Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Pittsburgh

Orthopaedic Surgery

William Donaldson practices Orthopaedic Surgery. He researched medicine at Rush Medical College. William Donaldson is a published MD. He published 36 publications, including: 'Vertebral artery injuries in cervical spine surgery.'

Publications

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• Continuous Cervical spine kinematics during in vivo dynamic flexion-extension.
• Vertebral artery injuries in Cervical spine surgery.
• Cervical disc deformation during flexion-extension in asymptomatic controls and single-level arthrodesis patients.
• Cervical spine intervertebral kinematics with respect to the head are different during flexion and extension motions.
• Motion path of the instant center of rotation in the Cervical spine during in vivo dynamic flexion-extension: implications for artificial disc design and evaluation of...
• Six-Degrees-of-Freedom Cervical Spine Range of Motion During Dynamic Flexion-Extension After Single-Level Anterior Arthrodesis: Comparison with Asymptomatic Control Su...
• Prevalence of Venous Thromboembolic Events Following Elective Major Thoracolumbar Degenerative Spine Surgery.
• Prediction of blood loss during surgery on the lumbar Spine with the patient supported prone on the Jackson table.
• Dysphagia after anterior Cervical spine surgery: a prospective study using the swallowing-quality of life questionnaire and analysis of patient comorbidities.
• Cervical spine bone mineral density as a function of vertebral level and anatomic location.
• Short-term Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Correction of Thoracolumbar Fixed Sagittal Plane Deformity: A Report from the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity a...
• In Vivo Analysis of Cervical Range of Motion after 4- and 5-level Sub-Axial Cervical Spine Fusion.
• Validation of a noninvasive technique to precisely measure in vivo three-dimensional Cervical spine movement.
• Influence of number of operated levels and postoperative time on active range of motion following anterior Cervical decompression and fusion procedures.
• Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of six hundred five pediatric patients with isthmic or dysplastic spondylolisthesis.
• Incidence of unintended durotomy in Spine surgery based on 108,478 cases.
• Complication rates of three common Spine procedures and rates of thromboembolism following Spine surgery based on 108,419 procedures: a report from the Scoliosis Resea...
• Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,242 adults with spondylolisthesis.
• Morbidity and mortality in the surgical treatment of 10,329 adults with Degenerative lumbar stenosis.
• Donor-site complications of autogenous nonvascularized fibula strut graft harvest for anterior Cervical corpectomy and fusion surgery: experience with 163 consecutive ...
• Assessing range of motion to evaluate the adverse effects of ill-fitting Cervical orthoses.
• Recurrent atlantoaxial instability due to Fracture of the posterior C1 ring: a late finding following posterior C1-C2 fusion using the Halifax clamp.
• Dysphonia, dysphagia, and esophageal injuries after anterior Cervical spine surgery.
• Cerebrospinal fluid leaks following Cervical spine surgery.
• Cervical spine injuries associated with the incorrect use of airbags in motor vehicle collisions.
• The surgeon as a consultant for medical device manufacturers: what do our patients think?
• Utilization of predonated autologous blood in anterior Cervical corpectomy and fusion surgery.
• Does lumbar facet fluid detected on magnetic resonance imaging correlate with radiographic instability in patients with Degenerative lumbar disease?
• Use of small suture anchors in Cervical laminoplasty to maintain canal expansion: a technical note.
• Intraoperative somatosensory evoked potential monitoring during anterior Cervical discectomy and fusion in nonmyelopathic patients--a review of 1,039 cases.
• Postoperative management protocol for incidental dural tears during degenerative lumbar Spine surgery: a review of 3,183 consecutive degenerative lumbar cases.
• Prevalence of symptoms of cervical and lumbar stenosis among participants in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study.
• Serum C-reactive protein levels correlate with clinical response in patients treated with antibiotics for wound infections after spinal surgery.
• Intraoperative somatosensory evoked potential monitoring during Cervical spine corpectomy surgery: experience with 508 cases.
• Acute quadriparesis caused by calcification of the entire Cervical ligamentum flavum in a white female--report of an unusual case and a brief review of the literature:...

Schools

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• RUSH MED COLL OF RUSH UNIV MED CTR

• St Francis Hospital

• Chldns Hospital

• Va Hospital Aspinwall

• Hospital Special Surgery

Procedures Preformed

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• 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
• Herniated Disc Surgery
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Conditions Treated

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• Adhesive Capsulitis
• Arm Fracture (incl. Elbow and Shoulder)
• Back Pain
• Bursitis
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Doctors Specialties

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• Orthopedic Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• Hospital for Special Surgery
• Rush University Medical Center
• Rush Medical College

Hospital

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• UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside

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