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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

  1. Devkota UP, Lohani S, Joshi R M. Minimally Invasive Open Lumbar Discectomy; an alternative to microlumbar discectomy. Kathmandu Univ Med J. 2009; 7(27): 204-308
  2. Lohani S, Devkota UP, Rajbhandari H. Predictors of un-favourable seizure outcome in patients with epilepsy in Nepal. Can J Neurol Sci. 2010 Jan; 37(1): 76-80.
  3. Shrestha A, Joshi RM, Thapa A, Devkota UP, Gongal DN. Outcome of head injury patients undergoing surgical management: a tertiary level experience. Kathmandu Univ Med J. 2011; 9 (36):283-5.
  4. Lohani S, Devkota UP. Hyponatremia in patients with traumatic brain injury: etiology, incidence and severity correlation. World Neurosurgery 2011;76(3/4):355-60.
  5. Devkota UP, Joshi RM, Lohani S, Panta R. Diagnostic and therapeutic implications of fluoroscopy guided closed vertebral biopsy. J Spinal Surg.2011;2(4):519-23.
  6. Khanal S, Joshi DR, Bhatta DR, Devkota U, Pokhrel BM. β-Lactamase-Producing Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens from Tracheal Aspirates of Intensive Care Unit Patients at National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Nepal. ISRN Microbiology. 2013;2013:847569. doi:10.1155/2013/847569.
  7. Lohani S, Cohen AR. Frank D. Ingraham and the genesis of pediatric neurosurgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 Jun;11(6):727-733.
  8. Lohani S, Bergin AM, Madsen JR, Smith, ER. Moyamoya disease with mesial temporal sclerosis: case report. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 Jun;11(6):713-6.
  9. Lohani S, Rodriguez DP, Lidov HG, Scott RM, Proctor MR. Intrasacral meningocele in the pediatric population. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013 Jun;11(6):615-22.
  10. Cohen AR, Lohani S, Manjila S, Natsupakpong S, Brown N, Cavusoglu MC. Virtual reality simulation: basic concepts and use in endoscopic neurosurgery training. Childs Nerv Syst. 2013;29(8):1235-44.
  11. Lohani S, Robertson RL, Proctor MR. Ruptured temporal lobe arachnoid cyst presenting with severe back pain. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2013;12(3):281-3.
  12. Joshi RM, Chaturvedi A, Shrestha P, Banjade U, Subedi R, Devkota UP. Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in Tertiary Care Centre in Nepal. Nepal Journal of Neurosciences. 2013;10(2):49-55.
  13. Khanal Santosh, Joshi DR, Bhatta DR, Devkota UP,  Pokhrel BM.  Lactamase-Producing Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens from Tracheal Aspirates of Intensive Care Unit Patients at National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Nepal. ISRN Microbiology. 2013;2013:1-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/847569.
  14. Pinto AL, Lohani S, Bergin AM, Bourgeois BF, Black PM, Prabhu SP, Madsen JR, Takeoka M, Poduri A. Surgery for intractable epilepsy due to unilateral brain disease: a retrospective study comparing hemispherectomy techniques. Pediatr Neurol. 2014;51(3):336-43.
  15. Joshi RM, Lohani S, Devkota UP. Computed tomography guided stereotactic biopsy of cerebral lesion: a safe diagnostic procedure. Nepal Journal of Neurosciences. 2015;12(1): 14-9.
  16. Rehder R, Lohani S, Cohen AR. Unsung hero: Donald Darrow Matson's legacy in pediatric neurosurgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2015;31:1-12.
  17. Bhandari P, Thapa G, Pokhrel BM, Bhatta DR, Devkota UP. Nosocomial Isolates and Their Drug Resistant Pattern in ICU Patients at National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Nepal. International Journal of Microbiology. 2015;2015:572163. doi:10.1155/2015/572163
  18. Bhandari P, Thapa G, Pokhrel BM, Bhatta DR, Devkota UP. Nosocomial Isolates and Their Drug Resistant Pattern in ICU Patients at National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Nepal. International Journal of Microbiology. 2015;2015:1-6.
