Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University St Louis
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Keith H. Bridwell, MD
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Keith Bridwell practices Orthopaedic Surgery. He attended Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He received awards:"America's Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Women's Health", "St. Louis Magazine: Top Doctors" and "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare". Keith H. Bridwell is a published physician. He published 97 publications, including: 'Failure of Intraoperative Monitoring to Detect Postoperative Neurologic Deficits: A 25-year Experience in 12,375 Spinal Surgeries.' Dr. Keith H. Bridwell is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Failure of Intraoperative Monitoring to Detect Postoperative Neurologic Deficits: A 25-year Experience in 12,375 Spinal Surgeries.
- Factors associated with long-term patient-reported outcomes after three-column osteotomies.
- The Minimum Clinically Important Difference in SRS-22R Total Score, Appearance, Activity and Pain Domains After Surgical Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity.
- It May Be More Than Age and Experience: Commentary on an article by Patrick J. Cahill, MD, et al.: "The Effect of Surgeon Experience on Outcomes of Surgery for Adolesc...
- Risk factors for and assessment of symptomatic pseudarthrosis after Lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy in adult spinal deformity.
- The Prevalence of Abnormal Preoperative Neurologic Exam in Scheuermann's Kyphosis: Correlation With X-Ray, MRI, and Surgical Outcome.
- What's New in Spine Surgery.
- Management of Complications following radiofrequency ablation of a pedicle osteoid osteoma.
- Patients with proximal junctional kyphosis requiring revision surgery have higher postoperative Lumbar lordosis and larger sagittal balance corrections.
- Does Preoperative Narcotic Use Adversely affect Outcomes and Complications after Spinal Deformity Surgery? A Comparison of Non-Narcotic to Narcotic Using Groups.
- Extension of Spine Fusion to the Sacrum following Long Fusions for Deformity Correction.
- Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes After 3-Column Osteotomies With 5-Year Follow-up.
- Pulmonary Function Improvement After Vertebral Column Resection for Severe Spinal Deformity.
- A Comparison of TLIF With rhBMP-2 vs. No TLIF and Higher Posterolateral rhBMP-2 Dose At L5-S1 For Long Fusions To The Sacrum With SacroPelvic Fixation In Primary Adult...
- High-Dose rhBMP-2 for Adults: Major and Minor Complications: A Study of 502 Spine Cases.
- Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Results in Inferior SRS Pain Subscores in Adult Deformity Patients.
- Does correction of preoperative coronal imbalance make a difference in outcomes of adult patients with deformity?
- Preoperative vitamin d status of adults undergoing surgical spinal fusion.
- RhBMP-2 is Superior to Iliac Crest Bone Graft for Long Fusions to the Sacrum in Adult Spinal Deformity: 4-14 Year Follow-Up.
- Clinical and radiographic parameters that distinguish between the best and worst outcomes of Scoliosis surgery for adults.
- Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Primary Adult Deformity Surgery: Evaluation of 20 Degrees as a Critical Angle.
- Transforaminal versus Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Long Deformity Constructs: a matched cohort analysis.
- Significant change or loss of intraoperative monitoring data: a 25-year experience in 12,375 spinal surgeries.
- Long fusions to the Sacrum in elderly patients with spinal deformity.
- Impact of magnitude and percentage of global sagittal plane correction on health-related quality of life at 2-years follow-up.
- The utility of erythrocyte sedimentation rate values and white blood cell counts after spinal deformity surgery in the early (?3 months) post-operative period.
- Should Symptomatic Iliac Screws be Electively Removed in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients Fused to the Sacrum?
- Does a Long Fusion "T3-Sacrum" Portend a Worse Outcome than a Short Fusion "T10-Sacrum" in Primary Surgery for Adult Scoliosis?
- Spinal Reconstruction with Pedicle Screw-Based Instrumentation and rhBMP-2 in Patients with Neurofibromatosis and Severe Dural Ectasia and Spinal Deformity: Report of ...
- Minimum 5-year Radiographic Results of Long Scoliosis Fusion in Juvenile Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patients: Major Curve Progression After Instrumented Fusion.
