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Christopher P Ames
1996
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37493057Efficacy of Varying Surgical Approaches on Achieving Optimal Alignment in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.2024
35442842How Much Lumbar Lordosis does a Patient Need to Reach their Age-Adjusted Alignment Target? A Formulated Approach Predicting Successful Surgical Outcomes.Global Spine Journal2024
35216540Prevention of Surgical Site Infections in Spine Surgery: An International Survey of Clinical Practices Among Expert Spine Surgeons.Global Spine J2023
36102572Pelvic Nonresponse Following Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity: Influence of Realignment Strategies on Occurrence.Spine2023
36029263Patient satisfaction after multiple revision surgeries for adult spinal deformity.Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine2023
36219391Return to work after adult spinal deformity surgery.Spine Deformity2023
36152326Posterior-based resection of spinal meningiomas: an institutional experience of 141 patients with an average of 28 months of follow-up.Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine2023
36083599The Benefit of Addressing Malalignment in Revision Surgery for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Following ASD Surgery.Spine2023
36149856Predicting the Magnitude of Distal Junctional Kyphosis Following Cervical Deformity Correction.Spine2023
36334285Proximal junctional failure in primary thoracolumbar fusion/fixation to the sacrum/pelvis for adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis: long-term follow-up of a prospective multicenter cohort of 160 patients.Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine2023
35797629Validation of Adult Spinal Deformity Surgical Outcome Prediction Tools in Adult Symptomatic Lumbar Scoliosis.Spine2023
36125738Development and internal validation of predictive models to assess risk of post-acute care facility discharge in adults undergoing multi-level instrumented fusions for lumbar degenerative pathology and spinal deformity.Spine Deformity2023
36191021Improvements in Outcomes and Cost After Adult Spinal Deformity Corrective Surgery Between 2008 and 2019.Spine2023
35853172Establishment of an Individualized Distal Junctional Kyphosis Risk Index following the Surgical Treatment of Adult Cervical Deformities.Spine2023
35350922Predicting Mechanical Failure Following Cervical Deformity Surgery: A Composite Score Integrating Age-Adjusted Cervical Alignment Targets.Global Spine Journal2023
38041769Compensation from mild and severe cases of early proximal junctional kyphosis may manifest as progressive cervical deformity at two year follow-up.2023
37948666Adult Cervical Deformity Patients Have Higher Baseline Frailty, Disability, and Comorbidities Compared With Complex Adult Thoracolumbar Deformity Patients: A Comparative Cohort Study of 616 Patients.Global Spine J2023
38039536Epigenetic age biomarkers and risk assessment in adult spinal deformity: a novel association of biological age with frailty and disability.2023
37942794The Case for Operative Efficiency in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Impact of Operative Time on Complications, Length of Stay, Alignment, Fusion Rates, and Patient Reported Outcomes.2023
38031967Alterations in Magnitude and Shape of Thoracic Kyphosis Following Surgical Correction for Adult Spinal Deformity.2023
37819085Proximal Junctional Fracture and Kyphosis: Correction With Posterior Vertebral Column Resection and the "Rail Technique": 2-Dimensional Operative Video.2023
37728175Economic burden of nonoperative treatment of adult spinal deformity.2023
37725904The ISSG-AO Complication Intervention Score, but Not Major/Minor Designation, is Correlated With Length of Stay Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.2023
37798979Outcomes of Surgical Treatment for Patients With Mild Scoliosis and Age-Appropriate Sagittal Alignment With Minimum 2-Year Follow-up.2023
37798829Patient-specific Cervical Deformity Corrections With Consideration of Associated Risk: Establishment of Risk Benefit Thresholds for Invasiveness Based on Deformity and Frailty Severity.2023
38081300Cost Benefit of Implementation of Risk Stratification Models for Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.2023
37698284Functional Alignment Within the Fusion in Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD) Improves Outcomes and Minimizes Mechanical Failures.2023
37694516Postoperative Discharge to Acute Rehabilitation or Skilled Nursing Facility Compared to Home Does Not Reduce Hospital Readmissions, Return to Surgery or Improve Outcomes Following Adult Spine Deformity Surgery.2023
37776420Adult cervical spine deformity: a state-of-the-art review.2023
37548546Are we improving in the optimization of surgery for high-risk adult cervical spine deformity patients over time?2023
37862715Determining the best vertebra for measuring pelvic incidence and spinopelvic parameters in adult spinal deformity patients with transitional anatomy.2023
37685633Are We Focused on the Wrong Early Postoperative Quality Metrics? Optimal Realignment Outweighs Perioperative Risk in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.2023
36972137Quantifying the Contribution of Lower Limb Compensation to Upright Posture: What Happens If Adult Spinal Deformity Patients Do Not Compensate?2023
37149153Would you do it again? Discrepancies between patient and surgeon perceptions following adult spine deformity surgery.2023
37086158Incremental benefits of circumferential minimally invasive surgery for increasingly frail patients with adult spinal deformity.J Neurosurg Spine2023
36964727Spinopelvic sagittal compensation in adult cervical deformity.2023
36897093Patient Frailty Influences Outcome After Open, But Not Minimally Invasive, Transforaminal Interbody Fusion: A Case Series of 115 Patients With Lumbar Degenerative Disease.2023
36827962Biological Age and Spine Surgery-Genomics and the Future of Risk Assessment.2023
36512314Changes in health-related quality of life measures associated with degree of proximal junctional kyphosis.2023
36709918Trends, payments, and costs associated with BMP use in Medicare beneficiaries undergoing spinal fusion.2023
36821516How Good Are Surgeons at Achieving Their Preoperative Goal Sagittal Alignment Following Adult Deformity Surgery?2023
37327142Use of multiple rods and proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity surgery.2023
37450674Critical Analysis of Radiographic and Patient Reported Outcomes Following Anterior/Posterior Staged vs. Same Day Surgery in Patients Undergoing Identical Corrective Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity.2023
36942962Identifying Subsets of Patients With Adult Spinal Deformity Who Maintained a Positive Response to Nonoperative Management.2023
36562904Author Correction: Sagittal age-adjusted score (SAAS) for adult spinal deformity (ASD) more effectively predicts surgical outcomes and proximal junctional kyphosis than previous classifications.2023
36940248Association Between the Bone Density of Posterior Fusion Mass and Mechanical Complications After Thoracolumbar Three-Column Osteotomy for Adult Spinal Deformity.2023
36625677The Shape of the Fused Spine is Associated With Acute Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adult Spinal Deformity: An Assessment Based on Vertebral Pelvic Angles.2023
37310039Calibration of a comprehensive predictive model for the development of proximal junctional kyphosis and failure in adult spinal deformity patients with consideration of contemporary goals and techniques.2023
37249385Machine Learning for Benchmarking Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery Outcomes.2023
37243554Duration of neurological deficit and outcomes in the surgical treatment of spinal coccidioidomycosis.2023
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