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Peer Reviewed Articles

  1. Rizzi, P; Espagnol, R; Melo, L; Girardi FP and Silberman FS.: “Percutaneous Automated Nucleotomy. Evalutation of the Indications and Results”. Revista de la Asociacion Argentina de Orthopedia y Traumatologia. 61: 147-156, 1996.
  2. Carrilero, Pueyrredon, Girardi FP, et al.: “Knee Fractures. Tibial Plateau compromise. Clinical and Experimental Study”. Revista de la Asociation Argentina de Ortopedia y Traumatologia. 61: 91-97, 1996.
  3. Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Jr., Alvarez L, Sandhu HS: “Stereotatic Image Guidance Assisted Surgery of the Lumbar Spine”. XXXI World Congress of the International College of Surgeons. Editors: Almasque, Padorno, Linares, Hurtado, Ortiz and Giordano. Monduzzi Editore, 333-336, 1998.
  4. .Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Jr., Antonacci A, Sandhu HS: “Laparoscopic Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with threaded Allograft Bone Dowel”. XXXI World Congress of the International College of Surgeon. Editors: Almasque, Padorno, Linares, Hurtado, Ortiz and Giordano. Monduzzi Editore, 101-104, 1998.
  5. Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Sandhu HS, Alvarez L: “The placement of Lumbar Pedicle Screws using Computerised Guidance: Clinical Results.” Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 81B: 825-829., 1999.
  6. Girardi FP, Boachie OA, Rawlins BA: “Safety of the sublaminar wires with Isola Instrumentation for the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis.” SPINE 25 (6), 691-695, 2000.
  7. Sandhu HS, Sanchez L, Parvataneni H, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, and Ghelman B: “Association between findings of provacative discography and vertebral endplate signal changes as seen on MRI.” Journal of Spinal Disorders. 13 (5): 438-443, 2000.
  8. Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Sangani PK, Parvataneni HK, Cadag S, Sandhu HS: “Incidental Durotomy in Spine Surgery.” SPINE 25:2663-2667; 2000.
  9. Boachie OA, Girardi FP, Bansal M, Rawilins B: “Safety and efficacy of pedicle screw placement for Adult spinal deformity with a Pedicle-Probing conventional anatomic technique”. J Spinal Disorders, 13 (6): 496-500, 2000.
  10. Girardi FP, Boachie OA, Rawlins BA and Burke S: “Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Comparison of two segmental systems.” Journal of Spinal Disorders. 14 (1): 46-53, 2001.
  11. Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Antonacci A, Sandhu HS: “Laparoscopic Transperitoneal Anterior Lumbar interbody Fusion with Cylindrical Threaded Cortical Allograft Bone Dowels.” Orthopaedics. 24: 235-239, 2001.
  12. Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Sangani PK, Parvataneni HK, Khan SN, Grewal H, Sandhu HS: “Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss After Spinal Surgery Under General Anesthesia.” J Spinal Disorders Apr; 14 (2): 180-183, 2001.
  13. Girardi FP, Paravataneni HK, Sandhu HS, Cammisa FP, and Lane JM: ” Correlation Between Vertebral Body Rotation and 2-D Bone Density Measurements” Osteoporosis International. 12 (9): 738-40, 2001.
  14. Zheng F; Khan SN, Sandhu HS, Girardi FP, and Cammisa FP: “Predictors of functional outcome in elderly patients undergoing posterior lumbar spine surgery.” Journal of Spinal Disorders. Dec; 14(6): 518-21, 2001.
  15. Zheng F, Cammisa FP, Sandhu HS, Girardi FP, Khan SN: “Factors predicting Hospital stay, Blood loss and Transfusion in Patients Undergoing Revision Posterior Lumbar Spine Decompression, Fusion and Segmental Instrumentation” SPINE Apr 15; 27 (8): 818-824, 2002.
  16. Girardi FP and Cammisa FP: “Sacrum Fracture after Posterior Lumbo-Sacral Spinal Fusion with Pedicular Instrumentation in a Osteoporotic Patient” Advances in Osteoporotic Fracture Management. 1 (1):28-31, 2001.
  17. Girardi FP, Huang R, Cammisa FP and Tsairis P: “Improvement of foot drop after lumbar spinal surgery.” J Spinal Disord Tech. Dec: 15(6): 490-4, 2002.
  18. Huang R, Girardi FP, Poynton A, and Cammisa FP: “Posterior cervical decompression and fusion for the treatment of multilevel cervical spondylotic myeloradiculopathy. J Spinal Disord. Apr; 16 (2); 123-9, 2002.
  19. Tropiano P, Huang RC, Girardi FP, Marnay T: “Lumbar Disc Replacement: Preliminary Results with ProDisc II after a Minimum follow-up periord of 1 year.” J Spinal Disord Tech. Aug; 16 (4): 362-8, 2003.
  20. Huang RC, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Wright TM: “The implications of constraint in lumbar total disc replacement. J Spinal Disord Tech. Aug; 16(4): 412-7, 2003.
  21. Tropiano P, Huang RC, Girardi FP, Marnay T. “Lumbar Disc Replacement: Preliminary Results with ProDisc II After a Minimum Follow-up Period of 1 Year”. Spine. 28 Suppl: 362-8, 2003.
