NicholasMWetjenMDFACS, FAANS, FAAP

PubMed

• Convection-enhanced delivery of botulinum toxin serotype A into the nonhuman primate cisterna magna and hippocampus.
  Stuart Walbridge, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Alexander O Vortmeyer, Tianxia Wu, John A. Butman, John D. Heiss> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2020 Aug 1
• 8 citations
  Growth and alignment of the pediatric subaxial cervical spine following rigid instrumentation and fusion: A multicenter study of the Pediatric Craniocervical Society
  Hannah E. Goldstein, Justin A. Neira, Matei Banu, Philipp R. Aldana, Bruno Perocco Braga, Douglas L. Brockmeyer, Michael L. DiLuna, Daniel H. Fulkerson, Todd C. Hankin...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2018 Apr 20
• 34 citations
  Acute pressure changes in the brain are correlated with MR elastography stiffness measurements: initial feasibility in an in vivo large animal model
  Arvin Arani, Hoon Ki Min, Nikoo Fattahi, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Joshua D. Trzasko, Armando Manduca, Clifford R. Jack, Kendall H. Lee, Richard L. Ehman, John Huston> ;Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 2018 Feb 1
• 43 citations
  Pediatric Pituitary Adenoma: Case Series, Review of the Literature, and a Skull Base Treatment Paradigm.
  Avital Perry, Christopher S. Graffeo, Christopher Marcellino, Bruce E. Pollock, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Fredric B. Meyer> ;Journal of Neurological Surgery. Part B, Skull Base. 2018 Jan 24
• 3 citations
  Clinical and surgical management of a congenital Type II split cord malformation presenting with progressive cranial neuropathies: case report.
  Patrick R. Maloney, Meghan E. Murphy, Kathryn M. Van Abel, Shelagh A. Cofer, John C. Cheville, Nicholas M. Wetjen> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2017 Mar 1
• 5 citations
  Optical Coherence Tomography for the Noninvasive Detection of Elevated Intracranial Pressure: A New Role for the Ophthalmologist?
  Michael C. Brodsky, John J. Chen, Nicholas M. Wetjen> ;JAMA Ophthalmology. 2017 Apr 1
• 51 citations
  Chronic Subthreshold Cortical Stimulation to Treat Focal Epilepsy.
  Brian Nils Lundstrom, Jamie J. Van Gompel, Jeffrey W. Britton, Katherine C. Nickels, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Gregory A. Worrell, Matt Stead> ;JAMA Neurology. 2016 Nov 1
• 13 citations
  Sports participation with Chiari I malformation
  Jennifer Strahle, Ndi Geh, Béla J Selzer, Regina S. Bower, Mai Himedan, Mary Kathryn Strahle, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Karin M. Muraszko, Hugh J. L. Garton, Cormac O. Maher> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2016 Apr 1
• 2 citations
  The rise and fall of the craniocervical junction relative to the hard palate: a lifetime story.
  Grant W. Mallory, Grigoriy Arutyunyan, Meghan E. Murphy, Kathryn M. Van Abel, Elvis L. Francois, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Jeremy L. Fogelson, Erin K. O'Brien, Michelle J. C...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2016 Apr 1
• 32 citations
  Current Selection Criteria and Perioperative Therapy Used for Fetal Myelomeningocele Surgery.
  Kenneth J. Moise, Julie S. Moldenhauer, Kelly A. Bennett, William Goodnight, Francois I. Luks, Stephen P. Emery, KuoJen Tsao, Anita J. Moon-Grady, R. Clifton Moore, Ma...> ;Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2016 Mar 1
• 19 citations
  Penetrating head injuries in children due to BB and pellet guns: a poorly recognized public health risk
  Ravi Kumar, Grant W. Mallory, Jeffrey T. Jacob, David J. Daniels, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Andrew B. Foy, Brent R. O'Neill, Michelle J. Clarke> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2016 Feb 1
• 10 citations
  Chiari malformation Type 1 and atlantoaxial instability: a letter from the Pediatric Craniocervical Society.
  Douglas L. Brockmeyer, W. Jerry Oakes, Curtis J. Rozzelle, James M. Johnston, Brandon G. Rocque, Richard C. E. Anderson, Neil A. Feldstein, Jonathan E. Martin, Gerald ...> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine. 2015 Sep 4
• Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of the Occipital Bone.
