Cormac Maher, M.D. Publications

2022

Editorial. Indications for arachnoid cyst surgery.

Maher CO.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2022 May 20:1-2.
doi: 10.3171/2022.1.PEDS21540

Complications and outcomes of posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty versus without duraplasty for pediatric patients with Chiari malformation type I and syringomyelia: a study from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium.

Akbari SHA, Yahanda AT, Ackerman LL, Adelson PD, Ahmed R, Albert GW, Aldana PR, Alden TD, Anderson RCE, Bauer DF, Bethel-Anderson T, Bierbrauer K, Brockmeyer DL, Chern JJ, Couture DE, Daniels DJ, Dlouhy BJ, Durham SR, Ellenbogen RG, Eskandari R, Fuchs HE, Grant GA, Graupman PC, Greene S, Greenfield JP, Gross NL, Guillaume DJ, Hankinson TC, Heuer GG, Iantosca M, Iskandar BJ, Jackson EM, Jallo GI, Johnston JM, Kaufman BA, Keating RF, Khan NR, Krieger MD, Leonard JR, Maher CO, Mangano FT, McComb JG, McEvoy SD, Meehan T, Menezes AH, Muhlbauer MS, O'Neill BR, Olavarria G, Ragheb J, Selden NR, Shah MN, Shannon CN, Shimony JS, Smyth MD, Stone SSD, Strahle JM, Tamber MS, Torner JC, Tuite GF, Tyler-Kabara EC, Wait SD, Wellons JC, Whitehead WE, Park TS, Limbrick DD.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2022 Apr 15:1-13.
doi: 10.3171/2022.2.PEDS21446

Editorial. The use of big data for improving understanding of the natural history of neurosurgical disease. 

Holste KG, Chopra Z, Saleh S, Saadeh YS, Park P, Maher CO.
Neurosurg Focus. 2022 Apr;52(4):E2. 
doi: 10.3171/2022.1.FOCUS21712

Superficial abdominal reflex in syringomyelia: Associations with Chiari I malformation. 

Nadel JL, Ziats C, Mossner JM, Starr JB, Smith BW, Kelly MP, Muraszko KM, Farley FA, Maher CO, Garton HJL, Strahle JM.
J Clin Neurosci. 2022 Apr;98:1-5. 
doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2021.12.037

Subdural hematoma prevalence and long-term developmental outcomes in patients with benign expansion of the subarachnoid spaces. 

Holste KG, Wieland CM, Ibrahim M, Parmar HA, Saleh S, Garton HJL, Maher CO.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2022 Feb 11:1-7. 
doi: 10.3171/2021.12.PEDS21436

2021

Socioeconomic and demographic factors in the diagnosis and treatment of Chiari malformation type I and syringomyelia.

Akbari SHA, Rizvi AA, CreveCoeur TS, Han RH, Greenberg JK, Torner J, Brockmeyer DL, Wellons JC, Leonard JR, Mangano FT, Johnston JM, Shah MN, Iskandar BJ, Ahmed R, Tuite GF, Kaufman BA, Daniels DJ, Jackson EM, Grant GA, Powers AK, Couture DE, Adelson PD, Alden TD, Aldana PR, Anderson RCE, Selden NR, Bierbrauer K, Boydston W, Chern JJ, Whitehead WE, Dauser RC, Ellenbogen RG, Ojemann JG, Fuchs HE, Guillaume DJ, Hankinson TC, O'Neill BR, Iantosca M, Oakes WJ, Keating RF, Klimo P, Muhlbauer MS, McComb JG, Menezes AH, Khan NR, Niazi TN, Ragheb J, Shannon CN, Smith JL, Ackerman LL, Jea AH, Maher CO, Narayan P, Albert GW, Stone SSD, Baird LC, Gross NL, Durham SR, Greene S, McKinstry RC, Shimony JS, Strahle JM, Smyth MD, Dacey RG, Park TS, Limbrick DD.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Dec 3:1-10.
doi: 10.3171/2021.9.PEDS2185

Ventricular Volume Change as a Predictor of Shunt-Dependent Hydrocephalus in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. 

