HowardBenjaminLeveneMDPhD, FAANS

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  Use of an External Ventricular Drain for Treatment of a Thoracolumbar Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
  Roberto J Perez-Roman, Jean-Paul Bryant, Harold J Tapamo, Evan Luther, Howard B Levene> ;Cureus. 2022 Apr 1
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  Association of hospital characteristics with outcomes for pediatric neurosurgical accidental trauma patients
  Shenae Samuels, Rebekah Kimball, Tamar Levene, Howard B. Levene, Heather S. Spader> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2021 Apr 2
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  Inpatient Hospital Outcomes and its Association with Insurance Type Among Pediatric Neurosurgery Trauma Patients.
  Vivian Hagerty, Shenae Samuels, Tamar Levene, Daxa Patel, Howard B. Levene, Heather S. Spader> ;World Neurosurgery. 2020 Sep 1
• 15 citations
  Effects of Glucose Deprivation on ATP and Proteoglycan Production of Intervertebral Disc Cells under Hypoxia.
  Xue Yin, Aarif Motorwala, Oraya Vesvoranan, Howard B. Levene, Weiyong Gu, Chun Yuh Huang> ;Scientific Reports. 2020 Jun 1
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  Postoperative Sexual Activity Recommendations: Survey of Neurosurgeons/Spine Surgeons.
  Cara Michelle Thomas, Iahn Cajigas, Howard B. Levene> ;World Neurosurgery. 2020 Apr 29
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  Does the Cage Position in Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Determine Unilateral versus Bilateral Screw Placement?: A Review of the Literature
  Haley M. McKissack, Howard B. Levene> ;Asian Spine Journal. 2019 Apr 1
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  Lack of Current Recommendations for Resuming Sexual Activity Following Spinal Surgery.
  Cara Michelle Thomas, Howard B. Levene> ;Asian Spine Journal. 2019 Jan 30
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  Interlaminar stabilization and decompression for the treatment of bilateral juxtafacet cysts: Case report and literature review
  Iahn Cajigas, Alberto Varon, Howard B. Levene> ;International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. 2019 Jan 1
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  The Effect of Adenosine on Extracellular Matrix Production in Porcine Intervertebral Disc Cells.
  Xue Yin, Silvia Gonzales, Somya Sha, Howard B. Levene, Chun Yuh Huang> ;Cells, Tissues, Organs. 2018 Jan 1
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  Preoperative skin antisepsis with chlorhexidine gluconate versus povidone-iodine: a prospective analysis of 6959 consecutive spinal surgery patients
  George M. Ghobrial, Michael Wang, Barth A. Green, Howard B. Levene, Glen R. Manzano, Steven Vanni, Robert M. Starke, George Jimsheleishvili, Kenneth M. Crandall, Marin...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2017 Nov 24
• 8 citations
  Enhancement of Energy Production of the Intervertebral Disc by the Implantation of Polyurethane Mass Transfer Devices.
  Yu Fu Wang, Howard B. Levene, Weiyong Gu, Chun Yuh Huang> ;Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 2017 Jun 13
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  Percutaneous Drainage of Chronic Destructive Lumbar Osteomyelitis Abscess Via the Use of Bilateral Transpedicular Trocar Access
  Timur Urakov, Amanda M. Casabella, Howard B. Levene> ;World Neurosurgery. 2016 Aug 1
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  Influences of Nutrition Supply and Pathways on the Degenerative Patterns in Human Intervertebral Disc.
  Qiaoqiao Zhu, Xin Gao, Howard B. Levene, Mark D. Brown, Weiyong Gu> ;Spine. 2016 Apr 1
• 20 citations
  ATP promotes extracellular matrix biosynthesis of intervertebral disc cells.