  19. Rottgers SA, Lohani S, Proctor MR. Outcomes of endoscopic suturectomy with postoperative helmet therapy in bilateral coronal craniosynostosis. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016;18(3):281-6
  20. Thapa LJ, Shrestha S, Shrestha P, Bhattarai S, Gongal DN, Devkota UP. Feasibility and Efficacy of thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke: A study from National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice. 2016;7(1); 55-60.
  21. Shrestha A, Joshi RM, Devkota UP. Contributing Factors for Coagulopathy in Traumatic Brain Injury. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery. 2017; 12(4):648-52.
  22. Thapa E, Thapa R, Singh A, Pokharel B, Devkota UP. Antibiotic Resistance Pattern of Bacterial Isolates from Post- tracheostomised patients Attending Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal. Journal of Institute of Science and Technology. 2016;21(1):129-132. https://doi.org/10.3126/jist.v21i1.16064
  23. Patients’ Medical Charts in Intensive Care Unit: A Potential Source of Nosocomial Infections. Thapa R, Thapa E, Singh A, Pokharel BM, Devkota UP. J Institute of Science and Technology. 2016;21(1):48-51.
  24. Thapa R, Pant ND, Yadav UN, Thapa E, Singh A, Pokhrel BM, Devkota UP. Isolation of multidrug resistant bacteria from patients’ medical charts. J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2017;15 (2):146-9.
  25. Shrestha P, Kutu N, Lohani S, Devkota UP. Facial Nerve Preservation and Surgical Outcomes of Retrosigmoid Approach to Large Vestibular Schwannoma - an Eight-year Single Institution Experience. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. 2017.14:19-25.
  26. Nepal PR, Rijal S, Shrestha J, Devkota UP. Anthropometric study of Cervical Spine in Normal Adult Nepalese. The Journal of Spinal Surgery. 2017;4(2):55-9.
  27. Shrestha D, Shrestha P, Devkota UP. Anterior Trans-cervical Lag Screw Fixation of Type II Odontoid fracture: A case Report. Nepal Journal of Neurosciences.
  28. Bidur KC, Devkota UP. Outcome following surgical resection of craniopharyngiomas: A case series. Asian Journal of Neurosurgery. 2017;12(3):514-518. doi:10.4103/1793-5482.150228.
  29. Shrestha P, Thapa S, Shrestha S, Lohani S, Bishokarma S, MacCormac O, Devkota U P. Renal impairment in stroke patients: A comparison between the haemorrhagic and ischemic variants. F1000Research. 2017;6:1531.
  30. Shrestha P, Ansari S R, Ghimire R K, Gongal D N, Devkota UP. Transcranial doppler ultrasonography cerebral flow dynamic study of neurosurgical patients in peri-atonal period with fixed dilated or non-reacting Pupils. British Journal of Neurosurgery. 2018. 32;2:182-7.
  31. Bishokarma, S., Shrestha, S., Napit, M, Gongal, D. Clinical Experience with Frame Based Stereotactic Biopsy for Intracranial Space Occupying Lesion. J Nepal Med Assoc. 2018;56(212):749-53. https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.3665.
  32. Thulung S, Aryal B, Baniya A, Ranabhat K, Shrestha BK. Prevalence of ruptured intracranial aneurysms in a tertiary care hospital of Nepal. J Nepal Med Assoc. 2018;57(217):168-71.
  33. Shrestha P, Lohani S, Shrestha S, Devkota UP. Outcome difference in neurosurgical patients based on timing of tracheostomy and ventilator associated pneumonia. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. 2018;15:19-22.
  34. Lohani S, Sharma A, Gangol DN, Devkota UP. Predictors of unfavorable outcome following surgical evacuation of hypertensive lobar and putaminal intracranial hemorrhage. The Stroke Journal. 2018; 2(1):1-5.