Talbot-Stetsko HK, Raue KD, Aaron BL, Adapa AR, Altshuler DB, Srinivasan S, Pandey AS, Maher CO, Hollon TC, Khalsa SSS.
World Neurosurg. 2021 Sep 25:S1878-8750(21)01428-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.09.085

Longitudinal scoliosis behavior in Chiari malformation with and without syringomyelia. 

Chotai S, Nadel JL, Holste KG, Mossner JM, Smith BW, Kapurch JR, Muraszko KM, Garton HJL, Maher CO, Strahle JM.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Sep 3:1-7.
doi: 10.3171/2021.5.PEDS20915

Incidental Intracranial Cysts in Children.

Muhlestein WE, Maher CO.
Pediatr Clin North Am. 2021 Aug;68(4):775-782.
doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2021.04.005 

Extradural decompression versus duraplasty in Chiari malformation type I with syrinx: outcomes on scoliosis from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium.

Sadler B, Skidmore A, Gewirtz J, Anderson RCE, Haller G, Ackerman LL, Adelson PD, Ahmed R, Albert GW, Aldana PR, Alden TD, Averill C, Baird LC, Bauer DF, Bethel-Anderson T, Bierbrauer KS, Bonfield CM, Brockmeyer DL, Chern JJ, Couture DE, Daniels DJ, Dlouhy BJ, Durham SR, Ellenbogen RG, Eskandari R, Fuchs HE, George TM, Grant GA, Graupman PC, Greene S, Greenfield JP, Gross NL, Guillaume DJ, Hankinson TC, Heuer GG, Iantosca M, Iskandar BJ, Jackson EM, Jea AH, Johnston JM, Keating RF, Khan N, Krieger MD, Leonard JR, Maher CO, Mangano FT, Mapstone TB, McComb JG, McEvoy SD, Meehan T, Menezes AH, Muhlbauer M, Oakes WJ, Olavarria G, O'Neill BR, Ragheb J, Selden NR, Shah MN, Shannon CN, Smith J, Smyth MD, Stone SSD, Tuite GF, Wait SD, Wellons JC, Whitehead WE, Park TS, Limbrick DD, Strahle JM.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Jun 18:1-9.
doi: 10.3171/2020.12.PEDS20552

Weighing in on the Controversy: Preoperative Imaging in Unicoronal Craniosynostosis Leads to Strategic Changes in Surgical Care.

Ulma RM, Ranganathan KL, Vercler CJ, Garton HJL, Maher CO, Muraszko KM, Buchman SR.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 May 1;147(5):1133-1139.
doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000007830

Neuro-Ophthalmologic Monitoring in the Management of Increased Intracranial Pressure From Leaking Arachnoid Cysts.

Deveney TK, Lebas M, Lobo RR, Maher CO, Trobe JD.
J Neuroophthalmol. 2021 Mar 12.
doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001143

Author reply to letter to the editor regarding "Seizure Prophylaxis in Unruptured Aneurysm Repair: A Randomized Controlled Trial". 

Daou BJ, Maher CO, Thompson BG, Pandey AS.
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Mar 9:105722.
doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.105722

Dural augmentation approaches and complication rates after posterior fossa decompression for Chiari I malformation and syringomyelia: a Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium study.

Yahanda AT, Adelson PD, Akbari SHA, Albert GW, Aldana PR, Alden TD, Anderson RCE, Bauer DF, Bethel-Anderson T, Brockmeyer DL, Chern JJ, Couture DE, Daniels DJ, Dlouhy BJ, Durham SR, Ellenbogen RG, Eskandari R, George TM, Grant GA, Graupman PC, Greene S, Greenfield JP, Gross NL, Guillaume DJ, Hankinson TC, Heuer GG, Iantosca M, Iskandar BJ, Jackson EM, Johnston JM, Keating RF, Krieger MD, Leonard JR, Maher CO, Mangano FT, McComb JG, McEvoy SD, Meehan T, Menezes AH, O'Neill BR, Olavarria G, Ragheb J, Selden NR, Shah MN, Shannon CN, Shimony JS, Smyth MD, Stone SSD, Strahle JM, Torner JC, Tuite GF, Wait SD, Wellons JC, Whitehead WE, Park TS, Limbrick DD.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Feb 12:1-10.
doi: 10.3171/2020.8.PEDS2087

Occipital-Cervical Fusion and Ventral Decompression in the Surgical Management of Chiari-1 Malformation and Syringomyelia: Analysis of Data From the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium.

