Publications

2025

Mar-Barrutia L, Ibarrondo O, Mar J, Real E, Segalàs C, Bertolín S, Aparicio MA, Plans G, Menchón JM, Alonso P.

Sex differences in clinical response to deep brain stimulation in resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Span J Psychiatry Ment Health. 2025 Jan-Mar;18(1):34-41. doi: 10.1016/j.sjpmh.2024.01.006. Epub 2024 Feb 7.PMID: 38331320

2024

Pons-Escoda A, Naval-Baudin P, Viveros M, Flores-Casaperalta S, Martinez- Zalacaín I, Plans G, Vidal N, Cos M, Majos C.

DSC-PWI presurgical differentiation of grade 4 astrocytoma and glioblastoma in young adults: rCBV percentile analysis across enhancing and non-enhancing regions.

Neuroradiology. 2024 Aug;66(8):1267-1277. doi: 10.1007/s00234-024-03385-0. Epub 2024 Jun 5. PMID: 38834877; PMCID: PMC11246293.

Mar-Barrutia L, Ibarrondo O, Mar J, Real E, Segalàs C, Bertolín S, Aparicio MA, Plans G, Menchón JM, Alonso P.

Sex differences in clinical response to deep brain stimulation in resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. Span J Psychiatry

Ment Health. 2024 Feb 7:S2950-2853(24)00013-9. doi: 10.1016/j.sjpmh.2024.01.006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38331320.

Sala-Padro J, De la Cruz-Puebla M, Miró J, Cucurell D, López-Barroso D, Vilà-Balló A, Plans G, Santurino M, Falip M, Rodriguez-Fornells A, Camara E.

De novo depression following temporal lobe epilepsy surgery.

Seizure. 2024 Oct;121:23-29. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2024.06.018. Epub 2024 Jun 21. PMID: 39059034.

2023

Tejada Solís S, Iglesias Lozano I, Meana Carballo L, Mollejo Villanueva M, Díez Valle R, González Sánchez J, Fernández Coello A, Al Ghanem R, García Duque S, Olivares Granados G, Plans Ahicart G, Hostalot Panisello C, Garcia Romero JC, Narros Giménez JL

Grupo de trabajo de la SENEC. Brain metastasis treatment guidelines: consensus by the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery Tumor Section.

Neurocirugia (Astur : Engl Ed). 2023 Nov-Dec;34(6):308-320. doi: 10.1016/j.neucie.2023.07.010. Epub 2023 Oct 12. PMID: 37832786

Alemany M, Todeschini FA, Vidal N, Pons A, Plans G, Vilariño N, Macià M, Bruna J.

The impact of health system crises on glioblastoma management and outcomes.

Neuro Oncol. 2023 Mar 14;25(3):609-611. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noac266. PMID: 36718022; PMCID: PMC10013632.

Cayuela N, Domínguez-Lizarbe M, Plans G, Alemany M, Sánchez JJ, Andrés B, Lucas A, Bruna J, Simó M.

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Following Cranial Radiation: Identification of Shunting Responders.

Cancers (Basel). 2023 Mar 24;15(7):1949. doi: 10.3390/cancers15071949. PMID: 37046610; PMCID: PMC10093348.

Tejada Solís S, González Sánchez J, Iglesias Lozano I, Plans Ahicart G, Pérez Núñez A, Meana Carballo L, Gil Salú JL, Fernández Coello A, García Romero JC, Rodríguez de Lope Llorca A, García Duque S, Díez Valle R, Narros Giménez JL, Prat Acín R

Working Group of the SENEC. Low grade gliomas guide-lines elaborated by the tumor section of Spanish Society of Neurosurgery. Neurocirugia

(Astur : Engl Ed). 2023 May-Jun;34(3):139-152. doi: 10.1016/j.neucie.2022.11.006. Epub 2022 Nov 26. PMID: 36446721

2022

Mar-Barrutia L, Ibarrondo O, Mar J, Real E, Segalàs C, Bertolín S, Aparicio MA, Menchón JM, Alonso P.

Long-term comparative effectiveness of deep brain stimulation in severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Brain Stimul. 2022Sep-Oct;15(5):1128-1138. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2022.07.050. Epub 2022 Aug 1. PMID: 35926783

Pons-Escoda A, García-Ruíz A, Naval-Baudin P, Grussu F, Viveros M, Vidal N, Bruna J, Plans G, Cos M, Perez-Lopez R, Majós C.

