Staging deformity surgery can be helpful
Stage 1:L5-S1 ALIF w/hyperlordotic cage
Stage 2:t10-pelvis fusion with L12 PCO
Original PI-LL mismatch = 30,now 11.
One year later-zero back pain,able to partake in activities,including standing for more than 2 hours to paint
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Congratulations to Dr. Goodwin -- Research Mentoring Award, Mentoring Excellence Award in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion!

Congratulations!

Outstanding!

Received a text that Dr. Yingke and Dr. Jiang Lei were able to successfully do 2 awake endoscopic spine cases in Singapore with great success. It’s in the mutual teaching and learning that we all get better and our patients all around the world benefit.
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#MetsGetsAwareness

New report reveals primary brain and central nervous system tumors as second most common cancer type in adolescents and young adults. Quinn Ostrom is senior author. American Brain Tumor Association National Cancer Institute
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#GoGrayinMay #Braintumorawareness

Hard to believe that I’m finishing my 7th year at Duke Neurosurgery as faculty.Happy to see the growth of great residents such as Dr. Kelly Ryan Wackerle, MD  into an amazing physician, surgeon and soon to be mom:).  The people of Charlotte are lucky to have her!

Pub:
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Prone Lateral can be helpful in Adult Spinal Deformity.We will be using it for more complex deformities. Alyssa Bartlett Chris Dibble David A.W. Sykes, M.D. Peter Drossopoulos Timothy Y. Wang, MD ,
Cliff Crutcher Khoi Than Deb Bhowmwick Chris Shaffrey Duke Spine

At 2:11 CT today at #AANS2024 ! Rory Goodwin presenting 'Separation Surgery Prior to SRS.' #DukeAtAANS

This afternoon! It's Eli Johnson, MD, PGY-4, presenting: 'Single cell transcriptomic analysis of the tumor microenvironment in prostate cancer #spinemetastasis and an adjacent normal vertebral body' at #AANS2024
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Hail to the (Spine) Chief! Congratulations to Chris Shaffrey MD, who received the Cushing Medal, the highest award bestowed by AANS.
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Chris Shaffrey, MD, chief of Duke Spine, has been awarded the Harvey Cushing Medal by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons at their annual meeting in Chicago. The award is the highest that the AANS bestows on a member. #DukeatAANS #AANS2024 Duke Neurosurgery Duke Orthopaedics

Dr. Chris Shaffrey from Duke Spine Duke Neurosurgery is awarded the Cushing Medal and gives an outstanding talk reflections from his career!

#AANS2024 #WhatMatters

#cushingbowlduke !

Thanks, Clifford Crutcher, MD, for keeping the #CushingBowl Duke juice going!
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@NREF #DukeatAANS #AANS2024 Duke Spine

#DukeAtAANS :)

One of the great things Duke Spine is that we have a great Pediatric Spine Team. Recently, during our weekly fellow didactic session, Dr. Robert Lark discussed surgical management of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and presented some amazing cases to our fellows. Duke Orthopaedics

What is the 'real' incidence of spinal cord injury (SCI)?
Should we have SCI 'Centers of Excellence'?
Can we learn about spinal cord regeneration from other species?
What is the role of epidural stimulation in treatment of SCI?

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For 12 consecutive grading periods, Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital received top scores for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group.
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