- Fixation Points Within the Main Thoracic Curve - Does More Instrumentation Produce Greater Curve Correction and Improved Results?
- Etiology and Revision Surgical Strategies in Failed Lumbosacral Fixation of Adult Spinal Deformity Constructs.
- Safety and Accuracy of Pedicle Screws and Constructs Placed in Infantile and Juvenile Patients.
- Major Complications in Revision Adult Deformity Surgery: Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes with Two- to Seven-Year Follow-Up.
- Comparative Analysis of Clinical Outcome and Complications in Primary vs. Revision Adult Scoliosis Surgery.
- Pulmonary function in adolescent idiopathic Scoliosis relative to the surgical procedure: a 10-year follow-up analysis.
- Predicting the outcome of selective thoracic fusion in false double major Lumbar "C" cases with five- to twenty-four-year follow-up.
- Changes in radiographic and clinical outcomes with primary treatment adult spinal deformity surgeries from two years to three- to five-years follow-up.
- Extension of prior idiopathic scoliosis fusions to the Sacrum: a matched cohort analysis of sixty patients with minimum two-year follow-up.
- Validity and reliability of intraoperative monitoring in pediatric spinal deformity surgery: a 23-year experience of 3436 surgical cases.
- Spinal fusion for spastic neuromuscular Scoliosis: is anterior releasing necessary when intraoperative halo-femoral traction is used?
- The costs and benefits of nonoperative management for adult Scoliosis.
- Biomechanical Comparison of Iliac Screws Versus Interbody Femoral Ring Allograft on Lumbosacral Kinematics and Sacral Screw Strain.
- Can we safely reduce blood loss during Lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy procedures using tranexamic acid or aprotinin? A comparative study with controls.
- Proximal junctional vertebral Fracture in adults after spinal deformity surgery using pedicle screw constructs: analysis of morphological features.
- Can posterior-only surgery provide similar radiographic and clinical results as combined anterior (thoracotomy/thoracoabdominal)/posterior approaches for adult Scoliosis?
- Revision rates following primary adult spinal deformity surgery: six hundred forty-three consecutive patients followed-up to twenty-two years postoperative.
- Increasing Lumbar lordosis of adult spinal deformity patients via intraoperative prone positioning.
- Is Spine deformity surgery in patients with spastic cerebral palsy truly beneficial?: a patient/parent evaluation.
- Posterior vertebral column resection for severe pediatric deformity: minimum two-year follow-up of thirty-five consecutive patients.
- Long adult spinal deformity fusion to the Sacrum using rhBMP-2 versus autogenous iliac crest bone graft.
- Revision surgery after primary Spine fusion for idiopathic scoliosis.
- Does treatment (nonoperative and operative) improve the two-year quality of life in patients with adult symptomatic Lumbar scoliosis: a prospective multicenter evidenc...
- Risk factors and outcomes for catastrophic failures at the top of long pedicle screw constructs: a matched cohort analysis performed at a single center.
- Epidural spinal cord compression with neurologic deficit associated with intrapedicular application of hemostatic gelatin matrix during pedicle screw insertion.
- The morbidity of an anterior thoracoLumbar approach: adult spinal deformity patients with greater than five-year follow-up.
- Role of Pelvic incidence, thoracic kyphosis, and patient factors on sagittal plane correction following pedicle subtraction osteotomy.
- Selection of the optimal distal fusion level in posterior instrumentation and fusion for thoracic hyperkyphosis: the sagittal stable vertebra concept.
- Pedicle screw instrumentation for adult idiopathic Scoliosis: an improvement over hook/hybrid fixation.
- Do 1-year outcomes predict 2-year outcomes for adult deformity surgery?
- Genetic linkage localizes an adolescent idiopathic Scoliosis and pectus excavatum gene to chromosome 18 q.
- Surgical treatment of spinal stenosis with and without Degenerative spondylolisthesis: cost-effectiveness after 2 years.
- The use of traction in the treatment of severe spinal deformity.
- Predicting outcome and Complications in the surgical treatment of adult scoliosis.
