The Texas Children’s Hospital Division of Neurosurgery was well represented at the recent American Association of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting in Amelia Island, Fla. The division had eight posters accepted for presentation. Of those eight, three were selected as “Top Posters.” In addition, Neurosurgery had four abstracts accepted for oral presentation.
Top Poster Presentations
- Comparison of Patient Populations and Utilization for Hypothalamic Hamartoma Treatment
Dr. Sandi Lam, Dr. Daniel Curry, Dr. Thomas Luerssen, Iwen Elaine Pan, PhD - Use of a Formal Assessment Instrument of Evaluation of Resident Operative Skills in Pediatric Neurosurgery
Caroline Hadley, Dr. Sandi Lam, Valentina Briceno Marmol, RN, Dr. Thomas Luerssen, Dr. Andrew Jea - Endonasal Endoscopic Resection of Pediatric Craniopharyngiomas
Dr. Sohum Desai, Dr. William Whitehead
Poster Presentations
- Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy and Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting: A Comparative Effectiveness Study with MarketScan Administrative Data
Dr. Sandi Lam, Dr. Dominic Harris, Dr. Thomas Luerssen, Iwen Elaine Pan, PhD - Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Placement in Children: A Model of Hospitalization Cost
Dr. Sandi Lam, Dr. Visish Srinivasan, Dr. Thomas Luerssen, Iwen Elaine Pan, PhD - Using Pediatrics National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) Data to Examine 30-Day Outcomes of Craniosynostosis Surgery
Dr. Jared Fridley, Dr. Sandi Lam, Dr. Thomas Luerssen, Iwen Elaine Pan, PhD - Using Pediatrics National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) Data to Examine 30-day Outcomes of Posterior Fossa Tumor Surgery
Dr. Sandi Lam, Dr. Jared Fridley, Dr. Andrew Jea, Dr. Thomas Luerssen, Iwen Elaine Pan, PhD - The Safety and Efficacy of Use of Low Molecular Weight Heparin in Pediatric Neurosurgical Patients
Dr. David Gonda, Dr. Jared Fridley, Sheila Ryan, JD, MPH, CCRP, Valentina Briceno Marmol, RN, Dr. Sandi Lam, Dr. Thomas Luerssen, Dr. Andrew Jea
Oral Presentations
- Outcomes of Pediatric Autologous Cranioplasty after Decompressive Craniectomy: A Multicenter Study
Dr. Sandi Lam, Pediatric Outcomes Workgroup - Streamlining Fetal Repair of Myelomeningoceles
Dr. Jared Fridley, Dr.William Whitehead - The Efficacy of Routine Use of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Occipitocervical and Atlantoaxial Fusions of the Pediatric Spine
Dr. Christina Sayama, Caroline Hadley, Valentina Briceno Marmol, RN, Dr. Huy Dinh, Sheila Ryan, JD, MPH, CCRP, Dr. Daniel Fulkerson, Dr. Thomas Luerssen, Dr. Andrew Jea - Acute Implantatationo Reduced Graphene Oxide Scaffolds in Spinal Cord Injury in Rats
Dr. Jared Fridley, Dr. Thomas Luerssen, Dr. Andrew Jea