  Silvia Gonzales, Chong Wang, Howard B. Levene, Herman S. Cheung, Chun Yuh Charles Huang> ;Cell and Tissue Research. 2015 Feb 1
• 38 citations
  Energy metabolism of intervertebral disc under mechanical loading
  Chong Wang, Silvia Gonzales, Howard B. Levene, Weiyong Gu, Chun Yuh Charles Huang> ;Journal of Orthopaedic Research. 2013 Nov 1
• 3 citations
  A murine model of hypertonic saline as a treatment for acute spinal cord injury: effects on autonomic outcome.
  Howard B. Levene, Melanie B. Elliott, John P. Gaughan, Christopher M. Loftus, Ronald F. Tuma, Jack Jallo> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2011 Jan 1
• 11 citations
  An unusual case of footdrop: anterior disc herniation mimicking a nerve sheath tumor.
  Howard B. Levene, Anitha Nimmagadda, Allan D. Levi> ;Neurosurgery. 2010 Feb 1
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  Transplantation of autologous Schwann cells for the repair of segmental peripheral nerve defects
  Brian Hood, Howard B. Levene, Allan D. Levi> ;Neurosurgical Focus. 2009 Jan 30
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  Small mammal MRI imaging in spinal cord injury: a novel practical technique for using a 1.5 T MRI.
  Howard B. Levene, Feroze B. Mohamed, Scott H. Faro, Asha B. Seshadri, Christopher M. Loftus, Ronald F. Tuma, Jack Jallo> ;Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2008 Jul 30
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  Method to perform IV injections on mice using the facial vein.
  Howard B. Levene, Ming Zhang, C.J. Erb, Jack Jallo, Christopher M. Loftus, Ronald F. Tuma> ;Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2007 Aug 30
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  Hypertonic saline as a treatment for acute spinal cord injury: effects on somatic and autonomic outcomes as observed in a mouse model.
  Howard B. Levene, C. Jamie Erb, John P. Gaughan, Christopher M. Loftus, Ronald F. Tuma, Jack Jallo> ;Clinical Neurosurgery. 2007 Jan 1
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  Neuroendoscopy for spinal disorders: a brief review
  Eli M. Baron, Howard B. Levene, Joshua Heller, Jack Jallo, Christopher M. Loftus, Devanand A. Dominique> ;Neurosurgical Focus. 2005 Dec 15
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Journal Articles

• Energy metabolism of intervertebral disc under mechanical loading  
  Wang, C., Gonzales, S., Levene, H., Gu, W., & Huang, C. Y., J Orthop Res, 1/1/2013
• "A murine model of hypertonic saline as a treatment for acute spinal cord injury: effects on autonomic outcome"  
  Levene, H. B., M. B. Elliott, et al., J Neurosurg Spine, 1/1/2011
• "An unusual case of footdrop: anterior disc herniation mimicking a nerve sheath tumor"  
  Levene, H. B., A. Nimmagadda and A. D. Levi, Neurosurgery, 1/1/2010
• The Phosphodiesterase-4 Inhibitor, Rolipram, Decreases Progressive Tissue Pathology in a Porcine Model of Contusive Spinal Cord Injury  
  Liao C-C, Solano JP, Levene HB, Padgett KR, Nares MA, Gonzalez-Brito M, The Spine Jounal, 1/1/2010
• Small mammal MRI imaging in spinal cord injury: a novel practical technique for using a 15 T MRI  
  Levene HB, Mohamed FB, Faro SH, Seshadri AB, Loftus CM, Tuma RF, Jallo JI, Journal of neuroscience methods, 1/1/2008
• Editorial comment on “Repair and Regeneration of Vertebral Body After Antero-lateral Partial Vertebrectomy Using Beta-Tricalcium Phosphate”  
  Levene H, Loftus C, Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica (Tokyo), 1/1/2008
• Method to perform IV injections on mice using the facial vein  
  Levene HB, Zhang M, Erb CJ, Jallo JI, Loftus CM, Tuma RF, Journal of neuroscience methods, 1/1/2007
