Emilio M. Nardone, M.D., FAANS

CLINICAL INTERESTS

  • Tumor surgery
  • Skull base surgery
  • Surgery for tumors located in eloquent areas of the brain
  • Transphenoidal pituitary surgery
  • Surgical treatment of primary and metastatic tumors of the spine
  • Complex spine surgery

Publications

  • Nardone EM. Surgery for brain tumors: Part I. Low grade gliomas. Perspectives in Neuroscience, Central Illinois Neuroscience Foundation, April 2001
  • Nardone EM, Howes G. Minimally invasive microdiscectomy with fragmentectomy (in preparation)
  • Kofide A, Nardone EM. Primary malignant rhabdoid tumors of the central nervous system (in press)
  • Nardone EM, Lach B. Malignant chordoma of clivus. Case report (in press)
  • Nardone EM, Bosley T. Recovery of vision after resection of planum sphenoidale meningioma following cesarian section in a pregnancy complicated by placentia previa. Case report (in press)
  • Nardone EM, Luiz J, Hess K, Plager, McCutcheon IE. Malignant melanoma metastatic to brain: prognostic factors and results of treatment (in press)
  • Ellerhorst L, Nardone EM, McCutcheon IE. Role of stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of malignant melanoma metastatic to brain (submitted)
  • Nardone EM, Hassenbush S, Pietronigro D, Levin V, Sawaya R. Stereotactic injection of DTI-015 into recurrent malignant gliomas: Phase I/II trial (submitted)
  • Nardone EM, Chen JW, Maggio WW, Nauta HJW. The value of intraoperative ultrasonography in cervical corpectomy: assessment by post-operative CT scan. Neurosurgery 39:921-926, 1996
  • Hadjipavlou AG, Arya S, Crow WN, Maggio WW, Lander P, Nardone EM, Eyal A. Percutaneous transpedicular biopsy of the spine. J Intervent Radiol 11:103-108, 1996
  • Nardone, EM. Traumas of the Cervical Spine. First Medical School of Naples, Naples, Italy. October 1992 (Thesis)
  • Nardone EM. Tumors of the Anterior Portion of the Third Ventricle. First Medical School of Naples, Naples, Italy. October, 1987 (Thesis)

Book Chapters

  • Nardone EM. Recurrent pituitary tumors. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. (Assigned)

Research

  • Analysis of different treatment modalities for metastatic melanoma to brain
  • Stereotactic injection of carmustine-dehydrated alcohol (DTI-015) into recurrent malignant gliomas (Phase I/II trial)
  • Cadaver studies of cervical spine stabilization with lateral mass plates
  • Use of intraoperative ultrasonography for cervical spine surgery