Publications Print Navarro-Garcia de Llano JP, Fuentes-Fernandez Cueto M, Roberts AP, Sanchez-Garavito JE, Shah S, De Biase G, Iyer H, Ariwodo O, Michaelides L, Patterson JS, White KE, Bojaxhi E, Navarro-Ramirez R, Buchanan IA, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Abode-Iyamah KO. Spinal Anesthesia for Multilevel Awake Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Single-Center Experience. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2024 Sep 27 Epub 2024 Sept 27 View PubMed De Biase G, Akinduro OO, Garcia D, Bojaxhi E, Buchanan IA, Gruenbaum SE, Forcht Dagi T, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Abode-Iyamah K. Awake Robotic Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Under Spinal Anesthesia: A Prospective Study with 1-Year Follow-up. World Neurosurg. 2024 Sep; 189:e941-e947 Epub 2024 July 08 View PubMed Khan M, Lee J, Kramer C, Bojaxhi E, Szymkiewicz E, Rabai F, Peel J, Ng L, Gauthier M, Nimma S, Fox WC, Freeman WD, Rabinstein A, Pingree M, Kissoon N, Reuter P, Dyer A, Pizzi MA, Gatica-Moris S, Lim D, Newman D, Busl KM, Smith CR, Troxel AB, Fava M, Illenberger N, Pop R, Yang W, Frota LM, Gao H, Shan G, Hoh BL, Maciel CB. Rationale and Design for the BLOCK-SAH Study (Pterygopalatine Fossa Block as an Opioid-Sparing Treatment for Acute Headache in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage): A Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial with a Sequential Parallel Comparison Design. Neurocrit Care. 2024 Aug 13 [Epub ahead of print] View PubMed Moniz-Garcia D, Bojaxhi E, Borah BJ, Dholakia R, Kim H, Sousa-Pinto B, Almeida JP, Mendhi M, Freeman WD, Sherman W, Christel L, Rosenfeld S, Grewal SS, Middlebrooks EH, Sabsevitz D, Gruenbaum BF, Chaichana KL, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Awake Craniotomy Program Implementation. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jan 2; 7 (1):e2352917 Epub 2024 Jan 02 View PubMed Chaichana Kaisorn, Grewal Sanjeet, Middlebrooks Erik, Bojaxhi Elird, Gruenbaum Benjamin, Christel Lynda, Borah Bijan, Dholakia Ruchita, Kim Han, Cavalcante de Almeida, Freeman William, Sherman Wendy, Rosenfeld Steven, Sabsevitz David, Quinones-Hinojosa Alfredo. Awake Craniotomy Program Implementation: a Cost-Utility Analysis JAMA. 2023. Perez-Vega C, Sanghavi DK, Moreno Franco P, Chadha RM, Ardon AE, Bojaxhi E, Torp KD, Marshall LA, Halstead TM, Ford VE, Christel LM, Grewal SS, Chaichana KL, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Howard LW, Fox WC, Freeman WD, NPCU Group. Safety and Feasibility of a Fast-Track Pathway for Neurosurgical Craniotomy Patients: Bypassing the Intensive Care Unit. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2023 Dec; 7 (6):534-543 Epub 2023 Nov 15 View PubMed De Biase G, Otamendi-Lopez A, Chen S, Bojaxhi E, Gruenbaum SE, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Abode-Iyamah K. Impact of postoperative fatigue following minimally-invasive lumbar spine surgery. J Clin Neurosci. 2023 Jun; 112:64-67 Epub 2023 Apr 25 View PubMed Ardon A, Bojaxhi E, Clendenen S, McClain R, Gillespie N, Robards C, Greengrass R. A Change in the Educational Landscape of Regional Anesthesia: A National Survey of Anesthesiology Residency Programs to Assess the Correlation Between the Frequency of Teaching a Block Technique and Clinical Importance. Cureus. 