BIBLIOGRAPHY
                                                            

REFEREED JOURNALS

Oró, JJ, Ansbacher L, Levy WJ: Septate Bifrontal Ependymal Cyst: Case Report.  Journal of Neurosurgery, 59:344-347, 1983.

Oró, JJ, Geise AW: Dumbbell Ganglioneuroma of the Lumbar Spine Associated with a Herniated Intervertebral Disc: Case Report.  Neurosurgery, 13:711-714, 1983.

Levy WJ, Oró JJ: Curved Biopsy Needle for Stereotactic Surgery: A Technical Note.  Neurosurgery, 15:82-85, 1984.

Oró JJ, Levy WJ: Motor Evoked Potential as a Monitor of Middle Cerebral Artery Ischemia and Stroke. Neurosurgery, 20:192-193, 1987.

Oró JJ:  Severe Head Injury: Stabilization and Neurological Evaluation.  Missouri Medicine, 84:247-250, 1987.

Oró JJ, Watts C, Gaines R: Vertebral Body Impactor for Posterior Lateral Decompression of Thoracic and Lumbar Fractures: Technical Note. Journal of Neurosurgery, 70:285-286, 1989.

Haghighi SS, Oró JJ: Effects of Hypovolemic-Hypotensive Shock on Somatosensory and Motor Evoked Potentials: Neurosurgery, 24:246-252, 1989.

Tully RJ, Pickens J, Oró J, Levine C: Hereditary Multiple Exostoses and Cervical Cord Compression:  CT and MR Studies.  Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 13:330-333, 1989.

Oró JJ:  Determination of Death by Neurological Criteria. Missouri Medicine, 86:628-631, September 1989.

Smith HL, Oró JJ:  Angioplasty of Persistent "Stump" of the Internal Carotid Artery.  Missouri Medicine, 87:34-36, 1990.

Haghighi SS, Green BS, Oró JJ, Drake BS, Kracke GR:  Depressive Effect of Isoflurane Anesthesia on Motor Evoked Potentials. Neurosurgery, 26:993-997, June 1990.

Haghighi SS, Madsen R, Green KD, Oró JJ, Kracke GR: Suppression of Motor Evoked Potentials by Inhalation Anesthetics.  Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, 2:73-78, 1990.

Trial Collaborator: North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators:  Beneficial Effect of Carotid Endarterectomy in Symptomatic Patients with High-Grade Carotid Stenosis. New England Journal of Medicine 325:445-453, 1991.

Fuhr P, Cohen LG, Dang N, Findley TW, Haghighi S, Oró J, and Hallett M.:  Physiological Analysis of Motor Reorganization Following Lower Limb Amputation.  Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 85:53-60, 1992.

Oró JJ, Haghighi SS:  Effects of Altering Core Body Temperature on Somatosensory and Motor Evoked Potentials. Spine 17:498-503, 1992.

Su C-F, Haghighi SS, Oró JJ, Gaines R:  “Backfiring" in Spinal Cord Monitoring - High Thoracic Spinal Cord Stimulation Evokes Sciatic Response by Antidromic Sensory Pathway Conduction, not Motor Tract Conduction. Spine 17:504-508, 1992.

Haghighi SS, Oró JJ, Gibbs SR, McFadden M: Effect of Graded Hypoxia on Cortical and Spinal Somatosensory Evoked Potentials. Surgical Neurology 37:350-355, 1992.

Keller BP, Haghighi SS, Oró JJ, Eggers GWN: The Effects of Propofol Anesthesia on Transcortical Electric Evoked Potentials in the Rat.  Neurosurgery, 30:557-560, 1992.

Haghighi SS, York DH, Ebeling J, Gumerlock MK, Oró JJ, Gaines RW:  Dissociation of Somatosensory and Motor Evoked Potentials in a Patient with an Intramedullary Spinal Tumor. Missouri Medicine 89:790-794, 1992.

Haghighi SS, Geng XZ, Spollen LE, Oró JJ:  Effects of Lazaroid (21-Aminosteroid U-74389F) Pretreatment in Compression Trauma to the Rat Spinal Cord. Soc Neurosci Abstract 18:176, 1992.