- Age-gender matched comparison of SRS instrument scores between adult deformity and normal adults: are all SRS domains Disease specific?
- Proximal junctional kyphosis in adult spinal deformity after segmental posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion: minimum five-year follow-up.
- Bone morphogenetic protein (RhBMP-2) as a substitute for iliac crest bone graft in multilevel adult spinal deformity surgery: minimum two-year evaluation of fusion.
- Surgical management of posttraumatic thoracoLumbar kyphosis.
- Operative treatment of adolescent idiopathic Scoliosis with posterior pedicle screw-only constructs: minimum three-year follow-up of one hundred fourteen cases.
- Comparison of radiographic outcomes for the treatment of scoliotic curves greater than 100 degrees: wires versus hooks versus screws.
- Prospective pulmonary function comparison of anterior spinal fusion in adolescent idiopathic Scoliosis: thoracotomy versus thoracoabdominal approach.
- Free-hand pedicle screw placement during revision spinal surgery: analysis of 552 screws.
- Surgical treatment of adult scoliosis: is anterior apical release and fusion necessary for the Lumbar curve?
- Relationships between spinal landmarks and skin surface markers.
- Risk factors for surgical site infection following orthopaedic spinal operations.
- Thoracolumbar deformity arthrodesis stopping at L5: fate of the L5-S1 Disc, minimum 5-year follow-up.
- The impact of perioperative Complications on clinical outcome in adult deformity surgery.
- Proximal junctional kyphosis in adolescent idiopathic Scoliosis after 3 different types of posterior segmental spinal instrumentation and fusions: incidence and risk f...
- Cross-cultural comparison of the Scoliosis Research Society Outcomes Instrument between American and Japanese idiopathic Scoliosis patients: are there differences?
- Prospective pulmonary function comparison following posterior segmental spinal instrumentation and fusion of adolescent idiopathic Scoliosis: is there a relationship b...
- Correlation between low triggered electromyographic thresholds and Lumbar pedicle screw malposition: analysis of 4857 screws.
- The reliability of preoperative supine radiographs to predict the amount of curve flexibility in adolescent idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Is the T9, T11, or L1 the more reliable proximal level after adult Lumbar or lumbosacral instrumented fusion to L5 or S1?
- Aprotinin may decrease blood loss in complex adult spinal deformity surgery, but it may also increase the risk of acute renal failure.
- Surgical revision rates of hooks versus hybrid versus screws versus combined anteroposterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Adjacent segment Disease followinglumbar/thoracolumbar fusion with pedicle screw instrumentation: a minimum 5-year follow-up.
- Neurologic Complications of lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy: a 10-year assessment.
- Adult spinal deformity surgery: Complications and outcomes in patients over age 60.
- Is the SRS-22 instrument responsive to change in adult Scoliosis patients having primary spinal deformity surgery?
- Results of Lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomies for fixed sagittal imbalance: a minimum 5-year follow-up study.
- Evidence-based medicine summary statement.
- The problems and limitations of applying evidence-based medicine to primary surgical treatment of adult spinal deformity.
- Influence of needle tip position on injectate spread in 406 interlaminar Lumbar epidural steroid injections.
- Symposium on the musculoskeletal aspects of Marfan Syndrome: meeting report and state of the science.
- Comparison of thoracic pedicle screw to hook instrumentation for the treatment of adult spinal deformity.
- The selection of operative versus nonoperative treatment in patients with adult Scoliosis.
Schools
Washington University St Louis
Barnes Jewish Hospital
Rush Med College
Procedures Preformed
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
- Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
- Herniated Disc Surgery
- Joint Drainage
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Conditions Treated
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Ataxia
- Back Pain
- Cervical Spine Myelopathy
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Doctors Specialties
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Women's Health
- St. Louis Magazine: Top Doctors
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
Education
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Washington University - Barnes-Jewish Hospital -
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Hospital
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital -
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1063438281 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | BRIDWELL | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | KEITH | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 631101032 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MO | |
| Specialty Description | Orthopedic Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 114.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1063438281 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | BRIDWELL |
| First Name Of The Provider | KEITH |
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