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Lawrence G. Lenke is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has a significant body of work in the field of medicine, with a primary focus on surgery.

Their research spans multiple subfields within medicine, including:

  • Surgery
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Lenke's main research topics include:

  • Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
  • Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
  • Medical Imaging and Analysis
  • Intraoperative Neuromonitoring and Anesthetic Effects
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • The Spine Journal
  • Spine Deformity
  • Spine
  • Global Spine Journal
  • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Lawrence G. Lenke are:

  • Adult Spinal Deformity: A Comprehensive Review of Current Advances and Future Directions, 2022, Asian Spine Journal
  • Recent trends in medicare utilization and reimbursement for lumbar spine fusion and discectomy procedures, 2020, The Spine Journal
  • Neuroanesthesia Guidelines for Optimizing Transcranial Motor Evoked Potential Neuromonitoring During Deformity and Complex Spinal Surgery, 2020, Spine
  • Are Higher Global Alignment and Proportion Scores Associated With Increased Risks of Mechanical Complications After Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery? An External Validation, 2020, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
  • A novel MRI-based classification of spinal cord shape and CSF presence at the curve apex to assess risk of intraoperative neuromonitoring data loss with thoracic spinal deformity correction, 2020, Spine Deformity

Lenke frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Zeeshan M. Sardar
  • Christopher I. Shaffrey
  • Munish C. Gupta
  • Virginie Lafage
  • Shay Bess

Best Publications

  • Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A New Classification to Determine Extent of Spinal Arthrodesis

    Lawrence G. Lenke;Randal R. Betz;Jürgen Harms;Keith H. Bridwell

  • Surgical versus Nonsurgical Treatment for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis

    James Neil Weinstein;Jon D. Lurie;Tor D. Tosteson;Brett Hanscom

  • Free hand pedicle screw placement in the thoracic spine: is it safe?

    Yongjung J. Kim;Lawrence G. Lenke;Keith H. Bridwell;Yongsun S. Cho

  • An analysis of sagittal spinal alignment in 100 asymptomatic middle and older aged volunteers

    Daniel E. Gelb;Lawrence G. Lenke;Keith H. Bridwell;Kathy Blanke

  • Risk factors for surgical site infection following orthopaedic spinal operations.

    Margaret A Olsen;Jeffrey J Nepple;K Daniel Riew;Lawrence G Lenke

  • Surgical compared with nonoperative treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis. four-year results in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) randomized and observational cohorts.

    James Neil Weinstein;Jon D. Lurie;Tor D. Tosteson;Wenyan Zhao

  • The role of fusion and instrumentation in the treatment of degenerative spondylolisthesis with spinal stenosis.

    Keith H. Bridwell;Terrence A. Sedgewick;Michael F. O'brien;Lawrence G. Lenke

  • Diagnosis of Perioperative Myocardial Infarction with Measurement of Cardiac Troponin I

    Jesse E. Adams;Gregorio A. Sicard;Brent T. Allen;Keith H. Bridwell

  • Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adult Spinal Deformity Following Long Instrumented Posterior Spinal Fusion : Incidence, Outcomes, and Risk Factor Analysis

    R. Chris Glattes;Keith H. Bridwell;Lawrence G. Lenke;Yongjung J. Kim

  • Comparative Analysis of Pedicle Screw Versus Hook Instrumentation in Posterior Spinal Fusion of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

    Yongjung J Kim;Lawrence G Lenke;Samuel K Cho;Keith H Bridwell

  • Adult spinal deformity surgery: complications and outcomes in patients over age 60.

    Michael D. Daubs;Lawrence G. Lenke;Gene Cheh;Georgia Stobbs

  • Anterior fresh frozen structural allografts in the thoracic and lumbar spine : do they work if combined with posterior fusion and instrumentation in adult patients with kyphosis or anterior column defects ?

    Keith H. Bridwell;Lawrence G. Lenke;Kevin W. McEnery;Christy Baldus

  • Adjacent segment disease followinglumbar/thoracolumbar fusion with pedicle screw instrumentation: a minimum 5-year follow-up.

    Gene Cheh;Keith H. Bridwell;Lawrence G. Lenke;Jacob M. Buchowski

  • Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy for the Treatment of Fixed Sagittal Imbalance

    Keith H Bridwell;Stephen J Lewis;Lawrence G Lenke;Christy Baldus

  • The Comprehensive Anatomical Spinal Osteotomy Classification

    Frank Schwab;Benjamin Blondel;Benjamin Blondel;Edward Chay;Jason Demakakos

  • Does treatment (nonoperative and operative) improve the two-year quality of life in patients with adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis: a prospective multicenter evidence-based medicine study.

    Keith H. Bridwell;Steven Glassman;William Horton;Christopher Shaffrey

  • Minimum 5-year analysis of L5-S1 fusion using sacropelvic fixation (bilateral S1 and iliac screws) for spinal deformity.

    Kuniyoshi Tsuchiya;Keith H. Bridwell;Timothy R. Kuklo;Lawrence G. Lenke

  • Complications and outcomes of pedicle subtraction osteotomies for fixed sagittal imbalance.

    Keith H. Bridwell;Stephen J. Lewis;Charles Edwards;Lawrence G. Lenke

  • The Lenke classification of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: how it organizes curve patterns as a template to perform selective fusions of the spine.

    Lawrence G. Lenke;Charles C. Edwards;Keith H. Bridwell

  • Complications and predictive factors for the successful treatment of flatback deformity (fixed sagittal imbalance).

    Kevin C. Booth;Keith H. Bridwell;Lawrence G. Lenke;Christy R. Baldus

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith H. Bridwell
Keith H. Bridwell Washington University in St. Louis
Peter O. Newton
Peter O. Newton Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego
Christopher P. Ames
Christopher P. Ames University of California, San Francisco
Frank J. Schwab
Frank J. Schwab Hospital for Special Surgery
Steven D. Glassman
Steven D. Glassman University of Louisville
Han Jo Kim
Han Jo Kim Hospital for Special Surgery
Oheneba Boachie-Adjei
Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Weill Cornell Medicine
David W. Polly
David W. Polly University of Minnesota
Justin S. Smith
Justin S. Smith University of Virginia

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