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Paul D. Sponseller is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical and surgical fields, with a significant emphasis on the treatment and diagnosis of spinal deformities and related conditions.

The scientist's work spans the broader field of Medicine, with notable contributions in the subfields of Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Genetics, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their research topics cover a range of areas relevant to spinal health and orthopedics, including:

  • Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
  • Spinal fractures and fixation techniques
  • Pelvic and acetabular injuries
  • Spine and intervertebral disc pathology
  • Hip disorders and treatments
  • Cerebral palsy and movement disorders
  • Connective tissue disorders research

Paul D. Sponseller has published in several key medical journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Spine Deformity
  • Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
  • Spine
  • Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
  • Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Sponseller include:

  • Suken A. Shah
  • Burt Yaszay
  • Amer F. Samdani
  • Peter O. Newton
  • Patrick J. Cahill

Representative recent papers by Sponseller highlight their focus on surgical outcomes and techniques in pediatric orthopedics and spine deformity treatment. These include:

  • Major complications following surgical correction of spine deformity in 257 patients with cerebral palsy, 2020, Spine Deformity
  • Characterizing Use of Growth-friendly Implants for Early-onset Scoliosis: A 10-Year Update, 2020, Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
  • Complications following surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a 10-year prospective follow-up study, 2022, Spine Deformity
  • Mid-term Patient-reported Outcomes After Lateral Versus Crossed Pinning of Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures, 2020, Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
  • Comparing health-related quality of life and burden of care between early-onset scoliosis patients treated with magnetically controlled growing rods and traditional growing rods: a multicenter study, 2020, Spine Deformity

Best Publications

  • The revised Ghent nosology for the Marfan syndrome

    Bart L Loeys;Harry C Dietz;Alan C Braverman;Bert L Callewaert

  • Inhibition of TGF-β signaling in mesenchymal stem cells of subchondral bone attenuates osteoarthritis

    Gehua Zhen;Chunyi Wen;Chunyi Wen;Xiaofeng Jia;Yu Li

  • Diagnosis and management of spinal muscular atrophy: Part 1: Recommendations for diagnosis, rehabilitation, orthopedic and nutritional care.

    Eugenio Mercuri;Richard S Finkel;Francesco Muntoni;Brunhilde Wirth

  • Complications of growing-rod treatment for early-onset scoliosis: analysis of one hundred and forty patients

    Shay Bess;Behrooz A Akbarnia;George H Thompson;Paul D Sponseller

  • Loeys-Dietz syndrome: a primer for diagnosis and management

    Gretchen MacCarrick;James H. Black;Sarah Bowdin;Ismail El-Hamamsy

  • Deep wound infections after neuromuscular scoliosis surgery: a multicenter study of risk factors and treatment outcomes.

    Paul D. Sponseller;Dawn M. Laporte;Marc W. Hungerford;Kevin Eck

  • Titanium elastic nailing of fractures of the femur in children. Predictors of complications and poor outcome.

    L. A. Moroz;F. Launay;M. S. Kocher;P. O. Newton

  • The trapdoor procedure using autogenous cortical and cancellous bone grafts for osteonecrosis of the femoral head

    Michael A. Mont;Thomas A. Einhorn;Paul D. Sponseller;David S. Hungerford

  • Fractures of the femoral shaft in children. Incidence, mechanisms, and sociodemographic risk factors.

    Richard Y. Hinton;Andrew Lincoln;Michele M. Crockett;Paul Sponseller

  • Development and initial validation of the classification of early-onset scoliosis (C-EOS)

    Brendan A. Williams;Hiroko Matsumoto;Daren J. McCalla;Behrooz A. Akbarnia

  • The anatomy of the pelvis in the exstrophy complex.

    Paul D. Sponseller;Les J. Bisson;John P. Gearhart;Robert D. Jeffs

  • Low profile pelvic fixation: anatomic parameters for sacral alar-iliac fixation versus traditional iliac fixation.

    Tai Li Chang;Paul D. Sponseller;Khaled M. Kebaish;Elliot K. Fishman

  • Clinicopathologic features and treatment of osteoid osteoma and osteoblastoma in children and adolescents.

    Frank J. Frassica;Robert L. Waltrip;Paul D. Sponseller;Loralie D. Ma

  • Comparing reliability and validity of pediatric instruments for measuring health and well‐being of children with spastic cerebral palsy

    Melissa L McCarthy;Charles E Silberstein;Eileen A Atkins;Susan E Harryman

  • A classification of growth friendly spine implants.

    David L. Skaggs;Behrooz A. Akbarnia;John M. Flynn;Karen S. Myung

  • Complications after 147 consecutive vertebral column resections for severe pediatric spinal deformity: A multicenter analysis

    Lawrence G. Lenke;Peter O. Newton;Daniel J. Sucato;Harry L. Shufflebarger

  • The thoracolumbar spine in Marfan syndrome

    Paul D. Sponseller;William Hobbs;Lee H. Riley;Reed E. Pyeritz

  • Building consensus: development of a Best Practice Guideline (BPG) for surgical site infection (SSI) prevention in high-risk pediatric spine surgery.

    Michael G. Vitale;Matthew D. Riedel;Michael P. Glotzbecker;Hiroko Matsumoto

  • Anterior spinal cord injury with preserved neurogenic 'motor' evoked potentials.

    Robert E Minahan;Jehuda P Sepkuty;Ronald P Lesser;Paul D Sponseller

  • Natural history of aging in Cornelia de Lange syndrome

    Antonie D. Kline;Marco Grados;Paul Sponseller;Howard P. Levy

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter O. Newton
Peter O. Newton Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego
Harry C. Dietz
Harry C. Dietz Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Oheneba Boachie-Adjei
Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Weill Cornell Medicine
Lawrence G. Lenke
Lawrence G. Lenke Columbia University
Reed E. Pyeritz
Reed E. Pyeritz University of Pennsylvania
Elliot K. Fishman
Elliot K. Fishman Johns Hopkins University
Keith H. Bridwell
Keith H. Bridwell Washington University in St. Louis
Clair A. Francomano
Clair A. Francomano Indiana University
Daniel M. Sciubba
Daniel M. Sciubba Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mei Wan
Mei Wan Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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