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  1. A prognostic model for use before elective surgery to estimate the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (GSU-Pulmonary Score): a development and validation study in three international cohorts

    Article • The Lancet Digital Health, July 2024, Elsevier

    Martin Karamanliev, Dale Vimalachandran, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Alfie J Kavalakat, Joshua Totty, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  2. Cost-effectiveness of craniotomy versus decompressive craniectomy for UK patients with traumatic acute subdural haematoma

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2024, BMJ

    Diederik Bulters, Dr Vin Shen Ban

  3. Decompressive Craniectomy versus Craniotomy for Acute Subdural Hematoma

    Article • The New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery and the Collateral Branches of Science, June 2023, New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

    Diederik Bulters, Dr Vin Shen Ban

  4. Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

    Article • BJS, April 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Antonio Simone Laganà, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Muhammad Umar Younis, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dr alberto maria saibene, Alfie J Kavalakat, Prof Marcello Migliore, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Justin Wormald, Shoukrie Shoukrie, Dr. Bruno Martinez-Leo, Professor Wim Ceelen, Khaled AL-Sayaghi, Dickon Hayne, Mostafa Shalaby, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr. Jessica G.Y. Luc, Pritik A Shah, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  5. Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries

    Article • The Lancet, November 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Antonio Simone Laganà, Muhammad Umar Younis, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Dr Mohmmad Khursheed Alam, Dr Katerina Kasapinova, Dr alberto maria saibene, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Prof Marcello Migliore, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Prof Marco Clementi, Dale Vimalachandran, Dr Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Dr khaled Mohamed Abdel wahab , Gerardo Caruso, Hitesh Chopra, Mostafa Shalaby, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Prof. Shadi Hamouri, Dr. Jessica G.Y. Luc, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  6. Posterolateral Extracavitary Approach for Direct Repair of Spontaneous Ventral Thoracic Spinal Fluid Leak: 2-Dimensional Operative Video

    Article • Operative Neurosurgery, May 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  7. Casemix, management, and mortality of patients receiving emergency neurosurgery for traumatic brain injury in the Global Neurotrauma Outcomes Study: a prospective observational cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Neurology, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Ahmad Ozair, Dr. Nebojsa Lasica, Dr Marwa SaedAli Emhemed, Dr Vin Shen Ban

  8. Outcomes and Their State-level Variation in Patients Undergoing Surgery With Perioperative SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the USA

    Article • Annals of Surgery, November 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  9. Death following pulmonary complications of surgery before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

    Article • BJS, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Prof Marcello Migliore, Dr Ioannis Gkekas, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Emre Balık, Edward Caruana, Jonathan Stevenson, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  10. Impact of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination on postoperative mortality in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • BJS Open, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Mostafa Shalaby, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  11. Motivations of medical students and doctors leaving the NHS explored in a residency training application webinar series

    Article • Postgraduate Medical Journal, October 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  12. Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Oncology, October 2021, Elsevier

    Francesco Di Marzo, Professor Wim Ceelen, Fernando Cordera, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Dr Fakher Rahim, Professor Eng H. Ooi, Prof Marcello Migliore, Dr Ioannis Gkekas, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dickon Hayne, Emre Balık, Edward Caruana, Jonathan Stevenson, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  13. Commentary: Clinical Characteristics, Course, and Outcomes of Vertebral Artery Dissections in the Postpartum Period

    Article • Neurosurgery, September 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  14. The Financial Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Neurosurgery Practice in Spring 2020

    Article • World Neurosurgery, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  15. SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Justin Wormald, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Martin Karamanliev, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu, Dickon Hayne, Dr Ramesh P Menon, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Ayrat R. Kaldarov , Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  16. Effects of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Justin Wormald, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Fernando Cordera, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Ademola Adeyeye , Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Dickon Hayne, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  17. Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score

    Article • BJS, July 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Muhammad Umar Younis, Ronald Flumignan, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Fakher Rahim, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Dr Kamana Subba, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Edward Caruana, Mostafa Shalaby, avinash aujayeb, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  18. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study

    Article • BJS, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Roberto Colasanti, Justin Wormald, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Ronald Flumignan, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, Dr kehinde sharafadeen okunade, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Ahmad Ramzi Yusoff, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Emre Balık, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Ayrat R. Kaldarov , Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  19. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • Anaesthesia, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Professor shahnoor islam, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Roberto Colasanti, Justin Wormald, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Stênio Zequi, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, Dr kehinde sharafadeen okunade, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, Ademola Adeyeye , Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Ahmad Ramzi Yusoff, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Dickon Hayne, Dr Ramesh P Menon, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Fernando Cordera, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  20. Treatment of large infectious extracranial carotid artery pseudoaneurysms in children: a systematic review of the literature

    Article • Child s Nervous System, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  21. Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19–Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study

    Article • Journal of Clinical Oncology, January 2021, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Francesco Di Marzo, Fernando Cordera, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Emre Balık, Edward Caruana, Jonathan Stevenson, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  22. Automated Pupillometry as a Triage and Assessment Tool in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury

    Article • World Neurosurgery, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  23. Head and neck cancer surgery during the COVID‐19 pandemic: An international, multicenter, observational cohort study

    Article • Cancer, December 2020, Wiley

    Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Fernando Cordera, Edward Caruana, Dr Vin Shen Ban

  24. Bertolotti Syndrome With Articulated L5 Transverse Process Causing Intractable Back Pain: Surgical Video Showcasing a Minimally Invasive Approach for Disconnection: 2-Dimensional Operative Video

    Article • Operative Neurosurgery, December 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  25. Preoperative nasopharyngeal swab testing and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

    Article • BJS, November 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Emre Balık, Edward Caruana, Jonathan Stevenson, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  26. Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • BJS, September 2020, Wiley

    Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Emre Balık, Edward Caruana, Jonathan Stevenson, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  27. Does endovascular therapy change outcomes in nonagenarians with acute ischemic stroke?

