Publications

  1. Mohamed AA, Rajendran S, Colome D, Sargent EC, Schirmer CM, Vessell M, Lucke-Wold B, Sharma A, Adogwa O, Pirris S, Council of State Neurosurgical Societies. Neurosurgical journals' policies on artificial intelligence use in manuscript preparation and peer review. Neurosurg Rev. 2025 Sep 27; 48 (1):670 Epub 2025 Sept 27
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  2. Mohamed AA, Colome D, Yang J, Sargent EC, Flores-Milan G, Sorrentino Z, Sharma A, Adogwa O, Pirris S, Lucke-Wold B, Council of State Neurosurgical Societies. Leveraging artificial intelligence in the peer review of neurosurgical research articles. Neurosurg Rev. 2025 Sep 3; 48 (1):631 Epub 2025 Sept 03
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  3. Gonzalez-Gallardo E, Ekert JO, Iyer HG, Navarro-Garcia de Llano JP, Sanchez-Garavito JE, Loizos M, Rios-Zermeno J, Buchanan IA, Abode-Iyamah KO, Nottmeier EW, Chen SG, Pirris SM, Akinduro OO, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Navarro-Ramirez R. Radiological Assessment of Lumbar Fusion Status: Which Imaging Modality is Best Assessing Non-union in Lumbar Spine Pseudarthrosis? Global Spine J. 2025 Sep; 15 (7):3465-3478 Epub 2025 Apr 22
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  4. Bunch KM, Greeneway GP, Ansari DS, Patel C, Nottmeier EW, Madhavan KHS, Pirris SM, Sama AA, Brooks NP. The symbiosis of robotics, enabling technology and minimally invasive surgery. N Am Spine Soc J. 2025 Sep; 23:100769 Epub 2025 July 08
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  5. Mohamed AA, Das N, Still MEH, Sharma A, Lucke-Wold B, M Schirmer C, Pirris S, Adogwa O, Prevedello D, Vessell M, Council of State Neurosurgical Societies. Establishing a policy statement on the use of artificial intelligence in neurosurgery. Neurosurg Rev 2025 Aug 19; 48 (1):606
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  6. Assis MLM, Bojaxhi E, Abode-Iyamah KO, Patterson JS, White KE, Gruenbaum SE, Rabai F, De Ruyter ML, Riutort KT, Fleissner ZJ, Pirris SM, Barbosa M, Gruenbaum BF. The Benefits of Awake Spinal Surgery on Minimizing Positioning-related Complications: A Narrative Review. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2025 Apr 15; 50 (8):555-561 Epub 2024 Nov 18
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  7. Aldana P, Aldana C, Hanel RA, Briones W, Rama J, Villamor RBV, Tan C, Gigataras RMM, Legaspi GD, Baticulon RE, Khu KJO, Altantuya S, Bolormaa T, Enkhmaa D, Clerkin P, Ocal E, Gluf W, Barkley A, Gutierrez-Aguirre SF, Shao B, Pirris S. Application of the 6 pillars of sustainable global surgical partnerships by the Neurosurgery Outreach Foundation with lower-middle-income countries in Asia. Neurosurg Focus. 2025 Mar 1; 58 (3):E15
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  8. De Biase G, Akinduro OO, Pirris SM. Enhancing Cadaver Labs for Endoscopic Spine Surgery: The Glove as the "Lesion". World Neurosurg. 2024 Nov; 191:e341-e345 Epub 2024 Aug 28
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  9. Moniz Garcia D, Montaser A, Chen S, Nottmeier E, Pirris S. Best of Both Worlds: Use of Robotic Principles for Placing Navigated Cervical and Difficult Upper Thoracic Pedicle Screws, a Technical Nuance. World Neurosurg. 2024 Oct; 190:45 Epub 2024 July 08
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  10. Nassr A, Coric D, Pinter ZW, Sebastian AS, Freedman BA, Whiting D, Chahlavi A, Pirris S, Phan N, Meyer SA, Tahernia AD, Sandhu F, Deutsch H, Potts EA, Cheng J, Chi JH, Groff M, Anekstein Y, Steinmetz MP, Welch WC. Lumbar Facet Arthroplasty Versus Fusion for Grade-I Degenerative Spondylolisthesis with Stenosis: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2024 Jun 19; 106 (12):1041-1053 Epub 2024 May 07
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  11. Moniz-Garcia D, Odeh N, Genel O, Montaser A, Sousa-Pinto B, De Biase G, Otamendi-Lopez A, Nottmeier E, Bydon M, McClendon J, Buchanan IA, Pirris S, Abode-Iyamah K, Chen S. Frailty as a Predictor of Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Aged 80 Years and Older Undergoing Instrumented Fusion. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2024 Jun 1; 26 (6):669-676 Epub 2024 Jan 08
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  12. Scholten P, Sheikh M, Atchison J, Eldrige JS, Garcia D, Sandhu S, Qu W, Nottmeier E, Fox WC, Buchanan I, Pirris S, Chen S, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Abode-Iyamah K. Correlating SPECT-CT activity in lumbar facet joints with response to lumbar medial branch and L5 dorsal ramus blocks. Interv Pain Med. 2024 Mar; 3(1):100387. Epub 2024 Jan 23.
