Michael Murek, MD

Attending Physician

Languages: German, English, French, Polish

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  1. Schucht P, Lee H, Mezouar M, Hewer E, Raabe A, Murek M, Zubak I, Goldberg J, Kovari E, Pierangelo A, Novikova T. ‌Visualization of White Matter Fiber Tracts of Brain Tissue Sections with Wide-field Imaging Mueller Polarimetry. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2020 Dec;PP.
  2. Fung C, Murek M, Klinger-Gratz P, Fiechter M, Z'Graggen W, Gautschi O, El-Koussy M, Gralla J, Schaller K, Zbinden M, Arnold M, Fischer U, Mattle H, Raabe A, Beck J. ‌Effect of Decompressive Craniectomy on Perihematomal Edema in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage PLoS One. 2016 Feb 12;11(2):e0149169.
  3. Fung C, Inglin F, Murek M, Balmer M, Abu-Isa J, Z'Graggen W, Ozdoba C, Gralla J, Jakob S, Takala J, Beck J, Raabe A. ‌Reconsidering the logic of World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies grading in patients with severe subarachnoid hemorrhage J Neurosurg. 2016 Feb;124(2):299-304.
  4. Stieglitz L, Fung C, Murek M, Fichtner J, Raabe A, Beck J. ‌What happens to the bone flap? Long-term outcome after reimplantation of cryoconserved bone flaps in a consecutive series of 92 patients Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2015 Feb;157(2):275-80.
  5. Fung C, Balmer M, Murek M, Z'Graggen W, Abu-Isa J, Ozdoba C, Hänggi M, Jakob S, Raabe A, Beck J. ‌Impact of early-onset seizures on grading and outcome in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage J Neurosurg. 2015 Feb;122(2):408-13.
  6. Schucht P, Seidel K, Beck J, Murek M, Jilch A, Wiest R, Fung C, Raabe A. ‌Intraoperative monopolar mapping during 5-ALA–guided resections of glioblastomas adjacent to motor eloquent areas: evaluation of resection rates and neurological outcome Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Dec;37(6):E16.
  7. Schucht P, Seidel K, Murek M, Stieglitz L, Urwyler N, Wiest R, Steinlin M, Leibundgut K, Raabe A, Beck J. ‌Low-threshold monopolar motor mapping for resection of lesions in motor eloquent areas in children and adolescents J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2014 May;13(5):572-8.
  8. Stieglitz L, Gerber N, Schmid T, Mordasini P, Fichtner J, Fung C, Murek M, Weber S, Raabe A, Beck J. ‌Intraoperative fabrication of patient-specific moulded implants for skull reconstruction: single-centre experience of 28 cases Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2014 Apr;156(4):793-803.
  9. Schucht P, Murek M, Jilch A, Seidel K, Hewer E, Wiest R, Raabe A, Beck J. ‌Early Re-Do Surgery for Glioblastoma Is a Feasible and Safe Strategy to Achieve Complete Resection of Enhancing Tumor PLoS One. 2013 Nov 13;8(11):e79846.
  10. Dützmann S, Schatlo B, Lobrinus A, Murek M, Wostrack M, Weiss C, Schaller K, Raabe A, Meyer B, Goldbrunner R, Franz K, Seifert V, Senft C. ‌A multi-center retrospective analysis of treatment effects and quality of life in adult patients with cranial ependymomas J Neurooncol. 2013 Sep;114(3):319-27.
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  1. Fung C, Murek M, Z'Graggen W, Krähenbühl A, Gautschi O, Schucht P, Gralla J, Schaller K, Arnold M, Fischer U, Mattle H, Raabe A, Beck J. ‌Decompressive Hemicraniectomy in Patients With Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage Stroke. 2012 Dec;43(12):3207-11.
  2. Schucht P, Beck J, Abu-Isa J, Andereggen L, Murek M, Seidel K, Stieglitz L, Raabe A. ‌Gross Total Resection Rates in Contemporary Glioblastoma Surgery: Results of an Institutional Protocol Combining 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Intraoperative Fluorescence Imaging and Brain Mapping Neurosurgery. 2012 Nov;71(5):927-35; discussion 935-6.
