Πλοήγηση ανά Συγγραφέα "Fountas, K. N."
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme tag single nucleotide polymorphisms in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage
Dardiotis, E.; Jagiella, J.; Xiromerisiou, G.; Dardioti, M.; Vogiatzi, C.; Urbanik, A.; Paterakis, K.; Komnos, A.; Fountas, K. N.; Slowik, A.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M. (2011)Objectives Studies investigating the association between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism and the risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) have provided conflicting results. Moreover, ... -
Bundle of Measures for External Cerebral Ventricular Drainage-Associated Ventriculitis
Chatzi, M.; Karvouniaris, M.; Makris, D.; Tsimitrea, E.; Gatos, C.; Tasiou, A.; Mantzarlis, K.; Fountas, K. N.; Zakynthinos, E. (2014)Objective: To assess the prevalence and outcome of external cerebral ventricular drainage-associated ventriculitis in neurocritical patients before and after the implementation of a bundle of external cerebral ventricular ... -
Cerebellar stimulation in the management of medically intractable epilepsy: a systematic and critical review
Fountas, K. N.; Kapsalaki, E.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. (2010)Object. The wide application of deep brain stimulation in the management of movement as well as other degenerative neurological and psychiatric disorders has renewed the interest in using deep brain stimulation in the ... -
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: review of the demographics, pathophysiology, current diagnosis, and treatment
Filippidis, A.; Kapsalaki, E.; Patramani, G.; Fountas, K. N. (2009)Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rare clinicopathological entity. The incidence of CVST in children and neonates has been reported to be as high as 7 cases per million people, whereas in adults the incidence ... -
Clinical applications of intracranial pressure monitoring in traumatic brain injury
Stocchetti, N.; Picetti, E.; Berardino, M.; Buki, A.; Chesnut, R. M.; Fountas, K. N.; Horn, P.; Hutchinson, P. J.; Iaccarino, C.; Kolias, A. G.; Koskinen, L. O.; Latronico, N.; Maas, A. I. R.; Payen, J. F.; Rosenthal, G.; Sahuquillo, J.; Signoretti, S.; Soustiel, J. F.; Servadei, F. (2014)Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring has been for decades a cornerstone of traumatic brain injury (TBI) management. Nevertheless, in recent years, its usefulness has been questioned in several reports. A group of ... -
Closed-Loop Stimulation in the Control of Focal Epilepsy of Insular Origin
Smith, J. R.; Fountas, K. N.; Murro, A. M.; Park, Y. D.; Jenkins, P. D.; Morrell, M.; Esteller, R.; Greene, D. (2010)Background: Previous studies have shown that closed-loop or responsive neurostimulation can abort induced or spontaneous epileptiform discharges. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of a programmable cranially implanted ... -
The Effect of Alpha Antagonists on Pupil Dynamics: Implications for the Diagnosis of Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome
Theodossiadis, P. G.; Achtsidis, V.; Theodoropoulou, S.; Tentolouris, N.; Komninos, C.; Fountas, K. N. (2012)PURPOSE: To assess pupil dynamics quantitatively in relation to the use of alpha(1)-adrenoceptor antagonists, which contribute to the features of intraoperative floppy iris syndrome, using a new, hand-held, digital ... -
EXTRAOPERATIVE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION STUDIES: A USEFUL TOOL IN LOCALIZING EPILEPTOGENIC FOCI IN NONLESIONAL, MEDICALLY-REFRACTORY EPILEPSY CASES
Fountas, K. N.; Kapsalaki, E. Z.; Smith, J. R. (2009) -
EXTRATEMPORAL MEDICALLY REFRACTORY EPILEPSY DUE TO FOCAL CORTICAL DYSPLASIA: PROGNOSTIC FACTORS OF SURGICAL OUTCOME
Fountas, K. N.; Kapsalaki, E. Z.; Giannakodimos, S.; Kapsalakis, I. Z.; Smith, J. R. (2010) -
Genetic association studies in patients with traumatic brain injury
Dardiotis, E.; Fountas, K. N.; Dardioti, M.; Xiromerisiou, G.; Kapsalaki, E.; Tasiou, A.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M. (2010)Traumatic brain injury (TBI) constitutes a major cause of mortality and disability worldwide, especially among young individuals. It is estimated that despite all the recent advances in the management of TBI, approximately ... -
Genetic basis of Parkinson disease
Xiromerisiou, G.; Dardiotis, E.; Tsimourtou, V.; Kountra, P. M.; Paterakis, K. N.; Kapsalaki, E. Z.; Fountas, K. N.; Hadjigeorgiou, G. M. (2010)Over the past few years, considerable progress has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms of Parkinson disease (PD). Mutations in certain genes are found to cause monogenic forms of the disorder, with autosomal ... -
Historic Evolution of Open Cingulectomy and Stereotactic Cingulotomy in the Management of Medically Intractable Psychiatric Disorders, Pain and Drug Addiction
Brotis, A. G.; Kapsalaki, E. Z.; Paterakis, K.; Smith, J. R.; Fountas, K. N. (2009)Stereotactic cingulotomy constitutes a psychosurgical procedure nowadays advocated in the treatment of medically intractable obsessive-compulsive disorder, chronic pain and drug addiction. From its theoretical conception ... -
The impact of esophagus retraction on early dysphagia after anterior cervical surgery
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The impact of surgical material on hospital cost: Economic analysis of allograft vs. autograft for elective one- and two-level anterior cervical decompression and fusion surgery
Barth, A. C. M.; Lummus, R. A.; Walid, M. S.; Fountas, K. N.; Tomic, A.; Robinson Iii, J. S.; Robinson Jr, J. S. (2012)Background Context: Studies demonstrate comparable clinical results with the use of either autogenous hip bone (autograft) or cadaver bone (allograft) for both single and multilevel anterior cervical decompression and ... -
Implanted Subdural Electrodes: Safety Issues and Complication Avoidance
Fountas, K. N. (2011)Invasive electroencephalography via subdural implanted electrodes is essential for the identification and localization of the epileptogenic focus in a large percentage of cases of medically refractory epilepsy. The ... -
Intracranial falx chondroma: Literature review and a case report
Fountas, K. N.; Stamatiou, S.; Barbanis, S.; Kourtopoulos, H. (2008)Intracranial chondromas are benign tumors that represent approximately 0.5% of all intracranial tumors. They usually occur at the base of the skull but on rare occasions might present as intra-parenchymal or intra-ventricular ... -
Long-term outcome of patients undergoing corpus callosotomy for medically intractable epilepsy
Fountas, K. N.; Smith, J. R. (2007) -
Nasal lymphatics as a novel invasion and dissemination route of bacterial meningitis
Filippidis, A.; Fountas, K. N. (2009)Bacterial meningitis constitutes an infectious disease with high morbidity and mortality, characterized by complex pathophysiology. Neisseria meningitis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae type b and other ... -
Noninvasive histologic grading of solid astrocytomas using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Fountas, K. N.; Kapsalaki, E. Z.; Vogel, R. L.; Fezoulidis, I.; Robinson, J. S.; Gotsis, E. D. (2004)Background: Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H MRS) constitutes a promising modality to assess intracranial pathology. We present our experience using this method in grading solid brain astrocytomas. Material and ... -
PREOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE EVALUATION OF WHITE MATTER TRACTS IN PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY
Kapsalaki, E. Z.; Protogerou, G.; Tsougos, I.; Kapsalakis, I. Z.; Giannakodimos, S.; Fountas, K. N. (2010)