  Peter Kalina, Nicholas M. Wetjen> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2015 Aug 1
• 3 citations
  Yield and Predictors of Epilepsy Surgery Candidacy in Children Admitted for Surgical Evaluation
  Omar J. Haque, Jay Mandrekar, Kirk D. Wyatt, Katherine C. Nickels, Lily C. Wong-Kisiel, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Elaine C. Wirrell> ;Pediatric Neurology. 2015 Jul 1
• 10 citations
  Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system associated with incomplete dural closure following posterior fossa surgery: report of 3 cases
  Ravi Kumar, Jeffrey T. Jacob, Kirk M. Welker, FM Cutrer, Michael J. Link, John L.D. Atkinson, Nicholas M. Wetjen> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2015 Jun 12
• 17 citations
  Repeat resective surgery in complex pediatric refractory epilepsy: lessons learned
  Regina S. Bower, Elaine C. Wirrell, Laurence J. Eckel, Lily C. Wong-Kisiel, Katherine C. Nickels, Nicholas M. Wetjen> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2015 Apr 24
• 13 citations
  Health related quality of life (HRQOL) in long-term survivors of pediatric low grade gliomas (LGGs).
  Chika Nwachukwu, Ryan S. Youland, Catherine Chioreso, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Amulya NageswaraRao, Gesina Keating, Nadia N. Laack> ;Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2015 Feb 1
• 8 citations
  Degenerative changes in adolescent spines: a comparison of motocross racers and age-matched controls
  David J. Daniels, T. David Luo, Ross C. Puffer, Amy L. McIntosh, A. Noelle Larson, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Michelle J. Clarke> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2015 Jan 2
• Isolated oculomotor palsy in a child caused by an internal carotid artery aneurysm.
  Michael C. Brodsky, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Gesina F. Keating, Kelly K. Koeller> ;Journal of AAPOS. 2014 Oct 1
• 14 citations
  Accuracy of Pedicle Screw Placement in Children 10 Years or Younger Using Navigation and Intraoperative CT.
  Tianyi David Luo, David W. Polly, Charles Gerald T. Ledonio, Nicholas M. Wetjen, A. Noelle Larson> ;Clinical Spine Surgery. 2014 Dec 2
• Accuracy of Pedicle Screw Placement in Children≤10 Years Using Navigation and Intraoperative CT.
  Luo, T. D.,Polly, D. W.,Ledonio, C.,Wetjen, N. M.,Larson, A. N.> ;J Spinal Disord Tech. 2014 Dec 04
• Factors contributing to the yield of asymmetric bilateral implantation of intracranial electrodes
  Ricky W. Lee, Jay Mandrekar, Gregory A. Worrell, Gregory D. Cascino, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Fredric B. Meyer, Elaine C. Wirrell, W. Richard Marsh, Elson L. So> ;Epilepsia. 2014 Oct 1
• 5 citations
  Clinical outcomes of children and adults with central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumor.
  Rachael A. Lester, Lindsay C. Brown, Laurence J. Eckel, Robert T. Foote, Amulya NageswaraRao, Jan C. Buckner, Ian F. Parney, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Nadia N. Laack> ;Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 2014 Aug 13
• 61 citations
  Virtual surgical planning in craniofacial surgery.
  Harvey Chim, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Samir Mardini> ;Seminars in Plastic Surgery. 2014 Aug 1
• 5 citations
  Diagnostic outcome of surgical revision of intracranial electrode placements for seizure localization.