Diffuse Large B-Cell Epstein-Barr Virus-Positive Primary CNS Lymphoma in Non-AIDS Patients: High Diagnostic Accuracy of DSC Perfusion Metrics.

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2022 Nov;43(11):1567-1574. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A7668. Epub 2022 Oct 6. PMID: 36202547; PMCID: PMC9731258.

Sala-Padro J, Gifreu-Fraixino A, Miró J, Rodriguez-Fornells A, Rico I, Plans G, Santurino M, Falip M, Càmara E.

Verbal Learning and Longitudinal Hippocampal Network Connectivity in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery.

Front Neurol. 2022 Jun 21;13:854313. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.854313. PMID: 35800085; PMCID: PMC9253296

2021

Martínez-Escardó L, Alemany M, Sánchez-Osuna M, Sánchez-Chardi A, Roig- Martínez M, Suárez-García S, Ruiz-Molina D, Vidal N, Plans G, Majós C, Ribas J, Baltrons MA, Bayascas JR, Barcia C, Bruna J, Yuste VJ.

Gossypol Treatment Restores Insufficient Apoptotic Function of DFF40/CAD in Human Glioblastoma

Cells. Cancers (Basel). 2021 Nov 8;13(21):5579. doi: 10.3390/cancers13215579. PMID: 34771741; PMCID: PMC8583586

Sala-Padro J, Miró J, Rodriguez-Fornells A, Rifa-Ros X, Plans G, Santurino M, Falip M, Càmara E.

Mapping connectivity fingerprints for presurgical evaluatio nof temporal lobe epilepsy.

BMC Neurol. 2021 Nov 10;21(1):442. doi: 10.1186/s12883-021-02469-1. PMID: 34758783; PMCID: PMC8579661.

Menchón JM, Real E, Alonso P, Aparicio MA, Segalas C, Plans G, Luyten L, Brunfaut E, Matthijs L, Raymakers S, Bervoets C, Higueras A, Katati M, Guerrero J, Hurtado M, Prieto M, Stieglitz LH, Löffelholz G, Walther S, Pollo C, Zurowski B, Tronnier V, Kordon A, Gambini O, Ranieri R, Franzini A, Messina G, Radu-Djurfeldt D, Schechtmann G, Chen LL, Eitan R, Israel Z, Bergman H, Brelje T, Brionne TC, Conseil A, Gielen F, Schuepbach M, Nuttin B, Gabriëls L.

A prospective international multi-center study on safety and efficacy of deep brain stimulation for resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Mol Psychiatry.2021 Apr;26(4):1234-1247. doi: 10.1038/s41380-019-0562-6. Epub 2019 Oct 29. PMID: 31664175; PMCID: PMC7985042.

Alemany M, Real E, Custal N, Sala-Padró J, Rodríguez-Bel L, Plans G, Mora J, Santurino M, Vancamp T, Falip M.

Vagus nerve stimulation as a potentialmodulator of periictal psychotic episodes: A report of four cases.

Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2021 Feb 11;15:100434. doi: 10.1016/j.ebr.2021.100434. PMID: 33665601; PMCID: PMC7905174.

Garcia-Ruiz A, Naval-Baudin P, Ligero M, Pons-Escoda A, Bruna J, Plans G, Calvo N, Cos M, Majós C, Perez-Lopez R.

Precise enhancement quantification in
post-operative MRI as an indicator of residual tumor impact is associated with survival in patients with glioblastoma.

Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 12;11(1):695. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79829-3. PMID: 33436737; PMCID: PMC7804103

Tejada Solís S, Plans Ahicart G, Iglesias Lozano I, de Quintana Schmidt C, Fernández Coello A, Hostalot Panisello C, Ley Urzaiz L, García Romero JC, Díez Valle R, González Sánchez J, Duque S.

Glioblastoma treatment guidelines: Consensus by the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery Tumor Section. Neurocirugia

(Astur : Engl Ed). 2020 Nov-Dec;31(6):289-298. English, Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.neucir.2020.06.001. Epub 2020 Jul 18. PMID: 32690400.

2020

Sala-Padro J, Miró J, Rodriguez-Fornells A, Quintana M, Vidal N, Plans G, Santurino M, Falip M, Camara E.

Hippocampal microstructural architecture and surgical outcome: hippocampal diffusivity could predict seizure relapse.