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  13. Scholten P, Sheikh M, Atchison J, Eldrige JS, Garcia D, Sandhu S, Qu W, Nottmeier E, Fox WC, Buchanan I, Pirris S, Chen S, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Abode-Iyamah K. Correlating SPECT-CT activity in cervical facet joints with positive response to cervical medial branch blocks. Interv Pain Med. 2024 Mar; 3(1):100393. Epub 2024 Mar 03.
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  14. Pirris SM, De Biase G. Complications of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Contemporary Neurosurgery. February 2024; 46(2):1-6.
  15. Ghaith AK, Akinduro OO, El-Hajj VG, De Biase G, Ghanem M, Rajjoub R, Faisal UH, Saad H, Abdulrahim M, Bon Nieves A, Chen SG, Pirris SM, Bydon M, Abode-Iyamah K. General Versus Nongeneral Anesthesia for Spinal Surgery: A Comparative National Analysis of Reimbursement Trends Over 10 Years. Neurosurgery. 2024 Feb 1; 94 (2):413-422 Epub 2023 Sept 14
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  16. Garcia D, Akinduro O, Nottmeier E, Pirris S. Hybrid Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Approach for Gaseous Protrusion Causing L5 Radiculopathy. World Neurosurg 2023 Dec; 180:2 Epub 2023 Aug 23
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  17. Garcia D, Nottmeier E, Pirris S. Transient Neuropathic Pain Following Mechanically Assisted Manipulation of the Spine: A Clinical Case Study. Cureus. 2023 Aug; 15 (8):e42912 Epub 2023 Aug 03
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  18. Pinter ZW, Freedman BA, Nassr A, Sebastian AS, Coric D, Welch WC, Steinmetz MP, Robbins SE, Ament J, Anand N, Arnold P, Baron E, Huang J, Whitmore R, Whiting D, Tahernia D, Sandhu F, Chahlavi A, Cheng J, Chi J, Pirris S, Groff M, Fabi A, Meyer S, Kushwaha V, Kent R, DeLuca S, Smorgick Y, Anekstein Y, TOPS Study Group. A Prospective Study of Lumbar Facet Arthroplasty in the Treatment of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis and Stenosis: Results from the Total Posterior Spine System (TOPS) IDE Study. Clin Spine Surg. 2023 Mar 1; 36 (2):E59-E69 Epub 2022 Aug 03
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  19. Coric D, Nassr A, Kim PK, Welch WC, Robbins S, DeLuca S, Whiting D, Chahlavi A, Pirris SM, Groff MW, Chi JH, Huang JH, Kent R, Whitmore RG, Meyer SA, Arnold PM, Patel AI, Orr RD, Krishnaney A, Boltes P, Anekstein Y, Steinmetz MP. Prospective, randomized controlled multicenter study of posterior lumbar facet arthroplasty for the treatment of spondylolisthesis. J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 Jan 1; 38 (1):115-125 Epub 2022 Sept 23
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  20. Bhushan S, Muneer MS, Ritchie CA, Todnem N, Tawk RG, Miller DA, Pirris SM, Gupta V. Myelopathy after traumatic lumbar vertebral intraosseous arteriovenous fistula with epidural venous drainage treated with transvenous embolization. Clin Imaging. 2021 Nov; 79:341-344 Epub 2021 Aug 08
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  21. Yoon JW, Chen RE, Kim EJ, Akinduro OO, Kerezoudis P, Han PK, Si P, Freeman WD, Diaz RJ, Komotar RJ, Pirris SM, Brown BL, Bydon M, Wang MY, Wharen RE Jr, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Augmented reality for the surgeon: Systematic review. Int J Med Robot. 2018 Aug; 14 (4):e1914 Epub 2018 Apr 30