CreveCoeur TS, Yahanda AT, Maher CO, Johnson GW, Ackerman LL, Adelson PD, Ahmed R, Albert GW, Aldana PR, Alden TD, Anderson RCE, Baird L, Bauer DF, Bierbrauer KS, Brockmeyer DL, Chern JJ, Couture DE, Daniels DJ, Dauser RC, Durham SR, Ellenbogen RG, Eskandari R, Fuchs HE, George TM, Grant GA, Graupman PC, Greene S, Greenfield JP, Gross NL, Guillaume DJ, Haller G, Hankinson TC, Heuer GG, Iantosca M, Iskandar BJ, Jackson EM, Jea AH, Johnston JM, Keating RF, Kelly MP, Khan N, Krieger MD, Leonard JR, Mangano FT, Mapstone TB, McComb JG, Menezes AH, Muhlbauer M, Oakes WJ, Olavarria G, O'Neill BR, Park TS, Ragheb J, Selden NR, Shah MN, Shannon C, Shimony JS, Smith J, Smyth MD, Stone SSD, Strahle JM, Tamber MS, Torner JC, Tuite GF, Wait SD, Wellons JC, Whitehead WE, Limbrick DD.
Neurosurgery. 2021 Jan 13;88(2):332-341.
doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa460

2020

Radiation-Induced Imaging Changes and Cerebral Edema following Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain AVMs. 

Daou BJ, Palmateer G, Wilkinson DA, Thompson BG, Maher CO, Chaudhary N, Gemmete JJ, Hayman JA, Lam K, Wahl DR, Kim M, Pandey AS.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2020 Nov 19. 
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6880

Electronic DNA Analysis of CSF Cell-free Tumor DNA to Quantify Multi-gene Molecular Response in Pediatric High-grade Glioma.

Bruzek AK, Ravi K, Muruganand A, Wadden J, Babila CM, Cantor E, Tunkle L, Wierzbicki K, Stallard S, Dickson RP, Wolfe I, Mody R, Schwartz J, Franson A, Robertson PL, Muraszko KM, Maher CO, Garton HJL, Qin T, Koschmann C.
Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Oct 21.
doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-2066

Seizure Prophylaxis in Unruptured Aneurysm Repair: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Daou BJ, Maher CO, Holste K, Palmateer G, Lint C, Elenbaas J, Thompson BG, Pandey AS.
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Oct;29(10):105171.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105171

Normal cerebral ventricular volume growth in childhood.

Cutler NS, Srinivasan S, Aaron BL, Anand SK, Kang MS, Altshuler DB, Schermerhorn TC, Hollon TC, Maher CO, Khalsa SSS.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 Aug 21:1-8.
DOI: 10.3171/2020.5.PEDS20178

Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Arteriovenous Malformations: Evaluation of Obliteration and Review of Associated Predictors.

Daou BJ, Palmateer G, Thompson BG, Maher CO, Hayman JA, Lam KL, Wahl DR, Kim M, Pandey AS.
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Aug;29(8):104863.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.104863

Obstetric Management and Maternal Outcomes of Childbirth Among Patients With Chiari Malformation Type I.

Wilkinson DA, Johnson K, Castaneda PR, Nadel JL, Garton HJL, Muraszko KM, Maher CO.
Neurosurgery. 2020 Jul 1;87(1):45-52.
DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyz341

Thirty-Day Hospital Readmission and Surgical Complication Rates for Shunting in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Large National Database Analysis.

Nadel JL, Wilkinson DA, Linzey JR, Maher CO, Kotagal V, Heth JA.
Neurosurgery. 2020 Jun 1;86(6):843-850.
DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyz299

Using a Mobile Application for Evaluation of Procedural Learning in Neurosurgery.