Seizure.2020 Jan 26;76:84-88. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.01.006. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32044692

Belén González-Herrero, Serge Jaumà Classen, Roser Gómez Llopico, Gerard Plans, Matilde Calopa

Intestinal levodopa/carbidopa infusion as a therapeutic option for unresponsive freezing of gait after deep brain stimulation in Parkinson´s disease

Parkinson´s disease 2020 in press

2019

N Mongay, N Vidal, A Lucas, M Macià, G Plans, A Fernández-Coello, C Majós, L Rodríguez-Bel, M Alemany, J Bruna

The utility of the brain 18-FDG-PET and perfusion resonance magnetic imaging in the radionecrosis differential diagnosis

Neuro-oncology 2019 Aug 21(suppl 3):89-9

Bornstein NM, Saver JL, Diener HC, Gorelick PB, Shuaib A, Solberg Y, Devlin T, Leung T, Molina CA; ImpACT-24A Investigators † ; ImpACT-24A Investigators include the Site Principal Investigators, DSMB members, and the Site Co-Investigators listed (Plans G).

Sphenopalatine Ganglion Stimulation to Augment Cerebral Blood Flow

Stroke 2019 May 23:STROKEAHA118024582. Doi 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.024582. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31117920.

Menchón JM, Real E, Alonso P, Aparicio MA, Segalas C, Plans G, Luyten L, Brunfaut E, Matthijs L, Raymakers S, Bervoets C, Higueras A, Katati M, Guerrero J, Hurtado M, Prieto M, Stieglitz LH, Löffelholz G, Walther S, Pollo C, Zurowski B, Tronnier V, Kordon A, Gambini O, Ranieri R, Franzini A, Messina G, Radu-Djurfeldt D, Schechtmann G, Chen LL, Eitan R, Israel Z, Bergman H, Brelje T, Brionne TC, Conseil A, Gielen F, Schuepbach M, Nuttin B, Gabriëls L.

A prospective international multi-center study on safety and efficacy of deep brain stimulation for resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Mol Psychiatry. 2019 Oct 29. doi: 10.1038/s41380-019-0562-6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31664175

2018

Cayuela N, Simó M, Majós C, Rifà-Ros X, Gállego Pérez-Larraya J, Ripollés P, Vidal N, Miró J, Gil F, Gil-Gil M, Plans G, Graus F, Bruna J.

Seizure-susceptible brain regions in glioblastoma: identification of patients at risk.

Eur J Neurol. 2018 Feb;25(2):387-394.

Capellades J, Puig J, Domenech S, Pujol T, Oleaga L, Camins A, Majós C, Diaz, R, de Quintana C, Teixidor P, Conesa G, Plans G, Gonzalez J, García-Balañà N, Velarde JM, Balaña C.

Is a pretreatment radiological staging system feasible for suggesting the optimal extent of resection and predicting prognosis in glioblastoma? An observational study.

J Neurooncol 2018 Apr;137(2):367-37

Sanmillan JL, Lopez-Ojeda P, Fernández-Conejero I, Fernández-Coello A, Plans G, Ali-Ciurana Y, Gabarrós A.

Treatment of cavernous malformations in supratentorial eloquent areas: experience after 10 years of patient-tailored surgical protocol.

Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2018Oct;160(10):1963-1974

2017

Plans G, Fernández-Conejero I, Rifà-Ros X, Fernández-Coello A, Rosselló A, Gabarrós A.

Evaluation of the high-frequency monopolar stimulation technique for mapping and monitoring of the corticospinal tract in patients with supratentorial gliomas. A proposal for intraoperative management based on neurophysiological data analysis in a series of 92 patients.

Neurosurgery. 2017 Oct 1;81(4):585-594.

Sanmillan JL, Plans G, Gabarrós A, Fernández-Conejero I.

Letter to the Editor: Threshold criterion in transcranial motor evoked potentials.

J Neurosurg. 2017 May;126(5):1744-1746.

Rosselló A, Plans G,Vidal-Sarró N,Fernández-Coello A,Gabarrós A.

Ganglioglioma Progression to Combined Anaplastic Ganglioglioma and Anaplastic Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma. Case Report and Literature Review.

World Neurosurg. 2017 Dec;108:996.e17-996.e25.

Sanmillan JL, Fernández-Coello A, Fernández-Conejero I, Plans G, Gabarrós A.

Functional approach using intraoperative brain mapping and neurophysiological monitoring for the surgical treatment of brain metastases in the central region.

