarism in the Setting of Brain Injury

Josh Dusick, MD; Pejman Cohan, MD; Christina Wang, MD; Ronald Swerdloff, MD, Daniel F. Kelly, MD
Pituitary May 2008


 
Neurobehavioral and Quality of LIfe Changes Associated with Growth Hormone Insufficiency after Complicated Mild, Moderate, or Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Daniel F. Kelly, MD; David L. McArthur, PhD, MPH; Harvey Levin, MD; Shana Swimmer, MD; Joshua R. Dusick, MD; Pejman Cohan, MD; Christina Wang, MD; Ronald Swerdloff, MD
Journal of Neurotrama Volume 23, Number 6, 2006

 
Acute Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Study

Pejman Cohan, MD; Christina Wang, MD; David L. McArthur, PhD, MPH; Shon W. Cook, MD; Joshua R. Dusick, MD; Bob Armin, BS; Ronald Swerdloff, MD; Paul Vespa, MD; Jan Paul Muizelaar, MD, PhD; Henry Gill Cryer, MD; Peter D. Christenson, PhD; Daniel F. Kelly, MD
Crit Care Med Vol. 33, No. 10, 2005

 
Hypopituitarism Following Traumatic Brain Injury and Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Preliminary Report

Daniel F. Kelly, MD; Irene T. Gaw Gonzalo, MD; Pehjman Cohan, MD; Nancy Berman, PhD; Ronald Swerdloff, MD; Christina Wang, MD
J. Neurosurg Volume 93, November, 2000

 
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