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Praveen V. Mummaneni publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Praveen V. Mummaneni sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 852 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Praveen V. Mummaneni D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Praveen V. Mummaneni sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 84 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Praveen V. Mummaneni is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a concentration in surgery, pathology and forensic medicine, pharmacology, biomedical engineering, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The main topics covered in their work include spine and intervertebral disc pathology, spinal fractures and fixation techniques, scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, cervical and thoracic myelopathy, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, medical imaging and analysis, and spinal hematomas and complications.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Praveen V. Mummaneni include Dean Chou, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Paul Park, Erica F. Bisson, and Mohamad Bydon.

Their publications are often found in several specialized neurosurgical and spine-related journals. The most frequent venues include Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical FOCUS, Spine, and World Neurosurgery.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Praveen V. Mummaneni are:

  • Effect of Ventral vs Dorsal Spinal Surgery on Patient-Reported Physical Functioning in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy, 2021, JAMA
  • Letter: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Global Pandemic: A Neurosurgical Treatment Algorithm, 2020, Neurosurgery
  • Complications following posterior cervical decompression and fusion: a review of incidence, risk factors, and prevention strategies, 2020, Journal of Spine Surgery
  • The association between lower Hounsfield units on computed tomography and cage subsidence after lateral lumbar interbody fusion, 2020, Neurosurgical FOCUS
  • Safety and efficacy of riluzole in patients undergoing decompressive surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy (CSM-Protect): a multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, phase 3 trial, 2020, The Lancet Neurology

Best Publications

  • Clinical and radiographic analysis of cervical disc arthroplasty compared with allograft fusion: a randomized controlled clinical trial

    Praveen V. Mummaneni;J. Kenneth Burkus;Regis W. Haid;Vincent C. Traynelis

  • Clinical and radiographic comparison of mini-open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in 42 patients with long-term follow-up.

    Sanjay S. Dhall;Michael Y. Wang;Praveen V. Mummaneni

  • Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: technique, complications, and early results.

    William S. Rosenberg;Praveen V. Mummaneni

  • Long-term clinical and radiographic outcomes of cervical disc replacement with the Prestige disc: results from a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial.

    J Kenneth Burkus;Regis W Haid;Vincent C Traynelis;Praveen V Mummaneni

  • Predictive factors for proximal junctional kyphosis in long fusions to the sacrum in adult spinal deformity

    Keishi Maruo;Keishi Maruo;Yoon Ha;Shinichi Inoue;Shinichi Inoue;Sumant Samuel

  • Clinical and radiographic analysis of an artificial cervical disc: 7-year follow-up from the Prestige prospective randomized controlled clinical trial: Clinical article.

    J. Kenneth Burkus;Vincent C. Traynelis;Regis W. Haid;Praveen V. Mummaneni

  • The Health Impact of Symptomatic Adult Spinal Deformity: Comparison of Deformity Types to United States Population Norms and Chronic Diseases.

    Shay Bess;Breton Line;Kai Ming Fu;Ian Mccarthy

  • Minimally invasive surgery for thoracolumbar spinal deformity: initial clinical experience with clinical and radiographic outcomes.

    Michael Y. Wang;Praveen V. Mummaneni

  • The natural history of cervical spondylotic myelopathy.

    Paul G. Matz;Paul A. Anderson;Langston T. Holly;Michael W. Groff

  • Lumbar interbody fusion: state-of-the-art technical advances. Invited submission from the Joint Section Meeting on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 2004.

    Praveen V Mummaneni;Regis W Haid;Gerald E Rodts

  • Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion involving a polyetheretherketone spacer and bone morphogenetic protein

    Maxwell Boakye;Praveen V Mummaneni;Mark Garrett;Gerald Rodts

  • Risk factors for major peri-operative complications in adult spinal deformity surgery: a multi-center review of 953 consecutive patients

    Frank J. Schwab;Nicola Hawkinson;Virginie Lafage;Justin S. Smith

  • Microsurgical treatment of symptomatic sacral Tarlov cysts.

    Praveen V. Mummaneni;Lawrence H. Pitts;Bruce M. McCormack;Janet M. Corroo

  • Contribution of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 to the rapid creation of interbody fusion when used in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a preliminary report. Invited submission from the Joint Section Meeting on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, March 2004.

    Praveen V Mummaneni;Jeff Pan;Regis W Haid;Gerald E Rodts

  • Analysis of operative complications in a series of 471 anterior lumbar interbody fusion procedures.

    Rick C. Sasso;Natalie M. Best;Praveen V. Mummaneni;Thomas M. Reilly

  • Cervical surgical techniques for the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy.

    Praveen V. Mummaneni;Michael G. Kaiser;Paul G. Matz;Paul A. Anderson

  • THE ROLE OF STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY FOR INTRACRANIAL HEMANGIOBLASTOMAS

    Charles Kuntz;Christopher I. Shaffrey;Stephen L. Ondra;Atiq A. Durrani

  • Proximal junctional kyphosis and clinical outcomes in adult spinal deformity surgery with fusion from the thoracic spine to the sacrum: a comparison of proximal and distal upper instrumented vertebrae.

    Yoon Ha;Keishi Maruo;Linda Racine;William W. Schairer

  • Surgical site infection in spinal surgery: description of surgical and patient-based risk factors for postoperative infection using administrative claims data.

    Amir Abdul-Jabbar;Steven Takemoto;Michael H. Weber;Serena S. Hu

  • Report of two cases and review of the literature

    David H. Walker;Praveen Mummaneni;Gerald E. Rodts

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander R. Vaccaro
Alexander R. Vaccaro Thomas Jefferson University
Michael Wang
Michael Wang Argonne National Laboratory
Christopher P. Ames
Christopher P. Ames University of California, San Francisco
Steven D. Glassman
Steven D. Glassman University of Louisville
Sigurd Berven
Sigurd Berven University of California, San Francisco
David O. Okonkwo
David O. Okonkwo University of Pittsburgh
Justin S. Smith
Justin S. Smith University of Virginia
Frank J. Schwab
Frank J. Schwab Hospital for Special Surgery
Paul A. Anderson
Paul A. Anderson University of Wisconsin–Madison

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