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Peter Passias

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery

Scholarly Works - Book sections


Adolescent and Adult Spinal Deformity: Operative Management

Book section · January 1, 2021 This chapter presents the case scenarios of a 16-year-old girl previously diagnosed and braced for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) presents with chronic radiating midback pain, and a 57-year-old male who presents with progressive spinal deformity (AS ... Full text Cite

Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures Adjacent to Previous Spinal Fusion

Book section · January 1, 2020 Advances in surgical technique and instrumentation have enabled surgeons to treat symptomatic adult spinal deformity in high-risk populations such as elderly and osteoporotic patients that previously had more limited treatment options. Adjacent segment dis ... Full text Cite

Inflammatory arthritides

Book section · January 1, 2018 Inflammatory arthritides are the seronegative spondyloarthropathies and rheumatoid arthritis. The joints, bones, ligaments, tendons, and synovial tissues of the spine are affected by these disorders. Rheumatoid arthritis frequently affects the cervical spi ... Cite

Spine trauma

Book section · April 24, 2017 Full text Cite

Biologics for Adult Lumbar Scoliosis

Book section · January 1, 2017 Adult scoliosis, arising either as a sequelae of untreated adolescent idiopathic scoliosis or as a de novo degenerative deformity, has been estimated in as much as 68 % of adults over the age of 60 [1]. Anwar et al. further reported that adult lumbar scoli ... Full text Cite