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Nicholas M Barbaro

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Barbaro N, Quigg M, Ward M, Chang E, Broshek D, Langfitt J, et al.
Epilepsia . 2018 Mar; 59(6):1198-1207. PMID: 29600809
Objective: To compare stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) versus anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) for patients with pharmacoresistant unilateral mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). Methods: This randomized, single-blinded, controlled trial recruited adults eligible...
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Villelli N, Yan H, Zou J, Barbaro N
J Neurosurg Spine . 2017 Sep; 27(6):694-699. PMID: 28937935
OBJECTIVE Several similarities exist between the Massachusetts health care reform law of 2006 and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The authors' prior neurosurgical research showed a decrease in uninsured surgeries...
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Kim D, Dacey R, Zipfel G, Berger M, McDermott M, Barbaro N, et al.
Neurosurgery . 2017 Sep; 81(4):E47. PMID: 28934443
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Wyatt S, Witt T, Barbaro N, Cohen-Gadol A, Brewster A
Exp Neurol . 2017 Jun; 295:184-193. PMID: 28601603
Microglia-mediated neuroinflammation is widely associated with seizures and epilepsy. Although microglial cells are professional phagocytes, less is known about the status of this phenotype in epilepsy. Recent evidence supports that...
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Ansari S, Yan H, Zou J, Worth R, Barbaro N
Neurosurgery . 2017 Apr; 82(2):173-181. PMID: 28402465
Background: Hospital readmission rate has become a major indicator of quality of care, with penalties given to hospitals with high rates of readmission. At the same time, insurers are increasing...
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Wang D, Raygor K, Cage T, Ward M, Westcott S, Barbaro N, et al.
J Neurosurg . 2017 Mar; 128(1):68-77. PMID: 28298026
OBJECTIVE Common surgical treatments for trigeminal neuralgia (TN) include microvascular decompression (MVD), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), and radiofrequency ablation (RFA). Although the efficacy of each procedure has been described, few studies...
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Kim D, Dacey R, Zipfel G, Berger M, McDermott M, Barbaro N, et al.
Neurosurgery . 2017 Feb; 80(4S):S75-S82. PMID: 28204661
The purpose of neurosurgical education is to teach the clinical knowledge and surgical skills necessary to become a neurosurgeon. Another goal is to inculcate the principles of the scientific method....
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Safaee M, Lyon R, Barbaro N, Chou D, Mummaneni P, Weinstein P, et al.
J Neurosurg Spine . 2016 Jul; 26(1):103-111. PMID: 27472744
OBJECTIVE Among all primary spinal neoplasms, approximately two-thirds are intradural extramedullary lesions; nerve sheath tumors, mainly neurofibromas and schwannomas, comprise approximately half of them. Given the rarity of these lesions,...
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Villelli N, Das R, Yan H, Huff W, Zou J, Barbaro N
J Neurosurg . 2016 Mar; 126(1):167-174. PMID: 26967784
OBJECTIVE The Massachusetts health care insurance reform law passed in 2006 has many similarities to the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA). To address concerns that the ACA might negatively impact...
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Safaee M, Oh T, Barbaro N, Chou D, Mummaneni P, Weinstein P, et al.
World Neurosurg . 2016 Jan; 90:6-13. PMID: 26802866
Introduction: Intradural extramedullary spine tumors, approximately one-half of which are peripheral nerve sheath tumors (PNSTs), comprise two-thirds of primary spinal neoplasms. Given the rarity of PNSTs and the restricted indications...