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Luis Emilio Savastano

Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic
Verified email at mayo.edu
Cited by 1665

Sciatic nerve injury: a simple and subtle model for investigating many aspects of nervous system damage and recovery

LE Savastano, SR Laurito, MR Fitt… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2014 - Elsevier
Sciatic nerve injury has been used for over a century to investigate the process of nerve
damage, to assess the absolute and relative capacity of the central and peripheral nervous …

A novel endovascular therapy for CSF hypotension secondary to CSF-venous fistulas

W Brinjikji, LE Savastano… - American Journal …, 2021 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
We report a consecutive case series of patients who underwent transvenous embolization
of the paraspinal vein, which was draining the CSF-venous fistula, for treatment of …

Development of a 3D-printed external ventricular drain placement simulator

…, PS Liao, O Sagher, AJ Shih, LE Savastano - Journal of …, 2015 - thejns.org
In this paper, the authors present a physical model developed to simulate accurate external
ventricular drain (EVD) placement with realistic haptic and visual feedbacks to serve as a …

A standardized surgical technique for rat superior cervical ganglionectomy

LE Savastano, AE Castro, MR Fitt, MF Rath… - Journal of Neuroscience …, 2010 - Elsevier
LES and MRF are recipients of research fellowships from the School of Medicine and National
University of Cuyo. The anti-neurofilament and anti-tyrosine hydroxylase antibodies were …

Risk factors of futile recanalization following endovascular treatment in patients with large‐vessel occlusion: systematic review and meta‐analysis

…, Y Liu, W Brinjikji, LE Savastano - Stroke: Vascular and …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Although successful recanalization (modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction
score 2b–3) can be achieved in >80% of patients experiencing stroke attributable to large‐…

Anatomy of spinal venous drainage for the neurointerventionalist: from puncture site to intervertebral foramen

…, S Oushy, T Huynh, LE Savastano… - American Journal …, 2022 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
CSF-venous fistula is a relatively novel entity that is increasingly being recognized as a cause
for spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Recently, our group published the first series of …

Multimodal laser-based angioscopy for structural, chemical and biological imaging of atherosclerosis

LE Savastano, Q Zhou, A Smith, K Vega… - Nature biomedical …, 2017 - nature.com
The complex nature of atherosclerosis demands high-resolution approaches to identify
subtle thrombogenic lesions and define the risk of plaque rupture. Here, we report the proof-of-…

Analysis of human emboli and thrombectomy forces in large-vessel occlusion stroke

…, AS Pandey, AJ Shih, LE Savastano - Journal of …, 2020 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE This study’s purpose was to improve understanding of the forces driving the
complex mechanical interaction between embolic material and current stroke thrombectomy …

Clot composition and recanalization outcomes in mechanical thrombectomy

…, OM Mereuta, K Doyle, LE Savastano… - Journal of …, 2024 - jnis.bmj.com
Background Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) has become standard for large vessel
occlusions, but rates of complete recanalization are suboptimal. Previous reports correlated …

Arterial collapse during thrombectomy for stroke: clinical evidence and experimental findings in human brains and in vivo models

…, DF Kallmes, LE Savastano - American Journal …, 2022 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Aspiration thrombectomy has become a preferred approach
to recanalize large-vessel occlusion in stroke with a growing trend toward using larger-…