• Clinical Course in Chronic Subdural Hematoma Patients Aged 18–49 Compared to Patients 50 Years and Above: A Multicenter Study and Meta-Analysis 

      Bartek, Jiri; Sjåvik, Kristin; Dhawan, Sanjay; Sagberg, Lisa Millgård; Kristiansson, Helena; Ståhl, Fredrik; Förander, Petter; Chen, Clark C.; Jakola, Asgeir Store (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Objective: Chronic Subdural Hematoma (cSDH) is primarily a disease of elderly, and is rare in patients <50 years, and this may in part be related to the increased brain atrophy from 50 years of age. This fact may also ...
    • Depression and ability to work after vestibular schwannoma surgery: a nationwide registry-based matched cohort study on antidepressants, sedatives, and sick leave 

      Thurin, Erik; Förander, Petter; bartek, Jiri Jr.; Gulati, Sasha; Rydén, Isabelle; Smits, Anja; Hesselager, Göran; Salvesen, Øyvind; Jakola, Asgeir Store (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background In patients with vestibular schwannomas (VS), tumor control is often achieved, and life expectancy is relatively good. The main risks of surgical treatment are hearing loss and facial nerve function. The occurrence ...
    • Development and external validation of a clinical prediction model for functional impairment after intracranial tumor surgery 

      Staartjes, Victor E.; Broggi, Morgan; Zattra, Costanza Maria; Vasella, Flavio; Velz, Julia; Schiavolin, Silvia; Serra, Carlo; Bartek, Jiri; Fletcher-Sandersjöö, Alexander; Förander, Petter; Kalasauskas, Darius; Renovanz, Mirjam; Ringel, Florian; Brawanski, Konstantin R.; Kerschbaumer, Johannes; Freyschlag, Christian F.; Jakola, Asgeir Store; Sjåvik, Kristin; Solheim, Ole; Schatlo, Bawarjan; Sachkova, Alexandra; Bock, Hans Christoph; Hussein, Abdelhalim; Rohde, Veit; Broekman, Marike L.D.; Nogarede, Claudine O.; Lemmens, Cynthia M.C.; Kernbach, Julius M.; Neuloh, Georg; Bozinov, Oliver; Krayenbühl, Niklaus; Sarnthein, Johannes; Ferroli, Paolo; Regli, Luca; Stienen, Martin N. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      OBJECTIVE Decision-making for intracranial tumor surgery requires balancing the oncological benefit against the risk for resection-related impairment. Risk estimates are commonly based on subjective experience and generalized ...
    • Quantitative texture analysis in the prediction of IDH status in low-grade gliomas 

      Jakola, Asgeir Store; Zang, YH; Skjulsvik, Anne Jarstein; Solheim, Ole; Bø, Hans Kristian; Berntsen, Erik Magnus; Reinertsen, Ingerid; Gulati, Sasha; Förander, Petter; Brismar, Torkel B. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Objectives Molecular markers provide valuable information about treatment response and prognosis in patients with low-grade gliomas (LGG). In order to make this important information available prior to surgery the aim of ...
    • Short-term surgical outcome for vestibular schwannoma in Sweden: A nation-wide registry study 

      Bártek, Jiří; Förander, Petter; Thurin, Erik; Wangerid, Theresa; Henriksson, Roger; Hesselager, Göran; Jakola, Asgeir S (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Vestibular Schwannoma (VS) is a benign neoplasm arising from the 8th cranial nerve, with surgery one of the treatment modalities. In a nation-wide registry study, we describe the baseline, treatment characteristics, ...