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Ricardo Fontes

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionRush University, Rush Medical College
DepartmentNeurosurgery
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    1. Kolcun JPG, Kolb BL, Mazza JM, Traynelis VC, Byrne RW, Fontes RBV. In Reply: The Evolving Role of Postgraduate Year 7 in Neurological Surgery Residency. Neurosurgery. 2023 Dec 11. PMID: 38078908.
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    2. Traynelis VC, Fontes RBV, Kasliwal MK, Ryu WHA, Tan LA, Witiw CD, Dettori JR, Brodt ED, Skelly AC. Risk factors for C5 palsy: a systematic review and multivariate analysis. J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 Nov 17; 1-13. PMID: 37976498.
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    3. Kolcun JPG, Kolb BL, Mazza JM, Traynelis VC, Byrne RW, Fontes RBV. "It's a 7-Year Program"-Allostasis in Neurosurgical Training. World Neurosurg. 2023 Dec; 180:236-237. PMID: 37925252.
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    4. Kolcun JPG, Mazza JM, Pawlowski KD, Varela JR, Kolb B, Traynelis VC, Byrne RW, Fontes RBV. The Evolving Role of Postgraduate Year 7 in Neurological Surgery Residency. Neurosurgery. 2023 Sep 14. PMID: 37706880.
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    5. Bakare AA, Varela JR, Moss JR, Platt A, O'Toole JE, Fontes RBV, Traynelis VC. Comparison of Perioperative Complications After Anterior-Posterior Versus Posterior-Anterior-Posterior Cervical Fusion: A Retrospective Review of 153 Consecutive Cases. Neurosurgery. 2023 08 01; 93(2):373-386. PMID: 36861985.
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    6. Bakare AA, Smitherman AD, Fontes RBV, O'Toole JE, Deutsch H, Traynelis VC. Comparison of Fusion versus Nonunion After 4-Level and 5-Level Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion With Anterior Plate Fixation. Neurosurgery. 2022 11 01; 91(5):764-774. PMID: 35951736.
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    7. Bakare AA, Smitherman AD, Fontes RBV, O'Toole JE, Deutsch H, Traynelis VC. Clinical Outcomes After 4- and 5-Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Treatment of Symptomatic Multilevel Cervical Spondylosis. World Neurosurg. 2022 07; 163:e363-e376. PMID: 35367642.
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    8. Ryu WHA, Cheong M, Platt A, Moses Z, O'Toole JE, Fontes R, Fessler RG. Patient Satisfaction Following Minimally Invasive and Open Surgeries for Adult Spinal Deformity. World Neurosurg. 2021 11; 155:e301-e314. PMID: 34419662.
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    9. Traynelis VC, Fontes RBV, Abode-Iyamah KO, Cox EM, Greenlee JD. Posterior fusion for fragility type 2 odontoid fractures. J Neurosurg Spine. 2021 Aug 13; 1-7. PMID: 34388709.
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    10. Khanna R, Malone H, Keppetipola KM, Deutsch H, Fessler RG, Fontes RB, O'Toole JE. Multilevel Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression: Clinical Efficacy and Durability to 2 Years. Int J Spine Surg. 2021 Aug; 15(4):795-802. PMID: 34281953.
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    11. Ryu WHA, Richards D, Kerolus MG, Bakare AA, Khanna R, Vuong VD, Deutsch H, Fontes R, O'Toole JE, Traynelis VC, Fessler RG. Nonunion Rates After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Comparison of Polyetheretherketone vs Structural Allograft Implants. Neurosurgery. 2021 06 15; 89(1):94-101. PMID: 33733682.
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    12. Moses ZB, Oh SY, Fontes RBV, Deutsch H, O'Toole JE, Fessler RG. The modified frailty index and patient outcomes following transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgery for single-level degenerative spine disease. J Neurosurg Spine. 2021 Jun 04; 1-7. PMID: 34087787.