  Ricky W. Lee, Gregory A. Worrell, W. Richard Marsh, Gregory D. Cascino, Nicholas M. Wetjen, Fredric B. Meyer, Elaine C. Wirrell, Elson L. So> ;Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 2014 Jun 1
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Journal Articles

• Chronic Subthreshold Cortical Stimulation to Treat Focal Epilepsy  
  Gregory Worrell, Jeffrey Britton, Katherine Nickels, Brian Nils Lundstrom, Nicholas Wetjen, JAMA
• Penetrating head injuries in children due to bb and pellet guns: a poorly recognized public health risk  
  Kumar R, Kumar R, Mallory GW, Jacob JT, Daniels DJ, Wetjen NM, Foy AB, O'Neill BR, Clarke MJ, Journal Of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics, 1/1/2016
• Craniosynostosis syndromes: genetics to imaging  
  Ho ML, Mardini S, Wetjen NM, J Pediatr Neuroradiol, 1/1/2016
• Chronic subthreshold cortical stimulation to treat focal epilepsy  
  Lundstrom BN, Van Gompel J, Britton J, Nickels K, Wetjen N, Worrell G, Stead M, JAMA Neurology, 1/1/2016
• High occurrence of head and spine injuries in the pediatric population following motocross accidents  
  Daniels DJ, Clarke MJ, Puffer R, Luo TD, McIntosh AL, Wetjen NM, J Neurosurg Pediatr, 1/1/2015
• Opticochiasmatic apoplexy in a five year-old  
  Ball BG, Wetmore C, Giannini C, Wetjen NM, Meyer FB, Pediatr Neurosurg, 1/1/2011
• Histologically proven, low-grade diffuse pontine gliomas in children: 30-year experience with long-term follow-up at the Mayo Clinic  
  Ahmed K, Laack N, Orme N, Wetjen N, American Journal Of Clinical Oncology-cancer Clinical Trials, 1/1/2011
• Retrosigmoid approach to vestibular schwannomas  
  Cohen-Gadol AA, Wetjen NM, Quast LM, Ebersold MJ, Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery, 1/1/2001
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Books/Book Chapters

• The Evidence for Neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Medulloblastoma 
  Page 297 - 313Klimo P, Adediran S, Wetjen N, Raffel CEditors: Ghogawala Z, Krishnaney AA, Steinmetz MP, Batjer HH, Benzel EC.TFM Pub Ltd, United KingdomEdition 1st,2012
• Youmans neurological surgery 
  Chapter: Arachnoid cysts 
  Page 1911 - 7Wetjen NM, Walker MLEditors: Winn HR.Elsevier/Saunders, Philadelphia, PAEdition 6th,2011
• Youmans neurological surgery 
  Chapter: Cervical spine disorders in children 
  Page 2255 - 61Wetjen NM, Brockmeyer DLEditors: Winn HR.Elsevier/Saunders, Philadelphia, PAEdition 6th,2011
• Oncology of CNS tumors 
  Chapter: Ependymomas 
  Page 503 - 12Wetjen N, Raffel CEditors: Tonn JC; Westphal M; Rutka JT.Springer, Heidelberg; New YorkEdition 2nd,2010
• Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery: Preoperative Assessment and Surgical Treatment 
  Chapter: Peri-insular hemispherotomy 
  Page 251 - 60Wetjen NM, Kestle JRWEditors: Cataltepe O, Jallo GI.Thieme, New York, NY2010
• The treatment of epilepsy 
  Chapter: Resective surgery of neoplasms 
  Page 887 - 901Wetjen N, Junna MR, Radhakrishnan K, Cohen-Gadol A, Cascino GDEditors: Shorvon S; Perucca E; Engel J Jr.Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester; HobokenEdition 3rd,2009
• Principles and practice of pediatric neurosurgery 
  Chapter: Spinal extradural neoplasms and intradural extramedullary neoplasms 
  Page 694 - 705Wetjen NM, Raffel CEditors: Albright AL, Pollack IF, Adelson PD.Thieme, New York, NYEdition 2nd,2008
• The treatment of epilepsy 
  Chapter: Resective surgery of neoplastic lesions for epilepsy 
  Page 728 - 41Wetjen NM, Radhakrishnan K, Cohen-Gadol AA, Cascino GEditors: Shorvon SD, et al.Blackwell Science, MaldenEdition 2nd,2004
• Moyamoya Disease 
  Chapter: Surgical experience with moyamoya disease in the United States 
  Wetjen NM, Loftus CMEditors: Llezalo K, Loftus CM.AANS Publications2001
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Abstracts/Posters

• Quality of life in long-term survivors of very young pediatric low-grade gliomas
  Youland R, Nwachukwu C, Wetjen N, Keating G, Laack N, Pediatr Blood Cancer, 1/1/2015
• Intraoperative electrocorticography in pediatric refractory epilepsy patients predicts epileptogenic zone and resection areas
