Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School

Neurosurgery

Tord D. Alden works in the field of Neurosurgery. He attended Rush Medical College. He received 1 awards: "Fellow (FAANS)". Dr. Tord D. Alden has written publications. He has 42 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Brain metastases from colorectal cancer.'

Publications

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• Recurrent somatic mutations in ACVR1 in pediatric midline high-grade Astrocytoma.
• Use of Onyx for endovascular embolization of Pediatric spinal perimedullary (Type IV) fistula: Case report.
• Endovascular management of Pediatric high-flow vertebro-vertebral fistula with reversed basilar artery flow. A case report and review of the literature.
• Safety and efficacy of onyx embolization for pediatric Cranial and spinal vascular lesions and tumors.
• Anemia, testosterone, and pituitary adenoma in men.
• Intrathecal baclofen withdrawal: a case report and review of the literature.
• Ectopic osteogenesis using adenoviral bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-4 and BMP-6 gene transfer.
• Bone morphogenetic protein gene therapy.
• CT and radionuclide study of BMP-2 gene therapy-induced bone formation.
• The long-term significance of microscopic dural invasion in 354 patients with pituitary adenomas treated with transsphenoidal surgery.
• Endoscopic third ventriculostomy for obstructive Hydrocephalus in children younger than 6 months of age.
• Epidural metastases from endodermal sinus Tumor arising from benign sacral teratoma. Case report and review of the literature.
• Reduplication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter tip Back through shunt tract.
• The baromodulatory effect of gamma knife irradiation of the hypothalamus in the obese Zucker rat.
• The misdiagnosis of acute cervical spine Injuries and fractures in infants and children: the 12-year experience of a level I pediatric and adult trauma center.
• Choroid Plexus tumors in pediatric patients.
• Retethering of transected fatty filum terminales.
• Diffuse postoperative cerebellar swelling in Medulloblastoma: report of two cases.
• Pediatric epileptogenic ganglioGliomas: seizure outcome and surgical results.
• The transsphenoidal resection of Pediatric craniopharyngiomas: a case series.
• Cellular Injury and neuroinflammation in children with chronic intractable epilepsy.
• Declining risk of reoperative valvular surgery.
• Noggin protects against ischemic Brain injury in rodents.
• Trans-sodium crocetinate increases oxygen delivery to Brain parenchyma in rats on oxygen supplementation.
• Bone morphogenetic protein gene therapy for the induction of Spinal arthrodesis.
• Intraoperative chymopapain in lumbar laminotomy for Disc disease: a less invasive technique.
• Surgical treatment of Chiari I malformation: indications and approaches.
• A light and electron microscopic study of ectopic tendon and ligament formation induced by bone morphogenetic protein-13 adenoviral gene therapy.
• Serum cortisol response to transsphenoidal surgery for Cushing disease.
• Morphologic analysis of BMP-9 gene therapy-induced osteogenesis.
• Fluoroscopic frameless stereotaxy for transsphenoidal surgery.
• The use of bone morphogenetic protein gene therapy in craniofacial bone repair.
• Estrogen receptors in prolactinomas: a clinico-Pathological study.
• Bone morphogenetic proteins and bone morphogenetic protein gene therapy in neurological surgery: a review.
• Use of bone morphogenetic protein-9 gene therapy to induce Spinal arthrodesis in the rodent.
• Mechanisms of premature closure of Cranial sutures.
• Secondary gain influences the outcome of lumbar but not cervical Disc surgery.
• In vivo endochondral bone formation using a bone morphogenetic protein 2 adenoviral vector.
• Frameless stereotaxy for transsphenoidal surgery.
• Percutaneous Spinal fusion using bone morphogenetic protein-2 gene therapy.
• Brain metastases from colorectal cancer.

Schools

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• Rush Medical College Of Rush University

• Children39s Hospital and Regional Medical Center Seattle

Procedures Preformed

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• CerebroSpinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
• Epilepsy Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Brain Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Surgery
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Conditions Treated

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• Acoustic Neuroma
• Ataxia
• Brachial Plexus Injuries
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Background: yellow;'>Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
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Doctors Specialties

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• Neurosurgery
• Pediatric Neurosurgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FAANS)

Education

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• University of Virginia
• University of Pennsylvania Health System
• Rush Medical College

Hospital

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• Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children?

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