J Neurosurg. 2017 Mar;126(3):698-707.

Capellades J, Teixidor P, Villalba G, Hostalot C, Plans G, Armengol R, Medrano S, Estival A, Luque R, Gonzalez S, Gil-Gil M, Villa S, Sepulveda J, García-Mosquera JJ, Balana C.

Results of a multicenter survey showing interindividual variability among neurosurgeons when deciding on the radicality of surgical resection in glioblastoma highlight the need for more objective guidelines.

Clin Transl Oncol. 2017 Jun;19(6):727-734.

2016

C. Izquierdo, N Vidal, N. Ruiz, G. Plans, A. Lucas, M. Macià, C. Majós, M. Simó, M Gil-Gil, J. Bruna

Atypical meningioma: the impact of WHO 2007 criteria

Neuro-Oncology 2016;18(4):67

Real E, Plans G, Alonso P, Aparicio MA, Segalàs C, Cardoner N, Soriano-Mas C, López-Solà C, Menchón JM.

Removing and reimplanting deep brain stimulation therapy devices in resistant OCD (when the patient does not respond): case report.

BMC Psychiatry. 2016 Feb 6;16:26

Majós C,Cos M,Castañer S, Gil M, Plans G, Lucas A,Bruna J,Aguilera C.

Early post-operative magnetic resonance imaging in glioblastoma: correlation among radiological findings and overall survival in 60 patients

Eur Radiol. 2016 Apr;26(4):1048-55

Sánchez-Osuna M, Martínez-Escardó L, Granados-Colomina C, Martínez-Soler F,Pascual-Guiral S, Iglesias-Guimarais V, Velasco R, Plans G, Vidal N, Tortosa A, Barcia C, Bruna J, Yuste VJ.

An intrinsic DFF40/CAD endonuclease deficiency impairs oligonucleosomal DNA hydrolysis during caspase-dependent cell death: a common trait in human glioblastoma cells.

Neuro Oncol. 2016 Jul;18(7):950-61

2015

Pilar Teixidor, Cristina Hostalot, Gloria Villalba, Gerard Plans, Roser García Armengol, Juan José Garcia, Anna Estival, Ramón de las Penas, Raquel Luque, Miguel Gil-Gil. Juan Sepúlveda, Carmen Balaña

Is unresected glioblastoma truly unresectable? An analysis of basal MRI´S of patients with unresected glioblastoma included un the GENOM009 trial and the variability of surgical approaches

Neuro-Oncology 2015;17(5):214

Havas V, Gabarrós A, Juncadella M, Rifa-Ros X, Plans G, Acebes JJ, de Diego, Balaguer R, Rodríguez-Fornells A.

Electrical stimulation mapping of nouns and verbs in Broca’s area.

Brain Lang. 2015 Jun-Jul;145-146:53-63.

Miró J, Jaraba S, Mora J, Puig O, Castañer S, Rodriguez-Bel L, Santurino M, Plans G, Falip M.

Vagus nerve stimulation therapy is effective and safe for startle-induced seizures.

J Neurol Sci. 2015 Jul 15;354(1-2):124-6.

2014

C Izquierdo, C. Majós, M- Simó, A. Lucas, M. Macià, G. Plans, M.Gil, R. Velasco, J Bruna

Low grade diffuse astrocytoma-prognostic factors to anaplastic transformation

Neuro-Oncology 2014;16(2):18

Sanmillán JL, Plans G, Vidal N, Acebes JJ

Supratentorial brain schwannomas: an uncommon location for a common tumour

Br J Neurosurg. 2014 Jan;28(1):25-8

Guillamón E, Miró J, Gutiérrez A, Conde R, Falip M, Jaraba S, Plans G, Garcés M, Villanueva V

Combination of corpus callosotomy and vagus nerve stimulation in the treatment of refractory epilepsy

Eur Neurol. 2014;71(1-2):65-74

Díez Valle R, Slof J, Galván J, Arza C, Romariz C, Vidal C; VISIONA study researchers. Collaborators: Valle RD, i Rodriguez PT, Martínez GV, Cabezudo JM, García LM, Sánchez JJ, Rodríguez EF, Ángel M, Sánchez A, Granados GO, Delgado ÁT, Bertrán GC, Martín JJ, Plans G, Díaz AP, Asunción CB, Acin RP, de Pedro Mdel Á, Urzaiz LL, Barcia JA, Brin JR, Campa-Santamarina JM, Sánchez ÁM, Peña JM

Observational, retrospective study of the effectiveness of 5-aminolevulinic acid in malignant glioma surgery in Spain (The VISIONA study)

Neurologia. 2014 Apr;29(3):131-8

Simó M, Argyriou AA, Macià M, Plans G, Majós C, Vidal N, Gil M,BrunaJ.

