James C. Torner

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University of Iowa
Institute for Clinical and Translational Science
Associate DirectorAppointed: 2007
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Epidemiology
Preventive Intervention Center
Co-DirectorAppointed: 2006
University of Iowa
Carver College of Medicine
Neurosurgery
Professor (Secondary)Appointed: 2005
University of Iowa
Carver College of Medicine
Surgery
ProfessorAppointed: 2000
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Epidemiology
HeadAppointed: 1999
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Epidemiology
ProfessorAppointed: 1999
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Occupational & Environmental Health
Injury Prevention Research Center
Associate DirectorAppointed: 1993
University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Preventive Medicine & Environmental Health (PMEH)
Preventive Intervention Center
DirectorAppointed: 1991

Mailing Address

C-21P-1 GH
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
United States

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Iowa, Epidemiology, 1984.
Summer Session, University of Minnesota, Epidemiology, 1976.
M.S., University of Iowa, Biostatistics, 1974.
B.S., University of Iowa, General Science, 1971.

Expertise and Research Interests

Design of Clinical Trials
Analysis of Clinical Trials
Analysis of Prognostic Factors
Neuroepidemiology
Meta-analysis
Pharmacoepidemiology of Adverse Experiences
Cerebrovascular Disease Epidemiology (Risk Factors and Prognostic Factors)
Statistical Methods for Observational Studies
Injury Epidemiology/Acute Care/Trauma System Evaluation
Prostate Cancer
Telemedicine

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Central Nervous System, Cerebrovascular Disorders, Chemopreventive Agents, Clinical Trial, Data Analysis, Epidemiology, Injury, Nervous System, Neurological Disorders, Neurosurgery, Pharmaceuticals, Preventive Medicine, Prostate Cancer, Risk Factor Analysis, Trauma.

Additional Terms:

Chemopreventive Agent, Devices, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Stroke.

Memberships

American Academy of Neurology
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American College of Epidemiology
American Heart Association
American Public Health Association
American Trauma Society
Biometric Society
Drug Information Association
Society for Clinical Trials
Society for Epidemiologic Research

Honors and Awards

2008, Faculty Research Award, College of Public Health, University of Iowa
2006, Member, Alpha Phi Chapter of the Delta Omega Society (an honorary public health society)
1996, Fellow, American College of Epidemiology
1985, Stroke Fellow, American Heart Association

Previous Positions

1995-1997, Associate Director, University of Iowa, Education, Epidemiology & Health Science, Multipurpose Arthritis Center
1993-1999, Professor, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health
1991-1999, Director, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Epidemiology
1991-1993, Associate Professor, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health
1990-1991, Associate Professor, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Neurosurgery and Internal Medicine
1988-1991, Associate Professor, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Neurosurgery
1987-1990, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Center for the Prevention of Diseaseand Injury
1984-1991, Director, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Brain Injury Research Program
1984-1991, Associate Director, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Center for the Prevention of Disease and Injury, Epidemiologic Studies Program
1984-1988, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Neurosurgery
1980-1984, Senior Research Assistant, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Surgery, Cooperative Aneurysm Study
1977-1980, Research Assistant, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Neurology, Cooperative Aneurysm Study
1973-1977, Information Retrieval Consultant and Research Assistant, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Neurology
1972-1973, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, Biostatistics

Funding Received

  • NIH: Clinical and Translational Science Award, 2007 to 2012.
  • NIGH, subcontract with VAMC: Sexual Violence Exposures and Women's Veteran's Gynecologic Health, $12,984, 2005 to 2006.
  • NIH: Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: Neurologic Outcome, PI: J Torner, $487,251, 2004 to 2008.
  • NIH: Fluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Development--Supplement PI: S M Levy, $329,382, 2003 to 2007.
  • ReoPro: Stroke, PI: J Torner, $12,000, 2003 to 2005.
  • NIH: Laxity and Malalignment in a Large Cohort Study of OA, PI: J Torner, $175,000, 2002 to 2007.
  • CDC: Injury Prevention Research Center, PI: C Zwerling, $668,970, 2002 to 2007.
  • NIH: Alternative Therapies for Benign Prostate, PI: K Kreder, $160,319, 2002 to 2009.
  • Subcontract with Iowa State University: Center for Research on Botanical Dietary Supplements, PI: D Birt, $236,888, 2002 to 2007.
  • CDC: Occupational Safety and Health Training, PI: N Sprince, $81,624, 2000 to 2008.
  • IDPH/CDC: Wisewoman, PI: Pendergast, $81,624, 2000 to 2008.
  • NIH-NINDS: Hypothermia during Intracranial Aneurysms Surgery PI: M Todd, $1,048,340, 04/01/99 to 03/31/04.
  • NIDR: Fluoride and Other Factors in Childhood Bone Development PI: S M Levy, $354,259, 04/01/98 to 03/31/03.
  • Merck & Company: A 5-yr Double-Blind Rand Placebo-Controlled Extension Study to Examine the L-T Safety & Eff of Oral Alendronate in Postmenopausal Women who Prev Received Alendronate in Conjunction w/the Fracture Intervention Trial (FLEX) PI: R Wallace, :$616,289, 03/01/97 to 10/03/03.
  • NIH: Multicenter Knee Osteoarthritis Study (MOST) PI: J C Torner, $408,486, 01/01/01 to 03/31/07.