Koduri S, Altshuler DB, Khalsa SSS, Maher CO, Wnuk G, Tong D, George BC, Szerlip N.
World Neurosurg. 2020 Jun;138:e124-e150.
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.02.049

In Reply: Obstetric Management and Maternal Outcomes of Childbirth Among Patients With Chiari Malformation Type I.

Maher CO.
Neurosurgery. 2020 May 1;86(5):E474.
DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyz561

Intraoperative Phase Contrast MRI Analysis of Cerebrospinal Fluid Velocities During Posterior Fossa Decompression for Chiari I Malformation.

Delavari N, Wang AC, Bapuraj JR, Londy F, Muraszko KM, Garton HJL, Maher CO.
J Magn Reson Imaging. 2020 May;51(5):1463-1470.
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.26953

Editorial. Pediatric neurosurgery along with Children's Hospitals' innovations are rapid and uniform in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Weiner HL, Adelson PD, Brockmeyer DL, Maher CO, Gupta N, Smyth MD, Jea A, Blount JP, Riva-Cambrin J, Lam SK, Ahn ES, Albert GW, Leonard JR.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 Apr 17:1-3.
DOI: 10.3171/2020.4.PEDS20240

Pediatric neurosurgery training during residency in the United States: a program director survey.

Limoges N, D'Agostino E, Gelinne A, Maher CO, Scott RM, Grant G, Krieger MD, Limbrick DD, White M, Durham S.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 Mar 20:1-7.
DOI: 10.3171/2020.1.PEDS19662

Factors associated with syrinx size in pediatric patients treated for Chiari malformation type I and syringomyelia: a study from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium.

Hale AT, Adelson PD, Albert GW, Aldana PR, Alden TD, Anderson RCE, Bauer DF, Bonfield CM, Brockmeyer DL, Chern JJ, Couture DE, Daniels DJ, Durham SR, Ellenbogen RG, Eskandari R, George TM, Grant GA, Graupman PC, Greene S, Greenfield JP, Gross NL, Guillaume DJ, Heuer GG, Iantosca M, Iskandar BJ, Jackson EM, Johnston JM, Keating RF, Leonard JR, Maher CO, Mangano FT, McComb JG, Meehan T, Menezes AH, O'Neill B, Olavarria G, Park TS, Ragheb J, Selden NR, Shah MN, Smyth MD, Stone SSD, Strahle JM, Wait SD, Wellons JC, Whitehead WE, Shannon CN, Limbrick DD; Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium Investigators.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 Mar 6:1-11.
DOI: 10.3171/2020.1.PEDS19493

Near real-time intraoperative brain tumor diagnosis using stimulated Raman histology and deep neural networks. 

Hollon TC, Pandian B, Adapa AR, Urias E, Save AV, Khalsa SSS, Eichberg DG, D'Amico RS, Farooq ZU, Lewis S, Petridis PD, Marie T, Shah AH, Garton HJL, Maher CO, Heth JA, McKean EL, Sullivan SE, Hervey-Jumper SL, Patil PG, Thompson BG, Sagher O, McKhann GM 2nd, Komotar RJ, Ivan ME, Snuderl M, Otten ML, Johnson TD, Sisti MB, Bruce JN, Muraszko KM, Trautman J, Freudiger CW, Canoll P, Lee H, Camelo-Piragua S, Orringer DA.
Nat Med. 2020 Jan;26(1):52-58. 
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-019-0715-9

2019

Syringomyelia in children with closed spinal dysraphism: long-term outcomes after surgical intervention. 

Bruzek AK, Starr J, Garton HJL, Muraszko KM, Maher CO, Strahle JM.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Dec 13:1-7. 
DOI: 10.3171/2019.9.PEDS1944

Development of Common Data Elements for Use in Chiari Malformation Type I Clinical Research: An NIH/NINDS Project.

Luciano MG, Batzdorf U, Kula RW, Rocque BG, Maher CO, Heiss J, Martin BA, Bolognese PA, Ashley-Koch A, Limbrick D, Poppe DJ, Esposito KM, Odenkirchen J, Esterlitz JR, Ala'i S, Joseph K, Feldman RS, Riddle R; Chiari I Malformation Common Data Element Working Group.
Neurosurgery. 2019 Dec 1;85(6):854-860.
DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyy475

Predictors of surgical treatment in children with tethered fibrofatty filum terminale.

