Dr. Antonio Bernardo Research and Publications

Dr. Antonio Bernardo Publications

Journal Articles

Kim M, Evins AI, Fukuda H, Kim N, Stieg PE, Bernardo A. Surgical Management of Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms in the Presence of a Low-Coursing Internal Carotid Artery and Narrowed Retrocarotid Window. World Neurosurg. 2020 May. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.04.200.

Kirnaz S, Gerges MM, Rumalla K, Bernardo A, Baaj AA, Greenfield JP. Occipital Condyle Screw Placement in Patients with Chiari Malformation: A Radiographic Feasibility Analysis and Cadaveric Demonstration. World Neurosurg. 2020 Apr;136:470-478. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.01.150.

Di Russo P, Xu T, Cohen MA, Perrini P, Stieg PE, Evins AI, Bernardo A. On the Surgical Implications of Peritrigeminal Perforating Vessels in Microvascular Decompression. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2019 Aug;17(2):193-201. doi: 10.1093/ons/opy325. (Cover Article).

Zhou C, Evins AI, Boschi A, Tang Y, Li S, Przepiorka L, Sadhwani S, Stieg PE, Xu T, Bernardo A. Preoperative Identification of the Initial Burr Hole Site in Retrosigmoid Craniotomies: A Teaching and Technical Note. Int J Med Robot. 2019 Jun;15(3):e1987. doi: 10.1002/rcs.1987.

Caporlingua A, Prior A, Cavagnaro M, Winston G, Oliveira DL, et al. The Intracranial and Intracanalicular Optic Nerve as Seen Through Different Surgical Windows: Endoscopic Versus Transcranial. World Neurosurg. 2019 Apr;124:522-538. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.01.122.

Evins AI, Dutton J, Imam SS, Dadi AO, Xu T, Cheng D, Stieg PE, Bernardo A. On-Demand Intraoperative 3-Dimensional Printing of Custom Cranioplastic Prostheses. Oper Neurosurg. 2018 Jan 13. doi: 10.1093/ons/opx280. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29346608.

Jhawar SS, Nunez M, Pacca P, Seclen Voscoboinik D, Truong HQ. Letter to the Editor. Rectus capitis lateralis muscle: anatomical relationships in posterior and anterior approaches to the jugular foramen. J Neurosurg. 2017 Dec;127(6):1469-1471. doi: 10.3171/2017.3.JNS17480. Epub 2017 Aug 4. PubMed PMID: 28777026.

Cohen MA, Evins AI, Lapadula G, Arko L, Stieg PE, Bernardo A. The rectus capitis lateralis and the condylar triangle: important landmarks in posterior and lateral approaches to the jugular foramen. J Neurosurg. 2017 Dec;127(6):1398-1406. doi: 10.3171/2016.9.JNS16723. Epub 2017 Jan 27. PubMed PMID: 28128694.

Bernardo A. The Changing Face of Technologically Integrated Neurosurgery: Today’s High-Tech Operating Room. World Neurosurg. 2017 Oct;106:1001-1014. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.06.159. PubMed PMID: 28985655.

Bernardo A. Virtual Reality and Simulation in Neurosurgical Training. World Neurosurg. 2017 Oct;106:1015-1029. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.06.140. Review. PubMed PMID: 28985656.

Bernardo A, Evins AI, Mattogno PP, Quiroga M, Zacharia BE. The Orbit as Seen Through Different Surgical Windows: Extensive Anatomosurgical Study. World Neurosurg. 2017 Oct;106:1030-1046. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.06.158. PubMed PMID: 28985657.

Bernardo A. Establishment of Next-Generation Neurosurgery Research and Training Laboratory with Integrated Human Performance Monitoring. World Neurosurg. 2017 Oct;106:991-1000. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.06.160. PubMed PMID: 28985669.