Publications

  • Segal NA, Yack HJ, Brubaker M, Torner JC, Wallace R (Nov 2009) Association of dynamic joint power with functional limitations in older adults with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis., Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 90 (11), 1821-8 Abstract
  • Segal NA, Torner JC, Felson D, Niu J, Sharma L, Lewis CE, Nevitt M (Aug 2009) Effect of thigh strength on incident radiographic and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in a longitudinal cohort., Arthritis and rheumatism, 61 (9), 1210-1217 Abstract
  • Segal NA, Anderson DD, Iyer KS, Baker J, Torner JC, Lynch JA, Felson DT, Lewis CE, Brown TD (Jun 2009) Baseline articular contact stress levels predict incident symptomatic knee osteoarthritis development in the MOST cohort., Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society Abstract
  • Segal NA, Torner JC, Felson DT, Niu J, Sharma L, Lewis CE, Nevitt M (May 2009) Knee Extensor Strength Does Not Protect Against Incident Knee Symptoms at 30 Months in the Multicenter Knee Osteoarthritis (MOST) Cohort., PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation, 1 (5), 459-65 Abstract
  • Janz KF, Kwon S, Letuchy EM, Eichenberger Gilmore JM, Burns TL, Torner JC, Willing MC, Levy SM (May 2009) Sustained Effect of Early Physical Activity on Body Fat Mass in Older Children., American journal of preventive medicine Abstract
  • Todd MM, Hindman BJ, Clarke WR, Torner JC, Weeks JB, Bayman EO, Shi Q, Spofford CM (May 2009) Perioperative fever and outcome in surgical patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage., Neurosurgery, 64 (5), 897-908; discussion Abstract
  • Dahdaleh NS, Nakamura S, Torner JC, Lim TH, Hitchon PW (Feb 2009) Biomechanical rigidity of cadaveric cervical spine with posterior versus combined posterior and anterior instrumentation., Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 10 (2), 133-8 Abstract
  • Pasternak JJ, McGregor DG, Lanier WL, Schroeder DR, Rusy DA, Hindman B, Clarke W, Torner J, Todd MM (Feb 2009) Effect of Nitrous Oxide Use on Long-term Neurologic and Neuropsychological Outcome in Patients Who Received Temporary Proximal Artery Occlusion during Cerebral Aneurysm Clipping Surgery., Anesthesiology Abstract
  • Margolis KL, Ray RM, Van Horn L, Manson JE, Allison MA, Black HR, Beresford SA, Connelly SA, Curb JD, Grimm RH, Kotchen TA, Kuller LH, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Thomson CA, Torner JC (Sep 2008) Effect of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on Blood Pressure. The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trial., Hypertension Abstract
  • Felson DT, Nevitt MC, Yang M, Clancy M, Niu J, Torner JC, Lewis CE, Aliabadi P, Sack B, McCulloch C, Zhang Y (Sep 2008) A New Approach Yields High Rates of Radiographic Progression in Knee Osteoarthritis., The Journal of rheumatology Abstract
  • Adams HP, Leira EC, Torner JC, Barnathan E, Padgett L, Effron MB, Hacke W (Sep 2008) Treating Patients With 'Wake-Up' Stroke. The Experience of the AbESTT-II Trial., Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation Abstract
  • Janz KF, Medema-Johnson HC, Letuchy EM, Burns TL, Gilmore JM, Torner JC, Willing M, Levy SM (Aug 2008) Subjective and objective measures of physical activity in relationship to bone mineral content during late childhood: the Iowa Bone Development Study., British journal of sports medicine, 42 (8), 658-63 Abstract
  • Leira EC, Hess DC, Torner JC, Adams HP (Jul 2008) Rural-urban differences in acute stroke management practices: a modifiable disparity., Archives of neurology, 65 (7), 887-91 Abstract
  • Shah S, Torner J, Mehta A (Jun 2008) Prevalence of amblyogenic risk factors in siblings of patients with accommodative esotropia., Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus / American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Abstract
  • Leira EC, Granner MA, Torner JC, Callison RC, Adams HP (May 2008) Education Research: The challenge of incorporating formal research methodology training in a neurology residency., Neurology, 70 (20), e79-84 Abstract
  • Segal NA, Torner JC, Yang M, Curtis JR, Felson DT, Nevitt MC (May 2008) Muscle Mass Is More Strongly Related to Hip Bone Mineral Density Than Is Quadriceps Strength or Lower Activity Level in Adults Over Age 50Year., Journal of clinical densitometry : the official journal of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry Abstract
  • Pasternak JJ, McGregor DG, Schroeder DR, Lanier WL, Shi Q, Hindman BJ, Clarke WR, Torner JC, Weeks JB, Todd MM (Apr 2008) Hyperglycemia in patients undergoing cerebral aneurysm surgery: its association with long-term gross neurologic and neuropsychological function., Mayo Clinic proceedings. Mayo Clinic, 83 (4), 406-17 Abstract
  • Walitt B, Pettinger M, Weinstein A, Katz J, Torner J, Wasko MC, Howard BV (Mar 2008) Effects of postmenopausal hormone therapy on rheumatoid arthritis: the women's health initiative randomized controlled trials., Arthritis and rheumatism, 59 (3), 302-10 Abstract
  • Jacob AT, Ingalhalikar AV, Morgan JH, Channon S, Lim TH, Torner JC, Hitchon PW (Jan 2008) Biomechanical comparison of single- and dual-lead pedicle screws in cadaveric spine., Journal of neurosurgery. Spine, 8 (1), 52-7 Abstract
  • Segal NA, Harvey W, Felson DT, Yang M, Torner JC, Curtis JR, Nevitt MC (2008) Leg-length inequality is not associated with greater trochanteric pain syndrome., Arthritis research & therapy, 10 (3), R62 Abstract
  • Englund M, Niu J, Guermazi A, Roemer FW, Hunter DJ, Lynch JA, Lewis CE, Torner J, Nevitt MC, Zhang YQ, Felson DT (Dec 2007) Effect of meniscal damage on the development of frequent knee pain, aching, or stiffness., Arthritis and rheumatism, 56 (12), 4048-54 Abstract
  • Adams HP Jr, Effron MB, Torner J, Dávalos A, Frayne J, Teal P, Leclerc J, Oemar B, Padgett L, Barnathan ES, Hacke W, for the AbESTT-II investigators (2007) Emergency administration of Abciximab for treatment of patients with acute ischemic stroke: Results of an international phase III trial. Abciximab in Emergency Treatment of Stroke Trial (AbESTT-II), Stroke, 39 (1), 87-99
  • Reddy C, Ingalhalikar AV, Channon S, Lim TH, Torner J, Hitchon PW (2007) In vitro biomechanical comparison of transpedicular versus translaminar C-2 screw fixation in C2-3 instrumentation, J Neurosurg Spine, 7 (4), 414-8
  • Felson DT, Niu J, Guermazi A, Roemer F, Aliabadi P, Clancy M, Torner J, Lewis CE, Nevitt MC (Sep 2007) Correlation of the development of knee pain with enlarging bone marrow lesions on magnetic resonance imaging., Arthritis and rheumatism, 56 (9), 2986-92 Abstract
