Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University St Louis
Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Lawrence G. Lenke, MD
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Lawrence G. Lenke practices Orthopaedic Surgery. He graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is ranked 19/29 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received 3 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare". Lawrence Lenke is a published MD. He published 97 publications, including: 'Reliability of the revised scoliosis research society22 and oswestry disability index (ODI) questionnaires in adult spinal deformity when administered by telephone.' He accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Reliability of the revised scoliosis research society22 and oswestry disability index (ODI) questionnaires in adult spinal deformity when administered by telephone.
- The Deformity Angular Ratio Describes the Severity of Spinal Deformity and Predicts the Risk of Neurologic Deficit in Posterior Vertebral Column Resection Surgery.
- Tissue engineering advances in spine surgery.
- Failure of Intraoperative Monitoring to Detect Postoperative Neurologic Deficits: A 25-year Experience in 12,375 Spinal Surgeries.
- Neurologic Outcomes of Complex Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Results of the Prospective, Multicenter Scoli-RISK-1 Study.
- Factors associated with long-term patient-reported outcomes after three-column osteotomies.
- Long-term Radiographic Outcomes of a Central Hook-Rod Construct for Osteotomy Closure: Minimum 5-Year Follow-up.
- The comprehensive anatomical spinal osteotomy classification.
- Pulmonary function following adult spinal deformity surgery: minimum two-year follow-up.
- Results of Revision Surgery After Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy for Fixed Sagittal Imbalance With Pseudarthrosis at the Prior Osteotomy Site or Elsewhere: Minimum 5 Ye...
- Comparison of standard 2-rod constructs to multiple-rod constructs for fixation across 3-column spinal osteotomies.
- The Effect of Increasing Pedicle Screw Size on Thoracic Spinal Canal Dimensions: An Anatomic Study.
- Risk factors for and assessment of symptomatic pseudarthrosis after lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy in adult spinal deformity.
- The Prevalence of Abnormal Preoperative Neurologic Exam in Scheuermann's Kyphosis: Correlation With X-Ray, MRI, and Surgical Outcome.
- Optimal surgical care for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an international consensus.
- The minimally invasive spinal deformity surgery algorithm: a reproducible rational framework for decision making in minimally invasive spinal deformity surgery.
- Evaluation of complications and neurological deficits with three-column spine reconstructions for complex spinal deformity: a retrospective Scoli-RISK-1 study.
- Complications and Outcomes of Complex Spine Reconstructions in Poliomyelitis-Associated Spinal Deformities: A Single Institution Experience.
- Patients with proximal junctional kyphosis requiring revision surgery have higher postoperative lumbar lordosis and larger sagittal balance corrections.
- Does Preoperative Narcotic Use Adversely affect Outcomes and Complications after Spinal Deformity Surgery? A Comparison of Non-Narcotic to Narcotic Using Groups.
- Extension of Spine Fusion to the Sacrum following Long Fusions for Deformity Correction.
- Pedicle Screw "Hubbing" in the Immature Thoracic Spine: A Biomechanical and Micro-Computed Tomography Evaluation.
- Editorial: Sagittal balance.
- Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes After 3-Column Osteotomies With 5-Year Follow-up.
- Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes of Posterior Column Osteotomies in Spinal Deformity Correction.
- Defining Rates and Causes of Mortality Associated with Spine Surgery: Comparison of Two Data Collection Approaches through the Scoliosis Research Society.
- Pulmonary Function Improvement After Vertebral Column Resection for Severe Spinal Deformity.
- Challenges in the classification of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and the utility of artificial neural networks.
- The ventral lamina and superior facet rule: a morphometric analysis for an ideal thoracic pedicle screw starting point.
- Return to sports after surgery to correct adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a survey of the Spinal Deformity Study Group.
- Commentary: X-rays under anesthesia as an adjunct to save motion segments in AIS surgery.
- The Shilla Growth Guidance Technique for Early-Onset Spinal Deformities at 2-Year Follow-Up: A Preliminary Report.
- Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Results in Inferior SRS Pain Subscores in Adult Deformity Patients.
- Selective Thoracic Fusion in Lenke 1C Curves: Prevalence and Criteria IMAST 2011 Paper #89.
- Does correction of preoperative coronal imbalance make a difference in outcomes of adult patients with deformity?
- Preoperative vitamin d status of adults undergoing surgical spinal fusion.
- Editorial: Curve progression.
- Rapidly Progressive Scheuermann's Disease in an Adolescent After Pectus Bar Placement Treated With Posterior Vertebral-Column Resection: Case Report and Review of the ...
- Complications Associated with Surgical Treatment of Traumatic Spinal Fractures: A Review of the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Database.
- Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Primary Adult Deformity Surgery: Evaluation of 20 Degrees as a Critical Angle.
- Transforaminal versus Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion in Long Deformity Constructs: a matched cohort analysis.
- Complications after 147 consecutive vertebral column resections for severe pediatric spinal deformity: a multicenter analysis.
- Significant change or loss of intraoperative monitoring data: a 25-year experience in 12,375 spinal surgeries.
- Posterior vertebral column resection for the treatment of dystrophic kyphosis associated with type-1 neurofibromatosis: a case report and review of the literature.
- Rates and causes of mortality associated with spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a review of the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality Database.
- Antifibrinolytic agents reduce blood loss during pediatric vertebral column resection procedures.
- Proximal junctional kyphosis as a distinct form of adjacent segment pathology after spinal deformity surgery: a systematic review.
- Frequency, risk factors, and treatment of distal adjacent segment pathology after long thoracolumbar fusion: a systematic review.