• Hypertonic Saline as a Treatment for Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Effects on Somatic and Autonomic Outcomes as Observed in a Mouse Model  
  HB Levene MD, Ph.D., CJ Erb BA, JP Gaughan, Ph.D., CM Loftus MD, RF Tuma Ph.D., JI Jallo MD, Ph.D., Clinical Neurosurgery, 1/1/2007
• Editorial comment on “Clinical characteristics and surgical management for juxtafacet csts of the lumbar spine”  
  Levene HB, Loftus CM, Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica (Tokyo), 1/1/2007
• Editorial comment on “Morphometry of the Cervical Vertebral Pedicle s as a Guide for Transpedicular Screw Fixation”  
  Levene HB, Loftus CM, Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica (Tokyo), 1/1/2007
• Neuroendoscopy for Spinal Disorders: A Brief Review  
  Baron, E. M., Levene, H. B., Heller, J. E., Jallo, J. I., Loftus C. M. and Dominqiue, D. A., Neurosurgery Focus, 12/1/2005
• Small Changes in Polymer Chemistry Have a Large Effect on the Bone-Implant Interface: Evaluation of a Series of Degradable Tyrosine-Derived Polycarbonates in Bone Defects  
  James K, Levene H, Parsons JR, Kohn J, Biomaterials, 1/1/1999
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Books/Book Chapters

• Spine Surgery: Tricks of the Trade 
  Chapter: Lateral Extracavitary Approach. 
  Levene HB, Ghobrial GM, Jallo JIEditors: Vaccaro AR, Albert TJ.Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., New York2013
• Spine Surgery: Tricks of the Trade 
  Chapter: Posterior Cervical Wiring. 
  Levene HB, Ghobrial GM, Jallo JIEditors: Vaccaro AR, Albert TJ.Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., New York2013
• Manual of Intensive Care Medicine 
  Chapter: Spinal Cord Trauma. 
  Levene HB, Wang MY, Green BAEditors: Irwin RS, Rippe JM.Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, PhiladelphiaEdition 6th,2013
• Spine Surgery 
  Chapter: Occipital-Cervical Fusion. 
  Page 61 - 68Levene HB, Styliaras JC, Vaccaro AR, Jallo JI, Harrop JSEditors: Vaccaro AR, Baron EM.Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia2012
• Intensive Care Medicine 
  Chapter: Spinal Cord Trauma. 
  Page 1691 - 1704Levene HEditors: Irwin RS, Rippe JM.Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia2010
• Neurocirugia. Aspectos Clinicos y Quirurgicos 
  Chapter: Tratamiento Quirurgico de la Enfermedad Obstructiva Carotidea. 
  Loftus, C. M. and H. LeveneEditors: G. C. Armando Basso, Juan Jose Mezzadri, Javier and M. S. Goland.Editorial Corpus, Rosario, Argentina2010
• Manual of Intensive Care Medicine 
  Chapter: Spinal Cord Trauma 
  Page 804 - 812Levene HB, Wang MY, Green BAEditors: Irwin RS, Rippe JM.Wolters Kluwer / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia2010
• Spine Surgery: Tricks of the Trade 
  Chapter: Lateral Extracavitary Approach 
  Page 90 - 92Levene HB, Jallo JIEditors: Vaccaro AR, Albert TJ.Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., New York2009
• Spine Surgery: Tricks of the Trade 
  Chapter: Posterior Cervical Wiring 
  Page 35 - 40Levene HB, Jallo JIEditors: Vaccaro AR, Albert TJ.Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., New York2009
• Spine Surgery 
  Chapter: Occipital-Cervical Fusion 
  Page 97 - 106Levene HB, Jallo JIEditors: Vaccaro AR, Baron EM.Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia2008
• Neurotrauma and Critical Care of the Spine 
  Chapter: Epidemiology of Spinal Injuries 
  Page 3 - 14Baty D, Levene H, Nalbach S, Baron E, Dominique DEditors: Jallo J, Vaccaro A.Thieme2008
• Bone Engineering 
  Chapter: “Small changes in chemical structure of a polymer can have a significant effect on the hard-tissue response in vivo.” 
