Selected Recent Publications

UCSF Surgical Neuroanatomy Collection

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Rodriguez Rubio R, Bonaventura RD, Kournoutas I, Barakat D, Vigo V, El-Sayed I, Abla AA. Stereoscopy in Surgical Neuroanatomy: Past, Present, and Future. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 Jun 19. PMID: 31214715

Kournoutas I, Vigo V, Chae R, Wang M, Gurrola J 2nd, Abla AA, El-Sayed I, Rodriguez Rubio R. Acquisition Volumetric Models of Skull Base Anatomy Using Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches: 3D Scanning of Deep Corridors Via Photogrammetry. World Neurosurg. 2019 Sep;129:372-377. PMID: 31181359

 

Wang M, Chae R, Shehata J, Vigo V, Winkler E, McDermott MW, El-Sayed IH, Abla AA, Rodriguez Rubio R. Comparative Analysis of the Subtonsillar, Far-Lateral, Extreme-Lateral, and Endoscopic Far-Medial Approaches to the Lower Clivus: An Anatomical Cadaver Study. World Neurosurg. 2019 Apr 10. PMID: 30980974.

 

De Vilalta A, Kournoutas I, Ojeda PL, Canals AG, Vigo V, Rutledge CW, Chae R, Abla AA, Rodriguez Rubio R. Revascularization of the Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery using Extracranial and Intracranial Donors: A Morphometric Cadaveric Study. World Neurosurg. 2019 Apr 02. PMID: 30951912.

 

Rodriguez Rubio R, Chae R, Rutledge WC, De Vilalta A, Kournoutas I, Winkler E, Abla AA. Clipping of a High-Risk Dural Arteriovenous Fistula of the Posterior Fossa: 3D Operative Video. World Neurosurg. 2019 Mar 19. PMID: 30902767.

 

Rodriguez Rubio R, Shehata J, Kournoutas I, Chae R, Vigo V, Wang M, El-Sayed I, Abla AA. Construction of Neuroanatomical Volumetric Models Using 3D Scanning Techniques: Technical Note and Applications. World Neurosurg. 2019 Mar 18. PMID: 30898733.

 

Rodriguez Rubio R, Kola O, Lawton MT, Benet A. In Reply: Minimally Invasive Exposure of the Maxillary Artery at the Anteromedial Infratemporal Fossa. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 Mar 01; 16(3): E111-E112. PMID: 30576554.

 

Dones F, Kournoutas I, Vigo V, Di Bonaventura R, Raygor K, El-Sayed IH, Abla AA, Rodriguez Rubio R. A Combined Extradural-Intradural Technique for an En-Bloc Anterior Petrosectomy: A Cadaveric Feasibility Study. World Neurosurg. 2019 Jan 09. PMID: 30639606.

 

Rodriguez Rubio R, Kola O, Tayebi Meybodi A, Tabani H, Feng X, Burkhardt JK, Yousef S, Lawton MT, Benet A. Minimally Invasive Exposure of the Maxillary Artery at the Anteromedial Infratemporal Fossa. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 Jan 01; 16(1):79-85. PMID: 2966006

 

Vigo V, Dones F, Di Bonaventura R, Barakat D, McDermott MW, Abla AA, Rodriguez Rubio R. Middle Meningeal Artery to Premeatal Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Bypass via Anterior Petrosectomy: An Anatomic Feasibility Study. World Neurosurg. 2018 Dec 03. PMID: 30521956.

 

Tayebi Meybodi A, Benet A, Rodriguez Rubio R, Yousef S, Lawton MT. Analysis of Surgical Freedom Variation Across the Basilar Artery Bifurcation: Towards a Deeper Insight Into Approach Selection for Basilar Apex Aneurysms. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2018 Dec 01; 15(6):692-700. PMID: 29514321.

 

Tayebi Meybodi A, Benet A, Rodriguez Rubio R, Yousef S, Lawton MT. Comprehensive Anatomic Assessment of the Pterional, Orbitopterional, and Orbitozygomatic Approaches for Basilar Apex Aneurysm Clipping. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2018 Nov 01; 15(5):538-550. PMID: 29281073.