Haley EC, Kassell NF, Torner JC, et al:  A Randomized Controlled Trial of High-Dose Intravenous Nicardipine in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: J Neurosurg 78:537-547, 1993.

Haghighi SS, Keller BP, Oró JJ, Gibbs SR: Motor Evoked Potential Changes During Hypoxic Hypoxia. Surgical Neurology 39:399-402, 1993.

Haghighi SS, Stiens T, Oró JJ, Madsen R:  Evaluation of the Calcium Channel Antagonist Nimodipine after Experimental Spinal Cord Injury. Surgical Neurology 39:403-408, 1993.

Estrem SA, Vessely MD, Oró JJ: Osteoma of the Internal Auditory Canal.  Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery 108:293-297, 1993.

Bondurant CP, Oró JJ:  Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality and Chiari Malformation. J Neurosurg, 79:833-838, 1993.

Haghighi SS, Hall ED, Geng XZ, Oró JJ, Johnson GC:  Therapeutic Value of 21-Aminosteroid U74389F in Acute Spinal Cord Injury. Neurosurgical Research  15:321-326, 1993.

Oró JJ, Estrem E:  Transpetrosal Approach to Meningiomas of the Medial Temporal Bone.  Missouri Medicine 91:357-359, 1994.

Haghighi SS, York DH, Gaines RW, Oró JJ:  Monitoring of Motor Tracts with Spinal Cord Stimulation. Spine19:1518-1524, 1994.

Perez-Espejo MA., Colapinto EV, Oró JJ:  Review of Current Concepts in Stereotactic Radiosurgery. International Medical Journal 1:6-11, 1994.

Haghighi SS, Perez-Espejo MA, Geng X, Padratzik J, Oró JJ, Spollen L:  Effect of 21-Aminosteroid Pretreatment in Compression Trauma to the Spinal Cord.  Neurological Research 16:268-272, 1994.

Brugger R, Gibbs S, Shih J, Pickup S, Luo X, Oró J, Laster B:  Estimated Doses by Gadolinium Neutron Capture Therapy. Topics in Dosimetry and Treatment Planning for Neutron Capture Therapy, pp 115-123, 1994.

Colapinto EV, Brandenberg GA, Oró JJ, Jimenez DF: Stereotactic Surgery in the Management of Intracranial Disorders. Missouri Medicine 92:42-44, 1995.

Haghighi SS, Pugh S, Perez-Espejo MA, Oró JJ: Effects of 4-Aminopyridine in Acute Spinal Cord Injury. Surgical Neurology 43:443-447, 1995.

Haghighi SS, Perez-Espejo MA, Pugh SL, Oró JJ, Adelstein EH, Choi HJ: Origin of Muscle Action Potentials Evoked by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Cats. Neurological Research 17:469-473, 1995.

Haghighi SS, Sirintrapun SJ, Johnson JC, Keller BP, Oró JJ: Suppression of Spinal and Cortical Somatosensory Evoked Potentials by Desflurance Anesthesia. Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology, 8(2):148-53, 1996.

Haghighi SS, Sirintrapun SJ, Keller PB, Oró JJ, Madsen R: Effect of Desflurane Anesthesia on Transcortical Motor Evoked Potentials. Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology 8:47-51, 1996.

Haghighi SS, York DH, Spollen L, Oró JJ, Perez-Espejo MA: Neurophysiological evidence of spared upper motor neurons after spinal cord injury. Paraplegia 34:39-45, 1996.

Perez-Espejo MA, Haghighi SS, Oró JJ, Poza y M, Poza y: Traumatismos medulares experimentales: Revision de la literatura y descripcion de un modelo mediante compresion mantenida en la rata. Neurocirugia 7:181-188, 1996.

Bondurant C, Haghighi SS, Oró JJ: Experience with transcranial magnetic stimulation in cortical mapping. Neurological Research 19:435-440, 1997.

Oró JJ (Trial collaborator): Benefit of Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients with Symptomatic Moderate or Severe Stenosis. New England Journal of Medicine, 339:1415-1425, 1998.

Oró JJ, Gibbs SR, Haghighi SS: Balloon device for experimental graded spinal cord compressions in the rat. J Spinal Disord, 12:257-261, 1999.

