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Early-Onset Scoliosis: A Review of History, Current Treatment, and Future Directions by Yang, Scott, Andras, Lindsay M, Redding, Gregory J, Skaggs, David L

“…Early-onset scoliosis (EOS) is defined as curvature of the spine in children >10° with onset before age 10 years. Young children with EOS are at risk for…”
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ALIF and LDA Likely Have Similar Reoperation Rates: A Response to "Lumbar Arthroplasty is Associated With a Lower Incidence of Adjacent Segment Disease Compared With ALIF" by Narendran, Nakul, Nilssen, Paal K, Tuchman, Alexander, Skaggs, David L

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ALIF and TLIF Likely Have Similar Reoperation Rates: A Response to "TLIF is Associated With Lower Rates of Adjacent Segment Disease and Complications Compared With ALIF" by Narendran, Nakul, Nilssen, Paal K, Tuchman, Alexander, Skaggs, David L

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Supracondylar Humeral Fractures in Children by Omid, Reza, Choi, Paul D, Skaggs, David L

“…Operative fixation is indicated for most type-II and III supracondylar humeral fractures in order to prevent malunion.Medial comminution is a subtle finding…”
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Comparison of Complications Among Growing Spinal Implants by SANKAR, Wudbhav N, ACEVEDO, Daniel C, SKAGGS, David L

“…Retrospective review. To evaluate the complication rate of various types of growing spinal implants. Previous studies report a complication rate of 0.38 to…”
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Breast Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Cost in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Patients and the Role of Low Dose Biplanar Radiography by Farivar, Daniel, Skaggs, David L., Gabriel, Keith, Illingworth, Kenneth D.

“…Patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) are susceptible to high doses of radiation from radiographs. The purpose of this study was to examine the…”
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Proximal Radius Fractures in Children by Nicholson, Luke T., Skaggs, David L.

“…Fractures of the proximal radius represent 5% to 10% of all elbow fractures in children. These fractures have many treatment options and have a high risk of…”
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Accelerated Discharge Protocol for Posterior Spinal Fusion Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Decreases Hospital Postoperative Charges 22 by Sanders, Austin E., Andras, Lindsay M., Sousa, Ted, Kissinger, Cathy, Cucchiaro, Giovanni, Skaggs, David L.

“…A retrospective study of consecutive patients. The purpose of this study was to determine implementing an accelerated protocol could decrease our average…”
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Spondylolisthesis in Young Patients in a Large National Cohort: Reoperation Rate Depends on Surgical Approach by Nilssen, Paal K, Narendran, Nakul, Finkel, Ryan A, Illingworth, Kenneth D, Skaggs, David L

“…The current literature investigating surgical treatments for lumbar spondylolisthesis in adolescent patients is limited by small sample sizes. There are high…”
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Increasing Cervical Kyphosis Correlates With Cervical Degenerative Disk Disease in Patients With Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis by Lin, Adrian, Skaggs, David L, Andras, Lindsay M, Tolo, Vernon, Tamrazi, Benita, Illingworth, Kenneth D

“…Retrospective review. Our goal was to investigate the incidence of cervical degenerative disk disease (DDD) in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis…”
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Lengthening of Dual Growing Rods and the Law of Diminishing Returns by SANKAR, Wudbhav N, SKAGGS, David L, YAZICI, Muharrem, JOHNSTON, Charles E, SHAH, Suken A, JAVIDAN, Pooya, KADAKIA, Rishi V, DAY, Thomas F, AKBARNIA, Behrooz A

“…A retrospective multicenter study. To evaluate the effect of repeated surgical lengthenings and time on spinal growth and Cobb angle in children with early…”
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Development and Initial Validation of the Classification of Early-Onset Scoliosis (C-EOS) by Williams, Brendan A, Matsumoto, Hiroko, McCalla, Daren J, Akbarnia, Behrooz A, Blakemore, Laurel C, Betz, Randal R, Flynn, John M, Johnston, Charles E, McCarthy, Richard E, Roye, David P, Skaggs, David L, Smith, John T, Snyder, Brian D, Sponseller, Paul D, Sturm, Peter F, Thompson, George H, Yazici, Muharrem, Vitale, Michael G

“…BACKGROUND:Early-onset scoliosis is a heterogeneous condition, with highly variable manifestations and natural history. No standardized classification system…”
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Evaluating Funding for Authors Achieving High Citations vs. Online Popularity by Farivar, Daniel, Vadhera, Amar S, Illingworth, Kenneth D, Skaggs, David L

“…The Altmetric score is a validated tool that measures online attention of scientific studies. A relationship between government/industry funding for authors…”
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Letter to the editor regarding “3D printed pedicle screw guides reduce the rate of intraoperative screw revision in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis surgery” by Jeong et al by Nilssen, Paal K., Skaggs, David L., Illingworth, Kenneth D.

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Surgical Site Infection Following Neuromuscular Posterior Spinal Fusion Fell 72% After Adopting the 2013 Best Practice Guidelines by Stephan, Stephen R., Illingworth, Kenneth D., Gupta, Kavish, Andras, Lindsay M., Skaggs, David L.

“…Retrospective cohort study. The purpose of this study is to investigate the incidence of surgical site infection in neuromuscular scoliosis patients at a…”
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A Classification of Growth Friendly Spine Implants by Skaggs, David L, Akbarnia, Behrooz A, Flynn, John M, Myung, Karen S, Sponseller, Paul D, Vitale, Michael G

“…BACKGROUND:Various types of spinal implants have been used with the objective of minimizing spinal deformities while maximizing the spine and thoracic growth…”
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Raising Mean Arterial Pressure Alone Restores 20% of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Losses by Yang, Joshua, Skaggs, David L., Chan, Priscella, Shah, Suken A., Vitale, Michael G., Neiss, Geraldine, Feinberg, Nicholas, Andras, Lindsay M.

“…STUDY DESIGN.Multicenter prospective. OBJECTIVE.To assess the effect of intraoperative interventions in restoring intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) signals…”
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Risk stratification for early postoperative infection in Pediatric spinal deformity correction: development and validation of the Pediatric scoliosis infection risk score (PSIR score) by Chan, Vivien, Shumilak, Geoffrey, Jafari, Matiar, Fehlings, Michael G, Yang, Michael M H, Skaggs, David L

“…Postoperative infection after spinal deformity correction in pediatric patients is associated with significant costs. Identifying risk factors associated with…”
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Complications of Growing-Rod Treatment for Early-Onset Scoliosis: Analysis of One Hundred and Forty Patients by Bess, Shay, Akbarnia, Behrooz A, Thompson, George H, Sponseller, Paul D, Shah, Suken A, El Sebaie, Hazem, Boachie-Adjei, Oheneba, Karlin, Lawrence I, Canale, Sarah, Poe-Kochert, Connie, Skaggs, David L

“…BACKGROUND:Previous reports have indicated high complication rates associated with non-fusion surgery in patients with early-onset scoliosis. This study was…”
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Think and Talk Like You Went to Business School by Stephan, Stephen R., Skaggs, David L.

“…Most orthopaedic surgeons do not have formal training in business education. We have learned that success comes to those who study hard, choose the correct…”
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