Medical Director San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Behrooz A. Akbarnia, MD
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Behrooz Akbarnia practices Orthopaedic Surgery. He graduated from Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine. Behrooz A. Akbarnia is also a published physician. He has 106 publication published. The most recent publication is: The role of orthopedist in child abuse and neglect.
Publications
- Reoperation rates in minimally invasive, hybrid and open surgical treatment for adult Spinal deformity with minimum 2-year follow-up.
- The benefit of non-operative treatment for adult Spinal deformity: identifying predictors for reaching a minimal clinically important difference.
- Radiographic outcomes of anterior column realignment for adult sagittal plane deformity: a multicenter analysis.
- Finite element analysis of lordosis restoration with anterior longitudinal ligament release and lateral hyperlordotic cage placement.
- Effects of posterior distraction forces on anterior column intraDiscal pressure in the dual growing rod technique.
- The effect of serial growing rod lengthening on the sagittal profile and pelvic parameters in early-onset Scoliosis.
- Development and Initial Validation of the Classification of Early-Onset Scoliosis (C-EOS).
- Upper thoracic versus lower thoracic upper instrumented vertebrae endpoints have similar outcomes and complications in adult Scoliosis.
- How Does a Novel Monoplanar Pedicle Screw Perform Biomechanically Relative to Monoaxial and Polyaxial Designs?
- The minimally invasive Spinal deformity surgery algorithm: a reproducible rational framework for decision making in minimally invasive Spinal deformity surgery.
- Comparison of radiographic results after minimally invasive, hybrid, and open surgery for adult Spinal deformity: a multicenter study of 184 patients.
- Adult Spinal Deformity Patients Treated Operatively Report Greater Baseline Pain and Disability than Patients Treated Nonoperatively: However, Deformities Differ Betwe...
- Surgeon practices regarding infection prevention for growth friendly Spinal procedures.
- Nutritional improvement following growing rod surgery in children with early onset Scoliosis.
- Does Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Use in Adult Spinal Deformity Increase Complications and Are Complications Associated With Location of rhBMP-2 Use?...
- Does Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 (rhBMP-2) Use in Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD) Increase Complications and Are Complications Associated With Location...
- Growing-Rod Graduates: Lessons Learned from Ninety-nine Patients Who Completed Lengthening.
- Delayed postoperative neurological complication in a patient with congenital kyphoScoliosis: recovered by revision of the 4-rod instrumentation technique.
- A Classification of Growth Friendly Spine Implants.
- Radiographical spinopelvic parameters and disability in the setting of adult Spinal deformity: a prospective multicenter analysis.
- Evaluating the extent of clinical uncertainty among treatment options for patients with early-onset Scoliosis.
- Next Generation of Growth-Sparing Techniques: Preliminary Clinical Results of a Magnetically Controlled Growing Rod in 14 Patients With Early-Onset Scoliosis.
- Comparison of patient and surgeon perceptions of adverse events after adult Spinal deformity surgery.
- Clinically Significant Differences Exist between Curves in Operative Idiopathic Early-Onset Scoliosis and Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Progressive Early-onset Scoliosis in Conradi Disease: A 34-Year Follow-up of Surgical Management.
- Radiographic Spino-pelvic Parameters and Disability in the Setting of Adult Spinal Deformity: A Prospective Multicenter Analysis.
- Revision Extension to the Pelvis versus Primary Spino-Pelvic Instrumentation in Adult Deformity: Comparison of Clinical Outcomes and Complications.
- Anterior Column Realignment (ACR) For Focal Kyphotic Spinal Deformity Using a Lateral Transpsoas Approach and ALL Release.
- Outcomes and complications of extension of previous long fusion to the sacro-pelvis: is an anterior approach necessary?
- Concurrent tethered cord release and growing-rod implantation-is it safe?
- Risk factors for major peri-operative complications in adult Spinal deformity surgery: a multi-center review of 953 consecutive patients.
- Growing Rods for the Treatment of Scoliosis in Children With Cerebral Palsy: A Critical Assessment.
- Comparison of Patient and Surgeon Perceptions of Adverse Events Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.
- Early Onset Scoliosis: Modern Treatment and Results.
- How does thoracic kyphosis affect patient outcomes in growing rod surgery?
- Innovation in Growing Rod Technique: A Study of Safety and Efficacy of a Magnetically Controlled Growing Rod in a Porcine Model*
- Abdominal wall paresis as a complication of minimally invasive lateral transpsoas interbody fusion.
- Multicenter validation of a formula predicting postoperative spinopelvic alignment.
- Growing Rods for Scoliosis in Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Structural Effects, Complications, and Hospital Stays.
- Growing Rod Fractures: Risk Factors and Opportunities for Prevention.
- Lengthening of dual growing rods and the law of diminishing returns.
- Does vertebral level of pedicle subtraction osteotomy correlate with degree of spinopelvic parameter correction?
- Safety and efficacy of growing rod technique for pediatric congenital Spinal deformities.
- Minimally invasive Spine surgery.
- Adult deformity correction through minimally invasive lateral approach techniques.
- Complications of growth-sparing surgery in early onset Scoliosis.
