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  1. The Posterior Cranial Vertical Line: A Novel Radiographic Marker for Classifying Global Sagittal Alignment

    Article • Neurospine, September 2023, The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society (KAMJE)

    Meghan Cerpa

  2. The Lumbosacral Fractional Curve vs Maximum Coronal Cobb Angle in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients with Coronal Malalignment: Which Matters More?

    Article • Global Spine Journal, March 2023, SAGE Publications

    Meghan Cerpa

  3. Living with a C2-Sacrum Spinal Fusion: Surgical Outcomes and Quality of Life in Patients Fused from C2 to the Sacrum

    Article • Global Spine Journal, January 2023, SAGE Publications

    Meghan Cerpa

  4. Cervical Inclination Angle: Normative Values in an Adult Multiethnic Asymptomatic Population

    Article • Neurospine, December 2022, The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society (KAMJE)

    Meghan Cerpa

  5. Rod fractures after multi-rod constructs in adult spinal deformity patients fused to the sacrum/pelvis: where do they occur and why?

    Article • Spine Deformity, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  6. What Radiographic and Clinical Factors Ultimately Necessitate a C2-Sacrum Instrumented Posterior Spinal Fusion?

    Article • Global Spine Journal, November 2022, SAGE Publications

    Meghan Cerpa

  7. Predicting Bone Health Using Machine Learning in Patients undergoing Spinal Reconstruction Surgery

    Article • Spine, October 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  8. Postoperative coronal malalignment after adult spinal deformity surgery: incidence, risk factors, and impact on 2-year outcomes

    Article • Spine Deformity, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  9. Determining the relationship between preoperative mental health scores and postoperative outcomes in adult spinal deformity surgeries

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, September 2022, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Meghan Cerpa

  10. Evaluation of coronal alignment from the skull using the novel orbital–coronal vertical axis line

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, September 2022, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Meghan Cerpa

  11. Risk of distal junctional kyphosis in scheuermann’s kyphosis is decreased by selecting the LIV as two vertebrae distal to the first lordotic disc

    Article • Spine Deformity, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  12. Patients With Coronal Malalignment Undergoing Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

    Article • Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication, July 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  13. Age- and Gender-based Global Sagittal Spinal Alignment in Asymptomatic Adult Volunteers: Results of the Multiethnic Alignment Normative Study (MEANS)

    Article • Spine, July 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  14. Understanding the role of pelvic obliquity and leg length discrepancy in adult spinal deformity patients with coronal malalignment: unlocking the black box

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, July 2022, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Meghan Cerpa

  15. Age and Gender Based Spinopelvic and Regional Spinal Alignment in Asymptomatic Adult Volunteers: Results of the Multi-Ethnic Alignment Normative Study (MEANS)

    Article • Spine, June 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  16. Worse Preoperative Disability is Predictive of Improvement in Disability After Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

    Article • Global Spine Journal, May 2022, SAGE Publications

    Meghan Cerpa

  17. Three-Dimensional Assessment of Vertebral Derotation in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Review of a Surgical Technique and Its Success in Achieving Derotation in the Instrumented and Uninstrumented Spine

    Article • Operative Neurosurgery, April 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  18. Incidence and risk factors of iatrogenic coronal malalignment after adult spinal deformity surgery: a single-center experience

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, April 2022, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Meghan Cerpa

  19. Correlation analysis of the PI-LL mismatch according to the pelvic incidence from a database of 468 asymptomatic volunteers

    Article • European Spine Journal, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  20. A national analysis on complications and readmissions for adult cerebral palsy patients undergoing primary spinal fusion surgery

    Article • European Spine Journal, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  21. Full-Length Spine—Clinical Correlations With Specific Phenotypes and Measurements With Classification Systems

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Meghan Cerpa

  22. Femoral head to lower lumbar neural foramen distance as a novel radiographic parameter to predict postoperative stretch neuropraxia

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, January 2022, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Meghan Cerpa

  23. Evaluation of 3D vertebral and pelvic position by surface topography in asymptomatic females: presentation of normative reference data

