• The association between preoperative MRI findings and clinical improvement in patients included in the NORDSTEN spinal stenosis trial 

      Aaen, Jørn Ståle; Banitalebi, Hasan; Austevoll, Ivar Magne; Hellum, Christian; Storheim, Kjersti; Myklebust, Tor Åge; Anvar, Masoud D; Weber, Clemens; Solberg, Tore; Grundnes, Oliver; Brisby, Helena; Indrekvam, Kari; Hermansen, Erland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Purpose To investigate potential associations between preoperative MRI findings and patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) after surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Methods The NORDSTEN trial included 437 ...
    • Clinical and MRI findings in lumbar spinal stenosis: baseline data from the NORDSTEN study 

      Aaen, Jørn; Austevoll, Ivar Magne; Hellum, Christian; Storheim, Kjersti; Myklebust, Tor Åge; Banitalebi, Hasan; Anvar, Masoud; Brox, Jens Ivar; Weber, Clemens; Solberg, Tore; Grundnes, Oliver; Brisby, Helena; Indrekvam, Kari; Hermansen, Erland (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Purpose The aim was to describe magnetic resonance imaging findings in patients planned for lumbar spinal stenosis surgery. Further, to describe possible associations between MRI findings and patient characteristics with ...
    • Comparable Increases in Dural Sac Area After Three Different Posterior Decompression Techniques for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Radiological Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial in the NORDSTEN Study 

      Hermansen, Erland; Austevoll, Ivar Magne; Hellum, Christian; Storheim, Kjersti; Myklebust, Tor Åge; Aaen, Jørn Ståle; Banitalebi, Hasan; Anvar, Masoud; Rekeland, Frode; Brox, Jens Ivar; Franssen, Eric; Weber, Clemens; Solberg, Tore; Haug, Knut Jørgen; Grundnes, Oliver; Brisby, Helena; Indrekvam, Kari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06)
      Purpose: To investigate changes in dural sac area after three different posterior decompression techniques in patients undergoing surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. Decompression of the nerve roots is the main surgical ...
    • Comparison of 3 Different Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial 

      Hermansen, Erland; Austevoll, Ivar Magne; Hellum, Christian; Storheim, Kjersti; Myklebust, Tor Åge; Aaen, Jørn Ståle; Banitalebi, Hasan; Anvar, Masoud D; Rekeland, Frode; Brox, Jens Ivar; Franssen, Eric; Weber, Clemens; Solberg, Tore; Furunes, Håvard; Grundnes, Oliver; Brisby, Helena; Indrekvam, Kari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Importance Operations for lumbar spinal stenosis is the most often performed surgical procedure in the adult lumbar spine. This study reports the clinical outcome of the 3 most commonly used minimally invasive posterior ...
    • Explainable artificial intelligence for human-machine interaction in brain tumor localization 

      Esmaeili, Morteza; Vettukattil, Riyas; Banitalebi, Hasan; Krogh, Nina R.; Geitung, Jonn Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Primary malignancies in adult brains are globally fatal. Computer vision, especially recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI), have created opportunities to automatically characterize and diagnose tumor lesions ...
    • Reliability of preoperative MRI findings in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis 

      Banitalebi, Hasan; Espeland, Ansgar; Anvar, Masoud D; Hermansen, Erland; Hellum, Christian; Brox, Jens Ivar; Myklebust, Tor Åge; Indrekvam, Kari; Brisby, Helena; Weber, Clemens; Aaen, Jørn Ståle; Austevoll, Ivar Magne; Grundnes, Oliver; Negård, Anne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is an important tool in preoperative evaluation of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). Reported reliability of various MRI findings in LSS varies from fair to excellent. ...
    • Surgery in Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: Does fusion improve outcome in subgroups? A secondary analysis from a randomized trial (NORDSTEN trial) 

      Hellum, Christian; Rekeland, Frode Gurvin; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Solberg, Tore; Hermansen, Erland; Storheim, Kjersti; Brox, Jens Ivar; Furunes, Håvard; Franssen, Eric; Weber, Clemens; Brisby, Helena; Grundnes, Oliver; Robert Hector Algaard, Knut; Bøker, Tordis; Banitalebi, Hasan; Indrekvam, Kari; Austevoll, Ivar Magne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      BACKGROUND CONTEXT Patients with spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis are treated surgically with decompression alone or decompression with fusion. However, there is debate regarding which subgroups of ...