Hospital Merheim-Cologne

Department of Neurosurgery, Cologne-Merheim hospital Cologne, Germany.

1: Stroop R, Nakamura M, Schoukens J, Oliva Uribe D. Tactile sensor-based real-time clustering for tissue differentiation. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2018 Oct 6. doi: 10.1007/s11548-018-1869-5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30293172.

2: Schieferdecker S, Neudorfer C, El Majdoub F, Maarouf M. A Retrospective Case Series of High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation (HF10-SCS) in Neurogenic Bladder Incontinence. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2018 Aug 30. doi: 10.1093/ons/opy236. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30169840.

3: Rink S, Arnold D, Wöhler A, Bendella H, Meyer C, Manthou M, Papamitsou T, Sarikcioglu L, Angelov DN. Recovery after spinal cord injury by modulation of the proteoglycan receptor PTPσ. Exp Neurol. 2018 Nov;309:148-159. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2018.08.003. Epub 2018 Aug 14. PubMed PMID: 30118740.

4: Koy A, Cirak S, Gonzalez V, Becker K, Roujeau T, Milesi C, Baleine J, Cambonie G, Boularan A, Greco F, Perrigault PF, Cances C, Dorison N, Doummar D, Roubertie A, Beroud C, Körber F, Stüve B, Waltz S, Mignot C, Nava C, Maarouf M, Coubes P, Cif L. Deep brain stimulation is effective in pediatric patients with GNAO1 associated severe hyperkinesia. J Neurol Sci. 2018 Aug 15;391:31-39. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.05.018. Epub 2018 May 22. PubMed PMID: 30103967.

5: Hunsche S, Neudorfer C, Majdoub FE, Maarouf M, Sauner D. Determining the Rotational Orientation of Directional Deep Brain Stimulation Leads Employing Flat-Panel Computed Tomography. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2018 Jun 16. doi: 10.1093/ons/opy163. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29920586.

6: Althaus A, Arránz Becker O, Moser KH, Lux EA, Weber F, Neugebauer E, Simanski C. Postoperative Pain Trajectories and Pain Chronification-an Empirical Typology of Pain Patients. Pain Med. 2018 May 24. doi: 10.1093/pm/pny099. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29800281.

7: Meyer C, Bendella H, Rink S, Gensch R, Seitz R, Stein G, Manthou M, Papamitsou T, Nakamura M, Bouillon B, Galea M, Batchelor P, Dunlop S, Angelov D. The effect of myelotomy following low thoracic spinal cord compression injury in rats. Exp Neurol. 2018 Aug;306:10-21. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2018.04.011. Epub 2018 Apr 19. PubMed PMID: 29679548.

8: Rink S, Bendella H, Alsolivany K, Meyer C, Woehler A, Jansen R, Isik Z, Stein G, Wennmachers S, Nakamura M, Angelov DN. Constitutively reduced sensory capacity promotes better recovery after spinal cord-injury (SCI) in blind rats of the dystrophic RCS strain. Restor Neurol Neurosci. 2018;36(3):397-416. doi: 10.3233/RNN-170789. PubMed PMID: 29614704.

9: Wild F, Hartmann C, Heissler HE, Hong B, Krauss JK, Nakamura M. Surgical Treatment of Spinal Ependymomas: Experience in 49 Patients. World Neurosurg. 2018 Mar;111:e703-e709. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.12.159. Epub 2018 Jan 5. PubMed PMID: 29309981.

10: Neudorfer C, Maarouf M. Neuroanatomical background and functional considerations for stereotactic interventions in the H fields of Forel. Brain Struct Funct. 2018 Jan;223(1):17-30. doi: 10.1007/s00429-017-1570-4. Epub 2017 Nov 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 29152666.

11: Mathes T, Pape-Köhler C, Moerders L, Lux E, Neugebauer EAM. External Validation and Update of the RICP-A Multivariate Model to Predict Chronic Postoperative Pain. Pain Med. 2018 Aug 1;19(8):1674-1682. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnx242. PubMed PMID: 29121211.

12: Bendella H, Rink S, Grosheva M, Sarikcioglu L, Gordon T, Angelov DN. Putative roles of soluble trophic factors in facial nerve regeneration, target reinnervation, and recovery of vibrissal whisking. Exp Neurol. 2018 Feb;300:100-110. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.10.029. Epub 2017 Nov 8. Review. PubMed PMID: 29104116.

13: Stroop R, Holms F, Nakamura M, Lehrke R. A Submammarian Approach for Cosmetically Improved Implantation of Deep Brain Stimulation Generators. World Neurosurg. 2018 Jan;109:e699-e706. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.10.057. Epub 2017 Oct 20. PubMed PMID: 29061452.

14: Huijben JA, van der Jagt M, Cnossen MC, Kruip MJHA, Haitsma IK, Stocchetti N, Maas AIR, Menon DK, Ercole A, Maegele M, Stanworth SJ, Citerio G, Polinder S, Steyerberg EW, Lingsma HF. Variation in Blood Transfusion and Coagulation Management in Traumatic Brain Injury at the Intensive Care Unit: A Survey in 66 Neurotrauma Centers Participating in the Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury Study. J Neurotrauma. 2017 Nov 21. doi: 10.1089/neu.2017.5194. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28825511.

15: Temming S, Kocher M, Stoelben E, Hagmeyer L, Chang DH, Frank K, Hekmat K, Wolf J, Baus WW, Semrau R, Baues C, Marnitz S. Risk-adapted robotic stereotactic body radiation therapy for inoperable early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer. Strahlenther Onkol. 2018 Feb;194(2):91-97. doi: 10.1007/s00066-017-1194-x. Epub 2017 Aug 15. Review. PubMed PMID: 28812120.

