Publications

Alvarez-Breckenridge CA, de Almeida R, Haider A, Muir M, Bird J, North R, Rhines L, Tatsui C. Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polyetheretherketone Spinal Implants for Treatment of Spinal Tumors: Perceived Advantages and Limitations. Neurospine 2023; 20(1):317-326

Fomchenko EI, Bayley JC, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE. Spinal Metastases and the Evolving Role of Molecular Targeted Therapy, Chemotherapy, and Immunotherapy. Neurospine. 2022 Dec;19(4):978-993. doi: 10.14245/ns.2244290.145. Epub 2022 Dec 31. PubMed PMID: 36597635; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9816609.

Gopakumar S, McDonald MF, Sharma H, Tatsui CE, Fuller GN, Rao G. Recurrent HGNET-MN1 altered (astroblastoma MN1-altered) of the foramen magnum: Case report and molecular classification. Surg Neurol Int. 2022;13:139. doi: 10.25259/SNI_1208_2021. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 35509530; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9062895.

Alvarez-Breckenridge C, Muir M, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE. The Use of Skin Staples as Fiducial Markers to Confirm Intraoperative Spinal Navigation Registration and Accuracy. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 Aug 16;21(3):E193-E198. doi: 10.1093/ons/opab132. PubMed PMID: 34038952.

Meleis A, Larkin MB, Bastos DCA, Muir MT, Rao G, Rhines LD, Cowles CE, Tatsui CE. Single-center outcomes for percutaneous pedicle screw fixation in metastatic spinal lesions: can spontaneous facet fusion occur?. Neurosurg Focus. 2021 May;50(5):E9. doi: 10.3171/2021.1.FOCUS20671. PubMed PMID: 33932939.

Bastos DCA, Vega RA, Traylor JI, Ghia AJ, Li J, Oro M, Bishop AJ, Yeboa DN, Amini B, Kumar VA, Rao G, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE. Spinal laser interstitial thermal therapy: single-center experience and outcomes in the first 120 cases. J Neurosurg Spine. 2020 Dec 11;:1-10. doi: 10.3171/2020.7.SPINE20661. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33307530.

Vega RA, Traylor JI, Habib A, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE, Rao G. Minimally Invasive Separation Surgery for Metastases in the Vertebral Column: A Technical Report. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2020 Jun 1;18(6):606-613. doi: 10.1093/ons/opz233. PubMed PMID: 31529099.

Vega RA, Ghia AJ, Tatsui CE. Percutaneous Hybrid Therapy for Spinal Metastatic Disease: Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy and Spinal Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2020 Apr;31(2):211-219. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2019.11.006. Epub 2020 Jan 22. Review. PubMed PMID: 32147012.

Hadzipasic M, Giantini-Larsen AM, Tatsui CE, Shin JH. Emerging Percutaneous Ablative and Radiosurgical Techniques for Treatment of Spinal Metastases. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2020 Jan;31(1):141-150. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2019.08.017. Epub 2019 Oct 21. Review. PubMed PMID: 31739924.

North RY, Li Y, Ray P, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE, Rao G, Johansson CA, Zhang H, Kim YH, Zhang B, Dussor G, Kim TH, Price TJ, Dougherty PM. Electrophysiological and transcriptomic correlates of neuropathic pain in human dorsal root ganglion neurons. Brain. 2019 May 1;142(5):1215-1226. doi: 10.1093/brain/awz063. PubMed PMID: 30887021; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6487328.

Moussazadeh N, Evans LT, Grasu R, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE. Laser interstitial thermal therapy of the spine: technical aspects. Neurosurg Focus. 2018 Apr;44(VideoSuppl2):V3. doi: 10.3171/2018.4.FocusVid.17732. PubMed PMID: 29570390.

Li Y, North RY, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE, Rao G, Edwards DD, Cassidy RM, Harrison DS, Johansson CA, Zhang H, Dougherty PM. DRG Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel 1.7 Is Upregulated in Paclitaxel-Induced Neuropathy in Rats and in Humans with Neuropathic Pain. J Neurosci. 2018 Jan 31;38(5):1124-1136. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0899-17.2017. Epub 2017 Dec 18. PubMed PMID: 29255002; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5792474.

Zuckerman SL, Rao G, Rhines LD, McCutcheon IE, Everson RG, Tatsui CE. Interbody distraction and vertebral body reconstruction with polymethylmethacrylate for the treatment of pathological fractures. J Neurosurg Spine. 2017 Dec;27(6):700-708. doi: 10.3171/2017.4.SPINE161182. Epub 2017 Oct 6. PubMed PMID: 28984511.

Thomas JG, Al-Holou WN, de Almeida Bastos DC, Ghia AJ, Li J, Bishop AJ, Amini B, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE. A Novel Use of the Intraoperative MRI for Metastatic Spine Tumors: Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Percutaneous Treatment of Epidural Metastatic Spine Disease. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2017 Oct;28(4):513-524. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2017.05.006. Epub 2017 Aug 19. Review. PubMed PMID: 28917280.

Li Y, Tatsui CE, Rhines LD, North RY, Harrison DS, Cassidy RM, Johansson CA, Kosturakis AK, Edwards DD, Zhang H, Dougherty PM. Dorsal root ganglion neurons become hyperexcitable and increase expression of voltage-gated T-type calcium channels (Cav3.2) in paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy. Pain. 2017 Mar;158(3):417-429. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000774. PubMed PMID: 27902567; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5303135.

Sellin JN, Suki D, Harsh V, Elder BD, Fahim DK, McCutcheon IE, Rao G, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE. Factors affecting survival in 43 consecutive patients after surgery for spinal metastases from thyroid carcinoma. J Neurosurg Spine. 2015 Oct;23(4):419-28. doi: 10.3171/2015.1.SPINE14431. Epub 2015 Jul 3. PubMed PMID: 26140400.

Fahim DK, Tatsui CE, Suki D, Gumin J, Lang FF, Rhines LD. Orthotopic murine model of a primary malignant bone tumor in the spine: functional, bioluminescence, and histological correlations. J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 Sep;21(3):378-85. doi: 10.3171/2014.5.SPINE13205. Epub 2014 Jun 27. PubMed PMID: 24971476.