  22. Huang RC, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Wright TM: “The implications of constraint in lumbar total disc replacement. Spine. 28 Suppl: 412-7, 2003.
  23. Huang RC, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Tropiano, Marnay T:” Long-Term flexion-extension range of motion of the prodisc total disc replacement.” J Spinal Disord Tech. Oct; 16 (5): 435-40, 2003.
  24. Grauer JN, Vaccaro AR, Brusovanik G, Girardi FP, Silveri CP, Cammisa FP, Kwon BK, Beiner JM, Alber TJ, Hilibrand AS, Scuderi GJ: Evaluation of a novel pedicle probe for the placement of thoracic and lumbosacral pedicle screws. J Spinal Disord and Tech. Dec; 17(6): 492-497, 2004.
  25. Huang RC, Girardi FP, Lim M, Cammisa FP: The Prevalance of Contraindications to Total Disc Replacement in a Cohort of Lumbar Surgical Patients. Spine. November 15; 2 9(22):2538-41, 2004.
  26. Tropiano P, Huang RC, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Marnay T: “Lumbar total disc replacement. Seven to eleven-year follow-up.” J Bone Joint Surg AM. Mar; 87-A (3):490-6, 2005.
  27. Khan A, Synnott K, Cammisa FP and Girardi FP: “Lumbar synovial cysts of the spine: An Evaluation of Surgical Outcome:. J Spinal Discord Tech. Apr; 18 (2): 127-31, 2005.
  28. Lim M. Huang R, Zhang K, Girardi FP, Peterson M and Cammisa FP: “Measurement of Total Disc Replacement Radiographic Range of Motion: A Comparison of Two Techniques.” J Spinal Disord Tech.Jun; 18(3):252-6, 2005.
  29. Papadopoulos E, Girardi FP, Sama A, Sandhu H and Cammisa FP.”Accuracy of Single-Time, Multilevel Registration in Image-Guided Spinal Surgery. The Spine Journal. May-June; 5 (3): 263-7, 2005.
  30. Huang RC, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Lim MR, Tropiano P, Marnay T: Correlation between range of motion and outcome after lumbar total disc replacement: 8.6-year follow up. Spine June 15;30 (12): 1407-11, 2005.
  31. Lim MR, Girardi FP, Yoon SC, Huang RC, Cammisa FP: Accuracy of Computerized Frameless Stereotactic Image-Guided Pedicle Screw Placement into Previously Fused Lumbar Spines. Spine. Aug 1;30(15):1793-1798, 2005.
  32. Pappou IP, Papadopoulos E, Urban M, Russell L, Cammisa FP, Fantini G, Girardi FP: J Pott’s disease in the thoracolumbar spine with marked kyphosis and progressive paraplegia necessitating posterior vertebral column resection and anterior reconstruction with a cage. Spine Vol 31(4), 15 Feb 2006, pp E123-E127,
  33. Pappou IP, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP. “Correlation of endplate shape on MRI and disc degeneration in surgically treated patients with low back pain and herniated nucleus pulposus”. Spine Journal 2007 Jan-Feb; 7(1):32-8.
  34. Tropiano P, Huang RC, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Marnay T.: “Lumbar total disc replacement.” J Bone Joint Surg Am. Mar; 88-(1 Suppl 1); 50-64, 2006.
  35. Papadopoulos E, Girardi FP, Synnott K, Huang RC, and Cammisa FP: “Three Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion with Plate Fixation: Radiographic and Clinical Result.” Spine 2006 Apr 15;31(8): 897-902.
  36. Huang RC, Lim M, Tropiano P, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP and Marnay T: Range of Motion and Adjacent Level Degeneration After Lumbar Total Disc Replacement. The Spine Journal 2006 May-June; 6(3): 242-247.
  37. Lim MR, Loder RT, Huang RC, Lymans S, Zhang K, Sama A, Papadopoulos EC, Warner K, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP: Measurement Error of Lumbar Total Disc Replacement Range of Motion. Spine 2006 May 1; 31(10): E291-E297
  38. Papadopoulos E, Girardi FP, Sama A, Sandhu H, O’Leary P, Parvatanei HK, Cammisa FP,: “Outcome of revision discectomies following recurrent lumbar disc herniation” Spine 2006 Jun 1;31 (13): 1473-1476
  39. Papadopoulos E, Girardi FP, Sama A, Pappou IP, Urban MK, Cammisa FP: “Lumbar microdiscectomy under epidural anesthesia: a comparison study.” Spine J. 2006, Sept-Oct; 6 (5):561-4.
