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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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Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 (BMP) Use in Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD) Does Not Increase Major, Infectious or Neurological Complications and May Decrease Return to Surgery at One Year: A Prospective, Multicenter Analysis
R. Shay Bess,Breton Line,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Virginie Lafage,Frank J. Schwab,Behrooz A. Akbarnia,Christopher P. Ames,Oheneba Boachie-Adjei,Douglas C. Burton,Vedat Deviren,Jacob M. Buchowski,Robert A. Hart,Khaled M. Kebaish,Eric O. Klineberg,Munish C. Gupta,Thomas J. Errico,Gregory M. Mundis,Richard A. Hostin,Justin S. Smith +18 more
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The Utility and Limitations of XLIF for Adult Scoliosis
Sassan Keshavarzi,Christopher P. Ames,Gregory M. Mundis,Murat Pekmezci,Behrooz A. Akbarnia,Michael H. Weber,Vedat Deviren +6 more
TL;DR: The coronal balance consistently shifted to the side of the convexity in all patients with a 1cm or greater shift in balance after LIF and prior to posterior instrumented fusion, which has been shown to minimize tissue destruction, blood loss and length of hospital stay.
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Growing Rods in the Treatment of Congenital Spinal Deformity
TL;DR: With proper patient selection, GR instrumentation is a useful technique in the treatment of selected cases of early-onset scoliosis caused by congenital spinal anomalies.