Research

2022 Publications

Mulcahy M, Presti AL, Veken JPV, Steinfort B, Assaad N. Staged Common and External Carotid Artery Stenting Followed by Superficial Temporal Artery to Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2022. doi: 10.1055/a-1832-3158

Busch K, Davidson A, Di Ieva A, Assaad N, Butlin M, Avolio A, Kiat H. Significant venous flow alterations following brain arteriovenous malformation Surgery: Assessment by transcranial colour duplex. J Clin Neurosci 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2022.03.023

Shaffi M, Saad N, Arnold J, Parker G, Nguyen D, Eftekhar B. An Ocular Chameleon. Neurohospitalist 2022. doi: 10.1177/19418744221111251

Jose L, Liu S, Russo C, Cong C,

Song Y, Rodriguez M, Di Ieva A. Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Classification of Gliomas Using Whole-Slide Images. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2022. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0518-OA

Newport RA, Russo C, Liu S, Suman AA, Di Ieva A. SoftMatch: Comparing Scanpaths Using Combinatorial Spatio-Temporal Sequences with Fractal Curves. Sensors (Basel) 2022. doi: 10.3390/s22197438.

Cong C, Liu S, Di Ieva A, Pagnucco M, Berkovsky S, Song Y. Colour adaptive generative networks for stain normalisation of histopathology images. Med Image Anal 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.media.2022.102580

Di Ieva A, Rosenfeld JV. The legacy of Renaissance surgeon Giovanni Andrea Dalla Croce on the history of military surgery and neurosurgery. Neurosurg Focus 2022. doi: 10.3171/2022.6.FOCUS22243

McCaffrey MH, Boesel TW, Di Ieva A. Anchoring of a mental nerve stimulator for treatment of facial neuropathic pain: a case illustration. Br J Neurosurg 2022. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2022.2064428

Jian A, Liu S, Di Ieva A. Artificial Intelligence for Survival Prediction in Brain Tumors on Neuroimaging. Neurosurgery 2022. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001938

Busch K, Davidson A, Di Ieva A, Assaad N, Butlin M, Avolio A, Kiat H. Significant venous flow alterations following brain arteriovenous malformation Surgery: Assessment by transcranial colour duplex. J Clin Neurosci 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2022.03.023

Tanaka KW, Russo C, Liu S, Stoodley MA, Di Ieva A. Use of deep learning in the MRI diagnosis of Chiari malformation type I. Neuroradiology 2022. doi: 10.1007/s00234-022-02921-0

Jian A, Jang K, Russo C, Liu S, Di Ieva A. Foundations of Multiparametric Brain Tumour Imaging Characterisation Using Machine Learning. Acta Neurochir Suppl 2022. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-85292-4_22

Koong K, Preda V, Jian A, Liquet-Weiland B, Di Ieva A. Application of artificial intelligence and radiomics in pituitary neuroendocrine and sellar tumors: a quantitative and qualitative synthesis. Neuroradiology 2022. doi: 10.1007/s00234-021-02845-1

Russo C, Liu S, Di Ieva A. Spherical coordinates transformation pre-processing in Deep Convolution Neural Networks for brain tumor segmentation in MRI. Med Biol Eng Comput. 2022 doi: 10.1007/s11517-021-02464-1

Ciaramitaro P, Massimi L, Bertuccio A, Solari A, Farinotti M, Peretta P, Saletti V, Chiapparini L, Barbanera A, Garbossa D, Bolognese P, Brodbelt A, Celada C, Cocito D, Curone M, Devigili G, Erbetta A, Ferraris M, Furlanetto M, Gilanton M, Jallo G, Karadjova M, Klekamp J, Massaro F, Morar S, Parker F, Perrini P, Poca MA, Sahuquillo J, Stoodley M, Talamonti G, Triulzi F, Valentini MC, Visocchi M, Valentini L; International Experts Jury of the Chiari Syringomyelia Consensus Conference, Milan, November 11-13, 2019. Diagnosis and treatment of Chiari malformation and syringomyelia in adults: international consensus document. Neurol Sci 2022. doi: 10.1007/s10072-021-05347-3

