Publications

List of publications

  1. Tulleken CA, Verdaasdonk RM, Beck RJ, Mali WP: The modified excimer laser-assisted high-flow bypass operation.  Surg Neurol 46:424-429, 1996
  2. Tulleken CA, Verdaasdonk RM, Mansvelt Beck HJ: Nonocclusive excimer laser-assisted end-to-side anastomosis.  Ann Thorac Surg 63:S138-S142, 1997
  3. Tulleken CA, van der Zwan A, van Rooij WJ, et al: High-flow bypass using nonocclusive excimer laser-assisted end-to-side anastomosis of the external carotid artery to the P1 segment of the posterior cerebral artery via the sylvian route.  Technical note.  J Neurosurg 88:925-927, 1998
  4. Graamans K, Tulleken CA: Laser-Assisted Bypass of the Internal Carotid Artery Prior to Treatment of an Extensive Angiofibroma.  Skull Base Surgery 8:205-210, 1998
  5. Tulleken CA, Van der Zwan A, Kappelle LJ: [High-flow transcranial bypass for prevention of brain ischemia] Transcraniële bypass met grote doorstroming ter preventie van hersenischemie.  Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 143:2281-2285, 1999
  6. Tulleken CA, Van der Zwan A, Verdaasdonk RM, Mansvelt Beck HJ, Ramos MP, Kappelle LJ: High Flow Excimer Laser-Assisted Extra-Intracranial and Intra-Intracranial Bypass.  Operative Techniques in Neurosurgery 2:145-148, 1999
  7. Wolfs, J.  F.  C., Ham, van den L.  F., Laak, ter M.  P., Zwan van der, A., and Tulleken, C.  A.  experimental research: Scanning Electron Microscopic Evaluation of Nonocclusive Excimer Laser-Assisted Anastomosis in Rabbits.  Acta Neurochir.(Wien.) 142(12), 1399-1407, 2000
  8. van der Zwan A, Tulleken CA, Hillen B: Flow quantification of the non-occlusive excimer laser-assisted EC-IC bypass.  Acta Neurochir (Wien.) 143:647-654, 2001
  9. Tulleken CA, Streefkerk HJ, van der Zwan A: Construction of a new posterior communicating artery in a patient with poor posterior fossa circulation: technical case report.  Neurosurgery 50:415-419, 2002
  10. Klijn CJ, Kappelle LJ, van der ZA, et al: Excimer laser-assisted high-flow extracranial/intracranial bypass in patients with symptomatic carotid artery occlusion at high risk of recurrent cerebral ischemia: safety and long-term outcome.  Stroke 33:2451-2458, 2002
  11. Bilstra EH, Rinkel GJ, Klijn CJ, Van der Zwan A, Algra A, Lo RT, Tulleken CA: Excimer laser-assisted bypass in aneurysm treatment: short-term outcomes.  Neurosurgery 97:1029-1035, 2002
  12. Hendrikse J, van der Zwan A., Ramos LM, et al: Hemodynamic compensation via an excimer laser-assisted, high-flow bypass before and after therapeutic occlusion of the internal carotid artery.  Neurosurgery 53:858-863, 2003
  13. Streefkerk HJ, Van der Zwan A, Verdaasdonk RM, Mansvelt Beck HJ, Tulleken CA: Cerebral Revascularization.  Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery 28:145-225, 2003
  14. Streefkerk HJ, Wolfs JF, Sorteberg W, et al: The ELANA technique: Constructing a high flow bypass using a non-occlusive anastomosis on the ICA and a conventional anastomosis on the SCA in the treatment of a fusiform giant basilar trunk aneurysm.  Acta Neurochir (Wien ) 146:1009-1019, 2004
  15. Streefkerk HJ, Bremmer JP, Tulleken CA: The ELANA technique: high flow revascularization of the brain.  Acta Neurochir Wien (Suppl) 94: 143-138, 2005
  16. Streefkerk HJ, Kleinveld S, Koedam EL, Bulder MM, Meeldijk H, Verdaasdonk RM, Mansvelt Beck HJ, Van der Zwan A, Tulleken CA: The ELANA technique: Long-term Re-endothelialisation of ELANA Anastomoses versus Conventionally Sutured Anastomoses in Pigs.  1: J Neurosurg 2005 Aug;103(2):328-36
  17. Streefkerk HJ: The ELANA technique.  Applicability in Experimental and Clinical Settings.  PhD Thesis.  Utrecht 25 Oct 2005.
  18. Langer DJ, Vajkoczy P: “ELANA: Excimer Laser-Assisted Nonocclusive Anastomosis for Extracranial-to-Intracranial and Intracranial-to-Intracranial Bypass: A Review”.  Skull Base 15, No.  3, P.  191-204, 2005
  19. Streefkerk HJ, Bremmer JP, van Weelden M, van Dijk RR, de Winter E., Mansvelt Beck RJ, Tulleken CAF:  The Excimer-Laser Assisted Nonocclusive Anastomosis Practice Model: Development and Application for a Tool for Practicing Microvascular Anastomosis Techniques.  Neurosurgery 58 (ONS Suppl.  1): ONS-148-ONS-156, 2006.
  20. van Doormaal TP, van der Zwan A, Verweij BH, Langer DL, Tulleken CA: Treatment of Giant and Large Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysms with a High- Flow Replacement Bypass using the Excimer Laser-Assisted Non-Occlusive Anastomosis (ELANA) Technique.  Neurosurgery 59 (ONS Suppl.  4): ONS-328-ONS-335, 2006.
  21. Reinert M, Verweij BH, Schaffner T, Mihalache G, Schroth G, Seller RW, Tulleken CA: Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft for bypass surgery using the excimer laser-assisted nonocclusive anastomosis technique.  J Neurosurg 2006 Nov;105(5):758-64
  22. Elana Arteriotomy System, Instructions for Use.  Available online at www.elana.com and delivered with every device