  Page 195 - 203James, K., H. Levene, E. E. Kaufmann, J. R. Parsons and J. KohnEditors: J. E. Davies.EM Squared Inc., Toronto, Canada2000
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Abstracts/Posters

• ATP Treatment Promotes Collagen Deposition and Gene Expression in Intervertebral Disc Cells.
  Gonzales, S. D., Wang, C., Rodriguez, B. L., Barrera, C. M., Huang, C.-Y., & Levene, H. B., 2014 Orthopedic Research Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 3/15/2014
• "The Comprehensive Mini Pig Model for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Research."
  Nanayakkara, A., A. Santamaria, F. Benavides, L. Guada, H. Levene, L. Solano, and J. Guest, Diss. University of Miami; Abstract, Canes Day, 1/1/2014
• Tolerance of Three Volumes of Injected Schwann Cells in to the contused Porcine Spinal Cord. Maximum Tolerated Dose Study.
  Guest J, Levene H, Padgett K, Garcia-Canet C, Benavides F, Santamaria J, Solano J, National Neurotrauma Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1/1/2011
• Schwann Cell (SC) Transplantation for Spinal Cord Injury in Mini Pigs: A Preliminary Report.
  Levene H, Solano J, Benavides F, Athauda G, Padgett K, Levi AD, Dietrich D, Guest J, Congress of Neurological Surgeons 2011 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2011
• Histological Assessment of Allogenic and Autologous Schwann Cell Grafts in a Porcine Spinal Cord Injury Contusion Model.
  Santamaria J, Benavides F, Athauda G, Garcia-Canet C, Solano J, Levene H, Guest J, Neuroscience, 1/1/2011
• Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for identification of Schwann cells In Vivo After Transplantation in a Porcine Model of Spinal Cord Injury.
  Parr, A., Levene H, Levi A, AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves 2010 Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2010
• Methods of Therapeutic Cellular Injection into the Spinal Cord: A Literature Review.
  Levene H, Levi A, 25th Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, AZ, 3/11/2009
• Morphometry of Experimental Spinal Cord Injury: A Multiple Species Comparison.
  Markert M, Levene H, Levi A, AANS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2009
• Clinical Case Series - MIS Spine Surgery with Miniature Robotic Guidance.
  Dominique D, Donald G, Levene H, The Internet Journal of Minimally Invasive Spinal Technology 1: Supplement, 1/1/2008
• “Endoscopic Thoracic Approaches to the Spine.”
  Levene, HB, Baty, DE, Jallo, JI, 12th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons Abstract Presentation, 12/7/2006
• The Autonomic and Somatic Effect of Hypertonic Saline Administration in SCI in a Murine Model as a Function of Administration Time.
  Howard B. Levene, MD, Ph.D., C. Jamie Erb BA, John P. Gaughan Ph.D., Christopher M. Loftus MD, Ronald F. Tuma, Ph.D., Jack I. Jallo, MD, Ph.D., The Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 10/9/2006
• The Effect of Hypertonic Saline Administration in SCI is dependent on Administration Time in a Murine Model.
  Levene HB, Erb CJ, Gaughan JP, Loftus CM, Jallo JI, Tuma RF, National Neurotrauma Society Symposium, St. Louis, MO, 1/1/2006
• Hypertonic Saline Administration in SCI has effects dependent on Administration Time as seen in a Murine Spinal Cord Contusion Model.
  Levene HB, Erb CJ, Gaughan JP, Loftus CM, Jallo JI, Tuma RF, Podium Presentation, Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting, Hershey, PA, 1/1/2006
• Hypertonic Saline Administration in SCI has effects dependent on Administration Time as seen in a Murine Spinal Cord Contusion Model.
  Levene HB, Erb CJ, Gaughan JP, Loftus CM, Jallo JI, Tuma RF, Annual Meeting of the Philadelphia Area Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2006
• A Department’s Experience with Occipito-Cervical Fusion.