Massimi L, Peretta P, Erbetta A, Solari A, Farinotti M, Ciaramitaro P, Saletti V, Caldarelli M, Canheu AC, Celada C, Chiapparini L, Chieffo D, Cinalli G, Di Rocco F, Furlanetto M, Giordano F, Jallo G, James S, Lanteri P, Lemarchand C, Messing-Jünger M, Parazzini C, Paternoster G, Piatelli G, Poca MA, Prabahkar P, Ricci F, Righini A, Sala F, Sahuquillo J, Stoodley M, Talamonti G, Thompson D, Triulzi F, Zucchelli M, Valentini L; International Experts – Jury of the Chiari & Syringomyelia Consensus Conference, “Milan, November 11–13, 2019”. Diagnosis and treatment of Chiari malformation type 1 in children: the International Consensus Document. Neurol Sci 2022. doi: 10.1007/s10072-021-05317-9

Fahimeh Faqihi, Marcus A Stoodley, Lucinda S McRobb. Externalization of Mitochondrial PDCE2 on Irradiated Endothelium as a Target for Radiation-Guided Drug Delivery and Precision Thrombosis of Pathological Vasculature. Int J Mol Sci 2022. doi: 10.3390/ijms23168908

Robert A Lloyd, Marcus A Stoodley, Lynne E Bilston. Statistical shape models of the posterior cranial fossa and hindbrain volumes may provide a more robust clinical metric for Chiari malformation. J Biomech 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111093

G Michael Halmagyi, Geoffrey D Parker, Luke Chen, Miriam S Welgampola, John D G Watson, Michael H Barnett, Michael J Todd, Shadi El-Wahsh, Victoria Rose, Marcus A Stoodley, Jeffrey W Brennan. Progressive loss of hearing and balance in superficial siderosis due to occult spinal dural defects. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2022. doi: 10.1007/s00405-022-07523-3

Simons M, Rapport F, Zurynski Y, Stoodley M, Cullis J, Davidson AS. Links between evidence-based medicine and shared decision-making in courses for doctors in training: a scoping review. BMJ Open 2022. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057335

Shinuo Liu, Lynne E Bilston, Neftali Flores Rodriguez, Courtney Wright, Simon McMullan, Robert Lloyd, Marcus A Stoodley, Sarah J Hemley. Changes in intrathoracic pressure, not arterial pulsations, exert the greatest effect on tracer influx in the spinal cord. Fluids Barriers CNS 2022. doi: 10.1186/s12987-022-00310-6

2021 Publications

O’Donnell JM, Morgan MK, Manuguerra M, Bervini D, Assaad N. Patient functional outcomes and quality of life after surgery for unruptured brain arteriovenous malformation. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2021. doi: 10.1007/s00701-021-04827-x

Jose L, Liu S, Russo C, Nadort A, Di Ieva A. Generative Adversarial Networks in Digital Pathology and Histopathological Image Processing: A Review. J Pathol Inform 2021. doi: 10.4103/jpi.jpi_103_20

Suman AA, Russo C, Carrigan A, Nalepka P, Liquet-Weiland B, Newport RA, Kumari P, Di Ieva A. Spatial and time domain analysis of eye-tracking data during screening of brain magnetic resonance images. PLoS One 2021. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260717

Saraceno G, Servadei F, Terzi DI Bergamo L, Iaccarino C, Rubiano AM, Zoia C, Raffa G, Hawryluk G, Grotenhuis A, Demetriades AK, Sala F, Belotti F, Zanin L, Doglietto F, Panciani PP, Biroli A, Agosti E, Serioli S, Rasulic L, Bruneau M, Germano IM, Bosnjak R, Thomé C, Regli L, Vukic M, Tessitore E, Schaller K, Chaurasia B, El-Ghandour NMF, DI Ieva A, Bongetta D, Borghesi I, Fazio M, Esene IN, Rosseau G, El Abbadi N, Baccanelli M, Vajkoczy P, Fontanella MM. Do neurosurgeons follow the guidelines? A world-based survey on severe traumatic brain injury. J Neurosurg Sci 2021. doi: 10.23736/S0390-5616.21.05475-8

Newport RA, Russo C, Al Suman A, Di Ieva A. Assessment of eye-tracking scanpath outliers using fractal geometry. Heliyon 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07616

Liu S, Meng T, Russo C, Di Ieva A, Berkovsky S, Peng L, Dou W, Qian L. Brain volumetric and fractal analysis of synthetic MRI: A comparative study with conventional 3D T1-weighted images. Eur J Radiol 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.109782

Jian A, Jang K, Manuguerra M, Liu S, Magnussen J, Di Ieva A. Machine Learning for the Prediction of Molecular Markers in Glioma on Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Neurosurgery 2021. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyab103

Di Ieva A, Russo C, Liu S, Jian A, Bai MY, Qian Y, Magnussen JS. Application of deep learning for automatic segmentation of brain tumors on magnetic resonance imaging: a heuristic approach in the clinical scenario. Neuroradiology 2021. doi: 10.1007/s00234-021-02649-3

Li Ching Ng A, McRobb LS, White SJ, Cartmill JA, Cyna AM, Seex K. Consent for spine surgery: an observational study. ANZ J Surg 2021. doi: 10.1111/ans.16348.

