Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School

Orthopaedic Surgery

Luciano S. Dias, MD practices Orthopaedic Surgery. He has 2 awards "Regional Top Doctor" and "Super Doctor". Luciano S. Dias is a published doctor as well. He has 40 publications published. The latest was: Single-stage surgical correction of congenital vertical talus. Luciano Dias is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.

Publications

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• Long-term retrospective study of patients with idiopathic clubfoot treated with posterior medial-lateral release.
• Orthopaedic management of spina bifida-part II: foot and Ankle deformities.
• Do the hamstrings operate at increased muscle-tendon lengths and velocities after surgical lengthening?
• Trunk kinematics and the influence on valgus Knee stress in persons with high sacral level myelomeningocele.
• Gait analysis in low lumbar myelomeningocele patients with unilateral hip dislocation or subluxation.
• Musculoskeletal problems in association with cloacal exstrophy.
• Orthopaedic deformities associated with lumbosacral Spinal lipomas.
• Myelomeningocele.
• Arterial and venous compromise by an osteochondroma.
• Selective posterior rhizotomy and soft-tissue procedures for the treatment of cerebral diplegia.
• Developmental hip dysplasia potentiated by inappropriate use of the Pavlik harness.
• Computed tomography in the evaluation of the gluteal region.
• The role of computed tomography and radionuclide scintigraphy in the localization of osteomyelitis in flat bones.
• Evaluation of tarsal coalition by computed tomography.
• Rotational Deformities of the lower limb in myelomeningocele. Evaluation and treatment.
• Hip dislocation in Spina bifida: when is surgery required  and what type of surgery should be performed?
• Valgus deformity of the Ankle joint: pathogenesis of fibular shortening.
• Strategies of hip management in myelomeningocele: to do or not to do.
• Ankle valgus in children with myelomeningocele.
• Walking ability in Spina bifida patients: a model for predicting future ambulatory status based on sitting balance and motor level.
• Talectomy in the treatment of resistant talipes equinovarus deformity in myelomeningocele and arthrogryposis.
• Femoral shaft Fractures in children treated with early spica cast.
• The prognostic value and significance of serial bone scintigraphy in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.
• Single-stage surgical correction of congenital vertical talus.
• Radical posterior capsulectomy improves sagittal knee motion in crouch Gait.
• Evaluation of treatment of hip subluxation in myelomeningocele by intertrochanteric varus derotation femoral osteotomy.
• Congenital and acquired orthopedic abnormalities in patients with myelomeningocele.
• Surgical management of Knee contractures in myelomeningocele.
• Relationships among musculoskeletal impairments and functional health status in ambulatory cerebral palsy.
• Crouched Gait in myelomeningocele: a comparison between the degree of knee flexion contracture in the clinical examination and during Gait.
• Calcaneus deformity in Spina bifida: results of anterolateral release.
• Functional Gait comparison between children with myelomeningocele: shunt versus no shunt.
• Gait electromyography in children with myelomeningocele at the sacral level.
• Treatment of residual adduction deformity in clubfoot: the double osteotomy.
• Surgical treatment of severe hindfoot valgus by medial displacement osteotomy of the os calcis in children with myelomeningocele.
• Congenital talipes equinovarus in Spina bifida: treatment and results.
• Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy and the femoral derotation osteotomy: effect at the pelvis and hip in the transverse plane during Gait.
• Energy cost of walking in low lumbar myelomeningocele.
• Internal derotation osteotomy of the tibia: pre- and postoperative Gait analysis in persons with high sacral myelomeningocele.

Schools

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• Escola Paulista De Medicina

• Henry Ford Hospital

• Childrens Meml Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• Achilles Tenotomy

Conditions Treated

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• Back Pain
• Gait Abnormality
• Hammer Toe
• Leg Fracture Below Knee (incl. Ankle)
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Doctors Specialties

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• Orthopedic Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Regional Top Doctor
• Super Doctor

Education

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• Henry Ford Hospital - Wayne State University

Hospital

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• Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital
• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children?

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1346349313
Last Name Of The Provider	DIAS
First Name Of The Provider	LUCIANO
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