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Alexander R. Vaccaro
Researcher at Thomas Jefferson University
Publications - 1358
Citations - 46435
Alexander R. Vaccaro is an academic researcher from Thomas Jefferson University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Spinal cord injury. The author has an hindex of 102, co-authored 1179 publications receiving 39346 citations. Previous affiliations of Alexander R. Vaccaro include University of California, Los Angeles & Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
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Donor site morbidity after anterior iliac crest bone harvest for single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.
Jeff S. Silber,D. Greg Anderson,Scott D. Daffner,Brian T. Brislin,J. Martin Leland,Alan S. Hilibrand,Alexander R. Vaccaro,Todd J. Albert +7 more
TL;DR: A large percentage of patients report chronic donor site pain after anterior ICBG donation, even when only a single-level ACDF procedure is performed, and long-term functional impairment can also be significant.
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Early versus delayed decompression for traumatic cervical spinal cord injury: results of the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS).
Michael G. Fehlings,Alexander R. Vaccaro,Jefferson R. Wilson,Anoushka Singh,David W. Cadotte,James S. Harrop,Bizhan Aarabi,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Marcel F. Dvorak,Charles G. Fisher,Paul Arnold,Eric M. Massicotte,Stephen J. Lewis,Raja Rampersaud +13 more
TL;DR: Decompression prior to 24 hours after SCI can be performed safely and is associated with improved neurologic outcome, defined as at least a 2 grade AIS improvement at 6 months follow-up.
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A new classification of thoracolumbar injuries : The importance of injury morphology, the integrity of the posterior ligamentous complex, and neurologic status
Alexander R. Vaccaro,Ronald A. Lehman,R. John Hurlbert,Paul A. Anderson,Mitchel B. Harris,Rune Hedlund,James S. Harrop,Marcel F. Dvorak,Kirkham B. Wood,Michael G. Fehlings,Charles G. Fisher,Steven C. Zeiller,D. Greg Anderson,Christopher M. Bono,Gordon H. Stock,Andrew K. Brown,Timothy R. Kuklo,F. C. Oner +17 more
TL;DR: A new proposed classification system for thoracolumbar (TL) spine injuries, including injury severity assessment, designed to assist in clinical management and to facilitate clinical decision-making as a practical alternative to cumbersome classification systems already in use is devised.
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Pathophysiology and pharmacologic treatment of acute spinal cord injury.
Brian K. Kwon,Wolfram Tetzlaff,Jonathan N. Grauer,John M. Beiner,Alexander R. Vaccaro,Alexander R. Vaccaro +5 more
TL;DR: A review summarizes some of the important pathophysiologic processes involved in secondary damage after spinal cord injury and discusses a number of pharmacologic therapies that have either been studied or have future potential for this devastating injury.
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AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system: fracture description, neurological status, and key modifiers.
Alexander R. Vaccaro,Cumhur Oner,Christopher K. Kepler,Marcel F. Dvorak,Klaus J. Schnake,Carlo Bellabarba,Max Reinhold,Bizhan Aarabi,Frank Kandziora,Jens R. Chapman,Rajasekaran Shanmuganathan,Michael G. Fehlings,Luiz Roberto Vialle +12 more
TL;DR: The AOSpine TL injury classification system is clinically relevant according to the consensus agreement of the international team of spine trauma experts and requires prospective observational data collection documenting use of the classification system, therapeutic decision making, and clinical follow-up evaluation by a large number of surgeons from different countries.