Associate Professor

Neurosurgery

Nicholas Wetjen practices Neurosurgery. He studied medicine at University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine is ranked 29 in research and 16 in primary care medicine He received awards:"Fellow (FAANS)", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Fellow". Nicholas M. Wetjen, MD is also a published MD. He has 45 paper published. The most recent paper is: Pre- and postischemic effects of the NMDA receptor antagonist dizocilpine maleate (MK-801) on collateral cerebral blood flow.

Publications

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• Penetrating head injuries in children due to BB and pellet guns: a poorly recognized public health risk.
• Health related quality of life (HRQOL) in long-term survivors of pediatric low grade Gliomas (LGGs).
• Accuracy of Pedicle Screw Placement in Children≤10 Years Using Navigation and Intraoperative CT.
• Clinical outcomes of children and adults with central Nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumor.
• Isolated oculomotor palsy in a child caused by an internal carotid artery Aneurysm.
• Factors contributing to the yield of asymmetric bilateral implantation of intracranial electrodes.
• Virtual surgical planning in craniofacial surgery.
• Diagnostic outcome of surgical revision of intracranial electrode placements for seizure localization.
• Chronic subthreshold subdural cortical stimulation for the treatment of focal Epilepsy originating from eloquent cortex.
• Three-dimensional preoperative virtual planning and template use for surgical correction of craniosynostosis.
• Seizure Outcomes Following Corpus Callosotomy for Drop Attacks.
• Surgical Outcomes and Predictors of Stroke in a North American White and African American Moyamoya Population.
• Long-term Outcomes After Nonlesional Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery.
• Recurrent cerebroSpinal fluid (CSF) pleural effusions caused by ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt: a case with a successful treatment with endoscopic third ventriculostomy.
• Spinal stenosis frequent in children with multiple hereditary exostoses.
• Retrospective Review of Rapid Pediatric Brain MR Imaging at an Academic Institution Including Practice Trends and Factors Affecting Scan Times.
• Prognostic factors and survival patterns in pediatric low-grade Gliomas over 4 decades.
• Use of anterior temporal lobectomy for Epilepsy in a community-based population.
• Scalp and Intracranial EEG in Medically Intractable Extratemporal Epilepsy with Normal MRI.
• SISCOM in Children with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex-Related Epilepsy.
• Neurosurgical management of congenital malformations and inherited disease of the Spine.
• Neurologic variant laryngomalacia associated with Chiari malformation and cervicomedullary compression: case reports.
• EEG and neuroimaging studies in young children having Epilepsy surgery.
• Second impact syndrome: concussion and second injury Brain complications.
• Nasal dermoid cyst and nasal glioma with intracranial extension.
• Intracranial electroencephalography seizure onset patterns and surgical outcomes in nonlesional extratemporal Epilepsy.
• Comparative safety and efficacy of topical hemostatic agents in a rat neurosurgical model.
• Clinical course of retrobulbar hemangioblastomas in von Hippel-Lindau disease.
• Time course of syringomyelia resolution following decompression of Chiari malformation Type I.
• Subtraction ictal single-photon emission computed tomography coregistered to magnetic resonance imaging in evaluating the need for repeated Epilepsy surgery.
• Altered expression of connexin subtypes in mesial temporal lobe Epilepsy in humans.
• Clinical presentation and surgical management of dissecting posterior inferior cerebellar artery Aneurysms: 2 case reports.
• Diagnosis and treatment of vertebral column metastases.
• Utility of intraoperative ultrasound for tumors of the cauda equina.
• Neurostimulation therapy for Epilepsy: current modalities and future directions.
• Epidural hematoma and muscle calcification after encephalomyosynangiosis. Case illustration.
• Intraoperative lidocaine injection into the carotid sinus during endarterectomy.
• Balloon angioplasty to treat vasospasm after transsphenoidal surgery. Case illustration.
• Pre- and postischemic effects of the NMDA receptor antagonist dizocilpine maleate (MK-801) on collateral Cerebral blood flow.
• Frontal lobe Epilepsy: diagnosis and surgical treatment.
• Imaging characteristics and growth of subependymal giant cell Astrocytomas.
• Stereotactic radiosurgery for pediatric arteriovenous malformations.
• Moyamoya disease in the midwestern United States.
• Accuracy of Pedicle Screw Placement in Children 10 Years or Younger Using Navigation and Intraoperative CT.

Schools

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• Roy J Lucille a Carver College Of Medicine At University Of Iowa

• Mayo Grad School MedMayo Fndn

Procedures Preformed

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• CerebroSpinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
• Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
• Lamina Procedures (incl. Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy)
• Spinal Reconstructive Surgery for Deformities

Conditions Treated

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• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Aneurysm
• Brain Cancer
• Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
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Doctors Specialties

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• Emergency Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Neurosurgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FAANS)
• Fellow (FACS)
• Fellow

Education

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• University of Utah
• Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education
• National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
• University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

Hospital

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• Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Minnesota

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