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  28. Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study

    Article • The Lancet, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Vin Shen Ban, Justin Wormald, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Fernando Cordera, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Özgül Düzgün , Edward Caruana, Mostafa Shalaby

  29. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Management Strategies and Outcomes in Adult Spinal Neurocysticercosis

    Article • World Neurosurgery, March 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  30. Embolization of brain arteriovenous malformations with intent to cure: a systematic review

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, February 2020, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  31. Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas: Diagnostic approach and treatment strategies

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  32. Occipital neuralgia: A neurosurgical perspective

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  33. Inchoate guidelines of endoscopic resection of colloid cysts

    Article • Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  34. Stem cell injections for axial back pain: a systematic review of associated risks and complications with a case illustration of diffuse hyperplastic gliosis resulting in cauda equina syndrome

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, December 2019, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  35. Retrieval of an Intracranially Migrated Dental Injection Needle Through the Foramen Ovale: 2-Dimensional Operative Video

    Article • Operative Neurosurgery, October 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  36. Multimodal analgesia for craniotomy

    Article • Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, October 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  37. Fifty shades of gradients: does the pressure gradient in venous sinus stenting for idiopathic intracranial hypertension matter? A systematic review

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, March 2019, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  38. Prediction of Outcomes for Ruptured Aneurysm Surgery

    Article • Stroke, March 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  39. Matricidal cavernous aneurysms: a multicenter case series

    Article • Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, February 2019, BMJ

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  40. Delayed treatment of ruptured brain AVMs

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, April 2018, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban, Jeff Beecher

  41. Intracranial Hemangiopericytomas: Recurrence, Metastasis, and Radiotherapy

    Article • Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base, March 2017, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  42. Concomitant Primary CNS Lymphoma and FSH-Pituitary Adenoma Arising Within the Sella. Entirely Coincidental?

    Article • Neurosurgery, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  43. The 2016 AANS Presidential Address: Leading the way

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, December 2016, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  44. Risk of Shunting After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

    Article • Stroke, September 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Vin Shen Ban, MD, PhD Antti E Lindgren

  45. Aneurysms with persistent patency after treatment with the Pipeline Embolization Device

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery, September 2016, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  46. Neurosurgical Emergencies in Sports Neurology

    Article • Current Review of Pain, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  47. Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients With Thrombocytopenia

    Article • Operative Neurosurgery, August 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  48. Migration of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt into the Pulmonary Vasculature: Case Report, Review of the Literature, and Surgical Pearls

    Article • World Neurosurgery, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  49. 359 Delayed Treatment of Ruptured Arteriovenous Malformations

    Article • Neurosurgery, August 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  50. 303 Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patientsʼ Risk Assessment for Shunting (aSAH-PARAS)

    Article • Neurosurgery, August 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban, MD, PhD Antti E Lindgren

  51. 115 The Southwestern Aneurysm Scoring Index Prediction of Outcomes at 1 Year in Ruptured Aneurysms Treated With Microsurgery

    Article • Neurosurgery, August 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  52. Maximizing the Potential of Social Media and Social Networks in Neurosurgery

    Article • World Neurosurgery, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  53. Long-term Outcomes of Patients With Giant Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations

    Article • Neurosurgery, July 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  54. A novel use of the discrete templated notes within an electronic health record software to monitor resident supervision

    Article • Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, June 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  55. Introduction: Sports injuries: diagnosis and management strategies

    Article • Neurosurgical FOCUS, April 2016, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  56. The science and questions surrounding chronic traumatic encephalopathy

    Article • Neurosurgical FOCUS, April 2016, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  57. The accuracy of clinical coding of intra-axial brain tumour resections

    Article • International Journal of Surgery, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  58. Impact of postoperative non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on adverse events after gastrointestinal surgery

    Article • BJS, August 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  59. Alternative cost-effective method to record 3D intra-operative images: A technical note

    Article • British Journal of Neurosurgery, June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vin Shen Ban, Diederik Bulters

  60. ALSGBI trainee prize winner: Laparoscopy on a shoestring: A randomised comparison between an inexpensive home-made stereoscopic direct-vision box trainer and a commercial monoscopic video-based trainer

    Article • International Journal of Surgery, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Vin Shen Ban

  61. Community consultation in emergency neurosurgical research: lessons from a proposed trial for patients with chronic subdural haematomas

    Article • British Journal of Neurosurgery, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Vin Shen Ban, Mr Angelos Kolias

  62. Modelling the initial phase of the human rod photoreceptor response to the onset of steady illumination

    Article • Documenta Ophthalmologica, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Vin Shen Ban