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Ross C Puffer

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, USUHS
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Venous sinus stenting for idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a review of the literature

RC Puffer, W Mustafa, G Lanzino - Journal of neurointerventional …, 2013 - jnis.bmj.com
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is characterized by headache, papilledema, visual
field changes and tinnitus with elevated cerebral spinal fluid opening pressures on lumbar …

Association between plasma GFAP concentrations and MRI abnormalities in patients with CT-negative traumatic brain injury in the TRACK-TBI cohort: a prospective …

…, FK Korley, EA Winkler, X Sun, RC Puffer… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background After traumatic brain injury (TBI), plasma concentration of glial fibrillary acidic
protein (GFAP) correlates with intracranial injury visible on CT scan. Some patients with …

Patency of the ophthalmic artery after flow diversion treatment of paraclinoid aneurysms

RC Puffer, DF Kallmes, HJ Cloft, G Lanzino - Journal of neurosurgery, 2012 - thejns.org
Object In this study the authors determined the patency rate of the ophthalmic artery (OphA)
after placement of 1 or more flow diversion devices across the arterial inlet for treatment of …

Treating Morton's neuroma by injection, neurolysis, or neurectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of pain and satisfaction outcomes

VM Lu, RC Puffer, MC Everson, HE Gilder, SS Burks… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
Background Individual evidence suggests that multiple modalities can be used to treat
entrapment pathology by Morton’s neuroma, including injection, neurolysis, and neurectomy. …

Point-of-care platform blood biomarker testing of glial fibrillary acidic protein versus S100 calcium-binding protein B for prediction of traumatic brain injuries: a …

DO Okonkwo, RC Puffer, AM Puccio, EL Yuh… - Journal of …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to
determine need for head computed tomography (CT) within 12 h after mild traumatic brain …

H3K27 trimethylation loss in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor: a systematic review and meta-analysis with diagnostic implications

VM Lu, T Marek, HE Gilder, RC Puffer… - Journal of neuro …, 2019 - Springer
Background Multiple studies have reported the loss of trimethylation at lysine (K) 27 on
histone 3 (H3K27me3) in high-grade malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs). …

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein is a prognostic biomarker of six-month disability after traumatic brain injury: results from the TRACK-TBI study

…, MJ Vassar, SR Taylor, EA Winkler, RC Puffer… - Journal of …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Systemic inflammation impacts outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI), but most TBI
biomarker studies have focused on brain-specific proteins. C-reactive protein (CRP) is a widely …

Age and sex-mediated differences in six-month outcomes after mild traumatic brain injury in young adults: a TRACK-TBI study

…, SJ Runyon, EA Winkler, RC Puffer… - Neurological …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Risk factors for young adults with mTBI are not well understood. Improved
understanding of age and sex as risk factors for impaired six-month outcomes in young adults is …

Treatment of cavernous sinus aneurysms with flow diversion: results in 44 patients

RC Puffer, M Piano, G Lanzino… - American Journal …, 2014 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Aneurysms of the cavernous segment of the ICA are difficult
to treat with standard endovascular techniques, and ICA sacrifice achieves a high rate of …

Effects of age and time since injury on traumatic brain injury blood biomarkers: a TRACK-TBI study

…, R Diaz-Arrastia, DO Okonkwo, RC Puffer… - Brain …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Older adults have the highest incidence of traumatic brain injury globally. Accurate blood-based
biomarkers are needed to assist with diagnosis of patients across the spectrum of age …