Alexander E Ropper
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Lazaro T, Katlowitz K, Karas P, Srinivasan V, Walls E, Collier G, et al.
J Neurosurg
. 2022 Sep;
138(4):1117-1123.
PMID: 36087325
Objective: Since the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) implemented duty-hour restrictions in 2003, many residency programs have adopted a night float system to comply with time constraints. However,...
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Gadot R, Smith D, Prablek M, Grochmal J, Fuentes A, Ropper A
Neurospine
. 2022 Jul;
19(2):283-296.
PMID: 35793931
Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) is devastating for patients and their caretakers and has an annual incidence of 20-50 per million people. Following initial assessment with appropriate physical examination and...
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Gadot R, Anand A, Verla T, Muir M, Winocour S, Reece E, et al.
World Neurosurg
. 2022 Mar;
162:e561-e567.
PMID: 35331948
Background: Adult spinal deformity (ASD) surgery is becoming increasingly prevalent. Soft tissue defects arising from revision closure and impaired healing can predispose to wound complications including dehiscence and infection. Soft...
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Verla T, Vedantam A, North R, Xu D, Raber M, Fuentes A, et al.
World Neurosurg
. 2021 Jul;
156:e1-e8.
PMID: 34245881
Background: Dropped head syndrome is a morbid condition that affects daily functionality, causing pain and dysphagia and respiratory compromise. Reported causes of dropped head syndrome include neuromuscular disorders, iatrogenic from...
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Cruz A, Ropper A, Xu D, Bohl M, Reece E, Winocour S, et al.
Semin Plast Surg
. 2021 May;
35(1):54-62.
PMID: 33994880
Lumbar spinal fusion is a commonly performed procedure to stabilize the spine, and the frequency with which this operation is performed is increasing. Multiple factors are involved in achieving successful...
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Skochdopole A, Wagner R, Davis M, Raj S, Winocour S, Ropper A, et al.
Semin Plast Surg
. 2021 May;
35(1):50-53.
PMID: 33994879
Several vascularized bone grafts (VBGs) have been introduced for reconstruction and augmenting fusion of the spine. The expanding use of VBGs in the field of spinoplastic reconstruction, however, has highlighted...
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Winocour S, Schultz K, Davis M, Abu-Ghname A, Bohl M, Ropper A, et al.
Semin Plast Surg
. 2021 May;
35(1):37-40.
PMID: 33994877
Pseudarthrosis is a feared complication of spinal fusion procedures. Currently, the gold standard in prevention or treatment of pseudarthrosis is placement of nonvascularized iliac crest bone autograft. While rates of...
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Winocour S, Agrawal N, Wagner K, Davis M, Abu-Ghname A, Shekher R, et al.
Semin Plast Surg
. 2021 May;
35(1):31-36.
PMID: 33994876
Pseudarthrosis is a difficult complication often seen in patients with complex spinal pathology. To supplement existing neurosurgical approaches to cervicothoracic spinal instrumentation and fusion, novel vascularized rib bone grafts can...
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Reece E, ONeill R, Davis M, Abu-Ghname A, Ropper A, Bohl M, et al.
Semin Plast Surg
. 2021 May;
35(1):25-30.
PMID: 33994875
Spinal fusion can be challenging to obtain in patients with complex spinal pathology. Medial scapular vascularized bone grafts (S-VBGs) are a novel approach to supplement cervicothoracic arthrodesis in patients at...
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Prablek M, McGinnis J, Winocour S, Reece E, Kakarla U, Raber M, et al.
Semin Plast Surg
. 2021 May;
35(1):20-24.
PMID: 33994874
Instrumented fixation and fusion of the thoracic spine present distinct challenges and complications including pseudarthrosis and junctional kyphosis. When complications arise, morbidity to the patient can be significant, involving neurologic...