Publications


Los Angeles Brain and Spine Institute Physicians have a long tradition of performing neuroscience research. By participating in trials and writing about our unique clinical experiences we strive to further medical knowledge and enhance patient care. Our physicians are published in leading medical journals.

MR-guided catheter navigation of the intracranial subarachnoid space. George Rappard, Gregory J. Metzger, James L. Fleckenstein, Evelyn Babcock, Robert E. Replogle, G. Lee Pride, Christina Adams, Susan Miller and Phillip D. Purdy. AJNR. 24:626-629.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12695192

Stent-coil treatment of a distal internal carotid dissecting pseudoaneurysm on a redundant loop using a flexible nitinol dedicated intracranial stent: case report. G. Lee Pride, Robert E. Replogle, George Rappard and Phillip D. Purdy. AJNR. 25: 333-337
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14970042

Experimental third ventriculostomy performed using endovascular surgical techniques and their adaptation to percutaneous intradural neuronavigation (PIN)-proof of concept cadaver study. Michael B. Horowitz, Karmal Ramzipoor, Ajit Najar, Susan Miller, George Rappard, Richard Spiro and Phillip D. Purdy. Neurosurg. 53:387-391
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12925257

Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Through the Use of an Endospinal Imaging Coil: Preliminary Results with Anatomic Imaging of the Spinal Cord. George Rappard, Gregory J. Metzger, Robert E. Replogle, Paul T. Weatherall, Donna Baer, Susan Miller, Brian Giles, Christina Adams and Phillip D. Purdy. AJNR. 25: 835-839
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15140731

Complications of preoperative cerebral AVM embolization. Christopher L. Taylor, Kim Dutton, George Rappard, G. Lee Pride, Robert Replogle, Phillip Purdy, Jonathan White, Thomas Kopitnik and Duke Samson. J Neurosurg. 100(5): 810-820
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15137598

Schievink WI, Palestrant D, Maya MM, Rappard G: Spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak as a cause of coma after craniotomy for clipping of an unruptured intracranial aneurysm. J Neurosurg 2009 Mar; 110(3): 521-4
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19012477

Extent of intra-arterial calcification on head CT is predictive of the degree of intracranial atherosclerosis on digital subtraction angiography. Mounzer Kassab, Rishi Gupta, Arshad Majid, Muhammad Farooq, Brian Giles, Mark Johnson, Dion Graybeal and George Rappard. Cerebrovascular diseases. 2009;28 (1 )45-8
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19468214

Evolving minimally invasive spine surgery: A surgeon’s perspective on technological convergence and digital OR control system. John Chiu, Ali Maziad, George Rappard, James Thacker, Brent Liu and Jorje Documet. Surgical Technology Int. 2010;19: 211-22
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20437367

Neuroprotection during carotid artery stenting using the Gore flow reversal system: 30 day outcomes in the EMPIRE clinical study. DG Clair, LN Hopkins and M Mehta, et al for the EMPIRE clinical study investigators. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions, na. doi: 10.1002/ccd.22789
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20853365