2023 Apr; 15 (4):e37869 Epub 2023 Apr 20 View PubMed De Biase G, Carter RE, Otamendi-Lopez A, Garcia D, Chen S, Bojaxhi E, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Abode-Iyamah K. Assessment of surgeons' attitude towards awake spine surgery under spinal anesthesia. J Clin Neurosci. 2023 Jan; 107:48-53. Epub 2022 Dec 08. View PubMed Bojaxhi E, Louie C, ReFaey K, Gruenbaum SE, Leone BJ, Bechtle P, Barbosa MP, Chaichana KL, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Corrigendum to "Reduced Pain and Opioid Use in the Early Postoperative Period in Patients Undergoing a Frontotemporal Craniotomy under Regional vs General Anesthesia" [World Neurosurgery 150 (June/2021) e31-e37]. World Neurosurg. 2022 Jul; 163:2 Epub 2022 Apr 19 View PubMed De Biase G, Chen S, Ziu E, Garcia D, Bojaxhi E, Carter RE, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Abode-Iyamah K. Assessment of Patients' Willingness to Participate in a Randomized Trial of Spinal versus General Anesthesia for Lumbar Spine Surgery. World Neurosurg. 2022 May; 161:e635-e641. Epub 2022 Feb 23. View PubMed West JL, De Biase G, Bydon M, Bojaxhi E, Mendhi M, Quiñones-Hinojosa A, Abode-Iyamah K. What Is the Learning Curve for Lumbar Spine Surgery Under Spinal Anesthesia? World Neurosurg. 2022 Feb; 158:e310-e316. Epub 2021 Nov 01. View PubMed Gruenbaum SE, Bilotta F, Bertasi TGO, Bertasi RAO, Clifton WE, Gruenbaum BF, De Biase G, Garcia DM, Bojaxhi E, Torp KD, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Emergency Airway Management During Awake Craniotomy: Comparison of 5 Techniques in a Cadaveric Model. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2022 Jan 01; 34(1):74-78. View PubMed De Biase G, Gruenbaum SE, West JL, Chen S, Bojaxhi E, Kryzanski J, Quiñones-Hinojosa A, Abode-Iyamah K. Spinal versus general anesthesia for minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: implications on operating room time, pain, and ambulation. Neurosurg Focus. 2021 Dec; 51(6):E3. View PubMed Rutt AL, Bojaxhi E, Torp KD. Management of Refractory Laryngospasm. J Voice. 2021 Jul; 35 (4):633-635 Epub 2020 Jan 24 View PubMed Bojaxhi E, Louie C, ReFaey K, Gruenbaum SE, Leone BJ, Bechtel P, Barbosa MP, Chaichana KL, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Reduced Pain and Opioid Use in the Early Postoperative Period in Patients Undergoing a Frontotemporal Craniotomy under Regional vs General Anesthesia. World Neurosurg. 2021 Jun; 150:e31-e37 Epub 2021 Mar 05 View PubMed McClain R, Bojaxhi E, Ford S, Hex K, Whalen J, Robards C. Forced-Air Convection Versus Underbody Conduction Warming Strategies to Maintain Perioperative Normothermia in Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty. Cureus. 2020 Nov 13; 12 (11):e11474 View PubMed ReFaey K, Chaichana KL, Feyissa AM, Vivas-Buitrago T, Brinkmann BH, Middlebrooks EH, McKay JH, Lankford DJ, Tripathi S, Bojaxhi E, Roth GE, Tatum WO, Quinones-Hinojosa A. A 360 degrees electronic device for recording high-resolution intraoperative electrocorticography of the brain during awake craniotomy. J Neurosurg. 2020 Aug 1; 133 (2):443-450 Epub 2019 July 05 View PubMed Pai SL, Bojaxhi E, Logvinov II, Porter S, Feinglass NG, Robards CB, Torp KD. Gastric emptying of "clear liquid drinks" assessed with gastric ultrasonography: a blinded, randomized pilot study. Minerva Anestesiol. 