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Wissenschaftliche Tätigkeit der Klinik für Neurochirurgie

Die modernen Entwicklungen in der Neurochirurgie fordern heute lebenslanges Lernen. Die Teilnahme der Ärztinnen und Ärzte an wissenschaftlichen Kongressen und die Beteiligung an Veröffentlichungen in medizinischen Fachzeitschriften dienen der Weiterentwicklung. So können wir unseren Patientinnen und Patienten einen Zugang zu den neuesten Behandlungsmethoden schaffen.

Veröffentlichungen

Case Study: Natural Language Processing (NLP) with Open Data for Drug Repositioning in Glioblastoma Therapy.
Curdin Marxer, Heiko Rölke, Alex Alfieri, Marc-Eric Halatsch.
2023 10th IEEE Swiss Conference on Data Science (SDS), 22-23 June 2023.

​Prognostic scoring system for surgical treatment of intramedullary spinal cord metastases.
Roberto Gazzeri, Stefano Telera, Marcelo Galarza, Isabella Sperduti, Alex Alfieri.
J Clin Neurosci. 2023 Dec:118:90-95.

​On fields, light and excitability in glioblastoma: Comment on: „The distinguishing electrical properties of cancer cells“
by Di Gregorio et al. ​M-E Halatsch.
Phys Life Rev. 2023 Aug 22:47:15-16.

​Incidence, therapy, and outcome in the management of chronic subdural hematoma in Switzerland: a population-based multicenter cohort study.
Amir El Rahal, Jürgen Beck, Peter Ahlborn, Corrado Bernasconi, Serge Marbacher, Stefan Wanderer, Jan-Karl Burkhardt, Roy Thomas Daniel, Andrea Ferrari, Oliver Hausmann, Maria Kamenova, Karl Kothbauer, Katharina Lutz, Luigi Mariani, Alex Alfieri, Daniel Schöni, Philippe Schucht, Andreas Raabe, Luca Regli, Dominique Kuhlen, Martin Seule, Jehuda Soleman, Daniele Starnoni, Julien Zaldivar, Christian Zweifel, Karl Schaller, Christian Fung. Front Neurol. 2023 Sep 14;14:1206996.

​Special Issue: Principal Challenges in the Adjuvant Treatment of Glioblastoma.
Marc-Eric Halatsch. Biomedicines. 2023 Jul 3;11(7):1881.

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries.
National Institute for Health and Care Research Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery
British Journal of Surgery, Volume 110, Issue 7, July 2023, Pages 804–817

Craniotomy Burr Hole Covers: A Comparative Study of Biomechanical, Radiological, and Aesthetic Outcomes Using 3 Different Plug Materials.
Carbonaro R, Amendola F, Vaienti L, Nataloni A, Barbanera A, Cottone G, Alessandri Bonetti M, Zingaretti N, Alfieri A, Parodi PC, Zanotti B.
J Craniofac Surg. 2023 May 1;34(3):1023-1026. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009077. Epub 2022 Oct 17. PMID: 36253335.

An Analysis of Cranioplasty Complications according to Timing of Surgery, Implants‘ Material and Incidence of Post-Traumatic-Hydrocephalus.
M. Ganau , K. Bernhardt , G. Dannhoff , C.-H. Mallereau , I. Zaed , E. Sartoretti , L. Prisco , M.-E. Halatsch , A. Cardia , A. Alfieri , S. Chibbaro
University of Oxford, Neurosurgery, Oxford, United Kingdom, University of Strasbourg, Neurosurgery, Strasbourg, France, Neurocenter of South Switzerland, Neurosurgery, Lugano, Switzerland, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Neurosurgery, Winterthur, Switzerland
WFNS2023: 1029

Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries.
NIHR Global Health Unit on Global Surgery; COVIDSurg Collaborative
Lancet. 2022 Nov 5;400(10363):1607-1617.

How a thrombectomy service can reduce hospital deficit: a cost-effectiveness study.
Iris Q Grunwald, Viola Wagner, Anna Podlasek, Gouri Koduri, Paul Guyler, Stephen Gerry, Sweni Shah, Horst Sievert, Aarti Sharma, Shrey Mathur, Klaus Fassbender, Kaveh Shariat, Graeme Houston, Avinash Kanodia, Silke Walter
Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2022 Nov 4;20(1):59.

