Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Francis H. Shen, MD
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Francis Shen practices Orthopaedic Surgery. He studied medicine at University of Virginia School of Medicine. Francis Shen is also published. He has 78 publications published. The lastest publication: "Failure of lumbopelvic fixation after long construct fusions in patients with adult spinal deformity: clinical and radiographic risk factors.'
Publications
- Failure of lumbopelvic fixation after long construct fusions in patients with adult spinal deformity: clinical and radiographic risk factors.
- Primary cervical amyloidoma: a case report and review of the literature.
- A Novel Treatment of Neuroinflammation Against Low Back Pain by Soluble Fullerol Nanoparticles.
- Intervertebral disc degeneration and ectopic bone formation in apolipoprotein E knockout mice.
- Implications of adipose-derived stromal cells in a 3D culture system for osteogenic differentiation: an in vitro and in vivo investigation.
- Pelvic fixation for adult scoliosis.
- Intervertebral disk-like biphasic scaffold-demineralized bone matrix cylinder and poly(polycaprolactone triol malate)-for interbody spine fusion.
- Candida lusitaniae discitis after discogram in an immunocompetent patient.
- Management of degenerative disk disease and chronic low back pain.
- Changes in lateral abdominal muscle thickness during an abdominal drawing-in maneuver in individuals with and without low back pain.
- Cervical Scoliosis in the Klippel-Feil Patient.
- Clinically Relevant Anatomy of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve.
- The reaction of bone to tumor growth from human breast cancer cells in a rat spine single metastasis model.
- Enhancement of matrix production and cell proliferation in human annulus cells under bioreactor culture.
- Clinically Relevant Anatomy of High Anterior Cervical Approach.
- Use of a bioactive scaffold for the repair of bone defects in a novel reproducible vertebral body defect model.
- Complications of pedicle screw fixation in scoliosis surgery: a systematic review.
- Kinematic response of the spine during simulated aircraft ejections.
- Multipotential differentiation of human anulus fibrosus cells: an in vitro study.
- A revisitation of distractive-extension injuries of the subaxial cervical spine: a cadaveric and radiographic soft tissue analysis.
- Atlantoaxial rotatory fixation in the setting of associated congenital malformations: a modified classification system.
- Therapeutic effects of adenovirus-mediated growth and differentiation factor-5 in a mice disc degeneration model induced by annulus needle puncture.
- Nucleus pulposus explant culture model.
- Viscoelastic and failure properties of spine ligament collagen fascicles.
- Assessment of lumbar fusion: importance of dynamic plain standing x-rays.
- The extent of fusion within the congenital Klippel-Feil segment.
- Careful follow-up after "successful" surgery: postoperative spondylolisthesis after anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion with instrumentation.
- 2008 Young Investigator Award: The role of congenitally fused cervical segments upon the space available for the cord and associated symptoms in Klippel-Feil patients.
- Biomechanical testing of a novel four-rod technique for lumbo-pelvic reconstruction.
- Implications of lumbar plexus anatomy for removal of total disc replacements through a posterior approach.
- The use of an expandable cage for corpectomy reconstruction of vertebral body tumors through a posterior extracavitary approach: a multicenter consecutive case series ...
- Mouse growth and differentiation factor-5 protein and DNA therapy potentiates intervertebral disc cell aggregation and chondrogenic gene expression.
- Osteopetrosis: "sandwich vertebrae".
- Small-caliber gunshot wound with fragment lodged in thoracic foramen in a patient with partial Brown-Sequard syndrome.
- Giant cell tumor of the lumbar spine: operative management via spondylectomy and short-segment, 3-column reconstruction with pedicle recreation.
- Sprengel's deformity in Klippel-Feil syndrome.
- Successful nonoperative treatment of a three-column thoracic fracture in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis: existence and clinical significance of the fourth colum...
- Minimally invasive techniques for lumbar interbody fusions.
- Percutaneous instrumentation of the thoracic and lumbar spine.
- Minimally invasive spine surgery: a historical perspective.