2020 Feb; 86 (2):165-171 Epub 2019 Oct 14 View PubMed Bojaxhi E, Clendenen SR. A Comparative Study of Automated Pulsed Bolus versus Continuous Basal Infusion on Distribution of Contrast in the Transversus Abdominis Fascial Plane in a Cadaver: A Technical Report. Cureus. 2019 Sep 16; 11 (9):e5664 Epub 2019 Sept 16 View PubMed Bojaxhi E, Lumermann LA, Mazer LS, Howe BL, Ortiguera CJ, Clendenen SR. Interscalene brachial plexus catheter versus single-shot interscalene block with periarticular local infiltration analgesia for shoulder arthroplasty. Minerva Anestesiol. 2019 Aug; 85 (8):840-845 Epub 2019 May 14 View PubMed Clendenen SR, Bojaxhi E. A Comparative Study of Automated Pulsed Bolus Versus Continuous Basal Infusion on Distribution of Dye in the Paravertebral Space in a Cadaver. Cureus. 2019 Jun 20; 11 (6):e4958 Epub 2019 June 20 View PubMed Colibaseanu DT, Osagiede O, Merchea A, Ball CT, Bojaxhi E, Panchamia JK, Jacob AK, Kelley SR, Naessens JM, Larson DW. Randomized clinical trial of liposomal bupivacaine transverse abdominis plane block versus intrathecal analgesia in colorectal surgery. Br J Surg. 2019 May; 106 (6):692-699 Epub 2019 Mar 28 View PubMed Mitrev L, Sehdev J, Turtz A, Trivedi K, Misbin M, Torjman M, Muntazar M, Gaughan J, Bojaxhi E. Goal Directed Fluid Therapy in Craniotomy Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica. 2019. Pai SL, Bojaxhi E, Logvinov II, Porter SB, Feinglass NG, Robards CB, Torp KD. Ultrasound Assessment of Gastric Volume After Bariatric Surgery: A Case Report. A A Pract. 2019 Jan 1; 12 (1):1-4 View PubMed Pamias-Portalatin E, Duran IS, Ebot J, Bojaxhi E, Tatum W, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Awake-craniotomy for cavernoma resection. Neurosurg Focus. 2018 Oct; 45 (VideoSuppl2):V3 View PubMed Bojaxhi E, Lee J, Bowers S, Frank RD, Pak SH, Rosales A, Padron S, Greengrass RA. Paravertebral blocks reduce the risk of postoperative urinary retention in inguinal hernia repair. Hernia. 2018 Oct; 22 (5):871-879 Epub 2018 June 16 View PubMed Bojaxhi E, Brull SJ. Gastric ultrasonography in the setting of gastric distention and bowel obstruction: To place or not to place a nasogastric tube? A case report Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica. 2018; 69 (2):115-8 Bojaxhi E, Salek DR, Sherman CE, Greengrass RA. Regional anesthesia for a total knee arthroplasty on an adult patient with spastic diplegia and an intrathecal baclofen pump. Rom J Anaesth Intensive Care. 2017 Apr; 24 (1):69-72 View PubMed Kalava A, Clendenen S, McKinney JM, Bojaxhi E, Greengrass RA. Bilateral thoracic paravertebral nerve blocks for placement of percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a case series. Rom J Anaesth Intensive Care. 2016 Oct; 23 (2):149-153 View PubMed Bojaxhi E, Kalava A, Greengrass R. Utilization of paravertebral nerve blocks as part of a multimodal analgesic regimen in a patient with Bernard-Soulier syndrome undergoing a Nuss procedure. Rom J Anaesth Intensive Care. 2016 Apr; 23 (1):67-71 View PubMed Schwenk ES, Gandhi K, Baratta JL, Torjman M, Epstein RH, Chung J, Vaghari BA, Beausang D, Bojaxhi E, Grady B. Ultrasound-Guided Out-of-Plane vs. In-Plane Interscalene Catheters: A Randomized, Prospective Study. Anesth Pain Med. 2015 Dec; 5 (6):e31111 Epub 2015 Dec 05 View PubMed PST-20217295 Home Publications