Sama, Andrew A.

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Trends in use, outcomes, and revision procedures of anterior cervical disc replacement in the United States: a premiere database analysis from 2006-2019. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Patient Factors Affecting Emergency Department Utilization and Hospital Readmission Rates After Primary Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Review of 41,813 cases. Spine. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 16
Does L4-L5 Pose Additional Neurologic Risk in Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion?. World neurosurgery. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 7
Positive and negative work events attributed to the spine 2 years after lumbar surgery among patients working preoperatively. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 1
Sources of Patients' Expectations of Lumbar Surgery. Spine. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 13
Risk Factors for Positive Cultures in Presumed Aseptic Revision Spine Surgery. Spine. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 7
Regional bone mineral density differences measured by quantitative computed tomography: does the standard clinically used L1-L2 average correlate with the entire lumbosacral spine?. The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 31
Effect of Steroid-Soaked Gelatin Sponge on Soft Tissue Swelling Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Radiographic Analysis. Asian spine journal. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
BMI and gender increase risk of sacral fractures after multilevel instrumented spinal fusion compared with bone mineral density and pelvic parameters. The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 19
HSS Dysphagia and Dysphonia Inventory (HSS-DDI) Following Anterior Cervical Fusion: Patient-Derived, Validated, Condition-Specific Patient-Reported Outcome Measure Outperforms Existing Indices. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 10
Does the Addition of Either a Lateral or Posterior Interbody Device to Posterior Instrumented Lumbar Fusion Decrease Cost Over a 6-Year Period?. Global spine journal. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 4
Successful lumbar surgery results in improved psychological well-being: a longitudinal assessment of depressive and anxiety symptoms. The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 15
Serotonergic Antidepressants Are Associated with Increased Blood Loss and Risk for Transfusion in Single-Level Lumbar Fusion Surgery. Asian spine journal. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 2
Single-Level Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion for the Treatment of Adjacent Segment Disease: A Retrospective Two-Center Study. Spine. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 27
Proportion of Expectations Fulfilled: A New Method to Report Patient-centered Outcomes of Spine Surgery. Spine. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 26
Fulfillment of patients' expectations of lumbar and cervical spine surgery. The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 47
Microbiologic profile of infections in presumed aseptic revision spine surgery. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 35
Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Asian spine journal. 2015 Review GET IT
Times cited: 30
Lumbar Spine Surgery in Patients with Parkinson Disease. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 33
Postoperative Spine Infections. Orthopedic reviews. 2015 Review GET IT
A Comparative Study of Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis. Asian spine journal. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 43
The use of local vancomycin powder in degenerative spine surgery. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 39
The value of intraoperative Gram stain in revision spine surgery. The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 7
Minimally Invasive Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Clinical and Radiographic Outcome at a Minimum 2-year Follow-up. Journal of spinal disorders & techniques. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 69
Long-term sequelae of patients with retained drains in spine surgery. Journal of spinal disorders & techniques. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 6
Cost-utility analyses in spine care: a qualitative and systematic review. Spine. 2015 Review GET IT
Times cited: 26
Microdiscectomy for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation: an evaluation of reoperations and long-term outcomes. Evidence-based spine-care journal. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Paresis of the L5 nerve root after reduction of low-grade lumbosacral dysplastic spondylolisthesis: a case report. 2014 GET IT
Times cited: 5
The effect of 3-column spinal osteotomy on anterior pelvic plane and acetabulum position. American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.). 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 6
Multivariate analysis on risk factors for postoperative ileus after lateral lumbar interbody fusion. Spine. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 42
Rate of revision surgery after stand-alone lateral lumbar interbody fusion for lumbar spinal stenosis. Spine. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 57
Factors predictive of voice and swallowing outcomes after anterior approaches to the cervical spine. Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 26
Nerve injury and recovery after lateral lumbar interbody fusion with and without bone morphogenetic protein-2 augmentation: a cohort-controlled study. The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 40
An institutional six-year trend analysis of the neurological outcome after lateral lumbar interbody fusion: a 6-year trend analysis of a single institution. Spine. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 40
