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[[1997]]-[[1999]]

First therapeutic report of [[temozolomide]] to treat human [[glioma]]s
((Friedman HS, McLendon RE, Kerby T, et al. [[DNA mismatch repair]]
and O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase analysis and response to
Temodal in newly diagnosed malignant glioma. J Clin Oncol 1998;16:
3851–7)).
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Intraosseous nerves within the vertebral body were described in 1998 by Antonacci et al
((Antonacci MD, Mody DR, Heggeness MH. Innervation of the human vertebral body: 
a histologic study. J Spinal Disord. 1998 Dec;11(6):526-31. PubMed PMID: 9884299.)).
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In [[1998]], a group led by Dr. Jerry Oakes
((Iskandar BI, Hedlund GL, Grabb PA, Oakes WJ. The resolution of syringomyelia without hindbrain herniation after posterior fossa decompression. J Neurosurg 1998;89: 212–216.)) 
identified five patients with [[syringomyelia]] and no evidence of [[tonsillar herniation]] (i.e. no Chiari I malformation).
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[[Medtronic]] aquired [[Sofamor]] [[Danek]] in [[1998]].
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Vicari in [[1994]]
((Vicari F Endoscopic correction of sagittal craniosynostosis Paper presented at: Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons; September 25–28, 1994; San Diego, CA))
and Drs. Barone and Jimenez in [[1998]]
((Jimenez DF, Barone CM. Endoscopic craniectomy for early surgical correction of
sagittal craniosynostosis. J Neurosurg. 1998 Jan;88(1):77-81. PubMed PMID:
9420076.
))
introduced [[endoscopic-assisted craniosynostosis surgery]] followed by application of a molding helmet.