Siu TLT, Najafi E, Lin K. In Reply to the Letter to the Editor Regarding “Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion at L4-5: A Morphometric Analysis of Psoas Anatomy and Cage Placement”. World Neurosurg 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.12.098

Liu S, Bilston LE, Stoodley MA, Hemley SJ. Tachycardia and hypertension enhance tracer efflux from the spinal cord. Fluids Barriers CNS 2021. doi: 10.1186/s12987-021-00279-8.

Wiedmann MKH, Davidoff C, Lo Presti A, Ni W, Rhim JK, Simons M, Stoodley MA. Treatment of ruptured aneurysms of the choroidal collateral system in moyamoya disease: a systematic review and data analysis. J Neurosurg 2021. doi: 10.3171/2021.1.JNS203936

Faqihi F, Stoodley MA, McRobb LS. The Evolution of Safe and Effective Coaguligands for Vascular Targeting and Precision Thrombosis of Solid Tumors and Vascular Malformations. Biomedicines 2021. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines9070776

Faqihi F, Stoodley MA, McRobb LS. Endothelial surface translocation of mitochondrial PDCE2 involves the non-canonical secretory autophagy pathway: Putative molecular target for radiation-guided drug delivery. Exp Cell Res 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112688

Di Ieva A, Rosenfeld JV, Stoodley MA. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons John Mitchell Crouch Fellowship: a neurosurgical perspective. ANZ J Surg 2021. doi: 10.1111/ans.16843

Jeffree RL, Stoodley MA. Management of Chiari in pregnancy. J Clin Neurosci 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.10.025

Mulcahy MJ, Elalingam T, Jang K, D’Souza M, Tait M. Bilateral cervical plexus block for anterior cervical spine surgery: study protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Trials 2021. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05377-4

Mulcahy MJ, Dower A, Tait M. Orthosis versus no orthosis for the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures: A systematic review. J Clin Neurosci 2021. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.11.044

2020 Publications

Ganko R, Rodriguez M, Magnussen J, Simons M, Myint E, Assaad N. Do prophylactic steroids prevent chemical meningitis in surgery for epidermoid cysts? Case report and literature review. Surg Neurol Int 2020. doi: 10.25259/SNI_797_2020

Gao Y, Xiao X, Han B, Li G, Ning X, Wang D, Cai W, Kikinis R, Berkovsky S, Di Ieva A, Zhang L, Ji N, Liu S. Deep Learning Methodology for Differentiating Glioma Recurrence from Radiation Necrosis Using Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Algorithm Development and Validation. JMIR Med Inform 2020. doi: 10.2196/19805

Eibach S, Steinfort B, Di Ieva A. In Reply to the Letter to the Editor Regarding “Delayed Contralateral Trigeminal Neuralgia After Microvascular Decompression and Postoperative Change in Venous Outflow”. World Neurosurg 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.07.076

Eibach S, Steinfort B, Di Ieva A. Delayed Contralateral Trigeminal Neuralgia After Microvascular Decompression and Postoperative Changes in Venous Outflow. World Neurosurg 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.05.041

Liu S, Shah Z, Sav A, Russo C, Berkovsky S, Qian Y, Coiera E, Di Ieva A. Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) status prediction in histopathology images of gliomas using deep learning. Sci Rep 2020. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64588-y

Jang K, Russo C, Di Ieva A. Radiomics in gliomas: clinical implications of computational modeling and fractal-based analysis. Neuroradiology 2020. doi: 10.1007/s00234-020-02403-1

Dai X, Huang L, Qian Y, Xia S, Chong W, Liu J, Di Ieva A, Hou X, Ou C. Deep learning for automated cerebral aneurysm detection on computed tomography images. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg 2020. doi: 10.1007/s11548-020-02121-2

Jang K, Rosenfeld JV, Di Ieva A. Paulus of Aegina and the Historical Origins of Spine Surgery. World Neurosurg 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.10.026

Di Ieva A, Magnussen JS, McIntosh J, Mulcahy MJ, Pardey M, Choi C. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Assessment of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Status in Gliomas: The New Frontiers of Spectrobiopsy in Neurodiagnostics. World Neurosurg 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.09.040