  Levene, H. Jallo, J; Khamlichi, AE ed., Proceedings of the 13th World Congress of Neurological Surgery, 13th International Conference of Neurological Surgery, Marrakech, Morocco, 1/1/2005
• Comparison of Bone Biocompatibility of PLLA and Poly(DTE carbonate) Bone Pins in a 4-Year Study.
  Levene H, James K, Abramson S, Parsons J, Kohn J; Agrawal, CM ed., 27th Annual Meeting of the Society For Biomaterials, Saint Paul, MN, 1/1/2001
• A Novel Scaffold Architecture Consisting of a Bimodal Pore Distribution for Tissue Regeneration.
  Levene H, Kohn J; Agrawal, CM ed., 27th Annual Meeting of the Society For Biomaterials, Saint Paul, MN, 1/1/2001
• Using a Novel Scaffold in Guided Tissue Regeneration: Incorporating a Bimodal Pore Structure and Biodegradable Tyrosine-Derived Polymers in a Delayed Healing Defect Mo...
  Levene H, Kohn J, The 15th Annual National MD/Ph.D. Student Conference, The Given Institute: Aspen, CO, 1/1/2000
• Designing Materials for Use in Bone.
  James K, Levene H, Kohn J, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/1/2000
• Small Changes in Polymer Structure Can Dramatically Increase Degradation Rates: The Effect of Free Carboxylate Groups on the Properties of Tyrosine-Derived Polycarbon...
  Abramson S, Bolikal D, Levene H, Simon J, Kohn J; von Recum AF, Lucas LC eds., 26th Annual Meeting of the Society For Biomaterials, Kamuela (Big Island), HI, 1/1/2000
• New Scaffold Morphologies for Tissue Engineering Implants.
  LHommeau C, Levene H, Cahn F, Kenmitzer J, Kohn J, Symposium on Synthetic Bioabsorbable Polymers for Implants, Kansas City, MO, 1/1/1999
• Chelation of Calcium Ions by Some Tyrosine-Derived Polymers may be Related to Improved Bone Biocompatibility.
  Levene H, Phuvanartnuruks V, Abramson S, James K, Kohn J; LaBerge M, Agrawal CM, eds., 25th Annual Meeting of the Society For Biomaterials, Providence, RI, 1/1/1999
• Preparation of Highly Interconnected Porous Tyrosine-Derived Polycarbonate Scaffolds.
  LHommeau C, Levene H, Abramson S, Kohn J, Second Bi-annual Meeting of the Tissue Engineering Society, Orlando, FL, 1/1/1998
• Biocompativility of Novel Tyrosine-Derived Polycarbonates in a Long-Term In Vivo Bone Implant Study.
  Levene H, Abramson S, James K, Kohn J, Second Bi-annual Meeting of the Tissue Engineering Society, Orlando, FL, 1/1/1998
• Nonlinear Viscoelastic Properties of Collapsible Blood Vessels.
  Levene H, Drzewiecki g, Field S, Li JK-J, Kedem J, Noordergraff A; Whelan WJ, ed., Experimental Biology 96 ™, Washington, DC, 1/1/1996
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Lectures

• “An Evidence Based Approach to the Surgical Management of Low Back Pain” 
  9/23/2011
• “Spinal Cord Injury: Treatment, Controversies, and New Frontiers” 
  7/8/2010

Other

• Athletics and Spinal Cord Injury: Cervical Stenosis Definition May Hold Key to Consensus. 
  Levene, H., Harrop, James, Neurotrauma & Critical Care News
  1/1/2006
• Porous polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering. 
  Levene, H. B., Lhommeau, C. M., & Kohn, J. B., USA Patent No. 6337198
  1/1/2002
• Porous polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering 
  Levene, H. B., Lhommeau, C. M., & Kohn, J. B., USA Patent No. 6103255
  1/1/2000
• Analysis of Tyrosine-Derived Novel Syntehtic Polymer Scaffold Devices for Guided tissue Regeneration. (Doctoral Thesis) 
  Levene HB, New Brunswick, Rutgers University UMDNJ-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  1/1/1999
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