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  24. Understanding sagittal compensation in adult spinal deformity patients: relationship between pelvic tilt and lower-extremity position

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, November 2021, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Meghan Cerpa

  25. Best Practice Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Osteoporosis in Adult Patients Undergoing Elective Spinal Reconstruction

    Article • Spine, October 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  26. Be Prepared: Preoperative Coronal Malalignment Often Leads to More Extensive Surgery Than Sagittal Malalignment During Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

    Article • Neurospine, September 2021, The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society (KAMJE)

    Meghan Cerpa

  27. The Incidence of Adding-On or Distal Junctional Kyphosis in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Treated by Anterior Spinal Fusion to L3 Was Significantly Higher Than by Posterior Spinal Fusion to L3

    Article • Neurospine, September 2021, The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society (KAMJE)

    Meghan Cerpa

  28. Reverse posterior column osteotomy (rPCO) for fixed thoracolumbar hyperlordosis correction: Technique and case report

    Article • Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, September 2021, Elsevier

    Meghan Cerpa

  29. Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Treated by Posterior Spinal Segmental Instrumented Fusion : When Is Fusion to L3 Stable?

    Article • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society, September 2021, Korean Neurosurgical Society (KAMJE)

    Meghan Cerpa

  30. Comparing hyperlordotic and standard lordotic cages for achieving segmental lumbar lordosis during transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in adult spinal deformity surgery

    Article • Journal of Spine Surgery, September 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Meghan Cerpa

  31. Return to golf after adult degenerative and deformity spine surgery: a preliminary case series of how surgery impacts golf play and performance

    Article • Journal of Spine Surgery, September 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Meghan Cerpa

  32. The Scoli-RISK 1 results of lower extremity motor function 5 years after complex adult spinal deformity surgery

    Article • European Spine Journal, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  33. Myelopathic Patients Undergoing Severe Pediatric Spinal Deformity Surgery Can Improve Neurologic Function to That of Non-Myelopathic Patients by 1-Year Postoperative

    Article • Global Spine Journal, August 2021, SAGE Publications

    Meghan Cerpa

  34. Lumbar discectomies in elite rowers: presentation, operative treatment, and return to play

    Article • The Physician and Sportsmedicine, June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Meghan Cerpa

  35. Incidence and Risk Factors for Early Postoperative Complications and Mortality Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

    Article • Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication, June 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  36. Don’t forget the pelvis: accounting for pelvic rotation in the preoperative assessment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

    Article • Journal of Spine Surgery, June 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Meghan Cerpa

  37. Do Adult Spinal Deformity Patients Undergoing Surgery Continue to Improve From 1-Year to 2-Years Postoperative?

    Article • Global Spine Journal, May 2021, SAGE Publications

    Meghan Cerpa

  38. The odontoid-CSVL distance in a global population of asymptomatic volunteers: normative values and implications for spinal coronal alignment

    Article • European Spine Journal, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  39. Do readmissions and reoperations adversely affect patient-reported outcomes following complex adult spinal deformity surgery at a minimum 2 years postoperative?

    Article • Spine Deformity, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  40. Coronal Alignment in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

    Article • Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication, April 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  41. L5 Vertebral Column Resection for Correction of Severe Lumbar Hyperlordosis and Pelvic Anteversion in an Adolescent With Prior Myelomeningocele Repair and Lumbar Fusion: Case Report

    Article • Operative Neurosurgery, April 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Meghan Cerpa

  42. Complications in ambulatory pediatric patients with nonidiopathic spinal deformity undergoing fusion to the pelvis using the sacral-alar-iliac technique within 2 years of surgery

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics, April 2021, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Meghan Cerpa

  43. Staged two level non-contiguous vertebral column resection: technique and case report

    Article • Journal of Spine Surgery, March 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Meghan Cerpa

  44. Flexion-extension standing radiographs underestimate instability in patients with single-level lumbar spondylolisthesis: comparing flexion-supine imaging may be more appropriate

    Article • Journal of Spine Surgery, March 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Meghan Cerpa