- Growth and differentiation factor-5 (GDF-5) stimulates osteogenic differentiation and increases vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in fat-derived stromal...
- Faces of Spine Care: From the Clinic and Imaging Suite. Klippel-Feil syndrome and associated abnormalities: the necessity for a multidisciplinary approach in patient m...
- Osteogenic differentiation of adipose-derived stromal cells treated with GDF-5 cultured on a novel three-dimensional sintered microsphere matrix.
- Faces of spine care: from advanced imaging. Severe thoracic kyphoscoliosis in a Klippel-Feil patient with complete cervical spine fusion and deformity--primum non nocere.
- Classification of congenitally fused cervical patterns in Klippel-Feil patients: epidemiology and role in the development of cervical spine-related symptoms.
- Surgical management of lower cervical spine fracture in ankylosing spondylitis.
- Expandable cage placement via a posterolateral approach in lumbar spine reconstructions. Technical note.
- Nonsurgical management of acute and chronic low back pain.
- A novel "four-rod technique" for lumbo-pelvic reconstruction: theory and technical considerations.
- Symptomatic cervical disc herniation in a pediatric Klippel-Feil patient: the risk of neural injury associated with extensive congenitally fused vertebrae and a hyperm...
- Radiographic assessment of segmental motion at the atlantoaxial junction in the Klippel-Feil patient.
- Traumatic fracture-dislocation of C5 on C6 through a previously solid multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a case report and review of the literature.
- Recombinant growth/differentiation factor-5 stimulates osteogenic differentiation of fat-derived stromal cells in vitro.
- Multiple and simultaneous spine fractures in ankylosing spondylitis: case report.
- Cell technologies for spinal fusion.
- Summary statement: biologics for spine fusion.
- Is autograft the gold standard in achieving radiographic fusion in one-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with rigid anterior plate fixation?
- Update on bone morphogenetic proteins and their application in spine surgery.
- Comparison of clinical and radiographic outcome in instrumented anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with or without direct uncovertebral joint decompression.
- Does rigid instrumentation increase the fusion rate in one-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion?
- Rheumatoid arthritis: evaluation and surgical management of the cervical spine.
- Surgical excision of the hemivertebra in congenital scoliosis.
- The use of bilobed porous-coated acetabular components without structural bone graft for type III acetabular defects in revision total hip arthroplasty: a prospective ...
- Delayed recognition of lumbosacral fracture dislocations in the multitrauma patient: the triad of transverse process fractures, unilateral renal contusion and lumbosac...
- Comparison of allograft to autograft in multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with rigid plate fixation.
- Systemically administered mesenchymal stromal cells transduced with insulin-like growth factor-I localize to a fracture site and potentiate healing.
- The fate of stable femoral components retained during isolated acetabular revision: a six-to-twelve-year follow-up study.
- Traumatic scoliosis.
- What''s your call? Postoperative iliac-crest avulsion fracture.
- Superior odontoid migration in the Klippel-Feil patient.
- Novel biodegradable poly(1,8-octanediol malate) for annulus fibrosus regeneration.
- Biphasic scaffold for annulus fibrosus tissue regeneration.
- Caudal regression syndrome.
- Contralateral radiculopathy after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.
- "Bone block" and congenital spine deformity. Diagnosis: Klippel-Feil syndrome with congenital scoliosis.
- Subjective evaluation of treatment outcomes of instrumentation with pedicle screws or hybrid constructs in Lenke Type 1 and 2 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: what hap...
- Kummell''s disease: delayed post-traumatic osteonecrosis of the vertebral body.
Schools
Virginia Commonwealth University School Of Medicine
University Of Virginia
Usa
Rectors amp Visitors Uva Health Sciences Center
Rush Med Center
Rush University
Shriners Hospital For Children
Procedures Preformed
- Disc Replacement
- Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
- Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
- Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
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Doctors Specialties
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Education
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University of Virginia School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Virginia Medical Center
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1962571505 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | SHEN |
| First Name Of The Provider | FRANCIS |
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