  40. Pappou IP, Girardi FP, Sandhu HS, Parvataneni HK, Cammisa FP, Schneider R, Frelinghuysen P, Lane J: “Discordantly High Spinal Bone Mineral Density Values in Patients with Adult Lumbar Scoliosis. Spine June; 15;31 (14):1614-20, 2006
  41. Papou IP, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP: “Correlation of end plate shape on MRI and disc degeneration in surgically treated patients with degenerative disc disease and herniated nucleus pulposus.” Spine J. Jan-Feb; 7(1): 32-8, 2007
  42. Todd AG, Cammisa FP, Sama AA, Girardi FP: “Aseptic meningitis after microdiscectomy: description of a case and review of the literature”. The Spine Journal. 2008 Jul-Aug; 8(4): 700-2. Epub 2007
  43. Zigler J, Delamarter R, Spivak JM, Linovitz RJ, Danielson GO, Haider TT, Cammisa FP, Zuckermann J, Balderston R, Kitchel S, Foley K, Watkins R, Bradford D, Yue J, Yuan H, Herkowitz HN, Geiger D, Bendo J, Pepper T, Sachs B, Girardi FP, Kropf M, Goldstein J: “Results of the Prospective, Randomized , Multi-Center FDA Investigational Device Exemption Study of the Pro-Disc®-L Total Disc Replacement versus Circumferential Fusion for the Treatment of One Level Degenerative Disc Disease”. Spine. May 2006, 15;32 (11): 1155-62; discussion 1163.
  44. Meyers KN, Campbell DA, Lipman JD, Zhang K, Myers ER, Girardi FP,Cammisa FP, Wright TM: “Dynamics of an Intervertebral Disc Prosthesis in Human Cadaveric Spines”, HSS Journal 2007 Sept; (3)2: 164-8.
  45. Fantini G, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP: ” Major Vascular Injury during Anterior Lumbar Spinal Surgery: Incidence, Risk Factors and Management”. Spine 2007 Nov 15;32(24):2751-8
  46. Pappou IP, Cammisa FP, Papadopoulos EC, Frelinghuysen P, Girardi FP: “Screening for Nuclear Replacement Candidates in Patients with Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease”. SAS Journal, Spring 2008; 2:114-119.
  47. Memtsoudis SG, Jules-Elysse K, Girardi FP, Bushiazzo V, Maalouf D, Sama AA, Urban MK: ” Correlation between centrally versus peripherally transduced venous pressure in prone patients undergoing posterior spine surgery.” Spine 2008 Aug 15; 33(18): E643-7.
  48. Zhang K, Girardi FP, Silvati E, Taveras N, Cammisa FP: “Correlation of Thrombophilia and Hypobibrinolysis with Pulmonary Embolism Following Spinal Surgery”. Spine J. Sept 2008;8(5):11S-12S.
  49. Papadopoulos EC, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP: “Sacral fractures complicating thoracolumbar fusion to the sacrum.” Spine 2008; Sept. 1;33(19): E699-707
  50. Meyers K, Tauber M, Sudin Y, Fleischer S, Arnin U, Girardi FP, Wright T: “Use of instrumented pedicle screws to evaluate load sharing in posterior dynamic stabilization systems.”Spine J Nov-Dec 2008;8(6):926-932.
  51. Pearson AM, Lurie JD, Blood EA, Frymoyer JW, Braeutigam H, An H, Girardi FP, Weinstein JN: “Spine patient outcomes research trial: radiographic predictors of clinicial outcomes after operative or nonoperative treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis” Spine 2008 Dec. 1;33(25):2759-66.
  52. Lawhorne TW 3rd, Girardi FP, Mina CA, Pappou I, Cammisa FP: “Treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis: Potential impact of dynamic stabilization based on imaging analysis.” Euro Spine J. 2009 Jun; 18(6):815-22.
  53. Papadopoulos EC, O’Leary PF, Pappou IP, Girardi FP: “Spontaneous Posterior Iliac Crest Regeneration Enabling Second Bone Graft Harvest; A Case Report” HSS J. 2009 Sep: 5(2):114-6
  54. Marawar S, Girardi FP, Sama AA, Ma Y, Gaber-Baylis LK, Besculides MC, Memtsoudis SG: “National Trends in Anterior Cervical Fusion Procedures” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2010 Jul 1;35(15):1454-9
  55. Memtsoudis SG, Vougioukas VI, Ma Y, Gaber-Baylis LK, Girardi FP: “Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality After Anterior, Posterior, and Anterior/Posterior Spine Fusion Surgery.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2011 Oct 15; 36 (22):1867-77
  56. Memtsoudis SG, Starcher B, MaY, Buschiazzo V, Urban MK, Girardi FP. “The Utility of Urine Desmosine as a Marker of Lung Injury in Spine Surgery.” HSS Journal. 2010 Sep; 6(2):160-3.
  57. Sharma A, Kepler C, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Huang RC, Sama AA: “Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion-Clinical and Radiographic Outcome at One Year. A preliminary report” J Spinal Disord Tech. 2011 Jun; 24(4):242-50
  58. Bae H, Shen, M. Maurer P. Peppelman W, Beutler W, Linovitz R, Westerlund E, Peppers T, Lieberman I, Kim C, Girardi FP:”Clinical Experience Using Cortoss for Treating Vertebral Compression Fractures with Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty: Twenty Four-Month Follow up.” Spine.2010 Sep 15;35(20): E1030-6.
  59. Ma Y, Passias P, Gaber-Baylis, Girardi FP, Memtsoudis SG: “Comparative in-hospital morbity and mortality after revision versus primary thoracic and lumbar spine fusion.” Spine J. 2010 Oct; 10(10):881-9.