- Complications of growing-rod treatment for early-onset Scoliosis: analysis of one hundred and forty patients.
- Growing rods for Spinal deformity: characterizing consensus and variation in current use.
- Anterior Instrumentation and Correction of Congenital Spinal Deformities Under Age of Four Without Hemivertebrectomy: A New Alternative.
- Closed Suction Irrigation for the Treatment of Postoperative Wound Infections Following Posterior Spinal Fusion and Instrumentation.
- Approaches for the very young child with Spinal deformity: what's new and what works.
- Neurologic risk in growing rod Spine surgery in early onset scoliosis: is neuromonitoring necessary for all cases?
- Growing rods for infantile Scoliosis in Marfan syndrome.
- Pelvic fixation of growing rods: comparison of constructs.
- Biomechanical comparison of different anchors (foundations) for the pediatric dual growing rod technique.
- 2006 SRS presidential address: embracing opportunities in exciting times.
- Growing rod techniques in early-onset Scoliosis.
- Early onset Scoliosis: future directions.
- Management themes in early onset Scoliosis.
- Anterior exposure of the Spine for removal of lumbar interbody devices and implants.
- Debate: Degenerative scoliosis: to operate or not to operate.
- Early onset idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Comparison of single and dual growing rod techniques followed through definitive surgery: a preliminary study.
- Dual growing rod technique for the treatment of progressive early-onset Scoliosis: a multicenter study.
- Acute reciprocal changes distant from the site of Spinal osteotomies affect global postoperative alignment.
- Dual growing rod technique followed for three to eleven years until final fusion: the effect of frequency of lengthening.
- Pain and disability determine treatment modality for older patients with adult scoliosis, while deformity guides treatment for younger patients.
- Eosinophilic granuloma of the Spine.
- Manifestations of the battered-child syndrome.
- Contoured Harrington instrumentation in the treatment of unstable spinal Fractures. The effect of supplementary sublaminar wires.
- Posterior capsulotomy for the treatment of severe flexion contractures of the knee.
- Atlantoaxial rotary fixation. Report of a case with massive displacement.
- Concordant congenital Spine deformity in monozygotic twins.
- Scoliosis caused by benign osteoblastoma of the thoracic or lumbar Spine.
- Use of long rods and a short arthrodesis for burst Fractures of the thoracolumbar spine. A long-term follow-up study.
- An unusual cause of low Back pain. Osteomyelitis of the spinous process.
- Back pain in childhood and adolescence.
- Pediatric spine Fractures.
- Familial arthrogrypotic-like Hand abnormality and sensorineural deafness.
- Experience with 141 tibial lengthenings in poliomyelitis and comparison of 3 different methods.
- Familial congenital Scoliosis with unilateral unsegemented bar. Case report of two siblings.
- Management of massive defects in radius and ulna following wringer injury. A case report.
- The role of orthopedist in child abuse and neglect.
- Bilateral dislocation of the hip in Hallermann-Streiff syndrome. A case report.
- Giant-cell tumor of the radius treated by massive resection and tibial bone graft.
- Fibrosarcoma arising from chronic osteomyelitis. Case report and review of the literature.
- Management of patellar subluxation. A modification of Hauser''s technique.
- Prevalence of Scoliosis in neurofibromatosis.
- Neurologic recovery associated with anterior decompression of spine Fractures at the thoracolumbar junction (T12-L1).
- Second operation for slipped capital femoral epiphysis: pin removal.
- Acute cholecystitis after Spinal fusion and instrumentation in children.
- Hypertension after operative correction of club-foot deformity.
- Free tissue transfer in children.
- Traumatic retrolisthesis of the lumbosacral junction. A case report.
- The Cardinal Glennon Children''s Hospital Neurofibromatosis Clinic model.
- Selection of methodology in surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Disk space infection versus lumbar Scheuermann's Disease.
- Exposure of the anterior Spine. Technique, complications, and results in 85 patients.
- Malignant rhabdoid tumor of the thoracic Spine. Case report.
- Neurological complications resulting from supracondylar Fractures of the humerus in children.
- Magnetically-Controlled Growing Rods for Early Onset Scoliosis: A Multicenter Study of 23 Cases with Minimum 2 Years Follow-Up.
- Quantifying Anesthesia Exposure in Growing Rod Treatment for Early Onset Scoliosis.
- Can a Minimal Clinically Important Difference Be Achieved in Elderly Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity Who Undergo Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery?
- The Health Impact of Symptomatic Adult Spinal Deformity: Comparison of Deformity Types to United States Population Norms and Chronic Diseases.
- Anterior Column Realignment (ACR) in adult sagittal deformity correction: Technique and review of the literature.
Schools
Tehran University Of Medical Sciences Faculty Of Medicine
Berkshire Med Center
Albany Affil Hosps
Shriners Hospital Crppld Chldn
Twin Cities Scolis Center
California Orthopaedic Association
Conditions Treated
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Doctors Specialties
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Education
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University of Minnesota -
Albany Medical Center -
Tehran University of Medical Sciences School of Medicine
Hospital
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Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego
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