Fukuda H, Evins AI, Iwasaki K, Hattori I, Murao K, Kurosaki Y, Chin M, Stieg PE, Yamagata S, Bernardo A. The role of alternative anastomosis sites in occipital artery-posterior inferior cerebellar artery bypass in the absence of the caudal loop using the far-lateral approach. J Neurosurg. 2017 Feb;126(2):634-644. doi: 10.3171/2015.11.JNS151385. Epub 2016 Apr 1. PubMed PMID: 27035171.

Xu T, Evins AI, Lin N, Chang J, Hu G, Hou L, Chen J, Bernardo A, Mao Y, Stieg PE. Neurosurgical Postgraduate Training in China: Moving Toward a National Training Standard. World Neurosurg. 2016 Dec;96:410-416. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.09.034. Epub 2016 Sep 15. Review. PubMed PMID: 27641259.

Cherian I, Bernardo A, Grasso G. Cisternostomy for Traumatic Brain Injury: Pathophysiologic Mechanisms and Surgical Technical Notes. World Neurosurg. 2016 May;89:51-7. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.01.072. Epub 2016 Feb 4. PubMed PMID: 26851743.

Cherian I, Grasso G, Bernardo A, Munakomi S. Anatomy and physiology of cisternostomy. Chin J Traumatol. 2016;19(1):7-10. PubMed PMID: 27033265; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4897851.

Kapoor R, Evins AI, Steitieh D, Bernardo A, Stieg PE. Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome and intracranial vascular pathologies. Fam Cancer. 2015 Dec;14(4):595-7. doi: 10.1007/s10689-015-9807-y. PubMed PMID: 25952757.

Bernardo A, Evins AI, Tsiouris AJ, Stieg PE. A Percutaneous Transtubular Middle Fossa Approach for Intracanalicular Tumors. World Neurosurg. 2015 Jul;84(1):132-46. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.02.042. Epub 2015 Mar 11. PubMed PMID: 25771211.

Rigante L, Evins AI, Berra LV, Beer-Furlan A, Stieg PE, Bernardo A. Optic Nerve Decompression through a Supraorbital Approach. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2015 Jun;76(3):239-47. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1543964. Epub 2015 Jan 21. PubMed PMID: 26225308; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4433391.

Evins AI, Banu MA, Njoku I Jr, Elowitz EH, Härtl R, Bernado A, Hofstetter CP. Endoscopic lumbar foraminotomy. J Clin Neurosci. 2015 Apr;22(4):730-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.10.025. Epub 2015 Mar 2. PubMed PMID: 25744073.

Shoakazemi A, Evins AI, Burrell JC, Stieg PE, Bernardo A. A 3D endoscopic transtubular transcallosal approach to the third ventricle. J Neurosurg. 2015 Mar;122(3):564-73. doi: 10.3171/2014.11.JNS14341. Epub 2015 Jan 2. PubMed PMID: 25555026.

Alaraj A, Luciano CJ, Bailey DP, Elsenousi A, Roitberg BZ, Bernardo A, Banerjee PP, Charbel FT. Virtual reality cerebral aneurysm clipping simulation with real-time haptic feedback. Neurosurgery. 2015 Mar;11 Suppl 2:52-8. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000583. PubMed PMID: 25599200; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4340784.

Beer-Furlan A, Evins AI, Rigante L, Anichini G, Stieg PE, Bernardo A. The Pterional Port in Dual-Port Endoscopy: A 2D and 3D Cadaveric Study. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2015 Feb;76(1):80-6. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1390398. Epub 2014 Sep 29. PubMed PMID: 25685654; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4318739.

Fukuda H, Evins AI, Burrell JC, Medda A, Iwasaki K, Stieg PE, Bernardo A. Partial anterior petrosectomies for upper basilar artery trunk aneurysms: a cadaveric and clinical study. World Neurosurg. 2014 Dec;82(6):1113-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.03.034. Epub 2014 Mar 20. PubMed PMID: 24657558.

Anichini G, Evins AI, Boeris D, Stieg PE, Bernardo A. Three-dimensional endoscope-assisted surgical approach to the foramen magnum and craniovertebral junction: minimizing bone resection with the aid of the endoscope. World Neurosurg. 2014 Dec;82(6):e797-805. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.05.031. Epub 2014 Jun 2. PubMed PMID: 25344034.