  60. Hofstetter CP, Chou D, Newman CB, Aryan HE, Girardi FP, Hartl R. “Posterior approach for thoracolumbar corpectomies with expandable cage placement and circumferential arthrodesis: a multicenter case series of 67 patients.” Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 2011 Mar; 14(3):388-97
  61. Passias PG, Ma Y, Chiu YL, Mazumdar M, Girardi FP, Memtsoudis SG. “Comparative Safety of Simultaneous and Staged Anterior and Posterior Spinal Surgery.” Spine (Phil Pa 1976) 2012 Feb 1:37(3):247-55
  62. Memtsoudis SG, Hughes A, Ma Y, Chiu YL, Sama AA, Girardi FP. “Increased In-hospital Complications after Primary Posterior versus Primary Anterior Cervical Fusion.” Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2011 May; 469(5):1502-4.
  63. Wilde GE, Miller TT, Schneider R, Girardi FP. “Sacral Fractures After Lumbosacral Fusion: A Characteristic Fracture Pattern.” Am J of Roentgenology, 2011 Jul;197(1): 184-8.
  64. Koutsomboulis S, Hughes Ap, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Finerty EA, Nguyen JT, Gausden E, Sama AA: “Risk Factors for Postoperative Infection Following Posterior Lumbar Instrumented Arthrodesis.” JBone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Sep 7;93(17):1627-33.
  65. Memtsoudis SG, Bombardieri AM, Ma Y, Girardi F: “The Effect of Low Versus High Tidal Volume Ventilation on Inflammatory Markers in Healthy Individuals Undergoing Posterior Spine Fusion in the Prone Position: A Randomized Controlled Trial” J Clin Anesth. 2012 Jun; 24(4): 263-9
  66. Memtsoudis SG, Kirksey M, Ma Y, Chiu YL, Mazumdar M, Pumberger M, Girardi FP: “Metabolic Syndrome and Lumbar Spine Fusion Surgery: Epidemiology and Perioperative Outcome.” Spine.(Phila Pa 1976) 2012 May 15;37 (11):989-95
  67. Kennedy C. Leonard M. Devitt A, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, “Efficacy of Preoperative Autologous Blood Donation for Elective Posterior Lumbar Spinal Surgery”. Spine 2011 Dec 15;36(26):E1736-43.
  68. Pumberger M, Gogia J, Hughes AP, Kotwal SY, Girardi FP, Sama AA. “Conventional Manual Discectomy Versus Powered Discectomy for Interbody Fusion in the Lumbar Spine: Cadaveric Testing in Forty Levels.” J Spinal Disord Tech. 2011 Dec: 24(8):E71-4.
  69. Lebl DR, Sama AA, Pumberger M, Kotwal S, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP: “Reamed Transacral Interbody Fusion for L5-S1 Pseudoarthrosis: A Novel Salvage Technique in 10 Patients” J Spinal Disord Tech. 2013 Aug:26 (6):334-41
  70. Kepler CK, Sharma AK, Huang RC, Meredith DS, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP Sama AA: “Indirect Foraminal Decompression after Lateral Transpsoas Interbody Fusion.” Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine 2012 Apr; 16(4):329-33
  71. Pumberger M, Chiu YL, Ma Y, Girardi FP, Mazumdar M, Memtsoudis SG: “National in-hospital morbidity and mortality trends after lumbar fusion surgery between 1998 and 2008” J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2012 Mar;94(3):359-64.
  72. Kepler CK, Huang RC, Sharma AK, Meredith DS, Metitiri O, Sama AA, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP. “Factors influencing segmental lumbar lordosis after lateral transpsoas interbody fusion.” Ortho Surg. 2012 May; 4(2):71-5
  73. Pumberger M, Chiu YL, Ma Y, Girardi FP, Vougioukas V, Memtsoudis SG: “Perioperative mortality after lumbar spinal fusion surgery: an analysis of epidemiology and risk factors” Eur Spine J. 2012 Aug 2; 21(8):1633-9
  74. Lebl DR, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Wright T, Abjornson C: “In Vivo Functional Performance of Failed Prodisc-L Devices-Retrieval Analysis of Lumbar Total Disc Replacements” Spine 2012 Apr 23.
  75. Kepler CK, Huang RC, Sharma AK, Meredith DS, Metitiri O, Sama AA, Girardi FP, O’Leary PF, Cammisa FP: “The Effect of omega-3 fatty acid supplements on perioperative bleeding following posterior spinal arthrodesis” Eur Spine J. 2012 Dec; 21 (12):2659-63
  76. Pumberger M, Hughes AP, Huang RR, Sama AA, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP: “Neurologic Deficit Following Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion” Eur Spine J. 2012 June; 21(6):1192-1199.
  77. Mo F, Lebl D, Girardi FP: “Anterior C1-C2 arthrodesis” Tech Ortho. 2012 27: 143-144.
  78. Lebl DR, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Wright T, Abjornson C: “The Mechanical Performance of Cervical Total Disc Replacements In Vino-Prospective Retrieval Analysis of Prodisc-C Devices” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2012 Dec 15; 37(26): 2151-60
  79. Meredith DS, Schreiber JJ, Taher F, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP: “Lower Preoperative Hounsfield Unit Measurements are Associated with Adjacent Segment Fracture Following Spinal Fusion” Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2013 Mar 1; 38(5):415-8
  80. Kotwal S, Kawaguchi S, Lebl D, Hughes A, Huang R, Sama AA, Cammisa F, Girardi FP, “Minimally Invasive Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Clinical and Radiographic Outcome at a Minimus 2-year Follow-up.” J Spinal Disord Tech 2012 Sep 6. EPub ahead of print
  81. Bombardieri Am, Beckman J, Shaw P, Girardi FP, Ma Y, Memtsoudis SG: “Comparative utility of centrally versus peripherally transduced venous pressure monitoring in the perioperative period in spine surgery patients” J Clin Anesth. 2012 Sep 20. pii: S0952-8180(12)00231-0.