  35. Bishokarma S, Shrestha S, Ranabhat K, Koirala S, Shrestha D, Panth R, et al. Outcome of Surgical Resection of Craniopharyngioma: Single Center 12 Years’ Experience. Kathmandu Univ Med J. 2018;64(4):328-32.
  36. Shrestha S, Bishokarma S. Devkota U. Contoured Loop and Modified Wiring Technique for occipitocervical Fixation - A Safe and Efficacious Option. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. 2018;15(2):18-22.https://doi.org/10.3126/njn.v15i2.20981
  37. Rijal S, Nepal P, Bishokarma S, Devkota, U. Outcome of cranioplasty after decompressive craniectomy: Algorithm based study. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. 2018;15(2):36-40. https://doi.org/10.3126/njn.v15i2.20991
  38. Shrestha S, Bishokarma S, Lohani S, Sapkota S, Thapa S, Gongal DN. Prediction of shunt dependent hydrocephalus following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage “Algorithm based management”. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. 2018;15(3):21-6. 
  39. Rijal S, Nepal P, Bishokarma S, Ranabhat K, Gongal D. Morphometric Relationship of the Transverse Sinus with Sigmoid Sinus Groove and Jugular Foramen. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience.2018;15(3):49-53.
  40. Ghimire S, Shrestha S, Thapa L. Factors Influencing Stroke Awareness among Patients with Hypertension in a Tertiary Hospital of Nepal: A Cross-sectional Study. Neurology. 2018;90(Supp 15)
  41. Rijal S, Nepal, PR, Raut M, Gongal DN. Clinical Experience of Fluroscopy Guided Percutaneous Transpedicular Biopsy of Spinal Lesion. Journal of Nepal Medical Association. 2019;57(215):25-8.
  42. Bishokarma S, Shrestha P, Koirala S, Raut M, Gongal DN. Venture in 101 cranial punctures: A comparative study between frame-based versus frameless biopsy of 101 intracranial space occupying lesion. Asian J Neurosurg. 2019;14:175-80.
  43. Ranabhat K, Bishokarma S, Agrawal P, Shrestha P, Ghimire R, Panth R. Role of MR Morphology and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in the Evaluation of Meningiomas: Radio-Pathologic Correlation. J Nepal Med Assoc. 2019;57(215).
  44. Thulung S, Ranabhat K, Bishokarma S, Gongal D. Morphometric Measurement of Cranial Vault Thickness: A Tertiary Hospital Based Study. Journal of Nepal Medical Association. 2019; 57(215).
  45. Koirala S, Bishokarma S, Gongal D, Marsh H. Outcome of Posterior Fossa Decompression for Chiari Type I Malformation with Syringomyelia. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. 2019;16(1):35-8.https://doi.org/10.3126/njn.v16i1.24429.
  46. Thulung S, Bishokarma S, Lohani S, Shrestha D, Aryal B, Napit M. Clinical Experience with Frameless Neuronavigation Guided Biopsy for Intracranial Space Occupying Lesion. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. 2019; 16(1):25-8.
  47. Thulung S, Baniya A, Binit A, Lohani S, Gurung A. Our clinical experience of brain abscess in a tertiary center. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research. 2019; 10(6):32941-3.
  48. Koirala S, Shrestha BK, Lohani S, Bishokarma S, Devkota UP. Postoperative complications of transsphenoidal pituitary adenectomy: a single institution-based experience. Kathmandu Univ Med J. 2019;66(2):123-5.
  49. Koirala S, Bishokarma S, Gongal DN. Pre-operative factors associated with post-operative diabetes insipidus after trans sphenoidal pituitary adenectomy Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. 2019;19(3):55-7.
  50. Ranabhat K, Bishokarma S, Agrawal P, Ghimire RK. Morphometric Measurements of Craniovertebral Junction among Nepalese Population. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. 2019;19(3):22-6.