  • Leira EC, Davis PH, Martin CO, Torner JC, Yoo B, Weeks JB, Hindman BJ, Todd MM, Intraoperative Hypothermia for Aneurysm Surgery Trial (IHAST) Investigators (2007) Improving prediction of outcome in "good grade" subarachnoid hemorrhage, Neurosurgery, 61 (3), 470-3
  • Segal NA, Felson DT, Torner JC, Zhu Y, Curtis JR, Niu J, Nevitt MC (2007) Nevitt MC; Multicenter Osteoarthritis (MOST) Study Group. Greater trochanteric pain syndrome: epidemiology and associated factors, Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 88 (8), 988-92
  • Tiesman H, Young T, Torner JC, McMahon M, Peek-Asa C, Fiedler J (2007) Effects of a rural trauma system on traumatic brain injuries, J Neurotrauma, 24 (7), 1189-97
  • Robinson JG, Bakris G, Torner J, Stone NJ, Wallace R (2007) Is it time for a cardiovascular primary prevention trial in the elderly?, Stroke, 38 (2), 441-50
  • Anderson SW, Todd MM, Hindman BJ, Clarke WR, Torner JC, Tranel D, Yoo B, Weeks J, Manzel KW, Samra S (2006) Effects of intraoperative hypothermia on neuropsychological outcomes after intracranial aneurysm surgery, Ann Neurol, 60 (5), 518-27
  • Hitchon PW, Torner J, Eichholz KM, Beeler SN (2006) Comparison of anterolateral and posterior approaches in the management of thoracolumbar burst fractures, J Neurosurg Spine, 5 (2), 117-25
  • Janz KF, Gilmore JM, Burns TL, Levy SM, Torner JC, Willing MC, Marshall TA (2006) Physical activity augments bone mineral accrual in young children: The Iowa bone development study, J Pediatr, 148 (6), 793-9
  • Choi KC, Peek-Asa C, Lovell M, Torner JC, Zwerling C, Kealey GP (Oct 2005) Complications after therapeutic trauma laparotomy., 201 (4), 546-53
  • Durairaj L, Torner JC, Chrischilles EA, Vaughan Sarrazin MS, Yankey J, Rosenthal GE (Sep 2005) Hospital volume-outcome relationships among medical admissions to ICUs., 128 (3), 1682-9
  • Kennedy CM, Nygaard IE, Saftlas A, Burns TL, Torner JC, Galask RP (Jun 2005) Vulvar Disease: a Pelvic Floor Pain Disorder?, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 192 (6), 1829-35
  • Sing BN, Singh SN, Reda DJ, Tang XC, Lopez B, Harris CL, Fletcher RD, Sharma SC, Atwood JE, Jacobson AK, Lewis HD, Raisch DW, Ezekowitz MD, for the Sotalol Amiodarone Atrial Fibrillation Efficacy Trial (SAFE-T) (2005) Amiodarone versus Sotalol for Atrial Fibrillation, New England Journal of Medicine, 351, 1861-72
  • Adams HP, Hacke W, Oemar B, Davalos A, Cook RA, Trouillas P, Fazekas F, Bogousslavsky J, Hilburn J, Torner J, Leclerc J, Shuaib A, Reid P, Emergency Administration of Abciximab for Treatment of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke - Results of a Randomized Phase 2 Trial, Stroke, 36(4), 880-90, Apr 2005
  • Willing MC, Torner JC, Burns TL, Janz KF, Marshall TA, Gilmore J, Warren JJ, Levy SM (Spring 2005) Percentile distributions of bone measurements in Iowa children: the Iowa Bone Development Study., 8 (1), 39-47
  • Hitchon PW, Eichholz K, Barry C, Rubenbauer P, Ingalhalikar A, Nakamura S, Follett K, Lim TH, Torner J, Biomechanical Studies of An Artificial Disc Implant in the Human Cadaveric Spine., Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine, 2(3), 339-43, Mar 2005 Abstract
  • Todd MM, Hindman BJ, Clarke WR, Torner JC, Intraoperative Hypothermia for Aneurysm Surgery Trial (IHAST) (Jan 2005) Mild intraoperative hypothermia during surgery for intracranial aneurysm., 352 (2), 135-45
  • Ensrud KE, Barrett-Connor EL, Schwartz A, Santora AC, Bauer DC, Suryawanshi S, Feldstein A, Haskell WL, Hochberg MC, Torner JC, Lombardi A, Black DM, Fracture Intervention Trial Long-Term Extension Research Group, Randomized trial of effect of alendronate continuation versus discontinuation in women with low BMD: results from the Fracture Intervention Trial long-term extension, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research : the Official Journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research., 19(8), 1259-69, August 2004 Abstract
  • Janz KF, Burns TL, Levy SM, Torner JC, Willing MC, Beck TJ, Gilmore JM, Marshall TA, Everyday activity predicts bone geometry in children: the iowa bone development study, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 36(7), 1124-31, July 2004 Abstract
  • Vaughn TE, McCoy KD, Beekmann SE, Woolson RE, Torner JC, Doebbeling BN, Factors promoting consistent adherence to safe needle precautions among hospital workers, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America., 25(7), 548-55, July 2004 Abstract
  • Eichholz KM, Hitchon PW, From A, Rubenbauer P, Nakamura S, Lim TH, Torner J, Biomechanical Testing of Anterior and Posterior Thoracolumbar Instrumentation in the Cadaveric Spine - Invited Submission From the Joint Section Meeting on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, 1(1), 116-21, Jul 2004
  • Kohatsu ND, Robinson JG, Torner JC,, Evidence-based public health: an evolving concept, Am J Prev Med, 27(5), 417-21, 2004
  • Chlebowski RT, Wactawski-Wende J, Ritenbaugh C, Hubbell FA, Ascensao J, Rodabough RJ, Rosenberg CA, Taylor VM, Harris R, Chen C, Adams-Campbell LL, White E, Alving B, Rossouw J, Pottern L, Ludlam S, McGowan J, Prentice R, Anderson G, LaCroix A, Patterson R, McTiernan A, Cochrane B, Hunt J, Tinker L, et al (2004) Estrogen plus progestin and colorectal cancer in postmenopausal women, New England Journal of Medicine, 350 (10), 991-1004
  • Willing MC, Torner JC, Burns TL, Janz KF, Marshall T, Gilmore J, Deschenes SP, Warren JJ, Levy SM, Gene polymorphisms, bone mineral density and bone mineral content in young children:the Iowa bone development study, Osteoporosis International : a Journal Established as Result of Cooperation Between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the Usa., 14(8), 650-8, August 2003 Abstract
  • Wiebers DO, Whisnant JP, Huston J 3rd, Meissner I, Brown RD Jr, Piepgras DG, Forbes GS, Thielen K, Nichols D, O'Fallon WM, Peacock J, Jaeger L, Kassell NF, Kongable-Beckman GL, Torner JC, et al, Unruptured intracranial aneurysms: natural history, clinical outcome, and risks of surgical and endovascular treatment, Lancet, 362(9378), 103-10, July 2003 Abstract
  • Hitchon PW, Brenton MD, Black AG, From A, Harrod JS, Barry C, Serhan H, Torner JC, In vitro biomechanical comparison of pedicle screws, sublaminar hooks, and sublaminar cables, Journal of Neurosurgery, 99(1 Suppl), 104-9, July 2003 Abstract