Craniotomy Burr Hole Covers: A Comparative Study of Biomechanical, Radiological, and Aesthetic Outcomes Using 3 Different Plug Materials.
Riccardo Carbonaro, Francesco Amendola, Luca Vaienti, Angelo Nataloni, Andrea Barbanera, Giuseppe Cottone, Mario Alessandri Bonetti, Nicola Zingaretti, Alex Alfieri, Pier C Parodi, Bruno Zanotti
J Craniofac Surg. 2022 Oct 17.

Learning curve and influencing factors of performing microsurgical anastomosis: a laboratory prospective study.
Lefevre E, Ganau M, Zaed I, de Macedo Machado-Filho G, Scibilia A, Mallereau CH, Bresson D, Todeschi J, Cebula H, Proust F, Vignes JL, Masquelet AC, Facca S, Livernaux P, Alfieri A, Ramos TCM, Magaldi M, Bruno C, Chibbaro S.
Neurosurg Rev. 2022 Oct;45(5):3271-3280. doi:10.1007/s10143-022-01856-7. Epub 2022 Sep 6. PMID: 36066661.

The surgical management of highly unstable fragility fractures of the sacrum with spinopelvic dissociation: A case series and proposal of a surgical treatment algorithm.
Andrea Gross, Hannes Kuttner, Kaveh Shariat, Emanuel Benninger, Christoph Meier
Injury. 2022 Oct;53(10):3377-3383.

The surgical management of highly unstable fragility fractures of the sacrum with spinopelvic dissociation: A case series and proposal of a surgical treatment algorithm.
Gross A, Kuttner H, Shariat K, Benninger E, Meier C.
Injury. 2022 Oct;53(10):3377-3383. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2022.08.031. Epub 2022 Aug 18. PMID: 36028371.

Cerebral and spinal cavernomas.
F J Ahlhelm, A A Tarnutzer, K Shariat
Radiologie (Heidelb). 2022 Aug;62(8):648-653.

Evaluation of Outcomes Among Patients With Traumatic Intracranial Hypertension Treated With Decompressive Craniectomy vs Standard Medical Care at 24 Months: A Secondary Analysis of the RESCUEicp Randomized Clinical Trial.
Angelos G Kolias, Hadie Adams, Ivan S Timofeev, Elizabeth A Corteen, Iftakher Hossain, Marek Czosnyka, Jake Timothy, Ian Anderson, Diederik O Bulters, Antonio Belli, C Andrew Eynon, John Wadley, A David Mendelow, Patrick M Mitchell, Mark H Wilson, Giles Critchley, Juan Sahuquillo, Andreas Unterberg, Jussi P Posti, Franco Servadei, Graham M Teasdale, John D Pickard, David K Menon, Gordon D Murray, Peter J Kirkpatrick, Peter J Hutchinson; RESCUEicp Trial Collaborators
JAMA Neurol . 2022 Jul 1;79(7):664-671.

MDACT: A New Principle of Adjunctive Cancer Treatment Using Combinations of Multiple Repurposed Drugs, with an Example Regimen.
Richard E Kast, Alex Alfieri, Hazem I Assi, Terry C Burns, Ashraf M Elyamany, Maria Gonzalez-Cao, Georg Karpel-Massler, Christine Marosi, Michael E Salacz, Iacopo Sardi, Pieter Van Vlierberghe, Mohamed S Zaghloul, Marc-Eric Halatsch
Cancers (Basel). 2022 May 23;14(10):2563.

The impact of reduced operating room capacity on the time delay of urgent surgical care for neurosurgical patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Schöni D, Halatsch ME, Alfieri A.
Interdiscip Neurosurg. 2022 Sep;29:101544.
doi: 10.1016/j.inat.2022.101544. Epub 2022 Mar 17. PMID: 35317492; PMCID: PMC8926944.

High-Resolution 3D versus Standard-Resolution 2D T2-Weighted Turbo Spin Echo MRI for the Assessment of Lumbar Nerve Root Compromise.
Sartoretti E, Sartoretti T, Schwenk Á, Alfieri A, Czell D, Wyss M, Wildi L, Binkert CA, Sartoretti-Schefer S.
Tomography. 2022 Jan 24;8(1):257-266.
doi: 10.3390/tomography8010020. PMID: 35202186; PMCID: PMC8880003.