Recurrent high-grade meningioma: a phase II trial with somatostatin analogue therapy.

Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2014 May;73(5):919-23.

2013

Sierpowska J, Gabarrós A, Ripollés P, Juncadella M, Castañer S, Camins A, Plans G, Rodríguez-Fornells A.

Intraoperative electrical stimulation of language switching in two bilingual patients

Neuropsychologia. 2013 Nov;51(13):2882-92

2012

G. Plans

Medulloblastomas and other embryonal tumors of the central nervous system.

Textbook of contemporary neurosurgery vol 2 pgs 993-1004
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) LTD 2012
ISBN: 978-93-5025-239-0

Fernández-Coello, G. Plans, JJ Acebes.

Metástasis cerebrales ¿cuándo operar?

Metástasis cerebrales, linfomas y Otras neoplasias de origen hematopoyético
Capítulo 12 (Grupo de neurooncología de la SENEC) pgs 78-84.
Publicaciones Permanyer 2012 Dep. Legal: 341391/12

Fernández S, Miró J, Falip M, Coello A, Plans G, Castañer S, Acebes JJ

Surgical vs conservative treatment in patients with cerebral cavernomas and non refractory epilepsy.

Seizure. 2012 Dec;21(10):785-8

Sierra-Marcos A, Maestro I, Rodriguez-Osorio X, Miró J, Donaire A, Aparicio J, Rumiá J, Forcadas M, Garamendi I, Pardo J, López J, Prieto A, Plans G, Falip M, Carreño M.

Succesful outcome of status epilepticus after vagus nerve stimulation: a multicenter study.

Eur J Neurol 2012 Sep;19(9):1219-23

2011

Florensa R, Muñoz J, Cardiel I, Bescós A, Tardáguila M, Plans G, Dominguez CJ,

Colet S Posterior spinal instrumentation image guided and assisted by neuronavigation. Experience in 120 cases

Neurocirugia (Astur) 2011 Jun;22(3):224-234

Gabarrós A, Martino J, Juncadella M, Plans G, Pujol R, Deus J, Godino O, Torres A, Aparicio A, Conesa G, Acebes JJ.

Intraoperative identification of the supplementary motor area in neurooncological surgery.

Neurocirugia (Astur). 2011 Apr;22(2):123-32

Bescós A, Muñoz J, Colet S, Domínguez CJ, Cardiel I, Florensa R

Posterior C1-C2 arthrodesis. Experience in transarticular and interarticular fixation in 36 patients

Neurocirugia (Astur) 2011;22(2):140-9

2010

G. Plans, A. Fernández-Coello, JJ Acebes.

Manejo pre y postoperatorio de la hidrocefalia en los tumores intraventriculares. Capítulo 9

Tumores intraventriculares (Grupo de Neurooncología de la SENEC) pgs 89-94.
Publicaciones Permanyer 2010 De. Legal: B-16078-2010

Susana Casas, Gerard Plans, Javier Ariza, P. Fernández-Viladrich.

 Espondilitis tuberculosa después de una punción lumbar.

Medicina Clinica (Barcelona) 2010 Apr 17;134(11):517-8

Teixidor P, García R, Alamar M, González M, Llasera R, Durá MJ, Muñoz J, Florensa R

Intraoperative complications of corticosubcortical mapping.

Neurocirugia (Astur) 2010;21(2):99-107

2009

G. Plans, JJ Acebes, A. Torres, M.A. Aparicio.

Schwannomas de la fosa posterior.

Tumores de la fosa posterior Capítulo 19 (Grupo de Neurooncología de la SENEC) pgs 197-209.
Publicaciones Permanyer 2009. Dep legal: B-11.957/2009

C. Valencia-Calderon, JJ Martin-Acebes, A. Gabarros, Torres-Diaz, G. Plans Ahicart, P. Montoya-Mora.

Vasoespasmo cerebral tardio posterior a hemorragia subaracnoidea. Correlación por Doppler transcraneal y TAC de perfusión

Neurocirugía 2009;20:62-63 Letters to the editor