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David Xu, MD

@davidsxu

Spine neurosurgeon with a focus on revision and complex minimally invasive surgery. Posts reflect interesting cases and skepticism

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Honored and humbled to be the recipient of this year's OSU Neurosurgery teaching award. It's a blessing to be able to work amongst the best and brightest!!

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One of the best parts of being in academics is seeing the amazing growth of our med students. This is an all star group.

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First OR week as new faculty at OSU: 1. Thoracic fusion for Chance fx 2. 2-lvl ACDF 3. C1-2 fusion for pannus 4. C1-L1 epidural abscess 5. C1-2 fusion for fx 6. Thoracic arachnoid web Great volume & case complexity here. Awesome residents, faculty & staff. Thanks for having me!

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Recently, I finished my 2nd year at OSU and saw a patient I took care of with Steve Viljoen MD,FAANS about a year ago. This is a 56 y/o patient with ank spondy and severe global kyphosis (on xray you can even see there's a ventral abdominal hernia from the kyphosis). I saw them for

Recently, I finished my 2nd year at OSU and saw a patient I took care of with <a href="/ViljoenMd/">Steve Viljoen MD,FAANS</a> about a year ago.

This is a 56 y/o patient with ank spondy and severe global kyphosis (on xray you can even see there's a ventral abdominal hernia from the kyphosis). I saw them for
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Long time since last update - we have just been inundated with some pretty remarkable cases (stay tuned). To conclude the last case, I initially tried to do a short segment from T10-L4 and focus on correcting the TL kyphosis with an ACR at the patient's only unfused segment at

Long time since last update - we have just been inundated with some pretty remarkable cases (stay tuned).

To conclude the last case, I initially tried to do a short segment from T10-L4 and focus on correcting the TL kyphosis with an ACR at the patient's only unfused segment at
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This is a young patient in her 30s who presented with worsening myelopathy. Hands are weak, balance is off - can't walk/jog without falling. Imaging shows this... What's going on and what would you do? Before anyone talks about cervical interbodies, look at the angulation of the

This is a young patient in her 30s who presented with worsening myelopathy. Hands are weak, balance is off - can't walk/jog without falling. Imaging shows this...

What's going on and what would you do? Before anyone talks about cervical interbodies, look at the angulation of the
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I did as many commented and used preop traction to get a little bit of distraction (30%). What helped the most was then following it up with in-situ plate distraction - distracting against a rod holder and the occipital plate. Needed strong distal fixation while minimizing length

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Congrats to our graduating chiefs!! I am proud and blessed to have been able to be a part of your training. You've all learnt a ton, but have also taught me much. All of the faculty look forward to your successes!! Asad Akhter Daniel Kreatsoulas, MD Joravar Dhaliwal Ohio State Neurosurgery Residency

Congrats to our graduating chiefs!! I am proud and blessed to have been able to be a part of your training. You've all learnt a ton, but have also taught me much. All of the faculty look forward to your successes!! <a href="/asadsakhter/">Asad Akhter</a> <a href="/DanKreatsoulas/">Daniel Kreatsoulas, MD</a> <a href="/JoravarDhaliwal/">Joravar Dhaliwal</a> <a href="/NeurosurgeryOSU/">Ohio State Neurosurgery Residency</a>