Association of the COVID-19 outbreak with acute stroke care in Switzerland.
De Marchis GM, Wright PR, Michel P, Strambo D, Carrera E, Dirren E, Luft AR, Wegener S, Cereda CW, Kägi G, Vehoff J, Gensicke H, Lyrer P, Nedeltchev K, Khales T, Bolognese M, Salmen S, Sturzenegger R, Bonvin C, Berger C, Schelosky L, Mono ML, Rodic B, von Reding A, Schwegler G, Tarnutzer AA, Medlin F, Humm AM, Peters N, Beyeler M, Kriemler L, Bervini D, Fandino J, Hemkens LG, Mordasini P, Arnold M, Fischer U, Bonati LH
Swiss Stroke Registry Investigators. Eur J Neurol. 2022 Mar;29(3):724-731. doi: 10.1111/ene.15209. Epub 2022 Jan 4. PMID: 34894018; PMCID: PMC9305499.

SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study.
COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative
Anaesthesia. 2022 Jan;77(1):28-39.

In Vitro and Clinical Compassionate Use Experiences with the Drug-Repurposing Approach CUSP9v3 in Glioblastoma.
Halatsch ME, Dwucet A, Schmidt CJ, Mühlnickel J, Heiland T, Zeiler K, Siegelin MD, Kast RE, Karpel-Massler G.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2021 Nov 29;14(12):1241.

Spiral gradient echo versus cartesian turbo spin echo imaging for 8 KSW Leistungsbericht 2021 sagittal contrast-enhanced fat-suppressed T1 weighted spine MRI: an inter-individual comparison study.
Sartoretti E, Sartoretti-Schefer S, van Smoorenburg L, Eichenberger B, Schwenk Á, Czell D, Alfieri A, Binkert C, Wyss M, Sartoretti T.
Br J Radiol. 2021 Nov 11:20210354.

Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study.
COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative.
Anaesthesia. 2021 Nov;76(11):1454-1464.

Single shot zonal oblique multislice SE-EPI diffusion-weighted imaging with low to ultra-high b-values for the differentiation of benign and malignant vertebral spinal fractures.
Sartoretti E, Sartoretti-Schefer S, van Smoorenburg L, Eichenberger B, Schwenk Á, Czell D, Alfieri A, Gutzeit A, Mannil M, Binkert CA, Wyss M, Sartoretti T.
Eur J Radiol Open. 2021 Sep 22; 8:100377.

Short review of SEC, a potential dexamethasone-sparing regimen for glioblastoma: Spironolactone, ecallantide, clotrimazole.
Kast RE, Burns TC, Halatsch ME.
Neurochirurgie. 2021 Sep;67(5):508-515.

SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study.
COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative.
Anaesthesia. 2021 Aug 24.

Photodynamic Therapy Combined with Bcl-2/Bcl-xL Inhibition Increases the Noxa/Mcl-1 Ratio Independent of Usp9X and Synergistically Enhances Apoptosis in Glioblastoma.
Golla C, Bilal M, Dwucet A, Bader N, Anthonymuthu J, Heiland T, Pruss M, Westhoff MA, Siegelin MD, Capanni F, Wirtz CR, Kast RE, Halatsch ME, Karpel-Massler G.
Cancers (Basel). 2021 Aug 17;13(16):4123.

Surgical treatment of solitary intradural extramedullary spinal cord metastases from solid cancers of non-neurogenic origin. A multicenter study.
Gazzeri R, Telera S, Galarza M, Callovini GM, Sperduti I, Alfieri A.
J Neurooncol. 2021 Jul 13.
PMID: 34255272 / DOI: 10.1007/s11060-021-03804-9.

A phase Ib/IIa trial of 9 repurposed drugs combined with temozolomide for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma: CUSP9v3.
Halatsch ME, Kast RE, Karpel-Massler G, Mayer B, Zolk O, Schmitz B, Scheuerle A, Maier L, Bullinger L, Mayer-Steinacker R, Schmidt C, Zeiler K, Elshaer Z, Panther P, Schmelzle B, Hallmen A, Dwucet A, Siegelin MD, Westhoff MA, Beckers K, Bouche G, Heiland T.
Neurooncol Adv. 2021 Jun 24;3(1):vdab075.