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17: Bendella H, Spacca B, Rink S, Stoffels HJ, Nakamura M, Scaal M, Heinen H, Guntinas-Lichius O, Goldbrunner R, Grosheva M, Angelov DN. Anastomotic patterns of the facial parotid plexus (PP): A human cadaver study. Ann Anat. 2017 Sep;213:52-61. doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2017.06.001. Epub 2017 Jun 27. PubMed PMID: 28662373.

18: Neudorfer C, El Majdoub F, Hunsche S, Richter K, Sturm V, Maarouf M. Deep Brain Stimulation of the H Fields of Forel Alleviates Tics in Tourette Syndrome. Front Hum Neurosci. 2017 Jun 13;11:308. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00308. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28659777; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5468420.

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20: Hizay A, Seitz M, Grosheva M, Sinis N, Kaya Y, Bendella H, Sarikcioglu L, Dunlop SA, Angelov DN. FGF-2 is required to prevent astrogliosis in the facial nucleus after facial nerve injury and mechanical stimulation of denervated vibrissal muscles. J Biomed Res. 2016 Mar;30(2):142-148. doi: 10.7555/JBR.30.20140042. Epub 2016 Mar 20. PubMed PMID: 28276669; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4820891.

21: Gasenzer ER, Kanat A, Neugebauer EA. First Report of Awake Craniotomy of a Famous Musician: Suprasellar Tumor Surgery of Pianist Clara Haskil in 1942. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2017 May;78(3):260-268. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1597895. Epub 2017 Feb 20. PubMed PMID: 28219086.

22: Grosheva M, Rink S, Jansen R, Bendella H, Pavlov SP, Sarikcioglu L, Angelov DN, Dunlop SA. Early and continued manual stimulation is required for long-term recovery after facial nerve injury. Muscle Nerve. 2018 Jan;57(1):100-106. doi: 10.1002/mus.25613. Epub 2017 Mar 30. PubMed PMID: 28214333.

23: Hunsche S, Sauner D, Majdoub FE, Neudorfer C, Poggenborg J, Goßmann A, Maarouf M. Intensity-based 2D 3D registration for lead localization in robot guided deep brain stimulation. Phys Med Biol. 2017 Mar 21;62(6):2417-2426. doi: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa5ecd. Epub 2017 Feb 7. PubMed PMID: 28169225.

24: Wilden A, Feiser J, Wöhler A, Isik Z, Bendella H, Angelov DN. Anatomy of the human orbital muscle (OM): Features of its detailed topography, syntopy and morphology. Ann Anat. 2017 May;211:39-45. doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2017.01.008. Epub 2017 Feb 3. PubMed PMID: 28163206.

25: Manthou M, Abdulla DS, Pavlov SP, Jansen R, Bendella H, Nohroudi K, Stein G, Meyer C, Ozsoy O, Ozsoy U, Behram Kandemir Y, Sarikcioglu L, Semler O, Schoenau E, Dunlop S, Angelov DN. Whole body vibration (WBV) following spinal cord injury (SCI) in rats: Timing of intervention. Restor Neurol Neurosci. 2017;35(2):185-216. doi: 10.3233/RNN-160691. PubMed PMID: 28059803.

26: Bendella H, Maegele M, Hartmann A, Spreer J, Rommel N, Lefering R, Nakamura M, Igressa A. Cerebral Ventricular Dimensions After Decompressive Craniectomy: A Comparison Between Bedside Sonographic Duplex Technique and Cranial Computed Tomography. Neurocrit Care. 2017 Jun;26(3):321-329. doi: 10.1007/s12028-016-0359-2. PubMed PMID: 28054287.

27: Fröhlich M, Driessen A, Böhmer A, Nienaber U, Igressa A, Probst C, Bouillon B, Maegele M, Mutschler M; and the TraumaRegister DGU. Is the shock index based classification of hypovolemic shock applicable in multiple injured patients with severe traumatic brain injury?-an analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU(®). Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2016 Dec 12;24(1):148. PubMed PMID: 27955692; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5153863.

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29: Schulz A, Daali S, Javed M, Fuchs PC, Brockmann M, Igressa A, Charalampaki P. Presurgical mapping of basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma by confocal laser endomicroscopy compared to traditional micrographic surgery: a single-centre prospective feasibility study. Eur J Dermatol. 2016 Dec 1;26(6):572-579. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2016.2874. PubMed PMID: 27748256.

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32: Linxweiler M, Kadah BA, Bozzato A, Bozzato V, Hasenfus A, Kim YJ, Wagner M, Igressa A, Schick B, Charalampaki P. Noninvasive histological imaging of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas using confocal laser endomicroscopy. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Dec;273(12):4473-4483. doi: 10.1007/s00405-016-4145-8. Epub 2016 Jun 15. PubMed PMID: 27307282.

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34: Kamen A, Sun S, Wan S, Kluckner S, Chen T, Gigler AM, Simon E, Fleischer M, Javed M, Daali S, Igressa A, Charalampaki P. Automatic Tissue Differentiation Based on Confocal Endomicroscopic Images for Intraoperative Guidance in Neurosurgery. Biomed Res Int. 2016;2016:6183218. doi: 10.1155/2016/6183218. Epub 2016 Apr 5. PubMed PMID: 27127791; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4835625.

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