Orthopaedic residency applications increase after implementation of 80-hour workweekOke A Anakwenze
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Clin Orthop Relat Res 471:1720-4. 2013
..The change in number of applicants to general surgery during this period also is unknown...
Myotendinous lengthening of the elbow flexor muscles to improve active motion in patients with elbow spasticity following brain injuryOke A Anakwenze
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Shoulder Elbow Surg 22:318-22. 2013
..The objective of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of a novel technique of fractional myotendinous lengthening of the elbow flexors in patients with volitional motor control and spastic elbow flexion deformities after brain injury...
- Athletic performance outcomes following lumbar discectomy in professional basketball players
Okechukwu A Anakwenze
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 35:825-8. 2010
..Retrospective case-control study...
- Extrusion of tibial tunnel bioabsorbable screw 15 months after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Okechukwu A Anakwenze
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Arthroscopy 26:1710-3. 2010
..We report the case of a bioabsorbable screw that extruded from the tibial insertion site 15 months after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction...
- The role of concurrent fusion to prevent spinal deformity after intramedullary spinal cord tumor excision in children
Oke A Anakwenze
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Pediatr Orthop 31:475-9. 2011
..Our objective is to compare the occurrence of postlaminectomy spinal deformity in children with intramedullary spinal cord tumors that underwent decompression with fusion at the time of surgery to those that did not undergo fusion...
- Sagittal cervical alignment after cervical disc arthroplasty and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: results of a prospective, randomized, controlled trial
Okechukwu A Anakwenze
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34:2001-7. 2009
..Radiographic results of a multicenter, prospective randomized study comparing 1-level cervical total disc replacement (TDR-C) with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF)...
- Segmental contribution toward total cervical range of motion: a comparison of cervical disc arthroplasty and fusion
Joshua D Auerbach
Department of Orthopaedics, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10457, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 36:E1593-9. 2011
..Prospective radiographic evaluation of patients that underwent cervical total disc replacement (TDR-C) or anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) for one-level cervical disc disease...
- Segmental contribution toward total lumbar range of motion in disc replacement and fusions: a comparison of operative and adjacent levels
Joshua D Auerbach
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10457, USA
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34:2510-7. 2009
..Radiographic results from a prospective, randomized, multicenter trial assessing patients who underwent lumbar total disc replacement (TDR) or circumferential arthrodesis for 1-level degenerative disc disease...
- Case reports: two cases of glenohumeral chondrolysis after intraarticular pain pumps
Okechukwu A Anakwenze
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Clin Orthop Relat Res 468:2545-9. 2010
..Animal and laboratory data suggest chondrolysis is related to the use of intraarticular pain pumps, although there is no conclusive evidence that this is causative in patients...
