ChristianAndrewBowersMD

PubMed

• Novel Case of Streptococcus Mitis-infected Chronic Subdural Hematoma.
  Derek B Asserson, Desna V Ghatalia, Christian S Kassicieh, Smit P Shah, Syed F Kazim, Kyril L Cole, Meic H Schmidt, Christian A Bowers, Alexander J Kassicieh> ;Acta Neurologica Taiwanica. 2024 Sep 30
• Rapid increase in departmental scholarly activity independent of residents demonstrates reproducibility and success of intensive research initiative in neurosurgery de...
  Samantha Varela, Meic H Schmidt, Christian A Bowers> ;World Neurosurgery. 2024 Jul 1
• Andexanet alfa therapy showed No increased rate of thromboembolic events in spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage patients: A multicenter electronic health record study.
  John Vellek, Omar H Tarawneh, Syed Faraz Kazim, Sophia Arbuiso, Smit Shah, Rohini G McKee, Oluwafemi P Owodunni, Alis J Dicpinigaitis, Meic H Schmidt, Richard Miskimin...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2024 Jul 1
• Frailty Predicts 30-day mortality following major complications in neurosurgery patients: The risk analysis index has superior discrimination compared to modified frai...
  Christopher C Paiz, Evan N Courville, Oluwafemi P Owodunni, Meic Schmidt, Robert Alunday, Christian A Bowers> ;World Neurosurgery. 2024 Jul 1
• Risk Analysis Index as a preoperative frailty tool for elective ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus.
  Evan Courville, Syed Faraz Kazim, Kavelin Rumalla, Alis J Dicpinigaitis, Meic Schmidt, Timothy M Robinson, Christian A Bowers> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2024 Apr 1
• Role of nanotechnology in neurosurgery: A review of recent advances and their applications.
  Courville, E., Javed Iqbal, Evan Courville, Syed Faraz Kazim, Michael Kogan, Meic H Schmidt, Christian A Bowers> ;World Neurosurgery. 2024 Apr 1
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  Risk Analysis Index and 30-Day Mortality after Brain Tumor Resection: A Multicenter Frailty Analysis of 31,776 Patients from 2012 to 2020.
  Kavelin Rumalla, Rachel Thommen, Syed Faraz Kazim, Aaron C Segura, Alexander J Kassicieh, Meic H Schmidt, Christian A Bowers> ;Journal of Neurological Surgery. Part B, Skull Base. 2024 Apr 1
• Frailty predicts non-home discharge in anterior lumbar interbody fusion patients.
  Derek B Asserson, Danielle A Alaouieh, Joanna M Roy, Meic H Schmidt, Christian A Bowers> ;Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences. 2024 Mar 7
• Mapping geographic disparities in treatment and clinical outcomes of high-grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in the United States.
  Fortunato, M., Goyal, A., Syed, S., Patel, R., Rosenberg, J., Mayer, S., Jankowitz, B., Gandhi, C., Dicpinigaitis, A., Subah, G., Bowers, C., Al-Mufti, F.> ;Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery. 2024 Feb 20
• SARS-CoV-2 and spinal cord ischemia: a systematic review on clinical presentations, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes.
  Sourani, A., Rezvani, M., Foroughi, M., Sourani, A., Mirza, R., Vahdat, N., Bowers, C., Baradaran Mahdavi, S.> ;The Spine Journal. 2024 Feb 15
• The Weight of Frailty in Neurosurgery Patients: Analyzing the Combined Effect of Frailty and Body Mass Index on 30-Day Postoperative Mortality.
  Courville, E., Courville, E., Owodunni, O. P., Robert M Branstetter 4th, Oluwafemi P Owodunni, Evan N Courville, Jordyn T Courville, Thomas A Gagliardi, Joseph T Conti...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2024 Apr 1
• 1 citations
  Clinical Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes of 2542 Patients with Spinal Schwannomas: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  Daniel J Alvarez-Crespo, Matthew Conlon, Syed Faraz Kazim, Georgios P Skandalakis, Christian A Bowers, Karizma Chhabra, Omar Tarawneh, Sophia Arbuiso, Kyril L Cole, Jo...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2024 Feb 1
• The risk analysis index demonstrates superior discriminative ability in predicting extended length of stay in pituitary adenoma resection patients when compared to the...
  Varela, S., Thommen, R., Faraz Kazim, S., Rumalla, K., Couldwell, W., Schmidt, M., Bowers, C.> ;World Neurosurgery. 2024 Jan 1
• Comparative analysis of exoscope-assisted spine surgery versus operating microscope: A systematic review.
  Javed Iqbal, Michael M Covell, Sidra Jabeen, Abdullah Nadeem, Hamail Malik Gunjial, Hafiz Abdus Saboor, Aamir Amin, Yumna Salman, Muhammad Hassan Hafeez, Christian A B...> ;World Neurosurgery. 2024 Jan 1
• Multiplicative effect of frailty and obesity on postoperative mortality following spine surgery: a deep dive into the frailty, obesity, and Clavien-Dindo dynamic.
  Courville, E., Courville, E., Owodunni, O. P., Oluwafemi P Owodunni, Evan N Courville, Uchenna Peter-Okaka, Christian B Ricks, Meic H Schmidt, Christian A Bowers> ;International Journal of Obesity. 2024 Mar 1
• The frailty-driven predictive model for failure to rescue among patients who experienced a major complication following cervical decompression and fusion: an ACS-NSQIP...
  Kranti C Rumalla, Michael M Covell, Georgios P Skandalakis, Kavelin Rumalla, Joanna M Roy, Syed Faraz Kazim, Aaron Segura, Christian A Bowers, Alexander J Kassicieh> ;The Spine Journal. 2024 Apr 1
• Frailty Is Associated With Decreased Survival in Adult Patients With Nonoperative and Operative Traumatic Subdural Hemorrhage: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 381,754 ...
  Courville, E., Courville, E., Courville, E., Owodunni, O. P., Evan N Courville, Oluwafemi P Owodunni, Jordyn T Courville, Syed F Kazim, Allyson M Hynes, Meic H Schmidt...> ;Annals of Surgery Open. 2023 Dec 1
• A Predictive Model of Failure to Rescue After Thoracolumbar Fusion.
  Roy, J., Segura, A., Rumalla, K., Covell, M., Skandalakis, G., Bowers, C.> ;Neurospine. 2023 Dec 1
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  Gender concordance and publication productivity within Neurosurgical Focus: a 10-year review (2013-2022).
  Joanna M Roy, Aaron Segura, Georgios P Skandalakis, Kavelin Rumalla, Emily Estes, Javed Iqbal, Muhammad Asjad Riaz, Rachel Sidebottom, Meic H Schmidt, Christian A Bowers> ;Neurosurgical Focus. 2023 Nov 1
• Frailty as a predictor of postoperative outcomes in neurosurgery: a systematic review.
  Joanna M Roy, Syed F Kazim, Dylan Macciola, Dante N Rangel, Kavelin Rumalla, Zafar Karimov, Remy Link, Javed Iqbal, Muhammad A Riaz, Georgios P Skandalakis, Carmelo V ...> ;Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences. 2023 Oct 25
• A Medical Student's Guide to Online Resources in Neurosurgery.
  Joanna M Roy, Michael M Covell, Christian A Bowers> ;World Neurosurgery. 2024 Jan 1
• Frailty indices in patients undergoing surgical resection of brain metastases: a systematic review.
  Joanna M Roy, Ali Haider Bangash, Georgios P Skandalakis, Christian A Bowers> ;Neurosurgical Review. 2023 Oct 10
• RAI-measured frailty predicts non-home discharge following metastatic brain tumor resection: national inpatient sample analysis of 20,185 patients.
  Michael M Covell, Akshay Warrier, Kranti C Rumalla, Christopher M Dehney, Christian A Bowers> ;Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2023 Sep 1
• Effect of chronic antiplatelet therapy on clinical outcomes of endovascular thrombectomy for treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
  Alis J Dicpinigaitis, Adeeb Chowdhury, Thomas A Gagliardi, Zeina Soliman, Noor A Mahmoud, Bridget Nolan, Kevin Clare, Joshua Z Willey, Sara K Rostanski, Chaitanya Medi...> ;Neurosurgical Focus. 2023 Oct 1
• Frailty-based prehabilitation for patients undergoing spinal deformity surgery.
  Javed Iqbal, Joanna M Roy, Syed F Kazim, Christian A Bowers> ;Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences. 2023 Sep 18
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Journal Articles