Kashlan ON, Wilkinson DA, Morgenstern H, Khalsa SS, Maher CO.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Nov 1:1-8.
DOI: 10.3171/2019.8.PEDS19292

Letter to the Editor. Arachnoid cyst prevalence.

Maher CO.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Sep 20:1-2.
DOI: 10.3171/2019.6.PEDS19334

Radiological and clinical predictors of scoliosis in patients with Chiari malformation type I and spinal cord syrinx from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium.

Strahle JM, Taiwo R, Averill C, Torner J, Shannon CN, Bonfield CM, Tuite GF, Bethel-Anderson T, Rutlin J, Brockmeyer DL, Wellons JC, Leonard JR, Mangano FT, Johnston JM, Shah MN, Iskandar BJ, Tyler-Kabara EC, Daniels DJ, Jackson EM, Grant GA, Couture DE, Adelson PD, Alden TD, Aldana PR, Anderson RCE, Selden NR, Baird LC, Bierbrauer K, Chern JJ, Whitehead WE, Ellenbogen RG, Fuchs HE, Guillaume DJ, Hankinson TC, Iantosca MR, Oakes WJ, Keating RF, Khan NR, Muhlbauer MS, McComb JG, Menezes AH, Ragheb J, Smith JL, Maher CO, Greene S, Kelly M, O'Neill BR, Krieger MD, Tamber M, Durham SR, Olavarria G, Stone SSD, Kaufman BA, Heuer GG, Bauer DF, Albert G, Greenfield JP, Wait SD, Van Poppel MD, Eskandari R, Mapstone T, Shimony JS, Dacey RG, Smyth MD, Park TS, Limbrick DD.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Aug 16:1-8.
DOI: 10.3171/2019.5.PEDS18527

A Large Database Analysis of Rates of Aneurysm Screening, Elective Treatment, and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Patients With Polycystic Kidney Disease.

Wilkinson DA, Burke JF, Nadel JL, Maher CO, Chaudhary N, Gemmete JJ, Heung M, Thompson BG, Pandey AS.
Neurosurgery. 2019 Aug 1;85(2):E266-E274.
DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyy551

Postgraduate publishing output in pediatric neurosurgery: correlation with fellowship site and individual scholars.

Ajmera S, Lee RP, Schultz A, Hersh DS, Lepard J, Xu R, Saad H, Akinduro O, Justo M, Fraser BD, Motiwala M, Dave P, Jimenez B, Wallace DA, Osikoya O, Norrdahl S, Dooley JH, Khan NR, Vaughn BN, Maher CO, Klimo P.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Jun 21:1-9.
DOI: 10.3171/2019.4.PEDS18717

Morphometric changes at the craniocervical junction during childhood.

Bapuraj JR, Bruzek AK, Tarpeh JK, Pelissier L, Garton HJL, Anderson RCE, Nan B, Ma T, Maher CO.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Jun 21:1-9.
DOI: 10.3171/2019.4.PEDS1968

Development of bilateral dural arteriovenous fistulae following pial synangiosis for moyamoya syndrome: case report.

Koduri S, Wilkinson DA, Griauzde JM, Gemmete JJ, Maher CO.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Apr 12;24(1):9-13.
DOI: 10.3171/2019.2.PEDS18603

The Preventable Shunt Revision Rate: A Multicenter Evaluation.

Dave P, Venable GT, Jones TL, Khan NR, Albert GW, Chern JJ, Wheelus JL, Governale LS, Huntoon KM, Maher CO, Bruzek AK, Mangano FT, Mehta V, Beaudoin W, Naftel RP, Basem J, Whitney A, Shimony N, Rodriguez LF, Vaughn BN, Klimo P.
Neurosurgery. 2019 Mar 1;84(3):788-798.
DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyy263

Recent trends in North American pediatric neurosurgical fellowship training.

Nadel JL, Scott RM, Durham SR, Maher CO.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Jan 4:1-6.
DOI: 10.3171/2018.10.PEDS18106