  • Wibbenmeyer LA, Amelon MJ, Torner JC, Kealey GP, de Mola RML, Lundell J, Lynch CF, Zerling CF, Population-based assessment of burn injury in southern Iow: Identification of children and young-audlt at-risk groups and behaviors, Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation, 24(4), 192-202, July 2003
  • Durairaj L, Will JG, Torner JC, Doebbeling BN, Prognostic factors for mortality following interhospital transfers to the medical intensive care unit of a tertiary referral center, Critical Care Medicine, 31(7), 1981-6, July 2003 Abstract
  • Young T, Torner JC, Sihler KC, Hansen AR, Peek-Asa C, Zwerling C, Factors associated with mode of transport to acute care hospitals in rural communities, Journal of Emergency Medicine, 24(2), 189-98, February 2003 Abstract
  • Hitchon PW, Brenton MD, Coppes JK, From AM, Torner JC, Factors affecting the pullout strength of self-drilling and self-tapping anterior cervical screws, Spine, 28(1), 9-13, January 2003 Abstract
  • Janz KF, Levy SM, Burns TL, Torner JC, Willing MC, Warren JJ, Fatness, physical activity, and television viewing in children during the adiposity rebound period: the Iowa Bone Development Study, Preventive Medicine, 35(6), 563-71, December 2002 Abstract
  • Hitchon PW, Brenton MD, Serhan H, Goel VK, Torner JC, In vitro biomechanical studies of an anterior thoracolumbar implant, Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques, 15(5), 350-4, October 2002
  • Hitchon PW, From AM, Brenton MD, Glaser JA, Torner JC, Fractures of the thoracolumbar spine complicating ankylosing spondylitis, Journal of Neurosurgery, 97(2 Suppl), 218-22, September 2002 Abstract
  • Dennis LK, Lynch CF, Torner JC, Epidemiologic association between prostatitis and prostate cancer, Urology, 60(1), 78-83, July 2002 Abstract
  • Sihler KC, Hansen AR, Torner JC, Kealey GP, Morgan LJ, Zwerling C, Characteristics of twice-transferred, rural trauma patients, Prehospital Emergency Care : Official Journal of the National Association of Ems Physicians and the National Association of State Ems Directors., 6(3), 330-5, 2002 Abstract
  • Doebbeling BN, Jones MF, Hall DB, Clarke WR, Woolson RF, Torner JC, Burmeister LF, Snyders-Crumley T, Barrett DH, Falter KH, Merchant JA, Nusser S, Anderson D, Schwartz DA, Methodologic issues in a population-based health survey of Gulf War veterans, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 55(5), 477-87, May 2002 Abstract
  • Journal of Neurosurgery, Unruptured aneurysms, Wiebers DO, Piepgras DG, Brown RD, Meissner I, Torner J, Kassell NF, Whisnant JP, Huston J, Nichols DA, 96(1), 50-1, 2002
  • Wiebers DO, Piepgras DB, Brown RD, Meissner I, Torner J, Kassell NF, Whisnant JP, Huston J, Nichols DA, Unruptured aneurysms, Journal of Neurosurgery, 96(1), 50-51, 2002
  • Hitchon PW, Goel V, Drake J, Taggard D, Brenton M, Rogge T, Torner JC, Comparison of the biomechanics of hydroxyapatite and polymethylmethacrylate vertebroplasty in a cadaveric spinal compression fracture model, Journal of Neurosurgery, 95(2 Suppl), 215-20, October 2001 Abstract
  • Heth JA, Hitchon PW, Goel VK, Rogge TN, Drake JS, Torner JC, A biomechanical comparison between anterior and transverse interbody fusion cages, Spine, 26(12), E261-7, June 2001 Abstract
  • Janz KF, Burns TL, Torner JC, Levy SM, Paulos R, Willing MC, Warren JJ, Physical activity and bone measures in young children: the Iowa bone development study, Pediatrics, 107(6), 1387-93, June 2001 Abstract
  • Sadler AG, Booth BM, Cook BL, Torner JC, Doebbeling BN, The military environment: risk factors for women's non-fatal assaults, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine / American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 43(4), 325-34, April 2001 Abstract
  • Beekmann SE, Vaughn TE, McCoy KD, Ferguson KJ, Torner JC, Woolson RF, Doebbeling BN, Hospital bloodborne pathogens programs: program characteristics and blood and body fluid exposure rates, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America, 22(2), 73-82, February 2001 Abstract
  • McCoy KD, Beekmann SE, Ferguson KJ, Vaughn TE, Torner JC, Woolson RF, Doebbeling BN, Monitoring adherence to Standard Precautions, American Journal of Infection Control, 29(1), 24-31, February 2001 Abstract
  • Janz KF, Burns TL, Torner JC, Levy SM, Paulos R, Willing MC, Warren JJ, Physical activity predicts bone measures in young children, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 33(6), 2001
  • Doebbeling BN, Clarke WR, Watson D, Torner JC, Woolson RF, Voelker MD, Barrett DH, Schwartz DA, Will we solve the Gulf War syndrome puzzle by population surveys or clinical research? Reply (Letter), American Journal of Medicine, 109(9), 745-8, December 2000
  • Hitchon PW, Goel VK, Rogge TN, Torner JC, Dooris AP, Drake JS, Yang SJ, Totoribe K, In vitro biomechanical analysis of three anterior thoracolumbar implants, Journal of Neurosurgery, 93(2 Suppl), 252-8, October 2000 Abstract
  • Hitchon PW, Goel V, Rogge T, Dooris A, Drake J, Torner J, Spinal stability with anterior or posterior Ray threaded fusion cages, Journal of Neurosurgery, 93(1 Suppl S), 102-8, July 2000
  • Zwerling C, Torner JC, Clarke WR, Voelker MD, Doebbeling BN, Barrett DH, Merchant JA, Woolson RF, Schwartz DA, Self-reported postwar injuries among Gulf War veterans, Public Health Reports (washington, D.c. : 1974), 115(4), 346-9, 2000 Abstract
  • Doebbeling BN, Clarke WR, Watson D, Torner JC, Woolson RF, Voelker MD, Barrett DH, Schwartz DA, Is there a Persian Gulf War syndrome? Evidence from a large population-based survey of veterans and nondeployed controls, American Journal of Medicine, 108(9), 695-704, 15 Jun 2000
  • The Abciximab in Ischemic Stroke Investigators, Abciximab in acute ischemic stroke: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation study, Stroke, 31(3), 601-9, March 2000
  • Hitchon PW, Goel VK, Rogge T, Grosland NM, Sairyo K, Torner J, Biomechanical studies of a dynamized anterior thoracolumbar implant, Spine, 25(3), 306-9, 1 Feb 2000
  • Raymond MH, Schutte BC, Torner JC, Burns TL, Willing MC, Osteocalcin: genetic and physical mapping of the human gene BGLAP and its potential role in postmenopausal osteoporosis, Genomics, 60(2), 210-7, September 1999 Abstract
  • Hitchon PW. Goel VK. Rogge T. Grosland NM. Torner J, Biomechanical studies on two anterior thoracolumbar implants in cadaveric spines, Spine, 24(3), 213-8, 1 Feb 1999