  82. Mancuso CA, Cammisa FP, Sama AA, Hughes AP, Girardi FP: “Development of an Expectations Survey for Patients Undergoing Cervical Spine Surgery.” Spine. (Phila Pa 1976) 2013 Apr 20; 38 (9): 718-25
  83. Pumberger M, Hughes AP, Girardi FP, Gogia J, Kotwal SY, Thaler C, Sama AA: “Influence of Surgical Experience on the Efficiency of Discectomy in TLIF: A Cadaveric Testing in 40 Levels” J Spinal Disord Tech. 2012 Dec; 25(8): E254-8.
  84. Lebl DR, Girardi FP: “Isolated cervical spine facet joint tumoral calcinosis” Spine J2013 Feb; 13 (2):208-9
  85. Taher F, Lebl DR, Hughes AP, Girardi FP: “Contralateral Psoas Seroma After Transpsoas Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Implantation” Spine J. 2013 Feb; 13(2) E 1-5
  86. Taher F, Hughes AP, Sama AA, Zeldin R, Schneider R, Holodny E, Lebl DR, Fantini GA, Nguyen J, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP:”How Safe is Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion for the Surgeon? A Prospective in-vivo Radiation Exposure Study” ­Spine. (Phil Pa 1976) 2013 July 15;38(16): 1386-92
  87. Kotwal S, Kawaguchi S, Hughes A, Cammisa F, Zhang K, Salvati E, Girardi FP: “Thrombophilic Abnormalities in Patients with or without Pulmonary Embolism Following Elective Spinal Surgery.” HSS Journal, 2013 February; 9(1): 32-35.
  88. Papadakis M, Aggeliki L, Papadopoulos EC, Girardi FP. “Common surgical complications in degenerative spinal surgery.”World J Orthop. 2013 Apr 18;4(2):62-6
  89. Meredith DS, Taher F, Cammisa F, Girardi FP: “Incidence, Diagnosis, and Management of Sacral FracturesFollowing Multilevel Spinal Arthrodesis” Spine J 2013 Apr 23.
  90. Taher F, Lebl DR. Cammisa F, Pinter DW, Sun DY, Girardi FP: “Transient neurological deficit following midthoracic decompression for severe stenosis: a series of three cases.” Eur Spine J. EurSpine J 2013 Sept; 22 (9);2057-61
  91. Lykissas MG, Cho W. Aichmair A, Sama AA, Hughes AP, Lebl DR, Du JY, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP: ” Is there any relation between the Amount of Curve Correction and Postoperative Neurologic Deficit or Pain in Patients Undergoing Standalone Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion?” Spine. (Phila Pa 1976) 2013 Sept1; 38 (19):1656-62
  92. Memtsoudis SG, Stundner O, Sun X, Chiu YL, Ma Y, Fleischut P, Kerr GE, Girardi FP, Walz JM: “Critical Care in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spine Fusion: A Population-Base Study” J Intensive Care Med.E Pub ahead of print
  93. Pumberger M, Froemel D, Aichmair A, Hughes AP, Sama AA, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP: “Clincial Predictors of Surgical Outcome in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: An Analysis of 248 Patients.” Bone Joint J. 2013 July; 95-B(7): 966-71.
  94. Aichmair A, Lykissas MG, Girardi FP, Sama AA, Lebl DR, Taher F, Cammisa FP, Hughes AP: “Neurological Deficits Following Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion-A Six Year Trend Analysis of a Single Institution” Spine. Eur Spine J Jun; 21 (6):1192-9
  95. Taher F, Hughes AP, Lebl DR, Sama AA, Pumberger M, Aichmair A, Huang RC, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP: “Contralateral Motor Deficits Following Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion” Spine. 2013 Oct 15; 38 (22):1959-63.
  96. Mancuso CA, Cammisa FP, Sama AA, Hughes AP, Ghomrawi HMK, Girardi FP: “Development and testing of patient lumbar spine surgery expectations survey” JBJS 2013 Oct 2: 95(19): 1793-800
  97. Aichmair A, Lykissas MG, Girardi FP, Sama AA, Lebl DR, Taher F, Cammisa FP, Hughes AP: “An Institutional Six-year Trend Analysis of the Neurological Outcome After Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A 6-Year Trend Analysis of a Single Institution”. Spine. 2013 Nov 1; 38(23): E1483-90.
