Assoc Prof, Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of So California
Neurosurgery
Dr. Frank X. Acosta, PHD
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Doctor Frank X. Acosta, PHD is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He graduated from Harvard Medical School. Harvard Medical School is a top medical university. Harvard Medical School is ranked 1/12 in Research/PrimaryCare. Dr. Frank X. Acosta, PHD is also published. He has 48 publications published. The lastest publication: "Novel application of pre-operative vertebral body embolization to reduce intraoperative blood loss during a three-column spinal osteotomy for non-oncologic spinal defo...'
Publications
- Novel application of pre-operative vertebral body embolization to reduce intraoperative blood loss during a three-column spinal osteotomy for non-oncologic spinal defo...
- Assessment of outcome following the use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 for spinal fusion in the elderly population.
- Introduction: Costs and benefits of modern-day spine care.
- Supra-psoas Shallow Docking in Lateral Interbody Fusion.
- Cervical spine alignment, sagittal deformity, and clinical implications.
- Differences in treatments and outcomes for idiopathic scoliosis patients treated in the United States from 1998 to 2007: impact of socioeconomic variables and ethnicity.
- Minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion and transpsoas approach-related morbidity.
- Complications and outcomes after spinal deformity surgery in the elderly: review of the existing literature and future directions.
- Porcine Intervertebral Disc Repair Using Allogeneic Juvenile Articular Chondrocytes or Mesenchymal Stem Cells.
- Morbidity and mortality after spinal deformity surgery in patients 75 years and older: complications and predictive factors.
- Treatment of Enneking stage 3 aggressive vertebral hemangiomas with intralesional spondylectomy: report of 10 cases and review of the literature.
- Changes in coronal and sagittal plane alignment following minimally invasive direct lateral interbody fusion for the treatment of degenerative lumbar disease in adults...
- Predicting ideal spinopelvic balance in adult spinal deformity.
- Human disc nucleus properties and vertebral endplate permeability.
- En bloc resection for primary and metastatic tumors of the spine: a systematic review of the literature.
- Effects of age on perioperative complications of extensive multilevel thoracolumbar spinal fusion surgery.
- Biomechanical pullout strength and stability of the cervical artificial pedicle screw.
- Effect of age on the perioperative and radiographic complications of multilevel cervicothoracic spinal fusions.
- Complications and outcomes of lumbar spine surgery in elderly people: a review of the literature.
- Long-term biomechanical stability and clinical improvement after extended multilevel corpectomy and circumferential reconstruction of the cervical spine using titanium...
- Biomechanical comparison of three fixation techniques for unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures. Laboratory investigation.
- Stabilization of the atlantoaxial complex via C-1 lateral mass and C-2 pedicle screw fixation in a multicenter clinical experience in 102 patients: modification of the...
- Comprehensive management of symptomatic and aggressive vertebral hemangiomas.
- Stand-alone anterior lumbar discectomy and fusion with plate: initial experience.
- Bioabsorbable anterior cervical plating: initial multicenter clinical and radiographic experience.
- Operative management of adult high-grade lumbosacral spondylolisthesis.
- Modified paramedian transpedicular approach and spinal reconstruction for intradural tumors of the cervical and cervicothoracic spine: clinical experience.
- Corpectomy followed by the placement of instrumentation with titanium cages and recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 for vertebral osteomyelitis.
- Recent advances: infections of the spine.
- Expandable cylindrical cages in the cervical spine: a review of 22 cases.
- Current treatment strategies and outcomes in the management of symptomatic vertebral hemangiomas.
- Biomechanical analysis of a newly designed bioabsorbable anterior cervical plate. Invited submission from the joint section meeting on disorders of the spine and perip...
- Artificial pedicle screw reconstruction of the cervical spine after lateral paramedian transpedicular approach for lesions of the ventral cervical spinal canal.
- Emerging directions in motion preservation spinal surgery.
- The ProDisc artificial disc: insertion technique.
- The Charité Artificial Disc: insertion technique.
- Cervical disc arthroplasty: general introduction.
- Biomechanical comparison of posterior lumbar interbody fusion and transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion performed at 1 and 2 levels.
- Frameless stereotactic image-guided C1-C2 transarticular screw fixation for atlantoaxial instability: review of 20 patients.
- The potential role of mesenchymal stem cell therapy for intervertebral disc degeneration: a critical overview.
- Biomechanics of stabilization after cervicothoracic compression-flexion injury.
- Use of intraoperative isocentric C-arm 3D fluoroscopy for sextant percutaneous pedicle screw placement: case report and review of the literature.
- Kyphoplasty-augmented short-segment pedicle screw fixation of traumatic lumbar burst fractures: initial clinical experience and literature review.
- Intramedullary spinal cord tumors: molecular insights and surgical innovation.
- Neurocutaneous melanosis presenting with hydrocephalus. Case report and review of the literature.
- Diagnosis and management of adult pyogenic osteomyelitis of the cervical spine.
- Diagnosis and management of sacral Tarlov cysts. Case report and review of the literature.
Doctors Specialties
- Psychology
- Neurosurgery
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Harvard Medical School
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