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  22. Lopez-Chiriboga AS, Yoon JW, Siegel JL, Harriott AM, Pirris S, Eidelman BH, Freeman WD. Granulomatous Angiitis of the Central Nervous System Associated with Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Case Report and Literature Review. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2018 Jan; 27 (1):e5-e8 Epub 2017 Sept 21
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  23. Yoon JW, Chen RE, Han PK, Si P, Freeman WD, Pirris SM. Technical feasibility and safety of an intraoperative head-up display device during spine instrumentation. Int J Med Robot. 2017 Sep; 13 (3) Epub 2016 Aug 29
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  24. Yoon JW, Nottmeier EW, Rahmathulla G, Fenton DS, Pirris SM. Redirecting pedicle screws: a revision spinal fusion strategy using three-dimensional image guidance. Int J Med Robot. 2016 Dec; 12: (4)758-764.
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  25. Rodriguez-Martinez NG, Savardekar A, Nottmeier EW, Pirris S, Reyes PM, Newcomb AG, Mendes GA, Kalb S, Theodore N, Crawford NR. Biomechanics of transvertebral screw fixation in the thoracic spine: an in vitro study. J Neurosurg Spine. 2016 Aug; 25 (2):187-92 Epub 2016 Apr 01
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  26. Pirris SM, Nottmeier EW, O'Brien M, Rahmathulla G, Pichelmann M. Radiographic comparison of cross-sectional lumbar pedicle fill when placing screws with navigation versus free-hand technique. Int J Med Robot. 2016 Jun; 12 (2):309-15 Epub 2015 May 04
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  27. Grewal SS, Pirris SM, Vibhute PG, Gupta V. Identification of arachnoid web with a relatively novel magnetic resonance imaging technique. Spine J. 2015 Mar 1; 15 (3):554-5 Epub 2014 Nov 07
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  28. Pirris SM, Nottmeier EW. A case series on the technical use of three-dimensional image guidance in subaxial anterior cervical surgery. Int J Med Robot. 2015 Mar; 11: (1)44-51.
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  29. Pirris SM, Nottmeier EW, Rahmathulla G, Deen HG, Reimer R, Wharen RE. Radiographic fusion rate after implantation of facet bone dowels. Spine J. 2014 Sep 1; 14 (9):2102-11 Epub 2014 Jan 18
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  30. Pirris SM, Kimes SM. Compression fracture in the middle of a chronic instrumented fusion that developed into pseudarthrosis after balloon kyphoplasty. J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 Jun; 20(6):705-8. Epub 2014 Mar 28.
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  31. Rahmathulla G, Nottmeier EW, Pirris SM, Deen HG, Pichelmann MA. Intraoperative image-guided spinal navigation: technical pitfalls and their avoidance. Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Mar; 36 (3):E3
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  32. Pirris SM, Hanel R, Navarro R. Endovascular Treatment and Selective Image Guided Partial Resection of Epidural Spinal Vascular Malformation in Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome: Case Report. Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery. 2014; 4(4):Case Report.