  • Cerhan JR, Parker AS, Putnam SD, Chiu BC, Lynch CF, Cohen MB, Torner JC, Cantor KP, Family history and prostate cancer risk in a population-based cohort of Iowa men., Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 8(1), 53-60, Jan 1999 Abstract
  • Hindman BJ, Todd MM, Gelb AW, Loftus CM, Craen RA, Schubert A, Mahla ME, Torner JC, Mild hypothermia as a protective therapy during intracranial aneurysm surgery: a randomized prospective pilot trial., Neurosurgery, 44(1), 23-32; discussion 32, Jan 1999 Abstract
  • Piepgras DG, Kassell NF, Torner J, Ausman JI, Roitberg B, A response from the ISUIA, Surgical Neurology, 52(4), 428-30, 1999
  • Hitchon PW, Schneider P, VanGilder JC, Torner JC, Wen BC, Jani SK, Long-Term Follow-up of Brachytherapy in Untreated Malignant Glioma, Journal of Radiosurgery, 2(3), 129-33, 1999
  • Garell PC, Hitchon PW, Wen BC, Mellenberg DE, Torner J, Stereotactic Radiosurgery Versus Microsurgical Resection for the Initial Treatment of Metastatic Cancer to the Brain, Journal of Radiosurgery, 2(1), 1-5, 1999
  • Sawin PD, Hitchon PW, Follett KA, Torner JC, Computed imaging-assisted stereotactic brain biopsy: a risk analysis of 225 consecutive cases., Surgical Neurology, 49(6), 640-9, 1998 Abstract
  • Hitchon PW, Torner JC, Haddad SF, Follett KA, Management options in thoracolumbar burst fractures, Surgical Neurology, 49(6), 619-26; discussion 6, June 1998 Abstract
  • Lewis MQ, Sprince NL, Burmeister LF, Whitten PS, Torner JC, Zwerling C, Work-related injuries among Iowa farm operators: an analysis of the Iowa Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance Project, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 33(5), 510-7, May 1998 Abstract
  • Cerhan JR, Cantor KP, Williamson K, Lynch CF, Torner JC, Burmeister LF, Cancer mortality among Iowa farmers: recent results, time trends, and lifestyle factors (United States), Cancer Causes & Control : Ccc, 9(3), 311-9, May 1998 Abstract
  • Germanson TP, Lanzino G, Kongable GL, Torner JC, Kassell NF, Risk classification after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, Surgical Neurology, 49(2), 155-63, February 1998 Abstract
  • Cerhan JR, Chiu B CH, Wallace RB, Lemke JH, Lynch CF, Torner JC, Rubenstein LM, Physical activity, physical function, and the risk of breast cancer in a prospective study among elderly women, Journal of Gerontology, 53(4), M251-6, 1998
  • The International Study of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Investigators, Unruptured intracranial aneurysms – risk of rupture and risks of surgical intervention, New England Journal of Medicine, 339, 1725-33, 1998
  • Schootman M, Torner JC, Epidemiology of rural traumatic brain injuries, Frontiers in Head and Neck Trauma: Clinical and Biomechanical, 21, 73-84, 1998
  • Willing MC, Torner JC, Burns TL, Segar ET, Werner JR, Determinants of bone mineral density in postmenopausal white Iowans, Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Science, 52(6), M337-42, November 1997 Abstract
  • Hitchon PW, Torner JC, Recumbency in thoracolumbar fractures., Neurosurg Clin N Am, 8(4), 509-17, October 1997 Abstract
  • Shavers-Hornaday VL, Lynch CF, Burmeister LF, Torner JC, Why are African Americans under-represented in medical research studies? Impediments to participation., Ethnicity and Health, 2(1-2), 31-45, 1997 Abstract
  • Cerhan JR, Torner JC, Lynch CF, Rubenstein LM, Lemke JH, Cohen MB, Lubaroff DM, Wallace RB, Association of smoking, body mass, and physical activity with risk of prostate cancer in the Iowa 65+ Rural Health Study \(United States\)., Cancer Causes and Control, 8(2), 229-38, 1997 Abstract
  • Schwartz DA, Doebbeling BN, Merchant JA, Barrett DH, Black DW, Burmeister LF, Clarke WR, Falter KH, Hall DB, Jones MF, Saag KG, Snyders TL, Thorne PS, Torner JC, Woolson RF, Ballas ZK, Barrash J, Casale TB, Chrischilles E, Falk H, Hansen MD, et al, Self-reported illness and health status among Gulf War veterans- a population-based study, JAMA, 277(3), 238-45, 1997
  • Black DM, Cummings SR, Karpf DB, Cauley JA, Thompson DE, Nevitt MC, Bauer DC, Genant HK, Haskell WL, Marcus R, Ott SM, Torner JC, Quandt SA, Reiss TF, Ensrud KE, Randomised trial of effect of alendronate on risk of fracture in women with existing vertebral fractures. Fracture Intervention Trial Research Group, Lancet, 348(9041), 1535-41, December 1996 Abstract
  • Phillips LH 2nd, Torner JC, Epidemiologic evidence for a changing natural history of myasthenia gravis, Neurology, 47(5), 1233-8, November 1996 Abstract
  • Hitchon PW, Mouw LJ, Rogge TN, Torner JC, Miller AK, Response of spinal cord blood flow to the nitric oxide inhibitor nitroarginine, Neurosurgery, 39(4), 795-803, October 1996 Abstract
  • Taylor TN, Davis PH, Torner JC, Holmes J, Meyer JW, Jacobson MF, Lifetime cost of stroke in the United States, Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation, 27(9), 1459-66, September 1996 Abstract
  • Lanzino G, Kassell NF, Germanson TP, Kongable GL, Truskowski LL, Torner JC, Jane JA, Age and outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: why do older patients fare worse?, Journal of Neurosurgery, 85(3), 410-8, September 1996 Abstract
  • Brown RD Jr, Wiebers DO, Torner JC, O'Fallon WM, Frequency of intracranial hemorrhage as a presenting symptom and subtype analysis: a population-based study of intracranial vascular malformations in Olmsted Country, Minnesota, Journal of Neurosurgery, 85(1), 29-32, July 1996 Abstract
  • Brown RD Jr, Wiebers DO, Torner JC, O'Fallon WM, Incidence and prevalence of intracranial vascular malformations in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1965 to 1992, Neurology, 46(4), 949-52, April 1996 Abstract
  • Kongable GL, Lanzino G, Germanson TP, Truskowski LL, Alves WM, Torner JC, Kassell NF, Gender-related differences in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, Journal of Neurosurgery, 84(1), 43-8, January 1996 Abstract
  • Zwerling C, Miller ER, Lynch CF, Torner, JC, Injuries among construction workers in rural Iowa: Emergency department surveillance, JOEM, 38, 698-704, 1996
  • Adams, HP, Brott TG, Furlan AJ, Gomez CR, Grotta J, Helgason CM, Kwiatkowski T, Lyden PD, Marler JR, Torner J, Guidelines for thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke:a supplement to the guidelines for the management of pts w/acute ischemic stroke: A statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing g, Circulation, 94, 1167-74, 1996
