San Filippo Neri Hospital

1: Callovini GM, Telera S, Sherkat S, Sperduti I, Callovini T, Carapella CM. How is stereotactic brain biopsy evolving? A multicentric analysis of a series of 421 cases treated in Rome over the last sixteen years. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2018 Sep 13;174:101-107. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2018.09.020. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30227295.

2: Mastronardi L, Roperto R, Cacciotti G, Calvosa F. Anterior Cervical Fusion with Stand-alone Trabecular Metal Cages to Treat Cervical Myelopathy Caused by Degenerative Disk Disease. Observations in 88 Cases with Minimum 12-month Follow-up. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2018 Jun 14. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1642008. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29902826.

Corrivetti F, Cacciotti G, Giacobbo Scavo C, Roperto R, Mastronardi L. Flexible Endoscopic-Assisted Microsurgical Radical Resection of Intracanalicular Vestibular Schwannomas by a Retrosigmoid Approach: Operative Technique. World Neurosurg. 2018 Jul;115:229-233. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.04.108. Epub 2018 Apr 26. PubMed PMID: 29704694.

4: Scavo CG, Roperto R, Cacciotti G, Mastronardi L. Cystic Progression of a Cavernous Malformation at the Level of the Trigeminal Root Entry Zone Presenting With Sudden Onset of Trigeminal Neuralgia. J Craniofac Surg. 2018 Mar 22. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000004501. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29570519.

5: Mastronardi L, Cacciotti G, Roperto R. Intracanalicular vestibular schwannomas presenting with facial nerve paralysis. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2018 Apr;160(4):689-693. doi: 10.1007/s00701-018-3498-8. Epub 2018 Feb 26. PubMed PMID: 29480341.

6: Mastronardi L, Di Scipio E, Cacciotti G, Roperto R. Vestibular schwannoma and hearing preservation: Usefulness of level specific CE-Chirp ABR monitoring. A retrospective study on 25 cases with preoperative socially useful hearing. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2018 Feb;165:108-115. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2018.01.011. Epub 2018 Jan 10. PubMed PMID: 29334639.

7: Mastronardi L, Cacciotti G, Roperto R, Tonelli MP, Carpineta E. How I Do It: The Role of Flexible Hand-held 2μ-Thulium Laser Fiber in Microsurgical Removal of Acoustic Neuromas. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2017 Aug;78(4):301-307. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1598202. Epub 2017 Feb 8. PubMed PMID: 28725516; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5515659.

8: Mastronardi L. Atypical pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: clinical characteristics and role of Ki-67 and p53 in prognostic and therapeutic evaluation. A series of 50 patients. Neurosurg Rev. 2017 Apr;40(2):357-358. doi: 10.1007/s10143-017-0818-z. Epub 2017 Jan 22. PubMed PMID: 28111715.

9: Mastronardi L. In Reply to the Letter to the Editor “Facial Nerve Localization and Functional Preservation in Vestibular Schwannomas”. World Neurosurg. 2017 Jan;97:734. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.10.087. PubMed PMID: 28109511.

10: Mastronardi L, Cacciotti G, Roperto R, Di Scipio E, Tonelli MP, Carpineta E. Position and Course of Facial Nerve and Postoperative Facial Nerve Results in Vestibular Schwannoma Microsurgery. World Neurosurg. 2016 Oct;94:174-180. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.06.107. Epub 2016 Jul 4. PubMed PMID: 27389936.

11: Mastronardi L, Cacciotti G, Caputi F, Roperto R, Tonelli MP, Carpineta E, Fukushima T. Underlay hourglass-shaped autologous pericranium duraplasty in “key-hole” retrosigmoid approach surgery: Technical report. Surg Neurol Int. 2016 Mar 10;7:25. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.178521. eCollection 2016. PubMed PMID: 27069742; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4802989.

12: Mastronardi L, Cacciotti G, Scipio ED, Parziale G, Roperto R, Tonelli MP, Carpineta E. Safety and usefulness of flexible hand-held laser fibers in microsurgical removal of acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannomas). Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2016 Jun;145:35-40. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.03.019. Epub 2016 Mar 25. PubMed PMID: 27064860.

13: Mastronardi L, Carpineta E, Cacciotti G, Di Scipio E, Roperto R. Cavernous hemangioma of the internal auditory canal encasing the VII and VIII cranial nerve complex: case report and review of the literature. Neurosurg Rev. 2016 Apr;39(2):349-54. doi: 10.1007/s10143-016-0705-z. Epub 2016 Feb 15. Review. PubMed PMID: 26876892.