- What is the best way to optimize thoracic kyphosis correction? A micro-CT and biomechanical analysis of pedicle morphology and screw failure.
- The utility of erythrocyte sedimentation rate values and white blood cell counts after spinal deformity surgery in the early (?3 months) post-operative period.
- Vertebral Column Resection in Children with Neuromuscular Spine Deformity.
- Should Symptomatic Iliac Screws be Electively Removed in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients Fused to the Sacrum?
- Culture and Ethnicity Influence Outcomes of the Scoliosis Research Society Instrument in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Use and Outcomes of Wound Drain in Spinal Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
- Does a Long Fusion "T3-Sacrum" Portend a Worse Outcome than a Short Fusion "T10-Sacrum" in Primary Surgery for Adult Scoliosis?
- Extensive epidural abscess treated with a thoracic laminoplasty.
- Morphologic evaluation of the thoracic vertebrae for safe free-hand pedicle screw placement in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a CT-based anatomical study.
- Minimum 5-year Radiographic Results of Long Scoliosis Fusion in Juvenile Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patients: Major Curve Progression After Instrumented Fusion.
- Fixation Points Within the Main Thoracic Curve - Does More Instrumentation Produce Greater Curve Correction and Improved Results?
- Etiology and Revision Surgical Strategies in Failed Lumbosacral Fixation of Adult Spinal Deformity Constructs.
- Safety and Accuracy of Pedicle Screws and Constructs Placed in Infantile and Juvenile Patients.
- Major Complications in Revision Adult Deformity Surgery: Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes with Two- to Seven-Year Follow-Up.
- Comparative Analysis of Clinical Outcome and Complications in Primary vs. Revision Adult Scoliosis Surgery.
- Pulmonary function in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis relative to the surgical procedure: a 10-year follow-up analysis.
- Vertebral column decancellation for the management of sharp angular spinal deformity.
- Predicting the outcome of selective thoracic fusion in false double major lumbar "C" cases with five- to twenty-four-year follow-up.
- A novel pedicle channel classification describing osseous anatomy: how many thoracic scoliotic pedicles have cancellous channels?
- Changes in radiographic and clinical outcomes with primary treatment adult spinal deformity surgeries from two years to three- to five-years follow-up.
- Validity and reliability of intraoperative monitoring in pediatric spinal deformity surgery: a 23-year experience of 3436 surgical cases.
- Biomechanical analysis of derotation of the thoracic spine using pedicle screws.
- Spinal fusion for spastic neuromuscular scoliosis: is anterior releasing necessary when intraoperative halo-femoral traction is used?
- Do intraoperative radiographs in scoliosis surgery reflect radiographic result?
- Vertebral column resection for the treatment of severe spinal deformity.
- Osteotomies in the posterior-only treatment of complex adult spinal deformity: a comparative review.
- Prediction of scoliosis correction with thoracic segmental pedicle screw constructs using fulcrum bending radiographs.
- Adult degenerative scoliosis: evaluation and management.
- Can we safely reduce blood loss during lumbar pedicle subtraction osteotomy procedures using tranexamic acid or aprotinin? A comparative study with controls.
- Proximal junctional vertebral fracture in adults after spinal deformity surgery using pedicle screw constructs: analysis of morphological features.
- Can posterior-only surgery provide similar radiographic and clinical results as combined anterior (thoracotomy/thoracoabdominal)/posterior approaches for adult scoliosis?
- Revision rates following primary adult spinal deformity surgery: six hundred forty-three consecutive patients followed-up to twenty-two years postoperative.
- Growth modulation by means of anterior tethering resulting in progressive correction of juvenile idiopathic scoliosis: a case report.
- Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis treated with open instrumented anterior spinal fusion: five-year follow-up.
- Pulmonary function changes after various anterior approaches in the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
- Increasing lumbar lordosis of adult spinal deformity patients via intraoperative prone positioning.
- Is spine deformity surgery in patients with spastic cerebral palsy truly beneficial?: a patient/parent evaluation.
- Posterior vertebral column resection for severe pediatric deformity: minimum two-year follow-up of thirty-five consecutive patients.
- Revision surgery after primary spine fusion for idiopathic scoliosis.
- Does treatment (nonoperative and operative) improve the two-year quality of life in patients with adult symptomatic lumbar scoliosis: a prospective multicenter evidenc...
- Risk factors and outcomes for catastrophic failures at the top of long pedicle screw constructs: a matched cohort analysis performed at a single center.
- Interobserver and intraobserver variability in the identification of the Lenke classification lumbar modifier in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
- Comparative reliability of 3 thoracolumbar fracture classification systems.
- Severe idiopathic scoliosis with respiratory insufficiency treated with preoperative traction and staged anteroposterior spinal fusion with a 2-level apical vertebrect...
- Epidural spinal cord compression with neurologic deficit associated with intrapedicular application of hemostatic gelatin matrix during pedicle screw insertion.
- The morbidity of an anterior thoracolumbar approach: adult spinal deformity patients with greater than five-year follow-up.
- Three-dimensional analysis of thoracic apical sagittal alignment in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
- Role of pelvic incidence, thoracic kyphosis, and patient factors on sagittal plane correction following pedicle subtraction osteotomy.
Schools
Northwestern University The Feinberg School Of Medicine
Barnes Jewish Hospital
St Louis 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 Spine Surgery
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
Education
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Washington University - Barnes-Jewish Hospital -
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Hospital
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St. Louis Children's Hospital -
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1841216165 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | LENKE | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | LAWRENCE | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 631101032 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MO | |
| Specialty Description | Orthopedic Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 44.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 14.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 31.82 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1841216165 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LENKE |
| First Name Of The Provider | LAWRENCE |
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