  • Adams, HP, Brott TG, Furlan AJ, Gomez CR, Grotta J, Helgason CM, Kwiatkowski T, Lyden PD, Marler JR, Torner J, Guidelines for thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke: a supplement to the guidelines for the management of pts w/acute ischemic stroke: A statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing, Stroke, 27(9), 1711-18, 1996
  • Forbes G, Fox AJ, Huston J, Wiebers DO, Torner J, Interobserver variability in angiographic measurement and morphologic characterization of intracranial aneurysms - a report from the International Study of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms, American Journal of Neuroradiology, 17(8), 1407-15, 1996
  • Adams HP, Brott TG, Furlan AJ, Gomez CR, Grotta J, Helgason CM, Kwiatkowski T, Lyden PD, Marler JR, Torner J, Feinberg W, Mayberg M, Thies W, Greenberg MK, Alter M, Ashwal S, Calverley J, Franklin G, French J, Lanska DJ, Miller RG, Mishra S, et al, Practice Advisory-Thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke-Summary statement, Neurology, 47(3), 835-9, 1996
  • Taylor TN, Davis PH, Torner JC, Holmes J, Meyer JW, Jacobson MF, Lifetime cost of stroke in the United States, Stroke, 27(9), 1459-66, 1996
  • Schootman M, Zwerling C, Miller ER, Torner JC, Fuortes L, Lynch CF, Merchant JA, Peterson TD, Method to electronically collect emergency department data, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 28(2), 213-9, 1996
  • Scott P, Barsan W, Frederiksen S, Kronick S, Zink BJ, Domeier RM, Mitchiner JC, Judge FP, Levy RJ, Alexiou A, Reincke H, Segall JD, Walters B, Swor R, Gilroy J, Goetting M, Jackson R, Richardson D, Cisek J, Randall J, Schecter S, Wilkinson K, et. al, A randomized trial of tirilazad mesylate in pts w/acute stroke (RANTTAS), Stroke, 27(9), 1453-8, 1996
  • Solenski NJ, Haley EC Jr, Kassell NF, Kongable G, Germanson T, Truskowski L, Torner JC, Medical complications of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a report of the multicenter, cooperative aneurysm study. Participants of the Multicenter Cooperative Aneurysm Study, Critical Care Medicine, 23(6), 1007-17, June 1995 Abstract
  • Kienzle M, Curry D, Franken E, Galvin J, Hoffman E, Holtum E, Shope L, Torner J, Wakefield D, Iowa’s National Laboratory for the Study of Rural Telemedicine: a description of a work in progress, Bull Med Libr Assoc, 3, 37-41, 1995
  • Woolson RF, Jones MF, Clarke WR, Torner JC, Discussion of 'Inclusion of women and minorities in clinical trials and the NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 -- the perspective of NIH clinical trialists.”, Controlled Clinical Trials, 16, 301-3, 1995
  • Kappelle LJ, Adams HP Jr, Heffner ML, Torner JC, Gomez F, Biller J, Prognosis of young adults with ischemic stroke. A long-term follow-up study assessing recurrent vascular events and functional outcome in the Iowa Registry of Stroke in Young Adults, Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation, 25(7), 1360-5, July 1994 Abstract
  • Haley EC Jr, Kassell NF, Torner JC, Truskowski LL, Germanson TP, A randomized trial of two doses of nicardipine in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. A report of the Cooperative Aneurysm Study, Journal of Neurosurgery, 80(5), 788-96, May 1994 Abstract
  • Gerdes JS, Hitchon PW, Neerangun W, Torner JC, Computed tomography versus magnetic resonance imaging in stereotactic localization., Stereotact Funct Neurosurg, 63(1-4), 124-9, 1994 Abstract
  • Stipas Investigators, Safety study of tirilizad mesylate in patients with acute ischemic stroke (STIPAS), Stroke, 25, 418-23, 1994
  • Schootman M, Powell JW and Torner JC, Study designs and potential biases in sports injury research: the case-control study, Sports Injury, 18, 22-37, 1994
  • Mayberg MR, Batjer HH, Dacey R, Diringer M, Haley EC, Heros RC, Sternau LL and Torner JC, Guidelines for the Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Stroke, 25, 2315-28, 1994
  • Mayberg MR, Batjer HH, Dacey R, Diringer M, Haley EC, Heros RC, Sternau LL and Torner JC, Guidelines for the Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Circulation, 90, 2592-605, 1994
  • Haley EC Jr, Kassell NF, Torner JC, A randomized controlled trial of high-dose intravenous nicardipine in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. A report of the Cooperative Aneurysm Study, Journal of Neurosurgery, 78(4), 537-47, April 1993 Abstract
  • Haley EC Jr, Kassell NF, Torner JC, A randomized trial of nicardipine in subarachnoid hemorrhage: angiographic and transcranial Doppler ultrasound results. A report of the Cooperative Aneurysm Study, Journal of Neurosurgery, 78(4), 548-53, April 1993 Abstract
  • Haley EC, Brott TG, Sheppard GL, Bassam W, Broderick J, Marler JR, Kongable GL, Spilker J, Massey S, Hansen CA and Torner JC, PILOT randomized trial of tissue plasminogen activator in acute ischemic stroke, Stroke, 24, 1000-4, 1993
  • Kappelle LJ, Adams HP Jr,Torner JC and Bendixen BH, Physician attitude toward acute stroke: A comparison of primary care physicians in Iowa and the Netherlands, Cerebrovasc Dis, 3, 364-9, 1993
  • Torner JC, Outcome evaluation in acute neurological injury, Current Opinion in Neurology and Neurosurgery, 5(6), 831-9, December 1992 Abstract
  • Steiner L, Lindquist C, Adler JR, Torner JC, Alves W, Steiner M, Outcome of radiosurgery for cerebral AVM, Journal of Neurosurgery, 77(5), 823, November 1992 Abstract
  • Wiebers DO, Torner JC, Meissner I, Impact of unruptured intracranial aneurysms on public health in the United States, Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation, 23(10), 1416-9, October 1992 Abstract
  • Pasqualin A, Tsukahara T, Kassell NF, Torner JC, Effect of nicardipine on basilar artery vasoactive responses after subarachnoid hemorrhage, Neurosurgery, 31(4), 697-703; discussion, October 1992 Abstract
  • Phillips LH 2nd, Torner JC, Anderson MS, Cox GM, The epidemiology of myasthenia gravis in central and western Virginia, Neurology, 42(10), 1888-93, October 1992 Abstract
  • Steiner L, Lindquist C, Adler JR, Torner JC, Alves W, Steiner M, Clinical outcome of radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations, Journal of Neurosurgery, 77(1), 1-8, July 1992 Abstract
  • Haley EC Jr, Levy DE, Brott TG, Sheppard GL, Wong MC, Kongable GL, Torner JC, Marler JR, Urgent therapy for stroke. Part II. Pilot study of tissue plasminogen activator administered 91-180 minutes from onset, Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation, 23(5), 641-5, May 1992 Abstract
  • Haley EC Jr, Kassell NF, Torner JC, The International Cooperative Study on the Timing of Aneurysm Surgery. The North American experience, Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation, 23(2), 205-14, February 1992 Abstract