Siu TLT, Najafi E, Lin K. Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion at L4-5: A Morphometric Analysis of Psoas Anatomy and Cage Placement. World Neurosurg 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.05.274

Lloyd RA, Butler JE, Gandevia SC, Ball IK, Toson B, Stoodley MA, Bilston LE. Respiratory cerebrospinal fluid flow is driven by the thoracic and lumbar spinal pressures. J Physiol 2020. doi: 10.1113/JP279458

Subramanian S, Zhao Z, Faqihi F, Grau GE, Combes V, Inglis DW, Moutrie V, Stoodley MA, McRobb LS. Targeting of externalized αB-crystallin on irradiated endothelial cells with pro-thrombotic vascular targeting agents: Potential applications for brain arteriovenous malformations. Thromb Res 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.03.010

Berliner J, Hemley S, Najafi E, Bilston L, Stoodley M, Lam M. Abnormalities in spinal cord ultrastructure in a rat model of post-traumatic syringomyelia. Fluids Barriers CNS 2020. doi: 10.1186/s12987-020-0171-4

Van Der Veken J, Lo Presti A, Mulcahy MJ, Stoodley MA. When the fat hits the brain-salvage STA-MCA bypass for an intracranial ICA occlusion due to a fat embolus. BMJ Neurol Open 2020. doi: 10.1136/bmjno-2019-000017

Gauden AJ, McRobb LS, Lee VS, Subramanian S, Moutrie V, Zhao Z, Stoodley MA. Occlusion of Animal Model Arteriovenous Malformations Using Vascular Targeting. Transl Stroke Res 2020. doi: 10.1007/s12975-019-00759-y

2019 Publications

Macquarie Neurosurgery Academic and Research Report 2019. Vol. I, Issue 2. Source: Associate Professor Antonio Di Ieva, Academic Program Co-Ordinator, Macquarie Neurosurgery

2019 Report, Vol I, Issue 2

2016 & 2017 Publications

Macquarie Neurosurgery Publications 2016-2017. Source: Scopus. 29.8.17

Baskaran, V., G. Štrkalj, M. Štrkalj and A. Di Ieva (2016). “Current applications and future perspectives of the use of 3D printing in anatomical training and neurosurgery.” Frontiers in Neuroanatomy 10(JUNE).

Bervini, D., M. K. Morgan, M. A. Stoodley and G. Z. Heller (2017). “Transdural arterial recruitment to brain arteriovenous malformation: Clinical and management implications in a prospective cohort series.” Journal of Neurosurgery 127(1): 51-58.

Chau, A. M. T., F. Gagliardi, A. Smith, N. R. Pelzer, F. Stewart, P. Mortini, S. K. Elbabaa, A. J. Caputy and C. Gragnaniello (2016). “The paramedian supracerebellar transtentorial approach to the posterior fusiform gyrus.” Acta Neurochirurgica 158(11): 2149-2154.

Dadmehr, M., F. A. Behbahani, M. Bahrami and B. Eftekhar (2017). “Response to: Joveini (Al-Akhawayni) and the early knowledge on Circle of Willis.” International Journal of Cardiology 234: 119-120.

Dadmehr, M., B. Eftekhar and M. Bahrami (2017). “Response to: Avicenna (Ibn Sina) aspect of atherosclerosis.” International Journal of Cardiology 239: 25-26.

Davidoff, C. L., S. Liu, J. H. Y. Wong, S. Koustais, J. M. Rogers and M. A. Stoodley “Treatment of syringomyelia in patients with arachnoiditis at the cranio-cervical junction.” World Neurosurgery. In Press

Di Ieva, A., P. J. Le Reste, B. Carsin-Nicol, J. C. Ferre and M. D. Cusimano (2016). “Diagnostic Value of Fractal Analysis for the Differentiation of Brain Tumors Using 3-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging.” Neurosurgery 79(6): 839-845.

Di Michele, J., F. Rotondo, K. Kovacs, L. V. Syro, G. M. Yousef, M. D. Cusimano and A. Di Ieva (2017). “Vasculogenic Mimicry in Clinically Non-functioning Pituitary Adenomas: a Histologic Study.” Pathology and Oncology Research: 1-7.

Eftekhar, B. (2016). “App-assisted external ventricular drain insertion.” Journal of Neurosurgery 125(3): 754-758.

