RICARDO VIEIRA BOTELHO

@iamspe.sp.gov.br

Professor. Permanent adviser. Post-graduation Program in Health Sciences from IAMSPE-São paulo-Brazil
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https://researchid.co/rvbotelho


EDUCATION

Doctor. Graduate in medicine in 1988 in the Federal University of Uberaba-Minas Gerais-Brazil
Residence trainning in Neurosurgery-1989-1992
Doctoral thesis: Federal University of São Paulo. 2004/12/20

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Medicine, Neurology (clinical), Health Professions

2284

Scholar Citations

28

Scholar h-index

55

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Basilar Invagination Diagnosis, Classification, and Radiology: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations
    O Yaman, M Zileli, İ Avcı, Z Chen, JH Lee, G S-Carneiro, F Costa, SB Ali, ...
    Spine, 10.1097 2025

  • Letter to the Editor Regarding “Outcome in Patients with Spinal Cavernomas Presenting with Symptoms Due to Mass Effect and/or Hemorrhage: Conservative versus Surgical
    RV Botelho, MB Ramos
    World Neurosurgery 193, 343-344 2025

  • Craniospinal space reduction and malalignment due to atlas assimilation in Basilar Invagination–A case–control study
    RV Botelho, BCB Petranchi, PB Botelho, DUM Moreira, EF Bertolini, ...
    World Neurosurgery: X 25, 100418 2025

  • Cervical dorsal rhizotomy for upper limbs spasticity. Case report
    I Teles de Oliveira Filho, PC Romero, AP Rezende, BBS Costa, ...
    Acta Neurochirurgica 166 (1), 157 2024

  • The role of sphenoid bone in basilar invagination pathophysiology
    TO Filho, RV Botelho
    Neurosurgical Review 46 (1), 322 2023

  • REINGRESO NO PLANIFICADO A LOS 30 DAS DESPUS DE CIRUGAS DE LA COLUMNA: ANLISIS DE 650 CASOS
    F DANTAS, ACV CAIRES, MTDSE REIS, GA CARIRI, BRG COUTO, ...
    Coluna/Columna 22, e274615 2023

  • Thirty-day unplanned readmission after spine surgery: analysis of 650 cases
    F Dantas, ACV Caires, MTDSE REIS, GA Cariri, BRGM Couto, RV Botelho, ...
    Coluna/Columna 22 (3), e274615 2023

  • READMISSO NO PLANEJADA EM 30 DIAS APS CIRURGIAS DA COLUNA: ANLISE DE 650 CASOS
    F DANTAS, ACV CAIRES, MTDSE REIS, GA CARIRI, BRG COUTO, ...
    Coluna/Columna 22, e274615 2023

  • Type II odontoid fractures: is the anterior screw a good solution for all patients? A case series of 60 consecutive patients
    FLR Dantas, F Dantas, GA Cariri, ACV Caires, MTDS e Reis, RV Botelho
    World Neurosurgery 176, e535-e542 2023

  • Association between Brachycephaly, Chiari Malformation, and Basilar Invagination
    RV Botelho, PB Botelho, B Hernandez, MB Sales, JM Rotta
    Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A: Central European Neurosurgery 84 (04 2023

  • Chamberlain's line violation in basilar invagination patients compared with normal subjects: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis
    AF Joaquim, ACES Barcelos, JW Daniel, RV Botelho
    World neurosurgery 173, e364-e370 2023

  • Brain tumor neurosurgery in the COVID-19 era: Neurocirurgia de tumor cerebral na era COVID-19
    MF de Oliveira, JM Rotta, ALM de Carvalho, E de Freitas Bertolini, ...
    Revista Cientfica do Iamspe 12 (2) 2023

  • The impact of traumatic herniated discs in cervical facets dislocations treatments: systematic review and meta-analysis
    FJ Onishi, JW Daniel, AF Joaquim, AC Evangelista, E de Freitas Bertolini, ...
    European Spine Journal 31 (10), 2664-2674 2022

  • Aggressive dissemination of central nervous system hemangioblastoma without association with von Hippel–Lindau disease: A case report and literature review
    F Dantas, JL Raso, PSG Braga, RV Botelho, FLR Dantas
    Surgical Neurology International 13, 358 2022

  • The surgical treatment of subaxial acute cervical spine facet dislocations in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    RV Botelho, E de Freitas Bertolini, ACES Barcelos, J Walter Daniel, ...
    Neurosurgical Review 45 (4), 2659-2669 2022

  • Fronteiraz
    MRD de Oliveira
    Pontifcia Universidade Catlica de So Paulo (PUC-SP) 2022

  • Effect of interbody fusion compared with posterolateral fusion on lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    F Dantas, FLR Dantas, RV Botelho
    The Spine Journal 22 (5), 756-768 2022

  • Development and validation of an instrument for measuring parkinsonian motor impairment: TRAPS-D
    JO de Oliveira Jnior, RA Lopes, FH de Gobbi Porto, RV Botelho
    Neurological Sciences, 1-6 2022

  • Evaluation of surgically treated primary spinal cord tumors in a single Brazilian institution: A case series study of 104 patients
    ECS Jnior, F Dantas, ACV Caires, GA Cariri, MTD Reis, RV Botelho, ...
    Cureus 14 (3) 2022