Symptomatic heterotopic bone formation after rhBMP-2 utilization in lateral lumbar interbody fusion. 2013 GET IT
Times cited: 5
Contralateral motor deficits after lateral lumbar interbody fusion. Spine. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 29
Development and testing of an expectations survey for patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 36
Nerve injury after lateral lumbar interbody fusion: a review of 919 treated levels with identification of risk factors. The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 115
Is there any relation between the amount of curve correction and postoperative neurological deficit or pain in patients undergoing stand-alone lateral lumbar interbody fusion?. Spine. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 13
Reamed transacral interbody fusion for L5-s1 pseudoarthrosis: a novel salvage technique in 10 patients. Journal of spinal disorders & techniques. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
2013 Young Investigator Award winner: how safe is lateral lumbar interbody fusion for the surgeon? A prospective in vivo radiation exposure study. Spine. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 33
Anterior transarticular screw fixation for atlantoaxial arthrodesis: A report of two cases. 2013 GET IT
Times cited: 6
Clinical predictors of surgical outcome in cervical spondylotic myelopathy: an analysis of 248 patients. The bone & joint journal. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 31
Development of an expectations survey for patients undergoing cervical spine surgery. Spine. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 24
Influence of surgical experience on the efficiency of discectomy in TLIF: a cadaveric testing in 40 levels. Journal of spinal disorders & techniques. 2012 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 9
Factors influencing segmental lumbar lordosis after lateral transpsoas interbody fusion. Orthopaedic surgery. 2012 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 39
Lumbar degenerative disc disease: current and future concepts of diagnosis and management. Advances in orthopedics. 2012 Academic Article GET IT
Indirect foraminal decompression after lateral transpsoas interbody fusion. Journal of neurosurgery. Spine. 2012 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 116
Conventional manual discectomy versus powered discectomy for interbody fusion in the lumbar spine: cadaveric testing in forty levels. Journal of spinal disorders & techniques. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 5
Neurologic deficit following lateral lumbar interbody fusion. European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 118
Risk factors for postoperative infection following posterior lumbar instrumented arthrodesis. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 204
Lateral lumbar interbody fusion: clinical and radiographic outcomes at 1 year: a preliminary report. Journal of spinal disorders & techniques. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 182
Increased in-hospital complications after primary posterior versus primary anterior cervical fusion. Clinical orthopaedics and related research. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 75
National trends in anterior cervical fusion procedures. Spine. 2010 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 174
Parathyroid hormone (1-34) augments spinal fusion, fusion mass volume, and fusion mass quality in a rabbit spinal fusion model. Spine. 2009 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 93
Correlation between centrally versus peripherally transduced venous pressure in prone patients undergoing posterior spine surgery. Spine. 2008 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 14
Aseptic meningitis after microdiscectomy: description of a case and review of the literature. 2007 GET IT
Times cited: 1
Oncologic and functional outcome following sacrectomy for sacral chordoma. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume. 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 157
Outcome of revision discectomies following recurrent lumbar disc herniation. Spine. 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 69
Measurement error of lumbar total disc replacement range of motion. Spine. 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 35
Postoperative infections in interbody fusion for degenerative spinal disease. Clinical orthopaedics and related research. 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 46
Lumbar microdiscectomy under epidural anesthesia: a comparison study. The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 2006 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 27
Alendronate inhibits spine fusion in a rat model. Spine. 2005 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 83
The treatment of large (>70 degrees) thoracic idiopathic scoliosis curves with posterior instrumentation and arthrodesis: when is anterior release indicated?. Spine. 2005 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 62
Accuracy of single-time, multilevel registration in image-guided spinal surgery. The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society. 2005 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 56
High-dose alendronate uncouples osteoclast and osteoblast function: a study in a rat spine pseudarthrosis model. Clinical orthopaedics and related research. 2004 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 42
Computerized frameless stereotactic image guidance in spinal surgery. The Orthopedic clinics of North America. 2002 Review GET IT
Times cited: 4

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M.D., University of Miami School of Medicine 1995
B.S., University of Miami 1991

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Andrew A. Sama

VIVO Weill Cornell Medical College

Andrew A. Sama Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

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