Oró JJ, Amiridze N, Boyer R: Decompressive craniotomy in medically uncontrollable malignant infarction. Missouri Medicine, 97:17-19, 2000.

Oró JJ: Spine care of another era: Oh my neck! The Spine Journal, 1:446-447, 2001.

Morenski JD, Oró JJ, Tobias J, Singh A: Determination of Death by Neurological Criteria. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 18(4):211-221, 2003.

Mueller DM, Oró JJ: Prospective Analysis of Presenting Symptoms in 265 Patients with the Chiari I Malformation with or without Syringomyelia. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. 16(3):134-138, 2004.

Oró JJ: Evolution of the Brain: From Behavior to Consciousness in 3.4 Billion Years. Neurosurgery. 54(6):1287-1297, 2004.

Mueller DM, Oró JJ: The Chiari I Malformation with and without Syringomyelia and Pregnancy: Case Studies and Review of the Literature. American Journal of Perinatology. 22(2):67-70, 2005.

Mueller DM, Oró JJ: Prospective analysis of self-perceived quality of life before and after posterior fossa decompression among 112 patients with Chiari malformation with or without syringomyelia. Neurosurgical Focus. 2005 Feb 15;18(2): ECP2.

Bauer A, Mueller DM, Oró JJ: Arachnoid cyst resulting in tonsillar herniation and syringomyelia in a patient with achondroplasia: a case report. Neurosurgical Focus. 2005 Nov 15;19(5):E14.

Boyles AL, Enterline DS, Hammock PH, Siegel DG, Slifer SH, Mehltretter L, Gilbert JR, Hu-Lince D, Stephan D, Batzdorf U, Benzel E, Ellenbogen R, Green BA, Kula R, Menezes A, Mueller D, Oro' JJ, Iskandar BJ, George TM, Milhorat TH, Speer MC.: Phenotypic definition of Chiari type I malformation coupled with high-density SNP genome screen shows significant evidence for linkage to regions on chromosomes 9 and 15. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 140(24): 2776-2785, 2006. 

Oró JJ, Mueller DM: Posterior fossa decompression and reconstruction in adolescents and adults with the Chiari I malformation. Neurol Res., Apr;33(3):261-71, 2011.

Mueller DM, Oró JJ: The Chiari symptom profile: development and validation of a Chiari-syringomyelia-specific questionnaire. J Neurosci Nurs. Aug;45(4):205-10, 2013.

BOOKS

Oró JJ, Mueller DM: The Chiari Book. Chiari Malformation and Syringomyelia: A Guide for Patients, Families, and Health Care Providers. CyberMed, LLC., February, 2008.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Oró JJ, Watts C:  Choroid Plexus Papilloma and Other Tumors of the Lateral Ventricles.  In: Current Therapy in Neurological Surgery - 2, D.M. Long (ed), B.C. Decker, Philadelphia, pp 50-53, 1989.

Levy WJ, Oró JJ, Tucker D:  Safety Studies of Electrical and Magnetic Stimulation for the Production of Motor Evoked Potentials. In: Magnetic Stimulation in Clinical Neurophysiology, Butterworth Publishers, October, 1989.

Oró JJ:  Neurosurgery. In: Medical Examination Review, Medical Examination Publishing Company, 10th edition, 1991.

Brugger R, Gibbs S, Shih J, Pickup S, Luo X, Oró J, Laster B:  Estimated Doses by Gadolinium Neutron Capture Therapy. In: Topics in Dosimetry and Treatment Planning for Neutron Capture Therapy, pp 115-123, 1994.

Oró JJ, Gibbs SG: Neurosurgery. In: Medical Examination Review, Medical Examination Publishing Company, 11th edition, 1995.

Boyer R, Oró JJ: Head Injury - The Role of Surgery. In: Oxford Textbook of Critical Care, Oxford University Press, December 1996.

Oró JJ: Building a Medical Web Site. In: Medsurf!: A Guide to the Best Healthcare Resources on the Internet. Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 1996.

Watts C, Oró, JJ: Technique of Sublaminar Wire Placement. In: Posterior Cervical Spine Surgery (Principles and Techniques in Spine Surgery), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998.

Oró JJ: Ethical Issues in Neurosurgical Practice. In: Neurosurgery in Transition, Williams and Wilkins, 1998.

