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2022
- Fatima N, La Dine AK, Barnard ZR, Ko K, Peng K, Slattery WH, Lekovic GP. Safety and Efficacy of Hypofractionated Stereotactic Radiosurgery in Facial Nerve Schwannoma. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Sep 1;43(8):e841-e845. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003594. Epub 2022 Jul 28. PMID: 35900912.
- Fatima N, La Dine A, Barnard ZR, Lekovic GP. Segmental spinal neurofibromatosis 1: a novel phenotype. Neurol Sci. 2022 Aug;43(8):5103-5105. doi: 10.1007/s10072-022-06139-z. Epub 2022 May 20. PMID: 35595873.
- Mehta GU, Kim HJ, Gidley PW, Daniels AB, Miller ME, Lekovic GP, Butman JA, Lonser RR. Endolymphatic Sac Tumor Screening and Diagnosis in von Hippel-Lindau Disease: A Consensus Statement. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2021 Apr 8;83(Suppl 2):e225-e231. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1725033. PMID: 35833006; PMCID: PMC9272323.
- Ruiz-Garcia H, Trifiletti DM, Mohammed N, Hung YC, Xu Z, Chytka T, Liscak R, Tripathi M, Arsanious D, Cifarelli CP, Caceres MP, Mathieu D, Speckter H, Mehta GU, Lekovic GP, Sheehan JP. Skull Base Meningiomas in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 2: An International Multicenter Study Evaluating Stereotactic Radiosurgery. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2021 Jan 19;83(Suppl 2):e173-e180. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1722937. PMID: 35832959; PMCID: PMC9272243.
- Fatima N, Barnard ZR, Maxwell AK, Muelleman TJ, Slattery WH, Mehta GU, Wagner W, Lekovic GP. The Role of Intra-Operative Duplex Ultrasonography Following Translabyrinthine Approach for Vestibular Schwannoma. Front Surg. 2022 Apr 28;9:853704. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.853704. PMID: 35574538; PMCID: PMC9096022.
- La Dine AK, Fatima N, Barnard ZR, Slattery WH, Lekovic GP. Malignant progression of cerebellopontine angle solitary fibrous tumors following radiation: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2022 Mar 21;3(12):CASE21646. doi: 10.3171/CASE21646. PMID: 36273870; PMCID: PMC9379674.
- Fatima N, Maxwell AK, La Dine A, Barnard ZR, Mehta GU, Wilkinson EP, Brackmann DE, Slattery WH, Lekovic GP. Predictors of hearing functional outcome following surgery for cerebellopontine angle meningioma. J Neurooncol. 2022 Mar;157(1):165-176. doi: 10.1007/s11060-022-03958-0. Epub 2022 Feb 3. PMID: 35113287.
- Mehta GU, Fatima N, Lekovic GP, Slattery WH. Endoscopic closure of the Eustachian tube orifice for refractory lateral skull base cerebrospinal fluid leak using autologous fat graft: illustrative case. J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2022 Feb 7;3(6):CASE21590. doi: 10.3171/CASE21590. PMID: 36130556; PMCID: PMC9379762.
- Peng KA, Lekovic GP. Intraoperative Fluorescence With Second Window Indocyanine Green Enhances Visualization During Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Feb 1;43(2):e259-e262. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003400. PMID: 34753875.
- Wichova H, Peng K, Ledbetter L, Slattery W, Brackmann D, Lekovic G. Safety of 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Auditory Brainstem Implants. Otol Neurotol. 2022 Feb 1;43(2):e263-e267. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003399. PMID: 34855679.
2021
- Mohammed N, Hung YC, Xu Z, Chytka T, Liscak R, Tripathi M, Arsanious D, Cifarelli CP, Perez Caceres M, Mathieu D, Speckter H, Mehta GU, Lekovic GP, Sheehan JP. Neurofibromatosis type 2-associated meningiomas: an international multicenter study of outcomes after Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery. J Neurosurg. 2021 Jun 18;136(1):109-114. doi: 10.3171/2020.12.JNS202814. PMID: 34144518.
- Lekovic GP, Barnard ZR, Master A, Mehta GU, Maya MM, Wilkinson EP. Role of cerebral digital subtraction angiography in the evaluation of pulse synchronous tinnitus. J Otol. 2021 Oct;16(4):225-230. doi: 10.1016/j.joto.2021.03.002. Epub 2021 Apr 5. PMID: 34548868; PMCID: PMC8438631.
- Christopher L, Slattery W, Lekovic GP, Mehta GU, Miller M. Matched Cohort Analysis of the Effect of the Facial Recess Approach on Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak After Translabyrinthine Surgery for Schwannoma. Otol Neurotol. 2021 Oct 1;42(9):1394-1398. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003223. PMID: 34121082.
- Maxwell AK, Muelleman T, Barnard Z, Slattery WH 3rd, Mehta GU, Lekovic GP. Clinical Significance of Middle Cerebellar Peduncle Ischemia After Translabyrinthine Vestibular Schwannoma Resection. Otol Neurotol. 2021 Aug 1;42(7):e930-e935. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003152. PMID: 33900231.