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    13. Moses ZB, Razvi S, Oh SY, Platt A, Keegan KC, Hamati F, Witiw C, David BT, Fontes RBV, Deutsch H, O'Toole JE, Fessler RG. A retrospective comparison of radiographic and clinical outcomes in single-level degenerative lumbar disease undergoing anterior versus transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. J Spine Surg. 2021 Jun; 7(2):170-180. PMID: 34296029.
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    14. Bakare AA, Fessler DR, Wewel JT, Fontes RBV, Fessler RG, O'Toole JE. Changes in Segmental and Lumbar Lordosis After Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion With Different Lordotic Cage Angulations. Int J Spine Surg. 2021 Jun; 15(3):440-448. PMID: 33963028.
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    15. Kerolus MG, Yerneni K, Witiw CD, Shelton A, Canar WJ, Daily D, Fontes RBV, Deutsch H, Fessler RG, Buvanendran A, O'Toole JE. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Pathway for Single-Level Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Decreases Length of Stay and Opioid Consumption. Neurosurgery. 2021 02 16; 88(3):648-657. PMID: 33469652.
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    16. Ryu WHA, Platt A, O'Toole JE, Fontes R, Fessler RG. Patient Expectations of Adult Spinal Deformity Correction Surgery. World Neurosurg. 2021 02; 146:e931-e939. PMID: 33212277.
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    17. Quadros DG, Guiroy A, Fontes RBV. Total subaxial reconstruction. J Spine Surg. 2020 Mar; 6(1):280-289. PMID: 32309666.
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    18. Fontes RBV, Kerolus MG, Kochanski RB, Garg RK, DelaCruz A, Traynelis VC. Analysis and Temporal Evolution of Extubation Parameters for Patients Undergoing Single-Stage Circumferential Cervical Spine Surgery. Neurospine. 2020 Sep; 17(3):630-639. PMID: 32054144.
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    19. Baptista JS, Traynelis VC, Liberti EA, Fontes RBV. Expression of degenerative markers in intervertebral discs of young and elderly asymptomatic individuals. PLoS One. 2020; 15(1):e0228155. PMID: 31986181.
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    20. Fontes RBV, Baptista JS, Rabbani SR, Traynelis VC, Liberti EA. Normal aging in human lumbar discs: An ultrastructural comparison. PLoS One. 2019; 14(6):e0218121. PMID: 31220091.
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    21. Tan LA, Gerard CS, Fontes RBV, Kasliwal MK, Traynelis VC. Surgical Resection of a Cervical Dumbbell Tumor: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2018 Dec 01; 15(6):E77. PMID: 29547913.
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    22. Gadomski BC, Shetye SS, Hindman BJ, Dexter F, Santoni BG, Todd MM, Traynelis VC, From RP, Fontes RB, Puttlitz CM. Intubation biomechanics: validation of a finite element model of cervical spine motion during endotracheal intubation in intact and injured conditions. J Neurosurg Spine. 2018 01; 28(1):10-22. PMID: 29053084.
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    23. Tan LA, Kasliwal MK, Gerard CS, Traynelis VC, Fontes RBV. Surgical considerations in posterior C1-2 instrumentation in the presence of vertebral artery anomalies: case illustration and review of literature. Br J Neurosurg. 2019 Aug; 33(4):422-424. PMID: 28658978.
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    24. Fontes RB, Fessler RG. Lumbar Radiculopathy in the Setting of Degenerative Scoliosis: MIS Decompression and Limited Correction are Better Options. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2017 Jul; 28(3):335-339. PMID: 28600008.
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    25. Wewel JT, Kumar V, Kasliwal MK, Fontes RB. Coexistent Panspinal Subdural Abscess and Isolated Leptomeningeal Myeloma Relapse Presenting as Rapid-Onset Paraparesis. J Emerg Med. 2016 Dec; 51(6):729-731. PMID: 27681495.
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    26. Kasliwal MK, Fontes RB, Traynelis VC. Occipitocervical dissociation-incidence, evaluation, and treatment. Curr Rev Musculoskelet Med. 2016 Sep; 9(3):247-54. PMID: 27255101.