  Bower RS, Bower MR, Cimbalnik J, Brinkmann BH, Crepeau D, Stead SM, Marsh WR, Worrell GA, Wetjen NM., American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Pediatric Section, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2014
• Outcomes of children and young adults with recurrent pilocytic astrocytoma treated with multiple surgical resections
  Kohorst M, Warad D, Keating G, Childs S, Giannini C, Wetjen N, Nageswara Rao A, Neuro-oncol, 1/1/2014
• Yield and predictors of epilepsy surgery candidacy in children admitted for surgical workup
  Wirrell E, Wong-Kisiel LC, Wetjen N, Nickels K, Epilepsia, 1/1/2014
• Intracranial Electroencephalography and Seizure Onset Patterns on the Micro- and Macroscale in Medically Intractable Epilepsy
  Wetjen NM, Stead SM, Worrell G, 35th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons (ASPN), Puerto Rico, 1/30/2013
• Primary anaplastic pilocytic astrocytoma: a brief report and literature review
  Warad D, Wetjen N, Giannini C, Nageswara Rao A, Pediatr Blood Cancer, 1/1/2013
• Does the use of IC keterolac following neurosurgical procedures in the pediatric population increase the rate of post-operative hemorrhage? A retrospective analysis
  Kumar R, Maloney P, Hoover J, Wetjen NM, Richard Lende Winter Neurosurgery Conference, Snowbird, UT, 1/27/2012
• Diagnostic Outcome of Surgical Revision of Intracranial Electrode Placements for Seizure Localization
  Lee RW, Worrell GA, Cascino GD, Marsh WR, Wetjen NM, Wirrell EC, So EL, American Epilepsy Society Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, 1/2/2012
• "FAST" MR Imaging in the Evaluation of Pediatric Hydrocephalus
  Eckel LJ, Diehn F, Hunt C, Schwartz K, Keating G, Wetjen N, Welker K, ASNR, 1/1/2012
• "FAST" MRI Protocol
  Eckel LJ, Diehn FE, Hunt CH, Schwartz KM, Keating GF, Wetjen NM, Welker KM, American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) 50th Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 1/1/2012
• What procedure is most informative in the evaluation of children with chiari type I malformation?
  Dhamija R, Wetjen N, Slocumb N, Patton A, Kotagal S, Neurology, 1/1/2012
• Desmoplastic infantile gangliogliomas - clinical features at diagnosis, peri-operatively, and ongoing followup
  Keating G, Eckel L, Giannini C, Wetjen N, Patton A, Neuro-oncol, 1/1/2012
• Desmoplastic infantile gangliogliomas - imaging appearance discretely different from previously described
  Eckel L, Keating G, Giannini C, Wetjen N, Patton A, Neuro-oncol, 1/1/2012
• A 40-year review of pediatric low-grade gliomas at Mayo Clinic: changes with modern imaging
  Youland R, Khwaja S, Schomas D, Brown P, Giannini C, Wetjen N, Laack N, Pediatr Blood Cancer, 1/1/2012
• The frequency and severity of traumatic brain injury in the pediatric population following motocross accidents
  Wetjen NM, Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2011
• Pilomyxoid astrocytoma of the pons
  Eckel LJ, Keating GF, Wetjen NM, Giannini C, Wetmore C, Neuro-oncol, 1/1/2011
• Resective surgery for intractable epilepsy in the first 5 years of life: the Mayo Clinic experience
  Wirrell E, Hnojcikova M, Nickels K, Buchhalter J, Raffel C, Wetjen N, Epilepsia, 1/1/2010
• Role of adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) in pediatric supratentorial ependymomas: a retrospective review with long-term follow-up from the Mayo Clinic
  Laack NNI, Rooney JW, Keating GF, Wetjen NM, Neuro-oncol, 1/1/2010
• Fourth ventricular shunt survival comparing stereotactic transtentorial and suboccipital approaches
  Bishop FS, Binning MJ, Wetjen NM, Couture DE, Brockmeyer DL, AANS/CNS Section on Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Boston, MA, 1/1/2009
• Subtraction Ictal SPECT Co- Registered to MRI (SISCOM) in the Long Term Outcome for Repeat Epilepsy Surgery
  Wetjen NM, Fessler, AJ, Cascino GD, So EL, Cambier DM, O'Brien TJ, Mullan BP, Marsh WR, American Epilepsy Society, Boston, MA, 1/1/2003
• The Use of Norian Cranioplasty for Pediatric Skull Defects: A Case Series and Review of the Literature