Bernardo A, Boeris D, Evins AI, Anichini G, Stieg PE. A combined dual-port endoscope-assisted pre- and retrosigmoid approach to the cerebellopontine angle: an extensive anatomo-surgical study. Neurosurg Rev. 2014 Oct;37(4):597-608. doi: 10.1007/s10143-014-0552-8. Epub 2014 May 8. PubMed PMID: 24804645.

Beer-Furlan A, Pinto F, Teixeira M, Rigante L, Evins AI, Bernardo A. Endoscopic fenestration of the lamina terminalis: alternatives to the classic third ventriculostomy. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2014 Sep;75(5):410-2. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1368693. Epub 2014 Feb 19. PubMed PMID: 24554607.

Fukuda H, Evins AI, Burrell JC, Stieg PE, Bernardo A. A safe and effective technique for harvesting the occipital artery for posterior fossa bypass surgery: a cadaveric study. World Neurosurg. 2014 Sep-Oct;82(3-4):e459-65. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.09.015. Epub 2013 Sep 18. Review. PubMed PMID: 24055568.

Beer-Furlan A, Pinto FG, Evins AI, Rigante L, Anichini G, Stieg PE, Bernardo A. Interhemispheric Endoscopic Fenestration of the Lamina Terminalis through a Single Frontal Burr Hole. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2014 Aug;75(4):268-72. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1371521. Epub 2014 May 2. PubMed PMID: 25093150; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4108489.

Beer-Furlan A, Evins AI, Rigante L, Anichini G, Stieg PE, Bernardo A. Dual-Port 2D and 3D Endoscopy: Expanding the Limits of the Endonasal Approaches to Midline Skull Base Lesions with Lateral Extension. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2014 Jun;75(3):187-97. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1364165. Epub 2014 Mar 12. PubMed PMID: 25072012; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4078187.

Beer-Furlan A, Evins AI, Rigante L, Burrell JC, Anichini G, Stieg PE, Bernardo A. Endoscopic extradural anterior clinoidectomy and optic nerve decompression through a pterional port. J Clin Neurosci. 2014 May;21(5):836-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.10.006. Epub 2013 Oct 25. PubMed PMID: 24411319.

Fukuda H, Evins AI, Burrell JC, Iwasaki K, Stieg PE, Bernardo A. The Meningo-Orbital Band: Microsurgical Anatomy and Surgical Detachment of the Membranous Structures through a Frontotemporal Craniotomy with Removal of the Anterior Clinoid Process. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2014 Apr;75(2):125-32. doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1359302. Epub 2013 Dec 11. PubMed PMID: 24719799; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3969442.

Ottenhausen M, Bodhinayake I, Evins AI, Banu M, Boockvar JA, Bernardo A. Expanding the borders: the evolution of neurosurgical approaches. Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Apr;36(4):E11. doi: 10.3171/2014.2.FOCUS13547. Review. PubMed PMID: 24684324.

Rigante L, Evins AI, Burrell J, Beer-Furlan A, Bernardo A. Complete bilateral arcuate foramina and atlantoaxial subluxation. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2013 Dec;155(12):2357-8. doi: 10.1007/s00701-013-1899-2. Epub 2013 Oct 8. PubMed PMID: 24101290.

Bernardo A, Evins AI, Visca A, Stieg PE. The intracranial facial nerve as seen through different surgical windows: an extensive anatomosurgical study. Neurosurgery. 2013 Jun;72(2 Suppl Operative):ons194-207; discussion ons207. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31827e5844. PubMed PMID: 23190637.

Matis GK, Silva DO, Chrysou OI, Karanikas M, Pelidou SH, Birbilis TA, Bernardo A, Stieg P. Virtual reality implementation in neurosurgical practice: the “can’t take my eyes off you” effect. Turk Neurosurg. 2013;23(5):690-1. PubMed PMID: 24101322.

