Professor, Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Neurosurgery
Dr. Jeffrey P. Blount, MD
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Jeffrey Blount is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He studied medicine at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He has 3 awards "Regional Top Doctor", "Fellow, American Board of Pediatric Neurosurgery" and "Fellow (FAANS)". Jeffrey Blount has written publications. He has 101 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Craniocephalic disproportion with increased intracranial pressure and brain herniation: a new clinical syndrome in anemic patients: report of two cases.'
Publications
- Hemispherectomy for Hemimegalencephaly Due to Tuberous Sclerosis and a Review of the Literature.
- Chiari III malformation: a comprehensive review of this enigmatic anomaly.
- Effect of EEG electrode number on epileptic source localization in pediatric patients.
- Hemispherectomy for treatment of refractory Epilepsy in the pediatric age group: a systematic review.
- Assessing health-related quality of life in children with Spina bifida.
- Bihemispheric gunshot wounds: survival and long-term neuropsychological follow-up of three siblings.
- William Watson Cheyne (1852-1932): a life in medicine and his innovative surgical treatment of congenital Hydrocephalus.
- Magnetic source imaging (MSI) in children with neocortical Epilepsy: Surgical outcome association with 3D post-resection analysis.
- The association between race and frequent shunt failure: a single-center study.
- Multidisciplinary staged surgical management of bifrontal meningoencephalocele with long-term follow-up.
- Institutional experience of endoscopic suprasellar arachnoid cyst fenestration.
- Major white matter fiber changes in medically intractable neocortical Epilepsy in children: A diffusion tensor imaging study.
- Clinical evaluation and surveillance imaging in children with spina bifida aperta and shunt-treated Hydrocephalus.
- Massive pediatric neurosurgical injuries and lessons learned following a tornado disaster in Alabama.
- Safety and utility of supplemental depth electrodes for localizing the ictal onset zone in pediatric neocortical Epilepsy.
- Institutional experience with 500 cases of surgically treated pediatric Chiari malformation Type I.
- Planning extent of resection in Epilepsy: limited versus large resections.
- Small-ventricle neuroendoscopy for pediatric Brain tumor management.
- Safety and utility of scheduled nonnarcotic analgesic medications in children undergoing craniotomy for Brain tumor.
- Retroclival epidural hematomas: a clinical series.
- Advances in intracranial monitoring.
- Endoscopically assisted decompression of the suprascapular nerve in the supraspinous fossa: a cadaveric feasibility study. Laboratory investigation.
- Craniopharyngioma marsupialization. Case illustration.
- Infections of pediatric cerebroSpinal fluid shunts related to fundoplication and gastrostomy.
- Anatomy of the falcine venous plexus.
- Institutional experience with cranial vault encephaloceles.
- Scheduled oral analgesics and the need for opiates in children following partial dorsal rhizotomy.
- The tectorial membrane: anatomical, biomechanical, and histological analysis.
- Forces necessary for the disruption of the cisternal segments of cranial nerves II through XII.
- Landmarks for the identification of the cutaneous nerves of the occiput and nuchal regions.
- The nerve to the mylohyoid as a donor for facial nerve reanimation procedures: a cadaveric feasibility study.
- The sphenoparietal sinus.
- Contribution of surgical evacuation of a large subgaleal hematoma to the resolution of severe conjugated hyperbilirubinemia in a neonate. Case report.
- Right-sided vagus nerve stimulation inhibits induced Spinal cord seizures.
- Spinal cord transection for definitive untethering of repetitive tethered cord.
- Approach to the cervical portion of the vagus nerve via the posterior cervical triangle: a cadaveric feasibility study with potential use in vagus nerve stimulation pr...
- Quantitation of the lower subscapular nerve for potential use in neurotization procedures.
- Exposure of the V1-V3 segments of the vertebral artery via the posterior cervical triangle: a cadaveric feasibility study.
- Pericallosal artery pseudoAneurysm secondary to endoscopic-assisted ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement. Case report.
- Quantitation of and superficial surgical landmarks for the anterior interosseous nerve.
- Surgical anatomy of the cervical and infraclavicular parts of the long thoracic nerve.
- Superficial surgical landmarks for identifying the posterior interosseous nerve.
- Quantitation of and landmarks for the muscular branches of the ulnar nerve to the forearm for application in peripheral nerve neurotization procedures.
- The marginal sinus.
- The use of a sump antibiotic irrigation system to save infected hardware in a patient with a vagal nerve stimulator: technical note.
- History of surgery for cerebrovascular disease in children. Part II. Vein of Galen malformations.
- History of surgery for cerebrovascular disease in children. Part III. Arteriovenous malformations.