  Wetjen NM, Shah D, Dauer E, Clay R, Bite U, Raffel C, American Association of Neurological Surgery and Congress of Neurological Surgery, Pediatric Section Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 1/1/2003
• Operative Management of Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Dissecting Aneurysms
  Wetjen NM, Link, MJ, American Association of Neurological Surgery and Congress of Neurological Surgery, Cerebrovascular Section Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1/1/2002
• Vasospasm After Transsphenoidal Surgery Treatment with Balloon Angioplasty
  Friedman JA, Meyer FB, Wetjen NM, Nichols DA, American Association of Neurological Surgery and Congress of Neurological Surgery, Cerebrovascular Section Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1/1/2002
• Utility of Intraoperative Ultrasound for Tumors of the Cauda Equina
  Friedman JA, Wetjen NM, Atkinson JLD, American Association of Neurological Surgery, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2002
• Image Analysis and Automatic Cell Segmentation of Malignant Glial Cells
  Barua M, Wetjen NM, Sibenaller Z, Street NW, Ryken TK, Congress of Neurological Surgery, San Antonio, TX, 1/1/2000
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Lectures

• Dorsal Rhizotomy--Which patients are candidates and what are the benefits 
  Indianapolis, IN - 1/29/2016
• Myelomeningocele Fetal Surgery: Moving from MOMS Trial to Practice 
  Indianapolis, IN - 1/29/2016
• Virtual Surgical Planning 
  Rochester, MN - 1/17/2014
• In utero-myelomeningocele Repair 
  Rochester, MN - 1/12/2014
• Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy and Baclofen Pumps 
  Rochester, MN - 1/1/2014
• Magnetic Resonance Elastography 
  Bristol, England - 1/1/2014
• Update in Epilepsy Surgery 
  Boston, MA - 1/1/2014
• Magnetic Resonance Elastography in Congenital Hydrocephalus 
  Mainz, Germany - 1/1/2014
• Chronic sub-threshold subdural cortical stimulation for the treatment of focal epilepsy originating from eloquent cortex 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2014
• Outcomes of children and young adults with recurrent pilocytic astrocytoma treated with multiple surgical resections 
  Singapore - 1/1/2014
• Diagnostic procedures in the evaluation of Chiari I malformation. The role of nocturnal somnography in assessing children with Chiari I malformation 
  Mainz, Germany - 1/1/2014
• Neurological Issues in the Neonate 
  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN - 1/1/2013
• Abnormal Head Shapes 
  1/1/2013
• Neurologic Emergencies 
  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN - 1/1/2013
• Fetal Surgery at Mayo Clinic 
  1/1/2013
• The Fetal Surgery Center/ OB/GYN Clinical Reviews 
  Rochester, MN - 1/1/2013
• Facial Reconstruction Surgery 
  Rochester, MN - 1/1/2013
• Microsurgical Excision of Third Ventricular Lesions 
  St Louis, MO - 1/1/2013
• Diagnostic outcome of exploratory EEG recording 
  Miami, FL - 1/1/2013
• Histologically proven, low-grade brainstem gliomas in children: 30-year experience with long-term followup at Mayo Clinic 
  St. Regis Kuaui, HI - 1/1/2013
• Atlanto-axial instability and tethered cord syndrome 
  Long Beach, CA - 1/1/2013
• Radiation dose reduction and protocol optimization for pediatric head CT evaluation of craniosynostosis 
  Budapest, Hungary - 1/1/2013
• Impact of computed tomography scans prior to transfer in the management of Traumatic Brain Injury 
  Helsinki, Finland - 1/1/2013
• Success of Postoperative Anti-Epileptic Medication Reduction in Children Following Surgery for Intractable Epilepsy 
  Washington, FL - 1/1/2013
• Advances in Cleft and Craniofacial Surgery 
  Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN - 1/1/2012
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Other

• Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (Pediatric) 
  Wetjen NM, AskMayoExpert
  http://askmayoexpert.mayoclinic.org
  1/1/2013
• Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections (Pediatric) 
  Wetjen NM, AskMayoExpert
  http://askmayoexpert.mayoclinic.org
  1/1/2013