14: Gazzeri R, Galarza M, Neroni M, Fiore C, Faiola A, Puzzilli F, Callovini G, Alfieri A. Failure rates and complications of interspinous process decompression devices: a European multicenter study. Neurosurg Focus. 2015 Oct;39(4):E14. doi: 10.3171/2015.7.FOCUS15244. PubMed PMID: 26424338.

15: Galizia EC, Myers CT, Leu C, de Kovel CG, Afrikanova T, Cordero-Maldonado ML, Martins TG, Jacmin M, Drury S, Krishna Chinthapalli V, Muhle H, Pendziwiat M, Sander T, Ruppert AK, Møller RS, Thiele H, Krause R, Schubert J, Lehesjoki AE, Nürnberg P, Lerche H; EuroEPINOMICS CoGIE Consortium, Palotie A, Coppola A, Striano S, Gaudio LD, Boustred C, Schneider AL, Lench N, Jocic-Jakubi B, Covanis A, Capovilla G, Veggiotti P, Piccioli M, Parisi P, Cantonetti L, Sadleir LG, Mullen SA, Berkovic SF, Stephani U, Helbig I, Crawford AD, Esguerra CV, Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenité DG, Koeleman BP, Mefford HC, Scheffer IE, Sisodiya SM. CHD2 variants are a risk factor for photosensitivity in epilepsy. Brain. 2015 May;138(Pt 5):1198-207. doi: 10.1093/brain/awv052. Epub 2015 Mar 17. PubMed PMID: 25783594; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4407192.

16: Callovini G, Sherkat S, Callovini G, Gazzeri R. Frameless nonstereotactic image-guided surgery of supratentorial lesions: introduction to a safe and inexpensive technique. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2014 Sep;75(5):365-70. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1358607. Epub 2014 Feb 25. PubMed PMID: 24570305.

17: Sameshima T, Morita A, Tanikawa R, Fukushima T, Friedman AH, Zenga F, Ducati A, Mastronardi L. Evaluation of variation in the course of the facial nerve, nerve adhesion to tumors, and postoperative facial palsy in acoustic neuroma. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2013 Feb;74(1):39-43. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1329625. Epub 2012 Nov 26. PubMed PMID: 24436886; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3699166.

18: Muscarella LA, la Torre A, Faienza A, Catapano D, Bisceglia M, D'Angelo V, Parrella P, Coco M, Fini G, Tancredi A, Zelante L, Fazio VM, D'Agruma L. Molecular dissection of the VHL gene in solitary capillary hemangioblastoma of the central nervous system. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2014 Jan;73(1):50-8. doi: 10.1097/NEN.0000000000000024. PubMed PMID: 24335534.

19: Cacciotti G, Novegno F, Fiume D. Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease of the filum terminale. Eur Spine J. 2013 May;22 Suppl 3:S501-5. doi: 10.1007/s00586-013-2723-7. Epub 2013 Mar 2. PubMed PMID: 23455952; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3641249.

20: Mastronardi L, DeWaele L. Intratumoural hydrogen peroxide injection during resection of metastatic vertebral melanoma. Technical note. Neurosurg Rev. 2011 Jul;34(3):389-91; discussion 391. doi: 10.1007/s10143-011-0324-7. Epub 2011 Jun 3. PubMed PMID: 21637983.

21: Sherkat S, Gazzeri R, Pantoli D, Fiume D, Tancredi A, Gazzeri G. Endovascular treatment of primitive persistent trigeminal artery aneurysm associated with middle cerebral artery aneurysm. Minim Invasive Neurosurg. 2008 Aug;51(4):218-21. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1080908. PubMed PMID: 18683113.

22: Gazzeri R, Tamorri M, Galarza M, Faiola A, Gazzeri G. Balloon-assisted endoscopic retroperitoneal gasless approach (BERG) for lumbar interbody fusion: is it a valid alternative to the laparoscopic approach? Minim Invasive Neurosurg. 2007 Jun;50(3):150-4. Review. PubMed PMID: 17882750.

23: Tancredi A, Agrillo A, Delfini R, Fiume D, Frati A, Rinaldi A. Use of carbon fiber cages for treatment of cervical myeloradiculopathies. Surg Neurol. 2004 Mar;61(3):221-6; discussion 226. PubMed PMID: 14984988.

24: Callovini GM, Sherkat S, Rinaldi A, Santucci N, Gazzeri G. Stereotactic-guided microsurgical removal of lesions without cortical appearance planned by three-dimensional CT reconstruction: limits and advantages of the frame-based technique. Minim Invasive Neurosurg. 1998 Dec;41(4):187-93. PubMed PMID: 9932260.

25: Fiume D, Parziale G, Rinaldi A, Sherkat S. Automated percutaneous discectomy in herniated lumbar discs treatment: experience after the first 200 cases. J Neurosurg Sci. 1994 Dec;38(4):235-7. PubMed PMID: 7562029.