Scholars@Duke
Douglas George Orndorff

Douglas George Orndorff

Instructor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery
douglas.orndorff@duke.edu
3000 Rogers Road, Suite 330, Wake Forest, NC 27587

Selected Publications

Preliminary experience with a novel facet-based lateral mass drill guide for the placement of lateral mass screws compared to freehand technique: a cadaveric study.

Journal Article Spine J · June 2023 BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Lateral mass screw fixation is the standard for posterior subaxial cervical fixation. Several freehand surgical techniques for placing lateral mass screws have been described which rely on anatomical landmarks and surgeon mastery of the ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Intrawound Vancomycin Decreases the Risk of Surgical Site Infection After Posterior Spine Surgery: A Multicenter Analysis.

Journal Article Spine (Phila Pa 1976) · January 1, 2018 STUDY DESIGN: Secondary analysis of data from a prospective multicenter observational study. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of surgical site infection (SSI) in patients with and without intrawound vancomycin application con ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Interspinous Process Decompression Improves Quality of Life in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.

Journal Article Minim Invasive Surg · 2018 Lumbar spinal stenosis has been shown to negatively impact health-related quality of life. Interspinous process decompression (IPD) is a minimally invasive procedure that utilizes a stand-alone spacer to serve as a joint extension blocker to relieve neural ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Superion Interspinous Spacer Treatment of Moderate Spinal Stenosis: 4-Year Results.

Journal Article World Neurosurg · August 2017 OBJECTIVE: To determine 4-year clinical outcomes in patients with moderate lumbar spinal stenosis treated with minimally invasive stand-alone interspinous process decompression using the Superion device. METHODS: The 4-year Superion data were extracted fro ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Five-year durability of stand-alone interspinous process decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis.

Journal Article Clin Interv Aging · 2017 BACKGROUND: Lumbar spinal stenosis is the most common indication for spine surgery in older adults. Interspinous process decompression (IPD) using a stand-alone spacer that functions as an extension blocker offers a minimally invasive treatment option for ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Interspinous Process Decompression: Expanding Treatment Options for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.

Journal Article Biomed Res Int · 2016 Interspinous process decompression is a minimally invasive implantation procedure employing a stand-alone interspinous spacer that functions as an extension blocker to prevent compression of neural elements without direct surgical removal of tissue adjacen ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Sterile Seroma Resulting from Multilevel XLIF Procedure as Possible Adverse Effect of Prophylactic Vancomycin Powder: A Case Report.

Journal Article Evid Based Spine Care J · October 2014 Study Design Case report. Objective The objective of this study was to present the unusual case of a 59-year-old woman with a reoccurring sterile postoperative seroma. Methods A patient was observed postoperatively for any complications or adverse side eff ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Current status of adult spinal deformity.

Journal Article Global Spine J · March 2013 Purpose To review the current literature for the nonoperative and operative treatment for adult spinal deformity. Recent Findings With more than 11 million baby boomers joining the population of over 60 years of age in the United States, the incidence of l ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Reverse and pseudoreverse cortical sign in thoracolumbar burst fracture: radiologic description and distinction--a propos of three cases.

Journal Article Eur Spine J · February 2009 In thoracolumbar burst fracture the "reverse cortical sign" is a known entity that corresponds to a fragment of the posterior wall that has been flipped 180 degrees with the cancellous surface of the fragment facing posteriorly in the canal and the cortica ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Late presentation of a mycotic popliteal artery pseudoaneurysm in the setting of a revised total knee arthroplasty complicated by both prior infection and periprosthetic fracture: a case report.

Journal Article Ann Vasc Surg · July 2007 Reports of adverse arterial events associated with total knee arthroplasty (TKA), such as ischemia, thrombosis, arterial injury, or pseudoaneurysm, are relatively rare in the orthopedic and vascular literature and are most commonly associated with direct t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Acute hip pain in the nonambulatory infant: Salter-Harris type I fracture in the capital femoral epiphysis without a traumatic history.

Journal Article Pediatr Emerg Care · May 2006 An otherwise healthy 11-month-old girl was brought to the hospital after her parents noted the acute onset of right hip pain and refusal to bear weight. No abnormalities were seen in the initial radiographs, laboratory values were within reference range, a ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Traumatic fracture-dislocation of C5 on C6 through a previously solid multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a case report and review of the literature.

Journal Article Spine J · 2006 BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Due to the underlying pathology and altered biomechanics, traumatic cervical fractures have been reported in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), ossification of the posterior longi ... Full text Link to item Cite