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    Serena Hu, MD

    TitleProfessor of Clinical
    SchoolUCSF School of Medicine
    DepartmentOrthopaedic Surgery
    Address500 Parnassus Avenue, MU
    San Francisco CA 94143
    Phone415-353-8203
    Emailhus@orthosurg.ucsf.edu

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      1. Smith JS, Shaffrey CI, Lafage V, Blondel B, Schwab F, Hostin R, Hart R, O'Shaughnessy B, Bess S, Hu SS, Deviren V, Ames CP. Spontaneous improvement of cervical alignment after correction of global sagittal balance following pedicle subtraction osteotomy. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Oct; 17(4):300-7.
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      2. Abdul-Jabbar A, Takemoto S, Weber MH, Hu SS, Mummaneni PV, Deviren V, Ames CP, Chou D, Weinstein PR, Burch S, Berven SH. Surgical site infection in spinal surgery: description of surgical and patient-based risk factors for postoperative infection using administrative claims data. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Jul 1; 37(15):1340-5.
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      3. Laws CJ, Coughlin DG, Lotz JC, Serhan HA, Hu SS. Direct lateral approach to lumbar fusion is a biomechanically equivalent alternative to the anterior approach: an in vitro study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 May 1; 37(10):819-25.
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      4. Indrakanti SS, Weber MH, Takemoto SK, Hu SS, Polly D, Berven SH. Value-based care in the management of spinal disorders: a systematic review of cost-utility analysis. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2012 Apr; 470(4):1106-23.
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      5. Zuo J, Joseph GB, Li X, Link TM, Hu SS, Berven SH, Kurhanewitz J, Majumdar S. In vivo intervertebral disc characterization using magnetic resonance spectroscopy and T1? imaging: association with discography and Oswestry Disability Index and Short Form-36 Health Survey. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Feb 1; 37(3):214-21.
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      6. Hu SS. Iliac crest bone graft: are the complications overrated? Spine J. 2011 Jun; 11(6):538-9.
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      7. Hu SS. The effect of type of osteotomy on the risk of postoperative spinal infections. Spine J. 2010 May; 10(5):451-3.
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      8. Weinstein JN, Lurie JD, Tosteson TD, Zhao W, Blood EA, Tosteson AN, Birkmeyer N, Herkowitz H, Longley M, Lenke L, Emery S, Hu SS. Surgical compared with nonoperative treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis. four-year results in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) randomized and observational cohorts. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009 Jun; 91(6):1295-304.
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      9. Mok JM, Cloyd JM, Bradford DS, Hu SS, Deviren V, Smith JA, Tay B, Berven SH. Reoperation after primary fusion for adult spinal deformity: rate, reason, and timing. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Apr 15; 34(8):832-9.
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      10. Pekmezci M, Berven SH, Hu SS, Deviren V. The factors that play a role in the decision-making process of adult deformity patients. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Apr 15; 34(8):813-7.
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      11. Aryan HE, Newman CB, Lu DC, Hu SS, Tay BK, Bradford DS, Puttlitz CM, Ames CP. Relaxation of forces needed to distract cervical vertebrae after discectomy: a biomechanical study. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2009 Apr; 22(2):100-4.
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      12. Mok JM, Guillaume TJ, Talu U, Berven SH, Deviren V, Kroeber M, Bradford DS, Hu SS. Clinical outcome of deep wound infection after instrumented posterior spinal fusion: a matched cohort analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Mar 15; 34(6):578-83.
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      13. Lurie JD, Berven SH, Gibson-Chambers J, Tosteson T, Tosteson A, Hu SS, Weinstein JN. Patient preferences and expectations for care: determinants in patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Nov 15; 33(24):2663-8.
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      14. Mok JM, Durrani SK, Piper SL, Hu SS, Deviren V, Berven SH, Burch S. Extravasation of rhBMP-2 with use of postoperative drains after posterolateral spinal fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Jul 1; 33(15):1668-74.
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      15. Lieberman JA, Lyon R, Feiner J, Hu SS, Berven SH. The efficacy of motor evoked potentials in fixed sagittal imbalance deformity correction surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Jun 1; 33(13):E414-24.
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      16. Harner CD, Ranawat AS, Niederle M, Roth AE, Stern PJ, Hurwitz SR, Levine WN, DeRosa GP, Hu SS. AOA symposium. Current state of fellowship hiring: is a universal match necessary? Is it possible? J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Jun; 90(6):1375-84.
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      17. Dang AB, Hu SS, Tay BK. Biomechanics of the anterior longitudinal ligament during 8 g whiplash simulation following single- and contiguous two-level fusion: a finite element study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Mar 15; 33(6):607-11.
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      18. Mok JM, Berven SH, Diab M, Hackbarth M, Hu SS, Deviren V. Comparison of observer variation in conventional and three digital radiographic methods used in the evaluation of patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Mar 15; 33(6):681-6.
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      19. Hu SS, Tribus CB, Diab M, Ghanayem AJ. Spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2008 Mar; 90(3):656-71.
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      20. Mok JM, Pekmezci M, Piper SL, Boyd E, Berven SH, Burch S, Deviren V, Tay B, Hu SS. Use of C-reactive protein after spinal surgery: comparison with erythrocyte sedimentation rate as predictor of early postoperative infectious complications. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15; 33(4):415-21.