  51. Lohani S, Bhandari S, Ranabhat K, Agrawal P. Does Diffuse Axonal Injury MRI grade really correlate with functional outcome? World Neurosurgery. 2019; (in Press); PMID:31843722.

ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION

  1. Bishokarma S, Thapa Uchit, Singh AK, Aryal B, Lohani S, Lakshmipathy G, Thapa LJ. Dysnatremia In Traumatic Brain Injury and its association with Outcome. Kathmandu Univ Med J. 2019 (Accepted)
  2. Lohani S, Baniya A. VP shunt complications: ten years’ experience at UDMNINAS. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. (accepted)
  3. Lohani S, Stephens M, Naylor S, Glancz LJ. Factors predicting post-operative seizure in patients under cranial neurosurgery. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. (Submitted)

CASE REPORTS

  1. Bishokarma S, Shrestha S, Ranabhat K, Panth R. Solitary Intracranial Plasmacytoma in an Unusual Location – A Case Report. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. 2019;16(1):55-7.
  2. Shrestha BK, Ranabhat K, Panth R, Sapkota S, Shrestha S. Neuritic- Leprosy; An Intriguing re-visit to a forbidden ailment. Kathmandu Univ Med J. 2019;17(65):73-6.
  3. Bishokarma S, Shrestha S, Devkota U. Remote Cerebellar Hemorrhage after Surgery for Craniopharyngioma: a case report. Nepal Journal of Neuroscience. 2018;15(2):45-8
  4. Thapa L, Amatya R, Maharjan S, Gaurishankar N, Shrestha AM, Bhattarai S, et al. Cheiro-Oral Syndrome. Kathmandu Univ Med J. 2018;62(2):196-8.
  5. Poudel S, Ranabhat K, Devkota UP. Life-threatening Tracheostomy Site Bleeding from Granulation Tissue Mimicking Tracheo-innominate Fistula. J Nepal Medical college. 2018;20(4):183-6.
  6. Thapa L, Bhattarai S, Shrestha MP, Panth R, Gongal D, Devkota U. Chorea-acanthocytosis: a case report. International Medical Case Reports Journal. 2016;2016:39-42. https://doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S95882.
  7. Khanal P, Thapa LJ et al. Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis during Everest Expedition: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2016;2016. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/8314040
  8. Munakomi S, Shrestha P. Case Report: Sciatic nerve schwannoma - a rarecause of sciatica.  F1000Research. 2017;6:267. doi:10.12688/f1000research. 11108.1.
  9. Shrestha P, Shrestha P, Devkota UP. Excision of an Anterior Intradural Arachnoid Cyst of the Cervical Spine Through Central Corpectomy Approach. Eur Spine J, 2017, DOI 10.1007/s00586-017-4973-2.
  10. Shrestha P, Devkota UP. The question of double identity. Neurocirugia. 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neucir.2016.10.002
  11. Khanal P, Thapa L, Shrestha AM, et al. Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis during Everest Expedition: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2016;2016:8314040. doi:10.1155/2016/8314040.
  12. Shrestha P, Devkota UP. The question of double identity. Neurocirugia. 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neucir.2016.10.002
  13. Shrestha P, Shrestha N K, Giri S. Rapid recovery following fulminant meningococcemia complicated by myocarditis in a 15-year-old Nepalese girl: a case report. International Medical Case Report Journal. 2013; 6:33-6.
  14. Shrestha P, Devkota UP, Panth R. Metastatic Choriocarcinoma Masquerading as An Intracerebral Arteriovenous Malformation Bleed. The Internet Journal of Neurosurgery. 2011;7(2). DOI: 10.5580/17f3.
  15. Lohani S, Devkota UP. Hearing preservation in 2.7 cm vestibular schwannoma. J Nepal Med Assoc. 2009; 48(174):158-61.