  3. Beck J, Ulrich C, Fung C, Fichtner J, Seidel K, Fiechter M, Hsieh K, Murek M, Bervini D, Meier N, Mono M, Mordasini P, Hewer E, Z'Graggen W, Gralla J, Raabe A. ‌Diskogenic microspurs as a major cause of intractable spontaneous intracranial hypotension Neurology. 2016 Sep 20;87(12):1220-6.
  4. Bogdańska M, Bodnar M, Piotrowska M, Murek M, Schucht P, Beck J, Martínez-González A, Pérez-García V. ‌A mathematical model describes the malignant transformation of low grade gliomas: Prognostic implications PLoS One. 2017 Aug 1;12(8):e0179999.
  5. Gutt-Will M, Murek M, Schwarz C, Hewer E, Vulcu S, Beck J, Raabe A, Schucht P. ‌Frequent Diagnostic Under-Grading in Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Wild-Type Gliomas due to Small Pathological Tissue Samples. Neurosurgery. 2019 Nov 1;85(5):689-694.
  6. Schucht P, Zubak I, Kuhlen D, Abu-Isa J, Murek M, Raabe A, Soe Z, Aung K, Soe Myint A, Thu M. ‌Assisted Education for Specialized Medicine: A Sustainable Development Plan for Neurosurgery in Myanmar. World Neurosurg. 2019 Oct;130:e854-e861.
  7. Häni L, Vulcu S, Branca M, Fung C, Z'Graggen W, Murek M, Raabe A, Beck J, Schucht P. ‌Subdural versus subgaleal drainage for chronic subdural hematomas: a post hoc analysis of the TOSCAN trial. J Neurosurg. 2019 Aug 30;1-9.
  8. Pérez-García V, Ayala-Hernández L, Belmonte-Beitia J, Schucht P, Murek M, Raabe A, Sepúlveda J. ‌Computational design of improved standardized chemotherapy protocols for grade II oligodendrogliomas. PLoS Comput Biol. 2019 Jul 15;15(7):e1006778.
  9. Schütz A, Murek M, Stieglitz L, Bernasconi C, Vulcu S, Beck J, Raabe A, Schucht P. ‌ACE-inhibitors: a preventive measure for bone flap resorption after autologous cranioplasty? J Neurosurg. 2018 Nov 1;1-8.
  10. Pérez-García V, Calvo G, Bosque J, León-Triana O, Jiménez J, Perez-Beteta J, Belmonte-Beitia J, Valiente M, Zhu L, García-Gómez P, Sánchez-Gómez P, Hernández-San Miguel E, Hortigüela R, Azimzade Y, Molina-García D, Martinez A, Rojas A, de Mendivil A, Vallette F, Schucht P, Murek M, Pérez-Cano M, Albillo D, Honguero Martínez A, Jiménez Londoño G, Arana E, García Vicente A. ‌Universal scaling laws rule explosive growth in human cancers Nat Phys. 2020 Dec;16(12):1232-1237.
  11. Schucht P, Roccaro-Waldmeyer D, Murek M, Zubak I, Goldberg J, Falk S, Dahlweid F, Raabe A. ‌Exploring Novel Funding Strategies for Innovative Medical Research: The HORAO Crowdfunding Campaign J Med Internet Res. 2020 Nov 11;22(11):e19715.
  12. Murek M, Jilch A, El-Rahal A, Zubak I, Fung C, Abu-Isa J, Fichtner J, Actor B, Khan N, von Campe G, Radovanovic I, Kuhlen D, Schucht P. ‌It’s been a decade: The Swiss Young Neurosurgeons Society Clinical and Translational Neuroscience. 2018 January-June;2(1);1-3.
  13. Bogdańska M, Bodnar M, Belmonte-Beitia J, Murek M, Schucht P, Beck J, Pérez-García V. ‌A mathematical model of low grade gliomas treated with temozolomide and its therapeutical implications Math Biosci. 2017 Jun;288:1-13.
  14. Andereggen L, Beck J, Z'Graggen W, Schroth G, Andres R, Murek M, Hänggi M, Reinert M, Raabe A, Gralla J. ‌Feasibility and Safety of Repeat Instant Endovascular Interventions in Patients with Refractory Cerebral Vasospasms AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2017 Mar;38(3):561-567.
  15. Shenoy A, Kopic S, Murek M, Caputo C, Geibel J, Egan M. ‌Calcium-Modulated Chloride Pathways Contribute to Chloride Flux in Murine Cystic Fibrosis-Affected Macrophages Pediatr Res. 2011 Nov;70(5):447-52.