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Overview

Howard S. An is affiliated with Rush University Medical Center in the United States and has a substantial body of work in the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Surgery. Their research encompasses multiple subfields such as Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Pharmacology, Biomedical Engineering, and Oncology.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Medical Imaging and Analysis
  • Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries

Howard S. An has published in a variety of academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • European Spine Journal
  • Global Spine Journal
  • The Spine Journal
  • Spine
  • Journal of Orthopaedic Research®

Some recent papers from Howard S. An's body of work are:

  • "The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Spine Surgeons Worldwide," 2020, Global Spine Journal
  • "Artificial intelligence in spine care: current applications and future utility," 2022, European Spine Journal
  • "Imaging in Spine Surgery: Current Concepts and Future Directions," 2020, Spine Surgery and Related Research
  • "Demographic, Surgical, and Radiographic Risk Factors for Symptomatic Adjacent Segment Disease After Lumbar Fusion," 2021, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
  • "Intelligence-Based Spine Care Model: A New Era of Research and Clinical Decision-Making," 2020, Global Spine Journal

Howard S. An frequently collaborates with several other researchers in their field. Most frequent co-authors include:

  • Dino Samartzis
  • Philip K. Louie
  • Garrett K. Harada
  • Frank M. Phillips
  • G. Michael Mallow

Best Publications

  • Surgical versus Nonsurgical Therapy for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

    James N Weinstein;Tor D Tosteson;Jon D Lurie;Anna N A Tosteson

  • Biomechanical Study on the Effect of Cervical Spine Fusion on Adjacent-Level Intradiscal Pressure and Segmental Motion

    Jason C Eck;S Craig Humphreys;Tae-Hong Lim;Soon Tack Jeong

  • A novel rabbit model of mild, reproducible disc degeneration by an anulus needle puncture: correlation between the degree of disc injury and radiological and histological appearances of disc degeneration.

    Koichi Masuda;Yoichi Aota;Carol Muehleman;Yoshiyuki Imai

  • The effect of disc degeneration and facet joint osteoarthritis on the segmental flexibility of the lumbar spine.

    Atsushi Fujiwara;Tae-Hong Lim;Howard S. An;Nobuhiro Tanaka

  • Surgical versus nonoperative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis four-year results of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial.

    James Neil Weinstein;Tor D. Tosteson;Jon D. Lurie;Anna Tosteson

  • PLACEMENT OF PEDICLE SCREWS IN THE THORACIC SPINE. PART II: AN ANATOMICAL AND RADIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT

    Alexander R. Vaccaro;Steven J. Rizzolo;Richard A. Balderston;Thomas J. Allardyce

  • The relationship between facet joint osteoarthritis and disc degeneration of the lumbar spine: an MRI study.

    Atsushi Fujiwara;Kazuya Tamai;Minoru Yamato;Howard S. An

  • Platelet-rich plasma stimulates porcine articular chondrocyte proliferation and matrix biosynthesis

    K. Akeda;H.S. An;M. Okuma;M. Attawia

  • Complications with the use of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) in spine surgery

    Chadi A. Tannoury;Howard S. An

  • Comparison between allograft plus demineralized bone matrix versus autograft in anterior cervical fusion. A prospective multicenter study.

    Howard An;J. Simpson;J. Glover;Jeffrey Stephany

  • Placement of pedicle screws in the thoracic spine. Part I: Morphometric analysis of the thoracic vertebrae.

    A R Vaccaro;S J Rizzolo;T J Allardyce;M Ramsey

  • Anatomic considerations for plate-screw fixation of the cervical spine.

    Howard S. An;Raylene Gordin;Kenneth Renner

  • Anatomic changes of the spinal canal and intervertebral foramen associated with flexion-extension movement.

    Akihiko Inufusa;Howard S. An;Tae-Hong Lim;Toru Hasegawa

  • Spine update. Lumbar foraminal stenosis.

    Louis G. Jenis;Howard S. An

  • Lumbar foraminal stenosis: critical heights of the intervertebral discs and foramina. A cryomicrotome study in cadavera.

    Toru Hasegawa;Howard An;Victor Haughton;Bruce Nowicki

  • Osteogenic protein-1 injection into a degenerated disc induces the restoration of disc height and structural changes in the rabbit anular puncture model.

    Koichi Masuda;Yoshiyuki Imai;Masahiko Okuma;Carol Muehleman

  • Low lumbar burst fractures. Comparison among body cast, Harrington rod, Luque rod, and Steffee plate.

    Howard S. An;Alexander Vaccaro;Jerome M. Cotler;Sheldon Lin

  • The relationship between disc degeneration, facet joint osteoarthritis, and stability of the degenerative lumbar spine.

    A Fujiwara;K Tamai;H S An;T Kurihashi

  • Intradiscal Administration of Osteogenic Protein-1 Increases Intervertebral Disc Height and Proteoglycan Content in the Nucleus Pulposus in Normal Adolescent Rabbits

    Howard S An;Kenji Takegami;Hiroshi Kamada;Cahn M Nguyen

  • Effect of endplate conditions and bone mineral density on the compressive strength of the graft-endplate interface in anterior cervical spine fusion.

    Tae-Hong Lim;Hee Kwon;Chang-Hoon Jeon;Jesse G. Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Gunnar Andersson
Gunnar Andersson Stockholm University
Koichi Masuda
Koichi Masuda University of California, San Diego
Victor M. Haughton
Victor M. Haughton University of Wisconsin–Madison
Hee-Jeong Im
Hee-Jeong Im University of Illinois at Chicago
Di Chen
Di Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Alexander R. Vaccaro
Alexander R. Vaccaro Thomas Jefferson University
Scott D. Boden
Scott D. Boden Emory University
James Neil Weinstein
James Neil Weinstein Microsoft (United States)
Nabil A. Ebraheim
Nabil A. Ebraheim University of Toledo
Tong-Chuan He
Tong-Chuan He University of Chicago

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