Oró JJ: Chiari Type I Malformation.  In: Hyperbook of Neurosurgery, http://neuroworld.com/hyperbook/neurospine/Chiari/1.html, 1998-2001.

Amiridze N, Oró JJ: Cerebral Cavernous Malformations. In: Hyperbook of Neurosurgery http://neuroworld.com/hyperbook/neurovascular/cavernomas/1.html, 1998-2001.

Oró JJ: Spine and Spinal Cord Injury. In: Hyperbook of Neurosurgery, http://neuroworld.com/hyperbook/neurotrauma/sci/spine_injury/1.html 1998-2001.

Oró JJ: Injuries of the Cervical Spine. In: Hyperbook of Neurosurgery, http://hyperbook/neurotrauma/sci/cervical/1.html, 1998-2001.

Oró JJ: Cervical Fractures in Ankylosing Spondylitis. In: Hyperbook of Neurosurgery, http://hyperbook/neurotrauma/sci/ank_spon/1.html, 1998-2001.

Oró JJ: Gun Shot Wounds to the Spine. In: Hyperbook of Neurosurgery, http://hyperbook/neurotrauma/sci/gsw/1.html, 1999-2001.

Oró JJ: Surgical Treatment of Malignant Infarction. In: Hyperbook of Neurosurgery, http://hyperbook/neurovascular/malignant_infarction/1.html, 1999-2001.

Oró JJ: Intracranial Arachnoid Cysts. In: Hyperbook of Neurosurgery, http://hyperbook/cysts/1.html, 1999-2001. 

Oró JJ: Cervical Spondylosis. In: Hyperbook of Neurosurgery, http://neuroworld.com/hyperbook/neurospine/Cervical_spondylosis/1.html, 1999-2001.

W.J. Levy, J. Oro, M Traad: Motor Evoked Potentials: Issues in Safety and Operative Monitoring. In: Spinal Cord Monitoring and Electrodiagnosis, Springer, pp 273-283, 1999.

Emery SE, Oró JJ: Postoperative Cervical Infections. In: The Failed Spine. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, pp 272-274, 2002.

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Oró JJ:  Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations in Children. Clinical Neuroscience 1:7-9,1987.

Oró JJ, Long DJ, Belshe BD:  Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations:  A Retrospective Analysis of Twenty-five Cases. Clinical Neuroscience 3:3-7, 1990.

Ebeling J, Oró JJ, York D, Watts C:  Correlation of Visual Evoked Potentials, Intracranial Pressure and Computed Tomography in a Hydrocephalic Shunt Patient. Clinical Neuroscience 3:9-11, 1990.

Oró JJ: Where are you when the lights go out: Defining the living death of the persistent vegetative state. Columbia Daily Tribune, Columbia, MO, March 19, 1991.

 Oró JJ: Spine Injury. Surgery Update 6(4), Spring, 1997.

Oró JJ: Will Medicine be Practiced on the Internet? Prescriptions, Vol 14, No 7, July, 1997. 

Oró JJ: N://OC – Preparing for the Coming Century. AANS Bulletin, Fall 1997.

Oró JJ: Building Your Practice: Tips for Marketing your Practice on the Internet. AANS Bulletin, Fall 1999/Winter 2000.

Oró JJ: The Dawning of e-healthcare: The Impact of the Internet on Medical Practice. AANS Bulletin, Fall 2000.

Oró JJ: The Resources Are Out There: Incorporating Information Technology into Neurosurgical Practice. AANS Bulletin, Summer 2002.

PROCEEDINGS

Haley EC, Torner JC, Kassell NF and the Participants: Cooperative Randomized Study of Nicardipine in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Preliminary Report.  Cerebral Vasospasm.  Proceedings of the IVth International Conference on Cerebral Vasospasm, 1990. 

