Publications by authors named "C Riordan"
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to analyze stroke-related outcomes between Moyamoya syndrome (MMS) subgroups and Moyamoya disease (MMD) patients using propensity score matching (PSM) to provide direct comparisons.
- - Researchers analyzed a national database from 2011-2020, focusing on patients with MMD and specific comorbidities (sickle-cell disease, Down syndrome, and neurofibromatosis), and matched them to control for stroke risk factors.
- - Results indicated that patients with MMS related to sickle-cell disease had significantly lower rates of ischemic strokes, hemorrhagic strokes, and transient ischemic attacks compared to those with MMD only, while no significant differences were found in the MMS
Background And Importance: Trephination is a procedure in which a small hole is made in the skull. Rare cases of self-trephination by individuals seeking medical benefit have been reported. Excoriation disorder is a compulsive skin-picking condition in which an individual self-inflicts cutaneous lesions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeft-handed surgical trainees are uniquely challenged when learning how to suture using standard needle drivers designed for right-handed individuals and often feel disadvantaged in comparison to their right-handed peers. "Palming," a suturing technique that improves suturing mechanics and efficiency, cannot be achieved in the standard manner using the left hand. This paper proposes a previously undescribed technique for palming using the left hand that provides many of the same benefits as standard palming methods using the right hand, potentially reducing a common source of inequity in surgical training.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To investigate the prenatal detection rate of mosaicism by SNP microarray analysis, in which an individual has not one, but two, complete genomes (sets of DNA) in their body, a normal biparental line with a Genome Wide Uniparental Disomy (GWUPD) cell line was used.
Methods: This study retrospectively examines the prenatal detection of GWUPD in a cohort of ∼90,000 prenatal specimens and ∼20,000 products of conceptions (POCs) that were studied by SNP microarray.
Results: In total, 25 cases of GWUPD were detected; 16 cases were detected prenatally with GWUPD (∼0.
Purpose: The utility and safety of including two neurosurgeons for tumor resections is unknown. This study compares outcomes among pediatric patients with craniopharyngiomas operated on with a dual or single surgeon approach (DSA, SSA).
Methods: A single-center review identified all craniopharyngioma transsphenoidal or craniotomy resections from 2000 to 2020.