Eponyms of cranial neurosurgical instruments: an international collaboration to optimize the field of neurosurgery.
Strulak L, Gronki F, Shariat K, Schöni D, Alfieri A.
World Neurosurg. 2021 Jun 23:S1878-8750(21)00904-9.
PMID: 34174453 / DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.06.073

Introduction and reproducibility of an updated practical grading system for lumbar foraminal stenosis based on high-resolution MR imaging.
Sartoretti E, Wyss M, Alfieri A, Binkert CA, Erne C, Sartoretti-Schefer S, Sartoretti T.
Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 7;11(1):12000
PMID: 34099833 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-91462-2

Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study.
COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative.
Anaesthesia. 2021 Jun;76(6):748-758.
First published: Epub 2021 Mar 9.
PMID: 33690889 / DOI: 10.1111/anae.15458

Embryological development of the human cranio-facial arterial system: a pictorial review.
Bertulli L; Robert T.
Surg Radiol Anat. 2021 Jun;43(6):961-973.
First published: Epub 2021 Jan 25
PMID: 33492439 / DOI: 10.1007/s00276-021-02684-y

Patient-specific templateguided versus standard freehand lumbar pedicle screw implantation: a randomized controlled trial.
Spirig JM, Golshani S, Farshad-Amacker NA, Farshad M.
J Neurosurg Spine. 2021 May 28:1-7.

OPALS: A New Osimertinib Adjunctive Treatment of Lung Adenocarcinoma or Glioblastoma Using Five Repurposed Drugs.
Kast RE, Halatsch ME, Rosell R.
Cells. 2021 May 10;10(5):1148.
PMID: 34068720 / PMCID: PMC8151869 / DOI: 10.3390/cells10051148

What Animal Cancers teach us about Human Biology.
Kattner P, Zeiler K, Herbener VJ, Ferla-Brühl K, Kassubek R, Grunert M, Burster T, Brühl O, Weber AS, Strobel H, Karpel-Massler G, Ott S, Hagedorn A, Tews D, Schulz A, Prasad V, Siegelin MD, Nonnenmacher L, Fischer-Posovszky P, Halatsch ME, Debatin KM, Westhoff MA.
Theranostics. 2021 May 3;11(14):6682-6702
PMID: 34093847 / PMCID: PMC8171098 / DOI: 10.7150/thno.56623

Diffusion-weightedMRI of ischemic stroke at 3T: Value of synthetic b-values.
Sartoretti T, Sartoretti E, Wyss M, Mannil M, van Smoorenburg L, EichenbergerB, Reischauer C, Alfieri A, Binkert C, Sartoretti-Schefer S.
Br J Radiol. 2021 May 1;94(1121):20200869
First published: Epub 2021 Feb 17.
PMID: 33596102 / DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20200869

SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study.
COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative.
Br J Surg. 2021 Mar 24:znab101.
Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 33761533 / PMCID: PMC7995808 / DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab101

A Case Report of Symptomatic Gluteal Subcutaneous Heterotopic Ossifications with Persistent Sciatic Pain.
Gronki F, Strulak L, Wahl P, Alfieri A.
Clin Surg. 2021; 6: 3106
Published: 10 Mar, 2021
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Spondylodiszitis und epiduraler Abszess [Spondylodiscitis and epidural abscesses].
Rotzinger R, Omidi R, Gebhard H, Shariat K, Ahlhelm F.
Radiologe. 2021 Feb 11. German. doi: 10.1007/s00117-021-00814-6.

Surgical treatment of intramedullary spinal cord metastases: functional outcome and complications-a multicenter study.
Gazzeri R, Telera S, Galarza M, Callovini GM, Isabella S, Alfieri A.
Neurosurg Rev. 2021 Feb 9.
Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 33564982 / DOI: 10.1007/s10143-021-01491-8