• Surgical treatment of craniofacial fibrous dysplasia in adults  
  Bowers CA, Taussky PS, Couldwell WT, Neurosurgical Review, 1/13/2013
• Intraoperative aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage after rupture of a previously undiagnosed intracranial aneurysm during Chiari decompression  
  Sorour M, Bowers CA, Couldwell WT, Journal of Clinical Neurosciences, 1/7/2013
• Risk factors and rates of bone flap resorption in pediatric patients after decompressive craniectomy for traumatic brain injury  
  Bowers CA, Riva-Cambrin J, Hertzler DA, Walker ML, Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, 1/1/2013
• Comparison of tissue effects of surgical dissection devices in rabbit liver  
  MacDonald JD, Bowers CA, Chin SS, Burns G, Surgery Today, 1/1/2013
• Pregnancy-induced exacerbation of fibrous dysplasia  
  Bowers CA, Altay T, Shah L, Couldwell WT, Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 1/1/2012
• An odontoid fracture causing apnea, cardiac instability, and quadriplegia  
  Bowers CA, Jost GF, Dailey AT, Case Reports in Critical Care, 1/1/2012
• Role of adjuvant radiosurgery after microneurosurgical resection of a spinal schwannoma  
  Niazi TN, Bowers CA, Schmidt MH, Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 1/1/2012
• Efficacy of clip-wrapping in treatment of complex pediatric aneurysms  
  Bowers CA, Riva-Cambrin J, Couldwell WT, Childs Nervous System, 1/1/2012
• Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the trigeminal nerve: case report and literature review  
  Bowers CA, Taussky P, Duhon BS, Chin SS, Couldwell WT, British Journal of Neurosurgery, 1/1/2011
• Surgical decision-making strategies in tuberculum sellae meningioma resection  
  Bowers CA, Altay T, Couldwell WT, Neurosurgical Focus, 1/1/2011
• Multiple supra- and infratentorial intraparenchymal hemorrhages presenting with seizure after massive sacral cerebrospinal fluid drainage  
  Bowers CA, Taussky P, Duhon BS, Schmidt MH, Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 1/1/2011
• Dynamic interspinous process stabilization: review of complications Associated With The X-STOP Device  
  Bowers C, Amini A, Dailey AT, Schmidt, MH, Neurosurgical Focus, 1/1/2010
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Books/Book Chapters

