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Rafael De la Garza Ramos

Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Verified email at montefiore.org
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Lumbar fusion versus nonoperative management for treatment of discogenic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

…, R De la Garza-Ramos, M Macki, A Baker… - Clinical Spine …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
… Lastly, the Ohtori and colleagues’ study program consisted of daily walking (30 min 2
times/d) and body and leg muscle stretching (15 min 2 times/d) for 2 years. Each patient did …

Iliac screw versus S2 alar-iliac screw fixation in adults: a meta-analysis

R De la Garza Ramos, J Nakhla, DM Sciubba… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2018 - thejns.org
De la Garza Ramos, Yassari, Nakhla. Analysis and interpretation of data: De la Garza Ramos
Critically revising the article: Yassari, De la Garza Ramos, Sciubba. Reviewed submitted …

Sacral fractures

M Bydon, V Fredrickson, R De la Garza-Ramos, Y Li… - Neurosurgical …, 2014 - thejns.org
… 1A–D). The 4 articulating points of the sacrum are as follows: the S-1 vertebra with the …
Acquisition of data: Bydon, Fredrickson, De la Garza-Ramos, Li. Analysis and interpretation of data…

[HTML][HTML] A novel severity score to predict inpatient mortality in COVID-19 patients

…, SR Unda, J Benton, R de la Garza Ramos… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
COVID-19 is commonly mild and self-limiting, but in a considerable portion of patients the
disease is severe and fatal. Determining which patients are at high risk of severe illness or …

Neurologic syndromes predict higher in-hospital mortality in COVID-19

EN Eskandar, DJ Altschul, R de la Garza Ramos… - Neurology, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Objective Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is protean in its
manifestations, affecting nearly every organ system. However, nervous system involvement …

The impact of obesity on short-and long-term outcomes after lumbar fusion

R De la Garza-Ramos, M Bydon, NB Abt, DM Sciubba… - Spine, 2015 - journals.lww.com
… 4.6 d for single-level fusions, 7.8 d vs. 6 d for 2-level fusions and 7.3 d vs. 6.3 d for 3-level
fusions) compared with nonobese patients, irrespective of the number of levels operated. …

Predicting survival for metastatic spine disease: a comparison of nine scoring systems

…, E Sankey, D Kerekes, R De la Garza Ramos… - The Spine Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Context Despite advances in spinal oncology, research in patient-based
prognostic calculators for metastatic spine disease is lacking. Much of the literature in this area …

Development of a metastatic spinal tumor frailty index (MSTFI) using a nationwide database and its association with inpatient morbidity, mortality, and length of stay …

R De la Garza Ramos, CR Goodwin, A Jain… - World neurosurgery, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective The aim of this study was to develop a perioperative metastatic spinal tumor frailty
index (MSTFI) that could predict morbidity, mortality, and length of stay. Methods A large …

Adjacent segment disease after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion in a large series

M Bydon, R Xu, M Macki, R De la Garza-Ramos… - …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
… In Hilibrand et al's seminal study, 374 patients underwent ACDF; of these, there was an
annualized incidence of 2.9% per year for developing ASD. Hilibrand et al estimated that more …

Long-term clinical outcomes following 3-and 4-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

R De la Garza-Ramos, R Xu, S Ramhmdani… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2016 - thejns.org
De la Garza-Ramos and Xu contributed equally to this work. … Conception and design: A
Bydon, De la Garza-Ramos. Acquisition of data: De la Garza-Ramos, Ramhmdani, Kosztowski, M …