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    27. Hindman BJ, Fontes RB, From RP, Traynelis VC, Todd MM, Puttlitz CM, Santoni BG. Intubation biomechanics: laryngoscope force and cervical spine motion during intubation in cadavers-effect of severe distractive-flexion injury on C3-4 motion. J Neurosurg Spine. 2016 Nov; 25(5):545-555. PMID: 27231810.
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    28. Fontes RB, Wewel JT, O'Toole JE. Perioperative Cost Analysis of Minimally Invasive vs Open Resection of Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors. Neurosurgery. 2016 Apr; 78(4):531-9. PMID: 26509643.
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    29. Wewel JT, Harbhajanka A, Kasliwal MK, Ahuja SK, Loew JM, Fontes RB. Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder of the cervical spine mimicking an epidural abscess. J Clin Neurosci. 2016 Jul; 29:175-8. PMID: 26916907.
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    30. Hindman BJ, From RP, Fontes RB, Traynelis VC, Todd MM, Zimmerman MB, Puttlitz CM, Santoni BG. Intubation Biomechanics: Laryngoscope Force and Cervical Spine Motion during Intubation in Cadavers-Cadavers versus Patients, the Effect of Repeated Intubations, and the Effect of Type II Odontoid Fracture on C1-C2 Motion. Anesthesiology. 2015 Nov; 123(5):1042-58. PMID: 26288267.
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    31. Fontes RB, Baptista JS, Rabbani SR, Traynelis VC, Liberti EA. Structural and Ultrastructural Analysis of the Cervical Discs of Young and Elderly Humans. PLoS One. 2015; 10(10):e0139283. PMID: 26427056.
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    32. Cardoso AC, Fontes RB, Tan LA, Rhoton AL, Roh SW, Fessler RG. Biomechanical effects of the transcondylar approach on the craniovertebral junction. Clin Anat. 2015 Jul; 28(5):683-9. PMID: 25914225.
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    33. Kerolus M, Jeans EB, Fontes RB, Deutsch H, Traynelis VC. Atlantoaxial instability of inflammatory origin in adults: case reports, literature review, and rationale for early surgical intervention. Neurosurgery. 2015 Feb; 76(2):E226-32; discussion E232. PMID: 25255263.
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    34. Tan LA, Kasliwal MK, Wewel J, Fontes RB, O'Toole JE. Minimally invasive surgery for synchronous, same-level lumbar intradural-extramedullary neoplasm and acute disc herniation. Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Sep; 37 Suppl 2:Video 16. PMID: 25175577.
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    35. Tan LA, Kasliwal MK, Mhanna N, Fontes RB, Traynelis VC. Surgical resection of subependymoma of the cervical spinal cord. Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Sep; 37 Suppl 2:Video 3. PMID: 25175581.
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    36. Tan LA, Kasliwal MK, Fontes RB, Fessler RG. Local cooling for traumatic spinal cord injury. J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 Nov; 21(5):845-7. PMID: 25170650.
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    37. Fontes RB, Selden NR, Byrne RW. Fostering and assessing professionalism and communication skills in neurosurgical education. J Surg Educ. 2014 Nov-Dec; 71(6):e83-9. PMID: 25168713.
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    38. Tan LA, Lopes DK, Fontes RB. Ultrasound-guided posterolateral approach for midline calcified thoracic disc herniation. J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2014 Jun; 55(6):383-6. PMID: 25237439.
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    39. Fontes RB, Smith AP, Mu?oz LF, Byrne RW, Traynelis VC. Relevance of early head CT scans following neurosurgical procedures: an analysis of 892 intracranial procedures at Rush University Medical Center. J Neurosurg. 2014 Aug; 121(2):307-12. PMID: 24878289.
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    40. Tan LA, Fontes RB, Byrne RW. Retrosigmoid approach for resection of an extraventricular choroid plexus papilloma in the cerebellopontine angle. Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Jan; 36(1 Suppl):1. PMID: 24380509.
