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Meryl Alton Severson III

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
DUMC 3807, Durham, NC 27710
DUMC 3807, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications


Impalement brain injury from steel rod causing injury to jugular bulb: case report and review of the literature.

Journal Article Brain Inj · 2014 BACKGROUND: The management of impalement penetrating brain injuries (IPBI) from non-missile objects is extremely challenging, especially when vascular structures are involved. Cerebral angiography is a crucial tool in initial evaluation to assess for vascu ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcomes of 33 patients from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan undergoing bilateral or bicompartmental craniectomy

Journal Article Journal of Neurosurgery · July 2011 ObjectThere are no published long-term data for patients with penetrating head injury treated with bilateral supratentorial craniectomy, or supra- and infratentorial craniectomy. The authors report their experie ... Full text Cite

The evolution of the treatment of traumatic cerebrovascular injury during wartime

Journal Article Neurosurgical Focus · May 2010 The approach to traumatic craniocervical vascular injury has evolved significantly in recent years. Conflicts prior to Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom were characterized by minimal intervention in the setting of severe penetrating head injury ... Full text Cite

Role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of bacterial spinal osteomyelitis

Journal Article Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine · January 2009 ObjectHyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) is used as primary and/or adjunctive therapy in the treatment of various clinical conditions complicated by local hypoxia. It may have therapeutic potential in the treatment ... Full text Cite

Seizure termination by acidosis depends on ASIC1a

Journal Article Nature Neuroscience · July 2008 Full text Cite

Functional connections within the human inferior frontal gyrus

Journal Article Journal of Comparative Neurology · August 2007 AbstractThe highly convoluted and cytoarchitectonically diverse inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) of humans is known to be critically involved in a wide range of complex operations including speech and language processing. The n ... Full text Cite