In addition to his patient centered practice, spine surgeon Dr. Kern Singh participates in research that pushes the industry forward. Dr. Singh has produced numerous peer reviewed articles, contributed to book chapters, and technical papers. He brings this expert knowledge to the everyday care he provides his patients. Below is a list of recent ground breaking research and link to all of Dr. Singh’s publications.

All Research and Publications

Most Notable Research

• Impact of Ambulatory Setting for Workers’ Compensation Patients Undergoing One-Level Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Review of the Literature
• Multimodal Analgesic Management for Lumbar Decompression Surgery in the Ambulatory Setting, Clinical Case Series and Review of the Literature
• Multimodal analgesic protocol for cervical disc replacement in the ambulatory setting, Clinical case series
• Outpatient Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion Using Multimodal Analgesic Management in the Ambulatory Surgery Setting
• Pain Interference Influence on Postoperative Clinical Trajectory in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Decompression
• Systematic Review, Applications of Intraoperative Ultrasonography in Spinal Surgery

Featured Cervical Disc Arthroplasty & Motion Preservation Research

• Hartman TJ, Nie JW, MacGregor KR, Zheng E, Oyetayo OO, Singh K. Neck Disability Index as a Prognostic Factor for Outcomes following Cervical Disc Replacement. Clinical Spine Surgery.
• Roca AM, Anwar FN, Medakkar SS, Loya AC, Kaul A, Wolf JC, Federico VP, Sayari AJ, Lopez GD, Singh K. Effect of Preoperative Motor Weakness on Postoperative Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Cervical Disc Replacement. Clinical Spine Surgery.
• Anwar FN, Roca AM, Loya AC, Medakkar SS, Hartman TJ, Nie JW, MacGregor KR, Oyetayo OO, Zheng E, Federico VP, Massel DH, Sayari AJ, Lopez GD, Singh K. Obesity does not Negatively Affect Patient-Perceived Outcomes following Cervical Disc Replacement for Disc Herniation. Clinical Spine Surgery.
• Anwar FN, Roca AM, Medakkar SS, Loya AC, Wolf JC, Federico VP, Singh, K. The Influence of Preoperative 12-Item Veterans Rand Physical Component Scores on Outcomes Following Cervical Disc Replacement. European Spine Journal.
• Jacob KC, Patel MR, Parsons AW, Prabhu MC, Ribot MA, Pawlowski H, Vanjani NN, Singh K. Level-Specific Perioperative and Clinical Outcome Comparison: Cervical Disc Replacement versus Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion at C5-C6 in Patients with Myeloradiculopathy. J Am Acad Orthop Surg.

Featured Cervical Spine Surgery Research

• The Incidence and Mortality of Peri-Operative Cardiac Events in Cervical Spine Surgery. Fineberg S, Oglesby M, Patel A, Pelton M, Singh K. Spine 38(15):1268-74, 2013.
• Incidence and Mortality of Thromboembolic Events in Cervical Spine Surgery. Oglesby M, Fineberg S, Patel A, Pelton M, Singh K, Spine 38(9): E521-7, 2013.
• Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Postoperative Airway Management after Cervical Spine Surgery. Nandyala S, Marquez A, Park DK, Hassanzadeh H, Sankaranarayanan S, Noureldin M, Singh K. Spine 39(9): 557-563, 2014.
• The Incidence, Risk Factors, and Mortality Associated with Aspiration in Cervical Spine Surgery. Fineberg S, Oglesby M, Patel A, Pelton M, Singh K. Spine 38 (19): E1189-95, 2013.
• Cha EDK, Lynch CP, Mohan S, Geoghegan CE, Jadczak CN, Singh K. Preoperative Neck Disability Severity Limits Extent of Postoperative Improvement Following Cervical Spine Procedures. Neurospine.