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    41. Kellogg RG, Fontes RB, Lopes DK. Massive cerebral involvement in fat embolism syndrome and intracranial pressure management. J Neurosurg. 2013 Nov; 119(5):1263-70. PMID: 23952720.
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    42. Fontes RB, Tan LA, O'Toole JE. Minimally invasive treatment of spinal dural arteriovenous fistula with the use of intraoperative indocyanine green angiography. Neurosurg Focus. 2013 Jul; 35(2 Suppl):Video 5. PMID: 23829854.
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    43. Fontes RB, Traynelis VC. Iliac crest osteotomy to enhance exposure of the L4-5 interspace in minimally invasive lateral transpsoas interbody fusion: a cadaveric feasibility study. J Neurosurg Spine. 2013 Jan; 18(1):13-7. PMID: 23140131.
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    44. Fontes R, O'Toole JE. Chordoma of the thoracic spine in an 89-year-old. Eur Spine J. 2012 Jun; 21 Suppl 4:S428-32. PMID: 21866405.
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    45. Fontes RB, Traynelis VC. Transpsoas approach and complications. J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 Jul; 15(1):9-10; author reply p 10. PMID: 21476799.
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    46. Traynelis VC, Fontes RB. Anterior fixation of the axis. Neurosurgery. 2010 Sep; 67(3 Suppl Operative):ons229-36; discussion ons236. PMID: 20679925.
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    47. Greggio FM, Fontes RB, Maifrino LB, Castelucci P, de Souza RR, Liberti EA. Effects of perinatal protein deprivation and recovery on esophageal myenteric plexus. World J Gastroenterol. 2010 Feb 07; 16(5):563-70. PMID: 20128023.
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    48. Taricco MA, Guirado VM, Fontes RB, Plese JP. Surgical treatment of primary intramedullary spinal cord tumors in adult patients. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2008 Mar; 66(1):59-63. PMID: 18392416.
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    49. Hirooka TM, Fontes RB, Diniz EM, Pinto FC, Matushita H. Cerebral abscess caused by Serratia marcescens in a premature neonate. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2007 Dec; 65(4A):1018-21. PMID: 18094868.
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    50. Liberti EA, Fontes RB, Fuggi VM, Maifrino LB, Souza RR. Effects of combined pre- and post-natal protein deprivation on the myenteric plexus of the esophagus of weanling rats: a histochemical, quantitative and ultrastructural study. World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jul 14; 13(26):3598-604. PMID: 17659710.
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    51. Fontes RB, Saad F, Soares MS, de Oliveira F, Pinto FC, Liberti EA. Ultrastructural study of the filum terminale and its elastic fibers. Neurosurgery. 2006 May; 58(5):978-84; discussion 978-84. PMID: 16639335.
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    52. Andrade F, Aguiar PH, Fontes RB, Nakagawa E, Teixeira JA, Miura FK, Lepski G, Marie SK, Marino R. Clinical presentation, treatment and outcome of patients with cerebral metastases: the University of S?o Paulo series. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2004 Sep; 62(3B):808-14. PMID: 15476074.
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    53. Fontes RB, Froes LB, Omar ED, Liberti EA. The myenteric plexus of the rat colon after fecal stream diversion: a morpho-quantitative study. Auton Neurosci. 2004 Jul 30; 114(1-2):39-46. PMID: 15331043.
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    54. Pinto FC, Porro FF, Suganuma L, Fontes RB, de Andrade AF, Marino R. Hemophilia and child abuse as possible causes of epidural hematoma: case report. Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2003 12; 61(4):1023-5. PMID: 14762611.
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    55. Fontes RB, Aguiar PH, Zanetti MV, Andrade F, Mandel M, Teixeira MJ. Acute neurogenic pulmonary edema: case reports and literature review. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2003 Apr; 15(2):144-50. PMID: 12658001.
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    56. Pinto FC, Fontes RB, Leonhardt Mde C, Amodio DT, Porro FF, Machado J. Anatomic study of the filum terminale and its correlations with the tethered cord syndrome. Neurosurgery. 2002 Sep; 51(3):725-9; discussion 729- 30. PMID: 12188951.
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