ABSTRACTS

Oró JJ, Watts C:  Sublaminar and Epilaminar Wire Fusion:  A Technique for Posterior Subluxation Injuries of the Lower Cervical Spine.  Abstracts of the Cervical Spine Research Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984.  (also presentation)

Oró JJ, Levy WJ, York DH:  Cerebral Ischemia Assessment via the Motor Evoked Potential.  Abstracts of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 1986.  (also a presentation)

Oró JJ, Levy WJ, York DH: Intraoperative Motor Evoked Potential Monitoring:  Technique and Application. Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., May 16, 1988. (also a presentation)

Oró JJ, Levy WJ, York DH: Limitations of Transcranial Motor Evoked Potential Monitoring.  Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation Annual Meeting.  Washington D.C., May 16, 1988. (also a presentation)

Levy WJ, Oró JJ, Tucker D: Safety of Magnetic Transcranial Stimulation.  Congress of the International Medical Society of Motor Disturbances, Abstract Volume, Rome, Italy, June 2-4, 1988.

Haghighi SS, Oró JJ: Effects of Hypovolemic Hypotension on Somatosensory and Motor Evoked Potentials.  Abstracts AAEE/AEEGS Joint Symposium, Muscle and Nerve, 11:992, September 1988 and J Clin Neurophysiology 5:366, 1988.  (also an exhibit)

Estrem SA, Conway RR, Platt W, Haghighi SS, Davis WE, Oró JJ: Magnetic Stimulation for Facial Nerve Electroneurography.  Abstracts AAEE/AEEGS Joint Symposium, Muscle and Nerve, 11:994, September 1988 and J Clin Neurophysiology, 5:369, 1988. (also an exhibit)

Oró JJ, Haghighi SS: Effects of Graded Hypovolemic Hypotension on Spinal  Motor Evoked Potentials in the Cat. Soc NeuroSci Abstract, Vol 14, Part 2, pp 1255, 1988.

Haghighi SS, Oró JJ: Effects of Hemorrhagic Shock on Spinal and Cortical Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in the Cat. Soc NeuroSci Abstract, Vol 14, Part 2, pp 1255, 1988.

Haghighi SS, Oró JJ, Su C-F: Combined Somatosensory and Motor/Potentials Evoked by Spinal Cord Stimulation.  International Motor Evoked Potential Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, August 18-20, 1989. (also an exhibit)

Haghighi SS, Oró JJ: Effects of Hypovolemic Hypotension on Motor Evoked Potentials.  Electroencephal Clin Neurophysiology, Vol 72, pp 99, 1989.

Haghighi SS, Oró JJ, Su C-F: Somatosensory Cortical Potentials Evoked by Magnetic Stimulation of the Median Nerve in Man. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, October 29-November 3, 1989.

Haghighi SS, Green KD, Kracke G, Oró JJ, Drake R: Influence of Anesthetics on Compound Muscle Action Potentials Evoked by Electrical Stimulation of the Motor Cortex. International Motor Evoked Potential Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, August 18-20, 1989. (also an exhibit)

Haghighi SS, Madsen R, Green KD, Oró JJ, Kracke G:  Suppression of Motor Evoked Potentials by Inhalation Anesthetics. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences, 17:249, 1990.

Haghighi SS, Gibbs S, Oró JJ:  Effect of Ischemic Hypoxia on Cortical and Spinal Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Rats. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 17:246, 1990. (also an exhibit)

Haghighi SS and Oró JJ:  Somatotopic Representation of Human Hand Muscles Using Magnetic Stimulation. The XXVIth Meeting of the Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences.  June 18-22, 1991.

Haghighi SS, Oró JJ, Stiens T: Evaluation of the Calcium Channel Antagonist Nimodipine on Axonal Function Following Experimental Spinal Cord Injury.  Society for Neuroscience, November 10-15, 1991.

Haghighi SS, Bondurant CP, Oró JJ:  Non-Invasive Mapping of Human Motor Cortex with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Examination of Motor Function in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury. American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring, Pittsburgh, PA, May 15-16, 1992.

Haghighi SS, Perez-Espejo MA, Choi JH, Pugh S, Oró JJ and Adelstein EH:  Origin of Muscle Action Potentials Evoked by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Cats. The Fifth International Evoked Potentials Symposium, Milan, Italy, September 4-7, 1994.

EXHIBITS

Oró JJ, Levy WJ, Haghighi SS:  The Motor Evoked Potential as a Monitor of Middle Cerebral Artery Ischemia and Stroke. First International Symposium on Motor System Evoked Potentials, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, June 16-17, 1986.