Featured Lumbar Fusion Research

• Zavras AG, Federico V, Nolte MT, Butler AJ, Dandu N, Munim M, Harper DE, Lopez GD, DeWald CJ, An HS, Singh K, Phillips FM, Colman MW. Risk Factors for Subsidence Following Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Global Spine Journal.
• Narcotic Consumption Following Anterior and Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion Procedures. Bohl DD, Narain AS, Hijji FY, Ahn J, Mayo BC, Massel DH, Long WW, Modi KD, Singh K. Clin Spine Surg.
• Geoghegan CE, Mohan S, Cha EDK, Lynch CP, Jadczak CN, Singh K. Achievement of a Minimum Clinically Important Difference for Back Disability is a Suitable Predictor of Patient Satisfaction Among Lumbar Fusion Patients. World Neurosurgery.
• Primary and revision posterior lumbar fusion have similar short-term complication rates. Basques BA, Diaz-Collado PJ, Geddes BJ, Samuel AM, Lukasiewicz AM, Webb ML, Bohl DD, Ahn J, Singh K, Grauer JN. Spine 41(2): E101-106, 2016.
• Lynch CP, Cha EDK, Rush AJ, Jadczak CN, Mohan S, Geoghegan CE, Singh K. Outcomes of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using Unilateral vs Bilateral Interbody Cages. Neurospine.

Featured Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression Research

• Massel DH, Mayo BC, Bohl DD, Louie PK, Patel DV, Bawa MS, Bawa HS, Lopez GD, Singh K. Improvements in Back and Leg Pain after Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression. HSS Journal.
• Jenkins NW, Parrish JM, Mohan S, Geoghegan CE, Jadczak CN, Hrnewycz NM, Singh K. Preoperative Patient Activation is Predictive of Improvements in Patient Reported Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression. European Spine Journal.
• Jacob KC, Patel MR, Vanjani NN, Pawlowski H, Prabhu MC, Park GJ, Singh K. The Influence of Presenting Physical Function on Postoperative Patient Satisfaction and Clinical Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression. Clin Spine Surg.
• Anwar FN, Roca AM, Khosla I, Loya AC, Medakkar SS, Kaul A, Wolf JC, Federico VP, Sayari AJ, Lopez GD, Singh K. Impact of Preoperative Back Pain Severity on PROMIS Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression. European Spine Journal.

Featured Lumbar Decompression / Discectomy / Stenosis Research

• Lovecchio F, Premkumar A, Stepan JG, Mejia D, Stein D, Patel DV, Lafage V, Derman P, Khechen B, Iyer S, Lebl D, Qureshi S, Huang R, Singh K, Albert TJ. Opioid Consumption Patterns After Lumbar Microdiscectomy or Decompression. Spine (Phila Pa 1976).
• Jacob KC, Patel MR, Cha EDK, Lynch CP, Collins AP, Park GJ, Vanjani NN, Prabhu MC, Pawlowski H, Parsons AW, Singh K. Meeting Patient Expectations and Achieving a Minimal Clinically Important Difference for Back Disability, Back Pain, and Leg Pain May Provide Predictive Utility For Achieving Patient Satisfaction Among Lumbar Decompression Patients. World Neurosurg.
• Jacob KC, Patel MR, Collins AP, Park GJ, Vanjani NN, Prabhu MC, Pawlowski H, Parsons AW, Singh K. Meeting Patient Expectations and Achieving a Minimal Clinically Important Difference for Back Disability, Back Pain, and Leg Pain May Provide Predictive Utility for Achieving Patient Satisfaction Among Lumbar Decompression Patients. World Neurosurg. 2022 Mar 5:S1878-8750(22)00283-2. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.03.002. PMID: 35259504.
• Basques BA, Haws BE, Khechen B, Louie PK, Patel DV, Bawa MS, Movassaghi K, Cardinal KL, Guntin JA, Singh K. The Effect of Preoperative Symptom Duration on Postoperative Outcomes Following a Tubular Lumbar Microdiscectomy. Clinical Spine Surgery.
• Nolte MT, Parrish JM, Jenkins NW, Cha EDK, Lynch CP, Mohan S, Geoghegan CE, Jadczak CN, Hrynewycz NM, Singh K. The Influence of Comorbidity on Postoperative Outcomes Following Lumbar Decompression. Clin Spine Surg.

Featured Spinal Trauma / Fractures Research

• Hartman TJ, Nie JW, Pawlowski H, Prabhu MC, Vanjani NN, Singh K. Impact of Age within Younger Populations on Outcomes Following Cervical Surgery in the Ambulatory Setting. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma.
• Complications of Closed Skeletal Reduction. Singh K, Vaccaro AR, Shakil MS, Cotler JM. Seminars in Spine Surgery, 10(3): 237-241, 1998.