- History of surgery for cerebrovascular disease in children. Part I. Intracranial arterial Aneurysms.
- Polymerase chain reaction for the rapid detection of cerebroSpinal fluid shunt or ventriculostomy infections.
- Superficial landmarks for the Spinal accessory nerve within the posterior cervical triangle.
- Right-sided vagus nerve stimulation.
- Supraplacode Spinal cord transection in paraplegic patients with myelodysplasia and repetitive symptomatic tethered Spinal cord.
- An unusual case of impalement of the cranium in a child.
- Unusual findings during abdominal placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: report of three cases.
- The triangle of the vertebral artery.
- Anatomical landmarks for the lumbar plexus on the posterior abdominal wall.
- Vagus nerve stimulation for induced Spinal cord seizures: insights into seizure cessation.
- Referred shoulder pain from ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Report of three cases.
- Transient ventriculoperitoneal shunt dysfunction in children with myelodysplasia and urinary bladder infection. Report of three cases.
- Sports and pediatric cerebroSpinal fluid shunts: who can play?
- Cessation of chronic hypertension after posterior fossa decompression in a child with Chiari I malformation. Case report.
- Multiple subpial transections in the treatment of pediatric Epilepsy.
- Anatomic landmarks for the cervical portion of the thoracic duct.
- Complications of chronic vagus nerve stimulation for Epilepsy in children.
- Cutaneous manifestations and the Chiari I malformation.
- Human horns: a historical review and clinical correlation.
- Atlantoaxial interlaminar distances in cervical flexion in children.
- Cervical Spine involvement in Larsen's syndrome: a case illustration.
- Inclination of the odontoid process in the pediatric Chiari I malformation.
- Quantitative anatomy of the transverse ligament tubercles.
- Posterior atlantooccipital membrane for duraplasty. Technical note.
- Long-term control of Hydrocephalus via endoscopic third ventriculostomy in children with tectal plate gliomas.
- Absence of the falx cerebelli in a Chiari II malformation.
- Superficial surgical landmarks for the frontal sinus.
- Epilepsy surgery in bifrontal injury from prior craniopharyngioma resections.
- Neuropathic arthropathy of the elbow in a paediatric patient with myelomeningocele.
- Functional imaging: I. Relative predictive value of intracranial electroencephalography.
- Functional imaging: II. Prediction of Epilepsy surgery outcome.
- Effect of Epilepsy magnetic source imaging on intracranial electrode placement.
- Craniocephalic disproportion with increased intracranial pressure and Brain herniation: a new clinical syndrome in anemic patients: report of two cases.
- In utero spontaneous cervical thoracic epidural hematoma imitating Spinal cord birth injury.
- Spinal lipomas.
- The results of compression forces applied to the isolated human calvaria.
- Diabetic patients' alcohol use and quality of life: relationships with prescribed treatment compliance among older males.
- Transplantation of human fetal tissue from spontaneous abortions to a rodent model of Parkinson's disease.
- Intrathecal granuloma complicating chronic Spinal infusion of morphine. Report of three cases.
- Complications in ventricular cerebroSpinal fluid shunting.
- Functional effects of transplanted human fetal ventral mesencephalic Brain tissue from spontaneous abortions into a rodent model of Parkinson's disease.
- Perception of caffeine and its effects: laboratory and everyday abilities.
- Fetal dopamine neural grafts: extended reversal of methylphenyltetrahydropyridine-induced parkinsonism in monkeys.
- Surgical landmarks for the proximal portion of the axillary nerve.
- Preliminary observations on the association between simple metopic ridging in children without trigonocephaly and the Chiari I malformation.
- Histological appearance of a chronically stimulated vagus nerve in a pediatric patient.
- Alcohol abusers' and nonabusers' distraction by alcohol and concern-related stimuli.
- Choroid plexectomy reduces neurosurgical intervention in patients with hydranencephaly.
- Acute Hydrocephalus following a Chiari I decompression.
- Jarcho-Levin syndrome.
- Horizontal sacrum as an indicator of a tethered Spinal cord.
- Life expectancy of ventriculosubgaleal shunt revisions.
- Reformation of the posterior atlanto-occipital membrane following posterior fossa decompression with subsequent constriction at the craniocervical junction.
Schools
University Of Rochester
University Mn
University TorontoHosp For Sick Chldrn
Procedures Preformed
- CerebroSpinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
- Lamina Procedures (incl. Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy)
Conditions Treated
- Brain Aneurysm
- Chiari's Deformity
- Epilepsy
- Hydrocephalus
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- Fellow, American Board of Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Fellow (FAANS)
Education
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University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Hospital
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University of Alabama Hospital -
Children's of Alabama
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