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William F. Donaldson
Researcher at University of Pittsburgh
Publications - 114
Citations - 4981
William F. Donaldson is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Arthrodesis & Range of motion. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 104 publications receiving 4345 citations.
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Complications in spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in the new millennium. A report of the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee.
Jeffrey D. Coe,Vincent Arlet,William F. Donaldson,Sigurd Berven,Darrell S Hanson,Ram Mudiyam,Joseph H. Perra,Christopher I. Shaffrey +7 more
TL;DR: This study shows that complication rates are similar for anterior versus posterior approaches to AIS deformity correction, and combined anterior and posterior instrumentation and fusion has double the complication rate of either anterior or posterior instrumentations and fusion alone.
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Rates of infection after spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee.
Justin S. Smith,Christopher I. Shaffrey,Charles A. Sansur,Sigurd Berven,Kai-Ming G. Fu,Paul A. Broadstone,Theodore J. Choma,Michael Goytan,Hilali Noordeen,Dennis R. Knapp,Robert A. Hart,William F. Donaldson,David W. Polly,Joseph H. Perra,Oheneba Boachie-Adjei +14 more
TL;DR: The data suggest that postsurgical infection, even among skilled spine surgeons, is an inherent potential complication, and general benchmarks of infection rates are provided as a basis for ongoing efforts to improve safety of care.
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Postoperative management protocol for incidental dural tears during degenerative lumbar spine surgery: a review of 3,183 consecutive degenerative lumbar cases.
Mustafa H. Khan,Jeffery A. Rihn,Garen Steele,Rick Davis,William F. Donaldson,James D. Kang,Joon Y. Lee +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a post-operative early mobilization protocol was proposed to treat the incidental dural tears (DTs) in degenerative lumbar spine surgery, which relies on early mobilization.
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Short-term morbidity and mortality associated with correction of thoracolumbar fixed sagittal plane deformity: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Committee.
Justin S. Smith,Charles A. Sansur,William F. Donaldson,Joseph H. Perra,Ram Mudiyam,Theodore J. Choma,Reinhard Zeller,D. Raymond Knapp,Hilali Noordeen,Sigurd Berven,Michael Goytan,Oheneba Boachie-Adjei,Christopher I. Shaffrey +12 more
TL;DR: The short-term complication rate for treatment of thoracolumbar fixed sagittal plane deformity (FSPD) is 29.4%.
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The incidence of C5 palsy after multilevel cervical decompression procedures: a review of 750 consecutive cases.
Ahmad Nassr,Jason C. Eck,Ravi K. Ponnappan,Rami R. Zanoun,William F. Donaldson,James D. Kang +5 more
TL;DR: Investigation of 750 consecutive multilevel cervical spine decompression surgeries performed by a single spine surgeon found no statistically significant difference in incidence of C5 palsy based on surgical procedure, although there was a trend toward higher rates with laminectomy and fusion.