  45. The role of ketamine in opioid-free spinal deformity surgery: is it possible and beneficial?

    Article • Journal of Spine Surgery, March 2021, AME Publishing Company

    Meghan Cerpa

  46. Intraoperative versus postoperative radiographic coronal balance for adult spinal deformity surgery

    Article • Spine Deformity, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  47. Patient-Reported Outcomes After Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: 5-Year Results of the Scoli-Risk-1 Study

    Article • Global Spine Journal, February 2021, SAGE Publications

    Meghan Cerpa

  48. The risks, reasons, and costs for 30- and 90-day readmissions after fusion surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, February 2021, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Meghan Cerpa

  49. Minimum 2-Year Analysis of S2-Alar-Iliac Screw Fixation for Adult Spinal Deformity

    Article • Global Spine Journal, January 2021, SAGE Publications

    Meghan Cerpa

  50. Does the Global Alignment and Proportion score overestimate mechanical complications after adult spinal deformity correction?

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, January 2021, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Meghan Cerpa

  51. Surgeons lack of agreement on determining preoperative radiographic and clinical shoulder balance in adolescent and adult idiopathic scoliosis patients

    Article • European Spine Journal, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  52. Incidence and Risk Factors for Complications and Mortality After Vertebroplasty or Kyphoplasty in the Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture—Analysis of 1,932 Cases From the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement

    Article • Global Spine Journal, December 2020, SAGE Publications

    Meghan Cerpa

  53. Interobserver and intraobserver reliability of determining the deformity angular ratio in severe pediatric deformity curves

    Article • Spine Deformity, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  54. Can pelvic incidence change after spinal deformity correction to the pelvis with S2-alar-iliac screws?

    Article • European Spine Journal, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  55. Ambulatory capacity following fusion to the sacrum with pelvic fixations pediatric spinal deformity patients

    Article • Spine Deformity, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  56. Can spinal deformity patients maintain proper arm positions while undergoing full-body X-ray?

    Article • Spine Deformity, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  57. Can Machine Learning Accurately Predict Postoperative Compensation for the Uninstrumented Thoracic Spine and Pelvis After Fusion From the Lower Thoracic Spine to the Sacrum?

    Article • Global Spine Journal, October 2020, SAGE Publications

    Meghan Cerpa

  58. Medicare Utilization and Reimbursement for Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty

    Article • Spine, September 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  59. The 90-Day Reoperations and Readmissions in Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

    Article • Global Spine Journal, September 2020, SAGE Publications

    Meghan Cerpa

  60. 88. Cell stiffness decreases with severity of disc degeneration and inflammatory stimulation

    Article • The Spine Journal, September 2020, Elsevier

    Venkat Boddapati, Meghan Cerpa

  61. 295. Should selective thoracic fusion be reserved for nonstructural compensatory lumbar curves? Radiographic and clinical results from propensity score matched patients at minimum 5-year follow-up

    Article • The Spine Journal, September 2020, Elsevier

    Meghan Cerpa

  62. 29. C2 SVA: when angles are too complicated and the X-ray image is too small

    Article • The Spine Journal, September 2020, Elsevier

    Meghan Cerpa

  63. The role of perioperative ketamine in postoperative pain control following spinal surgery

    Article • Journal of Spine Surgery, September 2020, AME Publishing Company

    Meghan Cerpa

  64. 242. A national analysis on complications and readmissions for adult cerebral palsy patients undergoing primary spinal fusion surgery

    Article • The Spine Journal, September 2020, Elsevier

    Meghan Cerpa

  65. Selecting the “Touched Vertebra” as the Lowest Instrumented Vertebra in Patients with Lenke Type-1 and 2 Curves

    Article • Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, August 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  66. A new modular radiographic classification of adult idiopathic scoliosis as an extension of the Lenke classification of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

    Article • Spine Deformity, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  67. Partial Intraoperative Global Alignment and Proportion Scores Do Not Reliably Predict Postoperative Mechanical Failure in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery

