Publications by authors named "Bhargav D Desai"
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- * Findings: Most studies found that while spinal cord stimulators led to increased medical costs, these costs were balanced by significant improvements in patients' quality of life. The cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) was under $25,000, indicating a reasonable expenditure for health benefits.
- * Conclusion: Spinal cord stimulators are more effective and have a better cost-effectiveness ratio compared to conventional medical treatments or re-operation for failed back surgery syndrome. The newer stimulation techniques have shown even more favorable results in clinical trials.
Objective: Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a safe and effective intervention to treat cervical spine pathology. Although these were originally performed as single-level procedures, multilevel ACDF has been performed for patients with extensive degenerative disc disease. To date, there is a paucity of data regarding outcomes related to ACDFs of 3 or more levels.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To analyze the association between dosvolume relationships and adverse events in brainstem lesions treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS).
Methods: Treatment plans were generated on BrainLab Elements and GammaPlan software. Dosimetric data were analyzed as continuous variables for patients who received GKRS to brain metastases or arteriovenous malformations (AVM) within or abutting the brainstem.