Visiting Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital

Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Avraam Ploumis, MD

Avraam Ploumis practices Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Avraam Ploumis is also a published MD. He has 42 paper published. The most recent paper is: Caudal vs Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections as Short-Term (6 Months) Pain Relief in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients with Sciatica.

Publications

Coronal Spinal Balance in Adult Spine Deformity Patients With Long Spinal Fusions: A Minimum 2- to 5-Year Follow-up Study.
Caudal vs Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections as Short-Term (6 Months) Pain Relief in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients with Sciatica.
Accuracy of pedicle screw placement: a systematic review of prospective in vivo studies comparing free hand, fluoroscopy guidance and navigation techniques.
Ipsilateral atrophy of paraspinal and psoas muscle in unilateral back pain patients with monosegmental degenerative disc disease.
Rotaglide Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Long-Term Follow-up Study.
Length of stay and medical stability for spinal cord-injured patients on admission to an inpatient rehabilitation hospital: a comparison between a model SCI trauma cen...
Radiculopathy in degenerative lumbar scoliosis: correlation of stenosis with relief from selective nerve root steroid injections.
Healos graft carrier with bone marrow aspirate instead of allograft as adjunct to local autograft for posterolateral fusion in degenerative lumbar scoliosis: a minimum...
Acute tibial compartment syndrome following spine surgery.
A systematic review of the evidence supporting a role for vasopressor support in acute SCI.
Thromboprophylaxis in traumatic and elective spinal surgery: analysis of questionnaire response and current practice of spine trauma surgeons.
Revision of transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion using anterior lumbar interbody fusion: a biomechanical study in nonosteoporotic bone.
Thromboprophylaxis in patients with acute spinal injuries: an evidence-based analysis.
A correlation of radiographic and functional measurements in adult degenerative scoliosis.
Thromboprophylaxis in spinal trauma surgery: consensus among spine trauma surgeons.
Report from 2008 scoliosis research society traveling fellowship.
Therapy of spinal wound infections using vacuum-assisted wound closure: risk factors leading to resistance to treatment.
Isolated Paget disease of the patella complicated with ipsilateral femoral head bone marrow edema: a case report and review of the literature.
Position of interbody spacer in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: effect on 3-dimensional stability and sagittal lumbar contour.
Biomechanical comparison of anterior lumbar interbody fusion and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.
Degenerative lumbar scoliosis associated with spinal stenosis.
Delayed ulnar neuropathy and infection due to a radiolucent foreign body in the hypothenar eminence.
Disc space injection with marcaine as a method to evaluate painful nonunion of an interbody fusion device: a case report.
Degenerative lumbar scoliosis: radiographic correlation of lateral rotatory olisthesis with neural canal dimensions.
Anatomic changes in lateral spondylolisthesis associated with adult lumbar scoliosis (Spine 2005;30:E671-5).
Meniscal tear characteristics in young athletes with a stable knee: arthroscopic evaluation.
Prospective assessment of cervical fusion status: plain radiographs versus CT-scan.
High-grade dysplastic spondylolisthesis and spondyloptosis: report of three cases with surgical treatment and review of the literature.
Vertebral body reconstruction with injectable hydroxyapatite cement for the management of unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures: a preliminary report.
Pedicle dimensions of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae in the Greek population.
Supracondylar femoral fractures in elderly patients treated with the dynamic condylar screw and the retrograde intramedullary nail: a comparative study of the two meth...
Fixation of distal tibial fractures with intraarticular extension using double overlapping plates.
Surgical management of a congenital kyphotic deformity in an adolescent.
Idiopathic scoliosis. Segmental fusion with transpedicular screws.
The appearance of kissing contusion in the acutely injured knee in the athletes.
Combined interbody cage and anterior plating in the surgical treatment of cervical disc disease.
Animal model of chondrocyte apoptosis in the epiphyseal cartilage of the neonatal bone.
Spleen rupture after surgery in Marfan syndrome scoliosis.
The role of timing of tourniquet release and cementing on perioperative blood loss in total knee replacement.
A combined proximal and distal dislocation of two adjacent metatarsals: double floating metatarsal bones (second-third).
A rare case of juxtaarticular osteoid osteoma of the calcaneus initially misdiagnosed as juvenile chronic arthritis.

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