Featured Vertebral Compression Fracture / Kyphoplasty / Vertebroplasty Research

• Percutaneous Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Meta-Analysis of Complications. Lee M, Cahill P, Singh K, et al. Spine 34(11): 1228-1232, 2009.
• Kyphoplasty and Functional Outcomes in patients with Osteoporotic Fractures. Singh K, Andersson GB. Nat Clin Pract Rheum 2(10): 532-3, 2006.
• Comparison of Complications from Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty: A Meta-Analysis of 124 Studies. Lee M, Cahill P, Dumonski M, Stanley T, Park D, Singh K. Spine J 7(5): 19s, 2007.

Featured Postoperative Complications & Safety Outcomes Research

• Incidence and Risk Factors for Post-Operative Delirium following Lumbar Spine Surgery. Fineberg S, Nandyala S, Marquez A, Oglesby M, Patel A, Singh K. Spine 38(20): 1790-6, 2013.
• Body Mass Index as a Predictor of Complications and Mortality Following Lumbar Spine Surgery. Marquez A, Nandyala S, Sankaranarayanan S, Noureldin M, Singh K. Spine 39(10): 798-804, 2014.
• Malnutrition Predicts Infectious and Wound Complications Following Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion. Bohl DD, Shen MR, Mayo BC, Massel DH, Long WW, Modi KD, Basques BA, Singh K. Accepted to Spine (Phila Pa 1976).
• Incidence and Mortality of Thromboembolic Events in Lumbar Spine Surgery. Fineberg S, Oglesby M, Patel A, Pelton M, Singh K, Spine, 38(13). 1154-1159, 2013.
• Incidence and risk factors for perioperative visual loss after spinal fusion. Nandyala S, Marquez-Lara A, Fineberg S, Singh R, Singh K. Spine J 14(9): 1866-72, 2014.

Featured Patient-Reported Outcomes & Clinical Predictors Research

• Yoo JS, Patel DV, Mayo BC, Massel DH, Karmarkar SS, Lamoutte EH, Singh K. Postoperative Satisfaction Following Lumbar Spinal Fusion Surgery: Patient Expectation versus Actuality. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine.
• Hartman TJ, Nie JW, Anwar FN, Roca AM, Loya AC, Medakkar SS, MacGregor KR, Oyetayo OO, Zheng E, Federico VP, Massel DH, Sayari AJ, Lopez GD, Singh K. Impact of Preoperative Symptom Duration on Patient-Reported Outcomes following Minimally-Invasive Transforaminal Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis. Clinical Spine Surgery.
• Khosla I, Anwar FN, Roca AM, Loya AC, Medakkar SS, Kaul A, Wolf JC, Federico VP, Sayari AJ, Lopez GD, Singh K. Influence of Preoperative Disability on Outcomes Following Primary Surgical Treatment of Cervical Disc Herniation. Clinical Spine Surgery.
• Patel SN, Ward SO, Cohen NS, Turinske TJ, Singh K. A Higher American Society of Anesthesiologists Classification Does Not Correlate with Inferior Outcomes Following Cervical Disk Replacement. Clinical Spine Surgery.

Featured Opioid Use & Perioperative Pain Management Research

• Yoo JS, Ahn J, Buvanendran A, Singh K. Multimodal analgesia in pain management after spine surgery. J Spine Surg.
• Pre-operative Narcotic Utilization: Accuracy of Patient Self-Reporting and its Association with Post-operative Narcotic Consumption. Ahn J, Bohl DD, Tabaraee E, Aboushaala K, Elboghdady IM, Singh K. J Neurosurgery: Spine.

Featured Perioperative Risk Factors & Comorbidities Research

• Mayo BC, Massel DH, Yacob A, Narain AS, Hijji FY, Jenkins NW, Parrish JM, Modi KD, Long WW, Hrynewycz NM, Brundage TS, Singh K. A Review of Vitamin D in Spinal Surgery: Deficiency Screening, Treatment, and Outcomes. IJSS.