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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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Quantifying Anesthesia Exposure in Growing Rod Treatment for Early Onset Scoliosis.
Matthew J. Goldstein,Nima Kabirian,Jeff Pawelek,Navid R. Arandi,Gregory M. Mundis,Burt Yaszay,Peter O. Newton,Behrooz A. Akbarnia +7 more
TL;DR: Given the recent controversy of repeated AE in young children, efficiency measures should be implemented to reduce AE and avoid duplication without compromising the goals of surgical treatment.
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Outcomes of Operative and Nonoperative Treatment for Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD): A Prospective, Multicenter Matched and Unmatched Cohort Assessment with Minimum Two-Year Follow-Up
Justin S. Smith,Virginie Lafage,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Frank J. Schwab,Richard A. Hostin,Oheneba Boachie-Adjei,Behrooz A. Akbarnia,Eric O. Klineberg,Munish C. Gupta,Themistocles S. Protopsaltis,Justin K. Scheer,Kai-Ming G. Fu,Gregory M. Mundis,Khaled M. Kebaish,Breton Line,Han Jo Kim,Vedat Deviren,Robert A. Hart,Douglas C. Burton,Shay Bess,Christopher P. Ames +20 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared outcomes for operative and nonoperative treatment for ASD based on a spinal deformity assessment, and found that the operative (op) and non-op) treatment performed better than the non-operative treatment.
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Effect of race, age, and gender on lumbar muscle volume and fat infiltration in the degenerative spine
Tetsuro Hida,Robert K. Eastlack,Tokumi Kanemura,Gregory M. Mundis,Shiro Imagama,Behrooz A. Akbarnia +5 more
TL;DR: Lumbar muscle mass and quality were affected by age, gender, and race, independently, in patients with degenerative lumbar disease.
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Growth Patterns of the Neurocentral Synchondrosis (NCS) in Immature Cadaveric Vertebra.
TL;DR: Evaluating the age of closure for the neurocentral synchondrosis in all 3 regions of the spine in children aged 1 to 18 years old found the NCS appeared to close sooner in males than in females, however, it is not determined whether the continued open NCS in females to a later age may be a factor in their increased rate of scoliosis.
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Growth-preserving instrumentation in early-onset scoliosis patients with multi-level congenital anomalies
R Carter Clement,Burt Yaszay,Anna McClung,Carrie E. Bartley,Naveed Nabizadeh,David L. Skaggs,George H. Thompson,Ohenaba Boachie-Adjei,Paul D. Sponseller,Suken A. Shah,James O Sanders,Jeff Pawelek,Gregory M. Mundis,Behrooz A. Akbarnia +13 more
TL;DR: While some favorable results were found, treatment strategies allowing improved deformity correction would be valuable for this challenging population of patients who underwent growth-preserving instrumentation.