Incidence and Outcome of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: The Swiss Study on Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (Swiss SOS).
Schatlo B, Fung C, Stienen MN, Fathi AR, Fandino J, Smoll NR, Zumofen D, Daniel RT, Burkhardt JK, Bervini D, Marbacher S, Reinert M, D Alonzo D, Ahlborn P, Mendes Pereira V, Roethlisberger M, Seule M, Kerkeni H, Remonda L, Weyerbrock A, Woernle K, Venier A, Perren F, Sailer M, Robert T, Rohde V, Schöni D, Goldberg J, Nevzati E, Diepers M, Gralla J, Z’Graggen W, Starnoni D, Woernle C, Maldaner N, Kulcsar Z, Mostaguir K, Maduri R, Eisenring C, Bernays R, Ferrari A, Dan-Ura H, Finkenstädt S, Gasche Y, Sarrafzadeh A, Jakob SM, Corniola M, Baumann F, Regli L, Levivier M, Hildebrandt G, Landolt H, Mariani L, Guzman R, Beck J, Raabe A, Keller E, Bijlenga P, Schaller K.
Stroke. 2021 Jan;52(1):344-347.
PMID: 33272133 DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.029538

Short review of SEC, a potential dexamethasone-sparing regimen for glioblastoma: Spironolactone, ecallantide, clotrimazole.
Kast RE, Burns TC, Halatsch ME.
Neurochirurgie. 2021 Sep;67(5):508-515.
doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2020.12.008. Epub 2021 Jan 12. PMID: 33450263.

Current patterns of practice in spinal fusion for chronic low back pain-results from a survey at the German Spine Societies’ Annual Congress 2018.
Baschera D, Syrianos S, Samel C, Alfieri A, Westermann L.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2021 Jan 6. doi: 10.1007/s00701-020-04691-1.

Spondylodiszitis der Halswirbelsäule.
Kucsora N., Alfieri A.
Der informierte@arzt 05 / 20, DOI: 10.23785/ARZT.2020.05.001

Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy after Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion – Prevalence and Risk Factors.
Huschbeck A, Knoop M, Gahleitner A, Koch S, Schrom T, Stoffel M, Alfieri A, Dengler J.
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg; 2020 Nov;81(6):508-512. DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1710351, PMID: 32777828

Severity and predictors of head injury due to bicycle accidents in Western Australia.
Baschera D, Lawless A, Roeters R, Frysch CWS, Zellweger R.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2020 Oct 28.

Quality of life and functional outcomes after surgery for spinal metastases: Results of a cohort study.
Westermann L, Eysel P, Luge H, Olivier A, Oikonomidis S, Baschera D, Zarghooni K.
Technol Health Care. 2020;28(3):303-314.

Clinical feasibility of ultrafast intracranial vessel imaging with non-Cartesian spiral 3D time-of-flight MR angiography at 1.5T: An intra-individual comparison study.
Sartoretti T, Sartoretti E, Schwenk Á, van Smoorenburg L, Mannil M, Euler A, Becker A, Alfieri A, Najafi A, Binkert C, Wyss M, Sartoretti-Schefer S.
PLoS One; 2020 Apr; PMID: 32348366; PMCID: PMC7190165; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232372

EANS Young Neurosurgeons and EANS Training Committee. Procedures performed during neurosurgery residency in Europe.
Stienen MN, Freyschlag CF, Schaller K, Meling T.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2020 Oct;162(10):2303-2311.

Clinical Outcome of Dorsal Cervical C1-C2 Fusion Using C1 Lateral Mass Screws, C2 Lamina Screws, and  Interarcual Bone Graft Technique.
Tosic L, Baschera D, Oberle J, Golubovic J, Alfieri A.
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2020 May;81(3):200-206.

Clinical Outcome of Dorsal Cervical C1-C2 Fusion Using C1 Lateral Mass Screws, C2 Lamina Screws, and Interarcual Bone Graft Technique.
Tosic L, Baschera D, Oberle J, Golubovic J, Alfieri A.
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2019 Nov 19.

Decompression and Dynamic Transpedicular Stabilization Using Polyetheretherketone Rods and Pedicle Screws vs. Decompression Alone for Single-Level Spinal Canal Stenosis with Listhesis: A Retrospective Case-Control Study.
Tosic L, Baschera D, Oberle J, Alfieri A.
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2019 Nov;80(6):454-459.

Quality of life and functional outcomes after surgery for spinal metastases: Results of a cohort study.
Westermann L, Eysel P, Luge H, Olivier A, Oikonomidis S, Baschera D, Zarghooni K.
Technol Health Care. 2019 Sep 20.