  • Effectiveness of telemedicine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
    MA Souza, AC Fioretti, AH Vincentin, RV Botelho, C Vasconcellos
    Revista da Associao Mdica Brasileira 67 (10), 1427-1431 2021

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Diagnstico e tratamento das lombalgias e lombociatalgias
    AV Brazil, AC Ximenes, AS Radu, AR Fernades, C Appel, CH Maaneiro, ...
    Revista brasileira de reumatologia 44, 419-425 2004
    Citations: 145

  • Angular craniometry in craniocervical junction malformation
    RV Botelho, EDZ Ferreira
    Neurosurgical review 36, 603-610 2013
    Citations: 122

  • Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring in spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    JW Daniel, RV Botelho, JB Milano, FR Dantas, FJ Onishi, ER Neto, ...
    Spine 43 (16), 1154-1160 2018
    Citations: 82

  • Prevalence of anxiety, depression and kinesiophobia in patients with low back pain and their association with the symptoms of low back spinal pain
    TO Trocoli, RV Botelho
    Revista brasileira de reumatologia 56, 330-336 2016
    Citations: 78

  • Polysomnographic respiratory findings in patients with Arnold-Chiari type I malformation and basilar invagination, with or without syringomyelia: preliminary report of a series
    RV Botelho, LRA Bittencourt, JM Rotta, S Tufik
    Neurosurgical review 23, 151-155 2000
    Citations: 78

  • A prospective controlled study of sleep respiratory events in patients with craniovertebral junction malformation
    RV Botelho, LRA Bittencourt, JM Rotta, S Tufik
    Journal of neurosurgery 99 (6), 1004-1009 2003
    Citations: 72

  • Serum C-reactive protein is a useful marker to exclude anastomotic leakage after colorectal surgery
    BA Messias, RV Botelho, SS Saad, ER Mocchetti, KC Turke, J Waisberg
    Scientific reports 10 (1), 1687 2020
    Citations: 71

  • Adult Chiari malformation and sleep apnoea
    RV Botelho, LRA Bittencourt, JM Rotta, S Tufik
    Neurosurgical review 28, 169-176 2005
    Citations: 71

  • The effects of posterior fossa decompressive surgery in adult patients with Chiari malformation and sleep apnea
    RV Botelho, LRA Bittencourt, JM Rotta, S Tufik
    Journal of neurosurgery 112 (4), 800-807 2010
    Citations: 67

  • Risk of complications in spine surgery: a prospective study
    RC Reis, MF De Oliveira, JM Rotta, RV Botelho
    The open orthopaedics journal 9, 20 2015
    Citations: 64

  • A systematic review of randomized trials on the effect of cervical disc arthroplasty on reducing adjacent-level degeneration
    RV Botelho, OJ dos Santos Moraes, GA Fernandes, ...
    Neurosurgical Focus 28 (6), E5 2010
    Citations: 64

  • The odontoid process invagination in normal subjects, Chiari malformation and Basilar invagination patients: Pathophysiologic correlations with angular craniometry
    JA Ferreira, RV Botelho
    Surgical neurology international 6, 118 2015
    Citations: 60

  • Basilar invagination: craniocervical instability treated with cervical traction and occipitocervical fixation: case report
    RV Botelho, EB Neto, GC Patriota, JW Daniel, PAS Dumont, JM Rotta
    Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 7 (4), 444-449 2007
    Citations: 58

  • Epidemiology of traumatic spinal injuries in Brazil: systematic review
    RV Botelho, LDG Albuquerque, RB Junior, AAA Jnior
    Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia: Brazilian Neurosurgery 33 (02), 100-106 2014
    Citations: 55

  • Is fusion necessary for thoracolumbar burst fracture treated with spinal fixation? A systematic review and meta-analysis
    JM Diniz, RV Botelho
    Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 27 (5), 584-592 2017
    Citations: 49

  • Reliability of the evaluation of posterior ligamentous complex injury in thoracolumbar spine trauma with the use of computed tomography scan
    ACES Barcelos, AF Joaquim, RV Botelho
    European spine journal 25, 1135-1143 2016
    Citations: 43

  • Revisiting hydrocephalus as a model to study brain resilience
    MFD Oliveira, FCG Pinto, K Nishikuni, RV Botelho, AM Lima, JM Rotta
    Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 5, 16516 2012
    Citations: 41

  • Effectiveness of methylprednisolone in the acute phase of spinal cord injuries: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
    RV Botelho, JW Daniel, JLR Boulosa, BO Colli, RL Farias, OJS Moraes, ...
    Revista da Associao Mdica Brasileira 55, 729-737 2009
    Citations: 41

  • Basilar invagination: a craniocervical kyphosis
    RV Botelho, JA Ferreira, EDZ Ferreira
    World neurosurgery 117, e180-e186 2018
    Citations: 39

  • The effect of posterior fossa decompression in adult Chiari malformation and basilar invagination: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    U de Oliveira Sousa, MF de Oliveira, LC Heringer, ACES Barcelos, ...
    Neurosurgical review 41, 311-321 2018
    Citations: 38