2024: Top Papers

Here are some of the high-impact papers from Duke Neurosurgery investigators in 2024

Antigen presentation by tumor-associated macrophages drives T cells from a progenitor exhaustion state to terminal exhaustion.
Immunity. 2024 Dec 19.

Waibl Polania J, Hoyt-Miggelbrink A, Tomaszewski WH, Wachsmuth LP, Lorrey SJ, Wilkinson DS, Lerner E, Woroniecka K, Finlay JB, Ayasoufi K, Fecci PE.

Mural cells interact with macrophages in the dura mater to regulate CNS immune surveillance.
Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2024 Feb 5.

Min H, O'Neil SM, Xu L, Moseman EA, Kurtzberg J, Filiano AJ.

At home adaptive dual target deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease with proportional control.
Brain. 2024 Mar 1.
Schmidt SL, Chowdhury AH, Mitchell KT, Peters JJ, Gao Q, Lee HJ, Genty K, Chow SC, Grill WM, Pajic M, Turner DA.

Grade-stratified meningioma risk among individuals who are Non-Hispanic black and interactions with male sex.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2024 Oct 11.
Walsh KM, Price M, Raleigh DR, Calabrese E, Kruchko C, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Ostrom QT

​​​​​​ Do class III obese patients achieve similar outcomes and satisfaction to nonobese patients following surgery for cervical myelopathy? A QOD study.
Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 2024 Sep 13.
Park C, Bhowmick DA, Shaffrey CI, Bisson EF, Bydon M, Asher AL, Coric D, Potts EA, Foley KT, Wang MY, Fu KM, Virk MS, Knightly JJ, Meyer S, Park P, Upadhyaya C, Shaffrey ME, Schupper AJ, Uribe JS, Tumialán LM, Turner JD, Chan AK, Chou D, Haid RW, Mummaneni PV, Gottfried ON.

The Importance of Planning Ahead: A Three-Dimensional Analysis of the Novel Trans-Facet Corridor for Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using Segmentation Technology.
World Neurosurgery. 2024 Aug.
Tabarestani TQ, Drossopoulos PN, Huang CC, Bartlett AM, Paturu MR, Shaffrey CI, Chi JH, Ray WZ, Goodwin CR, Amrhein TJ, Abd-El-Barr MM.

Current trends, molecular insights, and future directions toward precision medicine in the management of pediatric cerebral arteriovenous malformations.
Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 2024 Nov. 1.
H Westley Phillips, Regan M Shanahan, Clementina Aiyudu, Tracy A Miller, Hilary Y Liu, Stephanie Greene.

Interplay between ATRX and IDH1 mutations governs innate immune responses in diffuse gliomas.
Nature Communications. 2024 Jan 25.
Hariharan S, Whitfield BT, Pirozzi CJ, Waitkus MS, Brown MC, Bowie ML, Irvin DM, Roso K, Fuller R, Hostettler J, Dharmaiah S, Gibson EA, Briley A, Mangoli A, Fraley C, Shobande M, Stevenson K, Zhang G, Malgulwar PB, Roberts H, Roskoski M, Spasojevic I, Keir ST, He Y, Castro MG, Huse JT, Ashley DM.

The impact of regular aspirin use on aneurysm recanalization rates after endovascular coiling.
Journal of Neurosurgery. 2024 Apr 12.
Musmar B, Spellicy SE, Abdelgadir J, Kraljic S, Zomorodi A, Hasan DM.

Nationwide Analysis of Risk Factors Related to Opioid Weaning Following Lumbar Decompression Surgery - A Retrospective Database Study.
World Neurosurgery. 2024 June.
Spears CA, Hodges SE, Liu B, Venkatraman V, Edwards RM, Than KD, Abd-El-Barr MM, Parente B, Lee HJ, Lad SP.

Cerebroventricular deformation and vector mapping, a topographic visualizer for surgical interventions in pediatric hydrocephalus.
Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 2024 Aug.
Yeom KW, Zhang M, Lee EH, Duh AK, Beres SJ, Prolo LM, Lober RM, Moss HE, Moseley ME, Forkert ND, Wilms M, Grant GA.

Surgery for Medication Refractory Epilepsy in Africa: A Review of Seizure Freedom Outcomes.
World Neurosurgery. 2024 Dec 29.
Antwi P, Padron KB, Ukachukwu AK, Fuller AT, Haglund MM.

Proximal Lumbar Anterior Column Realignment for Iatrogenic Sagittal Plane Adult Spinal Deformity Correction: A Retrospective Case Series.
World Neurosurgery. 2024 Nov 20.
Frerich JM, Dibble CF, Park C, Bergin SM, Goodwin CR, Abd-El-Barr MM, Shaffrey CI, Than KD.


 Use, access, and initial outcomes of off-label ivosidenib in patients with IDH1 mutant glioma.
Neuro-Oncology Practice, April 2024.

Katherine B Peters, Candice Alford, Amy Heltemes, Alicia Savelli, Daniel B Landi, Gloria Broadwater, Annick Desjardins, Margaret O Johnson, Justin T Low, Mustafa Khasraw, David M Ashley, Henry S Friedman, Mallika P Patel.