  98. Lykissas MG, Aichmair A, Hughes AP, Sama AA, Lebl DR, Taher F, Du JY, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP: “Nerve Injury after lateral lumbar interbody fusion: A review of 919 treated levels with identification of risk factors” Spine J. 2014 May 1; 14(5):749-58
  99. Aichmair A, Girardi FP, Hughes AP, Sama AA, Lebl DR, Cammisa FP: “Symptomatic Heterotopic Bone Formation After rhBMP-2 Utilization in Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion.” The Spine Journal2013 Oct; 13(10):1411-2
  100. Lykissas MG, Aichmair A, Sama AA, Hughes AP, Lebl DR, Taher F, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP: “Nerve injury and recovery after lateral lumbar interbody fusion with and without bone morphogenetic protein-2 augmentation: A cohort controlled study”. Spine J. 2013 Nov 20. pii: S1529-9430(13)01654-9.
  101. Nemani VM, Aichmair A, Taher F, Lebl DR, Hughes AP, Sama AA, Cammissa FP, Girardi FP: “Rate of Revision Surgery Following Standalone Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.” Spine. 2014 Mar 1; 39(5):E326-31
  102. Aichmair A, Fantini GA, Garvin S, Beckman J, Girardi FP. “Aortic Perforation During Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion.” J Spinal Tech. 2013 Dec 10 EPub ahead of print
  103. Mehra S, Heineman TE, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Sama AA, Kutler DI: “Factors Predictive of Voice & Swallowing Outcomes after Anterior Approaches to the Cervical Spine”. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 Feb;150 (2):259-65
  104. Schreiber JJ, Taher F, Hughes AP, Girardi FP: “Association between Hounsfield Units and Success of Lumbar Spine Fusion.” HSS Journal 2014 Feb; 10(1):25-9
  105. Fort NM, Aichmair A, Miller AO, Girardi FP: “L5-S1 Achromobacter Xylosoxidans Infection Secondary to Oxygen-Ozone Therapy for the Treatment of Lumbosacral Disc Herniation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature”. Spine. (Phila Pa 1976) 2014 March 15; 39 (6): E413-6
  106. Al Maaieh MA, Du JY, Aichmair A, Huang RC, Hughes AP, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Sama AA. “Multivariate analysis on risk factors for postoperative ileus after lateral lumbar interbody fusion”. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2014 Apr 15;39(8): 688-94
  107. Du JY, Aichmair A, Ueda H, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Lebl DR. “Vertebral body Hounsfield units as a predictor of incidental durotomy in primary lumbar spinal surgery.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 Apr 20; 39(9): E 593-8
  108. Macuso CA, Stal M,Duculan R, Girardi FP. “Physical and psychological comorbidity independently associated with spine-related disability.” Spine (Phila Pa 1976)., In Press.
  109. Du JY, Aichmair A, Lykissas, Girardi FP. “Cervical Stenoiss in a patient with arthrogryposis: case report”. Evid Based Spine Care J 2014 Apr;5(1):57-62
  110. Carrier CS, Sama AA, Girardi FP, Lebl DR, “Anterior Transarticular screw fixation for atlantoaxial arthrodesis: A report of two cases.”J Craniovertebr Junction Spine 2013 Jul;4(2):85-9
  111. Schroeder JE, Jerabek S, Sama A, Kaplan L, Girardi F, Lebl DR. “The Effect of 3-column spinal osteotomy on anterior pelvic plane and acetabulum position.” Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ) 2014 Jul;43(7):E133-6

Books, Book Chapters and Reviews

Books

  • “Nucleus Athroplasty Technology in Spinal Care”
    Raymedica, LLC
    Editors: Davis RJ and Girardi FP
    2006

Book Chapters

  1. Sandhu HS, Kanim L, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP: “Animal models of Spine Instability and Spinal Fusion.” Animal Models in Orthopaedic Research. (Edited by H and R Freidman) CRC, pp. 508-555, 1999.
  2. Boachie OA, Girardi FP, and J. Hall: “Egg-Shell Procedure.” Technical Considerations: Revisions in Spine Surgery. (Edited by JY Margulies, M Aebi, JPC Farcy, MD)Mosby. 568-574, 1999.
  3. Girardi FP, Boachie OA: “Pediatric Deformities of the Spine.” Textbook of Clinical Orthopaedics. (Edited by Craig EV.) Williams & Wilkens, Chapter 31, 1999.
  4. Hansraj KK, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP: “Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.” Texbook of Clinical Orthopaedics. (Edited by Craig EV) Williams & Wilkens, Chapter 34, 1999.
  5. Hansraj KK, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP: “Herniated Nucleus pulposus in the Lumbar Spine.” Chapter 33. Textbook of Clinical Orthopaedics.(Edited by Craig EV). Williams & Wilkens., 1999.
  6. Girardi FP, Cammisa FP: “Compression Extension Injuries”Fractures of the Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine. (Edited by A Vaccaro) Marcel Dekker, Inc., Chapter 17A., 2000.
  7. Girardi FP, Cammisa FP: “Lateral Flexion Injuries.” Fractures of the Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine. (Edited by A Vaccaro) Marcel Dekker, Inc., Chapter 17B, 2000.
  8. Lane JM, S Kahn, Girardi FP: “Bone Physiology” OKU: Spine (American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons) OKU 2nd Edition: Spine Chapter 4, 2001.
  9. Sama A, Girardi FP, and Cammisa FP: “Cervical Spine Injuries in Sports.” eMedicine Journal. 2 (9): September 13, 2001.