Eftekhar, B. (2016). “A Smartphone App to Assist Scalp Localization of Superficial Supratentorial Lesions – Technical Note.” World Neurosurgery 85: 359-363.

Eftekhar, B. (2016). “Smartphone as a Remote Touchpad to Facilitate Visualization of 3D Cerebral Angiograms during Aneurysm Surgery.” Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part A: Central European Neurosurgery.

Gragnaniello, C., A. Abou-Hamden, P. Mortini, E. V. Colombo, M. Bailo, K. A. Seex, Z. Litvack, A. J. Caputy and F. Gagliardi (2016). “Complex Spine Pathology Simulator: An Innovative Tool for Advanced Spine Surgery Training.” Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part A: Central European Neurosurgery 77(6): 515-522.

Malham, G. M., N. J. Ellis, R. M. Parker, C. M. Blecher, R. White, B. Goss and K. A. Seex (2017). “Maintenance of segmental lordosis and disk height in stand-alone and instrumented extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF).” Clinical Spine Surgery 30(2): E90-E98.

Malham, G. M., R. M. Parker, C. M. Blecher, F. Y. Chow and K. A. Seex (2016). “Choice of Approach Does Not Affect Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes: A Comparative Cohort of Patients Having Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Patients Having Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion at 24 Months.” Global Spine Journal 6(5): 472-481.

Milosevic, N. T., A. Di Ieva, H. Jelinek and N. Rajkovic (2017). Box-Counting Method in Quantitative Analysis of Images of the Brain. Proceedings – 2017 21st International Conference on Control Systems and Computer, CSCS 2017.

Morgan, M. K., M. Wiedmann, N. N. Assaad and G. Z. Heller (2016). “Complication-effectiveness analysis for brain arteriovenous malformation surgery: A prospective cohort study.” Neurosurgery 79(1): 47-57.

Moutrie, V., M. Grace, M. A. Izard and J. W. Fuller (2017). “Out of field dose during Gamma Knife treatment: A paediatric case study.” Journal of Physics: Conference Series 777(1).

Najafi, E., M. A. Stoodley, L. E. Bilston and S. J. Hemley (2016). “Inwardly rectifying potassium channel 4.1 expression in post-traumatic syringomyelia.” Neuroscience 317: 23-35.

Rotondo, F., H. Butz, L. V. Syro, G. M. Yousef, A. Di Ieva, L. M. Restrepo, A. Quintanar-Stephano, I. Berczi and K. Kovacs (2016). “Arginine vasopressin (AVP): a review of its historical perspectives, current research and multifunctional role in the hypothalamo-hypophysial system.” Pituitary 19(4): 345-355.

Sav, A., F. Rotondo, L. V. Syro, A. Di Ieva, M. D. Cusimano and K. Kovacs (2016). “Biomarkers of pituitary carcinomas.” Expert Review of Endocrinology and Metabolism 11(3): 253-261.

Song, J., F. Zhu, Y. Qian, C. Ou, J. Cai, X. Zou, Z. Wu, W. Zhu, L. Chen and Y. Mao (2017). “Morphological and Hemodynamic Differences Between Aneurysmal Middle Cerebral Artery Bifurcation and Contralateral Nonaneurysmal Anatomy.” Neurosurgery.

Wiedmann, M. K. H., C. Brunborg, A. Di Ieva, K. Lindemann, T. B. Johannesen, L. Vatten, E. Helseth and J. A. Zwart (2017). “The impact of body mass index and height on the risk for glioblastoma and other glioma subgroups: A large prospective cohort study.” Neuro-Oncology 19(7): 976-985.

Wiedmann, M. K. H., C. Brunborg, A. Di Ieva, K. Lindemann, T. B. Johannesen, L. Vatten, E. Helseth and J. A. Zwart (2017). “Overweight, obesity and height as risk factors for meningioma, glioma, pituitary adenoma and nerve sheath tumor: a large population-based prospective cohort study.” Acta Oncologica: 1-8.

Di Ieva A. Training in Skull Based Surgery: A Holistic Perspective. J Neurosurg Sci 621 (6):690-691, 2017

Karsy M, Burnett B, Di Ieva A. Cusimano MD, Jensen RL. Microvascularization of grade 1 meningiomas: Effect on tumour volume, blood loss and patient outcome. J Neurosurg 31:1-10, 2017

Fathalla H, Di Ieva A, Lee J, Anderson J, Jing R, Solarski M, Cusimano MD. Cerebrospinal fluid leaks in extended endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery: covering all the angles. Neurosurg Rev 40(2):309-318, 2017