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Behrooz A. Akbarnia
Researcher at University of California, San Diego
Publications - 244
Citations - 11722
Behrooz A. Akbarnia is an academic researcher from University of California, San Diego. The author has contributed to research in topics: Scoliosis & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 224 publications receiving 9799 citations. Previous affiliations of Behrooz A. Akbarnia include Boston Children's Hospital & University of Southern California.
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Final Fusion After Growing-Rod Treatment for Early Onset Scoliosis: Is It Really Final?
Connie Poe-Kochert,Claire Shannon,Jeff Pawelek,George H. Thompson,Christina K. Hardesty,David Marks,Behrooz A. Akbarnia,Richard E. McCarthy,John B. Emans +8 more
TL;DR: A higher-than-anticipated percentage of patients treated with growing rods required unplanned reoperation following final fusion, and patients and parents need to be counseled regarding the possibility of further surgery after final fusion.
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Traumatic retrolisthesis of the lumbosacral junction. A case report.
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Does recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 use in adult spinal deformity increase complications and are complications associated with location of rhBMP-2 use? A prospective, multicenter study of 279 consecutive patients.
Shay Bess,Breton Line,Virginie Lafage,Frank J. Schwab,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Robert A. Hart,Oheneba Boachie-Adjei,Behrooz A. Akbarnia,Christopher P. Ames,Douglas Burton,Vedat Deverin,Kai-Ming G. Fu,Munish C. Gupta,Richard A. Hostin,Khaled Kebaish,Eric O. Klineberg,Gregory M. Mundis,Michael Oêbrien,Alexis Shelokov,Justin S. Smith +19 more
TL;DR: RhBMP-2 use and location of rhBMP -2 use in ASD surgery, at reported doses, do not increase acute major, neurological, wound, and infectious complications and Multivariate analysis demonstrated small to nonexistent correlations between rhB MP- 2 use and complications.
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The benefit of nonoperative treatment for adult spinal deformity: identifying predictors for reaching a minimal clinically important difference
Shian Liu,Bassel G. Diebo,Jensen K. Henry,Justin S. Smith,Richard A. Hostin,Matthew E. Cunningham,Gregory M. Mundis,Christopher P. Ames,Douglas Burton,Shay Bess,Behrooz A. Akbarnia,Robert A. Hart,Peter G. Passias,Frank J. Schwab,Virginie Lafage +14 more
TL;DR: Nonoperative ASD patients who achieved MCID in SRS activity or pain had a lower baseline SRS pain score and less coronal deformity in the TL region and worse vertebral obliquity may negatively impact potential for improvement in nonoperative care.
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Cost analysis of magnetically controlled growing rods compared with traditional growing rods for early-onset scoliosis in the US: an integrated health care delivery system perspective.
TL;DR: To the authors' knowledge, this is the first cost analysis comparing MCGR to TGR – from the US provider perspective – which demonstrates the efficient provision of care with MCGR.