  33. Rahmathulla G, Deen HG, Dokken JA, Pirris SM, Pichelmann MA, Nottmeier EW, Reimer R, Wharen RE Jr. Migration to the ICD-10 coding system: A primer for spine surgeons (Part 1). Surg Neurol Int. 2014; 5 (Suppl 3):S185-91 Epub 2014 July 19
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  34. Rahmathulla G, Deen HG, Dokken JA, Pirris SM, Pichelmann MA, Nottmeier EW, Reimer R, Wharen RE Jr. Implementation and impact of ICD-10 (Part II). Surg Neurol Int. 2014; 5 (Suppl 3):S192-8 Epub 2014 July 19
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  35. Hoover J, Pirris S. Synovial cyst mimicking an intraspinal sacral mass. Case Rep Neurol Med. 2014; 2014:953579 Epub 2014 Mar 04
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  36. Yoon J, Pirris S. Tumor haze caused a missed shave: facial shaving hemineglect. Neurohospitalist. 2013 Oct; 3 (4):228
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  37. Nottmeier EW, Pirris SM, Edwards S, Kimes S, Bowman C, Nelson KL. Operating room radiation exposure in cone beam computed tomography-based, image-guided spinal surgery: clinical article. J Neurosurg Spine. 2013 Aug; 19(2):226-31. Epub 2013 May 31.
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  38. Nottmeier EW, Pirris SM. Placement of thoracic transvertebral pedicle screws using 3D image guidance. J Neurosurg Spine. 2013 May; 18(5):479-83. Epub 2013 Mar 08.
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  39. Pirris SM, Nottmeier EW. Symptomatic pneumocephalus associated with lumbar dural tear and reverse trendelenburg positioning: a case report and review of the literature. Case Rep Neurol Med. 2013; 2013:792168 Epub 2013 Dec 22
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  40. R Grandhi, CP Deibert, SM Pirris, B Lembersky, AH Mintz. Simultaneous Muir-Torre and Turcot's Syndrome: A case report and review of the literature. Surgical Neurology International. 2013 Jan; 4(1):3.
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  41. Clendenen SR, Pirris S, Robards CB, Leone B, Nottmeier EW. Symptomatic postlaminectomy cerebrospinal fluid leak treated with 4-dimensional ultrasound-guided epidural blood patch. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2012 Jul; 24: (3)222-5.
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  42. Rahmlow MR, Pirris S, Rubin DI. A rare anterior spinal epidural cyst mimicking Hirayama disease. Muscle Nerve. 2012 Mar; 45(3):445-8.
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  43. Nottmeier EW, Pirris SM, Balseiro S, Fenton D. Three-dimensional image-guided placement of S2 alar screws to adjunct or salvage lumbosacral fixation. Spine J. 2010 Jul; 10 (7):595-601
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  44. Pirris SM, Monaco EA 3rd, Tyler-Kabara EC. Telemedicine through the use of digital cell phone technology in pediatric neurosurgery: a case series. Neurosurgery. 2010 May; 66 (5):999-1004
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  45. *Cheng BC, Burns P, Pirris SM, Welch WC. Load Sharing and Stabilization Effects of Anterior Cervical Instrumentation. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2009 Dec; 22(8):571-7.
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  46. *Nakaya K, Niranjan A, Kondziolka D, Nettel B, Koebbe C, Pirris S, Flickinger JC, Lunsford LD. Effects of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery on Brainstem Compression from Skull Base Tumors. Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 2009; 77(4):988-95.
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  47. Pirris SM, Dhall S, Mummmaneni PV, Kanter, AS. Minimally invasive approach to extraforaminal disc herniations at the lumbosacral junction using an operating microscope: case series and review of the literature. Neurosurg Focus. 2008 Aug; 25(2).
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  48. *Pirris SM. Head injury in the American Civil War. CNS News. 4/2008; Volume 10, number 4(Neurology).
  49. Pirris SM, Pollack IF, Snyderman CH, Spiro RM, Tyler-Kabara EC, Kassam AB. Corridor surgery: The current paradigm for skull base surgery. Childs Nerv Syst. 2007 Apr; 23:377-84.
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  50. Kondziolka DS, Pirris SM, Lunsford LD. Improving the consent process for surgery. Neurosurgery. 2006 Jun; 58(6):1184-9.
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  51. *Maesawa S, Salame C, Flickinger JC, Pirris S, Konziolka D, Lunsford LD. Clinical outcomes after stereotactic radiosurgery for idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia. J Neurosurg. 2001 Jan; 94:14-20.
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