  • Pasqualin A, Vollmer DG, Marron JA, Tsukahara T, Kassell NF, Torner JC, The effect of nicardipine on vasospasm in rabbit basilar artery after subarachnoid hemorrhage, Neurosurgery, 29(2), 183-8, August 1991 Abstract
  • Williams BC, Mackay SA, Torner JC, Home health care. Comparison of patients and services among three types of agencies, Medical Care, 29(6), 583-7, June 1991 Abstract
  • Vollmer DG, Torner JC, Jane JA, Sadovnic B and Charlebois D, Age and outcome following traumatic coma: Why do older patients fare worse?, Journal of Neurosurgery, 75, 537-47, 1991
  • Irvine A, Phillips EK, Cloonan P, Torner JC, Fisher ME, Chase GA, Impact of Medicare payment policy on home health resources utilization, Health Care Financing Review, 13(2), 13-8, Winter 1991 Abstract
  • Kassell NF, Torner JC, Haley EC Jr, Jane JA, Adams HP, Kongable GL, The International Cooperative Study on the Timing of Aneurysm Surgery. Part 1: Overall management results, Journal of Neurosurgery, 73(1), 18-36, July 1990 Abstract
  • Kassell NF, Torner JC, Jane JA, Haley EC Jr, Adams HP, The International Cooperative Study on the Timing of Aneurysm Surgery. Part 2: Surgical results, Journal of Neurosurgery, 73(1), 37-47, July 1990 Abstract
  • Williams BC, Phillips EK, Torner JC, Irvine AA, Predicting utilization of home health resources. Important data from routinely collected information, Medical Care, 28(5), 379-91, May 1990 Abstract
  • Torner JC, Kassell NF, Haley EC Jr, The timing of surgery and vasospasm, Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, 1(2), 335-47, April 1990 Abstract
  • Derdyn C, Persing J, Broaddus WC, Delashaw JB, Jane J, Levine PA and Torner JC, Craniofacial trauma: An assessment of risk related to timing of surgery, Journal of Craniofacial and Plastic Surgery, 238-45, 1990
  • Farr B and Torner JC, Cytomegalovirus infection among employees of a children's hospital [letter], Journal of the American Medical Association, 264, 185, 1990
  • Tanaka Y, Kassell NF, Torner JC, Effects of subarachnoid hemorrhage on platelet-derived vasoconstriction of rabbit basilar artery, Surgical Neurology, 32(6), 439-44, December 1989 Abstract
  • Jagger J, Torner JC, Kassell NF, Neurologic assessment of subarachnoid hemorrhage in a large patient series, Surgical Neurology, 32(5), 327-33, November 1989 Abstract
  • Sloan MA, Haley EC Jr, Kassell NF, Henry ML, Stewart SR, Beskin RR, Sevilla EA, Torner JC, Sensitivity and specificity of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage, Neurology, 39(11), 1514-8, November 1989 Abstract
  • Colohan AR, Alves WM, Gross CR, Torner JC, Mehta VS, Tandon PN, Jane JA, Head injury mortality in two centers with different emergency medical services and intensive care, Journal of Neurosurgery, 71(2), 202-7, August 1989 Abstract
  • Graff-Radford NR, Torner JC, Adams HP and Kassell NF, Factors associated with hydrocephalus in subarachnoid hemorrhage. Report of the cooperative aneurysm study, Archives of Neurology, 46, 744-52, 1989
  • Ogawa H, Kassell NF, Sasaki T, Hongo K, Tsukahara T, Hudson SB, Asban GI, Tuan HL, Torner JC, Immunohistochemically demonstrated increase of prostaglandin F2-alpha in neurons after reoxygenation in anoxic rats, Prostaglandins, 36(6), 891-900, December 1988 Abstract
  • Flowers RH 3rd, Torner JC, Farr BM, Primary cytomegalovirus infection in pediatric nurses: a meta-analysis, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America., 9(11), 491-6, November 1988 Abstract
  • Tsukahara T, Kassell NF, Hongo K, Lehman RM, Torner JC, Metabolic alterations in rabbit cerebral arteries caused by subarachnoid hemorrhage, 19(7), 883-7, July 1988 Abstract
  • Haley EC Jr, Kassell NF, Torner JC, Failure of heparin to prevent progression in progressing ischemic infarction, 19(1), 10-4, January 1988 Abstract
  • Spallone A, Pasqualin A, Kassell NF and Torner JC, et al, The international cooperative study on the timing of aneurysm surgery: Italian regional report 1. Patient characteristics and pre-operative therapeutic modalities, Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences, 32(1), 13-23, 1988
  • Pasqualin A, Kassell NF and Torner JC, et al, The international cooperative study on the timing of aneurysm surgery: Italian regional report. 3. Results of treatment, Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences, 32(1), 25-38, 1988
  • Adams HP, Kassell NF, Kongable-Beckman G and Torner JC, . Intracranial operation within seven days of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Results in 150 patients, Archives of Neurology, 45, 1065-69, 1988
  • Nakagomi T, Kassell NF, Sasaki T, Lehman RM, Torner JC, Hongo K and Lee JH, Effect of removal of the endothelium on vasocontraction in canine and rabbit basilar arteries, Journal of Neurosurgery, 68(5), 757-66, 1988
  • Nakagomi T, Hongo K, Kassell NF, Sasaki T, Lehman RM, Ogawa H, Vollmer DG and Torner JC, Pharmacological comparison of endothelium-dependent relaxation in isolated cerebral and extracerebral arteries, Journal of Neurosurgery, 69(4), 580-7, 1988
  • Hongo K, Nakagomi T, Kassell NF, Sasaki T, Lehman M, Vollmer DG, Tsukahara T and Torner JC, Effect of aging and hypertension on endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation in rat carotid artery, Stroke, 19, 892-7, 1988
  • Pasqualin A, Kassell NF, Torner JC and Spallone A, et al., The international cooperative study on timing of aneurysm surgery: Italian regional report 2. Surgical findings and postoperative therapeutic modalities, Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences, 32(1), 13-23, 1988
  • Adams HP Jr, Kassell NF, Torner JC, Haley EC Jr, Predicting cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: influences of clinical condition, CT results, and antifibrinolytic therapy. A report of the Cooperative Aneurysm Stud, 37(10), 1586-91, October 1987 Abstract
  • Nakagomi T, Kassell NF, Sasaki T, Fujiwara S, Lehman RM, Torner JC, Impairment of endothelium-dependent vasodilation induced by acetylcholine and adenosine triphosphate following experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage, 18(2), 482-9, 1987 Abstract
  • Nakagomi T, Kassell NF, Sasaki T, Fujiwara S, Lehman RM, Joshita H and Torner JC, Effect of hypoxia on the contractile response to KCL, PGF 2 and hemoglobin, Journal of Neurosurgery, 67, 565-72, 1987
  • Kornblatt Phillips E, Fisher M, MacMillan-Scattergood D, Baglioni AJ and Torner JC, Home health care: Who's where?, American Journal of Public Health, 77, 733-4, 1987