    Article • Global Spine Journal, July 2020, SAGE Publications

    Meghan Cerpa

  68. Dual S2 Alar-Iliac Screw Technique With a Multirod Construct Across the Lumbosacral Junction: Obtaining Adequate Stability at the Lumbosacral Junction in Spinal Deformity Surgery

    Article • Neurospine, June 2020, The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society (KAMJE)

    Meghan Cerpa

  69. Neurologic Deficit During Halo-Gravity Traction in the Treatment of Severe Thoracic Kyphoscoliotic Spinal Deformity

    Article • Neurospine, June 2020, The Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society (KAMJE)

    Meghan Cerpa

  70. State of the art review: Vertebral Osteotomies for the management of Spinal Deformity

    Article • Spine Deformity, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  71. A Radiographic Analysis of Lumbar Fusion Status and Instrumentation Failure After Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery With Spinopelvic Fixation

    Article • Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication, May 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  72. Epidural hematoma due to Gardner-Wells Tongs placement during pediatric spinal deformity surgery

    Article • Spine Deformity, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  73. A novel MRI-based classification of spinal cord shape and CSF presence at the curve apex to assess risk of intraoperative neuromonitoring data loss with thoracic spinal deformity correction

    Article • Spine Deformity, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  74. Reciprocal change of sagittal profile in unfused spinal segments and lower extremities after complex adult spinal deformity surgery including spinopelvic fixation: a full-body X-ray analysis

    Article • The Spine Journal, March 2020, Elsevier

    Meghan Cerpa

  75. Revision surgery in proximal junctional kyphosis

    Article • European Spine Journal, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  76. Preoperative halo-gravity traction for treatment of severe adult kyphosis and scoliosis

    Article • Spine Deformity, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  77. Surgeon-specific risk stratification model for early complications after complex adult spinal deformity surgery

    Article • Spine Deformity, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  78. Reciprocal Change in Sagittal Profiles After Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery With Segmental Pedicle Screw Construct

    Article • Spine, December 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  79. The “kickstand rod” technique for correction of coronal imbalance in patients with adult spinal deformity: initial case series

    Article • Journal of Neurosurgery Spine, November 2019, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

    Meghan Cerpa

  80. Path to Prevention of Spinal Trauma in a Low- to Middle-income Country: A Single-center Study in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    Article • JAAOS Global Research and Reviews, October 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  81. The Amount of Relative Curve Correction Is More Important Than Upper Instrumented Vertebra Selection for Ensuring Postoperative Shoulder Balance in Lenke Type 1 and Type 2 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

    Article • Spine, September 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  82. The Role of Potentially Modifiable Factors in a Standard Work Protocol to Decrease Complications in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Systematic Review, Part 2

    Article • Spine Deformity, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan Cerpa

  83. Evolution and Advancement of Adult Spinal Deformity Research and Clinical Care: An Overview of the Scoli-RISK-1 Study

    Article • Global Spine Journal, May 2019, SAGE Publications

    Meghan Cerpa

  84. Instrumentation complication rates following spine surgery: a report from the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) morbidity and mortality database

    Article • Journal of Spine Surgery, March 2019, AME Publishing Company

    Meghan Cerpa

  85. Unilateral versus bilateral lower extremity motor deficit following complex adult spinal deformity surgery: is there a difference in recovery up to 2-year follow-up?

    Article • The Spine Journal, March 2019, Elsevier

    Meghan Cerpa

  86. The “Kickstand Rod” technique for correction of coronal imbalance in patients with adult spinal deformity: theory and technical considerations

    Article • Journal of Spine Surgery, December 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Meghan Cerpa

  87. Visual Loss Following Spine Surgery

    Article • Spine, September 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Meghan Cerpa

  88. Utilization of the 3D-printed spine model for freehand pedicle screw placement in complex spinal deformity correction

    Article • Journal of Spine Surgery, June 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Meghan Cerpa

  89. Complications following single-level interbody fusion procedures: an ACS-NSQIP study

    Article • Journal of Spine Surgery, March 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Meghan Cerpa