• Handbook of Bleeding and Coagulation for Neurosurgeons. 
  Chapter: Anti-thrombotic therapies in neurosurgical patients with cardiac disorders. 
  Bowers CA and Pendleton RThieme, New York, NY2014

Abstracts/Posters

• Effect of smoking on value in patients hospitalized with spinal disease.
  Bisson EF, Bowers CA, Schmidt MH, AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2013
• Risk factors and rates of Ommaya reservoir failure after Ommaya reservoir surgery for intrathecal chemotherapy.
  Bowers CA, Collett T, Jensen RL, Riva-Cambrin J, AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2013
• Risk factors predicting good outcome in elderly patients with acute subdural hematomas.
  Bowers CA, Kestle JR, Taussky PS, Hubbard M, Becker R, Dailey AT, AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2013
• Rapidly fatal internal carotid artery mycotic aneurysm rupture in a rheumatoid patient taking a TNF-alpha inhibitor.
  Bowers CA, Saad D, Clegg DO, Ng P, Clayton F, Haydoura S, Schmidt RH, AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2013
• Improved mortality rates and factors predicting good outcomes in elderly patients undergoing craniotomy for evacuation of acute subdural hematomas.
  Bowers CA, Kestle JR, Taussky PS, Hubbard M, Becker R, Dailey AT, CNS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2011
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Lectures

• AlloDerm has lower reoperation rates than other dural substitutes after Chiari decompression in adults. 
  Snowbird, UT - 1/1/2013
• Comparison of ferromagnetic induction and bipolar electrosurgery and suction in swine corticotomies in swine cerebrum. 
  Snowbird, UT - 1/1/2013
• Rapidly fatal internal carotid artery mycotic aneurysm rupture in a rheumatoid patient taking a TNF-alpha inhibitor. 
  Snowbird, UT - 1/1/2013
• Effect of smoking on value in patients hospitalized with spinal disease. 
  Snowbird, UT, 2013; Phoenix, AZ, 2013 - 1/1/2013
• Efficacy of clip-wrapping in treatment of complex pediatric aneurysms. 
  Maui, HI - 1/1/2012
• Improved mortality rates and factors predicting good outcomes in elderly patients undergoing craniotomy for evacuation of acute subdural hematomas. 
  Snowbird, UT, 2012; Maui, HI, 2012 - 1/1/2012
• Pediatric bone flap resorption rates after decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury. 
  Multiple Locations, 2012 - 1/1/2012
• Surgical decision-making strategies in tuberculum sellae meningioma resection. 
  Snowbird, UT - 1/1/2011
• Multiple supra- and infratentorial intraparenchymal hemorrhages presenting with seizure after massive sacral cerebrospinal fluid drainage. 
  Snowbird, UT - 1/1/2010
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