  • Nakagomi T, Kassell NF, Sasaki T, Fujiwara S, Lehman RM, Johshita H, Nazar GB and Torner JC, Effect of subarachnoid hemorrhage on endothelium-dependent vasodilation, Journal of Neurosurgery, 66, 915-23, 1987
  • Kitamura K, Kassell NF, Torner JC, Sasaki T, Ishii M, Kageyama N and Kikuchi T, The Japanese results in the international cooperative study on timing of aneurysm surgery, No-Shinkei-Geka, 15(11), 1155-66, 1987
  • Nakagomi T, Kassell NF, Sasaki T, Fujiwara S, Lehman RM, Johshita H and Torner JC, Effect of hypoxia on the contractile response to KC1, prostaglandin F2 alpha and hemoglobin, Journal of Neurosurgery, 67, 565-72, 1987
  • Sasaki T, Kassell NF, Fujiwara S, Torner JC, Spallone A, The effects of hyperosmolar solutions on cerebral arterial smooth muscle, 17(6), 1266-71, 1986 Abstract
  • Adams HP Jr, Kassell NF, Torner JC, Usefulness of computed tomography in predicting outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a preliminary report of the Cooperative Aneurysm Study, 35(9), 1263-7, September 1985 Abstract
  • Kassell NF, Kongable GL, Torner JC, Adams HP Jr, Mazuz H, Delay in referral of patients with ruptured aneurysms to neurosurgical attention, 16(4), 587-90, 1985 Abstract
  • Hitchon PW, Lobosky JM, Wilkinson TT, Yamada T, Torner JC, Gant PR, Direct spinal cord stimulation and recording in hemorrhagic stock, 16(6), 796-800, June 1985 Abstract
  • Sasaki T, Kassell NF, Torner JC, Maixner W, Turner DM, Pharmacological comparison of isolated monkey and dog cerebral arteries, 16(3), 482-9, 1985 Abstract
  • Jane JA, Kassell NF, Torner JC and Winn HR, The natural history of aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations, Journal of Neurosurgery, 62, 321-23, 1985
  • Kassell NF, Torner JC, The International Cooperative Study on Timing of Aneurysm Surgery--an update, 15(3), 566-70, 1984 Abstract
  • Sasaki T, Kassell NF, Turner DM, Maixner W, Torner JC and Coester HC. The effects of naloxone on canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 4, 166-72, 1984
  • Kassell NF, Turner JC and Adams HP. Antifibrinolytic agents in the acute period following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Preliminary observations of the cooperative aneurysm study, Journal of Neurosurgery, 61, 225-30, 1984
  • Adams HP, Putman S, Kassell NF, Torner JC and Sahs AL., The prevalence of diabetes mellitus among patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage, Archives of Neurology, 41, 1033-5, 1984
  • Torner JC and Sahs AL, Epidemiology of subarachnoid hemorrhage, Seminars in Neurology, 4, 354-69, 1984
  • Sasaki T, Kassell NF, Turner DM, Torner JC and Coester HC, The effects of naloxone on canine spanchnic arterial smooth muscle, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 177, 422-27, 1984
  • Hitchon PW, Lobosky JM, Yamada T and Torner JC, The effect of laminectomy and anesthesia upon spinal cord blood flow, Journal of Neurosurgery, 61, 545-49, 1984
  • Sahs AL, Nishioka H, Torner JC, Graf CJ, Kassell NF and Goettler LC, Cooperative study of intracranial aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage: Long-term prognostic study. Part I. Introduction, Archives of Neurology, 41, 1140-1, 1984
  • Nishioka H, Torner JC, Graf CJ, Kassell NF, Sahs AL and Goettler LC, Cooperative study of intracranial aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage: Long-term prognostic study. Part III. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage of undetermined etiology, Archives of Neurology, 41, 1147-51, 1984
  • Nishioka H, Torner JC, Graf CJ, Kassell NF, Sahs AL and Goettler LC, Cooperative study of intracranial aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage: Long-term prognostic study. Part II. Ruptured intracranial aneurysms managed conservatively, Archives of Neurology, 41, 1142-46, 1984
  • Kassell NF, Torner JC, Aneurysmal rebleeding: a preliminary report from the Cooperative Aneurysm Study, 13(5), 479-81, November 1983 Abstract
  • Adams HP Jr, Kassell NF, Torner JC, Sahs AL, CT and clinical correlations in recent aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a preliminary report of the Cooperative Aneurysm Study, 33(8), 981-8, August 1983 Abstract
  • Kassell NF, Torner JC, Size of intracranial aneurysms, 12(3), 291-7, March 1983 Abstract
  • Graf CJ, Perret GC and Torner JC, The nature of bleeding from cerebral AVM's as part of their natural history, Journal of Neurosurgery, 58, 331-7, 1983
  • Kassell NF and Torner JC, The international cooperative study on timing of aneurysm surgery, Acta Neurochirurgica, 63, 119-23, 1982
  • Torner JC, Kassell NF, Wallace RB, Adams HP Jr, Preoperative prognostic factors for rebleeding and survival in aneurysm patients receiving antifibrinolytic therapy: report of the Cooperative Aneurysm Study, 9(5), 506-13, November 1981 Abstract
  • Kassell NF, Adams HP Jr, Torner JC, Sahs AL, Influence of timing of admission after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage on overall outcome. Report of the cooperative aneurysm study, 12(5), 620-3, 1981 Abstract
  • Kassell NF, Boarini DJ, Adams HP Jr, Sahs AL, Graf CJ, Torner JC, Gerk MK, Overall management of ruptured aneurysm: comparison of early and late operation, 9(2), 120-8, August 1981 Abstract
  • Adams HP, Nibbelink DW, Torner JC and Sahs AL, Antifibrinolytic therapy in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Report of the cooperative aneurysm study, Archives of Neurology, 38, 25-9, 1981
  • Adams HP, Kassell NF, Torner JC, Nibbelink DW and Sahs AL, Early management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Report of the cooperative aneurysm study, Journal of Neurosurgery, 54, 141-5, 1981
  • Henderson WG, Torner JC, Nibbelink DW, Intracranial aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage --- report on a randomized treatment study. IV-B. Regulated bed rest --- statistical evaluation, Stroke, 8(5), 579-89, 1977 Abstract
  • Nibbelink DW, Torner JC, Henderson WG, Intracranial aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage - report on a randomized treatment study. IV-A. regulated bed rest, Stroke, 8(2), 202-18, 1977 Abstract
  • Nibbelink DW, Torner JC, Henderson WG, Intracranial aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage. A cooperative study. Antifibrinolytic therapy in recent onset subarachnoid hemorrhage, Stroke, 6(6), 622-9, 1975 Abstract

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