  10. Sama A, Girardi FP, and Cammisa FP: “Spine Tumors.” eMedicine Journal, 3 (3): March 6, 2002.
  11. Poynton AR, Bilsky MH, Girardi FP, Boland PJ and Cammisa FP: “Metastatic Disease of the Cervical Spine.” Tumors of the Spine. Editor:Edward Benzel, MD.
  12. Lane JM, Khan SN, Girardi FP: “Internal Fixation in Osteoporotic Bone-Current Techniques and the Future.” Chapter 34: Percutaneous Kyphoplasty (Balloon Tamp) Reduction and Stabalization of Compression Vertebral Fractures. (Edited by YH An.) August 2002.
  13. Poynton A, Girardi FP, and Cammisa FP: “Kyphoplasty” Vertebroplasty (Ed Panamerican) Ed Luis Alvarez MD, 2003.
  14. Girardi FP, Cammisa FP: “Facet Replacement” Tricks in Spinal Surgery (Edited by. A Vaccaro and Todd Albert) 2003.
  15. Cammisa FP and Girardi FP: “Anterior Lumbar Discectomy” Tricks in Spinal Surgery (Edited by A Vaccaro and Todd Albert) 2003.
  16. Lane JM, Khan S, Girardi FP: “Percutaenous Kyphoplasty (Balloon tamp) Reduction and Stabilization of Compression Vertebral Fractures” Internal Fixation in Osteoporotic Bone-Current Techniques and the Future. (Edited by YH An)( In Press).
  17. Girardi FP, Wright T, Lipman J: “Nucleus Arthroplasty in Spinal Care” (NASC), Book II “Biomechanics”; Chapter 7: Biomechanics of the Degenerated Disc. May 2007.
  18. Girardi FP, Sama AA, Bertagnoli R: “Nucleus Arthroplasty in Spinal Care”(NASC), Book III “Surgical Techniques& Technologies”; Chapter 14: Examination, Radiologic & Diagnostic Evaluation, Patient Indications (In Press)
  19. Girardi FP, Sama AA, Cammisa FP and Bertagnoli R: “Nucleus Arthroplasty in Spinal Care” (NASC), Book II “Surgical Techniques & Technologies”; Chapter 13: “Integration of Nucleus Arthroplasty into the Continuum of Care”. May 2007
  20. Girardi FP, Sama AA: “Nucleus Arthroplasty in Spinal Care” (NASC), Book II “Surgical Techniques & Technologies”; Chapter 7: “Biomechanics of Degenerated Disc” May 2007
  21. Bertagnoli, R, Davis R and Girardi FP: ” Nucleus Arthroplasty in Spinal Care.” Book II “Surgical Techniques & Technologies”; Chapter 20: “Nucleus Replacement Complications and Salvage Procedures” May 2007
  22. Lebl DR, Girardi FP, Hughes A, Cammisa FP. Chapter 28: Lumbar Disc Arthroplasty, Master Techniques in Orthopedic Surgery-The Spine-3rd Edition. Edited by Thomas Zdeblick & Todd Albert. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins December 2013
  23. Lebl DR, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, “Chapter 14: Design Rationale and Surgical Technique of Metal-on-metal Total Disc Replacement” Dynamic Reconstruction of the Spine, 2nd Edition, Edited by Kim, Sengupta, Cammisa, Fessler, Yoon. Thieme Publishers, New York, NY(Submitted Nov 2012-In Press)
  24. Lebl DR, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP “Chapter 16: Design Rationale and Surgical Technique of Metal-on-Polyethylene Total Disc Replacement” Dynamic Reconstruction, 2nd Edition, Edited by Kim, Sengupta, Cammisa, Fessler, Yoon.
  25. Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, and Lebl DR: “Total Facet Arthroplasty” The Spine (Edited by A Vaccaro, et. al) (Submitted)
  26. Lebl DR, Girardi FP: “Total Facet Replacement”-The Spine, Edited by A Vaccaro, Su, Dvorak, Mayer, Rajasekaran, Vialle, Wang, Youssef, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (Submitted Jan 2013)

Reviews

  1. Rawlins BA, Girardi FP, Boachie OA: “Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Cervical Spine.” Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America. 24: 1, 55-82, 1998.
  2. Boachie OA, Girardi FP: “Surgical Treatment of Rigid Sagittal Plan Deformities.” Spine: State of the Art Reviews. 12:1, 65-75, 1998.
  3. Cammisa FP, Parvataneni HK, Girardi FP, Khan SN, and Sandhu HS: “Computerized Frameless Stereotactic Image-Guided Spinal Surgery.” Bulletin ? Hospital for Joint Disease. 59 (1): 17-26, 2000.
  4. Cammisa FP, Parvataneni HK, Girardi FP, Khan SN, and Sandhu HS: “Autogenous Bone Graft Strategies for Spine Fusion”. Bulletin ? Hosptial for Joint Disease. 59 (1): 17-26, 2000.
  5. Khan SN, Sandhu HS, Girardi FP and Cammisa FP: “Gene Therapy for Spine Fusion:” Orthop Clin North Am. 31 (3): 473-484, 2000.
