The influence of timing of surgical decompression for acute spinal cord injury: a pooled analysis of individual patient data

JH Badhiwala, JR Wilson, CD Witiw, JS Harrop… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Although there is a strong biological rationale for early decompression of the
injured spinal cord, the influence of the timing of surgical decompression for acute spinal cord …

Degenerative cervical myelopathy—update and future directions

JH Badhiwala, CS Ahuja, MA Akbar, CD Witiw… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is the leading cause of spinal cord dysfunction in
adults worldwide. DCM encompasses various acquired (age-related) and congenital …

Acute spinal cord injury

CD Witiw, MG Fehlings - Clinical Spine Surgery, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Our understanding of the pathophysiological processes that comprise the early secondary
phases of spinal cord injury such as spinal cord ischemia, cellular excitotoxicity, ionic …

[HTML][HTML] Using a machine learning approach to predict outcome after surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy

ZG Merali, CD Witiw, JH Badhiwala, JR Wilson… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a spinal cord condition that results in progressive
non-traumatic compression of the cervical spinal cord. Spine surgeons must consider a …

Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: meta-analysis of results of randomized trials at varying lengths of follow-up

A Mansouri, S Taslimi, JH Badhiwala, CD Witiw… - Journal of …, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is effective in the management of patients with
advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD). While both the globus pallidus pars interna (GPi) and the …

[HTML][HTML] Mature local control and reirradiation rates comparing spine stereotactic body radiation therapy with conventional palliative external beam radiation therapy

…, J Detsky, M Ruschin, EG Atenafu, CD Witiw… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) improves complete pain response for
painful spinal metastases compared with conventional external beam radiation therapy (…

[HTML][HTML] A deep learning model for detection of cervical spinal cord compression in MRI scans

Z Merali, JZ Wang, JH Badhiwala, CD Witiw… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) evidence of spinal cord compression plays a central role
in the diagnosis of degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM). There is growing recognition …

Resective epilepsy surgery for tuberous sclerosis in children: determining predictors of seizure outcomes in a multicenter retrospective cohort study

…, J Ragheb, S Bhatia, P Steinbok, CD Witiw… - …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: There are no established variables that predict the success of curative
resective epilepsy surgery in children with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). OBJECTIVE: We …

Minimum clinically important difference in SF-36 scores for use in degenerative cervical myelopathy

JH Badhiwala, CD Witiw, F Nassiri, MA Akbar, B Jaja… - Spine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Post-hoc analysis of 606 patients enrolled in the AOSpine CSM-NA or CSM-I
prospective, multicenter cohort studies. Objective. The aim of this study was to determine the …

Minimizing blood loss in spine surgery

…, MH Weber, JR Wilson, CD Witiw… - Global spine …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Broad narrative review. Objective: To review and summarize the current literature
on guidelines, outcomes, techniques and indications surrounding multiple modalities of …