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Ricardo B 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. 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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    5. 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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    6. 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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    7. 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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    8. 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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    9. 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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    10. 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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    11. 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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    12. 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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    13. 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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    14. 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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    15. 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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    16. 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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    17. 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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    18. 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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    19. 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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    20. 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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    21. 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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    22. 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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    23. 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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    24. 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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    25. 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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    26. 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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