  6. Diwan A, Parvataneni HK, Khan SN, Sandhu HS, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP: “Current Concepts in Intervertebral Disc Restoration. Orthop Clin North Am. 31 (3): 453-464, 2000.
  7. Girardi FP, Khan SN, Cammisa FP and Blanck TJ: “Advances and Strategies for Spinal Cord Regeneration.” Orthop Clin North Am. 31 (3): 465-472, 2000.
  8. Sama A, Kha S, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP: ” Computerized frameless stereotactic image guidance in spinal surgery”. Orth Clin North Am. 33: 375-380, 2002.
  9. Etminan M, Girardi FP, Khan S, Cammisa FP: “Revision strategies for lumbar pseudarthrosis” Orth Clin North Am. 33:381-392, 2002.
  10. Lane JM, Johnson CE, Khan SN, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP: “Minimally invasive options for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: Orth Clin North Am. 33:431-438, 2002.
  11. Khan S, Sandhu H, Lane JM, Cammisa FP, and Girardi FP: “Bone morphogenetic proteins: relevance in spine surgery: Orth Clin North Am. 33:447-463, 2002.
  12. Fraser J, Girardi FP,Padgett D, McMahon P, and Cammisa FP: “Understanding Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.” FEDERAL PRACTITIONER. 20:83-89, 2003.
  13. Fraser J, Huang R, Girardi FP and Cammisa FP: “Pathogenesis, Presentation, and treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis associated with coronal or sagittal spinal deformities” Neurosurgical Focus. 14 (1): 1-9, 2003.
  14. Girardi FP, Cammisa FP: “The effect of Bone Graft Extenders to enhance the performance of iliac crest bone graft in Instrumented Lumbar Spine Fusion.” ORTHOPEDICS. May; (26); (5 Suppl) 545-8, 2003.
  15. SN, Cammisa FP, Sandhu HS, Diwan AD, Girardi FP, Lane JM.: The biology of bone grafting. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. Jan-Feb; 13 (1):77-86, 2005.
  16. Khan SN, Fraser JF, Sandhu HS, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP, Lane JM: Use of Osteopromotive Growth Factors, Demineralized Bone Matrix and Ceramics to Enhance Spinal Fusion. J AM Acad Orthop Surg. March/April; 13(2):129-137, 2005.
  17. Frelinghuysen P, Huang RC, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Lumbar total disc replacement part I: rationale, biomechanics, and implant types. Orthop Clin North Am. Jul; 36 (3):293-9, 2005.
  18. Huang RC, Girardi FP, Lim MR, Cammisa FP, Advantages and disadvantages of nonfusion technology in spine surgery. Orthop Clin North Am. Jul;36(3):263-9, 2005.
  19. Khan AM, Girardi FP: Spinal lumbar synovial cysts. Diagnosis and Management challenge. Europe Spine J. Jan 27;:1-7, 2006.
  20. Cunningham M, Papadopoulos E, Cammisa FP and Girardi FP: Spinal infection in the Immunocompromised Patient. Clinical Orthopedics and Related ResearchMar; 443:73-82, 2006.
  21. Swanson A. Pappou I, Papadopoulos E, Cammisa FP and Girardi FP: Surgical Treatment of Chronic Spinal Infections. Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research Mar; 444:100-6, 2006
  22. Papadopoulos E, Pappou I, Sama A, Girardi FP and Cammisa FP: “Postoperative Infections in Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Spinal Disease”. Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research Mar; 444:120-8, 2006
  23. Papadopoulos E, Pappou I, Sama A, Girardi FP and Cammisa FP: Treatment of interbody graft infections. Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research Mar; 444:120-8, 2006
  24. Tropiano P, Huang RC, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP Jr., Marnay T. “Lumbar total disc replacement. Surgical technique.”J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 Mar;88 Suppl 1 Pt 1:50-64
  25. Lim MR, Huang RC, Wu A, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP: Evaluation of the elderly patient with an abnormal gait. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. Feb;15(2): 107-17, 2007
  26. Pappou IP, Papadopoulos EC, Swanson AN, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP: “Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures and Collapse with Intravertebral Vacuum Sign (Kummel’s Disease)”. ORTHOPEDICS 2008; 31:61
  27. Girardi FP, Gogia J, Kotwal S, Memtsoudis SG, Pumberger M. “Spinal Surgery-An Update.” European Musculoskeletal Review. 2011;6(2):105-109.
  28. Kotwal S, Pumberger P, Hughes AP, Girardi FP: “Degenerative Scoliosis: A Review.” HSS Journal 2011 October; 7(3):257-64. Epub 2011 Jun 11.
  29. Taher F, Esssig D, Lebl DR, HughesAP, Sama AA, Cammisa FP, Girardi FP: “Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease-Current and Future Concepts of Diagnosis and Management” Advances in Orthopedics 2012;970752. Epub 2012 Apr 2.
  30. Sama AA, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP: “Cervical Spine Injuries in Sports.” eMedicine from WebMD. Updated August 17, 2012.
  31. Sama AA, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Lebl DR, Hughes A: “Spinal Tumors.” eMedicine from WebMD.Updated August 17, 2012.
  32. Pawar A, Essig D, Girardi FP, Cammisa FP, Fantini G, Hughes AP: “Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion. ­Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery. In Press.
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