Oró JJ, Watts C, Gaines R: Vertebral Body Impactor for Posterior Lateral Decompression of Thoracolumbar Fractures.  AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, February 17-20, 1988.  

Haghighi SS, Oró JJ, Watts C: Effects of Altering Core Body Temperature on Somatosensory and Motor Evoked Potential. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Spinal Cord Disorders Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, February 17-20, 1988 and Central Missouri Society for Neuroscience, Columbia, Missouri, April 8, 1988.

Oró JJ, Boxell C, Watts C: Continuous External Ventricular Drainage for the Management of Post-Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus in Premature Infants.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, April 24-28, 1988.

Haghighi SS, Oró JJ, Watts C: Effects of Altering Body Temperature on Spinal Motor Evoked Potentials.  World congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, San Antonio, Texas, 1988.

Su C-F, Haghighi SS, Oró JJ: An Experimental Investigation on the Neuronal Pathways Activated by Spinal Cord Stimulation.  Central Missouri Society for Neuroscience Annual Poster Session, Columbia, Missouri, April 21, 1989 and American Academy of Clinical Neurophysiology, Baltimore, Maryland, July 11, 1989.

Haghighi SS, Gibbs SR, Oró JJ: Effect of the Calcium Antagonist Nimodipine Infusion on Electroencephalogram and Cortical Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in the Rat Under Hypoxia Condition. International Nimodipine Workshop, Arizona, 1990.

Haghighi SS, Oró JJ: Effect of Graded Hypoxia on Motor Evoked Potentials in Rats. American Academy of Clinical Neurophysiology Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990.

Oró JJ, Gibbs SR: Skull Shaping in Indians of the Americas. American Association of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 20-25, 1991.

Oró JJ, Gibbs SR, Haghighi SS:  Balloon Device for Graded Spinal Cord Compression in the Rat.  American Association of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 20-25, 1991.

Haghighi SS, Geng XZ, Spollen LE, Oró JJ: Effect of Lazaroid (21-Aminosteroid) Pretreatment in Compression Trauma to the Rat Spinal Cord.  Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, October 17-26, 1992.

Haghighi SS, Choi HJ, Jacobs J, Oró JJ: Electrophysiological Evidence of Spared Motor Pathways in Spinal Cord Injury with Complete Quadriplegia. Neurotrauma Society 11th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1993.

Haghighi SS, Roth S, Malugani N, and Oró JJ: Activation of Ipsilateral and Contralateral Muscles by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.  XXVIIIth Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1993.

Haghighi SS, Karaikovic EE, Gaines RW, Oró JJ: Electrophysiological Evidence  of Spared Motor Pathways in Spinal Cord Injury with Complete Quadriplegia.  Spine Fellows Symposium = Spine + Science + Management, New Orleans, Louisiana, December, 1993.

Haghighi SS, Pugh S, Perez-Espejo MA, Oró JJ: Evaluation of the Potassium Channel Blocker 4-Aminopyridine after Experimental Spinal Cord Injury. Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl,  1994.

Perez-Espejo MA, Haghighi SS, Adelstein EH, Oró JJ, Poza Y: The Effects of Taxol in Compressive Spinal Cord Injury.  A Comparative Experimental Study.  European Congress of Neurosurgery, May 7-13, 1995.

Oró JJ, Gibbs SR: Cataloguing the Neuromedical Resources on the World Wide Web. Congress of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting, Montreal, Canada, 1996.

Oró JJ, Mueller DM: Presentation, Treatment and Outcome in 100 Consecutive Patients Treated Surgically for the Chiari I Malformation. American Association of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting, Chicago, IL, 2002.

Mueller DM, Oró, JJ: Treatment and Outcome in 100 Consecutive Patients Surgically Treated for the Chiari I Malformation. American College of Nurse Practitioners. Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 2002.

Oró JJ, Ryan T, Bauer A: The Organized Spine Environment in North America: Four Decades of Growth.Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2005.

LETTERS & COMMENTARY

Oró JJ: Brain Death. JAMA 262:2835, 1989.

Oró JJ: Neurosurgery Online. Neurosurgery 35:171, 1994.

Oró, JJ: A Personal Letter to Walter E. Dandy. In: Walter Dandy: The Personal Side of a Premier Neurosurgeon. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002.