Comparison of the Incidence and Severity of Traumatic Brain Injury Caused by Electrical Bicycle and Bicycle Accidents: A Retrospective Cohort Study From a Swiss Level I Trauma Center.
Baschera D, Jäger D, Preda R, Z’Graggen WJ, Raabe A, Exadaktylos AK, Hasler RM.
World Neurosurg. 2019 Jun;126:e1023-e1034.

Degenerative intervertebral disc processes: Current aspects of diagnosis.
Ahlhelm F, Naumann N, Maher A, Shariat K, Ulmer S.
Radiologe. 2019 Oct;59(10):925-938.

Tumor-to-tumor metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma into a spinal intradural solitary fibrous tumor: a case report.
Tosic L, Baschera D, Jentsch B, Feuerstein T, Alfieri A.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2018 Dec;160(12):2393-2396

Self-evaluation of present clinical skills by medical students in the years 3 to 6 – a pilot study in four European countries.
Westermann L, Zisimidou B, Simons M, Zellweger R, Baschera D.
GMS J Med Educ. 2018 Aug 15;35(3):Doc36.

Bevacizumab may improve quality of life, but not overall survival in  glioblastoma: an epidemiological study.
Gramatzki D, Roth P, Rushing EJ, Weller J, Andratschke N, Hofer S, Korol D, Regli L, Pangalu A, Pless M, Oberle J, Bernays R, Moch H, Rohrmann S, Weller M.
Ann Oncol. 2018 Jun 1;29(6):1431-1436.

Perioperative Use of Anticoagulant and Platelet-inhibiting Medications for Elective Spine Surgery: Results of a Nationwide Survey.
Baschera D, Oberle J, Grubhofer F, Schmid SL.
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2018 Sep;79(5):398-407

The Influence of Parkinson Disease on Lumbar Decompression Surgery: A Retrospective Case control Study.
Westermann L, Eysel P, Hantscher J, Baschera D, Simons M, Herren C, Zarghooni  K, Siewe J.
World Neurosurg. 2017 Dec;108:513-518.

Treatment Standards for Chronic Subdural Hematoma: Results from a Survey in Austrian, German, and Swiss Neurosurgical Units.
Baschera D, Tosic L, Westermann L, Oberle J, Alfieri A.
World Neurosurg. 2018 Aug;116:e983-e995.

Computer tomography-based morphometric analysis of the cervical spine pedicles C3-C7.
Westermann L, Spemes C, Eysel P, Simons M, Scheyerer MJ, Siewe J, Baschera D.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2018 Apr;160(4):863-871

Successful Strategies for Dealing With Infected, Custom-Made Hydroxyapatite Cranioplasty.
Zanotti B, Zingaretti N, Verlicchi A, Alfieri A, Parodi PC.
J  Craniofac Surg. 2018 Jul;29(5):1127-1131.

Clinical Use and Hemostatic Application of Gelatin.
Gazzeri R., Galarza M., Morabito M., Alfieri A.
In: Thakur V., Thakur M. (eds) Polymer Gels. Gels Horizons: From Science to Smart Materials. Springer, Singapore (2018)

Glioblastoma in the era of bevacizumab: An epidemiological study in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 2010-2014
Gramatzki  D, Roth P, Rushing E J, Weller J, Andratschke N, Hofer S, Korol D, Regli L, Pangalu S, Pless M, Oberle J, Bernays R, Moch H, Rohrmann S, Weller M.
Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2018 36, no. 15_suppl

Intracranial cystic lesions Radiologe.
Ahlhelm F, Shariat K, Götschi S, Ulmer S.
2018 Feb;58(2):120-131.

The Influence of Parkinson Disease on Lumbar Decompression Surgery: A Retrospective Case Control Study.
Westermann L, Eysel P, Hantscher J, Baschera D, Simons M, Herren C, Zarghooni K, Siewe J.
World Neurosurg. 2017 Dec; 108:513-518.

Perioperative use of anticoagulant and platelet-inhibiting medications for elective spine surgery: Results of a nationwide survey.
Baschera D, Oberle J, Grubhofer F, Schmid SL.
Accepted for publication Journal of Neurological Surgery- Part A – accepted for publication 09/2017.

