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Antonio Castellvi
Publications - 3
Citations - 494
Antonio Castellvi is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Smoking cessation & Patient education. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 419 citations.
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Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae and their relationship with lumbar extradural defects.
TL;DR: A new classification of lumbosacral transitional vertebra is presented based upon the morphologic and clinical characteristics with respect to herniated nucleus pulposus based on patients with positive myelographic findings of herniate lumbar disc.
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Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation. Results in 52 patients
Kenneth J. Guidera,James Hooten,Wallace Weatherly,Michael Highhouse,Antonio Castellvi,John A. Ogden,Linda I. Pugh,Stephen D. Cook +7 more
TL;DR: The operative morbidity and difficulty were increased in the larger idiopathic curves and in neuromuscular and congenital scoliosis, and the Cotrel-Dubousset instrumentation is an overall excellent tool for the multiplanar correction of scoliotics and is amenable to revision surgery.
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Effect of the spine practitioner on patient smoking status.
TL;DR: All spine practitioners should do all in their power to help their patients overcome their nicotine addiction and patients will respond better if the practitioner assigns a priority and works with the patient to educate them about ways to address this particular substance abuse.