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Anand Veeravagu

Neurosurgeon, Stanford University
Verified email at stanford.edu
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Recurrent glioblastoma multiforme: a review of natural history and management options

LC Hou, A Veeravagu, AR Hsu, CK Victor - Neurosurgical focus, 2006 - thejns.org
✓ Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most aggressive primary brain tumors, with a
grim prognosis despite maximal treatment. Advancements in the past decades have not …

Risk factors for postoperative spinal wound infections after spinal decompression and fusion surgeries

A Veeravagu, CG Patil, SP Lad, M Boakye - Spine, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. This is a multivariate analysis of a prospectively collected database. Objective.
To determine preoperative, intraoperative, and patient characteristics that contribute to an …

Robotic-assisted spine surgery: history, efficacy, cost, and future trends

…, A Feng, LH Kim, AL Ho, A Veeravagu - Robotic Surgery …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Robot-assisted spine surgery has recently emerged as a viable tool to enable less invasive
and higher precision surgery. The first-ever spine robot, the SpineAssist (Mazor Robotics Ltd.…

Revision rates and complication incidence in single-and multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures: an administrative database study

A Veeravagu, T Cole, B Jiang, JK Ratliff - The Spine Journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Background context The natural history of cervical degenerative disease with operative
management has not been well described. Even with symptomatic and radiographic evidence of …

Expenditures and health care utilization among adults with newly diagnosed low back and lower extremity pain

…, K Varshneya, M Desai, A Veeravagu… - JAMA Network …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Low back pain (LBP) with or without lower extremity pain (LEP) is one of the
most common reasons for seeking medical care. Previous studies investigating costs in this …

Moyamoya disease in pediatric patients: outcomes of neurosurgical interventions

A Veeravagu, R Guzman, CG Patil, LC Hou, M Lee… - Neurosurgical …, 2008 - thejns.org
✓Neurosurgical interventions for moyamoya disease (MMD) in pediatric patients include
direct, indirect, and combined revascularization procedures. Each technique has shown …

Stem cell therapies for acute spinal cord injury in humans: a review

…, TD Azad, VM Doulames, A Veeravagu - Neurosurgical …, 2019 - thejns.org
Recent advances in stem cell biology present significant opportunities to advance clinical
applications of stem cell–based therapies for spinal cord injury (SCI). In this review, the …

Outcomes after repeat transsphenoidal surgery for recurrent Cushing's disease

CG Patil, A Veeravagu, DM Prevedello… - …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: To systematically analyze patient outcomes after repeat transsphenoidal (TS)
surgery for recurrent Cushing's disease. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed records of …

Craniotomy for resection of meningioma in the elderly: a multicentre, prospective analysis from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

CG Patil, A Veeravagu, SP Lad… - Journal of Neurology …, 2010 - jnnp.bmj.com
Object Whether there is an increased surgical risk in elderly patients who undergo craniotomy
for meningioma resection remains a point of controversy. Utilising multicentre, prospective …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroplasticity after traumatic brain injury

S Su, A Veeravagu, G Grant - 2015 - europepmc.org
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a challenging disease process, both to treat and investigate.
Broadly speaking, TBI consists of structural injuries or physiologic changes in brain function …