Controversies about Interspinous Process Devices in the Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Spine Diseases: Past, Present, and Future”.
Gazzeri R, Galarza M, Alfieri A.
Biomed Res Int. 2017; 2017:1504316.

Biosurgical Hemostatic Agents in Neurosurgical Intracranial Procedures.
Gazzeri R, Galarza M, Callovini G, Alfieri A.
Surg Technol Int. 2017 Feb 7;30:468-476.

Familial Colloid Cyst of the Third Ventricle in Monozygotic Twins. (2017)
Yaish M, Török L, Zanotti B, Alfieri A.
J Neurol Stroke 6(6): 00219.

Ulmer Intrakranielle zystische Läsionen. Radiologe (2017).
F. Ahlhelm, Shariat K, S. Götschi, S.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00117-017-0322-z

Incidence and severity of head injury due to E-bike accidents compared to normal bicycle accidents.
Baschera D, Tosic L, Oberle J.
Abstract published in Journal of Neurological Surgery –Part A; Joint Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Neurosurgery(SSNS), the Swiss Society of Neuroradiology (SSNR) together with the Association of Neurosurgical nursing staff Switzerland (IG-NOPPS), 8-9 June, 2017 Bern, Switzerland.

Präsentationen an Kongressen

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Wirbelsäule (DWG) Jahrestagung, Stuttgart 29-30.11.2017

  • Lumbale Dekompressionsoperationen bei Morbus Parkinson – eine retrospektive Fall-Kontroll-Studie
    L. Westermann, J. Hantscher, P. Eysel, D. Baschera, M. Simons, K. Zarghooni, J. Siewe

Kurs für Neurochirurgen, Rom, 23-24.11.2017

  • Focus on Cranioplasty. Cranioplasty, pitfalls and solutions. Cranioplastiche Terapeutiche, Meet the experts and compare with them.
    A. Alfieri / Chairman

17th European Congress of Neurosurgery, European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, Venice 1-5.11.2017

  • Intracerebral and subarachnoid haemorrhage due to the rupture of a small peripheral aneurysm of the left pericallosa artery. Which role plays the DSA?
    J. Parsche, A. Adelsberger, L. Török, R. Gazzeri, A. Alfieri
  • Early clinical experiences with the Fiagon spinal electromagnetic navigation.
    F. Seidel, L. Török, R. Gazzeri, A. Patrona, M. Yaish, A. Elhuni, A. Alfieri
  • Meningioma mimicking a chronic subdural hematoma.
    J. Parsche, F. Seidel, L. Török, A. Adelsberger, F. Ferri, A. Alfieri
  • Obersteiner-Redlich Zone of the Nervus Intermedius and its Implications for the Microsurgical Treatment of the Nervus Intermedius Neuralgia.
    L. Török , J. Fleischhammer , R. Gazzeri , A. Alfieri
  • Crossed Leg Sign (CLS) as a favorable consciousness prognostic outcome indicator after severe stroke and vegetative state.
    B. Zanotti, A. Verlicchi, A. Alfieri
  • Colloid Cyst of the third ventricle with acute hydrocephalus in monozygotic twins – a rare case.
    M. Yaish , L. Török , F. Seidel , A. Patrona , J. Parsche , A. Alfieri
  • Microsurgical anatomy, electrophysiology, and clinical functions of the nervus intermedius. Consequences for the vestibular schwannoma surgery.
    A. Alfieri
  • Treatment of chronic subdural haematoma – cross sectional study of clinical standards in Austrian, german and Swiss neurosurgergical units.
    Baschera D., Tosic L., Oberle J.
  • Neurosurgical simulation and psychometric assessment: can we train better neurosurgeons?
    A. Perin, D. Baschera

Joint Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Neurosurgery (SSNS), the Swiss Society of Neuroradiology (SSNR) together with the Association of Neurosurgical nursing staff Switzerland (IG-NOPPS), 8-9 June, 2017 Bern, Switzerland

  • Incidence and severity of head injury due to E-bike accidents compared to normal bicycle accidents. Abstract published in Journal of Neurological Surgery –Part A
    Baschera D., Tosic L., Oberle J.
  • Dorsal cervical C1/C2 Fusion using C1 lateral mass-, C2 lamina screws and interarcual bone graft-Case series
    Baschera D., Tosic L., Oberle J.