Roth J, Fraser JF, Singh A, Bernardo A, Anand VK, Schwartz TH. Surgical approaches to the orbital apex: comparison of endoscopic endonasal and transcranial approaches using a novel 3D endoscope. Orbit. 2011 Jan;30(1):43-8. doi: 10.3109/01676830.2010.543004. PubMed PMID: 21281081.

Roth J, Singh A, Nyquist G, Fraser JF, Bernardo A, Anand VK, Schwartz TH. Three-dimensional and 2-dimensional endoscopic exposure of midline cranial base targets using expanded endonasal and transcranial approaches. Neurosurgery. 2009 Dec;65(6):1116-28; discussion 1128-30. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000360340.85186.7A. PubMed PMID: 19934971.

Ammirati M, Bernardo A. Anatomical study of the superior orbital fissure as seen during a pterional approach. J Neurosurg. 2007 Jan;106(1):151-6. PubMed PMID: 17236501.

Bernardo A, Preul MC, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RF. A three-dimensional interactive virtual dissection model to simulate transpetrous surgical avenues. Neurosurgery. 2003 Mar;52(3):499-505; discussion 504-5. PubMed PMID: 12590673.

Ammirati M, Bernardo A, Musumeci A, Bricolo A. Comparison of different infratentorial-supracerebellar approaches to the posterior and middle incisural space: a cadaveric study. J Neurosurg. 2002 Oct;97(4):922-8. PubMed PMID: 12405382.

Ammirati M, Bernardo A, Ramsinghani N, Yakoob R, Al-Ghazi M, Kuo J, Ammirati G. Stereotactic Radiotherapy of Central Nervous System and Head and Neck Lesions, Using a Conformal Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy System (Peacocktrade mark System). Skull Base. 2001 May;11(2):109-19. PubMed PMID: 17167610; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1656797.

Ammirati M, Bernardo A. Analytical evaluation of complex anterior approaches to the cranial base: an anatomic study. Neurosurgery. 1998 Dec;43(6):1398-407; discussion 1407-8. Erratum in: Neurosurgery 1999 Feb;44(2):421. PubMed PMID: 9848854.

Books and Book Chapters

Bernardo A, Evins AI. Transtubular Neurosurgery. New York: Thieme; 2019.

Bernardo A, Evins AI. Neurosurgical Anatomy and Approaches to Simulation in Neurosurgical Training. In: Alaraj A, ed. Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Neurosurgery Edition. New York, NY: Thieme; 2018.

Bernardo A, Stieg PE. Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas. In: Cappabianca P, Solari D, eds. Meningiomas of the Skull Base. New York, NY: Thieme; 2018.

Bernardo A, Stieg PE. Translabyrinthine and Transcochlear Petrosal Approaches. In: Iaconetta G, Califano L, eds. Cranial, Craniofacial and Skull Base Surgery. Milan, Italy: Springer; 2010/

Bernardo A, Stieg PE. Orbitocranial zygomatic approach to aneurysms of the upper basilar artery. In: Mcdonald LR, ed. Neurosurgical Operative Atlas. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Thieme; 2009.

Other

Bernardo A, Evins AI. The Anterior Transpetrosal Approach. [Video]. Masters of Neurosurgery: Hall of Fame. 2018 April. Available from: www.mastersofneurosurgery.com/.

Bernardo A, Evins AI. The Translabyrinthine Approach. [Video]. Masters of Neurosurgery: Hall of Fame. 2018 April. Available from: www.mastersofneurosurgery.com/.

Bernardo A, Lopes de Araujo RM, Barbosa B, Evins AI. The Far-lateral Transcondylar Approach. [Video]. Masters of Neurosurgery: Hall of Fame. 2018 April. Available from: www.mastersofneurosurgery.com/.

Bernardo A, Lopes de Araujo RM, Barbosa B, Evins AI. The Fronto-orbitozygomatic Approach. [Video]. Masters of Neurosurgery: Hall of Fame. 2018 April. Available from: www.mastersofneurosurgery.com/.