- Noonan KY, Rock J, Barnard Z, Lekovic GP, Brackmann DE, Wilkinson EP. Bilateral Auditory Brainstem Implants in Patients With Neurofibromatosis 2. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Aug;165(2):339-343. doi: 10.1177/0194599820977420. Epub 2020 Dec 15. PMID: 33317418.
- Muelleman TJ, Maxwell AK, Peng KA, Brackmann DE, Lekovic GP, Mehta GU. Anatomic Assessment of the Limits of an Endoscopically Assisted Retrolabyrinthine Approach to the Internal Auditory Canal. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2021 Jul;82(Suppl 3):e184-e189. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1712180. Epub 2020 May 26. PMID: 34306935; PMCID: PMC8289559.
- Lekovic GP, Ooi YC, Jahan R. Presigmoid Transpetrosal Approach for Superficial Temporal Artery to Distal Posterior Cerebral Artery Bypass and Trapping of Aneurysm. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 Feb 16;20(3):E234-E238. doi: 10.1093/ons/opaa424. PMID: 33432972; PMCID: PMC8133331.
- Christopher LH, Noonan K, Barnard Z, Mehta G, Rock J, Slattery WH 3rd, Lekovic GP. Auditory Brainstem Implant in Adult Patient With Cochlear Ossification From Otosclerosis. Otol Neurotol. 2021 Feb 1;42(2):e114-e116. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002946. PMID: 33443355.
2020
- Ruiz-Garcia H, Trifiletti DM, Mohammed N, Hung YC, Xu Z, Chytka T, Liscak R, Tripathi M, Arsanious D, Cifarelli CP, Caceres MP, Mathieu D, Speckter H, Lekovic GP, Mehta GU, Sheehan JP. Convexity Meningiomas in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 2: Long-Term Outcomes After Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. World Neurosurg. 2021 Feb;146:e678-e684. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.10.153. Epub 2020 Nov 3. PMID: 33152493; PMCID: PMC7988886.
- Muelleman TJ, Alonso J, Barnard ZR, Maxwell AK, Mahboubi H, Stefan M, Lekovic GP, Slattery WH, Brackmann DE. Hypercoagulability in Vestibular Schwannoma Surgery. Otol Neurotol. 2021 Feb 1;42(2):e222-e226. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002934. PMID: 33065597.
- Mehta GU, Lekovic GP, Slattery WH, Brackmann DE, Long H, Kano H, Kondziolka D, Mureb M, Bernstein K, Langlois AM, Mathieu D, Nabeel AM, Reda WA, Tawadros SR, Abdelkarim K, El-Shehaby AMN, Emad RM, Mohammed N, Urgosik D, Liscak R, Lee CC, Yang HC, Montazeripouragha A, Kaufmann AM, Joshi KC, Barnett GH, Trifiletti DM, Lunsford LD, Sheehan JP. Effect of Anatomic Segment Involvement on Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Facial Nerve Schwannomas: An International Multicenter Cohort Study. Neurosurgery. 2020 Dec 15;88(1):E91-E98. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa313. PMID: 32687577.
- Lekovic GP, Mehta GU, Maxwell AK, Peng KA, Brackmann DE. Radiation-Induced Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor of the Vagus Nerve Following Radiation Treatment of Cervical Paraganglioma. J Neurol Surg Rep. 2020 Oct;81(4):e66-e70. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1718408. Epub 2020 Dec 31. PMID: 33403195; PMCID: PMC7775188.
- Mehta GU, Lekovic GP, Maxwell AK, Brackmann DE, Slattery WH. Effect of Vestibular Schwannoma Size and Nerve of Origin on Posterior External Auditory Canal Sensation: A Prospective Observational Study. Otol Neurotol. 2020 Oct;41(9):e1145-e1148. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002738. PMID: 32925858.
- Mahboubi H, Slattery WH 3rd, Mehta GU, Lekovic GP. Options and strategies for hearing restoration in pediatric neurofibromatosis type 2. Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 Oct;36(10):2481-2487. doi: 10.1007/s00381-020-04721-4. Epub 2020 Jun 21. PMID: 32564156.
- Maxwell AK, Mehta GU, Muelleman T, Barnard ZR, Hartwick T, Mak A, Brackmann DE, Lekovic GP. Hypofractionated Robotic Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Vagal Paragangliomas: A Novel Treatment Strategy for Cranial Nerve Preservation. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Jun;162(6):897-904. doi: 10.1177/0194599820910150. Epub 2020 Mar 3. PMID: 32125943.
2019
- Mehta GU, Huynh H, Lekovic GP. Peripheral nerve sheath tumors in Neurofibromatosis Type 2: Surgical and histopathologic features. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020 Mar;190:105649. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2019.105649. Epub 2019 Dec 23. PMID: 31881415.
- Mehta GU, Lekovic GP. The history of neurosurgery at the House Clinic in Los Angeles. J Neurosurg. 2019 Aug 16;133(3):749-755. doi: 10.3171/2010.5.JNS091709. PMID: 33433974.
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