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      21. Hu SS, Tribus CB, Diab M, Ghanayem AJ. Spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis. Instr Course Lect. 2008; 57:431-45.
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      22. Sachs B, Delacy D, Green J, Graham RS, Ramsay J, Kreisler N, Kruse P, Khutoryansky N, Hu SS. Recombinant activated factor VII in spinal surgery: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2007 Oct 1; 32(21):2285-93.
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      23. Weiskopf RB, Feiner J, Lieberman J, Hu SS. Visual loss after spinal surgery. Anesthesiology. 2007 Jun; 106(6):1250-1; author reply 1251-2.
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      24. Weinstein JN, Lurie JD, Tosteson TD, Hanscom B, Tosteson AN, Blood EA, Birkmeyer NJ, Hilibrand AS, Herkowitz H, Cammisa FP, Albert TJ, Emery SE, Lenke LG, Abdu WA, Longley M, Errico TJ, Hu SS. Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment for lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis. N Engl J Med. 2007 May 31; 356(22):2257-70.
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      25. Chen Y, Kim BJ, Lee SH, Hu SS. High thoracic spinal infection following upper gastrointestinal work-up. J Clin Neurosci. 2007 Nov; 14(11):1132-5.
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      26. Mok JM, Hu SS. Surgical strategies and choosing levels for spinal deformity: how high, how low, front and back. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2007 Apr; 18(2):329-37.
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      27. Berven SH, Deviren V, Mitchell B, Wahba G, Hu SS, Bradford DS. Operative management of degenerative scoliosis: an evidence-based approach to surgical strategies based on clinical and radiographic outcomes. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2007 Apr; 18(2):261-72.
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      28. Hu SS, Berven SH. Preparing the adult deformity patient for spinal surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Sep 1; 31(19 Suppl):S126-31.
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      29. Rousseau MA, Bradford DS, Bertagnoli R, Hu SS, Lotz JC. Disc arthroplasty design influences intervertebral kinematics and facet forces. Spine J. 2006 May-Jun; 6(3):258-66.
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      30. Bass EC, Nau WH, Diederich CJ, Liebenberg E, Shu R, Pellegrino R, Sutton J, Attawia M, Hu SS, Ferrier WT, Lotz JC. Intradiscal thermal therapy does not stimulate biologic remodeling in an in vivo sheep model. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2006 Jan 15; 31(2):139-45.
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      31. Fang A, Hu SS, Endres N, Bradford DS. Risk factors for infection after spinal surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2005 Jun 15; 30(12):1460-5.
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      32. Hu SS. Blood loss in adult spinal surgery. Eur Spine J. 2004 Oct; 13 Suppl 1:S3-5.
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      33. O'Neill CW, Liu JJ, Leibenberg E, Hu SS, Deviren V, Tay BK, Chin CT, Lotz JC. Percutaneous plasma decompression alters cytokine expression in injured porcine intervertebral discs. Spine J. 2004 Jan-Feb; 4(1):88-98.
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      34. Berven S, Deviren V, Demir-Deviren S, Hu SS, Bradford DS. Studies in the modified Scoliosis Research Society Outcomes Instrument in adults: validation, reliability, and discriminatory capacity. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2003 Sep 15; 28(18):2164-9; discussion 2169.
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      35. Berven SH, Hu SS, Deviren V, Smith J, Bradford DS. Lumbar end plate osteotomy in adult patients with scoliosis. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2003 Jun; (411):70-6.
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      36. Whyne CM, Hu SS, Lotz JC. Biomechanically derived guideline equations for burst fracture risk prediction in the metastatically involved spine. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2003 Apr; 16(2):180-5.
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      37. Whyne CM, Hu SS, Lotz JC. Burst fracture in the metastatically involved spine: development, validation, and parametric analysis of a three-dimensional poroelastic finite-element model. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2003 Apr 1; 28(7):652-60.
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      38. Deviren V, Berven S, Kleinstueck F, Antinnes J, Smith JA, Hu SS. Predictors of flexibility and pain patterns in thoracolumbar and lumbar idiopathic scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2002 Nov 1; 27(21):2346-9.
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      39. Berven S, Tay BB, Colman W, Hu SS. The lumbar zygapophyseal (facet) joints: a role in the pathogenesis of spinal pain syndromes and degenerative spondylolisthesis. Semin Neurol. 2002 Jun; 22(2):187-96.
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      40. Tay BK, Deckey J, Hu SS. Spinal infections. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2002 May-Jun; 10(3):188-97.
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      41. Emami A, Deviren V, Berven S, Smith JA, Hu SS, Bradford DS. Outcome and complications of long fusions to the sacrum in adult spine deformity: luque-galveston, combined iliac and sacral screws, and sacral fixation. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2002 Apr 1; 27(7):776-86.
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      42. Kleinstueck FS, Hu SS, Bradford DS. Use of allograft femoral rings for spinal deformity in adults. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2002 Jan; (394):84-91.
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      43. Hu SS, Fontaine F, Kelly B, Bradford DS. Nutritional depletion in staged spinal reconstructive surgery. The effect of total parenteral nutrition. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1998 Jun 15; 23(12):1401-5.
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