Publications

Wohns, RNW, Glickman, M, and Kerstein, M.D.: Osteomyelitis Following Translumbar Aortography. Angiology 28:7, 1977

Wohns, RNW: First Appendectomy Performed at High Altitude. Summit, August-September 1978

Wohns, RNW: First Medical Glimpse into Regions Around Annapurna. Summit, October-November 1978.

Wohns, RNW, and Wyler, AR: Prophylactic Phenytoin in Severe Head Injuries. Journal of Neurosurgery 51:507-509, 1979

Dunn, R, Howe, J, Wohns, RNW, and Kelly, WA: Spinal Epidural Metastases. Journal of Neurosurgery 52:47- 51, 1980

Lohse, DC, Senter, HJ, Kauer, JS, and Wohns, RNW: Traumatic Paraplegia. Journal of Neurosurgery 52:335- 345, 1980

Wohns, RNW: High Altitude Cerebral Edema: A Pathophysiological Review. Critical Care Medicine 9:880-882, 1981

Fried, I, Mateer, C, Ojemann, G, Wohns, RNW, and Fedio, P: Organization of Visual Spatial Function in Human Cortex: Evidence of Electrical Stimulation. Brain 105:349-371, 1982

Wohns, RNW, and Kerstein, MD: The Role of Dilantin in the Prevention of Pulmonary Edema Associated with Cerebral Hypoxia. Critical Care Medicine 10:433-436, 1982

Wohns, RNW, Tamas, L, Pierce, K, and Howe, J: Use of Chlorpromazine as Treatment for Neurogenic Pulmonary Edema: Case Report. Critical Care Medicine 13:210-211, 1985

Wohns, RNW, Colpitts, M, Clement, T, Karuza, A, Blackett, WB, Foutch, R, and Larson, E: Phenytoin and Acute Mountain Sickness on Mt. Everest. American Journal of Medicine 80:32-36, 1986

Wohns, RNW: Transient Ischemic Attacks at High Altitude. Critical Care Medicine 14:517-518, 1986

Clement, T, Wohns, RNW, Nichols R: Mt. Everest Expedition Researches Acute Mountain Sickness. Medical Electronics, April 1985

Colpitts, M, Wohns, RNW, Colpitts, Y, Clement, T, Blackett, WB, Karuza, A: The Effect of High Altitude on Visual Evoked Potentials in Humans on Mt. Everest. Neurosurgery 21:352-256, 1987

Wohns, RNW, and Robinett, R: Day Surgery for Lumbar Microdiscectomy, Experience with 60 cases. Ambulatory Surgery 4:31-33, 1996

Wohns, RNW, and Robinett, R: Outpatient Anterior Cervical Microdiscectomy: Experience with 106 cases. Ambulatory Surgery 7:35-37, 1999

Wohns, RNW: Microeconomics of Microneurosurgery. Neurosurgery Quarterly 10(1):80-82, 1999.

Wohns, RNW: What is a “Fair Salary” for a Surgical Sub-specialist? Neurosurgery Focus, April, 2002.

Wohns, RNW: Outpatient Spinal Surgery, Chapter 2: Setting Up an Ambulatory Spinal Surgery Clinic; Chapter 3: The Business of Outpatient Spinal Surgery; editors: Perez-Cruet and Fessler, Quality Medical Publishing, Inc. 2002

Wohns, RNW: Liability is Rooted in Elective Spine Cases. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Bulletin 14 (2), Summer 2005

Wohns, RNW: Why Neurosurgeons Drop Craniotomy Privileges. American Association of Neurological Surgeons Bulletin 15 (1), Winter 2006

Wohns, RNW: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Chapter 9: The Business of Outpatient Spine Surgery; editor: Perez-Cruet, Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 2006.

Joseffer, S, Shin, P, and Wohns, RNW: Outpatient Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Indications and Clinical Experience in a Consecutive Series of 390 Patients, Neurosurgery Quarterly 20(2): 107-110, June 2010

Wohns, RNW: Corporate Practice of Medicine Doctrine and Direct Hospital Employment of Physicians, submitted for publication, 2010.

Wohns, RNW: Loss of Mental Competency: End of Life Issues Related to Advance Health Care Directives and Mental Health Advance Directives, submitted for publication, 2010.

Wohns, RNW: Safety and Cost-Effectiveness of Outpatient Cervical Disc Arthroplasty. Surgical Neurology International, http://www.surgicalneurologyint.com/content/1/1/77, 2010.

Wohns, RNW, Nakano, N, et al: Minimally Invasive Spine Fusion, Chapter 2: Establishing a Minimally Invasive Spine Center; editor: Perez-Cruet, Quality Medical Publishing, Inc., 2011.

Wohns, RNW: A Comparison of the Safety of Lumbar Fusions Performed as Outpatient (<25-Hour Discharge) or Inpatient (>24-Hour Discharge) Procedures, The Spine Journal 12(9) Suppl: S155-S156, September 2012.